United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify training films and tapes produced primarily for sale, rent, or license to industrial and commercial organizations for the investment tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to ten percent of the purchase price of common stock regularly traded on an established market which is purchased by the taxpayer during the taxable year. Limits the amount of such credit to $100 ($200 in the case of a joint return). Requires the taxpayer to hold such stock for at least 36 months after its purchase, or else pay a tax penalty in the year of sale of 150 percent of the amount allowed as a credit for the purchase of such stock. Exempts from such holding requirements stock which is sold on account of the death of any individual holding an interest therein, or on account of a property settlement in a divorce proceeding. Disallows the credit with respect to the sale of stock between related parties.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1979
Federal Bureau of Investigation Charter Act of 1979 - Establishes a comprehensive Federal Bureau of Investigation Charter which sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the FBI with respect to criminal and civil investigations, undercover operations, and law enforcement support functions, but excluding foreign intelligence activities (which were specified in Executive Order 12036). Enumerates as general principles of the FBI that it: (1) conduct investigations with minimal intrusion consistent with the need to collect information or evidence in a timely and effective manner; (2) be concerned only with criminal conduct when conducting a criminal investigation; and (3) not conduct an investigation solely on the basis of the lawful exercise of Constitutional or statutory rights, including the expression of a religious or political view or the right to peacefully assemble and petition the Government. Limits the appointment of the Director of the FBI to one ten-year term. Specifies the general powers and duties of the Director, Associate Director, an Assistant to the Director, Assistant Director, Inspector, and Agent of the FBI. Authorizes the FBI to make inquiries to determine whether there is a basis for investigation and conduct an investigation on the basis of facts or circumstances that reasonably indicate that: (1) a person has, is, or will engage in an activity in violation of Federal criminal law; (2) two or more persons are engaged in a continuing enterprise for the purpose of obtaining monetary or commercial gains or profits through "racketeering activity" (defined as activity involving a violation of 18 U.S.C. 1961-1968); or (3) two or more persons are engaged in (A) terrorist activity in violation of Federal criminal law, (B) a "pattern of terrorist activity" in violation of State criminal law, or (C) terrorist activity by an enterprise whose membership is based wholly or in part in the United States that occurs totally outside the United States or transcends a national boundary and which would constitute a criminal violation if committed within Federal or State jurisdiction. Directs the Attorney General, as soon as feasible after enactment, to promulgate guidelines for such investigative authority that embody specific principles. Requires that the Department of Justice be advised of all investigations of terrorist activity and that any such investigations continuing beyond one year be reviewed at least annually by the Director. Requires that the Attorney General's guidelines protect constitutional rights and personal privacy and ensure that as the likelihood for intrusion into privacy increases through the specific use of techniques, more formalized and higher level authorization and review procedures are required. Establishes restrictions on certain investigative techniques, including the use of informants and undercover agents, physical surveillance, mail and electronic surveillance, and access to third party records and tax information. Requires that a supervisory official of the FBI make a written finding that an informant is suitable for use on a continuing basis and that the information likely to be obtained relates to an authorized investigation. Requires the periodic review of such finding by the Director or his designee. Requires an FBI official, in determining that an informant's participation in criminal activity is justified, to state in writing that: (1) the conduct is necessary to obtain information or evidence for prosecutive purposes or to avoid death or serious bodily injury; and (2) such need outweighs the seriousness of the conduct involved (but prohibits the use of unlawful techniques to collect information). Requires that for a licensed physician, lawyer, clergyman, or member of the news media to be used as an informant that: (1) such use be expressly authorized in writing by the Director or a senior official; (2) the Attorney General or his designee be promptly notified; and (3) such person be advised that the FBI is not requesting the person to breach any legal obligation of confidentiality. Requires the FBI to determine a person's suitability for use as an informant or for providing operational assistance. Provides that an FBI employee used as an undercover agent is bound by the provisions of this Act and other laws and guidelines governing the conduct of FBI agents. Prohibits such agent from participating in any criminal activity except to: (1) obtain information or evidence necessary for paramount prosecutive purposes; (2) establish credibility; or (3) avoid death or serious bodily injury or danger to himself or another (but prohibits the use of unlawful techniques to collect information). Authorizes the FBI to use an informant or undercover agent to infiltrate a group under investigation, but requires a senior official to make a written finding to the Director that the infiltration of a group under investigation with respect to terrorist activities is necessary. Requires such finding to include a statement of means reasonably designed to minimize the acquisition of information unrelated to the matter under investigation. Requires, with respect to surveillance, that: (1) physical surveillance be directed against an identifiable individual only within the scope of investigative authority; (2) mail openings be conducted only pursuant to United States Postal Service regulations; and (3) electronic surveillance be made only in accordance with applicable law. Authorizes the FBI to issue an investigative demand: (1) for access to the records of a "financial institution" as defined in, and for use in accordance with, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 and guidelines by the Attorney General; and (2) to obtain toll records from a communications common carrier, insurance records, or records from a credit institution not encompassed by the Right to Financial Privacy Act if (A) there is reason to believe the records are relevant to an authorized investigation and (B) proper service and notice are executed. Forbids such investigative demand from making a requirement which would be unreasonable or would concern a privileged record if demanded by a subpoena duces tecum issued by a Federal court in aid to a grand jury investigation. Sets forth procedural requirements with respect to such investigative demands. Authorizes the FBI to obtain access to tax information from the Internal Revenue Service only in accordance with the confidentiality and disclosure provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Allows the FBI to use other investigative techniques, such as trash covers, pen covers, consensual monitoring, electronic location detectors, covert photographic surveillance, and pretext interviews only in the course of a lawful investigation. Authorizes the FBI to retain information if it is relevant to an investigation or within the scope of other authorized responsibilities conferred by this Act. Specifies conditions under which the FBI may disseminate information to Federal or State or local criminal justice agencies. Directs the FBI to destroy records or deposit them in the Archives of the United States for historic preservation ten years after: (1) the termination of an investigation not leading to prosecution; or (2) termination of prosecution, with specified exceptions. Specifies the authority of the FBI to conduct undercover operations. Allows the Bureau to procure property and services for such purposes without regard to usual procurement regulations. Subjects to review by the Attorney General and the Comptroller General the liquidation of any sizeable property. Authorizes the FBI to collect information to assist the Attorney General in determining whether the use of Federal troops or other Federal assistance is required: (1) concerning an actual or threatened civil dispute to enforce Federal law or court orders or which may result in the request for such assistance by State authorities; or (2) relating to a peaceful public demonstration that is likely to require Federal action with respect to public health and safety upon the specific approval of the Attorney General or his designee. Requires such information to be collected from publicly available sources whenever possible and prohibits the use of certain investigatory techniques. Requires the information to be stored in a manner that minimizes its retrieval by reference to a specific individual. Authorizes the FBI to conduct background investigations of an individual who has: (1) consented to be considered for nomination to an office requiring the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) consented to be appointed to a position in the Executive Office of the President that will require access to classified information; (3) consented to be considered for nomination by the President as a justice or judge; (4) applied for employment in the FBI or in a position in the Department of Justice requiring such investigation; (5) applied for a Presidential reprieve or pardon; or (6) been designated by the Attorney General as requiring access to classified information. Authorizes the FBI to conduct an investigation on a reimbursable basis of an individual on the staff of: (1) the Appropriations or Judiciary Committees of Congress; (2) the Select Committees on Intelligence of Congress; (3) the Speaker of the House; (4) the President pro tempore of the Senate; or (5) the majority or minority leader of either House. Authorizes the FBI to conduct an investigation on a reimbursable basis of certain judicial officers and to assist other Federal agencies conducting background investigations with respect to job applicants, contractors, persons requiring access to classified defense information, persons having access to a person or premises within the protective responsibility of the United States Secret Service, applicants for Federal grants or loans (to the extent authorized by the Attorney General or his designee), or persons requiring access to a Federal computer system subject to clearance. Enumerates other special service functions of the FBI, including those related to congressional committees, grand jury investigations, other protective services, and investigative assistance to other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies. Authorizes the FBI to: (1) train its own employees and law enforcement and criminal justice personnel of other Federal agencies, State or local agencies, foreign governments, and members of the United States Armed Forces; (2) conduct research and development to improve law enforcement and to procure equipment and systems for its authorized law enforcement functions; (3) establish and maintain liaison with, and provide mutual assistance to, a foreign law enforcement agency consistent with guidelines established by the Attorney General; (4) provide technical assistance at the request of a Federal, foreign, State, or local government agency; (5) provide personnel, informational, investigative, and technical assistance to the United States Secret Service in connection with its protective responsibilities; and (6) collect and classify various types of civil and criminal records, such as civil and criminal fingerprint records, records concerning fugitives, and missing person records, and to exchange such information with law enforcement agencies of the Federal, foreign, State, or local governments. Authorizes the FBI to exchange criminal fingerprint records and criminal history information with Federal, foreign, State, or local agencies, and other entities, with respect to licensing, the administration of visa, immigration, or passport laws, federally insured financing, and securities regulation. Allows unsolicited information about an identifiable person which does not pertain to authorized FBI responsibilities to be retained only for the limited period necessary for administrative processing. Allows the Director to impose a civil penalty up to $5,000 on any person who intentionally uses sensitive investigative techniques in knowing violation of this Act while acting as an employee of the FBI (such penalty to be in addition to others prescribed by law). Stipulates that nothing in this Act, including any guidelines established pursuant to this Act, creates any substantive or procedural rights, and no court has jurisdiction over a claim in any proceeding, based solely on violations of its provisions. Requires guidelines promulgated by the Attorney General to be made public, except upon a determination that a particular guideline if made public would jeopardize the investigative process. Exempts from public disclosure procedures which would assist a criminal to avoid detection or would compromise sensitive investigative techniques. Directs the Attorney General to provide to the Judiciary Committees of Congress information concerning the implementation of this Act, and, on an annual basis: (1) the total number of investigations conducted in the preceding year; and (2) the total number of activities conducted in the preceding year requiring approval of the Director or the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to submit to such committees for review specified guidelines. Requires the Director to review periodically the application of all guidelines to insure that they are complied with and achieve their purposes. Charges the Attorney General with protecting the integrity of investigative files and the confidentiality of informants, undercover operations, and other sensitive investigative techniques. Prohibits a court from ordering a Government attorney or other Department of Justice official to disclose the identity of a confidential informant or information which would reveal such identity, except to the court in camera, if the Attorney General has determined that the informant's identity must be protected. Authorizes the Attorney General and the FBI to investigate any violation of Federal criminal law involving a Government officer or employee. Requires any information received in an executive agency relating to such a violation to be expeditiously reported to the Attorney General, unless otherwise provided for by law. Stipulates that such investigative authority does not limit the authority of the military departments to investigate offenses pursuant to the Uniform Code of Military Justice or the primary authority of the Postmaster General to investigate postal offenses. Makes it the duty of the Attorney General to take all reasonable steps to insure that FBI investigations conform with statutory and constitutional law.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1979
Home-Heating Stamp Act of 1979 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to establish a home-heating stamp program to reduce the hardships imposed on low-income households by high home-heating costs and to permit such households to obtain reasonable amounts of home-heating fuels through normal channels of trade. Directs that such program be administered by the Department of Agriculture and the appropriate State agencies which administer the food stamp program. Defines a "household" for the purposes of this Act as a group of individuals who are not residents of an institution and are living as one economic unit, or a single individual living alone. Exempts recipients of supplemental security income benefits from the kinds of restrictions on their participation found in the food stamp program. Limits the home-heating fuel stamp program to 50 States and the District of Columbia. Authorizes the issuance of home-heating coupons which shall have a greater monetary value than any charge paid by eligible households and which shall be used only: (1) to purchase home-heating fuels from approved providers; or (2) in the case of a household which rents its residence and does not pay its home-heating fuel bill directly to a provider, to offset any rent due its landlord. Requires landlords accepting such coupons as partial rent payment to use such coupons to pay all or part of their fuel bills and prohibits them from increasing rents in connection with or as a result of the use of home-heating coupons by an eligible household. Provides that such coupons shall be redeemable at face value, and that the coupon allotment for any household shall be in an amount reflecting the monthly equivalent of the minimal cost of a reasonable amount of home-heating fuel for a single heating season. Limits the validity of coupons to one heating season, not to exceed six months, which shall be established for a State by the State agency. Requires as a charge to participating households for their coupon allotments a standard percentage of the monthly household income in no event more than the percentage of personal consumption expenditures shown to be spent on home-heating fuels by the best information available to the Secretary. States that no such charge is to be made to households with an income of less than $30 per month for a family of four. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participating households. Allows the establishment of temporary emergency standards, for the duration of the emergency, without regard to income or other financial resources, for households that are victims of a disaster which disrupts the normal distribution of home-heating fuels. Directs the Secretary to approve home-heating providers under regulations patterned after those used to approve retail food stores and wholesale food concerns for participation in the food stamp program. States that the administrative provisions of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 shall apply to the home-heating fuel program. Requires, in the administration of such program, that all practicable efforts be made to insure that assistance provided does not induce unnecessary additional consumption of home-heating fuel.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1979
Savings and Investment Encouragement Act of 1979 - Title I: Incentives for Individual Saving - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $100 of the interest earned on a savings account. Permits an exclusion of up to $500 for interest which is reinvested in a savings account. Excludes from gross income up to $500 of dividends received which are reinvested in the stock of domestic corporations. Requires that the sum of the adjusted basis of stock in domestic corporations held by the taxpayer plus the amount held in a savings account (investment base) on the last day of a taxable year exceed the investment base of the taxpayer as of the first day of such taxable year, plus the amount of dividends and interest excludible for such taxable year. Title II: Incentives for New Plant and Equipment - Revises the method for determining useful lives of business assets for purposes of computing allowable depreciation deductions. Replaces the asset depreciation range (ADR) method with a schedule of capital cost recovery periods for three classes of business property. Establishes capital cost recovery periods for the following classes of business property: (1) buildings and their structural components, ten years; (2) tangible property, five years; and (3) automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks (up to $100,000), three years. Allows a ten percent investment tax credit for buildings and tangible property, and a six percent credit for automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks. Requires the recapture of depreciation amounts and investment tax credit amounts applicable to assets which are sold or otherwise disposed of prior to the expiration of the cost recovery period. Permits taxpayer to deduct less than the full allowance for capital cost recovery in any taxable year. Permits a carryover to succeeding taxable years of any unused depreciation amounts. Disqualifies capital cost recovery property from the allowance for first year depreciation. Treats amounts claimed as the capital cost recovery of noncorporate lessors as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax. Adopts as an accounting practice the "half year convention" under which investments eligible for capital cost recovery treatment or the investment tax credit which are made at any time during the taxable year are deemed to be made in the middle of such year. Title III: Incentives for Research and Development - Qualifies research and development expenditures related to a trade or business for the investment tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1979
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the definition of "special immigrant" aliens who have resided continuously in the United States for at least five years prior to applying for immigrant status and who are: (1) unmarried children (not older than 25) of officers or employees of specified international organizations; (2) surviving spouses of such deceased officers and employees; and (3) retired officers or employees of such organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income a corporate stock distribution to a stockholder based upon the reinvestment of stock dividends in the corporation by such stockholder pursuant to his election to participate in a qualified dividend reinvestment plan, as defined in this Act. Limits the amount of such exclusion to $1,500 per year. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a distribution made by a corporation which purchases its common stock within one year of such distribution shall not be deemed a distribution pursuant to a qualified dividend reinvestment plan.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the formula for the determination of the basis of the deduction for disaster losses to take into account the replacement cost of the destroyed property. Sets such basis at the sum of the adjusted basis (for determining loss from the sale or other disposition of property), plus the excess of the replacement cost over the unadjusted basis of such property.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1979
Environmental Emergency Response Act - Defines containment as the onsite actions taken in the event of a discharge or release or significant threat of discharge or release of a hazardous substance from a hazardous substance disposal site to prevent or minimize such discharge or release. Defines hazardous substance as: (1) any hazardous substance so designated by the Clean Water Act; (2) any hazardous waste having the characteristics identified under or listed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (3) any toxic pollutant listed under the Clean Water Act; (4) any hazardous air pollutant listed under the Clean Air Act; (5) any imminently hazardous chemical substance or mixture as defined by the Toxic Substances Control Act; (6) any substance or mixture designated as a hazardous substance by the President pursuant to this Act; or (7) any element, substance, compound, or mixture which after release into the environment and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation or assimilation into any organism, directly or indirectly, will or may reasonably be anticipated to cause death, physical or behavioral malfunction or disease. Directs the President to promulgate and revise regulations designating as hazardous substances, in addition to those defined above, such elements and compounds which, if released in a determined quantity into the environment, may present substantial danger to the public health or environment. Prohibits the discharge of any hazardous substance in violation of the Clean Water Act or the release or disposal of such substances which may affect the natural resources belonging to, appertaining to, or under the exclusive management authority of the United States. Directs any person in charge of any vessel or onshore or offshore facility which is discharging, releasing, or disposing of a hazardous substance to immediately notify the appropriate agency of the United States Government of such discharge, release, or disposal. Establishes criminal penalties for failing to provide such notice. Requires any person subject to liability for a noncomplying waste disposal site to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) within a specified period of: (1) the existence of such site; (2) the amount and type of hazardous substances to be found at such site; and (3) the likelihood of discharge or release of such substances from such site. Establishes criminal penalties for failing to provide such notice. Precludes such persons from any limitation or defense of liability to which they would otherwise be entitled. Prohibits such persons from knowingly rendering unavailable or unreadable any record relating to the to the site or any hazardous substances contained or deposited therein. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and enforce such control or removal requirements as are deemed appropriate to protect the public health and environment from any hazardous substance disposal site not in compliance. Authorizes the President to take any emergency response measure including removal or containment, necessary to protect the public health or the environment whenever a hazardous substance is discharged or released into the environment, unless it is determined that the owner or operator of the source of the release will properly remove such substance. Directs the President, within a specified period, to revise and republish the National Contingency Plan for the removal of oil and hazardous substances to reflect and effectuate the responsibilities and powers created by this Act. Specifies that such revision include a National Hazardous Substance Disposal Site Response Plan, such plan to include: (1) methods for discovering and investigating such sites; (2) methods for evaluating and containing any actual or threatened discharges or releases from such sites which pose a substantial danger to the public health or the environment; (3) methods and criteria for determining the appropriate extent of emergency response, containment, and other measures authorized by this Act; (4) appropriate roles and responsbilities for various governmental and nongovernmental entities in effectuating the Plan; (5) provision for response equipment and supplies; and (6) provision for reporting the existence of and any releases of hazardous substances from sites which may be located on federally-owned or controlled properties. Authorizes the Administrator to require any person involved in activities which may present a danger to public health or the environment related to the handling, storage, treatment, transportation, or disposal of any hazardous substance to take any necessary actions to ascertain the nature and extent of such danger, or to bring suit in the appropriate United States district court to require any such person to take such actions. Makes the owner or operator of a vessel or an onshore or offshore facility from which a hazardous substance is discharged jointly and severally liable for specified damages resulting from such discharge, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the President or the authorized representative of a State to act on behalf of the public as trustee of any natural resources damaged or lost as a result of such discharge and to recover for such damages. Stipulates that each department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal Government shall be subject to and comply with this Act. Imposes liability upon any generator or transporter of any hazardous substance for such discharge by the facility which was the source of the discharge if such generator or transporter could have reasonably anticipated such discharge. Imposes punitive damages upon the owner or operator of a hazardous substance disposal site for failure to properly provide emergency response or containment upon request of the President. Establishes in the United States Treasury a Hazardous Substance Response Fund to be constituted from specified fees, and all moneys recovered on behalf of the Fund or recovered or collected under the Clean Water Act. Requires manufacturers, importers, and generators of hazardous substances to pay fees on each unit of hazardous substance produced, manufactured, or imported into the United States and each unit of hazardous waste generated. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate rules and regulations relating to the collection of such fees, and sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violation of such regulations. Authorizes the Secretary to invest any excess of the Fund in interest-bearing special obligations of the United States. Directs the President to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary in the event the moneys available in the fund are inadequate to meet the obligations of the fund. Directs the Administrator of EPA, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the Comptroller General to conduct a study of possible incentives to safer operation of vessels and facilities to reduce the potential of discharges or releases of hazardous substances, and of measures to prevent or avoid the occurrence of such discharges. Sets forth the purposes for which Fund moneys may be used. Authorizes the President to delegate his duties under this Act to the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, departments, and instrumentalities. Directs the President to establish a national priority system for responding to releases of hazardous substances and a system whereby States affected by such discharges may act to provide emergency response and be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred thereof. Directs the President to notify an owner, operator, or guarantor of a vessel or an offshore or onshore facility of any allegation as to costs incurred for removal or damages resulting from the discharge of a hazardous substance for which such person would be liable under this Act. Sets forth procedures for the disposition of claims resulting from such discharges. Establishes a six year statute of limitation for claims presented or actions commenced under this Act. Subrogates to the United States Government all rights of a claimant to recover the costs of removal or damages from the person responsible for a hazardous substance discharge prior to payment of any claim by the Fund. Subrogates any person, including the Fund, who pays compensation pursuant to this Act to any claimant for damages or removal costs, to all rights, claims, and causes of action for such damages and removal costs of such claimant. Directs the Attorney General, upon request of the President, to commence on action on behalf of the Fund to recover any compensation paid by the Fund to any claimant pursuant to this Act. Directs the President, acting through the Administrators of the EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, to issue regulations for the assessment of damages for injury to or loss of natural resources resulting from a discharge of hazardous substances. Directs the Comptroller General to provide for auditing of all payments and other uses of the Fund. Requires owners and operators of vessels carrying hazardous substances and of onshore and offshore facilities to establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility in an amount consistent with the risks associated with the transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous substances. Imposes civil penalties on such persons for failure to comply with such requirements. Authorizes judicial review of any regulation issued under this Act only in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Grants jurisdiction to the United States district courts over all controversies arising under this Act. Makes conforming amendments to the Clean Water Act. Transfers to the Fund one-half of any sums appropriated under the oil and hazardous substances liability provisions of such Act and all of the sums appropriated under the emergency powers provisions of this Act. Terminates the authority to establish and collect fees under this Act on October 1, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation to appoint Type Certification Boards comprised of individuals knowledgeable in the fields of aeronautics and aviation safety to participate in the aircraft type certification process.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
Capital Cost Recovery Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the method for determining useful lives of business assets for purposes of computing allowable depreciation deductions. Replaces the asset depreciation range (ADR) method with a schedule of capital cost recovery periods for three classes of business property. Establishes capital cost recovery periods for the following classes of business property: (1) buildings and their structural components, ten years; (2) tangible property, five years; and (3) automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks (up to $100,000), three years. Allows a ten percent investment tax credit for buildings and tangible property, and six percent credit for automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks. Requires the recapture of depreciation amounts and investment tax credit amounts applicable to assets which are sold or otherwise disposed of prior to the expiration of the capital cost recovery period. Permits a taxpayer to deduct less the full allowance for capital cost recovery in any taxable year. Permits a carryover to succeeding taxable years of any unused depreciation amounts. Disqualifies capital cost recovery property from the allowance for first year depreciation. Treats amounts claimed as the capital cost recovery of noncorporate lessors as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax. Adopts as an accounting practice the "half year convention" under which investments eligible for capital cost recovery treatment or the investment tax credit which are made at any time during the taxable year are deemed to be made in the middle of such year.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating May 18, 1980, as "Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Sunday" and to include in such proclamation a provision calling upon Government officials to display the flag at half-staff on all Government buildings on such day and requesting the American people to do the same.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1979
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to stipulate that a "current connection" with the railroad industry for purposes of such Act shall not be deemed lost by reason of certain employment with the Department of Energy.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to 25 percent of the research and experimental expenditures incurred by a taxpayer in connection with his trade or business. Limits the amount of expenditures eligible for the credit to those research and experimental expenditures which exceed 102 percent, but which do not exceed 150 percent, of the expenditures for the preceding taxable year. Allows a three year carryback and a seven year carryover of credit amounts which exceed the limitations on the credit for any taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1979
Chesapeake Bay Research Coordination Act of 1979 - Establishes in the executive branch an independent establishment known as the Office for Chesapeake Bay Research, Planning, and Coordination. Requires such Office to: (1) ensure the existence of a Chesapeake Research Exchange; (2) review and evaluate, on a periodic basis, the research effort; (3) identify the need for, and the priority of, additional research projects; (4) establish an effective mechanism for coordinating the research projects with the research of State and local government agencies; (5) remain cognizant of ongoing research projects; (6) conduct periodic meetings with representatives of Federal, State, regional, and local agencies, and representatives of the scientific community having responsibility for the administration of research programs in the Chesapeake Bay area; (7) determine existing Federal and State programs on the Chesapeake Bay; (8) plan and conduct a conference on Chesapeake Bay affairs at least once every two years; (9) submit an annual report to Congress and to the Secretary of Commerce with respect to administration and recommendations for improving research efforts; and (10) perform such other activities that are consistent with the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make available such administrative services and staff as may be reasonably necessary. Establishes the Chesapeake Bay Research Board which shall: (1) develop a Chesapeake Bay Research Plan consistent with the missions and interests of appropriate agencies and States; (2) advise the Director of the Office; and (3) review, evaluate, and comment upon the annual report submitted by the Office.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1979
Reserve Forces Benefits Act - Entitles specified reserve members of the uniformed services and members of the National Guard to the same medical and dental benefits enjoyed by members of the uniformed services on active duty. Entitles the dependents of such individuals to the same medical and dental benefits presently available to the dependents of members on active duty under specified circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1979
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on outside income for beneficiaries age 65 or older.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Child Health Assurance Act of 1979 - Title I: Child Health Assurance Program; Medicaid Eligibility of Poor Children - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a State's Medicaid program to provide medical assistance to any individual under the age of 18 whose resources do not exceed specified levels. Requires a State plan for medical assistance under title XIX to provide for a child health assurance program (CHAP). Requires each such program to: (1) assure the availability to each eligible child of child health assessments which may only be performed by a health care provider who has entered into a specified written agreement with a State; (2) provide, with respect to certain medical services, for the continuing care of eligible children; (3) assure that all eligible children are informed of the need for and availability of dental services, and are referred to providers of such care and services on a timely and periodic basis; and (4) provide for "outreach" to children eligible for assessments. Requires a State's Medicaid program to provide the following services for individuals under the age of 18: (1) inpatient hospital services; (2) outpatient hospital services; (3) rural health clinic services; (4) certain laboratory and X-ray services; (5) child health assessment services and the continuing care services of a CHAP; (6) immunizations; (7) prescribed drugs and insulin; (8) diagnosis and treatment of vision and hearing problems, including eyeglasses and hearing aids; (9) certain ambulatory mental health services; (10) routine dental care services; and (11) physicians' services furnished by a physician. Exempts the individuals eligible for such services from any enrollment fee, premium, deductible, cost sharing, or similar charges with respect to any such services. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate regulations establishing a formula for measuring the effectiveness of a State's CHAP. Directs the Secretary to publish a formula to determine a State's Federal medical assistance percentage for an ambulatory care and services for children based on the effectiveness of its program. Directs the Secretary to evaluate at least biannually the effectiveness of each State's program based on specified standards. Requires States under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to inform all families receiving AFDC benefits of the availability of child health assurance services under title XIX. Title II: Medicaid Eligibility of Pregnant Women - Requires a State plan for medical assistance under title XIX to make medical assistance available for care and services provided during pregnancy aid and for 60 days following the termination of pregnancy to women whose resources do not exceed specified levels. Title III: Effective Dates; Regulations - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1979
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits for an individual having a terminal illness shall begin with the first month during all of which such individual has such illness. Defines the term "terminal illness" to mean a medically determinable physical impairment which is expected to result in death within the next 12 months.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada should meet to discuss energy issues and establish a common economic bond of energy cooperation.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1979
Confers subpoena power upon the Presidential Commission appointed to investigate the Three Mile Island nuclear powerplant accident to require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence relating to the accident. Permits the issuance of an order for the inspection of the powerplant at Three Mile Island.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1979
Extends for two years the period of time after which: (1) the revenues from the postage rates of certain mail matter of nonprofit organizations which are currently provided reduced rates cannot exceed the attributable postal costs; and (2) the rates for certain commercial publications and educational materials which are currently provided reduced rates must equal full postage rates.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special tax treatment of church agency pension plans as qualified church plans. Provides that plans maintained by groups or associations of churches include individuals "substantially all" of whom are qualified beneficiaries. Allows such plans to retain accrued benefits, according to their terms, or to continue receiving contributions for up to five years for separated employees. Allows any plan which is determined to have failed to meet church plan requirements a grace period of 270 days, or any other period specified by the Secretary of the Treasury or a court in an adjudication of such an issue, to bring itself into compliance without becoming disqualified. Applies these provisions retroactively to 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that, for purposes of computing the allowable retirement plan exclusion and employer contributions allowance for church employees, all years of service for a church, church association, or an agency for such churches, shall be considered employment for one employer. Extends to church employees the same option presently enjoyed by employees of tax-exempt health and education organizations to elect alternative exclusion allowances for contributions to annuity contracts. Provides a minimum $10,000 allowance for annual additions to these contracts without regard to the amount of the employee's compensation.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1979
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to make permanent the special tax treatment of church agency pension plans as qualified church plans. Provides that plans maintained by groups or associations of churches include individuals "substantially all" of whom are qualified beneficiaries. Allows such plans to retain accrued benefits, according to their terms, or to continue receiving contributions for up to five years for separated employees. Allows any plan which is determined to have failed to meet church plan requirements a grace period of 270 days, or any other period specified by the Secretary of the Treasury or a court in an adjudication of such an issue, to bring itself into compliance without becoming disqualified. Applies these provisions retroactively to 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that every effort be made to preserve Rhodes Tavern, Keith's Theatre and Albee Building, and the National Metropolitan Bank Building in the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should appoint an ambassador-at-large to be responsible to the Secretary of State for U.S. policy on world population affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1979
District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act - Title I: Financing of Retirement Benefits - Establishes the District of Columbia Retirement Board to exercise exclusive authority to manage and control the funds established by this Title. Details provisions relating to the Board's composition, the election and terms of office of Board members, the procedures to be followed by the Board, and the financing of the Board's operations. Establishes the District of Columbia Policemen and Firefighters' Retirement Fund into which shall be deposited: (1) amounts withheld from the salaries of, and deposited by, members of the Metropolitan Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act; (2) amounts appropriated to the Fund pursuant to this Act; and (3) amounts made as return on investment of the assets of the Fund. Establishes the District of Columbia Teachers' Retirement Fund into which shall be deposited; (1) amounts withheld from the salaries of, and amounts deposited by, each teacher in the public schools of the District of Columbia for such teachers' retirement account; (2) assets transferred from the District of Columbia teachers' retirement and annuity fund; (3) amounts appropriated to the Fund pursuant to this Act; and (4) amounts made as return on investment of the assets of the Fund. Establishes the District of Columbia Judges' Retirement Fund into which shall be deposited: (1) amounts withheld from the salaries of, and amounts deposited by, judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; (2) assets transferred from the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund; (3) amounts appropriated to the Fund pursuant to this Act; and (4) amounts made as return on investment of the assets of the Fund. Requires that the assets of each Fund established by this Act be kept separate from other monies, but not necessarily kept separate from one another if the Board determines that commingling of such assets is advisable for investment purposes. Requires the Board to maintain a cash reserve for the Funds sufficient to meet current annuity and disability benefit outlays. Prohibits the investment of assets of the funds in obligations issued or guaranteed in whole or in part by the government of the District of Columbia, the government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the government of the State of Maryland, or the government of any political subdivision thereof, or in obligations secured by real property in the District of Columbia, Virginia, or Maryland. Directs the Board to engage an enrolled actuary to determine, in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices, the level percentage of payroll required to be paid into the Fund, considering length of participation in the retirement program and the present value of future benefits. Sets forth formulae to determine annual Federal payments and annual District of Columbia payments to each Fund. Authorizes the appropriations of specified sums from the revenues of the United States and from amounts in the United States Treasury credited to the District of Columbia for Federal and District of Columbia contributions to each Fund. Provides for a reduction in Federal contributions to the District of Columbia Policemen and Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund, should the costs of police officers and fire fighters' disability retirement prove excessive as determined by a specified formula. Requires each member of the Board to submit detailed annual personal financial disclosure statements to the Congress and the D.C. government. Directs the Board to publish annual reports with respect to each retirement program and corresponding Fund to which this Act applies. Requires that each such report include: (1) a financial statement containing a statement of Fund assets and liabilities, a statement of charges in net assets available for benefits under the retirement program, and other specified information; (2) an opinion by an independent public accountant as to whether such financial statement is presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; (3) an actuarial statement containing specified information relating to the Fund and retirement program; (4) information relating to the number of employees covered by the retirement program, persons receiving compensation from the Fund, and specified changes to the Funds' operation; and (5) a report from each insurance company or similar organization from which program benefits are purchased or which guarantees such benefit. Directs the Board to prepare summary retirement programs descriptions to be supplied to each participant in, and beneficiary under, each retirement program to which this Act applies. Requires that annual reports and copies of summary retirement program descriptions, including periodic updates containing material modification, be filed with the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Council, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President pro tempore of the Senate. Empowers the Mayor, the Council, or either House of Congress to reject any filing upon making specified findings. Suspends Federal contributions to any Fund with respect to which a filing is rejected or no timely filing has been made pending an acceptable filing. Requires that copies of such reports and descriptions be made available for public inspection. Designates the Board and each member of the Board fiduciaries with respect to the Funds. Authorizes the Board to designate one or more persons to exercise fiduciary responsibilities with respect to Funds established by this Act but places with the Board fiduciary responsibility for the oversight of any person so designated. Lists standards and guidelines to be followed by fiduciaries in the discharge of their duties. Specifies circumstances under which a fiduciary shall be liable for a breach of fiduciary duty by another fiduciary. Prohibits a fiduciary from causing the fund to engage in specified transactions with interested parties or with itself. Deems void any provision in an agreement instrument which purports to relieve a fiduciary of responsibility or liability. Permits the Board, fiduciaries, and groups of retirement program participants to purchase insurance to cover liability or losses arising from a breach of fiduciary duty. Prohibits any person convicted of specified crimes from serving as an administrator, fiduciary, counsel, or employee of, or as a consultant to, any Fund established by this Act within five years of any such conviction or release from imprisonment, unless the Board of Parole of the United States determines that such person's service with the Fund would not be contrary to the purposes of this Act. Requires every fiduciary of a Fund established by this Title and every person who handles its funds to be bonded except as provided in this Act. Sets forth criminal penalties for violation of fiduciary obligations. Creates civil causes of action for the benefit of specified plaintiffs to enforce the provisions of this Act. Specifies time limits within which civil action grounded on breach of fiduciary duty must be brought. Title II: Changes In Retirement Benefits - Revises the method for determining the salary base period for computation of annuities of participants in the District of Columbia Policemen and Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund. Permits any member or officer of the Metropolitan Police or Fire Department who is on approved leave without pay to serve as a full-time official of an employee organization to have such service credited towards his retirement upon meeting specific requirements. Sets forth separate procedures and standards for members of the Metropolitan Police and the Fire Department with respect to: (1) eligibility for optional retirement; (2) eligibility for disability retirement; (3) amount of disability annuities; (4) suspension of disability annuities; (5) physical examination of disability annuitants; (6) amount of survivors annuities; (7) deferred annuities; and (8) interest on refunds and on deposits for prior service credit. Authorizes cost-of-living adjustments in annuities payable from the District of Columbia Policemen and Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund. Permits the Mayor to waive collection of any overpayment to annuitant if such overpayment is less than $100. Permits the Mayor, in the case of payments due to mental incompetents or minors, to make payment to any person, who in his judgment, is responsible for the care of such claimant. Authorizes cost-of-living adjustments in annuities payable from the District of Columbia Teacher's Retirement Fund and District of Columbia Judges' Retirement Fund. Revises the means for determining eligibility for each such adjustment. Revises the amount of benefits due under a teacher's annuity in the event the named beneficiary of such annuity predeceases the annuitant. Provides for the termination of teachers' disability annuities based on excessive outside earned income.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1979
Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council. Establishes an Office of Economic Adjustment to provide necessary staff support for the Council. Sets forth the duties of the Council which include: (1) disseminating information to Federal, State, and local agencies and authorities concerning changes in defense spending affecting employment in defense industries; (2) oversight of programs providing assistance to areas adversely affected by such changes; (3) reviewing local alternative use plans; and (4) preparing and distributing a Conversion Guidelines Handbook. Title II: Alternative Use Committees - Requires the establishment, at every defense facility employing at least 100 persons, of Alternative Use Committees representing management and labor to undertake economic conversion planning and preparation for the employment of the personnel and utilization of the facilities in the event of a reduction or elimination of any defense facility or the curtailment, conclusion, or disapproval of any defense contract. Stipulates that defense contractors which fail to submit an alternative use plan to the Council or which refuse or fail to carry out the provisions of a plan approved by the Council shall lose eligibility for future contracts for a period of three years as well as losing contract termination payments and eligibility for tax credits. Requires Alternative Use Committees to periodically review plans for the conversion of the facility to civilian-oriented production and to send periodic reports to the Council regarding the progress of such plans. Directs the committees to provide occupational retraining and reemployment counseling services for employees who are displaced by the implementation of a conversion plan or the closing of a defense facility. Specifies provisions which are to be included in each alternative use plan. Title III: Economic Adjustment Fund - Establishes within the U.S. Treasury a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Requires defense contracts to contain a provision under which the defense contractor is to pay into such fund an amount equal to one and one quarter percent per year of the value of the contractor's gross revenues on sales under such contract. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit ten percent of the projected savings from defense cutbacks into the fund. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to such fund to enable the Secretary to make payments and disbursements authorized by this Act. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Entitles workers who are displaced because of defense cutbacks to specified benefits for a two-year period, including: (1) compensation sufficient to maintain the employee's income at a level equal to 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000 of that worker's regular annual wage; (2) vested pension credit under any applicable pension plan; (3) maintenance of any medical, disability, or life insurance coverage which such an individual had by reason of employment by the defense contractor; and (4) retraining, job search, and relocation expenses. Stipulates that in order to be eligible for benefits under this Act a displaced worker must agree to maintain an active registration with the Secretary of Labor or an appropriate State employment agency and to accept any employment determined by the Secretary or the agency to be of the same skill or work of a similar nature at the same pay as such worker was receiving before being displaced. Stipulates that adjustment benefits under this Act shall not be taken into account in determining an individual's eligibility for unemployment compensation. Stipulates that adjustment benefits shall terminate when a displaced worker obtains employment providing 90 percent of the first $20,000 per year and 50 percent of the next $5,000 in excess of $20,000 of the worker's previous wage or two years after displacement, whichever occurs sooner. Title V: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Entitles communities which are substantially and seriously affected by the reduction or elimination of military facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts to Federal assistance for economic adjustment to avoid substantial dislocations and for economic adjustment assistance should such dislocation occur. Directs the Council to develop guidelines by which the criteria for eligibility for planning assistance are to be applied. Authorizes the sale of excess defense capital property or facilities where such a facility is reduced or closed to the affected community at a public benefit discount. Title VI: Industrial Economic Adjustment - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make or guarantee low-interest, long-term loans to assist contractors in carrying out an approved alternative use plan to convert a plant or facility to civilian purposes. Prohibits making any such loan or loan guarantee if financing for such plan is available from any other source. Title VII: Use of Certain Research Fund - Authorizes the use of Department of Defense research and development funds for work which has a potential relationship to an urgent national requirement in a designated non-defense sector of the economy. Directs the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to define urgent national requirements for non-defense sectors of the economy. Title VIII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1979
Establishes a Commission on the International Application of Antitrust Laws. Charges such Commission with examining the international aspects of United States antitrust laws and related statutes, court rules and administrative procedures, and with making recommendations to the President and to the Congress on the results of such study. Directs the President to appoint the 18 member Commission from the executive branch, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the private sector. Sets forth the organization and compensation of members and the powers of the Commission. Stipulates that any formal recommendation made by the Commission to the President and to the Congress must have the majority vote of the Commission as present and voting. Requires the Commission to submit its final report within one year after its first meeting. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits the report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the activities of the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1979
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Federal Aviation Administration to prepare and implement comprehensive aircraft noise abatement plans at airports operated by the Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1979
Interstate Taxation Act of 1979 - Title I: Sales and Use Taxes - Denies authority to a State or its political subdivisions to require a person to collect a sales or use tax with respect to a sale or use of tangible personal property unless that person: (1) has a business location in that State; (2) regularly solicits sales in that State, unless the activity consists solely of solicitation by direct mail or media advertising; or (3) regularly makes deliveries in that State other than by common carrier or by mail. Prohibits a State or its political subdivisions from including separately stated freight charges which are incident to interstate sales in the measure of a sales or use tax imposed by such State. Limits the authority of a State to impose a sales tax or require the collection of sales or use taxes with respect to an interstate sale of tangible personal property to instances where the destination of the sale is in such State, or in a State or locality for which the tax is required to be collected by an agreement between the State of destination and the State requiring the collection of the tax, and the seller has a business location in the State requiring such collection. Limits the authority of a political subdivision of a State to impose a sales or use tax to instances where the interstate sale of tangible personal property occurs within the political subdivision. Denies the authority of a State or its political subdivision to impose a sales or use tax upon interstate sellers whose annual receipts from taxable retail sales of tangible personal property with a destination in such State are less than $20,000. Exempts States and their political subdivisions from any limits on their power to impose sales or use taxes with respect to motor vehicles and boats registered in such jurisdictions or with respect to motor fuels consumed in such jurisdictions. Provides that the amount of any use tax imposed with respect to tangible personal property shall be reduced by the amount of any sales or use tax previously paid by the taxpayer with respect to the same property on account of liability to another State or its political subdivisions. Exempts sellers from liability for the collection or payment of a sales or use tax with respect to an interstate sale of tangible personal property if the purchaser of such property furnishes to the seller a registration certificate showing registration with the jurisdiction imposing the tax, or a certificate showing the basis for the seller's exemption from the tax. Permits an out-of-state seller who has less than $100,000 in annual sales to elect to collect and remit to the State of sale a combined State and local sales tax. Requires the purchaser to certify in writing the correct rate or amount applicable to the sale. Stipulates that no seller shall be required by a State or political subdivision to classify interstate sales for sales tax accounting purposes according to geographic areas of the State in any manner other than to account for interstate sales with destinations in political subdivisions in which the seller has a business location or regularly makes household deliveries. Permits a State or its political subdivisions to impose and collect a use tax from a purchaser or user of tangible personal property which is: (1) acquired in an interstate sale from an out-of-state seller who is not required to collect such a tax with respect to such sale; or (2) acquired outside the State and brought in by such purchaser or user. Prohibits a State or its political subdivision from assessing a sales or use tax against any individual for periods prior to the enactment of this Act unless during such periods the individual had a business location in the State, regularly solicited orders by means of employees present in such State, or regularly made deliveries in such State other than by mail or common carrier. Title II: Gross Receipts Taxes - Prohibits a State or its political subdivision from imposing a gross receipts tax with respect to the interstate sale of tangible personal property unless the sale is solicited directly through a business office of the seller in the State or its political subdivisions. Title III: Net Income taxes - Prohibits a State or its political subdivisions from imposing for any taxable year on a corporation taxable in more than one State, other than banks, insurance companies, common carriers, and utilities, a net income tax measured by an amount of income in excess of an amount determined by a specified formula which weighs the presence of the corporation in the State. Title IV: Jurisdiction of Federal Courts - Grants jurisdiction to the United States Court of Claims to review de novo any issues relating to a dispute arising under this Act. Makes determinations of the Court of Claims binding for the taxable years involved upon any State given notice or appearing as a party, subject only to review by the United States Supreme Court through a writ of certiorari. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Stipulates that no charge may be imposed by a State or political subdivision to cover any part of the cost of conducting an audit outside that State for a tax to which this Act applies.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1979
Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any foreign government or entity from suing in any United States district court for injuries sustained from violations of the antitrust laws unless the laws of such foreign government forbid such conduct and authorizes any person, including the government and citizens of the United States, to sue in the courts of that foreign state. Limits recovery of damages of a foreign government to the actual damages and the costs of the suit.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Extends the current exception to prohibitions against commerce in lottery material (allowing such commerce within a State with respect to a State-conducted lottery) to include the exportation of lottery material to a foreign country for use in a lottery authorized by such country.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Grants tax-exempt status upon an annuity contract purchased by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for any employee who is a member of the civilian faculty or staff of such university.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1979
Directs the President to establish an interdepartmental committee to coordinate programs to increase exports of United States products and commodities. Includes as members of the committee the Secretaries of the Departments of State, Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor, and the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. Requires the committee to report to Congress each month while Congress is in session.
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