United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit corporate joint ventures (other than Subchapter S corporations and personal holding companies) to use the annual accrual method of accounting allowed for corporations engaged in farming.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1981
Permits Indian tribes to enter into certain agreements for the disposition of tribal mineral resources, upon approval by the Secretary of the Interior. Sets forth approval procedures. Grants tribes an opportunity for Presidential review of disapprovals of such agreements. Grants the Secretary discretionary authority to approve such agreements for individual Indians owning trust or restricted minerals.
United States · United States Congress · 24 November 1981
United States Academy of Peace Act - Establishes the United States Academy of Peace as an independent nonprofit corporation. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Academy, including establishment of an Endowment of the United States Academy of Peace. Authorizes the Academy to establish: (1) a Center for International Peace; and (2) a United States Medal of Peace and other medals or honors. Subjects the Academy to specified freedom of information requirements. Provides that, with certain exceptions, the Academy shall not be considered a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Government. Prohibits the use of any political test or political qualification with respect to personnel actions of the Academy or financial assistance by the Academy. Authorizes appropriations in a specified amount for an Academy buildings and grounds capitalization fund. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal years 1983 and 1984 for Academy programs and administration.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide the Federal National Mortgage Association a net operating loss carryback of ten years and a net operating loss carryover of five years, beginning in 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1981
Amends the Energy Tax Act of 1978, with respect to refunds resulting from the repeal of the manufacturers' excise tax on buses, to extend to December 31, 1982, the period for reimbursement of the tax to the ultimate purchaser. Permits the manufacturer to make such reimbursement at the same time it receives the refund.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1981
Coal Distribution and Utilization Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to determine whether any proposed interstate coal pipeline distribution system is in the national interest. Permits the exercise of the power of eminent domain with respect to the construction of any coal pipeline distribution system determined by the Secretary to be in the national interest. Prohibits the acquiring through eminent domain of water, historic sites, and wildlife or wilderness refuges. Amends the Mineral Lands Leasing of 1920 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant rights-of-way through Federal lands for coal pipelines. Prohibits the use of water found within a State for an interstate coal pipeline distribution system, unless the use is pursuant to State law.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1981
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide special incentive pay for dentists in the Department of Medicine and Surgery with board certification in a specialty.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1981
Amends the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act of 1980 to delay until December 31, 1982 the effective date of the requirement that in cases of corporate liquidations a corporation inventorying goods under the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method of accounting treat the LIFO recapture amount with respect to distributed inventory assets as ordinary income.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and special motor fuels any such fuels sold for use in certain taxicabs. Imposes requirements of registration for such exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1981
Directs the President in cooperation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to exercise appropriate authorities to assure an adequate flow of credit to small borrowers at affordable prices. Directs the President to take appropriate actions to limit the large-scale diversion of credit to nonproductive uses. Directs the President in cooperation with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to take noninflationary actions necessary to reduce interest rates. Directs the President to report to Congress within 30 days concerning the effect of his actions in protecting an adequate flow of affordable credit to small borrowers and reducing excessive interest rates.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant tax-exempt status to crude oil purchasing cooperatives on the same basis as such status is applied to farmers' cooperatives. Defines "crude oil purchasing cooperative" as a cooperative purchasing association all of whose members are independent refiners or cooperatives described in specified Internal Revenue Code provisions and which is organized and operated for purposes of: (1) purchase of crude oil and resale to members, nonmember independent refiners, and certain other nonmember cooperatives and return of proceeds of such resales, less necessary expenses; (2) purchase of supplies and equipment for such parties at cost plus necessary expenses; (3) trading and storage of crude oil; and (4) insurance of risks associated with the organization's activities.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies to fund model programs, designed and operated by local educational agencies, for the improvement and expansion of foreign language study for children aged five through 17 residing within their school districts. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount of such grants based on State population. Sets forth provisions relating to the availability of such funds. Sets forth grant application requirements for State educational agencies, including provisions for periodic student proficiency evaluation and for teacher training. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State agencies to fund model foreign language programs designed and operated at community and junior colleges. Bases the amount of such grants on State population. Sets forth grant application requirements, including periodic student proficiency evaluation and teacher training. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education to cover part of the costs of foreign language instruction for their students. Sets forth formulas to determine whether an institution is eligible for such grants, based on the percentage of its student body enrolled in qualified postsecondary language courses. Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards, including reporting requirements, for programs assisted by such grants. Sets formulas for determining the amounts of such grants, based on number of students enrolled in such courses. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Directs the Secretary to make grants to each institution of higher education which requires at least two years of postsecondary credits in foreign language (or a competency equivalent thereof) for each graduating student. Sets forth formulas for determining the amounts of such grants, based on the number of students enrolled in the institution. Requires ratable reduction of such grants when appropriations are insufficient. Prohibits any grant or contract under this Act except to such extent, or in such amounts, as may be provided in appropriation Acts. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1985 to carry out grant programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981
Expresses the disapproval by the Senate of the proposed deferral of budget authority for the Veterans' Administration health-care facility construction while the Administration considers alternative methods for providing readily available quality medical care for eligible veterans as set forth in a special message transmitted by the President to the Congress under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1981
Fiscal Prudence and Small Business Representation Act of 1981 - Assures the American people that the deficit for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 will not exceed specified amounts and that outlays will not exceed revenues by the first day of fiscal year 1984. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, not later than November 15, 1981, to prepare and transmit to Congress a full and complete list of all reductions in budget authority and outlays and increases in revenues for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984 which would be necessary to meet the President's objective that the deficit for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 not exceed specified amounts and that outlays not exceed revenues by the first day of fiscal year 1984. Directs the President to nominate an individual whose background is nonbanking, but who is representative of small business, to fill the first vacancy occurring on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System after the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which provide incentives for energy conservation and development of renewable energy sources should not be repealed or amended to reduce such incentives.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1981
Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 1981 - Declares it to be the public policy to: (1) promote national population stabilization; (2) encourage other nations to achieve population stabilization; and (3) coordinate research and national planning concerning global trends in population characteristics, the availability of natural resources, and environmental change. Directs all Federal agencies to: (1) use reliable demographic research in planning and decisionmaking which affect national and global population characteristics; and (2) develop procedures to insure the consideration of population characteristics, population stabilization, and environmental, economic, and natural resource aspects in agency planning and decisionmaking. Directs each agency head to: (1) review the agency's statutory authority, policies, and regulations to determine whether there are any impediments to complying with this Act; and (2) recommend the necessary administrative or legislative actions to eliminate such impediments. Establishes an interagency Council on Global Resources, the Environment, and Population to: (1) coordinate research, conduct studies, and report to the President and Congress on trends in population characteristics; (2) assess the impact of such trends on population stabilization, the environment, and the availability of natural resources; (3) recommend legislative and administrative actions to modify or eliminate Federal programs, laws, and regulations which limit the achievement of the policies of this Act; and (4) recommend to Congress and the President a national population policy and policies to encourage global population stabilization at a level which maintains the highest possible standard of living and does not deplete the world's natural resources or degrade the global environment. Requires the President to submit to Congress, annually, a national population change and planning report which includes: (1) an evaluation of the impact that national and global trends in population characteristics, the availability of natural resources, and environmental change will have on the nation's economy and national security; and (2) recommendations for necessary legislative actions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1981
Confers jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for a specified district to hear and determine the claims of two named individuals arising out of injuries allegedly suffered due to improper medical treatment provided by the United States Navy.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act - Authorizes the President to enter into agreements with countries which are parties to the "Convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export, and transfer of ownership of cultural property," to apply import restrictions on the archaeological or ethnological materials of requesting countries. Directs the President to seek a commitment of the requesting country to permit the exchange of such materials. Provides for the entering into force of such agreements, the suspension of import restrictions under the agreements, and the extension of the agreements. Requires the President to report to Congress on such agreements and on emergency import restrictions. Authorizes the President to impose emergency import restrictions. Limits such Presidential authority. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make a list of the materials covered by any such agreement or emergency condition. Establishes a Cultural Property Advisory Committee to review requests and recommend whether an agreement should be consummated or extended or an emergency action implemented. Requires the Committee to review the effectiveness of such agreements or emergency actions. Prohibits the importation into the United States of: (1) designated archaeological or ethnological materials unless the appropriate country issues a document of lawful exportation; and (2) cultural articles stolen from a museum or a religious or secular institution. Sets forth procedures for temporary disposition, seizure, and forfeiture of articles under this Act. Exempts certain articles from this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1981
Makes air traffic controllers who are eligible for immediate retirement ineligible for full time training on the basis of their inability to continue their work as controllers for physical or other specified reasons. Entitles any employee who provides preflight, in- flight, or airport advisory service to aircraft operators and any immediate supervisor of such an employee to a civil service pension after completing 25 years of service or after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service.
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
Expresses the objection of Congress to the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, conformal fuel tanks, AIM- 9L Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, and aerial refueling aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1981
Criminal Justice Assistance Amendments of 1981 - Amends title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Justice System Improvement) to replace the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration with a new Bureau of Justice Assistance under the general authority of the Attorney General. Revises the formula grant program to make the following changes. Decreases from 23 to 12 the purposes for which formula grants may be made. Authorizes States during fiscal years 1983 and 1984 to fund five additional program areas given the highest priority by the National Justice Commission. Requires States to provide a 50 percent match to receive Federal funding and to assume the cost of a successful program after a reasonable period of Federal assistance. Authorizes the Administrator to waive the required match if the recipient does not have sufficent funds available. Eliminates the current requirement that States and localities establish criminal justice councils and local criminal justice advisory boards. Requires each State to maintain a State planning agency subject to the jurisdiction of the chief executive of the State. Charges such agencies with: (1) preparing a simple application to obtain a State's allocation; (2) administering funds awarded; (3) providing financial assistance to State agencies, local governments, and private nonprofit corporations; (4) preparing annual reports; (5) coordinating the policies of State and local criminal justice agencies; and (6) analyzing criminal justice data. Authorizes the chief executive officer of the State to submit the State's proposed uses of the block grants to the State legislature. Increases from 80 to 95 percent the proportion of total funding to be allocated for formula grants. Eliminates the national priority grant and the training and manpower development programs. Establishes a 21-member National Justice Commission in the executive branch to: (1) coordinate the activities and policies of Federal, State, and local criminal justice agencies; (2) coordinate the activities of Federal agencies which impact on crime; and (3) identify and recommend to Federal agencies, the President, and Congress criminal justice priority areas and policies. Requires that 14 members of the Commission be representative of State and local government interests. Directs the Commission to: (1) publish in the Federal Register a list of criminal justice problems which should receive priority attention by Federal, State, and local governments; and (2) communicate to Congress a list of priority recommendations. Retains the discretionary grant program. Restricts the purposes of the discretionary grant program. Includes among its purposes meeting criminal justice emergency situations beyond the capacity of State and local governments. Decreases from ten to five percent the proportion of total funding to be allocated for discretionary grants, but authorizes Congress to appropriate additional funds to meet emergency situations. Permits Federal funding for up to 100 percent of program costs. Directs the Administrator of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to report annually to the President and the congressional judiciary committees on activities under this title. Eliminates the detailed reporting requirements currently prescribed. Decreases the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1982 for the grant programs and the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Authorizes a sum for each of fiscal years 1983 and 1984 for such purposes. Eliminates the current authorization of appropriations for the Office of Community Anti-Crime Programs and the requirement that at least 19.15 percent of total appropriations be maintained for juvenile delinquency programs.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1981
Expresses the objection of Congress to the proposed sale to Saudi Arabia of airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, conformal fuel tanks, Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, and aerial refueling aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1981
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a specially struck gold medal to the widow of Roy Wilkins. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell bronze duplicates of such medal. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 29 July 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a nonrefundable income tax credit for contributions to a tax-deferred profit sharing plan. Limits the amount of such credit to the lesser of all such contributions or one percent of the aggregate compensation paid by the employer to plan participants during the taxable year. Requires full and immediate vesting in plan participants of all amounts contributed to a profit sharing plan. Provides for a three year carryback and a seven year carryover of unused credit amounts.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify for the investment tax credit public utility property which is otherwise qualified as solar, wind, geothermal, or ocean thermal energy property.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1981
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require a blind person to have at least six quarters of coverage in order to be eligible for disability benefits. Specifies the method of computing the average indexed monthly earnings of a blind individual for purposes of determining such individual's primary insurance amount. Provides that the benefits of a blind person shall not be reduced because of such person's refusal to accept State-approved rehabilitative services under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Requires recomputation of the disability insurance benefit of a blind individual who applies for a recomputation if it would result in a higher primary insurance amount.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1981
Establishes within the National Institutes of Health the Office of Drugs of Limited Commercial Value under the direction of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. Establishes within the Office an advisory council to advise the Director and make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services respecting the time required for drug approval under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance to entities for the development of drugs of limited commercial value, defined as a drug for a condition or disease of low incidence, to undertake the development of such drugs, undertake studies to determine the potential and need for specific drugs, and coordinate the efforts of public and private entities engaged in the development of such drugs. Requires the submission and approval of an application containing the scientific basis for the development and the proposed therapeutic use of the drug and other specified information before financial assistance is provided. Requires each entity receiving funds to keep specified records. Requires the Director to report to Congress within two years on the effectiveness of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1981
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) confer on an urgent basis with other nuclear suppliers to consider tightening restrictions on dangerous nuclear trade through specified measures; (2) develop a strong and effective program for the improvement of the International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards regime through specified measures; (3) formulate and urge other countries to adopt a clear policy on enhanced international restrictions on dangerous nuclear trade and on improving the international safeguards regime; (4) call for a reevaluation of world nuclear energy policy; and (5) reaffirm U.S. policy to assist other countries in meeting their energy needs with nonnuclear energy alternatives.
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 · 11 June 1981
Relieves a named individual of all liability to the United States for the payment of taxes, penalties, and interest assessed for a specified taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify for the investment tax credit sail equipment which, when installed on a vessel used in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States, allows operation of the vessel solely through the use of wind energy.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1981
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income $1,000 ($2,000 for joint returns) of the interest earned on an All Savers Certificate in taxable years 1981, 1982, and 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for a limited waiver of ERISA's general preemption of State laws relating to employee benefit plans in the case of the Hawaiian Prepaid Health Care Law. Directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study and report to Congress within two years on the feasibility of extending such exemption to include other State laws which establish health care plans.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1981
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to two named individuals in full satisfaction of a claim against the United States for reimbursement of an income tax deficiency assessed against them as transferees of a dissolved corporation.
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