PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

Person

Official portrait of Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD]

Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD]

United States · Official source

Memberships

  • · House of Representatives · present
  • · Senate · present
  • D · D · present

Votes

No stored named vote for this person. House roll-calls come from Congress.gov; Senate member lists come from senate.gov LIS XML.

Records

Browse all 1,229 records
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 213 (96th)open

A joint resolution to designate the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health located in Montgomery County, Maryland, as the "Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health".

United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1980

Designates the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health located in Montgomery County, Maryland, as the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Committee on Rules and Administration to place appropriate markers or inscriptions at suitable locations within such center to commemorate and designate such building.

Bill· SS. 3230 (96th)referred

Italy Disaster Assistance Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 25 November 1980

Italy Disaster Assistance Act of 1980 - Authorizes the President to provide reconstruction assistance for the victims of the recent earthquakes in Italy. States that such assistance may be provided in accordance with specified congressional policies and authorities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981, to remain available until expended, to carry out the purposes of this Act. Allows obligations previously incurred for the provision of reconstruction assistance to the people of Italy to be charged to such appropriations. Directs the President to report quarterly to specified Senate Committees and to the Speaker of the House on the programing and obligations of funds under this Act.

Bill· SS. 3145 (96th)referred

A bill to provide Homeownership Assistance.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980

Authorizes from funds previously approved in appropriations Acts for the homeownership assistance program under the National Housing Act $125,000,000 to be available for contracts to make periodic mortgage assistance payments entered into on or after October 1, 1980.

Bill· SS. 3124 (96th)referred

A bill to establish the "United States Holocaust Memorial Council".

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980

Establishes the United States Holocaust Memorial Council which shall: (1) provide and encourage appropriate ways for the Nation to observe the Days of Remembrance to commemorate the holocaust; (2) plan, erect, and oversee the operation of a memorial museum to the victims of the holocaust; and (3) plan for carrying out the recommendations of the report submitted to the President on September 27, 1979, by the President's Commission on the Holocaust. Authorizes the Council to receive public land in the District of Columbia on which it may erect the memorial. Terminates the Council's authority to construct a memorial if the erection of the memorial has not commenced within five years of enactment of this Act and sufficient funds to ensure completion of the memorial have not been certified to be available. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.

Bill· SS. 3112 (96th)referred

A bill to provide a two-year suspension of payment of principal and interest on certain loans made to farmers and ranchers.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1980

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to suspend for two years, at the request of the borrower, the repayment of any operating or emergency loan made to a farmer or rancher under either the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act or the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978.

Bill· SS. 3111 (96th)referred

A bill to amend certain provisions of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq., relating to preferences in issuance of preliminary permits or licenses.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1980

Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue licenses and preliminary permits to any cooperative or association of cooperatives for hydroelectric power development. Directs the Commission to give cooperatives and associations of cooperatives preference in issuing permits or licenses and to exempt such cooperatives from the annual rates ordinarily charged by the Federal government. Defines a cooperative as a nonprofitmaking organization of individuals organized primarily to supply electricity to its own members.

Bill· SS. 3021 (96th)referred

A bill to amend certain provisions of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a et seq., relating to preferences in issuance of preliminary permits or licenses.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1980

Amends the Federal Power Act to include cooperatives as possible licensees and holders of preliminary permits for hydroelectric sites. Defines the term cooperative to mean a nonprofitmaking organization of persons or cooperatives organized primarily for the purpose of supplying electricity to its own members.

Bill· SS. 3008 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make the investment credit for railroad property refundable.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1980

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the investment tax credit for railroad property refundable. Requires each person receiving such refund to establish a separate account for amounts so received. Limits withdrawal from such account except to pay for: (1) acquisition of railroad property; (2) normal maintenance, rehabilitation, or capital improvements in connection with railroad property; or (3) assessments of the railroad retirement tax on employers. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to cover for lost revenues due to such refunds out of crude oil windfall profit tax receipts.

Bill· SS. 3004 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make the investment credit for railroad property refundable.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1980

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the investment tax credit for railroad property refundable. Requires each person receiving such refund to establish a separate account for amounts so received. Limits withdrawal from such account except to pay for: (1) acquisition of railroad property; (2) normal maintenance, rehabilitation, or capital improvements in connection with railroad property; or (3) assessments of the railroad retirement tax on employers. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to cover for lost revenues due to such refunds out of crude oil windfall profit tax receipts.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 111 (96th)referred

A concurrent resolution concerning the fifth anniversary of the Helsinki Accords and calling for prominent attention to human rights concerns at the Madrid conference.

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1980

Reaffirms congressional support for full implementation of the Helsinki Final Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that human rights concerns should be given serious attention at the Madrid meeting to review such Act. Declares that any new measures should be balanced among all sections of the Final Act. Directs the U.S. delegation to seek another review meeting within two years.

Bill· SS. 2979 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to assure sufficient resources to pay current and future benefits and to extend certain cost-of-living increases.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980

Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend specified cost-of-living increases for railroad employee annuitants. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax paid by employers on employees' compensation so as to generate funds to finance such increases. Directs the Railroad Retirement Board, not later than 30 days before the beginning of a calendar year, to determine the account balance-benefit ratio for such calendar year. Directs the Board to publish a notice in the Federal Register of such ratio and of the tax rate applicable under this Act.

Bill· SS. 2962 (96th)referred

Non Carrier Railroad Acquisition Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1980

Non Carrier Railroad Acquisition Act of 1980 - Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to require the Secretary of Transportation to purchase: (1) not less than $50,000,000 in redeemable preference shares or trustee certificates convertible to specified redeemable preference shares as necessary for the purchase, lease, or rehabilitation of properties of the Rock Island Railroad by noncarrier entities to be used for common carrier rail service; and (2) not more than $36,000,000 in such preference shares or trustee certificates as necessary for the purchase of properties of the Milwaukee Railroad by responsible noncarrier entities to be used for common carrier rail service. Directs that a specified portion of such funding be made available from net revenues from the windfall profits tax allocated for energy and transportation programs.

Bill· SS. 2925 (96th)referred

A bill to require that the announcement by the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to a set-aside of cropland under the wheat and feed grains program be made no later than August 1 and November 1 of each year, respectively, for crops harvested in the next calendar year.

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980

Amends the Agriculture Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to announce a set-aside of feed grain cropland by November 1 (currently November 15) and of wheat cropland by August 1 (currently August 15) of each calendar year for the crops harvested in the next calendar year.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 481 (96th)referred

A resolution directing the Committee on Finance to study and report on a tax program.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980

Directs the Senate Finance Committee to report to the Senate by September 3, 1980, a responsible, targeted anti- inflationary tax cut to take effect in 1981. Directs the Democratic Task Force on the Economy to recommend to the Senate a comprehensive economic policy at the earliest possible date.

Bill· SS. 2880 (96th)referred

Consultant Reform Act of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980

Consultant Reform Act of 1980 - Title I: Appointments - Establishes general statutory authority for the head of a Federal agency to appoint and fix the compensation of experts or consultants for temporary or intermittent services. Eliminates provisions of Federal law permitting an agency to procure such services by contract only when specifically authorized by appropriation or statute. Establishes the pay rate payable for GS-18 as the maximum pay rate for experts and consultants for all agencies. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations governing the employment of experts and consultants by Federal agencies. Requires each agency: (1) to submit to OPM a quarterly report on the number of days each consultant or expert is employed and the amount each individual is paid; and (2) to count such individuals as fractions of persons (depending on the number of hours they are employed) in administering any personnel ceiling. Prohibits an agency from initiating any action to obtain consultant or expert services by contract unless it has been certified that all reasonable steps have been taken to obtain such services by appointment. Title II: Contracts - Requires each Federal agency to transmit to the Secretary of Commerce a written notice describing: (1) any proposed contract in an amount exceeding $10,000, with specified exemptions; and (2) any contract modification that increases the contract award by $50,000 or more. Directs the Secretary to publish such notices in a specified publication of the Department of Commerce. Directs each agency to notify the Committees on Appropriations of each House of Congress concerning any such modification. Directs every Federal agency to maintain and make available to the public each month a list of contracts which were entered into during the preceding 24 months and for which contractors have not completed performance. Requires that such list disclose certain information concerning the contract, contractor, and Government employees responsible for awarding and administering the contract. Declares that all contracts, excluding contracts determined to be classified information for national security reasons, shall be considered public information. Specifies information concerning the qualifications and selection of a contractor which shall be available to the public upon request. Requires each agency report which is prepared by a contractor or which is derived from a contractor's report, to disclose certain information concerning the contract including: (1) the identity of the contractor; (2) the amount of the contract; and (3) the type of procurement process used to award the contract. Defines the term "organizational conflict of interest" as any situation in which a contractor has interests relating to work to be performed under a contract which may bias the contractor's judgment or result in an unfair competitive advantage to the contractor. Requires each contractor and each consultant or subcontractor used by such contractor to disclose any information relevant to any potential or existing organizational conflict of interest with regard to any contract for which such contractor is submitting a proposal or any proposed modification to an existing contract. Directs an agency, upon determining that such a conflict exists, to: (1) disqualify such contractor or the consultant or subcontractor from eligibility for award of the proposed contract; (2) modify the proposed contract to eliminate such conflict; (3) include in the agency records and transmit to Congress a statement concerning such conflict if the contract services can be obtained from no other person; (4) terminate the existing contract to be modified; or (5) modify the existing contract to mitigate the conflict and report thereon to Congress if termination is not in the best interest of the Government. Requires each agency to include with its requests for regular appropriations for each fiscal year an itemized statement of amounts requested for the procurement of goods and the procurement of services. Requires the Budget transmitted by the President to Congress each year to specify requests for new budget authority for an estimate of outlays by each agency for such procurement. Directs each agency head, by a specified date, to transmit to the Committees on Appropriations of each House an analysis of such requests and estimates. Requires each agency to include in its records regarding any completed contract totaling more than $50,000 and for which a report was prepared, an evaluation describing such report, the actions taken by the agency in response to such report, and a summary of the performance of the contractor. Directs an agency to consider an employee's compliance with agency rules and procedures applicable to contracting functions when: (1) evaluating the performance of a member of the Senior Executive Service; and (2) determining any pay increase for a supervisor or manager under the merit pay system. Requires the Director of OMB to apportion appropriations to Federal agencies in a manner which insures that no more than 20 percent of the total appropriations available to an agency in a fiscal year for procurement of goods and services may be obligated during the last two months of that year. Authorizes the Director to waive such spending limitation with regard to certain funds upon determining that such action is necessary to avoid a serious disruption of an agency program or operation, if the Director reports on such waiver to Congress. Requires the Director to report to Congress on the implementation, agency violations, impact, and continuation of such spending limitation. Exempts reserves established to comply with such a spending limitation from reporting requirements of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Requires the Director to promulgate a regulation establishing a data system for the collection and dissemination of information regarding Government procurement activities. Specifies information concerning each Government contract for the procurement of goods or services which must be included in the system. Directs the Director: (1) to make information within the system available to Congress, Federal agencies, and the public upon request; and (2) to submit to Congress quarterly and annual reports on Government procurement activities. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to require agencies to make information produced pursuant to a contract available to the public to the same extent as if produced by Government officials.

Showing the 24 most recent records of 1,229. Browse the full list