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Bill· SS. 2130 (97th)open

Orphan Drug Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1982

Orphan Drug Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations to exempt from such Act drugs intended solely for drug treatment investigations. Defines "drug treatment investigation" as an investigation of a drug which involves human participants with a rare disease or condition. Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an interagency committee known as the Committee on Orphan Drug Development. Makes it the function of such committee to promote the development of drugs for rare diseases or conditions (orphan drugs). Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to submit to the Committee an annual report on the rare disease and condition research activities of NIH. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to the Committee an annual report on the use of the tax credit for experimental expenses. Requires the Committee to report by June 1 of each year to the appropriate congressional committees on its activities and the results of its evaluations, including the report submitted by NIH and the Secretary of the Treasury. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for qualified experimental expenses incurred while researching orphan drugs.

Bill· SS. 2080 (97th)referred

Federal Election Campaign Equal and Total Disclosure Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1982

Federal Election Campaign Equal and Total Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to include all persons, committees, and organizations within such Act's coverage. Provides penalties for using information disclosed under such Act to threaten or harass another person.

Law· SS. 2036 (97th)enacted

Job Training Partnership Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982

Training for Jobs Act - Establishes a comprehensive job training program. Title I: State Job Training Program - Provides for allotments and allocations from amounts authorized to be appropriated under this Act. Allots seven percent of such funds to State Governors for specified statewide programs. Allots 71 percent of such funds to States for substate allocation to service delivery areas. (Sets aside the remaining 22 percent for national programs.) Allots specified amounts to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and to specified U.S. territories and possessions for service delivery area programs. Allots the remainder of service delivery area program funds among States according to numbers of long-term unemployed persons and of economically disadvantaged persons in the labor force. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make substate allocations among service delivery areas on the basis of numbers of economically disadvantaged persons. Defines a service delivery area as any area served in FY 1982 by a prime sponsor established under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Authorizes a State Governor to designate subdivisions of a State as service delivery areas if CETA services were planned or administered for such subdivisions. Authorizes a Governor to propose tentative revisions in any service delivery area of the State under specified conditions. Allows chief elected officials of local governments to petition to have areas designated as service delivery areas either as proposed by the Governor or with modifications. Requires that such petitions be made jointly with the appropriate private industry council (PIC), or separately if no agreement can be reached. Directs the Governor to approve any petition agreed upon by both the PIC and chief elected officials, unless the Governor determines, for good cause shown, that such agreement will not carry out the provisions of this Act. Permits appeals of such disapprovals to the Secretary. Directs the Governor to approve petitions from any local government with a population of 250,000 or more to be a service delivery area unless the PIC does not concur and the Governor makes findings of fact why inclusion of such local government in a larger area is needed for accommodation of labor market factors or coordination with other related service delivery areas. Provides for dispute resolution by the Secretary if the Governor and the local government cannot reach agreement in such cases. Prohibits changes in service delivery areas later than four months before the beginning of a program year or within two years of a previous revision. Directs Governors to report to the Secretary annually on: (1) changes in service delivery areas; and (2) reasons why change was not made, if any interim area (CETA prime sponsor area) remains in effect. Directs the PIC for a service delivery area to prepare a program plan for any program year beginning 90 days after PIC certification. Directs the CETA prime sponsor to prepare program plans until then. Requires that there be a PIC for every service delivery area. Requires that a majority of members on each PIC be private industry (including small business) representatives and that the remainder be representatives of local governments, educational agencies, organized labor, community-based organizations, economic development agencies, and the employment service. Directs chief elected officials of local governments within the service delivery area to: (1) appoint private industry representatives from nominees of for-profit businesses operating within the geographical area; and (2) select remaining representatives from individuals recommended by interested organizations. Provides for selection procedures in the event that agreement cannot be reached by such officials. Directs the PIC, upon certification by the Governor within 30 days of receipt of a membership list, to prepare the program plan and certify training institutions and other agencies. Requires that specified items be included in each program plan. Directs the PIC to publish a proposed plan 120 days before the beginning of a program year and provide interested parties an opportunity for comment. Requires publication of a final plan not later than 80 days before the program year. Sets forth procedures to be followed in the event of program plan disagreements between PICs and local officials. Requires program plan approval within 30 days after submission unless the Governor determines that the plan does not meet performance criteria, serve the economically disadvantaged, or correct previous deficiencies. Directs the Governor to disapprove any plan that will not provide equality of access to all segments of the disadvantaged community in the area. Requires that disputed matters which cannot be resolved within 30 days after program plan disapproval by the Governor be submitted to the Secretary for arbitration and decision within 30 days of receipt. Provides that the CETA prime sponsor for the interim services delivery area will administer program funds until the Governor designates the PIC to do so. Directs the Governor, with the PIC if one is certified, to select another entity to administer program funds if the CETA prime sponsor will not agree to do so. Authorizes the Governor to designate the PIC as recipient and administrator of program funds: (1) if administrative capacity and adequate safeguards exist and the PIC business representatives favor such designation; and (2) if (A) the PIC and local officials jointly apply for such designation or (B) the Governor finds that the program funds administrator has not adequately carried out the requirements of this Act and the majority of PIC members favor such designation. Requires notice to local governments and opportunity for hearing such governments and other interested parties before such designation may be made. Limits program year spending for administrative costs (including evaluation) to 20 percent of program funds. Requires the PIC to subcontract at least 80 percent of funds available in any fiscal year, excluding funds used for administration and on- the-job training programs. Authorizes the Governor to establish a State job training council to assist in making decisions and determinations required under this title. Requires that at least one-fourth of State council members be PIC business representatives and the remainder represent local governments, labor, the economically disadvantaged and State or other public agencies. Permits program funds to be used for: (1) specified activities for employment preparation and placement of disadvantaged persons; (2) supportive services for program participation and employment retention; (3) up to six weeks of participant wages as employees of public or private nonprofit organizations while performing services in a regular employment placement program with a private for-profit employer; (4) payments to private for-profit employers for on-the-job training costs; (5) reimbursement of participant costs, including special long-term training needs and modest bonuses for program completion, but excluding stipend or allowance payments; and (6) area employment generating activities. Requires that 50 to 75 percent of program funds be used for youth (under age 22) services. Adjusts the 50 percent minimum by the difference between the ratio of disadvantaged youths to disadvantaged adults in the service delivery area and such ratio for all States. Bases eligibility for program participation on a person's being economically disadvantaged. Permits up to ten percent of program participants to be individuals who are not economically disadvantaged, if such individuals have encountered employment barriers (such individuals may include the physically handicapped, those with limited English-speaking ability, displaced homemakers, ex-offenders, alcoholics, addicts, or dislocated workers). Requires, in the selection of agencies to deliver services, that: (1) prime consideration be given to past performance cost-effectiveness in delivery of comparable services; and (2) occupational skills training agencies be certified by the PIC as providing a level of skill acceptable to area employers. Sets forth permissible uses of funds for Governors' statewide programs: (1) State council expenses, including program evaluation; (2) technical assistance; (3) linkage with, and assistance for, related programs; (4) special assistance for offenders, ex-offenders, and others; (5) dislocated workers programs; (6) labor market and occupational information; (7) a management information system; and (8) superior performance incentives. Directs Governors to publish: (1) proposed plans for uses of such funds 120 days before the program year and provide opportunity for comment to interested parties; and (2) final plans 80 days before the final period and submit them to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to approve or disapprove the plan within 30 days. Permits Governors to request specified hearings if they cannot reach agreement with the Secretary within another 30 days. Title II: National Job Training Programs - Part A: Native American Employment Training Programs - Sets forth provisions for Native American employment training programs that are basically similar to the current CETA programs for Native Americans, except for distribution of funds. Part B: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Employment Training Programs - Sets forth provisions for migrant and seasonal farmworker employment training programs that are basically similar to the current CETA programs for migrant and seasonal farmworkers, except for distribution of funds. Part C: Research, Evaluation, Pilot Projects, and Technical Assistance - Sets forth provisions for research, evaluation, and training and technical assistance similar in part to current CETA provisions. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a comprehensive program of employment and training research; and (2) a program of experimental, developmental, and demonstration projects (but does not include current CETA provisions prohibiting such projects from experimenting with subsidized wages in the private sector or less than minimum wages). Directs the Secretary to : (1) provide for continuing evaluation of all programs, activities, and research and demonstration projects conducted under this Act; and (2) report annually to the Congress on employment and training programs (but does not require the annual evaluation plan currently required under CETA). Directs the Secretary to fund pilot projects to help eliminate artificial and other employment barriers faced by persons requiring special assistance. Prohibits funding any such pilot project for more than three years. Requires, in selecting pilot project fund recipients, that special consideration be given to community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness. Directs the Secretary to consult with appropriate State officials in providing training and technical assistance. Part D: Labor Market Information - Directs the Secretary to reserve, from specified set-aside funds, sums necessary to operate a Federal/State cooperative statistical labor market information program. Authorizes the heads of other Federal agencies to make specified funds available for such program. Directs the Secretary to maintain on a national, State, local, and other appropriate basis: (1) a comprehensive national system of labor market information; and (2) household budget data reflecting differences in location. Directs the Secretary to publish an annual report linking labor force status with earnings and income. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Commerce, Defense, the Treasury, Education, and the Director of the Office of Management and the Budget (OMB), to: (1) review and integrate national information systems; (2) maintain standardized definitions; and (3) provide technical assistance to the States for an occupational supply/demand information system. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, to assure that such system will provide young persons with information on Armed Forces career opportunities. Directs the Secretary and the Director of OMB to assure that sufficient funds are available to provide Federal staff for coordination functions for the cooperative labor market information program. Requires, for eligibility for Federal financial assistance under this part, that Governors: (1) designate an organizational unit to manage a statewide comprehensive labor market/occupational supply and demand information system; (2) design such a system to meet specified guidelines; (3) standardize specified records and data to produce an employment/economic analysis; (4) assure that paperwork burdens are kept to a minimum; (5) disseminate labor market and individualized career information; and (6) conduct research and demonstration projects to improve the statewide information system. Directs the Secretary to reimburse the States for the costs of State labor market information programs from amounts available under this part. Allows States to combine, consolidate, or otherwise alter Federal administrative management information reporting requirements relating to employment, productivity, or training, if the Governor notifies each responsible Federal and State agency. Directs the appropriate Federal agency to approve such alteration within 60 days after receiving notice unless such agency can show that the essential purposes of the affected Federal law will not be met. Permits appeals of adverse decisions to the Director of OMB for final decision within 60 days. Title III: Administrative and General Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and thereafter to carry out titles I, II, and III of this Act. Sets forth provisions for program years and availability of funds. Sets aside 22 percent of such funds for use by the Secretary as follows: (1) 66 percent of such amount for the CETA Job Corps; (2) ten and one-half percent for Indian programs; (3) ten percent for migrants and seasonal farmworkers programs; and (4) the remainder for administrative costs, research, pilot projects, and technical assistance and for the labor market information program. (Allots in title I the remainder of the amounts appropriated as follows: (1) seven percent to Governors' statewide programs; and (2) 71 percent for State programs and activities.) Requires that performance criteria be developed. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards to measure the increase in earnings and reductions in cash welfare payments resulting from participation in adult training programs. Allows each Governor to prescribe variations in such standards based on specific economic factors in the State and in service delivery areas. Directs the Secretary to prescribe variations in performance criteria for Native American and migrant and seasonal farmworker programs. Allows the administrator of funds in each service delivery area to develop local performance criteria for youth based on employment competencies recognized by the PIC and on placement and retention in employment. Directs the Governor and the Secretary to review such local performance criteria and competency standards. Requires that each SDA annual report specify the extent to which programs meet program criteria. Directs the Governor to use ten percent of funds allocated for statewide programs to provide incentive funding for exceeding performance criteria, including incentives for serving the hard to serve. Directs the Governor to provide technical assistance to programs not meeting performance criteria and to propose a reorganization plan if the failure persists for a second year. Authorizes the Governor to make specified changes relating to the PIC, delivery agencies, or administrator for the service delivery area, after opportunity for a fair hearing. Requires States to establish certain fiscal control and fund accounting procedures for Federal funds paid to recipients under titles I and V of this Act. Sets forth specified responsibilities of the Director of OMB and the Comptroller General of the United States. Requires recipients to keep records sufficient to permit reports and investigations under this Act. Directs the Secretary, and authorizes the Comptroller General, to carry out specified investigations. Requires States to make prescribed reports and maintain a management information system. Sets forth affirmative action provisions for contracts under this Act. Establishes a Commission on Employment and Productivity. Sets forth administrative provisions. Repeals the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), other than part B of title IV relating to the Job Corps. Title IV: Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act - Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act (U.S. Employment Service) to provide for a transition to program year funding similar to that under this Act. Directs the Secretary to distribute funds under such Act to States on the basis of numbers of individuals in the civilian labor force. Provides that 25 percent of the State allotment be used for statewide programs and that the remaining 75 percent be suballocated to service delivery areas. Requires that each PIC (or, where there is no PIC, an official designated by the Governor) prepare a local plan for service delivery area use of such funds. Directs the State to prepare a consolidated State plan for approval by the Secretary. Sets forth permissible uses of funds for statewide and local programs. Authorizes the Secretary to establish performance standards which take into account the differences in priorities reflected in State plans. Sets forth fiscal control and fund accounting requirements. Sets forth provisions for recordkeeping, reports, and investigations. Title V: Dislocated Workers - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and thereafter to carry out this title. Allots such funds among States on the basis of numbers of long-term unemployed persons. Authorizes the Secretary to reallocate any amount which a State cannot use within a reasonable period of time. Authorizes States to establish procedures to identify substantial groups of workers who: (1) have been laid off, are eligible for or have exhausted entitlement to unemployment compensation, and are unlikely to return to their previous industry or occupation; and (2) are employed in operations or establishments which the employer has determined to shut down permanently. Directs States, with PIC assistance, to determine what job opportunities exist within or outside the local labor market area. Directs States to: (1) determine whether such retraining opportunities exist or could be provided within the area; and (2) make such information available to workers. Permits Federal funds provided to States under this title to be used to pay 50 percent of the dislocated workers assistance program. Sets forth permissible types of job training and related services under such program. Requires States to give an opportunity for applicants for funding of locally developed projects to carry out such program. Title VI: Coordination of Job Training Activities - Provides that PICs may be used for planning or advice for any Federal program relating to employment or training. Permits a Governor to combine two or more advisory councils whose functions relate to employment or training, or use one such council to perform additional functions, if essential elements regarding council composition are met, public notice is given, and appropriate Federal agency approval is received. Provides for appeals in cases of disapproval. Amends the Economy Act to permit each State agency to contract with any other State agency to perform services under Federally-assisted job training or related programs if the Governor determines that such a contract will promote efficiency.

Bill· SS. 2037 (97th)open

Veterans Employment and Training Act of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982

Veterans' Employment and Training Act of 1982 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment, to establish a program providing job counseling, training, and placement services for disabled, Vietnam-era and other eligible veterans through grants to State agencies and private, nonprofit organizations. Encourages such agencies to make cooperative arrangements with industry. Directs the Secretary to coordinate this program with other veterans' job training programs and to determine the effectiveness of an agency in providing services under this program. Permits the Secretary to furnish technical assistance as necessary. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Veterans' Affairs Committees of Congress on the conduct of this program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) make a separate budget statement on the costs of this program; (2) distribute disabled veterans' outreach program specialists among States based on regional differences in employment problems; and (3) promulgate regulations as necessary. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1983 and succeeding fiscal years.

Bill· SS. 2038 (97th)open

Defense Procurement Training Demonstration Project Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1982

Defense Procurement Training Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the Secretary of Labor, to establish demonstration projects to provide training in skilled occupations for which there is a worker shortage adversely affecting defense procurement. Directs the Secretary of Labor to publish a list of skilled occupations in which there is a substantial shortage of workers. Defines a "skilled occupation" as one for which the normal training period is at least two years but for which a college degree is not required. Defines a substantial shortage of workers as one in which less than 80 percent of the anticipated demand for that skilled occupation, for a five year period, is trained or being trained. Directs the Secretary of Defense (the Secretary) to prepare a list of occupations, based on the Secretary of Labor's list, for which a shortage of workers will have an adverse effect on defense procurement. Requires the Secretary to establish such demonstration projects if the selected defense procurement contract: (1) involves the expenditure of at least $10,000,000; (2) requires the hiring of additional workers in any of the skilled occupations on the Secretary's list; and (3) requires the training of additional workers as critical for the timely completion of the contract work. Authorizes the Secretary to include in such defense procurement contracts, provisions to: (1) require the contractor to provide training in the skills the Secretary determines are necessary for the completion of the contract; and (2) specify the type of training. Requires the Secretary to assure an equitable geographic distribution of pilot demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress, two and one-half years after enactment, a report on the demonstration projects. Amends the Defense Industrial Reserve Act to allow the donation of certain property directly to educational institutions or training schools.

Bill· SS. 2008 (97th)open

Budget and Oversight Reform Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1982

Budget and Oversight Reform Act of 1981 - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to establish a more effective and comprehensive budget process. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the timetable with respect to the congressional budget process to provide for a two-year budget cycle, beginning with the Ninety-eighth Congress. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to define the term 'biennial fiscal period' to be a two-year period beginning on October 1 of any even-numbered year and ending on September 30 of the succeeding even-numbered year. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, on or before April 30 of each odd-numbered year, to submit to the congressional budget committees a fiscal policy report for the biennial fiscal period commencing on October 1 of the succeeding year. Requires the Director, on March 15 of each even-numbered year, to transmit to such committees any revisions to such report as may be necessary due to changing economic conditions or to any revisions in the President's budget. Requires Congress to complete action on the first concurrent resolution on the budget by July 31 of each odd-numbered year. Requires each standing committee of the House and the Senate, on January 15 of each odd-numbered year, to commence hearings and evaluations with respect to major Federal programs within its jurisdiction. Requires each such committee, on or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year, to submit to the congressional budget committees its views and estimates concerning such programs. Requires the reporting of all bills and resolutions providing budget authority or spending authority to the House of Representatives no later than April 15 of the year in which a biennial fiscal period begins, and to the Senate no later than May 1 of such year. Provides for a waiver of such reporting requirements in the case of any bill or resolution providing supplemental appropriations. Requires the report accompanying any new bill or resolution providing new budget authority for a biennial fiscal period to include a projection of budget outlays for the period of four fiscal years beginning with such fiscal year. Requires the Congressional Budget Office's projection concerning congressional budget action to be for a period of four fiscal years (currently, five fiscal years). Changes to July 31 of each even-numbered year the date by which action must be completed on bills providing new budget authority and certain new spending authority. Prohibits the enrollment of legislation providing new budget or spending authority until the concurrent resolution for the biennial fiscal period has been agreed to, or until Congress has completed action on a reconciliation measure, if that is required. Makes August 15 of each even-numbered year the deadline for reporting the second concurrent resolution on the budget. Requires Congress to complete action on any reconciliation bill or resolution by October 1 of each even-numbered year. Requires Congress to complete action on all bills and resolutions directly or indirectly authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for a biennial fiscal period no later than December 15 of the odd-numbered year preceding the year in which such period begins. Requires the Comptroller General to report to each of the standing committees of the Senate and the House an evaluation of each major Federal program by March 1 of each odd-numbered year. Sets forth the information to be included in such evaluations. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require submission to Congress of the President's budget in each even-numbered year (beginning with 1982) for the biennial fiscal period beginning in the succeeding even-numbered year. Requires the President, on or before November 10 of each odd-numbered year (beginning with 1983), to submit revisions in the estimated outlays and proposed budget authority for the biennial fiscal period beginning in the succeeding even-numbered year. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1982, to require the President to transmit to Congress, by January 15 of the first session of each Congress beginning with the 98th Congress, the budget for the biennial fiscal period beginning on October 1 of the succeeding calendar year. Directs the President to transmit revisions of the budget by January 15 of the second session of each Congress. Requires the President, as soon as practicable, to prepare and transmit to Congress proposed legislation considered appropriate with respect to changes in law necessary to provide authorizations of appropriations for the biennial fiscal period beginning on October 1, 1984. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide for the orderly transition by all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States Government and the government of the District of Columbia from the use of the fiscal year in effect on the date of enactment of this Act to the use of the new biennial fiscal period. Sets forth the effective dates for the provisions of this Act. Requires the President to submit to Congress a budget for fiscal year 1984 and the estimates of outlays and proposed budget authority that would have been required under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Requires Congress to complete action on the concurrent resolutions on the budget that would have been required for fiscal year 1984 under the provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as such provisions were in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act.

Bill· SS. 1992 (97th)open

Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981

Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend from August 6, 1982, to August 6, 1984, the current preclearance requirements (under which jurisdictions covered through the triggering mechanism must submit proposed electoral changes to the Department of Justice). Establishes a new standard for jurisdictions to "bail-out" of these requirements effective August 6, 1984. Permits political subdivisions of covered States to bail-out independently of the State. Conditions a declaratory judgment for bail-out on the jurisdiction's showing that it and all its political subdivisions have met the bail-out requirements for a ten-year period prior to the filing of the suit. Includes among the requirements for bail-out that: (1) no test or device has been used to discriminate on account of race, color, or language; (2) no actions alleging voting discrimination are pending or have gone to final judgment; (3) no Federal examiner has served in the jurisdiction seeking bail-out; (4) the jurisdiction and all its subdivisions have complied with the preclearance requirements; and (5) the jurisdiction and its subdivisions have taken affirmative steps to protect voting rights. Stipulates that lawsuits filed during pendency of the bail-out litigation will not bar bail-out. Subjects the jurisdiction to the preclearance requirements if any such lawsuit alleging voting violations is successful after bail-out. Restates the prohibition against voting discrimination to include as a violation conduct which has the effect of discrimination. Stipulates that the failure of a minority to be proportionately represented does not itself constitute a violation. Extends the bilingual election requirements from August 6, 1985, to August 6, 1992. Declares that nothing in the Voting Rights Act shall be construed to permit assistance within the voting booth, unless the voter is blind or physically incapacitated.

Bill· SS. 1982 (97th)referred

Strategic Stockpile Reform Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1981

Strategic Stockpile Reform Act of 1981 - Title I: Amendments to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act; Related Amendments - Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to establish an independent agency known as the Strategic Stockpile Commission to develop policy for and manage the National Defense Stockpile. Transfers the authority of the Commission to the President upon a declaration of war or national defense emergency. Requires the Commission, in addition to the functions formerly performed by the President under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, to insure that materials are maintained in suitable condition. Permits the Commission to administer the sale of materials in foreign countries and dispose of such materials as the Commission considers appropriate. Permits the release of materials whose supply is severely interrupted or restricted and the disposition of materials so long as the quantities of such materials in the Stockpile remain at the necessary minimum. Title II: Amendments to the Defense Production Act - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to make conforming amendments and to authorize the Commission to guarantee loans to expedite production and deliveries or services under Government contracts entered into by the Commission in the management of the Stockpile. Requires the Commission to give the appropriate committees of Congress 60 days notice of such loans without either House adopting a resolution of disapproval before such loans become final. Title III: Miscellaneous, Technical, and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. Title IV: Transfer, Savings, and Personnel Provisions - Transfers to the Strategic Stockpile Commission all functions of the President under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act being administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the General Services Administration. Permits the President to transfer to the Commission any other related functions. Substitutes the Commission where relevant in proceedings pending at the time of enactment. Title V: Interim Actions; Interim Funding; Effective Date - Authorizes appropriations from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund.

Bill· SS. 1958 (97th)open

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of hospice care under the Medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1981

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual to elect hospice care, in lieu of certain other benefits, during two periods of 180 days each during the individual's lifetime. Provides for full reimbursement of reasonable costs to a hospice program, subject to a ceiling. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the hospice reimbursement method. Defines hospice care as including items and services furnished to the terminally ill in their homes, on an outpatient basis, and on a short term inpatient basis.

Bill· SS. 1848 (97th)open

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to impose limits on the amount of total budget outlays contained in concurrent resolutions on the budget, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1981

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to limit the level of total budget outlays in any concurrent resolution on the budget to 20 percent of the gross national product by fiscal year 1987. Makes it in order to consider a concurrent resolution containing budget outlays which exceed the specified limits within a specified "margin of error." Imposes reporting requirements upon the President and the congressional budget committees with respect to this requirement.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 46 (97th)passed

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the mutual security efforts of the United States and Japan.

United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1981

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States and Japan should exert maximum efforts to resist Soviet challenges to Asia; (2) Japan should make a greater contribution to its own defense; and (3) Japan's defense expenditures should be at least one percent of its gross national product.

Bill· SS. 1821 (97th)open

Education Assistance Agency Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1981

Education Assistance Agency Act - Title I: General Provisions - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to: (1) terminate the Department of Education; (2) define Federal responsibility in education as assistance and support through the establishment of the Education Assistance Agency; and (3) recognize the primary responsibility of parents, States, localities, and educational institutions in determining educational policy. Prohibits, except to the extent specifically authorized by law, construing provisions for Agency programs to authorize any Federal control over educational curricula, administration, personnel, or instructional materials. Title II: Establishment of the Agency - Establishes the Education Assistance Agency in the executive branch, to be administered by a Director. Limits the Agency to two Divisions. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to assist the Director in coordinating policies, procedures, and programs of the Agency and other Federal departments and agencies administering educational programs. Title III: Transfers of Agencies and Functions - Transfers specified functions of the Department of Education to the: (1) Department of Health and Human Services; (2) Department of Commerce; (3) Department of Defense; (4) Department of the Treasury; (5) Department of State; (6) National Science Foundation; (7) National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; (8) Veterans Administration; (9) Department of Housing and Urban Development; (10) General Services Administration; (11) Office of Management and the Budget; and (12) Education Assistance Agency. Title IV: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth provisions relating to the Agency's officers and employees, experts and consultants, and personnel reductions. Sets forth provisions relating to the Agency's general authority, delegation, reallocation of functions, regulations, and contracts. Provides that the General Education Provisions Act shall apply, except where inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, to functions transferred by this Act to the extent applicable on the day preceding the effective date of this Act. Title V: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Repeals the Department of Education Organization Act.

Bill· SS. 1814 (97th)open

Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1981

Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay from the military pension of a member or former member of a uniformed service to a spouse or former spouse the amount specified in a court's final decree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal separation. Limits the total amount of pension subject to court order to 50 percent. States that orders for payments to more than one spouse shall be satisfied on a first-come-first-served basis. Empowers the Secretary to determine which court order shall be honored in the event of conflicting orders regarding one spouse. Entitles specified former spouses to coverage under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) for 90 days after the decree or longer if such spouse is being treated for a pre-existing medical condition. Entitles members or former members with a former spouse to participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan. Amends the Social Security Act to exclude payments from a military pension made to a former spouse from specified child support and alimony enforcement proceedings.

Bill· SS. 1748 (97th)open

Multiemployer Pension Plan Stabilization Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1981

Multiemployer Pension Plan Stabilization Act of 1981 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exempt certain "fixed contribution multiemployer pension plans" from the plan termination insurance provisions of such Act. Defines such a plan as one: (1) to which two or more unaffiliated employers are required to contribute; (2) maintained under one or more collective bargaining agreements; and (3) with a fixed rate of contributions and no pension benefits as of April 29, 1980, or later.

Bill· SS. 1701 (97th)open

Missing Children Act

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.

Bill· SS. 1702 (97th)open

FHA Revitalization Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1981

FHA Revitalization Act of 1981 - Title I: General Authority - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure a home loan or mortgage that has an adjustable interest rate, is required to be refinanced before the end of amortization, involves the payment of discount points to reduce the interest rate, or is otherwise currently ineligible for insurance under such Act. Prohibits the Secretary from providing such insurance to a person who has owned a dwelling within the previous three years. Increases the maximum amounts of mortgages for two, three, and four- family residences which are eligible for insurance. Title II: Five-Year Mortgages - Authorizes the Secretary to insure mortgages which mature, but are not fully amortized, in five years or less and which bear a constant rate of interest. Declares that such a mortgage may be refinanced. Permits the Secretary to insure the mortgage executed to refinance such earlier mortgage. Title III: Condominiums - Eliminates the requirement that a multifamily project must have had a federally insured mortgage or must have qualified for a Veterans Administration loan or guarantee before one of its single-family units can qualify for Federal mortgage insurance. Authorizes the Secretary to insure a blanket mortgage on a new multifamily project involving a principal obligation of an amount not exceeding 70 percent of the project's property value which includes the value of units rented by the developer for not more than five years and units owned by investors. Title IV: Mortgage Insurance for Homes on Leased Land - Authorizes the Secretary to insure the mortgage of a home on leased land where the home owner has an option to buy the land. Title V: Mortgage Insurance on Certain Homes - Authorizes the Secretary to insure a mortgage involving a principal obligation not exceeding 97 percent of the property value. Requires that a mortgage, to be eligible for insurance, be secured by a dwelling which satisfies standards prescribed under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974 and which has a permanent foundation. Decreases to 30 years the maximum maturity period of an eligible mortgage. Title VI: Property Standards - Authorizes the Secretary to insure a loan to acquire, for the purpose of rehabilitation, a property which is 30 or more years old if it complies with local health and safety codes. Allows the borrower to refinance such loan within five years. Provides conditions for insurance of the loan to refinance.

Law· SS. 1698 (97th)enacted

An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States citizens.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give first or fourth visa preference (sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) to an alien who was fathered by a U.S. serviceman after 1950 in Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Japan, Thailand, or the Philippines. Requires a five-year financial support guarantee signed by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident sponsor. Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 220 (97th)passed

A resolution concerning the current food crisis in Poland.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1981

Expresses the support of the Senate for the growing acceptance of principles of freedom and democracy in Poland. Commends the President for extending agricultural credits and aid to Poland. Urges the President to develop a policy toward Poland commensurate with U.S. concerns, to extend additional agricultural credits to Poland, and to press other countries to assist Poland.

Bill· SS. 1676 (97th)referred

Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1981

Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1981 - Title I: Improved Identification for Motor Vehicle Parts and Components - Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate a Federal motor vehicle security standard. Directs the Secretary to conduct a cost-benefit analysis before promulgating such standard, which includes the effect on domestic motor vehicle production and sales. Stipulates that the standard shall not: (1) impose additional costs upon manufacturers in excess of $10 per motor vehicle; and (2) require the identification of more than 14 parts for any motor vehicle, nine parts for any truck, and four parts for any trailer. Declares that a Federal motor vehicle standard supersedes any State or local standard. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies on the development of security devices and systems. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on such devices and systems within one year of enactment. Provides for repeal of this title on a specified date. Title II: Antifencing Measures - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for removing or altering any identification number for any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part required by regulation. Requires the forfeiture of any vehicle or part which has had such number removed, with specified exceptions. Applies to the seizure and forfeiture of motor vehicles and parts those provisions of law relating to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels and merchandise under the customs laws. Establishes penalties for anyone who buys, receives, possesses, or obtains control of, with intent to sell or otherwise dispose of, any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part knowing that such identification number has been removed or altered. Designates as nonmailable matter any manipulative type device which is designed or adapted to operate, circumvent, remove, or render inoperative the ignition switch or lock, or door or trunk lock of two or more motor vehicles, or any advertisement offering the sale of such device. Title III: Importation and Exportation Measures - Establishes criminal and civil penalties for anyone who imports, exports, or attempts to import or export any self-propelled vehicle or vehicle part knowing that its identification number has been altered. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require persons who export or attempt to export a used self-propelled vehicle to present to the appropriate customs officers the vehicle and a document describing that vehicle. Title IV: Reporting Requirements - Directs the Attorney General to establish a task force to study problems relating to the theft of off-highway mobile equipment. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a task force to study problems relating to motor vehicle titling and controls over motor vehicle salvage which may affect the motor vehicle theft problem. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Transportation and the Postmaster General, to report to Congress on the implementation of this Act.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 209 (97th)open

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States, the United States Senate, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should pay careful deference to the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Act, requiring broad regional and economic representation on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in their consideration of nominees to the Board.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1981

Declares that the President of the United States, the Senate and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs should assure that the specific provisions of the Federal Reserve Act providing for agricultural, commercial, and broad regional representation on the Board of Governors are followed.

Bill· SS. 1574 (97th)referred

A bill to amend section 673b of Title 10, United States Code, relating to the authority of the President to order members of the Selected Reserve of the Reserve components of the Armed Forces to active duty during periods other than war or national emergency.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1981

Changes from 90 to 180 days the time limitation under which the President may order members of the Selected Reserve to active duty other than during war or national emergency. Increases from 100,000 to 250,000 the number of members who may be so ordered. Authorizes the President, during such period, to suspend applicable law relating to promotion, retirement, or separation. Directs the President to give Congress written notification of any national security reasons requiring the extension of the time limit.

Law· SS. 1493 (97th)enacted

A bill to deauthorize several projects within the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers.

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1981

Amends the Flood Control Act of 1965 to deauthorize that component of the Dickey-Lincoln School Lakes Project, Saint John River, Maine, known as the Dickey Dam and its associated transmission facilities. Prohibits Federal agencies from considering license applications relating to hydropower projects above the Lincoln School Dam on the Saint John River and its tributaries for five years from the date of enactment of this Act. Terminates authorizations for the Meramec Park Lake project, Missouri. Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer all right, title, and interest in the following projects to the State of Missouri: (1) Meramec State Park extension; (2) Onondaga Cave State Park extension; (3) Huzzah State Wildlife Management Area extension; (4) endangered species sites (not more than 200 acres); (5) Campbell Bridge access; (6) Sappington Bridge access; and (7) Liberty Road access. States that specified easements shall be granted in regard to certain projects. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates authorizations for the following projects: (1) Helm Reservoir, Illinois; (2) Lincoln Dam and Reservoir, Illinois and Indiana; (3) Big Blue Dam, Indiana; (4) Illinois Waterway, Illinois and Indiana; (5) Lafayette Dam and Reservoir, Indiana; (6) Nansemond River, Virginia; and (7) Clifty Creek Dam, Indiana.

Bill· SS. 1474 (97th)open

A bill to continue the operation of the Defense Department's education system in the Department of Defense.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1981

Amends the Department of Education Organization Act and the Department of Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 to repeal the mandate to transfer the education program for defense dependents in overseas areas from the Department of Defense to the Department of Education. Requires a report to the Congress on a study of the education system by January 1, 1983. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Education to assure the continued administration of such system pursuant to the Education Amendments of 1978.

Bill· SS. 1442 (97th)referred

Food Safety Amendments of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1981

Food Safety Amendments of 1981 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the procedures and criteria for consideration of food and color additive petitions and new animal drug applications. Excludes from the definition of "food additive": (1) a food contact substance; and (2) a basic or traditional food. Defines "food contact substance" to mean a substance used to package food upon which such substance is not intended to, and does not have, any physical effect. Revises the general definition of "safe" to include in its meaning the absence of significant risk under the intended conditions of use of a substance. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe regulations to gradually eliminate a substance from the food supply upon a finding that such elimination will serve the public interest and not present a danger to public health. Requires that a determination of whether food is adulterated be based on an assessment of the risks from the probable consumption of such substance, taking into account all pertinent safety factors. Revises the procedures under which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) establishes tolerance levels for required or unavoidable substances in foods. Replaces the current formal hearing requirements for setting tolerances with the notice and comment rulemaking procedure. Adds to the criteria for establishing tolerances: (1) an assessment of the nature and extent of the risks from probable consumption of the substance, considering all safety factors and after consultation with the food safety committee (established by this Act); and (2) the effects of limits on the cost and availability of food. Requires the Secretary to specify the analytical procedure for determining tolerance compliance. Permits any party in an injunction, seizure, or criminal action by the FDA alleging food adulteration, to request the court to set a tolerance for any food for which there is no existing tolerance. Revises the procedures and criteria for consideration of food additive petitions. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to facilitate early discussion of an additive prior to submission of a petition. Requires the FDA to file food additive petitions within 30 days after receipt. Requires the FDA to specify in detail its reasons expanded for denying a petition. Directs the Secretary to permit interim use of an already approved additive if it appears from initial review that such expanded use is safe. Directs the Secretary to base a determination of the safety of a food additive on all relevant factors, including risk assessment. Provides an exception to the "Delaney clause" (which deems as unsafe any additive which induces cancer when ingested by man or animal) upon a finding that use of the additive does not present a significant risk to health. Requires the Secretary, whenver an additive is limited on the basis that it induces cancer in man or animal, to refer such matter to the food safety committee and permit interested persons to provide information. Enumerates additional criteria for considering a food additive which has been identified as presenting a significant risk, but has a substantial history of use and no reasonably practicable substitute. Includes among such factors the nature and extent of the consequences of use and the feasibility and effect of providing information to consumers regarding the additive's risk. Provides for expedited judicial review of any failure by the FDA to meet the time limits for food additive determinations or to provide detailed reasons for denial of a petition. Authorizes the Secretary to issue an interim food additive regulation with respect to a substance the safety of which has been questioned by new, but inconclusive, information, upon a determination that there is a reasonable certainty that such substance is not harmful. Applies the new procedures for amending or repealing a food additive regulation to any action to limit a substance which is generally recognized as safe. Establishes a new simplified premarket notification system for food contact substances. Provides that a food contact substance shall be deemed unsafe unless: (1) it is not reasonably expected to become a component of food under its intended use; (2) it conforms to a regulation; or (3) a premarket notification has been registered with the FDA and the FDA fails to make a finding of significant risk to public health within 90 days. Subjects any such finding to judicial review. Permits a person to petition the Secretary for promulgation of a regulation in lieu of premarket notification. Directs the Secretary, for the purpose of receiving referrals respecting the safety of food substances, to request the National Academy of Sciences, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, or other independent entity having such scientific expertise, to establish a committee to study and report on the safety of food substances. Provides a procedure and the criteria for the Secretary to establish an advisory food safety committee in the event such entities decline to establish such committee. Authorizes any person who may be adversely affected by a Secretarial decision to request the Secretary to consult such a committee before he makes a final decision on the use of any food substance, food additive, new animal drug, or color additive. Establishes for new animal drugs and color additives a regulatory scheme similar to that set forth for food additives. Includes as a factor to be considered with respect to animal drugs the present commercial availability of approved alternatives. Eliminates the current requirement for individual product licenses for animal drug manufacturers. Establishes a one-time location registration of establishments at which a new animal drug is to be first mixed into animal feed. Repeals the animal drug provision requiring batch certification of five specific antibiotics. Title II: Amendments to the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Meat Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act - Amends such Acts to conform to provisions of this Act. Title III: General and Conforming Provisions - Requires persons who have filed food or color additive petitions or new animal drug applications which are not final prior to enactment to elect consideration in accordance with existing law or law as amended by this Act. Provides that enforcement proceedings based on acts occurring prior to enactment shall proceed under prior law.

Bill· SS. 1399 (97th)referred

Sales Representatives Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1981

Sales Representatives Protection Act - Title I: Contracts Between Sales Representatives and Principals - Requires a principal who enters into a contract with a sales representative for the solicitation of orders for merchandise of the principal to furnish specified information to the representative, including monthly commission statements. Enumerates items to be included in any written contract between a principal and sales representative in order to conform with this Act. Title II: Indemnification - Exempts principals who have entered into a written contract in conformity with title I from the indemnification requirements of this title. Requires any principal to indemnify a sales representative in accordance with this title if such principal: (1) without good cause terminates a representative's assignment or reduces the geographical territory assigned to a representative; (2) reduces the rate of commission paid to a representative; or (3) reduces the number of accounts assigned within a geographical territory. Sets forth formulae for the indemnification of such representatives. Title III: Miscellaneous - Permits actions to be brought in Federal district court to enforce the rights or liabilities of this Act.

Bill· SS. 1361 (97th)referred

A bill to amend title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 relating to sex discrimination.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1981

Amends title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Prohibition of Sex Discrimination) to restrict the scope of such title to students. Limits the applicability of such title to those educational programs or activities which themselves receive Federal financial assistance which a Federal agency is expressly authorized by statute to extend by grant, loan, or contract (other than a contract of insurance or guaranty). Makes such title inapplicable to any educational program or activity on the basis that a student receives Federal financial aid, regardless of whether such aid is received through the institution. Applies the discrimination prohibition to any institution which has substantial responsibility for administering a Federal student aid program and has discretion to determine the receipt of assistance. Applies such title to admissions to institutions conducting federally assisted programs or activities.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 150 (97th)referred

A resolution to oppose efforts by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to attempt to regulate news content and to formulate rules and regulations for the operation of the world press.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1981

Expresses the opposition of the Senate to the attempt by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to regulate news content and the operation of the world press.

Bill· SS. 1336 (97th)referred

Presidential Primaries Timing Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1981

Presidential Primaries Act of 1981 - Designates four geographic regions of the United States. Requires that elections of delegates to the national political conventions in States and territories of the United States within the same geographic region be held on the same date. Sets the dates for such elections and directs the Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission to determine by lot the election date for each geographic region.

Bill· SS. 1310 (97th)open

Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1981

Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone Act of 1981 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of enterprise zones, for a period ending December 31, 2001, and subject to the approval of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, by local governments or by State governments on behalf of local governments for purposes of extending the tax incentives and regulatory flexibility measures provided by titles II and III of this Act. Specifies that the Secretary may approve the designation of such zones only if: (1) the area is within the jurisdiction of the designating local government; (2) the boundary of the area is continuous and includes accessible vacant or underutilized properties; (3) the area has a population of at least 4,000 if any portion thereof is located within a standard metropolitan statistical area with a population of at least 50,000 or 2,500 otherwise, or is an Indian reservation; and (4) the area meets specified unemployment and poverty requirements. Requires designating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's approval, to agree in writing to follow a course of action which may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, or receiving commitments of private entities to assist employees and residents of the area. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to designate enterprise zones on December 31, 1996. Sets forth minimum and maximum numbers of such designations. Describes areas to which preference shall be given in deciding to designate enterprise zones. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to set forth the duties of the Secretary under this Act. Requires any property tax reduction effected by a local government under an agreed to program to be disregarded for purposes of determining the eligibility of a State or local government for Federal assistance or benefits. Expresses the sense of the Congress that whenever possible, foreign-trade zones should be established within enterprise zones and that in the case of any application for designation of a foreign-trade zone within an enterprise zone: (1) the Foreign-Trade Zone Board should expedite the application process; (2) the Board, in evaluating such application, should consider future development to be expected as a result of the incentives provided by this Act; and (3) the Board should provide technical assistance to the applicants. Title II: Taxation - Subtitle A: Refundable Credits for Employers and Employees - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a refundable income tax credit for five percent of the wages paid to unemployed or economically disadvantaged individuals who are certified as eligible under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and who perform at least 50 percent of their services within an enterprise zone. Disallows a deduction for the portion of the wages or salaries equal to the amount of such credit. Allows individuals who are employees of qualified businesses and at least 50 percent of whose services during the taxable year are performed in an enterprise zone a refundable tax credit for five percent of the earned income attributable to services performed in an enterprise zone during a 36-month period. Limits such credit to $1,500 for any taxable year. Defines "qualified business" as a person: (1) at least 50 percent of whose gross receipts are attributable to the active conduct of a trade or business within an enterprise zone; and (2) at least 40 percent of whose employees are individuals whose employment qualifies for the employers' credit allowed under this subtitle and who are hired after the later of the dates on which the conduct of a business in an enterprise zone is begun or the area is designated as such a zone. Subtitle B: Reduction in Capital Gain Tax Rates - Reduces the alternative tax on capital gains and increases the capital gains deduction. Qualifies certain low-income rental housing located in an enterprise zone for such treatment. Permits property to remain qualified for purposes of the revised capital gains treatment after a designation of an enterprise zone has terminated. Exempts gain from the sale or exchange of property used in a business in an enterprise zone from the computation of the minimum tax. Removes as an item of tax preference accelerated depreciation on real property used in such a business. Subtitle C: Reduction in Gross Income of Trades or Businesses Operating in Zone - Excludes from taxable income a specified percentage of the sum of any amount received by a qualified business from the active conduct of a trade or business within an enterprise zone and any interest on financing provided by a taxpayer to a qualified business in connection with the conduct of such business. Subtitle D: Other Incentives - Permits any qualified business to elect to use the cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting without regard to any inventory requirements if its gross receipts do not exceed $2,000,000 in any prior taxable year. Allows a 20-year carryover of net operating losses for qualified businesses. Qualifies for the investment tax credit low-income rental housing with respect to which the capital gains tax reduction is granted under subtitle B of this title. Subtitle E: Sense of the Congress with Respect to Tax Simplification - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Internal Revenue Service should simplify the administration and enforcement of any provision of the Internal Revenue code affected by this title. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions, to include qualified businesses (as defined in Title II of this Act), designating governments, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 131 (97th)passed

A resolution relating to the imprisonment of Anatoly Shcharansky.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1981

Expresses the sense of the Senate that Anatoly Shcharansky be released from prison in the Soviet Union, be given proper medical treatment, and be permitted to emigrate to Israel. Urges the President, the Secretary of State, and the U.S. delegation to the Madrid Conference on Security and Cooperation to continue to express U.S. opposition to the imprisonment of Anatoly Shcharansky.

Law· SS. 1131 (97th)enacted

Prompt Payment Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Delinquent Payments Act of 1981 - Requires Federal agencies to pay interest on overdue payments to businesses for property or services. Specifies the procedure for computing such interest. Requires an agency to pay any such interest charges out of funds appropriated for its programs. Allows an agency to take advantage of an early payment discount only if payment is made within the time specified by the business. Directs each agency to report to Congress annually on interest payments made during the fiscal year.

Bill· SS. 1120 (97th)open

Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Reduction Act of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1981

Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Reduction Act of 1981 - Requires that two percent of the funds appropriated for each Executive agency be withheld during each of fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Directs each agency: (1) to transmit to Congress a plan to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the administration of agency programs during each such year; and (2) by February 1 of each such year, to report to Congress on its efforts to implement such plan. Authorizes each agency which achieves reductions in waste, fraud, or abuse resulting in savings not exceeding the amount of appropriations withheld, or which determines that no waste, fraud, or abuse exists, to request that the withheld appropriations be released. Directs the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives to investigate each agency's reduction efforts and to transmit to the Committee on Appropriations of its respective House recommendations on whether all or part of the withheld appropriations should be made available to the agency. Authorizes the Committees on Appropriations to report a joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to release such funds.

Bill· SS. 1080 (97th)passed

Regulatory Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1981

Regulatory Reform Act - Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to require the notice of proposed agency rulemaking to include: (1) a statement of the Congressional intent behind the rule; (2) a solicitation for public proposals for alternative methods; (3) a description of the data used in the rulemaking; and (4) a determination of whether the rule is a "major rule," as defined in this Act. Directs each agency to publish with such notice: (1) a description of the costs and benefits of and alternatives to the proposed rule; and (2) a justification for proposing the rule and selecting it over the alternatives. Requires agencies to give interested persons at least 60 days to submit written comments on any proposed rule and to make oral comments on major rules. Provides for a 30-day extension of such period. Directs each agency to publish with each final rule a statement of its basis and purpose, including an assessment of the public comments and a comparison of the costs, benefits, and adverse effects of the rule. Requires an agency officer or employee to prepare the rulemaking notice and the statement of the basis and purpose. Directs each agency to maintain, for judicial review, a public file of the paperwork and comments pertaining to each rulemaking proceeding. Allows an agency to promulgate an emergency rule without meeting the notice and comment requirements. Directs such agency: (1) to publish an explanation of the situation requiring the emergency rule and a justification of the emergency rule selected; and (2) to comply with normal rulemaking requirements as soon as practicable. Requires each agency to review its major rules every ten years. Directs each agency to: (1) publish and submit to the President a proposed review schedule; and (2) publish a final schedule within one year after enactment of this Act. Permits the President to select additional rules for review. Directs each agency to publish a notice of its proposed action regarding a reviewed rule. Requires that the notice: (1) assess the costs, benefits, and adverse effects of the rule; and (2) invite public proposals for modifications or alternatives to the rule. Requires an agency to follow normal rulemaking procedures when amending or rescinding a rule. Specifies procedures for renewing a rule without amendment. Directs a court reviewing an agency action to: (1) set aside any agency rule found to lack substantial support in the rulemaking file; (2) determine the authority or jurisdiction of the agency on the basis of the language of the authorizing statute or other evidence of legislative intent; and (3) accord no presumption in favor of or against agency action. Declares that when proceedings for review of the same agency action are instituted in two or more courts of appeals within ten days, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall select the court in which the record shall be filed by a system of random selection. Authorizes the courts not selected to grant preliminary relief pending transfer of their proceedings. Requires each agency to publish in the Federal Register, semiannually, an agenda of the rules the agency expects to propose, promulgate, renew, or withdraw within the next 12 months, including a schedule of the significant actions pertaining to each rule. Directs the President to publish, semiannually, a Calendar of Federal Regulations, listing each of the major rules included in the agenda.