Resolution· SRESS.Res. 559 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1980
Authorizes the printing as a Senate document of a compilation of materials entitled, "History of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources," and additional copies for use by that committee.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 213 (96th)open
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· SJRESS.J.Res. 205 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980
Designates March 19, 1981, as "National Agriculture Day."
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 202 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 12 through October 19, 1980, as "Italian-American Heritage Week."
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 120 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1980
Congratulates Polish workers on the successful completion of their strikes. Urges the Polish government to respect the agreement. Calls upon other nations to not interfere in Poland's internal affairs.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 197 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 18, 1980, as "Constantino Brumidi Day."
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 196 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 August 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate March 16 of each year as "Freedom of Information Day."
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 111 (96th)referred
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. 2983 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Venture and Equity Capital Revitalization Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the capital gains deduction for individuals from 60 percent of the net capital gain to 75 percent.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 191 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1980
Increases the limitation on program activity authorized for the Export-Import Bank for direct loans. Stipulates that a specified portion of such increase shall not be available for obligation or disbursement prior to October 1, 1980.
Bill· SS. 2928 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Federal Bureau of Investigation Charter Act - Establishes a comprehensive Federal Bureau of Investigation Charter which sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the FBI with respect to criminal and civil investigations, undercover operations, and law enforcement support functions, but excluding foreign intelligence activities (which were specified in Executive Order 12036). Enumerates as general principles of the FBI that it: (1) conduct investigations consistent with the constitutional and legal rights of U.S. citizens; (2) conduct such investigations and collect such intelligence as is necessary for the security of the United States; (3) not conduct an investigation solely on the basis of the lawful exercise of constitutional or statutory rights, including the expression of a religious or political view or the right to peacefully assemble and petition the Government; and (4) conduct investigations with only such intrusion as is necessary for authorized purposes. Limits the appointment of the Director of the FBI to one ten-year term. Permits the President to remove the Director only for gross neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Specifies the general powers and duties of the Director, Associate Director, an Assistant to the Director, Assistant Director, Inspector, and Agent of the FBI. Authorizes the FBI to conduct investigations of individuals who: (1) have or are likely to engage in criminal activity; (2) intend to use violence or other unlawful means to overthrow the Federal government or bring about a change in the policy of the Federal, State, or local government; or (3) deny other individuals their constitutional or legal rights. Authorizes the FBI to conduct investigations of two or more persons who are engaged in "racketeering activity" (defined as activity involving a violation of 18 U.S.C. 1961-1968) as a continuing enterprise. Authorizes the FBI to conduct investigations and gather such information and intelligence as may be necessary to prevent terrorist activity. Directs the Attorney General, as soon as feasible after enactment, to promulgate guidelines for such investigative authority that embody specific principles. Establishes guidelines on certain investigative techniques, including the use of informants and undercover agents, physical, mail, and electronic surveillance, and access to third party records. Authorizes informants to participate in acts which violate Federal law (other than those resulting in death or serious bodily injury) when under Department supervision to: (1) obtain information necessary for lawful purposes; (2) establish credibility; or (3) prevent death or serious injury. Requires prior authorization for participation in criminal activities if circumstances permit. Requires an informant otherwise to report on his involvement after the event to the supervising officer. Authorizes the use of surveillance as permitted by this Act and in accordance with applicable law. Authorizes access to third party records, including telephone bills, medical records, and hotel and motel registration forms, in accordance with applicable law. Allows the FBI to use other investigative techniques as necessary to carry out the intent of this Act consistent with applicable law. Permits the FBI to retain and disseminate to other government agencies information as needed to investigate criminal activity or for national security and defense. Allows the FBI to destroy records or deposit them in the Archives of the United States for historic preservation when the Director determines that they no longer serve a useful purpose. Specifies circumstances under which criminal investigative information may be disclosed to private parties. Authorizes the FBI to conduct undercover operations when necessary to investigate criminal, terrorist, or racketeering activity. Allows the Bureau to procure property and services for such purposes without regard to usual procurement regulations. Directs the FBI to conduct investigations at the request of the Attorney General and to collect information as necessary regarding civil disorders that have a potential for violence that may require the presence of Federal troops or U.S. Marshals to enforce Federal law or ensure the safety of peaceful participants. Authorizes the FBI to conduct background investigations of any individual who: (1) is or may be a Federal employee; (2) has been designated an appointee to an official position within the executive, congressional, or judicial branch of the Government; (3) applied for a Presidential reprieve or pardon; (4) is designated by any Government official as requiring access to classified information; (5) is a contractor or employee thereof for a Federal agency; (6) has applied for a substantial Federal grant or loan; or (7) has access to a person or premises within the protective responsibility of the U.S. Secret Service. Enumerates other special service functions of the FBI, including those relating to congressional committees, grand jury investigations, other protective services, and investigative assistance to other Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies. Authorizes the FBI to: (1) provide training for Federal, State, local, and foreign governments; (2) conduct research and development to promote law enforcement; (3) acquire criminal records as necessary to carry out its functions; (4) exchange such information in accordance with applicable law and regulations prescribed by the Attorney General; (5) provide technical assistance at the request of a Federal, State, local, or foreign government; and (6) provide assistance to the United States Secret Service in connection with its protective responsibilities. Allows the Director to impose such disciplinary action as is authorized by law on any person who intentionally uses sensitive investigative techniques in knowing violation of this Act or discloses sensitive information to an unauthorized person while acting as an employee of the FBI. Stipulates that nothing in this Act, including any guidelines established pursuant to this Act, creates any substantive or procedural rights, and no court has jurisdiction over a claim in any proceeding, based solely on violations of its provisions. Provides that no criminal sanction shall be imposed on any person who, while acting as an employee of the FBI in good faith and without willful intent, complies with this Act. Directs the Attorney General to provide to the congressional judiciary committees information concerning implementation of this Act. Requires the Director to report annually to such committees on: (1) the total number of investigations conducted in the preceding year; and (2) the total number of activities conducted in the preceding year requiring approval of the Director or the Attorney General. Directs the Attorney General to submit to such committees for review any guidelines established pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the FBI from making available investigative records for ten years after: (1) the termination of any investigation not resulting in prosecution; or (2) the termination of probation, a term of imprisonment, or imposition of a fine, where the investigation has resulted in a conviction. Requires each agency carrying out law enforcement functions to furnish the same general standardized written response for issuance to any person making a request for records to be used in cases where: (1) the agency does not have the records requested; and (2) the records are protected because disclosure would reveal that a criminal investigation concerning the person is in progress. Amends the Federal Torts Claims Act to make the remedy against the United States under such Act for the negligent act of an FBI employee acting within the scope of employment exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding by reason of the same subject matter.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 484 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan. Declares that it is in the best interest of both such countries to convene a parliamentary and scholarly conference to commemorate and evaluate such treaty. Expresses the interest of the Senate in receiving a report on such conference.
Bill· SS. 2929 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Title I: The Intelligence Community - Authorizes the "intelligence community" of the United States to conduct intelligence activities in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Includes the following entities in the intelligence community: (1) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) Central Intelligence Analysis Agency; (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) Foreign Intelligence Agency; (5) National Security Agency; (6) National Counterintelligence Office; and (7) intelligence components of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency, military services, Departments of Defense, State, Treasury, Energy, and others as determined by the President. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of the Director of National Intelligence, headed by a Director of National Intelligence appointed by the President. Includes in such Office: (1) a United States Intelligence Board (USIB), consisting of the heads of the entities in the intelligence community, to coordinate U.S. intelligence activities; and (2) a Board of Presidential Estimates, appointed by the Director, to prepare briefings on intelligence for the President and the National Security Council. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including to: (1) inform the President of views and developments within the community; (2) make budgetary recommendations for the community; (3) provide the President and Congress with an annual assessment of the community's effectiveness; (4) promulgate regulations governing the classification of sensitive information; (5) coordinate technical services needed by the community; and (6) perform other duties as the President may prescribe. Requires the Director of Central Intelligence, at the request of the National Security Council, to produce Presidential intelligence estimates. Requires the Director to ensure that diverse points of view within the community are presented. Establishes a nine-member National Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, appointed by the President, to evaluate continually the effectiveness of the intelligence community. Directs the Board to report its findings from time to time to the President and the congressional intelligence committees. Establishes a five-member Intelligence Oversight Board, appointed by the President, to investigate allegations of illegal, unethical, or improper activities of any entity in the intelligence community. Directs the head of each entity of the community to establish, subject to the approval of the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, guidelines with respect to the following collection methods that may be used against a "U.S. person": (1) intrusive and other covert or clandestine techniques; (2) informants and undercover agents; (3) examination of third-party records, including telephone bills, medical records, and hotel registrations; and (4) public information sources. Prohibits the nonconsensual use of such methods except in accordance with the guidelines. Requires the guidelines to: (1) take into account such person's constitutional rights; (2) specify the official who must authorize the collection activity; and (3) be reasonably designed to match the acquisition of information with U.S. security needs. Prohibits the use of intrusive techniques against any U.S. person to obtain foreign intelligence while such person is in the United States unless the President determines that it is necessary to obtain intelligence essential to the national security and which cannot be obtained by less intrusive methods. Restricts the dissemination of intelligence information with respect to a U.S. person by the United States Counterintelligence Office. Authorizes the head of each entity of the intelligence community to classify information in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Director of National Intelligence. Subjects any person, who discloses classified information to a person unauthorized to receive it, to the current penalties for the offense of delivering defense information to aid a foreign government. Exempts the intelligence community from any laws requiring disclosure of information with respect to information in files specifically designated by the Director of National Intelligence to be concerned with: (1) technical systems for the collection of intelligence information; (2) special and foreign intelligence activities; (3) investigations for determining the suitability of intelligence sources; and (4) liaison or information arrangements with foreign governments. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to repeal the Hughes-Ryan amendment of 1974 (conditioning the funding of covert CIA operations on reporting to the "appropriate" congressional committees). Repeals the provision of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 limiting assistance for military activities in Angola. Title II: Central Intelligence Analysis Agency - Establishes a Central Intelligence Analysis Agency headed by a Director appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Charges the Agency with collecting and publishing intelligence information to warn the President and congressional intelligence committees of impending warlike acts anywhere in the world and to assess the disposition and activities of foreign governments. Title III: Defense Intelligence Agency - Establishes within the Department of Defense a Defense Intelligence Agency to: (1) advise the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff; (2) coordinate the intelligence elements of the Armed Forces; and (3) fulfill the same mission as the Central Intelligence Analysis Agency. Provides for a Director of the Agency, appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Title IV: The United States Foreign Intelligence Agency - Establishes in the executive branch the United States Foreign Intelligence Agency, headed by a Director appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Charges the Agency with collecting throughout the world information not available to the public to keep the President and Congress informed of the resources and activities of foreign governments and entities that might affect the foreign relations or safety and welfare of the United States. Directs the Agency to: (1) develop the capabilities to influence events outside the United States so that the role of the Government is not revealed or acknowledged and to undertake special activities as the President may order; and (2) conduct intelligence activities in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties. Requires the Director to report its activities at least annually to the congressional intelligence committees. Authorizes the Agency to: (1) permit its employees to use covert techniques anywhere in the world which the Director determines are necessary to accomplish the Agency's mission; and (2) engage in intelligence activity outside the United States, other than intelligence gathering, which is approved by the President and with respect to which the intelligence committees are notified as soon as practicable. Establishes within the Agency the Contingency Reserve Fund for activities to accomplish the Agency's mission. Permits particular aliens and their families to be given entry into the United States for permanent residence without regard to their inadmissibility under the immigration laws, upon the determination by the Director, with the approval of the Attorney General, that their admission is in the interest of national security or essential to intelligence activities. Title V: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Directs the FBI to: (1) perform intelligence and counterintelligence activities to safeguard the United States from foreign agents working in the United States against its interests and from terrorists; and (2) collect and disseminate intelligence to counter terrorism and conduct other activities to achieve the purposes of this Act. Requires that all FBI counterintelligence and counterterrorist activities outside the United States be conducted in coordination with the Foreign Intelligence Agency. Requires such operations within the United States by other Federal agencies be coordinated with the FBI. Sets forth the duties of the Director of the FBI, including reporting annually to the congressional intelligence committees on foreign intelligence services and terrorist groups operating in the United States. Authorizes the FBI to take all lawful measures to protect the United States from hostile intelligence services and terrorists. Title VI: National Security Agency - Establishes in the Department of Defense the National Security Agency to conduct signals intelligence, cryptology, and communications security for the United States, and to serve as the principal agency of the United States' Signals Intelligence System. Provides for a director of the Agency appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Sets forth the duties of the Director, including reporting annually to the congressional intelligence committees on the state of U.S. signals intelligence and communications security. Title VII: United States Counterintelligence Office - Establishes in the Department of Justice a United States Counterintelligence Office to coordinate the counterintelligence activities of the intelligence community. Provides for a Deputy Attorney General of the Office appointed by the President for a single ten-year term. Charges the Office with retaining the central counterintelligence files of the Government. Authorizes the Office to request any entity of the community to initiate an investigation of any U.S. person on the basis of facts and circumstances which reasonably indicate that such person is engaged in: (1) clandestine intelligence activity on behalf of a foreign power; (2) international terrorist activity; (3) international trafficking in drugs or other contraband; and (4) international organized crime activities. Directs the Attorney General, subject to approval of the Director of National Intelligence, to establish guidelines for the dissemination of information to other law enforcement agencies of the Federal, State, local, or foreign governments. Specifies standards for such guidelines. Title VIII: Congressional Oversight - Directs the head of each entity of the intelligence community to: (1) keep the congressional intelligence committees fully and currently informed of all intelligence activities; (2) furnish information to such committees upon request; and (3) report to such committees any illegal and corrective intelligence activities that are taken or planned. Authorizes the President to establish procedures for informing such committees of any special activity not subject to prior notification, together with a statement of reasons for not giving such notice. Directs the House of Representatives and the Senate, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, to establish procedures to protect intelligence information from unauthorized disclosure.
Bill· SS. 2878 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Tax Reduction - Job Creation Act - Title I: Individual Tax Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce income tax rates for each category of individual taxpayers. Title II: Incentives for New Plant and Equipment - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the method for determining useful lives of business assets for purposes of computing allowable depreciation deductions. Replaces the asset depreciation range (ADR) method with a schedule of capital cost recovery periods for three classes of business property. Establishes capital cost recovery periods for the following classes of business property: (1) buildings and their structural components, ten years; (2) tangible property, five years; and (3) automobiles, taxis, and light-duty trucks (up to $100,000), three years. Allows a ten percent investment tax credit for buildings and tangible property, and a six percent credit for automobiles, taxis, and light duty trucks. Requires the recapture of depreciation amounts and investment tax credit amounts applicable to assets which are sold or otherwise disposed of prior to the expiration of the capital cost recovery period. Permits taxpayer to deduct less than the full allowance for capital cost recovery in any taxable year. Permits a carryover to succeeding taxable years of any unused depreciation amounts. Disqualifies capital cost recovery property from the allowance for first year depreciation. Treats amounts claimed as the capital cost recovery of noncorporate lessors as an item of tax preference for purposes of the minimum tax. Adopts as an accounting practice the "half year convention" under which investments eligible for capital cost recovery treatment or the investment tax credit which are made at any time during the taxable year are deemed to be made in the middle of such year.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 101 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the domestic automotive and truck industry. Declares it to be a goal of the United States to achieve technological superiority in the world automobile and truck industry. Advocates changes in economic, fiscal, and import policies in order to create adequate capital and produce a more favorable climate for the domestic automobile and truck industry.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 186 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1980
Designates October 19, 1981, as a Day of National Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the victory of General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia.
Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 183 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Extends the congratulations of the Congress to the Order of the Sons of Italy in America for their 75th anniversary. Proclaims Sunday, June 22, 1980, as "National Italian-American Day."
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 456 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President instruct the Attorney General to prosecute all persons who violate the Logan Act and the executive order prohibiting travel to Iran, thereby giving color of right to illegal actions by the Government of Iran.
Bill· SS. 2745 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 per year, adjusted for inflation. Limits the duration of eligibility for such deduction to calendar years prior to the account beneficiary's 21st birthday, or prior to the beneficiary's enrollment as a full-time student at an eligible educational institution of higher learning, whichever occurs earlier. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the payee so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 25, and for each of the following nine years, in successive apportionments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions. Allows a deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized for the benefit of the taxpayer (or the taxpayer and spouse if married) for the exclusive purpose of purchasing the first dwelling purchased by such individual as a principal residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $1,500 ($3,000 in the case of married individuals filing jointly), with a maximum lifetime deduction of $15,000 ($30,000 in the case of married individuals filing jointly). Provides for annual inflation adjustment of such amounts. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income so long as they are used exclusively for the purchase of a first principal dwelling. Provides for recapture of such distribution upon a subsequent sale of such first dwelling if another house is not purchased with the proceeds. Requires reduction of the $100,000 exclusion from gross income of proceeds from the sale of a principal residence by a taxpayer 55 years of age or older if such residence had been purchased with distributions from a tax-exempt housing savings account. Limits the amount of such reduction to the amount of any such distribution excluded from gross income.
Bill· SS. 2740 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income interest on an industrial development bond refunding issue if: (1) such issue is secured by a pledge of substantial revenues derived from 20 or more facilities operated or leased by the issuer; (2) the issuer is a political subdivision engaged primarily in promoting economic development; (3) the issuer was created under State law at least 20 years prior to the issuance of such refunding bonds for the express purpose of promoting economic development; and (4) any debt service savings derived from the refunding may be used only for the proper corporate purposes of the issuer and shall not be used to reduce any existing obligations of any nonexempt person.
Bill· SS. 2718 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Title I: Export Trading Companies - Export Trading Company Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promote export trading companies and facilitate contacts between producers of exportable goods and export trading companies. Authorizes any banking organization to invest up to specified amounts in export trading companies upon notifying, but without obtaining the prior approval of, the appropriate Federal banking agency, if such investment does not cause an export trading company to become a subsidiary of such organization. Allows greater investment by Edge Act Corporations not engaged in banking. Permits any banking organization to invest beyond such limitations with the prior approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency. Requires prior notification of such agencies in specified circumstances. Sets forth further limitations on export trading companies and investments by banking organizations. Specifies factors to be taken into consideration by the banking agencies. Permits such agencies to impose conditions in approving applications to invest in export trading companies. Requires such agencies to report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning implementation of this Act and any recommendations. Provides for judicial review of denial orders in the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals. Sets forth the grounds for disapproval. Provides for remand for further consideration by the banking agency. Directs the Economic Development Administration and the Small Business Administration to give special weight to export-related benefits when considering applications for loans and guarantees by export trading companies. Directs the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide loan guarantees to export trading companies or exporters to be secured by accounts receivable or inventories when adequate financing is not otherwise available and such guarantees will facilitate expansion of exports. Title II: Export Trade Associations - Export Trade Association Act of 1980 - Amends the Webb-Pomerene Act to exempt the export trade, export trade activities, and methods of operation of certified export trade associations and export trading companies from the antitrust laws. Delays the effectiveness of any certificate upon the notification of the Secretary of Commerce by the Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of disagreement with the decision to issue a certificate. Sets forth the procedure to be followed by any association, company, or export trading company seeking certification under this Act and by the Secretary in issuing such certificates. Provides for appeal of the Secretary's denial of certification. Authorizes the Attorney General or the FTC to bring an action to invalidate a certification. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and the FTC, to publish guidelines for determining whether an association or export trading company will meet the certification requirements. Requires certified associations and export trading companies to submit annual reports to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Commerce an office to promote export trade associations and trading companies. Provides for automatic certification of existing associations. Requires that all applications for certification be kept confidential with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary to require an association or trading company to modify its operation to be consistent with international obligations of the United States. Directs the President to appoint, with the Senate's advice and consent, a task force seven years after enactment to examine the effect of this Act and to make recommendations. Title III: Taxation of Export Trading Companies - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make banking organizations which have invested in an export trading company eligible for treatment as domestic international sales corporations (DISC). Includes the gross receipts from the export of services produced in the United States and from export trade services as qualified export receipts, in the case of a DISC which is an export trading company. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, with the Secretary of the Treasury, to develop and distribute information concerning the utilization of the DISC provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make export trading companies eligible for Subchapter S treatment if the shareholders of such companies are otherwise small business corporations. Exempts such companies from restrictions on the amount of foreign income they can receive and still be eligible for Subchapter S tax treatment.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 92 (96th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the enactment of a withholding tax on interest and dividend payments would be detrimental to the economic well-being of the United States.
Bill· SS. 2642 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the manufacture, importation, installation, offer to sale, rent, or lease, or other distribution of telephone receivers or similar equipment manufactured after the date of enactment of this Act for use in connection with any interstate or foreign communication, unless such receiver or equipment is designed and manufactured to permit telephone reception by means of hearing aids with inductive receptors. Establishes fines for violations of this Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 417 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1980
Extends the condolences of the Senate to the families of the eight American servicemen who lost their lives during the mission to rescue the hostages in Iran. Declares the sense of the Senate that the President order the American flag to be flown at half-mast on all government grounds from May 4 through May 11, 1980, as a mark of respect for such servicemen.
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