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Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA]

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Bill· SS. 3256 (96th)referred

Food Safety and Quality Amendments of 1980

United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1980

Food Safety and Quality Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Withdrawal of Inspection - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to withdraw inspection service under such Acts for violations connected with transactions in drugs and for the repeated failure of an applicant or recipient to comply with sanitation or other requirements of such Acts. Title II: Civil Penalties - Increases criminal penalties for violations of such Acts. Establishes civil penalties for violations for which there is no criminal penalty. Sets forth hearing and review procedures under such Acts. Title III: Residue Prevention - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary to quarantine any cattle, sheep, swine, goat, horse, mule, or other equine or any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product, poultry or poultry product which the Secretary has reason to believe may contain any unlawful residue. Authorizes such detention until the order is revoked or the articles containing such residue are destroyed. Sets forth hearing procedures for those adversely affected by the Secretary's determination. Authorizes the Secretary to require poultry slaughterers to identify the ownership of such poultry. Title IV: Bribery - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to establish criminal penalties for bribing officials performing duties prescribed under such Acts. Title V: General Provisions - Provides for the separability of the provisions of this Act.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 213 (96th)open

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

United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1980

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

Bill· SS. 3178 (96th)referred

A bill to establish the Franklin Delano Roosevelt-Warm Springs National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1980

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation from Georgia the property of Franklin Roosevelt located in Meriwether County for the establishment of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt-Warm Springs National Historic Site. Authorizes the Secretary to restore and interpret such site. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with Georgia to assist in the restoration and interpretation of property outside such site that is owned by Georgia and to construct structures to enhance such site's historic significance and rehabilitative qualities. Directs the Secretary to develop and transmit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for such site and a report on further developing facilities and establishing programs for the rehabilitation of the physically disabled within such site and adjoining State-owned property.

Bill· SS. 3158 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 to extend the postponement of certain penalties relating to child support requirements.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1980

Amends the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 to extend to October 1, 1982, the period within which a State must meet certain requirements under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) before the State's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (part A of title IV of the Act) reimbursement is reduced by five percent.

Bill· SS. 3155 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 to extend the postponement of certain penalties relating to child support requirements.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980

Amends the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 to extend to October 1, 1982, the period within which a State must meet certain requirements under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) before the State's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (part A of title IV of the Act) reimbursement is reduced by five percent.

Bill· SS. 3150 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment of a quality control system for programs of aid to families with dependent children.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980

Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to establish quality control systems, subject to approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for their AFDC plans which must include: (1) caseload samplings; (2) field investigations; (3) review procedures; (4) submission of data obtained from caseload samplings; (5) submission of a corrective action plan; (6) access to state and local records; and (7) public notification concerning payment error rate. Requires the Secretary to utilize the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to monitor the operation of the quality control systems. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct a full field review of State caseload subsamples; (2) conduct a case record review of cases previously found to be in error; and (3) submit the findings of such reviews to the Inspector General. Provides that: (1) any State which disagrees with any findings made on the basis of the Federal review shall be entitled to a hearing by the Secretary; and (2) a final decision of the Secretary shall not be subject to judicial review. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance, directly or by contract, to States and local administrative units utilized in the administration of any State's quality control program. Provides penalties for failure of a State to furnish caseload samples as required. Excludes, after March 1, 1981, from the determination of the "dollar error rate of aid" nonpayments to eligible families not receiving assistance due to erroneous terminations or denials. Requires the Secretary to: (1) include on-site visits to the State's quality control offices; (2) establish a uniform monitoring system for regional offices; and (3) temporarily waive the requirements of this Act if compliance requires a change in State law. Provides for a congressional veto of any regulations issued by the Secretary.

Bill· SS. 3057 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the application of the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional fuel to solid fuel pellets made from biomass.

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1980

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the nonconventional source fuel production income tax credit to any solid fuel in pellet form produced from biomass (other than wood or wood products) which has a Btu content per unit of volume or weight, determined without regard to any nonbiomass elements, which is at least 40 percent greater per unit of volume or weight than the Btu content of the biomass from which it is produced. Requires the taxpayer to elect whether to determine Btu content by volume or by weight. Limits application of such credit to pellets: (1) produced in a facility placed in service between January 1, 1980, and September 31, 1983, or for the construction of which the taxpayer was obligated under a binding contract on September 30, 1983; and (2) sold before January 1, 1990.

Bill· SS. 3019 (96th)referred

A bill to provide for demonstration projects whereby medicare patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be housed and boarded in settings other than inpatient hospital facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1980

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out at least three demonstration projects whereby Medicare patients receiving chemotherapy may be housed in facilities other than inpatient acute care hospital facilities. States that the accessibility of such alternative facilities to such patients for both ordinary and emergency treatment shall be considered in determining the appropriateness of such alternative facilities.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 193 (96th)referred

A joint resolution authorizing the President to enter into negotiations with foreign governments to limit the importation of automobiles and trucks into the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1980

Authorizes the President to negotiate agreements with foreign governments limiting exports of automobiles and trucks to the United States. Terminates such authority and any agreements pursuant to such authority on July 1, 1985. States that action taken pursuant to such agreements shall not be treated as violating U.S. laws.

Bill· SS. 2953 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to facilitate the acquisition and ownership of all, or substantially all, of the stock of an employer by employees through an employee stock ownership plan, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1980

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer an income tax deduction for contributions to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) which owns all, or substantially all, of the outstanding qualifying employer securities of such employer, and such contributions are applied to the repayment of principal and interest on a loan incurred by the plan for the purpose of acquiring such securities. Limits the deductible amount to a maximum 25 percent of the compensation otherwise paid or accrued to all employees under the plan for the taxable year. Allows any ESOP to retain its qualified status even though it provides for cash distributions and denies any participant the right to demand a distribution in the form of employer securities. Exempts such an ESOP from the limitations otherwise imposed on annual additions to an employee stock ownership plan. Allows such an ESOP to elect irrevocably to use the book value as the fair market value of employer's securities for the purpose of determining the value of participants' accounts under the plan. Exempts from the requirement that employer securities must stay in the plan securities distributed as a benefit to a participant as the result of a transaction in which the employer ceases to be a member of a controlled group of corporations with the corporation whose stock constitutes employer securities under the plan.

Bill· SS. 2956 (96th)referred

A bill to authorize civil penalties for violations of various laws for preventing the introduction and dissemination of livestock and poultry diseases, plant diseases, and plant pests.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1980

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties for violations of specified provisions preventing the introduction and dissemination of livestock and poultry diseases, plant diseases, and plant pests. Reduces the maximum term of imprisonment for importing diseased animals from three to one year. Establishes criminal penalties for importing animals except at quarantine stations. Increases the amount of criminal fines for importing or transporting infected livestock and poultry. Eliminates the element of scienter from the prohibition against the unauthorized movement of any plant pest through importation or interstate movement. Amends the Federal Plant Pest Act and the Plant Quarantine Act to establish criminal penalties for the knowing counterfeit or alteration of a permit authorizing such movement. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of regulations controlling the entry, inspection, and cleaning of vehicles and materials entering the United States from Mexico.

Bill· SS. 2957 (96th)referred

Animal Biological Products Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1980

Animal Biological Products Act - Prohibits the production, sale, shipment, or delivery for shipment in the United States of any biological product which is: (1) misrepresented or unsatisfactory; or (2) not produced at a licensed establishment under a valid product license issued by the Secretary of Agriculture and in compliance with this Act or any regulations promulgated pursuant to it. Defines "animal biological product" as any product (e.g. a vaccine, bacterin, antiserum, antitoxin, toxoid, allergen, or diagnostic antigen, but excluding antibiotics or hormones) which is prepared from, derived from, or prepared with micro-organisms, or the growth products of micro-organisms, or animal tissues, or animal fluids, or other substances of natural or synthetic origin, and which is intended for use in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment or cure of animal diseases through a specific immune process. Provides for the issuance, or denial, of establishment licenses (for establishments producing animal biological products), product licenses, and import permits. Provides for the suspension and revocation of such licenses and permits, and for judicial review of suspensions and revocations. Authorizes the Secretary to obtain, without charge, prerelease samples of a biological product to test and examine such products to determine whether it is pure, safe, potent, and efficacious, and otherwise in compliance with this Act. Permits the Secretary to issue, without hearing, a "Stop Sale, Transport, or Use" order, for a period not to exceed 30 days, whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that a biological product is misrepresented or unsatisfactory, or otherwise not in compliance with this Act. Provides for the seizure, condemnation, and destruction of such a product in a judicial proceeding. Requires licensees and permittees to keep records and give access to examiners sent by the Secretary. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for the violation of provisions of this Act. Repeals provisions of the Act of March 4, 1913, with respect to viruses, serums, toxins and analogous products.

Bill· SS. 2955 (96th)referred

A bill to provide grants to States for the purpose of assisting the colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee Institute, in the purchase of equipment and land, and the planning, construction, alteration, or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity for food and agricultural research.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1980

Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1985 to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a program of matching grants to States to assist "1890 land grant colleges", including Tuskegee Institute, in acquiring and improving agricultural and food research facilities and equipment.

Bill· SS. 2950 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Act of July 2, 1962, to authorize intrastate quarantines under extraordinary emergency conditions and to authorize U.S. Marshals to serve warrants under the Act.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1980

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the intrastate movement of animals, animal carcasses, products, and articles as the Secretary deems necessary to eradicate or prevent the dissemination of any disease which threatens the livestock or poultry of the United States.

Bill· SS. 2951 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, to eliminate certain unnecessary regulatory requirements.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1980

Amends the Plant Quarantine Act of 1912 to eliminate the notice and hearing requirements with respect to the promulgation of determinations relating to: (1) importation restrictions on certain plants and plant products other than nursery stock; and (2) interstate quarantines necessary to prevent the spread of dangerous plant diseases or infestations.

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