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United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1980
Authorizes from funds previously approved in appropriations Acts for the homeownership assistance program under the National Housing Act $125,000,000 to be available for contracts to make periodic mortgage assistance payments entered into on or after October 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1980
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 2385 (youth vocational education).
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1980
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R. 7859 (Cuban and Haitian refugee children).
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1980
Establishes the United States Holocaust Memorial Council which shall: (1) provide and encourage appropriate ways for the Nation to observe the Days of Remembrance to commemorate the holocaust; (2) plan, erect, and oversee the operation of a memorial museum to the victims of the holocaust; and (3) plan for carrying out the recommendations of the report submitted to the President on September 27, 1979, by the President's Commission on the Holocaust. Authorizes the Council to receive public land in the District of Columbia on which it may erect the memorial. Terminates the Council's authority to construct a memorial if the erection of the memorial has not commenced within five years of enactment of this Act and sufficient funds to ensure completion of the memorial have not been certified to be available. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1980
Requests the President to designate the week of October 19-25, 1980, as "National Lupus Week."
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.
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate September 18, 1980, as "Constantino Brumidi Day."
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the requirement that States reduce the amount of unemployment compensation payable for any week to an eligible individual by the amount of certain retirement benefits received by such individual.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1980
Small Business Securities Acts Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Amendments to the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to define "eligible portfolio company" as any issuer which: (1) is organized under the laws of and has its principal place of business in any State or States; (2) is neither an investment company (not including certain small business investment companies) nor any other company specifically excluded from the definition of investment company under such Act; and (3) satisfies one of the following: (a) does not have outstanding securities which are eligible for margin purchase under Federal Reserve Board regulations; (b) is controlled by a business development company, including having an affiliated person who is a director of such eligible portfolio company; or (c) meets such other criteria as the Securities and Exchange Commission may establish. Defines "making available significant managerial assistance" to mean: (1) significant guidance and counsel concerning management, operations, or goals; (2) controlling influence over management or policy; or (3) investment. Defines "business development company" to mean any closed-end company which: (1) is organized under the laws of, and has its principal place of business in, any State or States; (2) is operated for the purpose of investing in the securities of certain companies; and (3) makes significant managerial assistance available to such companies. Deems a company's ownership of ten percent or more of an investment company's voting securities to be ownership by one person (rather than by all the shareholders) if at the time of the most recent acquisition the value of all securities owned by such company of all such investment company issuers does not exceed ten percent of its assets. Directs the Commission to prescribe regulations regarding beneficial ownership in situations of involuntary transfer. Exempts from such Act any closed-end company which: (1) elects to be treated as a business development company; or (2) proposes to make a public offering of its securities as a business development company and to subject itself to such Act within 90 days. Provides that a contract in violation of such Act (or a related rule) shall be unenforceable by either party or by certain third parties unless enforcement or denial of rescission (for partial or full performance) would be more equitable and not inconsistent with such Act. Stipulates that such enforceability provision shall not apply to the lawful part of an illegal contract to the extent it may be severed from such contract, or to preclude recovery against a person for unjust enrichment. Authorizes a qualifying investment company to elect to be regulated as a business development company by filing a notification of election with the Commission. Authorizes: (1) the Commission to prescribe the form and manner of such notification; and (2) a company to voluntarily withdraw its election. Prohibits a business development company from acquiring more than 30 percent of its assets in nonqualifying investments. Sets forth the catagories of qualifying investments. Requires that a majority of a business development company's directors be persons who are not interested parties of such company. Exempts a business development company from such requirements for 90 days (or longer if the Commission so allows) because of the death, disqualification, or resignation of any director(s). Prohibits certain controlling and noncontrolling persons related to a business development company (and certain affiliated persons) from knowingly: (1) selling any security or other property to such company (or a controlled company) unless the sale involves solely (a) securities of which the buyer is the issuer or (b) securities of which the seller is the issuer and which are part of a general offering to the holders of a class of securities; (2) purchasing from such company (or a controlled company) any security or other property except securities issued by the seller; (3) borrowing money or other property from such company (or a controlled company) except as permitted under such Act; and (4) effecting any joint transaction with such company (or a controlled company) in contravention of Commission rules. Authorizes: (1) the Commission, upon application, to permit exemptive relief from such prohibitions (excluding joint transactions); (2) such noncontrolling persons to engage in such prohibited transactions if the required majority (as defined in this title) of the directors or general partners so approve. Excludes from such prohibited transactions: (1) ordinary merchandise sales or purchases or a lessor-lessee relationship incident thereto; (2) acquisition of warrants, options, and (voting) securities purchase rights by a director, officer, general partner, or employee of such company pursuant to an executive compensation plan; and (3) borrowing of money under specified terms by such persons to buy securities pursuant to such plan. Requires the directors of, or general partners in, the business development company to establish procedures to monitor the possible involvement of persons (as set forth in this title) subject to such prohibited transactions. States that: (1) until the Commission adopts rules respecting such transactions those existing rules under such Act regarding closed-end investment companies shall apply; and (2) an ordinary fee or salary paid to a director, officer, or employee of a party to a transaction shall not be considered a "financial interest" or "participation" in such transaction. Permits a business development company to maintain a profit-sharing plan for its directors, officers, and employees if: (1) the plan has the approval of a majority of directors; and (2) the aggregate amount of benefits (paid or accrued) does not exceed 20 percent of such company's net income after taxes in any fiscal year. Stipulates that no plan may be established if such company has: (1) outstanding any option, warrant, or right issued as part of an executive compensation plan; or (2) an investment adviser registered under title II of such Act. Places restrictions on the remunerations that may be received by agents or brokers of a business development company in connection with the sale or purchase of property or securities. Stipulates that the Commission may permit a larger fee if so doing would be in the public interest. Includes specified affiliated persons within such restrictions. Prohibits a business development company from changing the nature of its business or withdrawing its election as such a company without the authorization of a majority of its outstanding voting securities or partnership interests. Applies specified provisions of such Act regarding incorporation, functions, capital structure, loans, distribution and repurchase of securities, records, and liability of controlling persons to a business development company, notwithstanding the exemption provided for in this Act. Title II: Amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 - Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to define "business development company" as defined in title I of this Act except that: (1) the company does not have to be a closed-end company; (2) forty percent of such company's assets may be in nonqualifying investments; and (3) the securities may be purchased from any person. Excludes certain investment advisers to business development companies that have elected to be regulated under title I of this Act from registration requirements. States that no shareholder, partner, or beneficial owner of such a company shall be considered a client of such an adviser solely by virtue of his/her relationship with such company. Provides with regard to investment advisory contracts that a performance fee contract between an investment adviser and a business development company is permissible provided that such contract compensation does not exceed 20 percent of the realized capital gains of such company over a specified period of time or as of dates specified in the contract. Title III: Capital Formation - Omnibus Small Business Capital Formation Act of 1980 - Requires the Commission, in consultation with the Small Business Administration, to collect and make available to the public information regarding the capital formation needs and the problems involved with new and small, medium-sized, and independent businesses. Directs the Commission to conduct an annual Government-business forum relating to small business capital formation. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for fiscal years 1982-1985. Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to authorize the Commission to cooperate with State securities regulatory associations to maximize uniformity in Federal and State securities regulation. Directs the Commission to conduct an annual conference, as well as other meetings as necessary, with such groups. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for fiscal years 1982-1985. Directs the Commission to try to reduce the costs incurred by small firms in raising capital through the issuance of securities. Title IV: Small Business Issuers' Simplification - Small Business Issuers' Simplification Act of 1980 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt from registration requirements an offer or sale to an "accredited investor" (as defined in this title) where the aggregate offering price does not exceed the limit under such Act and where there is no advertising or public solicitation. Title V: Small Offering Exemptions - Securities Small Offering Improvements Act - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to increase the aggregate value of securities which may be exempted from registration from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000. Amends the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 to: (1) increase the maximum aggregate amount of debt securities exempt from such Act; and (2) grant the Commission authority to lower the amount of debt securities under the revised ceiling amount that may be exempt from such Act.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1980
Requests the President to designate October 11, 1980, as "National Jogging Day."
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Amends the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise provisions exempting specified securities from such Acts to: (1) include within the exemption, interest in a trust fund or securities arising out of an insurance contract in connection with a governmental employee benefit plan; but (2) exclude plans which are funded by an annuity contract. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to include within the exemption from such Act governmental employee benefit plans and single trust funds maintained by a bank.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend specified cost-of-living increases for railroad employee annuitants. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax paid by employers on employees' compensation so as to generate funds to finance such increases. Directs the Railroad Retirement Board, not later than 30 days before the beginning of a calendar year, to determine the account balance-benefit ratio for such calendar year. Directs the Board to publish a notice in the Federal Register of such ratio and of the tax rate applicable under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1980
Amends the Securities Investor Protection Act to increase the amount of claims that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation will pay to customers of brokers and dealers who are involved in liquidation proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1980
Real Estate Construction and Rehabilitation Tax Incentives Act of 1980 - Title I: Capital Cost Recovery Treatment of New Section 1250 Property - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a 20-year straight line depreciation of depreciable real property placed into service after the effective date of this Act. Provides transitional rules for property already in service. Excepts from such 20-year requirement low-income rental housing, which must undergo a 15-year straight line depreciation. Title II: Investment Tax Credit for Section 1250 Property - Permits a taxpayer, in lieu of the new depreciation schedule set forth in title I of this Act, to elect to take a one-time ten percent investment tax credit. Limits such credit to property placed in service between January 1, 1981 and December 31, 1984. Requires recapture, in whole or in part, if the property is sold within five years after being placed in service. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress by January 1, 1984, on the effectiveness and efficiency of this title as an incentive for the construction of new section 1250 property. Title III: Deduction of Construction Period Interest and Taxes - Repeals current law requiring amortization of construction period interest and taxes. Allows the taxpayer to elect: (1) to treat the unamortized balance of such interest and taxes as chargeable to capital account; or (2) to deduct such unamortized balance for the first taxable year ending after December 31, 1980. Title IV: Extension and Expansion of Existing Incentives - Repeals expiration dates, thus making permanent Code provisions: (1) permitting rapid amortization of rehabilitation expenses for low-income rental housing; (2) prohibiting accelerated depreciation for new structures built on historic sites; (3) providing for favorable depreciation of rehabilitated historic property; (4) encouraging the removal of architectural barriers; and (5) prohibiting deductions for the demolition of historic structures. Provides for rapid amortization of rehabilitation expenses for all residential rental housing (currently such rapid amortization is limited to low-income rental housing). Increases: (1) from $3,000 to $5,000 the minimum depreciable per unit expenditure; and (2) from $20,000 to $30,000 the maximum depreciable per unit expenditure. Title V: Condominium and Cooperative Cost Reduction - Denies capital gains treatment for proceeds from the sale of dwelling units converted from rental housing to condominium or cooperative housing, unless the terms and conditions of such sales have been negotiated with, and agreed to by, an organization representing at least 51 percent of the dwelling units occupied or sublet by tenants as of the date all tenants received notice of proposed conversion. Allows nonrecognition of up to 50 percent of the long term capital gain from the qualified sale of residential rental property if the taxpayer: (1) has used such property in his or her trade or business; and (2) within 24 months after such sale enters into a binding contract for the construction of section 1250 residential rental property. Requires reduction of the nonrecognition portion of such gain by one-half of the amount (if any) by which the proceeds of the sale exceed the cost of construction of the new residential real property. Limits "qualified sale" to a sale where: (1) not less than 50 percent of the dwelling units are sold to purchasers of low or moderate income, or the entire property is sold to a qualified tenants' organization; and (2) there is substantial likelihood that the overall economic character of dwelling unit owners will remain the same as the units are sold to subsequent purchasers. States that the basis of newly constructed rental property shall not be reduced by the amount of unrecognized capital gain. Directs the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in developing regulations to carry out this title. Title VI: Removal of Impediments to New Real Property Development - Excepts depreciable real property investments from the limitation on the deduction of investment indebtedness interest for individuals. Allows the current deduction of certain pre-opening expenses incurred in the development of section 1250 real property, so long as they occur within 24 months before the property's placement in service. Permits application to the Secretary for a period longer than 24 months if appropriate. Permits advance refunding of tax-exempt housing bonds, and use of the proceeds of such bonds to remove existing first liens to allow rehabilitation. Title VII: Effective Dates - Sets January 1, 1981 as the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1980
Disapproves of the action taken by Argentina to sell grain to the Soviet Union. Calls upon the President to formally protest such sales agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1980
Disapproves the President's determination transmitted to Congress on March 26, 1980 (against providing import relief for the leather wearing apparel industry).
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1980
Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act, 1980 - Declares it to be the policy of the U.S. to: (1) establish a national goal of demonstrating the engineering feasibility of magnetic fusion by the early 1990's; (2) achieve, no later than the year 1990, operation of a magnetic fusion engineering device based on the best available confinement concept; and (3) establish as a national goal the operation of a magnetic fusion demonstration plant by the year 2005. Directs the Secretary of Energy to initiate activities or accelerate existing activities in research areas in which the lack of knowledge limits magnetic fusion energy systems in order to ensure the achievement of the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain an aggressive plasma confinement research program on the current lead concept; (2) maintain a broadly based research program on alternate confinement concepts and advanced fuels; (3) ensure that research on properties of materials likely to be required for the construction of fusion engineering devices is adequate to provide timely information for the design of such devices; (4) initiate design activities on a fusion engineering device using the best available confinement concept to ensure operation of such device, no later than 1990; and (5) develop and test the adequacy of the engineering design components to be utilized in the fusion engineering device. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive program management plan for the conduct of the research, development, and demonstration activities under this Act. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for the creation of a national magnetic fusion engineering center to accelerate fusion technology development via the concentration and coordination of major magnetic fusion engineering devices and associated activities at such a national center. Provides for the establishment of a technical panel on magnetic fusion of the Energy Research ADvisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the national magnetic fusion energy program. Requires the technical board to report at least annually to the Energy Research Advisory Board, and requires the Board to report to the Secretary. Requires the director of each magnetic fusion laboratory installation operated for, and funded by, the Federal Government to establish a program advisory committee solely for the purpose of advising such director. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to actively seek to enter into or to strengthen existing international cooperative agreements in magnetic fusion research and development activities of mutual benefit to all parties. Directs the Secretary to: (1) assess the adequacy of the supply of manpower in the engineering and scientific disciplines to achieve the purposes of this Act; (2) assure the dissemination of information concerning the national magnetic fusion program; and (3) report annually to Congress concerning activities undertaken pursuant to this Act.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Declares seven named individuals to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1980
Commission on Presidential Nominations Resolution - Establishes the Commission on Presidential Nominations to make an investigation regarding the presidential nominating process. Directs the Commission to report to the President and Congress respecting such investigation, including recommendations for the 1984 presidential elections. States that the Commission shall cease to exist 60 days after submitting such report. Sets forth the powers of such Commission, and related administrative provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Labor Statistic Respondent Privacy Protection Act of 1980 - Prohibits any employee of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from disclosing data requested under a pledge of confidentiality in connection with a statistical program which could reasonably be uniquely associated with the identity of any individual or establishment to which the data pertains, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner. Prohibits such data from being used to determine any right, privilege, benefit, or penalty, or to facilitate any investigation of an individual or establishment. Makes these provisions inapplicable to the use or disclosure by a State agency of data collected in accordance with a cooperative statistical program conducted jointly by the State and the Bureau. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Bureau to transfer data collected under a pledge of confidentiality to another Federal agency for statistical purposes only, in which event the protections of this Act shall continue in effect. Authorizes the Commissioner to set forth regulations establishing exceptions to the protections of this Act if the respondents are informed of the use or disclosure at the time the data is requested and a compelling public interest exists. Permits a respondent to waive the provisions of this Act in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner. Permits the Commissioner to make such waivers with respect to data collected at least 72 years prior to such waiver. Exempts from disclosure under any Federal, State, or local law (including the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts) and immunizes from legal process: (1) submissions exempt from disclosure under this Act; and (2) all data in the possession of any Federal, State, or local agency derived from data submitted to the Bureau under a pledge of confidentiality which could reasonably be uniquely associated with the identity of any individual or establishment. Subjects violators of this Act to a civil fine and/or debarment from participation in any statistical grant or contract with the Department of Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1980 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to foreclose multifamily mortgages held by the Secretary encumbering real estate located in any State. Sets forth procedures for the designation of a foreclosure commissioner or commissioners by the Secretary. Designates the Secretary as a guarantor of payment of any judgment against such commissioners. Permits a foreclosure by the Secretary to commence upon the breach of a covenant or condition in the mortgage agreement for which foreclosure is authorized under such mortgage. Specifies procedures for: (1) notice of default and foreclosure sale; (2) service of such notice; (3) presale reinstatement and cancellation of foreclosure; (4) conduct of a foreclosure sale; (5) disposition of foreclosure costs and sale proceeds; (6) transfer of title and possessions; and (7) recording the foreclosure and sale. Authorizes the Secretary to require, as a condition and term of sale, that the purchaser at a foreclosure sale under this Act agree to the continued operation of the security property in accordance with the appropriate loan program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1980
Directs the Senate Finance Committee to report to the Senate by September 3, 1980, a responsible, targeted anti- inflationary tax cut to take effect in 1981. Directs the Democratic Task Force on the Economy to recommend to the Senate a comprehensive economic policy at the earliest possible date.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1980
Urges the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to dismantle consumer credit controls and to discourage the provision of credit for speculative, nonproductive purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the inclusion of a separate agenda item on Palestinian women presents an intrusion of political issues into the Mid-Decade Conference for women. Declares that the U.S. delegation to the Conference should be instructed to oppose any resolutions which do not relate directly to the goals of the Conference.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1980
Deplores the Soviet violations with respect to Afghanistan. Joins calls for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Supports the imposition of penalties on the Soviet Union for its aggression. Urges continued action to draw attention to the Soviet violations and to prevent further Soviet incursions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1980
National Library and Information Services Act - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1987 to make grants to States for: (1) interlibrary cooperation programs under title I of this Act; (2) public library services under title II: (3) public library construction under title III; (4) public library programs to meet special user needs under title IV; and (5) planning and development, public awareness, and library personnel training programs under title V. Sets forth procedures relating to such appropriations and their availability. Directs the Secretary of Education to make allotments of such appropriations to States according to specified formulas and procedures. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1983 through 1987 for program evaluation. Directs the Secretary to pay from such allotments, to each State which has an approved basic State plan, an annual program, and a long-range program an amount equal to the Federal share of the total sums expended by such State and its political subdivisions in carrying out such plan. Conditions such payment on a determination of the availability of specified sums from State and local sources. Sets forth formulas for determining the Federal share of programs under this Act (100 percent of costs under titles I, IV, and V; a sliding scale from 33 to 66 percent, based on each State's per capita income, of the costs under titles II and III, with specified exceptions for certain territories and possessions of the United States). Establishes in the Department of Education an Office of Libraries and Learning Technologies, to be headed by a Deputy Assistant Secretary. Directs the Secretary, through such Office, to carry out financial assistance programs authorized under this Act and to encourage, assist, conduct, cooperate with, plan and implement, or administer various other programs relating to library and information services. Sets forth the administrative authority of the Secretary under this Act. Requires that any State, in order to receive its allotment for any purpose under this Act: (1) have a basic State plan in effect; (2) submit an annual program; (3) submit a long-range program; and (4) establish a State Advisory Council on Libraries. Sets forth required provisions of basic State plans and long-range programs, as well as procedures for approval. Title I: Interlibrary Cooperation and Network Support - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have an approved basic State plan and have submitted a long-range program and an annual program for interlibrary cooperation and network support programs among school, public, academic, and special libraries and information centers. Sets forth conditions for uses of such Federal funds and requirements for State annual programs for interlibrary cooperation and network support. Title II: Public Library Services - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have approved basic State plan and have submitted long-range programs and annual programs for the provision, extension, and improvement of public library services. Sets forth conditions for uses of such Federal funds and requirements for State annual programs for public library services. Title III: Public Library Construction - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have an approved basic State plan and have submitted a long-range program and an appropriately updated annual program for the construction of public libraries. Sets forth conditions for uses of such Federal funds and requirements for State annual programs for the construction of public libraries. Title IV: Public Library Programs to Meet Special User Needs - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have an approved basic State plan and have submitted a long-range program and an annual program for public library programs to meet special user needs. Sets forth conditions for uses of Federal funds and a requirement for State annual programs for public library programs to meet special user needs. Directs the Secretary to consult with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies to coordinate programs assisted under this title with the activities of such agencies. Title V: Planning and Development - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program of grants to States which have an approved basic State plan and have submitted a long- range program and an annual program for planning and development. Sets forth conditions for uses of such Federal funds and requirements for State annual programs for planning and development. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets October 1, 1981, as the effective date of this Act.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with other Federal agencies, should establish a program to use energy efficient and viable alternatives to halocarbon based technologies for cooling.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1980
Noninstitutional Long-Term Care Services for the Elderly and Disabled Act - Amends the Social Security Act by adding a new title, title XXI (Noninstitutional Long-Term Care Services for the Elderly and the Disabled), to provide a comprehensive system of noninstitutional medical and social services for individuals aged 65 or over and individuals with chronic disabilities. Entitles an eligible individual to the following benefits: (1) home health services; (2) homemaker-home health aid services; (3) adult day services; and (4) respite care services for up to 14 days, or 336 hours in any year. Sets forth definitions of such benefits. Provides benefits to every individual who: (1) has attained age 65; (2) is disabled and eligible for benefits under titles II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), XVI (Supplemental Security Income), XVIII (Medicare), and XIX (Medicaid) of the Act; (3) was eligible for such benefits but ceased to be so eligible, but only if loss of benefits would seriously jeopardize such individuals ability to continue to live in a noninstitutional community residence and such individual's income is not sufficient to allow such individual to provide a reasonable equivalent of the services available under this Act; and (4) has been certified as eligible by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. States that no eligible individual shall be eligible to receive any benefits under title XXI or any long-term care benefits under titles XIX or XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Act unless such individual has a plan of care, as specified in this Act, and has been screened and assessed by a preadmission assessment and screening team (PAT) in order to determine the types and frequency of services required by such individual and in order to assure the maximum level of independence for such individual. Provides for at least one PAT to serve each unit of general purpose local government in a State. Permits the appropriate State agency to designate a Professional Standards Review Organization (PSRO), an area agency on aging, a hospital, a local government's department of health, a rural health clinic, a health maintenance organization (HMO), a center or agency for the handicapped, or any qualified similar entity as the PAT. Prohibits any hospital with a hospital-based home health agency and any free standing home health agency from being designated as a PAT, except in a rural area in which no other entity can provide PAT services. Directs the Secretary to reimburse any PAT and any State for the reasonable costs incurred in performing duties under this Act. Requires beneficiaries under title XXI to make copayments as follows: (1) 10 percent of the reimbursable amount with respect to home health services for visits in excess of 50 visits in a calendar year; (2) 10 percent of the reimbursable amount with respect to homemaker-home health aide services for visits in excess of 50 visits in a calendar year; and (3) 10 percent of the reimbursable amount with respect to adult day services for visits to an adult day center in excess of 50 visits in a calendar year. Sets limits based on income, on such copayments, with the highest copayments being limited to five percent of an individual's income for individuals with an annual income of over $10,000. Includes SSI and OASDI benefits, unemployment compensation, and pensions as income. Directs the Secretary to pay amounts for benefits incurred by an eligible individual in accordance with specified guidelines. Creates the Federal Long-Term Care Trust Fund into which specified funds will be deposited in order to make the payments required by this Act. Coordinates the provisions of this Act with titles XVIII, XIX, and XX of the Act by providing that no payment shall be made under such titles for services, as defined in title XXI, to or on behalf of an individual who is eligible under title XXI. States that extended care services under titles XVIII, XIX, and XX shall not be covered unless the individual seeking coverage first undergoes a preadmission screening and assessment as provided in title XXI, and the need for such services has been approved under the individual's plan of care. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an annual credit of $100 to a taxpayer caring for an elderly dependent. Directs the Secretary to monitor ten designated States with respect to their PAT's and to report to Congress concerning the utilization of services under titles XVIII, XIX, XX, and XXI of the Act and the effects of implementing a copayment requirement beginning with the first visit as compared to a copayment requirement beginning after 50 visits. Directs the Comptroller General to also conduct an ongoing evaluation of the effect of the use of PAT's with respect to utilization of services. Requires the reports to include a recommended strategy for implementing title XXI on a national basis. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to prepare an analysis of the budgetary impact of the implementation of title XXI on a national basis. States that the provisions of titles XVIII, XIX, XX, and XXI of the Act relating to PAT's shall not become effective until one year after Congress has received evaluations from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Comptroller General, and the OMB.
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."
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a builder of a new residential unit which incorporates a passive solar energy system a credit against the income tax in an amount (not to exceed $3,000 per residential unit) determined under a solar construction credit table. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the solar construction credit table for eight categories of residential units, energy savings per residential unit. Limits such tax credit to residential units constructed between September 30, 1980, and January 1, 1986. Specifies the general contents of a passive solar energy system.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1980
Farm Labor Contractor Act of 1980 - Amends the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to exclude any labor union from the definition of "farm labor contractor" (thus exempting labor unions from coverage under such Act). Excludes also from such definition of "farm labor contractor" (but only grants a limited exemption from registration to): any farm, processor, cannery, gin, packing shed, or nursery which, whether or not for a fee, recruits, solicits, hires, furnishes, or transports migrant workers for its own operation, and its employees. Requires such entity and such employees to comply with specified obligations of farm labor contractors to ascertain and disclose certain information to each worker at the time the worker is recruited. Excludes also from such definition of "farm labor contractor" (thus exempting from coverage): (1) any farmer, processor, canner, ginner, packing shed operator, or nurseryman, regardless of the legal form of business organization, if he or she engages in any such activity individually on behalf of an operation owned and operated only by one or more members of his or her immediate family; (2) any employee of such entity who does not recruit, solicit, hire, furnish, or supervise migrant workers, but who may, at any one time, transport not more than two other employees in a vehicle owned or controlled by the entity for which the entity has complied with specified requirements as they pertain to vehicles; and (3) any farmer, processor, ginner, packing shed operator, or nurseryman that engages in such activity for its own operation, regardless of the legal form of business organization, which is owned and operated by one or more members of the same immediate family, or its employees, provided that not more than ten non-family employees performed agricultural labor for it on any single day during the preceding 12-month period. Makes the requirement that every farm contractor ascertain and disclose specified information to each worker at the time the worker is recruited applicable at the time the worker is hired, if the worker is not recruited. Makes inapplicable the requirement that a farm labor contractor inform a worker of the sums paid to such contractor on account of the labor of such worker, whenever a specified exempt entity pays agricultural workers directly by check. Requires that the itemized statement of wages and withholdings, which contractors are required to give workers, include a statement of net earnings. Requires that every farm, processor, cannery, gin, packing shed, or nursery, and its employees (as described in the limited exemption above): (1) deal only with properly registered farm labor contractors and comply with specified obligations (except registration) and prohibitions for farm labor contractors and with other specified requirements of such Act; (2) maintain a policy of insurance or show satisfactory proof of financial responsibility under such Act; (3) maintain all vehicles and housing in accordance with specified standards; (4) refrain from knowingly giving false or misleading information to migrant workers concerning the terms, conditions, or existence of agricultural employment; and (5) not fail, without justification, to comply with the terms of any working arrangements made with migrant workers. Makes penalty provisions of such Act applicable to such entities and their employees that have been granted such limited exemption from coverage.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
Designates the week beginning June 22, 1980, as "National Athletic Boosters Week."
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 2004 (transportation grants).
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week beginning October 5, 1980, as "National Port Week." Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to Congress on the conditions of U.S. public ports.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Federal Public Transportation Act of 1980 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a proposed final allocation plan for the modernization or rehabilitation of rail mass transportation facilities and equipment prior to January 1, 1982. Directs that such plan shall become final unless disapproved by such committees. Directs that, beginning in fiscal year 1983, 75 percent of the funds made available by the Secretary for modernization and rehabilitation of rail facilities and equipment shall be distributed in accordance with such allocation plan. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) purchase equipment for use in public transportation service; and (2) make grants of such equipment to States and local public bodies. Requires the States or local public bodies receiving such equipment to provide at least 20 percent of the net project costs. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate committees of Congress at least 30 days in advance of issuing a letter of intent to fund a project. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of such Act through fiscal year 1985. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress biennially concerning the Secretary's proposed authorization requests under such Act for the next succeeding five fiscal years. Sets forth the formula which the Secretary shall use in apportioning funds for making grants for the purchase of buses and related equipment and facilities. Sets forth requirements and formulae to be followed in making incentive grants to urbanized areas. Redefines the term "fixed guideway" as it is used in such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to investigate unsafe conditions in any transit system financed under this Act. Directs the Secretary to require States or local public agencies to submit a plan for correcting such unsafe conditions. Permits the Secretary to withhold financial assistance under this Act until such plan is approved and implemented. Authorizes the Secretary to establish safety criteria and standards for such investigations. Directs that, for areas other than urbanized areas, there shall be a planning process carried on by the State, in cooperation with appropriate local officials and substate planning entities. Directs that such process shall result in the development of an appropriate State plan for nonurbanized area public transportation equipment and services.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development and Conservation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to define, for the purposes of such Act the following: (1) energy conservation; (2) conservation program; (3) renewable resource; (4) State energy plan; (5) State energy program; and (6) areawide planning organization. Specifies that under such Act, for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, no data derived from the 1980 Decennial Census, except those relating to population and poverty, shall be taken into account for purposes of the allocation of funds to metropolitan areas. Prohibits, for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, any revision of the criteria for establishing a metropolitan area or defining a central city of such an area published after January 1, 1980, from being taken into account for purposes of this title, except in the case of any area or city which would newly qualify as a metropolitan area or a central city of such an area. Specifies that, with respect to grants for State, tribal, and local community development programs, beginning in fiscal year 1982, the population of any unit of general local government which is included in that of an urban county shall be included in the population of such urban county for three program years beginning with the program year in which its population was first so included. Requires any county seeking qualification as an urban county, including any urban county seeking to continue such qualification, to notify each unit of general local government, which is included therein and is eligible to elect to have its population excluded from that of an urban county, of its opportunity to make such an election. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for the purpose of making grants to States and units of local government to help finance community development programs for fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Authorizes funds for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for the purpose of assisting severely distressed cities that require supplemental grant assistance in order to alleviate excessive deterioration through neighborhood reclamation and community revitalization. Requires an applicant for a grant under the community development program to take into account the effect of such activities on the involuntary displacement of low- and moderate-income persons and to consider appropriate environmental factors. Requires an applicant for a grant under the community development program, where the program to be funded by the applicant includes more than one economic development project, to certify that that portion of the application which will be for economic development must principally benefit low- and moderate-income persons. Limits amounts of appropriated funds which may be used to aid metropolitan cities, urban counties, and other units of local government within metropolitan areas to meet their basic grant needs. Eliminates hold-harmless entitlements. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend the rehabilitation loan program under such Act to include congregate housing and single-room occupancy housing, and to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for community and neighborhood development and conservation programs. Authorizes appropriations, through fiscal year 1981, for the neighborhood self-help development programs under the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reimburse the Veterans Administration for properties transferred to urban homesteading programs. Specifies that cities and urban counties must submit a block grant application to be eligible for urban development action grants. Makes Indian tribes eligible for the grant funds available to small cities. Sets forth the criteria by which an Indian tribe could be considered as an eligible applicant for such grants. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 1982, from the Solar and Conservation Reserve, for the Community Energy Block Grant program as established by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make energy conservation block grants in order to encourage units of general local government to adopt and implement community plans and programs designed to achieve significant energy savings. Requires applicants for such grants to submit a comprehensive three-year community energy conservation strategy for meeting energy needs and objectives. Prohibits the Secretary from approving an application if: (1) the Secretary of Energy makes a negative finding on technical aspects of the application, or finds that the strategy is not consistent with the State energy plan; (2) the activities proposed are inconsistent with the community's energy needs and objectives; or (3) the applicant is incapable of effectively carrying out its community energy strategy. Specifies that an application for such a grant shall be deemed approved upon the expiration of 75 days after receipt unless, on the findings of the Secretary or the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary informs the applicant of specific reasons for disapproval. Requires each grantee to submit an annual performance report on the activities carried out pursuant to such grant. Requires the Secretary, at least on an annual basis, to make such reviews and audits as may be necessary or appropriate to determine whether the grantee has carried out a program substantially as described in its application. Allows the Secretary to make appropriate adjustments in the amount of the annual grants in accordance with the Secretary's findings based upon a performance report submitted by a grantee, or in accordance with any other reviews or audits made by the Secretary. Requires 80 percent of the funds approved in an appropriations Act for community energy block grants in any year to be allocated by the Secretary to metropolitan areas, of which, ten percent shall be set aside for metropolitan small cities. Transfers from the Office of Management and Budget, to the Department of Commerce, the responsibility for establishing and defining standard metropolitan statistical areas and their components, and for providing criteria with respect to poverty levels. Eliminates the special consideration given small hold-harmless communities with comprehensive community development programs in the program of multi-year funding for small cities with such programs. Title II: Housing Assistance Programs - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into contracts for annual contributions under such Act for low-income housing projects in fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Authorizes the Secretary to provide annual contributions in the form of interest reduction payments pursuant to contracts with owners or prospective owners of new or substantially rehabilitated rental housing projects involving five or more dwelling units. Specifies that the Secretary may enter into such a contract only if at least 20 percent, but not more than 25 percent, of the dwelling units in such project will be set aside for occupancy by low-income families. Directs that any such payments shall be made on behalf of the owner directly to a mortgagee. Sets forth the criteria for determining the amount of the annual payment. Specifies that the initial rent schedule and any increase in rents during the period when interest reduction payments are made must be approved by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to respond to a properly documented request for a rent increase within 30 days of receipt of such request. Specifies that during the period when interest reduction payments are being made with respect to a project assisted under this Act; (1) the mortgage may not be prepaid or refinanced; and (2) no sale or other disposition of such project may be made, without prior approval of the Secretary. Prohibits such a project, for a period of 20 years following the initial occupancy, from being converted to a use other than rental housing unless the Secretary determines that preservation of such project as rental housing is not desirable. Authorizes appropriations for public housing operating subsidies for fiscal year 1981. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for operating assistance for troubled multifamily housing projects under the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978. Amends the National Housing Act to direct the Secretary to utilize amounts credited to the rental housing assistance fund for the sole purpose of carrying out assistance for troubled multifamily housing projects through September 30, 1981. Increases the allowable maximum amount for mortgage assistance payments under the National Housing Act. Allows the Secretary, under the mortgage insurance program, to insure a mortgage involving a principal obligation which exceeds, by not more than ten percent, the maximum limits, if such mortgage relates to a dwelling to be occupied by a physically handicapped person. Amends the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 to require a public housing agency or nonprofit corporation applying for assistance to provide congregate services: (1) to elderly residents to consult with the Area Agency on Aging; and (2) to nonelderly handicapped residents to consult with the appropriate agency. Makes housing assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 eligible for congregate services funding if such housing is: (1) occupied solely by handicapped persons; (2) owned and operated by a nonprofit sponsor; and (3) designed to provide congregate services. Requires the Secretary, not later than March 31, 1981, to submit a comprehensive feasibility study of a housing assistance block grant program as an alternative to the fiscal year 1982 budget for categorical housing assistance programs. Title III: Program Amendments and Extensions - Extends through September 30, 1981, the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to insure mortgages or loans under certain HUD mortgage or loan insurance programs under the National Housing Act and to set interest rates for insured mortgage loans. Extends until October 1, 1981, the authority of the Government National Mortgage Association to enter into new commitments to purchase mortgages under the interim mortgage purchase authority of the National Housing Act, as amended by the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974. Extends through fiscal year 1981 the authority of the Secretary to set interest rates on FHA-insured mortgage loans above the statutory maximum in order to meet market conditions. Authorizes appropriations for research and demonstration housing projects under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 through fiscal year 1981. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize appropriations to cover losses sustained by the General Insurance Fund. Allows the President to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association to make payments to financial institutions for the purpose of subsidizing below market rate loans which are secured under the National Housing Act covering properties consisting of five or more dwelling units. Authorizes appropriations for such payments for fiscal year 1981. Increases, by up to 20 percent, the amounts which may be insured under the National Housing Act for multifamily and institutional projects if such increase is necessary to account for the increased cost of the project due to the installation of a solar energy system or residential energy conservation measures. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary, in collecting or compromising claims or obligations under the mortgage insurance program, to contract with private business concerns or agencies for payment for services rendered by such concerns or agencies in assisting the Secretary in making such collection or compromise. Requires a mortgage, in order to be eligible for mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act, to have a period of not less than ten years to run beyond the maturity date of the mortgage. Makes mortgaged property located where concentrated housing, physical development, and public service activities are being or will be carried out in a coordinated manner, pursuant to a locally developed strategy for neighborhood improvement, conservation, or preservation, eligible for rehabilitation and neighborhood conservation housing insurance under the National Housing Act. Amends the National Housing Act to increase the mortgage limits for single family housing. Eliminates the requirement that a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act have a maturity exceeding three-quarters of the Secretary's estimate of the remaining economic life of the building improvements. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to eliminate the requirement that lower income persons must reside in the area of a project in order to be given priority for training and employment in connection with such project's receiving direct financial assistance under such Act. Eliminates the requirement that contracts for work to be performed in connection with any such HUD assisted project be awarded to business concerns which are located in or owned by persons residing in the area of such project. Requires contracts for such projects to be awarded, to the greatest extent feasible, to socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or to firms owned and controlled by such individuals. Declares that the land transferred by the city of Springfield, Illinois, to the United States Department of the Interior for the Lincoln Home National Historic Site shall be deemed to have been made in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Act of 1961 and any other law and with any regulations or other requirements in implementation thereof. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to transfer to the Secretary of Energy the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement energy performance standards for new residential and commercial buildings. Extends until August 1, 1982, the deadline for the implementation of the Building Energy Performance Standards. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to permit nonprofit sponsors of housing for nonelderly handicapped to use loans under such Act for the acquisition of existing housing and the rehabilitation, alteration, conversion, or improvement of such housing to meet the needs of handicapped (primarily nonelderly) persons. Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to transfer the responsibility of designating a standard metropolitan statistical area from the Office of Management and Budget to the Department of Commerce. Eliminates the use of the ZIP code as information required to be maintained and made available to the public by each depository institution which has a home office or branch office located within a standard metropolitan statistical area. Specifies that data required to be disclosed by any depository institution under such Act for 1980 and thereafter shall be disclosed for each calendar year. Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prescribe a standard format for such disclosures. Requires the Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of arranging for a central depository of data in each standard metropolitan statistical area where disclosure statements would be available to the public for inspection and copying. Repeals the requirement that the authority granted by such Act shall expire four years after its effective date. Requires the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, beginning with data for calendar year 1980, to compile each year, for each standard metropolitan statistical area, aggregate data by census tract for all depository institutions which are required to disclose data. Requires the Council also to produce tables indicating, for each such area, aggregate lending patterns for various categories of census tracts grouped according to location, age of housing stock, income level, and racial characteristics. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, beginning with data for calendar year 1980, to make publicly available data in the Secretary's possession for each mortgagee which is not otherwise required to disclose data, with respect to mortgage loans approved by the Secretary for insurance under the National Housing Act. Requires the Secretary to compile and make publicly available aggregate data for such mortgagees by census tract, and tables indicating aggregate lending patterns. Requires the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to conduct a study to assess the feasibility and usefulness of requiring depository institutions which make small business loans to compile and publicly disclose information regarding such loans. Requires the Council to report to Congress on the feasibility and desirability of establishing a unified system for enforcing fair lending laws and regulations, implementing the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, and satisfying the public disclosure purposes of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in managing and disposing of multifamily housing projects which are owned in a manner consistent with the National Housing Act, to maintain, to the maximum extent feasible and appropriate, the rental character of multifamily rental housing projects. Directs the Secretary, in disposing of a multifamily housing project on a negotiated, competitive bid, or other basis, to consider the number of units in the project occupied by low- and moderate-income persons. Directs the Secretary, in disposing of any multifamily rental housing project, to require that the project remain rental in character for a period of at least 20 years from the date of disposition, except in specified cases. Redefines the term 'multifamily rental housing project' for the purposes of such Act. Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act to change the name of the National Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. Authorizes appropriations for the neighborhood reinvestment program through fiscal year 1981. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Federal National Mortgage Association to purchase loans secured by stock in a cooperative housing corporation. Sets limitations governing the maximum principal obligation of conventional mortgages purchased by the Association. Authorizes the Association, with the approval of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to purchase, service, sell, lend on the security of, and otherwise deal in loans or advances of credit for improvements to properties. Directs the Secretary, when the Association submits its proposal to implement such authority to purchase conventional home improvement loans, to respond with comments within 90 days. Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to establish limitations governing the maximum principal obligation of conventional mortgages purchased by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary to make available an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 of purchase authority to reduce interest rates on existing low- and moderate-income rental housing which otherwise could not support refinancing and moderate rehabilitation without causing excessive rent burdens on current tenants due to rent increases. Extends allowances for rent increases to offset maintenance of reasonable profit levels. Specifies that any multifamily housing project purchased or refinanced with a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act which, because of the mortgage amount, does not qualify for the Government National Mortgage Association Mortgage-Backed Securities Program, is eligible for a cash payout in the case of default. Requires all such insured properties to remain as rental properties for 20 years unless the Secretary finds that: (1) the conversion of the property to a cooperative or condominium form of ownership is sponsored by a bona fide tenants' organization; (2) continuance of the property as rental housing is clearly unnecessary to assure adequate rental housing for low- and moderate-income people; or (3) continuance of the property as rental housing would have an undesirable and deleterious effect on the surrounding neighborhood. Amends the Housing Act of 1954 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to include in the annual report a description of the status of the existing rental housing stock. Amends the National Housing Act to increase loan insurance limits for manufactured homes, manufactured home lots, and manufactured home and lot combinations. Allows the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to increase such loan insurance limits in high cost areas. Amends the United States Housing Act, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and the National Housing Act to change the term "mobile home" to "manufactured home." Revises the definition of such term to mean a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is more than eight body feet in width, is more than 40 body feet in length in the traveling mode, or contains 400 or more square feet in interior space when erected on site. Requires the Secretary to develop a procedure for collecting and regularly reporting data on the mean and median sales price for new manufactured homes. Permits the Secretary to modify the 40 percent limit on the number of units in a subdivision which may receive mortgage assistance payments under the National Housing Act in order to encourage the production of safe and affordable housing. Eliminates specified conditions on Government National Mortgage Association purchases of multifamily mortgages. Amends the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 to specify that a loan made under such Act shall be deemed to be made during the required time period if such loan: (1) is funded or made in whole or in part during such period; (2) was made prior to or on April 1, 1980, and bears or provides for interest during such period on the outstanding amount thereof at a variable or fluctuating rate; or (3) is a renewal, extension, or other modification during such period of any loan, if such renewal, extension, or other modification is made with the written consent of any person obligated to repay such loan and is of an original principal amount of $25,000 or more. Allows an individual homeowner who has occupied or is occupying such home as a principal residence to finance the sale of such home at an interest rate that may be higher than that allowed by a State usury law. Title IV: Planning Assistance - Declares that the following are national policy objectives with respect to housing under the Housing Act of 1954: (1) the conservation and improvement of existing communities; (2) an increase in housing and employment opportunities and choices; and (3) the promotion of orderly and efficient growth and development of communities, regions, and States, taking into consideration the necessity of conserving energy. Declares that it is the purpose of this title to help achieve these objectives by: (1) encouraging the joint efforts of State and local governments and areawide planning organizations in developing State and areawide strategies; and (2) assuring that strategies developed pursuant to this section will lead to implementation activities by States, areawide planning organizations, and local governments. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants approved in accordance with the provisions set forth in this section to: (1) States, for statewide activities; (2) States, for the provision of assistance to metropolitan areawide planning organizations, nonmetropolitan areawide planning organizations, units of general local government, counties other than urban counties, and any group of adjacent units of general local government having a total population of less than $50,000; (3) metropolitan areawide planning organizations; (4) the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and (5) Indian tribes. Specifies that such grants shall not exceed two-thirds of the estimated cost of the work for which the grant is made. Requires applications for such grants to set forth a strategy statement which identifies policies and programs over at least a three-year period which address the major issues and problems of the applicant's jurisdiction. Requires the Secretary to establish, by regulation, criteria for the evaluation and approval of strategy statements and applications for grants and for the awarding of such grants. Requires each State and other entity receiving assistance directly from the Secretary for actions or activities being carried out to submit to the Secretary, each year, a performance report concerning such actions and activities. Requires the Secretary, on an annual basis, to make such reviews and audits as may be necessary or appropriate to determine whether a recipient of funds has carried out activities substantially as described in its application. Title V: Condominium and Cooperative Conversion Protection and Abuse Relief - Condominium and Cooperative Conversion Protection and Abuse Relief Act of 1980 - Specifies that it is the purpose of this title to provide minimum rights and disclosure of information to the tenants of rental properties undergoing conversion to condominium or cooperative projects and to correct and prevent abusive use of long-term leasing of recreation and other cooperative- and condominium-related facilities. Sets forth exemptions to the provisions of this title. Prohibits any developer or agent in selling or offering to sell to a tenant any condominium or cooperative unit in any conversion project from engaging in certain fraudulent activities. Requires the developer of a conversion project to extend to its tenants one year warranties on any repairs or rehabilitation of units or common elements. Requires such developer to notify tenants of an intent to convert no later than 120 days prior to the date they will be required to vacate, and to offer to sell such unit to the tenant who leases or occupies it for 90 days after providing such notice. Requires the developer in the case of a conversion project to provide the tenants of such project, not later than six weeks after delivery or mailing of the notice of intent to convert, specified information provided by an independent engineer or architect. Specifies that this section shall not apply to: (1) a conversion project to which the developer has acquired legal title prior to the effective date of this title; or (2) a condominium or cooperative unit restricted to commercial or industrial purposes. Allows any contract which is entered into after the effective date of this title to be terminated without penalty by such unit owners or such association if such contract meets specified conditions. Allows cooperative and condominium unit owners to bring an action seeking a judicial determination that lease provisions are unconscionable if each lease contains specified characteristics. Declares that a developer or agent subject to this title may be sued at law or in equity by any person aggrieved by a violation of this title. Specifies that any condition, stipulation, or provision binding any person to waive compliance with any provisions of this title shall be void. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to undertake research, education, and technical assistance activities designed to assist tenants and consumers in the purchase and management of condominium and cooperative units.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Disapproves the proposed deferral of budget authority (D 80-61) for financial and technical assistance to the States for highway and highway safety projects.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into agreements with the State of New York for a demonstration project for the removal of polychlorinated biphenyls from the Hudson River and the storage of such toxic substances in secure landfills. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to the State for 75 percent of the costs of such project.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1980
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Martin Luther King, Junior, Preservation District, which shall consist of the properties within the Martin Luther King, Junior, Historic District. Authorizes the Secretary, within the national historic site, to: (1) acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer or exchange, lands and interest therein; (2) convey a freehold or leasehold interest in any property, for such sums as he deems appropriate, and subject to such term and conditions and reservations as will assure the use of the property in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Act; (3) enter into cooperative agreements with the owners of properties of historical or cultural significance; and (4) provide security and law enforcement services as authorized by law. Establishes in the Department of the Interior, the Martin Luther King, Junior, Advisory Commission to advise the Secretary with respect to the formulation and execution of plans for the national historic site, and the preservation district. Terminates such commission ten years from the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Grants a Federal charter to the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II. Declares that the purpose of such corporation is to establish memorials to those who served aboard United States submarines and gave their lives during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1980
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to correct the birthdates on naturalization certificates of individuals admitted as immigrants between December 22, 1945, and November 1, 1954, if such original misrepresentation was predicated upon a fear of persecution if repatriated rather than to evade the existing immigration quotas.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1980
Community Energy Act - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth: (1) Congressional findings; (2) the purpose of this Act (to develop a national community energy policy); and (3) definitions of terms used in this Act. Title II: Local Energy Management Partnership - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make energy conservation block grants (from the Solar and Conservation Reserve) in order to encourage units of general government to adopt and implement community plans and programs designed to achieve significant energy savings and encourage the use of renewable energy resources. Requires a grant applicant to submit a three-year comprehensive community energy conservation strategy which describes energy needs and directives. Directs the Secretary to annually review and audit each grantee's program. Provides that 80 percent of funds appropriated for grants in any year shall be allocated to metropolitan areas. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make grants to units of local government and to States and areawide planning organizations in behalf of units of local government to implement energy projects which the Secretary finds will contribute to a significant reduction in the use of nonrenewable energy supplies. Prohibits making such grants: (1) if the grant will not primarily benefit the public; (2) for projects intended to facilitate the (relocation of industrial or commercial plants of facilities, unless the relocation does not significantly and adversely affect the unemployment or economic base from which the plant is to be relocated; or (3) for projects which could be successful without Federal financial assistance. Directs the Secretary to annually review and audit such projects. Limits to 80 percent the funds available for grants to units of local government located in metropolitan areas. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to establish and operate a National Community Energy Reference Center to provide information and technical assistance in planning and implementing local programs and activities in conservation and renewable resources to units of local government, areawide planning organizations, and neighborhood and community-based organizations. Title III: State Energy Management Partnership - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide financial assistance to assist States and Indian tribes to develop, implement, or modify a State energy plan, or portion thereof, submitted pursuant to its energy plan and to provide technical assistance to States and Indian tribes for energy planning and management. Directs the Secretary to prescribe guidelines for State plans which shall include: (1) a description of State energy supply and demand and of its goals and policies; (2) a management plan for, and a description of, planned uses of funds provided pursuant to this Act and under any other Federal financial assistance program that the State intends to use to implement the State energy plan; (3) a description of how the State plans to implement this energy conservation and renewable resource programs required by this Act; (4) preparation of a State emergency conservation plan prepared pursuant to the Emergency Energy Conservation Act; (5) a description of the provisions of the participation of units of local government, Indian tribes, and the public; (6) a program to grant appropriate units of local government authority to enact related ordinances which include mandatory measures; and (7) a description of the means by which the preparation and implementation of the State energy plan will be coordinated with plans and programs of State agencies and units of local government for economic development, transportation, environmental protection, coastal management, and other energy-related purposes, and assurance that due regard will be given to the needs of the poor, handicapped, and elderly. Requires each State receiving financial assistance pursuant to its State energy plan to: (1) implement the Building Energy Performance Standards program of the Energy Conservation and Production Act; (2) permit motor vehicles to turn right at a red light after stopping; (3) provide for a program to prevent unfair or deceptive practices affecting commerce which relate to the implementation of energy conservation and renewable resource measures; (4) promote the availability of carpools, vanpools, and public transportation; (5) utilize energy conservation measures and renewable resources in State facilities; and (6) provide: (1) for a energy extension program as described in the National Energy Extension Service Act. Requires a State receiving assistance pursuant to its State energy plan to provide: (1) for a satisfactory consultation process with local government units, Indian tribes, and the public; (2) financial assistance to local government units; and (3) for the direct involvement of those units of local government that own and operate a public utility engaged in energy demand and supply forecasting activities as must be provided for ina State energy plan. Sets forth various administrative provisions, including that a State or unit of local government receiving financial assistance, under its State energy plan, must provide that at least 70 percent of the assistance will be spent for the development and implementation of programs for energy conservation and renewable resources. Authorizes a State to make an annual consolidated application for financial assistance under this Act and under any State energy program or programs. Repeals provisions of the National Energy Extension Service Act which provide for the establishment, implementation, and authorization of appropriations for the Energy Extension Service.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1980
Extends the congratulations of the Senate to all of the members of the 1980 United States Handicapped Olympic Team for a job well done.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) request the Soviet Union to exchange scientific data regarding the outbreak of pulmonary anthrax near Sverdlovsk as provided for by the convention prohibiting bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons; or (2) take appropriate international procedures or lodge a complaint with the United Nations Security Council, if the Soviet Union fails to make available such data.