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United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1980
Grants a Federal charter to the Italian American War Veterans of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1980
Government-Guaranteed Securities Acts Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to establish a means for regulating trading in securities which are guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association, issued or guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or guaranteed as to principal or interest by any other instrumentality of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to include other securities in which the United States has an interest within the coverage of this Act as governmental-guaranteed securities. Requires any dealer in such securities (including an identifiable division of a bank) to register with the SEC in order to lawfully engage in interstate trading. Sets forth standards for granting, suspending, or revoking such registered status. Empowers the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to impose sanctions on national banks, State member banks, and insured banks for unauthorized activities in the trading of public securities. Directs the SEC to promulgate rules to: (1) control fraudulent, manipulative, and deceptive practices with respect to transactions in government securities; and (2) provide for the maintenance of orderly markets and prompt settlement of transactions in such securities. Stipulates that such authority of the SEC does not affect the authority of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System with respect to margin requirements. Directs the SEC to establish a seven-member Government Securities Rulemaking Board to promulgate rules governing transactions in government-guaranteed securities. Requires such rules to include regulations with respect to: (1) the qualifications of dealers; (2) procedures of the Board; (3) fraud and manipulative practices and principles of trade; (4) underwriting and selling practices including minimum profits, discounts and other fees; (5) procedures for arbitration of claims within the industry; (6) examination of dealers by the banking regulatory agencies and the National Association of Securities Dealers; (7) the form and content of quotations relating to government-guaranteed securities; (8) recordkeeping by brokers and dealers; and (9) the fees which must be paid by brokers and dealers to defray the expenses of the Board. Requires brokers, dealers, and clearing agencies to report to the Department of the Treasury, in accordance with its rules, on their activities concerning government-guaranteed securities. Sets forth provisions for examination, reporting, and enforcement of the Board's regulations by the SEC, the banking regulatory agencies, and the exchanges and other self-regulatory organizations. Requires the SEC to facilitate the establishment of a national system for the clearance and settlement of transactions involving government-guaranteed securities. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, the Federal agencies regulating financial institutions, and other Federal instrumentalities which issue or guarantee securities to coordinate their efforts with the SEC in establishing such a system. Sets forth procedures for review by the SEC of regulations of the Board and other self-regulatory organizations with respect to government-guaranteed securities. Enumerates the powers of the SEC with respect to the enforcement of this Act and regulations promulgated thereunder. Requires specified reports to the Congress by the SEC and the other agencies regulating public securities dealers. Voids contracts entered into in violation of this Act or specified implementing regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1980
Infant Formula Act of 1980 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make the failure to comply with the infant formula standards, testing, notification, and reporting requirements a prohibited act. Makes the failure to comply with the required standards of identity and quality cause to deem such formula adulterated. Makes the failure to comply with the labeling and packaging requirements cause to deem such formula misbranded. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to promulgate regulations establishing standards of identity and quality, including the required nutrients at minimum and maximum levels, for infant formula. Permits the Secretary to exempt from such regulations any infant formula intended for use by an infant having unusual medical or dietary problems. Requires each processor of infant formula to submit to the Secretary within a specified period of time the reports or test results showing compliance with the prescribed standards. Requires such processor to submit reports and test results within a specified period upon each reformulation of such formula. Requires processors to either notify the Secretary or institute a recall and then notify the Secretary upon acquiring information indicating that any of its already distributed infant formula may be misbranded or adulterated. Prohibits the use in a proceeding against a processor of any information required by the Secretary to be contained in a notification. Sets forth the recordkeeping requirements for processors of infant formula, including manufacturing and distribution information. Permits the detention of formula by an inspector who has reason to believe such formula is adulterated or misbranded. Sets forth procedures for the confirmation or revocation of such detention. Permits the movement of such detained formula upon release by the Secretary or at the end of a prescribed detention period. Requires that inspectors enforcing the requirements of this Act have access to specified records at all reasonable times. Requires each processor of infant formula to prepare information labeling for users to accompany the product. Sets forth the labeling requirements, including a summary of benefits and risks, directions for use, and storage information. Requires that such information be prominently and conspicuously placed on the labeling. Requires such processors to prepare information labeling for practitioners for the subsequent distribution of such formula. Prohibits the exportation of any infant formula which does not comply with specified requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that effective monitoring and enforcement of the export control measures taken in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan should receive highest priority. Requires any removal or relaxation of any such export control or any approval of licenses for exports to the Soviet Union to be reported to Congress. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report quarterly to Congress concerning the effectiveness of such export controls. Directs other Federal agencies to cooperate with the Department in the preparation of such report. Requires the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress to review such report with regard to the assessment of the economic effects of such controls on the Soviet Union and to provide an evaluation to specified congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1980
Requests the President to designate the week beginning April 13, 1980, as "National Dance Week."
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1980
Public Transportation Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to purchase buses and related equipment and to make grants for such buses and equipment to States and public bodies for use in public transportation service. Authorizes funds for purchases made under this Act. Directs such purchases to be based upon projections of the needs of such States and public bodies. Authorizes the Secretary to grant such buses and related equipment to States and local public bodies. Orders such grants to comply with statutory requirements applicable to grants under the Act. Directs State or local public bodies which receive such grants to provide at least 20 percent of the net project cost in cash or in-kind contributions. Directs that cash shall be returned to the Urban Mass Transportation Fund and shall be available for the purposes of this Act when so provided in an appropriations act. Limits the availability of sums appropriated for specified purposes. Increases and extends authorization of appropriations for: (1) specified grant and loan programs; (2) administrative costs; (3) construction or operating assistance in urbanized areas; and (4) the purchase of buses and related equipment through fiscal year 1985. Limits the amount of funds which may be used for human resource programs as they apply to public transportation activities. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on authorization requests. Directs the Secretary to apportion incentive grants to urbanized areas. Sets forth requirements for such incentive grants. Decreases the Federal grant for the payment of operating expenses of public mass transportation systems. Redefines the term "fixed guideway" for the purposes of this Act. Allots to specified States in each fiscal year a specified amount of the sums appropriated for such fiscal years under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish safety standards for use during the investigation of unsafe conditions in the facilities or operation of a transit system under this Act. Directs the Secretary to require the State, local public body, or agency seeking Federal assistance to submit a plan for correcting such unsafe facility or operation. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold financial assistance to such bodies until such plan is approved or implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
Youth Act of 1980 - Title I: Youth Training and Employment Programs - Youth Training and Employment Act of 1980 - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to extend through fiscal year 1984 the authorization of appropriations for the Job Corps (title IV, part B) and the Summer Youth Program (title IV, part C). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1984 for the new title IV, part A, Youth Training and Employment Programs established by this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 and 1982 to carry out the Private Sector Opportunities for the Economically Disadvantaged program (title VII). Revises title IV, part A to eliminate Youth Employment Demonstration Programs and to establish Youth Training and Employment Programs to assist eligible youth in obtaining job opportunities and in improving their opportunities for future employment and increased earnings. Requires that, to be eligible for part A programs, a youth must be 16 to 21 years of age (inclusive), and have a family income at or below 85 percent of the lower living standard income level. Allows ten percent of each recipient entity's funds to be used for youths of such ages who do not meet such income requirement but who otherwise demonstrate the need for such services. Includes as eligible youth of such ages those: (1) who are economically disadvantaged as defined under such Act; or (2) in accordance with standards prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, who are handicapped individuals, youths under the supervision or jurisdiction of the juvenile or criminal justice system, pregnant teenagers or teenage mothers, or youths attending target schools under the basic skills program under the Youth Education and Training Act established in title II of this Act. Permits any youth aged 14 and 15 (inclusive), who is otherwise eligible, to receive counseling, occupational information, and other transition services on an individual or a group basis. Directs the Secretary of Labor ("the Secretary") to issue regulations which, as a condition of participation in programs under part A, shall require: (1) a specific period of joblessness prior to application; or (2) a specific initial period without stipend and with counseling, occupational information, career assessment, job referrals, and other transitional services. Directs the Secretary to assure that such programs will give priority to youths experiencing the most severe handicaps in obtaining employment. Applies the same eligibility requirements established under part A to summer youth employment programs under part C, except that otherwise eligible youth ages 14 and 15 (inclusive) may participate if the program includes an educational component. Provides for the allocation of funds among various programs under the Youth Employment and Training Programs and among the States and the territories and possessions of the U.S. Requires prime sponsors to provide employment opportunities, appropriate training, and employment related and supportive services for eligible youths. Subjects funds available for such Basic Programs to specified conditions of use. Requires prime sponsors serving areas which include target schools funded under the Youth Education and Training Act to make adequate part-time work experience opportunities available for youths in such schools in conjunction with programs under such Act, pursuant to an agreement with the local educational agency and in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor in consultation with the Secretary of Education. Requires prime sponsors receiving equal chance supplemental allocations to primarily use such funds to serve youths residing in communities and neighborhoods which have particularly severe economic and social problems which generate multiple obstacles to the employment and employability development of such youths. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance under Youth Employment and Training Programs only to a prime sponsor submitting a youth plan, as part of its comprehensive plan, which meets specified conditions. Provides for review of such plans by the Secretary. Requires prime sponsors to develop and use, as appropriate to individual needs, specified benchmark standards, accepted in the community and based on recommendations from various organizations, of youth achievements needed to obtain and retain jobs. Allows each sponsor to provide both monetary and non-monetary incentives for good performance and appropriate assistance for youths unable to perform satisfactorily. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) basic criteria for such benchmark standards; and (2) prime sponsor performance standards. Requires each prime sponsor to establish service deliverer performance standards based on program outcomes. Provides that such performance standards be revised annually. Requires prime sponsors to establish youth opportunity councils to assist in the planning and review of youth programs under CETA and under the Youth Education and Training Act. Requires that funds available under Youth Employment and Training Programs to the Governor of each State, be used for special statewide youth services. Provides for special purpose incentive grants to prime sponsors, Governor's special statewide youth services, Native American programs, and migrant and seasonal farmworker programs. Provides for education cooperation incentive grants to prime sponsors to carry out programs developed on a cooperative basis with local educational agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to make arrangements with prime sponsors, public agencies, private organizations, and Federal departments and agencies to carry out innovative, experimental, developmental, and demonstration programs dealing with youth employment problems and the enhancing of future employability for participant youths. Directs the Secretary to consult with specified Federal agencies with regard to such discretionary programs. Authorizes the Secretary to use funds under such discretionary programs for staff training, technical assistance, and knowledge development and dissemination. Prohibits the payment of basic hourly allowances to participating youths under age 18 for time spent in a classroom or institutional training activity, except in special circumstances. Permits the payment of: (1) basic hourly allowances to participating youths age 18 and older; (2) allowances to cover documented costs of program participation; and (3) monetary performance incentives. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rates of pay, within specified limits, and appropriate time limitations with respect to work experience under Youth Employment and Training Programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage the granting of academic credit by educational institutions or agencies to eligible youth in classroom or institutional training activities under such programs; and (2) to cooperate with the Secretary of Education to make suitable arrangements with appropriate State and local educational officials for the award of academic credit for competencies derived from work experience and other activities under such programs. Requires prime sponsors to include the summer youth program component as part of the youth plan. Directs the National Commission on Employment Policy to establish a committee on youth to consider problems caused by youth unemployment, make recommendations to enhance interagency coordination of youth programs, and evaluate training and employment policies and programs affecting youths. Directs the Secretary to include a report on programs, activities, and actions taken under title IV in the annual CETA report. Makes technical and clarifying amendments. Provides for appropriate references to the Departments and Secretaries of Education and of Health and Human Services. Sets forth transitional provisions for financial assistance under specified CETA title IV programs. Title II: Financial Assistance to Meet Basic and Employment Skills Needs of Secondary School Youth - Youth Education and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Education ("the Secretary") to make payments to State educational agencies for grants made on the basis of entitlements created under this title during the fiscal years 1981 through 1984. Sets forth eligibility standards for basic grants for programs operated by local educational agencies. Bases such eligibility upon the relative numbers of children aged five to 17 in a county: (1) from families below the poverty level; (2) living in non-Federal institutions for neglected or delinquent children, but not counted for purposes of a grant to a State agency under this title; or (3) being supported in foster homes with public funds. Sets forth procedures for determining such numbers. Provides formulas for determining the amount of grants to which the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is entitled and amount of grants to which each county in a State is eligible to receive, based on such relative numbers of children in the county and average per pupil expenditure in the State. Provides for payment to the States of the amounts to which counties are entitled and allocation of such amounts by the States to eligible local educational agencies who have submitted an application to the State educational agency. Requires local educational agencies to use such funds received for fiscal year 1981 to assist selected secondary schools to develop three-year plans to improve basic and employment skills. Limits such planning assistance to secondary schools which serve: (1) a large number or percentage of children from low-income families; or (2) a student body of which at least 75 percent score below the 25th percentile in basic skills achievement on an objective test. Provides for ranking and selection of such schools, amounts of planning grants, plan requirements, school site councils, and the use of funds for inservice training. Requires local educational agencies to select from among school plans those schools that are to receive implementation assistance on the basis of criteria established by such agencies, taking into account specified considerations. Requires such agencies to establish advisory councils, with specified representatives, to make recommendations to such agencies on which schools should receive planning and implementation assistance, which services should be provided to nonpublic school student, and to evaluate each school's progress toward program goals. Requires local educational agencies receiving funds under such program to maintain overall expenditures for education and to ensure that schools receiving such program funds receive regular non-Federal and special Federal, State, and local funds in amounts equivalent to those received by similar schools not receiving funds under this title. Provides for complaint resolution and for reports with regard to such programs. Requires local educational agencies to set aside, from funds available for such programs in any fiscal year, a proportionate amount to arrange for the provision of special services to disadvantaged students enrolled in nonpublic secondary schools within their districts, on a basis comparable to those provided to similar students enrolled in the secondary schools of such agencies. Directs such agencies to give priority, in arranging provision of such services, to students enrolled in nonpublic secondary schools with high concentrations of students who are from low-income families or who demonstrate limited academic achievement. Authorizes such agencies to provide such services: (1) directly to students enrolled in nonpublic secondary schools that do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin; or (2) through payments to such schools, provided that such schools are not devoted to religious ends or uses and that such schools are subject to specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to arrange for provision of services to such children from withheld funds whenever a local educational agency fails to do so, or is impeded or prohibited from doing so. Allows States or local educational agencies to appeal for review of such determinations and actions by the Secretary. Entitles a State educational agency or a combination of such agencies, upon application for a fiscal year, to a grant to establish or improve programs for: (1) migratory children of migratory agricultural workers or of migratory fisherman; and (2) children in institutions for neglected or delinquent children or in adult correctional institutions. Bases the amount of such grant to each State on the relative populations of such children and the average per pupil expenditure, within specified limits, in such State. Makes two and one-half percent of the funds appropriated for this title in any fiscal year available for such programs for special populations. Requires that such program be at the secondary school level, be designed to improve the basic and employment skills of such children, and meet other specified conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to arrange with other public or nonprofit private agencies for such programs for such children whenever this would be more beneficial to the children, or more economical or efficient, than relying upon State agencies. Entitles a State educational agency, upon application for a fiscal year, to a grant to establish or improve, through local educational agencies, programs designed to improve the basic and employment skills of disadvantaged secondary school students. Bases the amount of such State supplemental program grants upon the relative incidence of children from low-income families in their respective States and upon the average per pupil expenditure, within specified limits, within such States. Makes ten percent of the funds appropriated for this title in any fiscal year available for such State supplemental program payments. Requires that such programs be conducted at secondary schools which meet specified eligibility requirements, regardless of whether such schools are within local educational agencies eligible for other program assistance. Requires States to establish advisory councils to advise the State educational agency on the selection of schools to be assisted. Directs the Secretary to pay, from the amount available to each State for grants under this title, an amount (equal to 25 percent of the total funds to which the State is entitled under the local educational agency operated programs, the State supplemental programs, and the payments for State administration) to the sole State agency for vocational education, to plan and implement, through local educational agencies, programs to improve basic, employment, and special occupational skills of disadvantaged in-school youth enrolled in grades ten through 12 and out-of-school youth aged 16 through 19 who left school prior to earning a certificate of graduation and who are eligible for CETA Youth Training and Employment Programs. Sets forth requirements for States to receive such program assistance and for local educational agencies applications to receive such assistance from the State vocational agency. Makes the provisions of the General Education Provisions Act relating to local, State, and Federal administration of programs applicable to the programs assisted under this title. Requires State educational agencies to: (1) coordinate activities assisted under this title with employment, training, and other relevant activities conducted in the State; (2) provide technical assistance to local educational agencies; (3) disseminate information to State and local agencies; (4) submit State monitoring and enforcement plans to the Secretary; and (4) provide for complaint resolution. Authorizes such agencies to suspend specified withholding actions while there is a compliance agreement in effect. Authorizes the Secretary to pay State administration costs under this title. Directs the Secretary to develop and disseminate complaint resolution procedures, with specified inclusions. Authorizes the Secretary to make program research and development grants. Directs the Secretary to set aside one percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this title in any fiscal year for the purpose of making payments for basic and employment skill improvement programs for disadvantaged youth run by: (1) local educational agencies in Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; and (2) the Secretary of Interior, on behalf of disadvantaged Indian youth. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1984 to carry out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development and Conservation Definitions - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to define the term "metropolitan city" to specify that it shall not include any city whose population is included in the population of an urban county. Specifies that for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983 that 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 to the criteria for establishing a metropolitan area or defining a central city of such an area published after January 1, 1980, to be 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 1981, 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 1980 through 1983. Authorizes funds for fiscal years 1980 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. 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 hold-harmless needs. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to define the term "congregate housing" as residential property in which some or all of the dwelling units do not contain kitchen or bathroom facilities. Extends the rehabilitation loan program under such Act to include congregate housing and to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 for community and neighborhood development and conservation programs. Authorizes appropriations, through fiscal year 1982, for the neighborhood self-help development programs under the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to reimburse the Veterans Administration for properties transferred to urban homesteading programs. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such programs through fiscal year 1982. Title II: Housing Assistance Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into contracts for annual contributions under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for low-income housing projects in fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 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, 1982. Increases the allowable maximum amount for mortgage assistance payments under the National Housing Act. Authorizes appropriations for such mortgage assistance payments through October 1, 1981. Allows the Secretary, under the mortgage insurance program, to insure a mortgage involving a principal obligation which exceeds, by not more than 10 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 to elderly residents to consult with the Area Agency on Aging and those applying for assistance to provide congregate services to nonelderly handicapped residents to consult with the appropriate agency. Title III: Program Amendments and Extensions - Extends for two years through September 30, 1982, 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, 1982, 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. Authorizes appropriations for research and demonstration housing projects 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 to make such payments through fiscal year 1982. Amends the National Housing Act to increase the mortgage purchase authority of the Government National Mortgage Association. 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. 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 10 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. Authorizes the Secretary, as an alternative to the acquisition of an insured mortgage to avoid foreclosure, to make all or part of the monthly payments due on an insured mortgage of a one to four family residence necessary to avoid default caused by circumstances beyond the mortgagor's control. Stipulates that such payments may be provided for a period of up to 18 months which may be extended for an additional 18 months at the discretion of the Secretary. Prohibits any such payments in the case of any mortgage with respect to which the Secretary has received a notice of default on or after August 2, 1984. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Small Business Administration, to provide for the participation by lower income persons and socially and economically disadvantaged firms in federally-assisted projects. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, by March 15, of every other year beginning with calendar year 1981, to report to Congress concerning housing production goals for the current year and set forth general objectives for such activity during the next year. 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. 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 contract to make, and 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; and (4) the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Specifies that such grants shall not exceed two-thirds of the estimated cost of the work for which the grant is made. Sets forth the information to be included in the applications for such grants and requires such applications to meet such requirements as the Secretary may prescribe by regulations. Requires such applications 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 actions and activities substantially as described in its application. Allows the Secretary to adjust, reduce, or withdraw grant funds, or take other action as appropriate in accordance with such reviews and audits. Specifies that a strategy statement approved by the Secretary shall remain in effect for a maximum of three years following the date of its approval.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Health Professions Training and Distribution Act of 1980 - Reaffirms the Federal Government's partnership with the nation's health professions schools and students so that, with Federal assistance: (1) all Americans can be assured equal opportunities to enter a health career; (2) all Americans can be assured equal access to qualified health professions personnel; and (3) the health professions schools, as a national resource, can assist in accomplishing these objectives. States that amendments made by this Act shall take effect October 1, 1980. Title I: Health Personnel Training and Distribution - Redesignates title VII of the Public Health Service Act as "Health Personnel Training and Distribution". Sets forth the general duties of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), under Title VII, including: (1) health personnel training; (2) health personnel geographic and specialty distribution; (3) providing equal career opportunities; (4) assuring delivery of health care; and (5) maximizing the cost effectiveness of health education, training, and services. Renames the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education the National Advisory Council on Health Personnel. Expands such Council from 21 to 23 members, and expands from 12 to 13 the number of members from the health professions schools. Includes within such membership: a representative from an allied health training center; and permits the inclusion of interns or residents. Revises provisions requiring the Secretary to compile health personnel. Revises related reporting requirements, including: (1) a general status report every two years (presently annual reports); and (2) status reports every two years on students in health training, teachers and teaching facilities, and minorities. Sets forth guidelines regarding the confidentiality of individually identifiable personal data, including: (1) informing any individual asked to supply such data whether or not he or she is legally required to do so, and of any consequences of providing or not providing such information; (2) making such data available upon request to the individual concerned; (3) assuring that nonrelated use of such data is not made, unless consent has been given by the individual concerned; (4) informing an individual, upon request, of the use being made of such data, and the identity of the individuals and entities receiving such data. Prohibits any entity which maintains a record of personal data from complying with a request from the Secretary for such data without first getting the consent of the individual concerned. Prohibits the Secretary from disclosing personal data (other than to the individual concerned) unless: (1) such individual requires the information for purposes of this Act; or (2) the information is requested by a compulsory legal process. Requires the Secretary to notify the individual concerned of any such disclosure demand. Exempts the Secretary from specified coordination of Federal reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance in carrying out programs under Title VII. Prohibits grants for the construction of teaching facilities in hospitals or outpatient facilities. Expands the definition of "ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities" for purposes of such grants presently limited to those facilities training physicians and dentists). Authorizes specified sums for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for: (1) construction of teaching facilities for medical and public health personnel; and (2) ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities. Transfers grant application approval authority from the Commissioner of Education to the Secretary of Education. Eliminates the prevention of curtailment of a school's enrollment as a factor which must be taken into account in considering an application for a grant supporting a project for replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities. States that for fiscal years 1981 and 1982, priority shall be given for construction projects for health profession schools expanding from two-year programs to degree granting programs, and for new schools anticipating predominantly minority enrollment. Removes the limitation on the amount of a grant which the Secretary may make for the construction of ambulatory, primary care teaching facilities. Subjects such grants to the limitations established for grants made for other projects. Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of an applicant and after consultation with the National Advisory Council on Health Personnel, to reduce or eliminate any enrollment requirements imposed on grantees prior to October 1, 1980. Prohibits the promulgation of regulations which would provide for enrollment increases for eligibility purposes regarding construction loan guarantees or interest subsidies. Repeals the specific authority of the Secretary to provide technical assistance for such construction. Extends the program of construction loan guarantees and interest subsidies until September 30, 1983 (presently September 30, 1980). Authorizes increased interest subsidies (six or seven percent rather than present three percent) for projects initially guaranteed or subsidized after October 1, 1980. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into new loan guarantee and interest subsidy agreements for construction projects for a cumulative total of principal equal to the amount authorized for grants under the construction program. Extends the Federal program of insured new loans to students in health professions schools to fiscal year 1983 (presently to fiscal year 1980). Extends the deadline for granting such insurance on any such loans or installments from September 30, 1982, to September 30, 1986. Increases yearly limitatiors and aggregate unpaid principal on individual Federally insured student loans from: (1) $10,000 to $15,000 and from $50,000 to $60,000, for medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, or public health; and (2) $7,500 to $10,000 and from $37,500 to $50,000, for pharmacy. Increases from $15,000 to $20,000 the additional limitations on such loans, and from $60,000 to $80,000 for the aggregate unpaid principal, for medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Extends eligibility for such loans to: (1) graduate students in health administration; (2) advanced nursing students; and (3) physician assistant or dental auxiliary training programs. Includes living expenses among the permissible uses of such loans. Removes the prohibition on concurrent borrowing under this Act and the guaranteed student loan program under the Higher Education Act, and replaces it with a prohibition on concurrent borrowing under this Act and the guaranteed student loan program under the Higher Education Act, and replaces it with a prohibition on concurrent borrowing under this Act and the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, the Indian Health Service Program, or the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Extends from three to four years specified periods exempted from principal installment payments (but not from interest accrual and payment). Adds a graduated repayment action and a variable interest option as parts of the written loan agreement. Replaces the maximum 12 percent interest on the unpaid principal balance of the loan with a rate not to exceed the average of the bond equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury bills plus two percent. Eliminates the requirement that interest payments on insured loans must be made during deferment periods. Eliminates the Secretary's authority to enter into a written contract with a borrower to discharge a portion of his or her loan for service in a health manpower shortage area. Authorizes the Secretary to discharge a borrower's loan liability if such borrower: (1) failed to complete the first year of studies leading to a first professional degree; (2) is in exceptionally needy circumstances; (3) is from a low-income or disadvantaged family; and (4) has not resumed nor is expected to resume such studies within two years. Extends the health professions student loan program through fiscal year 1981. Limits such extension to senior students already receiving such loans. Revises the period for the capital distribution of such loan funds from September 30, 1983 through December 31, 1983, to September 30, 1981 through December 31, 1981. States that such funds shall be deposited in the Service Contingent Loan Fund established by this Act. Authorizes a loan program for students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, graduate health administration, and physician assistants or expanded function dental auxiliaries. Makes the terms of repayment of such a loan contingent on service in a "national priority position" as such position is described in this Act. Sets forth program provisions with regard to: (1) the required agreement with the institution; (2) student eligibility; (3) loan amounts (depending upon medical specialty); (4) loan agreement terms (installments, acceleration, loan interest); (5) deferral of principal and interest payments, with interest accrual, during periods of graduate training, armed forces service, VISTA or Peace Corps service, service in medically undeserved areas, or National Health Service Corps or Indian Health Service; and (6) national priority service as designated by, and at the option of, the Secretary. Establishes in the Treasury a Service Contingent Loan Fund in the Treasury to finance such program. Authorizes appropriations for such Fund ($10,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, and thereafter as requested). Directs the Secretary to establish a Loan Discharge Fund to be used in connection with the discharge of loans to borrowers serving in optional national priority positions. Revises public health traineeship and other graduate grant provisions to: (1) require trainees to be United States citizens or permanent residents; (2) require traineeships to be distributed on the basis of the needs of the eligible students; (3) extend such grants through fiscal year 1983; and (4) remove the requirement that 65 percent of such traineeships go to students with post baccalaureate degrees or with three years of health services experience. Extends the National Health Service Corps scholarship program through fiscal year 1983. Includes receipt of a loan under the service contingency loan program established under this Act as a priority in making National Health Service Corps awards. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make 80 percent of the medicine and osteopathy awards in each State proportionate to the need for physicians in health manpower shortage areas in the State; and (2) approve scholarship applications by August 1 of each year, and to promptly notify the educational institutions of such scholarship approvals. Reorganizes the administration of the scholarship program, the National Health Service Corps programs, and the educational support programs under a single administrative unit. Makes the existing mandatory release of a National Health Service Corps scholarship recipient to fulfill his or her period of obligated service through an independent practice arrangement discretionary with the Secretary. Includes Public Health Service scholarship recipients (prior to October 1, 1977) within such option. Replaces the financial base requirement with one requiring a person serving under the independent practice option to agree to accept assignment under the medicare program. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to individuals serving under the independent practice option. Sets forth pay schedules (including malpractice insurance coverage) for such service. Makes such individuals eligible for special grants. Extends the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program through fiscal year 1983. Revises the medical specialties distribution of scholarships to require that at least 80 percent of such scholarships be given to medical and osteopathic students. Extends the program of financial need scholarships for first-year students through fiscal year 1983. Bases the distribution of scholarship funds on the proportionate enrollment of first-year students with exceptional financial need. Establishes a maximum award of the lesser of tuition and fees plus $2,500, or $5,000. Extends such program through fiscal year 1983. Eliminates the Lister Hill (family practice) scholarship program. Adds a new program of up to 80 percent loan repayment by the Secretary if the student serves for up to four years in a health manpower shortage area. Eliminates the health professions capitation grant program. Establishes a program of national priority incentive grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, and public health for programs and projects in the national interest. Sets forth: (1) application requirements; (2) grant formulas and enrollment and tuition incentives; and (3) enrollment determinations. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Expands the scope of the existing family medicine grant program. Extends such program through fiscal year 1983. Stipulates that at least ten percent of funds available in each fiscal year shall be used to develop programs to train physicians who will teach family medicine. Extends the area health education center program through fiscal year 1983, and directs that priority be given to programs that will serve an entire State. Extends the program for the training of physician assistants through fiscal year 1983, and adds a traineeship authority. Sets forth participation requirements for such traineeships. Extends the program for training in primary care internal medicine and pediatrics through fiscal year 1983, and adds authority for faculty development to such program. Replaces the existing family medicine and general dentistry grant program with a dental education grant program for: (1) training expanded function dental auxiliaries; (2) training dental students in the organization and management of dental teams; and (3) operating dental residency programs and providing financial assistance to such residents. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983. Expands and extends through fiscal year 1983 the program of aiding minority and disadvantaged persons in entering the health professions. Stipulates that at least 75 percent of such funds in each fiscal year shall be for grants or contracts to institutions of higher education. Authorizes funds for start-up costs for those schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry receiving support prior to October 1, 1980. Extends the financial distress grant program through fiscal year 1985. Makes nursing schools eligible for such grants, but restricts such eligibility to not more than three consecutive years. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements for up to five years with financially-troubled health professions schools in medically undeserved areas. Sets forth conditions for such grant, including disclosure requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for projects related to the enrollment of students who will serve in medically undeserved areas, or to provide training in such areas. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make a single grant to any private two-year medical school to assist such school in converting to an accredited degree granting institution; (2) make grants through fiscal year 1983 to support training including residency training, in preventive or community medicine or dentistry, including occupational medicine; (3) make grants through fiscal year 1983 for special curricular offerings and projects related to optometry, podiatry, pharmarcy, and veterinary medicine; (4) make grants through fiscal year 1983 to support training in nutrition, geriatrics, rehabilitation, and the containment of health care costs; (5) make grants for projects to increase the participation and advancement of women in health careers; and (6) make grants to conduct research and demonstration projects. Revises and extends through fiscal year 1983 training programs in public health, health administration, and allied health. Adds cost-sharing and cost-containment requirements for health administration programs. Requires the Secretary to consult with the National Advisory Council on Health Personnel prior to awarding specified grants in such areas. Repeals existing provisions concerning: (1) statistical and annual reporting requirements of the Secretary; (2) advanced traineeships in allied health; and (3) educational assistance to disadvantaged individuals in allied health training. Title II: Nurse Education Amendments - Nurse Education Amendments of 1980 - Extends the grant programs for nursing facilities construction, loan guarantees, and interest subsidies through fiscal year 1983. Lessens existing restrictions on new project interest subsidy payments. Extends authorizations beyond fiscal year 1980 for the Treasury loan guarantee and interest subsidy fund. Replaces the capitation grant program with a program of national priority incentive grants to support educational and other related projects in the national interest. Sets forth: (1) enrollment provisions; (2) matching non-Federal funding requirements; (3) application requirements; and (4) grant computation formulas, including increases to any type of nursing school for (a) increased enrollment; (b) graduates working in medically undeserved areas; (c) increased minority enrollment; or (d) providing registered nurses with the opportunity to complete a nursing degree. Provides for a decrease in grant funds if enrollment decreases. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983. Repeals existing financial distress assistance provisions (nursing schools made eligible under title I of this Act). Amends the nursing special project grant program, including: (1) eliminating funds for mergers; (2) adding the requirement that at least 20 percent of appropriated funds be used for projects related to the geographic or specialty distribution of nurses and requiring that at least 20 percent of appropriated funds be used for projects to increase nursing opportunities for minority and disadvantaged persons. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants through fiscal year 1983 for clinical and practical nursing education projects. Extends the advanced nurse training programs through fiscal year 1983. Requires the Secretary to establish by March 31, 1981, criteria for designating areas, facilities, or organizations as nurse shortage areas. Sets forth factors to be used in making such determinations. Requires the Secretary to provide written notice of the designation of a nurse shortage area to: (1) the chief administrative officer of the organization; (2) the Governor of each State in which the area, organization, or facility is located; (3) the concerned (a) health systems agency; (b) State health planning and development agency; or (c) public or private entity. Authorizes the Secretary to make such designation available to: (1) the public; (2) concerned or interested entities. Extends nurse traineeship programs in advanced training and anesthesiology through fiscal year 1983. Limits the nursing student loan program in fiscal year 1981 to senior students completing their education. Distributes the capital in the loan fund (established by each school) to the Service Contingent Loan Fund (established by this Act). Repeals the provisions authorizing money to be transferred between the nursing student loan program and the nursing scholarship program. Extends the nursing scholarship program through fiscal year 1986. Stipulates that grants shall be ratably reduced dependent upon the amount of appropriations. Title III: National Health Service Corps Program - Requires the Secretary to provide for training of National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipients to prepare them for service in medically undeserved areas. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements for such training. Requires the Secretary to first seek an obligated scholarship recipient who received his or her training in the undeserved area's State before assigning a Corps member to a health manpower shortage area (other than certain medical facilities). Extends the National Health Service Corps program through fiscal year 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Health Care Management and Health Care Personnel Distribution Improvement Act of 1980 - Title I: Health Care Management - Declares the purpose of this title to be to encourage effective management of health care services in determining the cost, quality, and availability of such services, and to target resources to improve health care management. Amends title VII (Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel) of the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of health care management fellowships (replaces the existing graduate traineeship program). Sets forth application guidelines. States that such fellowships shall not exceed three years. Requires such fellowship recipients to be provided with at least two years academic training followed by one year of specified supervised training. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Provides, with regard to eligibility for graduate program grants in health administration, that: (1) the minimum amount of required non-Federal funds shall be $150,000 (presently $100,000); (2) the comparison dates for first-year, full-time enrollments shall be fiscal years 1982 (presently 1978), and 1980 (presently 1976), respectively; (3) minority and other students from designated rural or urban areas shall comprise at least seven, ten, and 12 percent of the entering classes for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983, respectively; and (4) certain courses and course concentrations shall be available. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to provide grants for curricula development to educational institutions with graduate health administration programs. States that such curricula may include: (1) finance; (2) marketing; (3) economics; (4) epidemiology and health planning; (5) health policy; (6) quality assurance; (7) information systems; (8) related health disciplines; and (9) ambulatory care services. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants for faculty development to such educational institutions. Prohibits such a grant unless at least three students shall complete such program in each year for which a grant application is made. Requires a grant recipient to serve at least two years as a faculty member in a graduate health administration program. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981,1982, and 1983. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with educational institutions and appropriate nonprofit private entities to conduct training in health care management for health care professionals. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract with an appropriate public or private entity (or entities) for a health care management evaluation and report; and (2) submit such report, along with any accompanying comments, to the Senate Committees on Finance, and Labor and Human Resources, and to the House Committees on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and Ways and Means, within 24 months of enactment of this Act. States that such report shall contain: (1) an analysis and comparison of health care management with management in other major industries; (2) an identification and evaluation of applicable management skills; (3) an assessment of educational needs; (4) an evaluation of Federal policies having an impact on the management of health care facilities or institutions; (5) a comparison of health care management career incentives with incentives in other major industries; and (6) an evaluation of management interaction between the health care industry and other industries. Title II: Special Projects and Experiments - Declares the purpose of this title to be the enhancement of physician residency training in order to improve the geographic and specialty distribution of physicians. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to appropriate institutions with accredited physician residency training programs in internal medicine, pediatrics, family practice, obstetrics and gynecology, and psychiatry, to assist educational programs (as set forth in this Act) that encourage such physicians to locate their practices in medically underserved areas. Prohibits such grants from being used for the training of residents currently supported under federally funded training programs in general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and family practice. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to develop and operate physician training programs in: (1) physical medicine, rehabilitation, and other nonprimary care specialties in undersupply; and (2) preventive medicine. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the educational costs of establishing new residency programs in specified medical fields. Directs that priority be given for programs: (1) in ambulatory care in medically underserved areas; and (2) that include an interdisciplinary team approach to ambulatory care. Prohibits such grants from being used solely for training physicians receiving support under federally funded programs in general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and family practice. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the educational costs of innovative residency training programs that: (1) prepare residents for teaching medical students and other hospital staff by providing programs suited to the clinical setting, and by providing programs that train faculty members as specialists in medical education and curriculum development; and (2) develop programs relating to the social and behavioral sciences, the humanities, and principles of health services organization, cost containment, and epidemiology. Prohibits such grants from being solely for training physicians receiving support under federally funded programs in general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and family medicine. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Directs the Secretary to undertake research and demonstration projects, in coordination with specified experimental and demonstration projects, with respect to changes in Federal health care reimbursement policies. States that such projects shall: (1) encourage individuals to enter careers in undersupplied physician and health professional specialties; (2) encourage health personnel to practice in medically underserved areas; (3) determine the effect of different reimbursement rates for similar physician services; (4) determine financial incentives necessary to improve services to medically underserved areas; (5) determine the adequacy of reimbursement for nonprocedure oriented physician services; (6) assess the effect and cost of direct reimbursement of primary care nonphysician providers on the availability of such service in medically underserved areas; (7) determine necessary changes in reimbursement policies to encourage ambulatory care training; and (8) assess the cost and impact of altering reimbursement policies to include reimbursement for disease prevention and health promotion activities in the primary care setting. Requires the Secretary to submit annual interim reports, and a final report within three years of enactment of this Act, regarding such projects to the Senate Committees on Finance, and Labor and Human Resources, and to the House Committees on Ways and Means, and Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Title III: Alien Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding alien graduates of foreign medical schools, to: (1) require medical schools to submit to the Commissioner on Immigration and Naturalization and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) an assessment of staffing requirements in the hospital departments in which the alien will be trained, and a staff utilization plan; (2) limit such alien's stay to the lesser of seven years or the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with one year extension); (3) permit such alien to change his or her designated course of medical study, upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency (presently must continue course of education under which admitted into the United States); (4) make such duration of stay and course change provisions applicable to those aliens entering the United States on or after January 10, 1978; and (5) extend the waiver authority regarding such aliens from December 31, 1980, to December 31, 1985. Amends the Public Health Service Act to consider as health manpower shortage areas hospitals with a residency training program in which more than 25 percent of the positions in such program are filled by alien graduates of foreign medical schools. Provides: (1) for priority assignments of National Health Service Corps personnel at such hospitals; and (2) that whenever possible such assignments shall reduce the number of alien residents at such hospitals. Establishes financial incentives for such replacement. Permits such residency to be counted toward satisfying the period of obligated Corps service. Directs the Secretary, in order to reduce hospital dependence on alien graduates of foreign medical schools, to: (1) identify the States, and the hospitals in such States, in which such aliens fill more than 25 percent of the places in residency training programs; and (2) develop a plan to reduce such dependency.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Legal Services Corporation Act Amendments of 1980 - Authorizes appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Congratulates the members of the 1980 U.S. Winter Olympic team, its coaches and officials for a job well done. Recognizes the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Lake Placid Olympic Organizing Committee and the people of the Lake Placid area for their successful efforts in organizing and producing the XIII Winter Olympic Games.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1980
International Education Programs Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a new title VI of such Act: "International Education Programs." Establishes International and Foreign Studies Programs under HEA. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to or contracts with institutions of higher education for establishing, strengthening, and operating graduate and undergraduate centers for modern foreign language studies, foreign area studies, international studies, and the international aspects of professional and other fields of study. Authorizes grants to such centers to maintain important library collections. Authorizes stipends to individuals undergoing advanced training at such centers. Authorizes grants for advanced international studies centers and for undergraduate international studies and foreign language programs to institutions of higher education, combinations of such institutions, and private nonprofit agencies and organizations. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and studies to contribute to such programs and the International Understanding programs established by this Act under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Directs the Secretary to publish an annual report on such matters. Directs the Secretary to make excellence the criterion of such grants and, consistent with such criterion, to seek an equitable distribution of such funds throughout the Nation. Directs the Secretary to convene meetings of an advisory board on the conduct of such HEA programs and the ESEA International Understanding programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such HEA International and Foreign Language programs for fiscal years 1981 through 1985. Establishes Business and International Education Programs under HEA. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and contracts with institutions of higher education to pay the Federal share of the cost of programs designed to promote linkages between such institutions and the American business community engaged in international economic activities. Limits the Federal share to 50 percent of the cost of such program for each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to: (1) convene meetings of an advisory board on the conduct of such programs; and (2) publish an annual report on such matters. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the HEA Business and International Education Programs for fiscal years 1981 through 1985. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish International Understanding programs under an "International Understanding Act." Authorizes the Secretary to stimulate, by grant or contract, educational programs to increase the understanding of students and the public in the U.S. about the cultures and actions of other nations in order to better evaluate the international and domestic impact of major national policies. Allows such assistance to be made: (1) to any public or private agency or organization; (2) for inservice training and for compilation and dissemination of information and resources, but not for equipment acquisition or facility remodeling; (3) for programs at all levels, including community, adult, and continuing education; and (4) for critically important foreign language instruction by local educational agencies. Authorizes appropriations for the ESEA International Understanding programs for fiscal years 1981 through 1985. Repeals the foreign studies and language development program of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 and the grant programs for advanced and undergraduate international studies of the International Education Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1980
Waives certain provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 446 (Discrimination against handicapped).
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 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 committees of Congress prior to July 1, 1980 an interim allocation plan for the modernization or rehabilitation of rail mass transportation facilities and equipment. Directs the Secretary to submit a final allocation plan for such modernization and rehabilitation prior to January 1, 1982 to become final unless disapproved by the committees. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase equipment for use in public transportation service. Directs the Secretary to transfer the ownership of such equipment to States or local public bodies. Requires the public bodies receiving such equipment to provide at least 20 percent of the net project costs. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of such Act through fiscal year 1985. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate committees of Congress 30 days prior to announcing an intention to obligate for a project. Sets forth the formula the Secretary shall use in apportioning funds available in a fiscal year for making grants for the purchase of buses and related equipment and facilities. Directs 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 or implemented. Authorizes the Secretary to establish safety criteria and standards for such investigations. Requires any commuter rail passenger service which is operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to continue through fiscal year 1985 to be operated and funded as it was on January 1, 1980. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of the operating and capital expenses of such service for fiscal years 1981 through 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1980
Declares a named individual to be the mother of a specified person for purposes of administration of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should implement the objectives of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981).
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1980
Commends Canada for its actions in protecting certain U.S. citizens and arranging for their departure from Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1980
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the first Friday of March as "Teacher Day, United States of America."
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1980
Authorizes additional expenditures by the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources for inquiries and investigations from March 1, 1980, through February 28, 1981, not to exceed $2,940,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1980
Expresses the gratitude of the Senate for the forceful action of Colonel Ishmail Kahn and Mr. Bill Hamidullah in repelling the attackers of the International School of Islamabad in Pakistan.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Authority Amendments of 1979 - Amends the National Housing Act to remove the specific dollar limitations on the original principal obligation of a mortgage which may be purchased by the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) under the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act. Limits such purchasing authority to mortgages in an amount which would make a residence or project eligible for mortgage insurance under the applicable Federal insurance program. Permits such amounts to be raised by up to ten percent in high cost areas determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Limits the sales price of a principal residence covered by a mortgage which may be purchased under the emergency authority of the GNMA to 105 percent of such maximum mortgage amount which may be raised an additional ten percent in high-cost areas. Eliminates the 7 1/2 percent interest rate limitation on mortgage loans eligible for purchase. Permits the Secretary to establish the maximum interest rate at a level consistent with market conditions provided it does not exceed the maximum rate on mortgages eligible for Federal insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate June 27, 1980, as "Helen Keller Day."
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Designates April 10, 1980, as "ORT Centennial Day" to salute the Organization for Rehabilitation through Training on its 100th anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of April 6 through April 12, 1980, as "National Medic Alert Week."
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 1, 1980, as "National Save the Children Day."
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1979
Expresses the Senate's support for efforts to win the freedom of the hostages in Iran. Calls upon all nations to join in cooperative efforts to restrict relations with Iran. Declares that: (1) any trial or public exploitation of the hostages would be viewed as added provocation; and (2) the American people will not be diverted from their determination that the hostages be freed.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1979
Occupational Safety and Health Improvements Act of 1980 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exempt employers who maintain workplaces which qualify as non-hazardous, according to specified standards, from inspections or investigations, with specified exceptions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements with State workers' compensation or other appropriate State agencies under which such State agency will submit an annual list of all employers having one or more reported occupational injuries resulting in two or more lost workdays during the preceding year. Requires employers wishing to claim qualification for such exemptions to file an affidavit with the Secretary relating to the safety records of their workplaces. Limits the type or the amount of penalties which may be assessed against employers who maintain an advisory safety committee and a regular consultation program. Requires employers who qualify for exemptions from inspections or limitations on penalties to maintain records to which the Secretary has access. Provides for review by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and a U.S. court of appeals of rulings by the Secretary that workplaces do not qualify for exemptions from inspection or limitations on penalties. Prohibits considering consultant or committee reports or recommendations or employee assurances under this Act as evidence of a willful violation of such Act if the employer had a reasonable, good faith belief that the condition involved was not a violation. Prohibits specified liability claims against committees or consultants. Directs the Secretary to: (1) assist State agencies to make necessary procedural modifications; (2) report to Congress on State participation; (3) advise employers and employees of the provisions of this Act; (4) require inclusion of the provisions of this Act, or of similar provisions, for approval of State plans; (5) develop and implement other means to identify workplaces qualifying for exemption, as an alternative to the affidavit process; and (6) explore and report on other means to encourage voluntary self- initiative in workplaces to improve safety and health conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State agencies to improve their administration of State workers' compensation programs. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts through fiscal year 1985 for such purpose. Declares the effective date of this Act to be January 1, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1979
Northeast Corridor Completion Act of 1979 - Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to extend the time period within which (1) regularly scheduled and dependable intercity rail passenger service is to be established between Boston and New York and New York and Washington, D.C.; and (2) the National Railroad Passenger Corporation must submit to the President and to Congress an updated, comprehensive report on the financial and operating results of such service. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated to effectuate the establishment of such service. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire any real property which the Secretary deems necessary to effectuate such service. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with cost- sharing parties to permit the Secretary to incur obligations to carry out improvements in anticipation of reimbursement from such parties. Permits the Secretary to transfer to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation excess real or personal property from the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project. Establishes a goal of self- sufficiency for such intercity passenger service within five years of the completion of such Project. Amends the Department of Transportation Act to authorize the Secretary to establish a working capital fund for financing the activities of the Transportation Systems Center, including research and analysis.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1979
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicare program for influenza and pneumonia immunizations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 December 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should permit Irina Astakhova McClellan and her family to emigrate to the United States to join her husband. Urges the President to: (1) express U.S. support on behalf of Irina Astakhova McClellan; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will take into account a country's commitment to human rights in evaluating U.S. relations with such country.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1979
Georges Bank Protection Act - Provides measures for the protection of fishery resources on the Georges Bank from environmental degradation due to oil and gas well drilling activities. Establishes a biological task force composed of specified Federal agency appointees to make recommendations for the protection of such resources to the Secretary of the Interior. States that such task force shall exist during the entire period of oil and gas activity on the Georges Bank. Requires the President to direct the appropriate agencies to: (1) expedite the promulgation of regulations concerning safety, enforcement, and the Fishermen's Contingency Fund, under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978; and (2) complete the reports relating to at-sea spill cleanup and mitigation mandated by the requirements of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Control Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1979
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the energy conservation block grant program established pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make energy conservation block grants to units of general local government and Indian tribes for the development of energy conservation plans and programs. Sets forth eligibility requirements for obtaining such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to set aside a portion of the moneys appropriated under this Act for technical and other assistance to eligible jurisdictions, for the publication of relevant studies, for evaluations, research and planning, and for other specified uses designed to promote the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny an income tax exclusion of the interest paid on mortgage revenue bonds. Defines "mortgage revenue bonds" as any obligations which are issued to finance single family housing and which are not secured by the general obligation of any State or local government. Provides for an exception to this rule for bond issues in connection with: (1) assisted housing, redevelopment and renewal programs; (2) State programs; and (3) low and moderate income housing programs. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, together with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Comptroller General of the United States, to conduct a joint study of: (1) the effectiveness of tax exempt mortgage revenue bond programs as compared to existing private and Federal mortgage activities; (2) the accessibility of the mortgage revenue bond program to those who would not otherwise have home ownership opportunities; and (3) measures taken by bond issuers to mitigate the displacement of low and moderate income families resulting from the development of mortgage revenue bond programs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1979
Declares it the sense of Congress that the Postmaster General and the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee should give favorable consideration to the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Americans of Italian descent and the 250th anniversary of the birth of Philip Mazzei on December 25, 1980, or as soon as possible thereafter. States that the Postmaster General and the Committee should honor other foreign-born contributors to the revolutionary cause, from countries of origin which have not yet been commemorated, prior to the conclusion of the American Bicentennial celebration in 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the American people and their representatives are united in their determination and efforts to achieve the immediate, safe, and unconditional release of all U.S. personnel. Calls upon the U.N. Security Council to take all necessary measures to secure the release of all U.S. personnel held hostage in Iran.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1979
Wagering Neutrality Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the withholding tax requirements with respect to gambling winnings.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1979
Youth Employment Act - Establishes a Youth Employment Commission to carry out a program to provide career opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth between the ages of 18 and 24 by selecting and developing energy conservation and energy development projects through agreements with Federal executive agencies, States, local governments, and nonprofit corporations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program through fiscal year 1985. Directs the Commission to report annually to the President and to Congress. Sets forth eligibility standards for participants and projects. Directs the Commission to develop objective criteria for the selection of projects consistent with such standards. Sets forth provisions relating to administrative agreements to provide financial assistance to specified entities. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prepare and issue regulations on such matters. Authorizes the Commission to develop and conduct jointly with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of the Community Services Administration specified projects for which five to ten percent of appropriations for such program are reserved. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) special conditions which projects must meet; (2) payments to recipients having agreements; and (3) records, audits, reports, and evaluations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1979
Declares a named individual to be a widow for purposes of eligibility for survivors benefits payable from the civil service retirement fund.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1979
Transportation Energy Efficiency Act of 1979 - Title I: Energy Efficient Public Transportation - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1989 from the Energy Security Trust Fund to finance grants, loans, and/or contracts for: (1) Federal financial assistance to State and local agencies for the construction or improvement of mass transportation systems; (2) public transportation projects substituted for segments of Interstate highway; (3) buses and bus facilities; and (4) projects for the deployment of innovative techniques and methods in the management and operation of public transportation services. Limits the amount of such funds which may be appropriated for allocation by the President. Title II: Improved Automobile Use - Permits the Secretary of Transportation to increase the Federal share of interstate highway costs to at least 90 percent for energy conservation projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to governments and private organizations of 90 percent of the costs of energy conservation projects and for the purpose of planning, implementing, or evaluating innovative transportation strategies for more efficient use of automobiles and alternatives to low occupancy automobiles. Permits the inclusion in highway safety programs of programs for increased automotive fuel efficiency, including improved driver practices and vehicle operation and maintenance with funding provided from the Energy Security Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations from such Fund for fiscal years 1980 through 1989 for carrying out the national maximum speed limit, energy conservation projects, and highway safety programs. Limits the percentage of funds to be used for public information programs directed to improve automobile usage and administrative costs. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway trust fund for liquidation of obligations incurred for highway projects approved on or after the Transportation Energy Efficiency Act. Reduces the apportionments to States where a segment of the Interstate System is withdrawn for a substituted public mass transit project and makes a revised estimate of the Federal share of the costs of such segment available for highway substitution projects. Title III: Basic Automotive Research Program - Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1989 from the Energy Security Trust Fund to carry out cooperative basic automotive research to advance the state of knowledge underlying automotive technology. Title IV: Fuel Economy Technology Assessment - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1980 through 1989 to assist in carrying out automobile fuel economy assessment under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1979
Emergency Public Transportation Energy Conservation Act of 1979 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize additional appropriations from tax receipts earmarked for energy efficient transportation for fiscal year 1980 to be used in providing Federal financial assistance to State and local agencies for the construction or improvement of mass transportation service.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Ida Nudel and allow her to emigrate to Israel. Urges the President to: (1) express U.S. opposition to the exile of Ida Nudel to Siberia; and (2) inform the Soviet Union that the United States will take into account the extent to which countries honor their commitments under international law, particularly concerning human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Authorizes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Incorporated, to erect a memorial on public grounds in West Potomac Park in the District of Columbia in honor and recognition of the men and women of the armed forces who served in the Vietnam war.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all countries and all people be urged to respond generously to Cambodian relief efforts; (2) Cambodian authorities be encouraged to allow the use of all possible avenues for delivering food and medical supplies; and (3) the United States and the United Nations should express their expectation that the great power supporters of the factions in Cambodia share in international responsibility for averting famine.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee any amounts contributed by an employer to or under any property or liability insurance plan provided for his employees.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1979
Amends the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 to stipulate that the restrictions on payments and loans to employee representatives by employers shall not apply to employer contributions to a pooled or individual trust fund established by a representative for the purpose of defraying the costs of motor vehicle, homeowners multiple peril, fire, or other insurance benefits for employees.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1979
Amends the National Housing Act to extend specified Federal Housing Administration insurance programs for 15 days. Extends for 15 days the authority for the purchase of mortgages under the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend the rehabilitation loan program for 15 days. Extends the authority for rural housing programs under the Housing Act of 1949.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1979
Resource Conservation and Development Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a resource conservation and development program to assist States, local units of government, and local nonprofit organizations to operate and maintain a planning process for land conservation and utilization, natural resources development, and rural economic and environmental improvement. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance in developing area plans for designated rural areas; (2) cooperate in conducting surveys and inventories, disseminating information, and developing area plans; (3) assist in the carrying out of approved area plans by local public agencies and nonprofit organizations designated by States; (4) enter into specified agreements; and (5) assist local governments in acquiring land or interest in land for rehabilitation or reclamation which will eliminate a threat to the public health or welfare, subject to specified conditions. Sets forth terms and conditions of agreements which must be met if the Secretary is to provide any technical or financial assistance, including loans, to a State agency, local government, or local nonprofit organization in carrying out works of improvement specified in an approved area plan. Permits the identification of groups or problems for special consideration in area plans. Declares that the authority of the Secretary under this Act shall be supplemental and not in lieu of any authority of the Secretary under any other provision of law. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Agriculture a Resource Conservation and Development Policy Board to advise the Secretary regarding the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the program provided for in this Act and to report on such evaluation, with recommendations. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act, with specified annual limits on technical and financial assistance and on loans.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1979
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 1724 (Home energy assistance).
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1979
Handgun Crime Control Act of 1979 - Title I: Amendments to Chapter 44, Title 18, United States Code, Gun Control - Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to revise and add definitions used in the Act. Defines "handgun" to include handgun parts. Defines "Department" to mean the Department of Justice (current law is under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury). Prohibits non-licensees from engaging in the business of repairing firearms or ammunition. Stipulates that certain otherwise lawful activities, such as the returning of a firearm by a licensee to the person from whom it was received and the mailing of a firearm to a licensee for the purpose of repair, shall be unlawful with respect to "easily concealable handguns" (that is, those handguns not approved by the Attorney General under this Act). Prohibits the loan or rental of an easily concealable handgun to another person for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes. Prohibits a licensee from selling a handgun to a person who does not appear in person at the licensee's business premises. Prohibits a licensee from selling or delivering a firearm or ammunition to any person if such sale or delivery violates a public ordinance at the place of residence of the purchaser. Revises the statement which must be submitted to a licensee by a purchaser not appearing at such licensee's business premises to provide that such purchaser be 18 years of age with respect to all firearms (current law requires a purchaser of any firearm other than a shotgun or rifle to be 21 years of age). Prohibits a licensee from manufacturing, assembling, selling, or transferring any handgun, other than a curio or relic, which has not been approved by the Attorney General. Prohibits any person from transferring such a handgun unless such person has reasonable cause to believe that the handgun has been approved. Excepts the mailing of handguns to comply with approved standards under certain circumstances. Prohibits the modification of an approved handgun resulting in the failure of such handgun to meet the approved standards. Revises the current prohibition against certain classes of individuals transporting a firearm or ammunition in interstate commerce to: (1) extend such prohibition to possession or receipt of any firearm or ammunition; and (2) include as additional categories illegal aliens, persons dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces, and persons who have renounced their United States citizenship. Includes such categories in the current prohibition against selling a firearm or ammunition to certain classes of individuals. Prohibits any person from transporting a firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce in violation of a State law in a place to or through which the firearm was transported. Prohibits a licensee from transferring three or more handguns to the same non-licensee within a period of one year, without prior approval of the Attorney General. Prohibits a non-licensee from receiving three or more handguns within one year without such approval. Prohibits any person who has knowledge of the loss, theft, or disappearance of a handgun in his control or possession to fail to report such incident to a law enforcement officer and the Attorney General. Specifies the circumstances under which a person in lawful possession of a license or permit to: (1) carry handguns issued under a State licensing or permit granting program approved by the Attorney General, may purchase or receive a handgun in any State from a licensed dealer or non-licensee; and (2) purchase handguns issued under an approved program, may purchase or receive a handgun in the State issuing the license or permit. Directs the Attorney General to review State laws providing for licenses or permits to carry or purchase handguns and to certify as approved those satisfying specified requirements. Specifies the circumstances under which (except as provided by other sections of the Act) a licensed dealer or non-licensee may transfer a handgun to another non-licensee. Sets new annual licensing fees of $5,000 for a manufacturer or importer of handguns, $500 for a dealer in handguns, $100 for a dealer in ammunition for handguns that is not also used in rifles, and $100 for a dealer who is a gunsmith. Prohibits a pawnbroker from being licensed as a dealer in handguns or handgun ammunition and such dealers from conducting business from the premises of a pawnbroker. Imposes additional requirements for the approval of a license application by the Attorney General. Increases from 45 to 90 days the period in which an application must be approved or denied. Authorizes the Attorney General, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to suspend or revoke a license, or subject a licensee who violates any provision of the Act to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation. Sets forth new recordkeeping requirements for licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers in handguns. Provides for the transfer of records where a licensee loses his license, transfers the business to another person, or in any way ceases doing business. Directs the Attorney General to appoint a 15-member Handgun Criteria Commission to develop criteria for the evaluation of handgun models according to frame size and other appropriate factors for determining whether such models are easily concealable, have potential for criminal use, or are particularly suitable for sporting purposes. Requires the Commission to submit a report containing such criteria within one year of enactment and to evaluate biannually the effectiveness of existing criteria. Directs the Attorney General to revise the criteria upon a determination by the Commission that handguns satisfying existing criteria are significantly involved in handgun crime. Requires final criteria to be transmitted to Congress, which may disapprove by resolution the criteria within 60 days of continuous session. Directs the Attorney General to approve for manufacture, importation, or transfer any handgun model which satisfies the established criteria after representative samples of such model are evaluated and tested. Authorizes exceptions with respect to handguns which are particularly appropriate for law enforcement purposes. Directs the Attorney General, prior to the time that criteria have been established, to evaluate samples of all handgun models and approve for manufacture, importation, or transfer handgun models which meet specified requirements. Sets forth procedures for the administrative review of a finding that a sample submitted has failed to meet the approved standards. Requires a list of handgun models which have been tested and the test results. Deems approved any handgun model not in manufacture on or after October 21, 1968, and which has not been tested. Revises the penalties under such Act. Disallows, with respect to a person who uses or carries a firearm during the commission of any felony and receives an additional sentence, the suspension of such sentence, the giving of probation, or the concurrent running of a term of imprisonment (under current law such prohibitions apply only to a second or subsequent offense). Sets forth a mandatory period of parole ineligibility for such offense, unless the court finds specified mitigating circumstances. Makes any person (including a licensee) who negligently sells or transfers a handgun in violation of this Act civilly liable for the death or injury suffered by an individual as a result of the use of the handgun by the transferee in the commission of an offense that causes death or personal injury to that individual. Stipulates that certain exceptions to the provisions of the Act shall only apply with respect to handguns which have been approved by the Attorney General in accordance with the Act. Allows a mental incompetent to be relieved from the disabilities of the Act with respect to the possession, acquisition, or transfer of firearms upon specific findings by a court. Authorizes the Attorney General to permit the importation of approved handguns. Directs the Attorney General to make annual grants for each fiscal year and supplemental grants at his discretion for compensation of victims of handgun crime to qualifying State programs for the compensation of victims of handgun crime. Specifies eligibility criteria for such programs and the amount of authorized payments. Requires the Attorney General to submit annual reports to the congressional judiciary committees concerning such programs. Establishes a nine-member Advisory Committee on Victims of Handgun Crime to advise the Attorney General on the administration of the programs and policies relating to the compensation of victims of handgun crimes. Title II: Gun Control Functions Transferred to Attorney General - Transfers to the Attorney General all functions of the Secretary of the Treasury under the Gun Control Act of 1968. Authorizes the President to transfer additional functions of other agencies to the Department which relate to the functions transferred by this Act. Establishes within the Department of Justice the Firearms Safety and Abuse Control Administration to administer the functions of the Attorney General under the Gun Control Act of 1968. Directs the Attorney General to transmit to Congress as part of the annual report of the Department of Justice a report on the activities of the Administration. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase from 45 to 90 days the period in which an application for a user permit or a license to import, manufacture, or deal in explosive materials must be approved or denied. Authorizes the Attorney General, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to suspend or revoke a license, or subject a licensee who violates any statutory requirement to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation. Directs the Postal Service to promulgate regulations for the conveyance of handguns in the mails. Directs the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations established by the Act of September 24, 1959, in consultation with the United States Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, and representatives of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, to report within six months of enactment on: (1) intergovernmental problems in controlling illicit handgun traffic; and (2) the effectiveness of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Gun Control Act of 1968. Repeals title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (relating to the receipt, possession, or transportation of firearms by felons, veterans dishonorably discharged, mental incompetents, illegal aliens, and persons renouncing their United States citizenship). Makes this Act effective 120 days after enactment, with specified exceptions.