Records whose title is actually about this topic. Use a country filter if the list is still too broad.
Records
Bill· HRH.R. 7440 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to waive specified requirements for the use of title I special educational needs funds by local educational agencies participating in experimental programs designed to consolidate State categorical educational programs. (Permits such waiver for any one of fiscal years 1982 through 1985, with possible renewal for an additional one-year period, for requirements that: (1) such Federal funds be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds for regular and certain special State and local programs; and (2) agencies receiving Federal assistance maintain, through use of non- Federal funds, services comparable to those provided by unassisted agencies.) Allows State educational agencies of States desiring to carry out such experimental programs to submit to the Secretary, on behalf of local educational agencies desiring to participate in such program, an application for a waiver of such requirements. Prohibits the Secretary from approving any application unless it contains adequate assurances that under such program: (1) the special education needs of all pupils shall be effectively addressed, including the needs of educationally-disadvantaged children, children with limited English-speaking ability, migrant children, and handicapped children; and (2) the number of children to be served shall not exceed 15 percent of the total number of educationally-deprived children in the State who are served under title I of such Act. Allows such waivers only for experimental programs under which the funding and administration of specified State categorical educational programs are consolidated (in whole or in part) in order to: (1) reduce the amount of time expended by educational personnel of the State for administrative aspects of State education programs; and (2) increase local flexibility in the use of educational funds while still satisfying the purposes of State and Federal educational policy. Allows State educational agencies desiring to renew any such waiver for an additional one-year period to submit an application containing such assurances, together with additional information requested for the Secretary's evaluation of such program and the extent of compliance with such assurances for the first year.
Bill· HRH.R. 7439 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from application of the crude oil windfall profit tax an economic interest in crude oil acquired after January 21, 1980, by an otherwise tax-exempt institution of higher learning.
Bill· SS. 2745 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 per year, adjusted for inflation. Limits the duration of eligibility for such deduction to calendar years prior to the account beneficiary's 21st birthday, or prior to the beneficiary's enrollment as a full-time student at an eligible educational institution of higher learning, whichever occurs earlier. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the payee so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 25, and for each of the following nine years, in successive apportionments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions. Allows a deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized for the benefit of the taxpayer (or the taxpayer and spouse if married) for the exclusive purpose of purchasing the first dwelling purchased by such individual as a principal residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $1,500 ($3,000 in the case of married individuals filing jointly), with a maximum lifetime deduction of $15,000 ($30,000 in the case of married individuals filing jointly). Provides for annual inflation adjustment of such amounts. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income so long as they are used exclusively for the purchase of a first principal dwelling. Provides for recapture of such distribution upon a subsequent sale of such first dwelling if another house is not purchased with the proceeds. Requires reduction of the $100,000 exclusion from gross income of proceeds from the sale of a principal residence by a taxpayer 55 years of age or older if such residence had been purchased with distributions from a tax-exempt housing savings account. Limits the amount of such reduction to the amount of any such distribution excluded from gross income.
Bill· HRH.R. 7394 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1980
Veterans' Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980 - Title I: Revision of Vocational Rehabilitation Program - Revises veterans' vocational rehabilitation provisions to declare the purpose of this Act to be to provide all services necessary to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to attain maximum independence, to become employable, and to obtain and maintain suitable employment. Redefines "vocational rehabilitation" to include the provision of all services required to achieve the purpose of this Act, including discharge, medical, social, psychological, economic, and vocational services (presently defined in terms of educational and vocational training to restore employability). Defines "employment handicap" as a disability impairing a veteran's ability to prepare for, obtain, or retain employment consistent with his or her abilities, aptitudes, and interests. Revises entitlement provisions to: (1) make eligibility run as of September 16, 1940, (rather than World War II as at present); (2) require a handicap to be an employment handicap as defined by this Act; and (3) provide for follow up vocational services to a rehabilitated veteran in order for such veteran to enter new employment more suitable to his or her current capacity or condition. Eliminates the language extending eligibility for specified veterans to October 15, 1971. Sets forth the scope of services, including: (1) evaluation of rehabilitation potential; (2) educational, vocational and personal counseling; (3) a vocational rehabilitation plan; (4) vocational and related services including tutorial services, tuition, books, and other training materials; (5) treatment for mental and emotional disorders; (6) medical care; (7) prosthetic and other corrective devices; (8) placement and postplacement services; (9) services to a veteran's family; (10) special rehabilitation services, including services for the blind and the deaf; (11) subsistence allowances; (12) essential employment equipment and supplies for severely disabled veterans requiring homebound training and or self-employment; (13) transportation costs, including pre- and post-training services; and (14) work study allowance, loans, and other incidental goods and services. Revises duration of services provisions to: (1) provide basic vocational rehabilitation services for 48-months; (2) remove the nine year (from discharge) eligibility limitation; and (3) provide a 12 month rehabilitation evaluation period. Revises subsistence allowance provisions to: (1) provide for payments during the evaluation of vocational rehabilitation potential; (2) provide payments for unpaid on-job training or work experience in a Federal agency or during such evaluation period; (3) pay room and board expenses for individuals pursuing a program on a residential basis in a specialized rehabilitation facility; (4) provide that vocational payments be paid on a full-time basis for two months following a determination of employability; (5) set forth the rate of payment for individuals in unpaid Federal training or work experience; (6) prohibit payments to incarcerated individuals; and (7) provide for advance payment of subsistence allowances. Authorizes personal adjustment counseling during the evaluation of rehabilitation feasibility period. Sets forth basic requirements of a vocational rehabilitation program, which shall include: (1) participation by the veteran in formulation of a written plan; and (2) a statement of objectives and goals, services and a time schedule for providing such services, and a projected completion date. Revises leave of absence provisions to remove the 30-day per year limitation on such leave. Revises the regulation of conduct provisions to remove the three-month forfeiture of subsistence penalty for unsatisfactory conduct and to replace the permanent disqualification for further vocational rehabilitation penalty with a provision allowing the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to reinstate such benefits upon satisfactory conduct. Increases the maximum amount of loans available to a veteran from $200 to $400. Authorizes vocational rehabilitation to members of the Armed Forces, otherwise eligible, and veterans hospitalized in VA or non-VA medical facilities. Authorizes vocational training outside the United States (presently prohibited for post-World War II veterans who were not citizens at the time of their United States military service). Provides that any Federal agency facility may be used to provide unpaid training or work experience as part of a veteran's vocational rehabilitation program. States that such veteran shall be deemed a Federal employee for workmen's compensation purposes but not for the purposes of laws administered by the Office of Personnel Management. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to use the facilities, staff, and other resources of any Federal agency to provide services under this Act. Directs the Administrator to assist in the development of employment and on-job training opportunities, including payments to employers for providing on-job training to certain veterans. Directs the Veterans Administration (VA) to: (1) provide employment assistance, including direct employment placement, utilization of Federal, State, and nonprofit private employment services, and securing loans and paying business license fees; (2) provide vocational rehabilitation staff training and development; and (3) carry out an ongoing program of rehabilitation research and special projects, including grants and contracts with public and nonprofit agencies. Directs the Administrator to appoint a Veterans' Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation. Revises provisions concerning the limitation on periods of assistance under two or more veterans' educational assistance programs to include post-Vietnam era benefits within such limitation, and to provide a 48-month aggregate eligibility period for vocational rehabilitation and other educational assistance. Limits the current provision which reduces the number of clock hours of attendance required for payment of benefits for certain courses to courses accredited by nationally recognized accrediting agencies. Authorizes veterans eligible for vocational rehabilitation services to pursue such program using their educational assistance entitlements. Title II: GI Bill Rate Increase - Increases rates of veterans payments for: (1) educational assistance allowances, including special supplementary assistance; (2) educational assistance for survivors and dependents, including special training allowances; and (3) State and local agency administrative expenses, including educational assistance for apprenticeship or other on-job training and education loans. Title III: Educational Assistance Program Amendments : Part A - Educational Assistance for Veterans - Authorizes the Administrator to disapprove a veteran's or serviceperson's application for educational assistance if enrollment would be prohibited by any of the appropriate administrative provisions. Eliminates the 50 percent employment reporting requirement for courses if: (1) veteran and eligible dependent or survivor enrollment does not exceed 35 percent of total enrollment (for the two-year reporting period); and (2) the course had met the employment requirements for two consecutive reporting periods. Eliminates the requirement that a major portion of an open circuit television course must require conventional classroom or laboratory attendance in order to be approved by the Administrator for assistance. Eliminates computing persons receiving Federal educational assistance from the "85-15" enrollment eligibility requirement. Eliminates the course completion time provision as a requirement for satisfactory educational progress with regard to discontinuance of educational assistance. Revises foreign study provisions to authorize such study if: (1) the course is part of a standard college degree program (or its equivalent) at an institution of higher learning so recognized by the foreign country; and (2) the Administrator approves. Authorizes assistance for continuing education or training required by Federal, State, or local law for professional or vocational relicensure or continued employment. Provides that such continuing education shall be paid at the same rate as refresher training. Stipulates that educational assistance for a veteran pursuing an eligible (as revised by this Act) open circuit television course shall be paid in the same manner as an independent study program. Part B - Educational Assistance for Dependents and Survivors - Disqualifies specified family members from eligibility as qualified tutors for veterans receiving supplementary tutorial assistance. Directs the Administrator to approve any application for educational assistance received from an eligible survivor or dependent. Authorizes the Administrator to arrange for educational or vocational counseling for such dependents upon their request. Authorizes the Administrator to disapprove an eligible survivor's or dependent's application for educational assistance if enrollment would be prohibited by any of the appropriate administrative provisions. Prohibits such individuals from enrolling in an educational institution not located in a State or in the Republic of the Philippines unless: (1) the course is part of a standard college degree (or its equivalent) at an institution of higher learning so recognized by the foreign country; and (2) the Administrator approves. Revises provisions concerning advance educational assistance payments to such individuals to: (1) authorize direct payments to an eligible individual (presently payments must be made to a parent or guardian); (2) eliminate certain certification requirements; and (3) provide that payments for an eligible (as revised by this Act) open circuit television course shall be paid in the same manner as an independent study program. Part C - Amendment Relating to Administration of Educational Benefits - Revises provisions concerning the period for which educational or subsistence allowances will be paid for eligible veterans or persons to provide that: (1) the individual must be pursuing a course of study (presently only required to be enrolled); (2) the Administrator shall determine regulations regarding eligibility; and (3) payment shall be for the stated period of enrollment, or the actual period of enrollment, whichever is shorter. Requires veterans and other individuals to report any changes in their educational status to the Administrator. Requires educational institutions to report any facts they know or should have known concerning their compliance with, or eligibility for, such educational assistance. Includes "residence" in the definition of a full-time undergraduate course. Defines "in residence on a standard quarter-or semester-hour basis" to require pursuit of regularly scheduled weekly class instruction on campus at the rate of one standard class session per week throughout the semester for one semester hour of credit. Provides for payments to veterans and eligible persons attending non- degree courses during periods between terms which do not exceed 15 calendar days and periods when the school is not in session because of teacher conferences or teacher training sessions (not to exceed five days in any 12-month period). Terminates the (veterans') education advisory committee as of December 31, 1989. Includes post- Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance, and deletes vocational rehabilitation, within such committee's responsibility. Title IV: Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program Adjustments - Makes eligible for participation in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program certain persons who entered military service on or after January 1, 1977, after having served on active duty before or after such date for a period of 180 days or less and were discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. Revises the procedure for distribution of unused contributions to such program fund by the participant, if the participant dies while on, or after discharge from, active duty and has not designated a beneficiary under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program. Title V: Revision of Eligibility for Veterans Employment and Training Programs - Defines "veteran" for purposes of veterans' job counseling, training, and placement benefits, and disabled and Vietnam era veterans' employment and training benefits as one who: (1) served on active-duty for more than 180 days and received other than a dishonorable discharge; or (2) received a service-connected disability discharge. Defines "disabled veteran" for purposes of disabled veterans' training and employment benefits as one who: (1) is entitled to veterans' disability compensation; or (2) received a service-connected disability discharge. Declares that no veteran shall be considered a Vietnam-era veteran after December 31, 1989. Requires the Secretary of Labor to assure that any veteran made ineligible for certain veterans' job counseling and placement assistance by provisions of this Act (defining categories of eligible veterans) shall be provided with employment assistance and related services under other applicable provisions of law. Includes disabled veterans and Vietnam-era veterans as those eligible veterans who shall receive special consideration for job placement. Requires the Secretary of Labor to include numerical breakdowns of such veterans' categories in his annual veterans' training report to Congress. Makes a qualifying Vietnam veteran eligible for Federal contract priority-hiring. Directs that the benefits an eligible veteran may be receiving (or has received) under certain other programs of the VA shall be disregarded when determining the needs and qualifications of such veteran under any employment or training program financed with Federal funds. Authorizes the Administrator to give preference to qualified disabled and Vietnam-era veterans for employment in the VA as veterans' benefits counselors and veterans' claim examiners. Grants to members of the National Guard, called to assemble for required drills and field exercises for a period of not less than twelve consecutive weeks, the reemployment rights of reserves called to active duty. Title VI: Cost-Savings Provisions - Repeals the authority for veterans to receive educational assistance for the pursuit of flight and correspondence training, including post-Vietnam-era veterans and survivors and dependents. Directs the Administrator to deduct from future payments any overpayment made to persons for service-connected disability or death compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, pension for non-service-connected disability for death, and educational assistance benefits. Provides that such deductions are not subject to time limitations for bringing civil actions or administrative proceedings. Grants the Administrator the authority to charge interest on amounts owed to the United States for overpayment of benefits or services provided by the Veterans' Administration, unless such amounts are repaid within a reasonable period of time. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations to set forth the rate of interest to be charged. Repeals the authority of the Administrator to deduct from future payments any overpayment made to parents for dependency and indemnity compensation. Revises existing provisions of law relating to overpayments made to veterans receiving educational assistance to declare that such overpayment constitutes a liability of the veteran to the United States (present provisions cover the liability of the institution attended by the veteran). Stipulates that if such liability of the veteran is waived, the institution is not released from its liability. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to disclose to a consumer reporting agency the name and address of an individual indebted to the Veterans' Administration (VA) for the purpose of obtaining consumer reports in order to assess such individual's ability to repay the debt and to give notice of the outstanding obligation. Prohibits: (1) the VA from disclosing other information that would imply an individual's indebtedness to the United States; and (2) the credit reporting agency from indicating in its reports or files that such VA inquiry indicates any indebtedness by such individual (willful violation punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 for the first offense and up to $20,000 for a subsequent offense). Authorizes the disclosure of an individual's name, address, and other identifying information necessary to locate him or her in order to carry out specified VA evaluation studies. Requires the Administrator to make a pre-disclosure determination that the inclusion of a particular individual in such study is clearly warranted. Establishes other disclosure requirements similar to those for indebtedness disclosures. Authorizes the disclosure of information affecting an individual's credit rating (name, address, indebtedness) if such individual has failed to respond to administrative debt-collection efforts. Requires the VA, before making such indebtedness disclosures, to: (1) notify an individual of the information to be disclosed, and to which credit agencies, at least 30 days prior to such disclosure; (2) inform the individual of his or her right to dispute the debt claim; and (3) make a determination regarding any such disputed debt. Defines "consumer reporting agency" for purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator, upon application by any person, to make available any appraisal report submitted to, or prepared by, the VA in connection with any home, condominium, or mobile home loan. Authorizes the Administrator to disclose the name and address of any person to any person (authorized by regulation) for the purpose of determining creditworthiness, verifying information, or to provide assistance pursuant to any such loan made by the VA. Stipulates that any such disclosure be recorded in the file of the person concerned. Exempts a credit agency's handling of such VA debt disclosures from the Privacy Act. Authorizes the VA to use its own attorneys to recover any amount owed the United States under laws administered by the Administration. Repeals specified provisions authorizing servicepersons to participate in the predischarge education training program (PREP). Sets forth the rate of educational assistance allowance for an incarcerated veteran or eligible person. Title VII: Technical Amendments - Defines "person" for purposes of veterans' survivors and dependents special restorative training to mean children of veterans. Title VIII: Effective Date - Provides that the provisions of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the second month after the date of enactment of this Act and specifies those provisions which shall take effect on October 1, 1980.
Bill· HRH.R. 7381 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the educational expenses of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1,000 per year, adjusted for inflation. Limits the duration of eligibility for such deduction to calendar years prior to the account beneficiary's 21st birthday, or prior to the beneficiary's enrollment as a full-time student at an eligible educational institution of higher learning, whichever occurs earlier. Excludes distributions from such an account from the gross income of the payee so long as such distributions are used to defray the beneficiary's tuition, fees, books and supplies, and reasonable living expenses. Specifies sanctions for the use of account funds for other than such educational purposes. Treats qualified distributions as income to the beneficiary for the taxable year in which the beneficiary attains age 25, and for each of the following nine years, in successive apportionments equal to ten percent of the total amount of such distributions. Allows a deduction for cash and other personal property contributions to a savings account created or organized for the benefit of the taxpayer (or the taxpayer and spouse if married) for the exclusive purpose of purchasing the first dwelling purchased by such individual as a principal residence. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $1,500 ($3,000 in the case of married individuals filing jointly), with a maximum lifetime deduction of $15,000 ($30,000 in the case of married individuals filing jointly). Provides for annual inflation adjustment of such amounts. Excludes distributions from such account from gross income so long as they are used exclusively for the purchase of a first principal dwelling. Provides for recapture of such distribution upon a subsequent sale of such first dwelling if another house is not purchased with the proceeds. Requires reduction of the $100,000 exclusion from gross income of proceeds from the sale of a principal residence by a taxpayer 55 years of age or older if such residence had been purchased with distributions from a tax-exempt housing savings account. Limits the amount of such reduction to the amount of any such distribution excluded from gross income.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 669 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1980
Elects Raphael Musto of Pennsylvania to the Committee on Education and Labor.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 337 (96th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Disapproves the final regulations submitted to the Congress on April 3, 1980, pertaining to the adult education State-administered program authorized under the Adult Education Act, on the grounds of their inconsistency with such Act. Returns such regulations to the Commissioner of Education to be modified or otherwise disposed of as provided under the General Education Provisions Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 336 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1980
Disapproves the final regulations submitted to the Congress on April 3, 1980, entitled "the Education Division General Administrative Regulations" and promulgated under the General Education Provisions Act and the statutes that authorize the programs covered by such regulations, on the grounds of their inconsistency with such Act. Returns such regulations to the Commissioner of Education to be modified or otherwise disposed of as provided under such Act.
Bill· SS. 2675 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Child Nutrition Amendments of 1980 - Amends the National School Lunch Act to reduce the national average payment by two and one half cents to any school authority in which less than 75 percent of the children participating in the program received free or reduced-price lunches. Modifies the formula for determining the amount of direct Federal expenditures for carrying out this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from offering commodity assistance based on the number of breakfasts served under the school breakfast program for the school year ending June 30, 1981. Authorizes the Secretary, in subsequent years, to donate foods in an amount of three cents per school breakfast. Requires the modification of such amount to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for Food Used in Schools and Institutions. Requires all students in any grade level in any junior high school or middle school which participates in the school lunch program to accept offered foods. Requires each school participating in such program to offer no less than two alternative food choices for each of the five food items contained within the four food components of the school lunch program. Requires at least one of the two alternative choices of milk items to be whole milk. Establishes income guidelines for free lunches at 15 percent (rather than 25 percent) above the applicable family size income levels in the income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Secretary. Prescribes such income guidelines for reduced-price lunches at 75 percent (rather than 95 percent) above the income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to allow a standard deduction of $60 a month for each household in computing household income in all but specified States. Requires the annual adjustment of such deduction to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for items other than food. Directs the Secretary to annually prescribe the adjustments in the national average rates for lunches and the special-assistance factor for lunches served under the National School Lunch Act and in the national average rates for breakfasts served under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Requires each State educational agency to set forth its plan of statewide breakfast program targeted outreach to low-income areas within its required plan of child nutrition operations. Requires the listing of schools participating in the food service equipment assistance program. Requires that school food program agreements signed by State educational agencies and each school food authority that operates the school lunch program list the schools which will initiate the breakfast program and the schools which provide 25 percent or more of their lunches free or at reduced-cost. Requires such lists to be made available to the public. Requires the State education agency to visit at least one-third of a State's needy nonimplementation schools. Directs the State educational agency to prepare and disseminate posters and leaflets about the school breakfast program, including multi-lingual materials when necessary. Requires such agency to conduct public hearings before submitting the State plan of child nutrition operations to the Governor. Excludes Job Corps Centers from the definition of "school" for the purposes of the National School Lunch Act. Permits the Secretary to make adjustments for the differences in food program costs for participating States and territories not a part of the continental United States. Requires claims for reimbursement for meals served under the National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to be submitted to the State agency within a specified period of time. Permits private nonprofit service institutions to participate in the summer food service program for children only if there are no applications pending from a school or another service institution to serve children in the same geographical area. Requires a school given funding priority by a State under such program to notify such State by a specified date as to whether such school desires to operate such program. Directs the State to select an appropriate service institution to operate such program as specified. Directs each State to conduct active outreach efforts to identify institutions eligible to participate in such program in areas with large concentrations of low-income families. Permits any service institution to serve lunch and either breakfast or a supplement (rather than three meals, including a supplement) each day of operation. Permits any service institution which is a camp or which serves meals primarily to migrant children to serve up to four meals per day of operation. Authorizes service institutions to use a preapproved portion of the available reimbursement for the operating and administrative expenses of such program, as specified. Directs the Secretary to make available to States administering such program an amount of up to two percent of the funds expended by each State in the program for the purpose of conducting audits. Sets forth a formula for determining payments to each State for administrative costs. Sets forth the recordkeeping requirements for States and service institutions participating in such program. Authorizes appropriations for the summer program through fiscal year 1984. Authorizes appropriations for the commodity distribution program through fiscal year 1984. Requires each State agency that distributes such commodities and other foods to schools under such program to establish procedures to permit a school to receive the desired amounts and types of commodity assistance. Allows the delivery of alternative commodities when available. Reduces the number of members on the National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition from 19 to 18. Sets forth the required credentials for specified members of such Council. Requires the Council to submit to the President and to Congress a biennial rather than an annual report. Directs the Secretary to adjust annually (rather than semiannually) the national average payment rate to the States for the child care food program. Requires that the average payment rate for supplements be three cents lower than such adjustment. Requires the Secretary to use appropriate bilingual materials to perform outreach and train local administrative personnel. Reduces the amount available to the Secretary to provide equipment assistance to enable institutions to establish, maintain, and expand the child care food program. Permits the Secretary to establish special procedures for the conduct of audits of participating institutions. Authorizes the Secretary to require each State to establish a standard form of contract for use by institutions in purchasing meals. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish the rate of reimbursement at five cents per half-pint of milk served to children not eligible for free milk under the special milk program. Entitles any school to additional assistance when the appropriate State educational agency determines that not less than 40 percent of such school's lunches were served free or at a reduced price, the rate per meal established by the Secretary is insufficient, and not less than 25 percent of those receiving such assistance for lunch also participated in the school breakfast program. Permits the State agency to deny such assistance to any school food authority if such authority qualified as a result of the termination of a program at one of its schools. Requires a school governing authority to hold public hearings if it refuses to implement a school breakfast program in any school year in which not less than ten percent of the parents of children enrolled request such a program. Reduces the authorization of appropriations for the food service equipment assistance program. Reserves to the Secretary 40 percent of such funds to assist schools without a food service program or the facilities to prepare or receive hot meals, through fiscal year 1984. Directs the Secretary to reapportion unused funds. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds for State administrative expenses to the agencies responsible for the administration of the programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, excepting the special supplemental food program. Permits the States to use the allocated funds as needed in meeting the administrative costs of such programs. Excludes Job Corps Centers from the definition of "school" for the purposes of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Grants the Secretary the power to determine the amount of and to settle and adjust any claim arising under the provisions of such Acts. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the special supplemental food program. Requires that organizations and professionals with a demonstrated interest in the special supplemental food program be notified by the State agency of the public hearings held before such agency submits its plan of operation and administration for such program to the Governor of such State. Requires each State agency to set-aside special supplemental food program funds in amounts sufficient to serve migrant farmworkers who reside or are or will be employed in the State. Permits such agencies to make funds available to local agencies which intend to initiate such programs in areas in which large numbers of migrant farmworkers reside or are employed. Directs the Secretary to evaluate State projections of the amount of funds required to provide services to such workers. Requires the State to conduct outreach services in such areas. Requires nutrition education materials to be responsive to the cultural, ethnic, and language needs of persons eligible for program services. Extends the authorization of appropriations for State administrative expenses and nutrition education. Permits the Secretary to make additional amounts available to the States based on the number of local agencies serving migrant farmworkers and the number of such farmworkers served. Requires the State agency to advance funding for administrative expenses to specified local agencies. Requires the Secretary to consider changes in the flow of the migrant stream from one State to another when reallocating unspent program funds. Requires each State to use bilingual materials for outreach and informational services where appropriate. Requires the State coordinator to hold public hearings or establish an advisory council to participate in the development of the State plan for nutrition education. Requires each State educational agency to submit such plan to the Secretary for approval and to include a description of plans to publicize the availability of grants and contracts and activities to be undertaken in the plan year. Requires school food authorities and institutions which operate any of such programs to promote activities to involve students and parents in such programs. Requires that, beginning July 1, 1980, the national average value of donated foods or cash payments in lieu thereof for the school lunch program be adjusted annually based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for Food Used in Schools and Institutions. Reduces the national average value of donated foods or such cash payments by two cents, effective July 1, 1981. Limits Federal reimbursement to school food authorities to an amount not to exceed the combined cost of operating both the lunch and breakfast programs. Alters the formula for determining the amount of special assistance payments. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations for implementing this Act, with certain time restrictions.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 332 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1980
Disapproves the final regulations submitted to the Congress on April 24, 1980, pertaining to the law-related education program authorized under specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, on the grounds of inconsistency with such Act. Returns such regulations to the Commissioner of Education to be modified or otherwise disposed of as provided under the General Education Provisions Act.
Bill· SS. 2664 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to document a named vessel as a vessel owned by the State of Maine with the privileges of engaging in coastwise trade and fisheries.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 422 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Designates the week of February 15 through February 21, 1981, as "National Circle K Week."
Bill· HRH.R. 7277 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Child Nutrition Amendments of 1980 - Amends the National School Lunch Act to require a State to administer the summer food service program for children and the child care food program as a condition to receiving cash assistance payments for the school lunch program. Reduces the national average payment for lunches served to children ineligible for free or reduced-price lunches unless such lunches served represent 50 percent or less of all lunches served under such program. Requires annual rather than semi-annual adjustments in the amount of special assistance payments to the State agencies. Modifies the income guidelines for eligibility for reduced-price lunches. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot test to verify data on applications for free or reduced-price school meals. Directs the Secretary to allow a standard deduction of $60 a month for each household in computing household income in all but specified States. Requires the annual adjustment of such deduction to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for items other than food. Sets forth a formula for determining the standard deduction for noncontiguous States and jurisdictions. Redefines "service institutions" for the purposes of the summer food service program for children to include private nonprofit institutions that serve meals primarily to migrant children. Directs each State to conduct active outreach efforts to identify eligible institutions to participate in such program in areas with large concentrations of low-income families. Permits any service institution to serve lunch and either breakfast or a supplement (rather than three meals, including a supplement) each day of operation. Permits any service institution which is a camp or which serves meals primarily to migrant children to serve up to four meals per day of operation. Authorizes service institutions to use a preapproved portion of the available reimbursement for the operating and administrative expenses of such program, as specified. Directs the Secretary to make available to States administering such program an amount of up to two percent of the funds expended by such State for such purpose. Sets forth a formula for determining payments to each State for administrative costs. Sets forth the recordkeeping requirements for States and service institutions participating in such program. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose through fiscal year 1983. Directs the Secretary to adjust annually rather than semiannually the national average payment rate to the States for the child care food program. Reduces the amount available to the Secretary to provide equipment assistance to enable institutions to establish, maintain, and expand the child care food program. Permits the Secretary to establish special procedures for the conduct of audits of participating institutions. Authorizes the Secretary to require each State to establish a standard form of contract for use by institutions in purchasing meals. Requires each State agency that distributes commodities and other foods to schools under the commodity distribution program to establish procedures to permit a school to receive the desired amounts and types of commodity assistance, including the delivery of alternative commodities when available. Requires each State to be responsible for the administration of the programs under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold funds from or seek injunctive relief against a State which does not take sufficient action to correct deficiencies in such programs. Amends the Child Nutrition of 1966 to establish the rate of reimbursement per half-pint of milk served to children not eligible for free milk under the special milk program at five cents. Requires annual rather than semi-annual adjustments to be made in the national average payment under the school breakfast program. Extends the authorization for the food service equipment assistance program through fiscal year 1983. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds for State administrative expenses to the agencies responsible for the administration of the programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, excepting the special supplemental food program. Permits the States to use the allocated funds as needed in meeting the administrative costs of such programs. Directs the Secretary to reallocate any unused funds. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the special supplemental food program. Prohibits the dual receipt of benefits under such program and the commodity supplemental food program authorized under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. Extends the authorization of appropriations for nutrition education and training through fiscal year 1983. Reduces the number of members on the National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition form 19 to 18. Sets forth the required credentials for specified members of such council. Requires the Council to submit to the President and to Congress a biennial rather than an annual report. Excludes Job Corps Centers from the definition of school for the purposes of the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. Permits the Secretary to make adjustments for the differences in food program costs for participating States and territories not a part of the continental United States. Requires claims for reimbursement for meals served under the National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to be submitted to the State agency within a specified period of time. Authorizes appropriations for the commodity distribution program through fiscal year 1983. Grants the Secretary the power to determine the amount of and settle and adjust any claim arising under the provisions of such Acts. Directs the Secretary to give special emphasis to high protein foods when providing commodity assistance. Limits Federal reimbursement to the combined operating costs for both the lunch and breakfast programs. Modifies the formula for determining the amount of special assistance payments.
Bill· HRH.R. 7270 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Establishes within the Department of Commerce the United States Design Office headed by a Director. Requires such Office to: (1) establish voluntary standards for excellence in the design of objects and systems; (2) identify through research and development the ways in which the marketing of objects and systems may be improved through better design and manufacture; (3) plan and implement programs to educate entrepreneurs and the public to value and promote excellence in design; (4) coordinate the activities of the Office with other Federal departments and agencies; (5) sponsor exhibitions of well-designed objects and systems; (6) award certificates for outstanding examples of design; and (7) encourage educational institutions to adopt courses in design. Establishes an Advisory Council to assist and support the Office in the execution of its duties. Requires the Office to report annually to the President and Congress on activities of the Office and Council. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 658 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1980
Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) no Federal educational assistance should be used to aid an alien student from a nation with which the United States has broken diplomatic relations, unless such student has been admitted to the United States seeking political asylum; (2) each State should take appropriate action to terminate such assistance; and (3) the President, the Secretary of Education, and other Federal officers and employees should take appropriate action in carrying out such policy.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 414 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1980
Expresses the commendation of the Senate to the National Forensic League on its golden anniversary.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 91 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1980
Disapproves the final regulations submitted to the Congress in 1980 pertaining to grants to State educational agencies for educational improvement, resources, and support authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Returns such regulations to the Commissioner of Education to be modified or otherwise disposed of as provided under the General Education Provisions Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 7203 (96th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Health Professions Educational Assistance and Nurse Training Amendments of 1980 - Title I: National Health Service Corps Programs - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include as members of the National Health Service Corps individuals who are not employees of the United States. Provides that such individuals shall be subject to the personnel system of the entity to which they are assigned. Stipulates that such individuals shall receive an income equal to that which would have been received as civilian employees of the United States appointed to the Corps. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe conversion provisions for such members of the Corps who, within one year after completing their service, become Public Health Service officers. Entitles such individuals to credit such service towards retirement benefits. Requires the Secretary, at least 90 days before approving assignment of National Health Service Corps personnel to an area, to give appropriate health professions societies in such area opportunity to submit written comments concerning such assignment. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify appropriate individuals and entities in health manpower shortage areas who may be interested in the availability of Corps members that such members' service obligations may be met through private practice; (2) not discriminate against entities which receive no assistance under the Public Health Service Act, but which apply for assignment of Corps members; (3) not approve the assignment of a Corps member to an entity who is not an employee of the United States without assurances that such entity: (a) has sufficient financial resources to provide the Corps member with an income not less than such member would receive as a civilian employee appointed to the Corps; or (b) would have sufficient financial resources with supplemental grant support (Authorizes the Secretary to make such grants when necessary); (4) provide applicants with technical assistance to: (a) analyze the potential use of health professions personnel; and (b) determine the need for such personnel, the types of services they should provide, and the available financial resources to support them; (5) conduct programs to demonstrate improvements that can be made in personnel assignment and delivery of services; (6) not discriminate against public entities in application of the waiver provisions of the cost-sharing requirements associated with Corps personnel assignment. Establishes the National Health Service Corps Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Exempts such Fund and the funds credited to it from apportionment for any purpose other than the National Health Service Corps program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for programs to prepare persons in the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program to provide their period of obligated health service. Makes persons having completed two years of their obligated Corps service eligible for private practice entry grants (presently must have completed entire period of obligated service). Authorizes appropriations for the Corps program for fiscal years 1981 ($94,000,000), 1982 ($145,000,000), and 1983 ($205,000,000). Directs the Secretary to report to Congress, within 18 months of enactment of this Act, the results of a study designed to: (1) evaluate the criteria used to determine whether an area is a health manpower shortage area; and (2) determine if any such areas have been incorrectly designated. Revises Corps Scholarship Program provisions to: (1) require the Secretary to determine within 90 days whether an individual shall provide his/her obligated service as a Corps officer or civilian employee of the United States or as a member of the Corps who is not such an officer or employee; (2) include those persons fulfilling their service obligation as non-Federal employees as designated members of the Corps; (3) provide that only officer or employee Corps members may be transferred to other parts of the Department to fulfill their service obligation; (4) count service under the National Research Service Award program for purposes of fulfilling the service obligation under the Scholarship Program (presently only applies to medical research); (5) require a Corps member fulfilling his/her service obligation in private practice in a health manpower shortage area to accept a Medicare assignment; (6) authorize the Secretary to permit a person who breaches his/her Corps scholarship contract by failing to begin or to finish a private service obligation to perform such obligated service as a member of the Corps; (7) direct the Secretary to provide technical assistance, upon request, to an individual establishing a private practice in fulfillment of his/her service obligation; (8) direct the Secretary to provide information to potential Corps Scholarship Program recipients concerning such private practice service option; (9) state that scholarship recipients under an earlier Public Health Service Act program are eligible for such private practice option; (10) eliminate specified requirements for a health manpower shortage area to qualify for such private practice option; (11) make clinical psychologists eligible to participate in such Scholarship Program; (12) require the Secretary to give special consideration to Scholarship applicants who intend to be primary care physicians in health manpower shortage areas in which they have resided or been employed; (13) authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($92,000,000), 1982 ($101,000,000), and 1983 ($109,000,000); and (14) make authorizations available for fiscal years 1984 through 1986 for students entering into contracts before October 1, 1983. Title II: Health Professions Programs under Title VII - Eliminates the enrollment increase requirement for grants to expand existing health professions training facilities respecting such grants received before enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make teaching facilities construction grants to assist two-year medical schools to become four-year schools. Authorizes $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 for such grants. Requires an applicant to be an accredited two-year medical school. Directs the Secretary to determine the amount of such grants, but stipulates that no such grant shall exceed 80 percent of the project's total cost. Limits loan and interest guarantees to remodeling, renovation, or alteration projects (presently to any construction projects) through fiscal year 1983. Includes architect fees within the covered costs under such guarantees. Permits the Secretary to make all authorized interest subsidy payments on any loan made before October 1, 1980. Continues the insured loan program to graduate health professions students through fiscal year 1983. Prohibits the insuring of any loan made or installment paid after September 30, 1985 (presently 1982). Increases from $15,000 to $20,000, and from $60,000 to $80,000, the maximum annual and aggregate limits of federally insured loans to graduate students in schools of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry. Repeals the existing prohibition on the receipt of such insured loans and the receipt of any loan assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 during the same school year. Permits payment deferrals on loan interest, as well as on principal. Extends the period of such deferral for internships and residencies from three to four years. Requires a lender to offer a repayment schedule which permits a portion of the principal and interest payable at the beginning of a repayment period to be deferred until a later time in such period. Replaces the existing 12 percent maximum interest rate with a rate that may not exceed the average of the bond equivalent rates of the 91-day Treasury bills auctioned for the previous quarter plus two percent. Eliminates the existing provision prohibiting more than 50 percent of the students in each class in schools of medicine, osteopathy or dentistry from having such insured loans. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($20,00,000), 1982 ($22,500,000), 1983 ($25,000,000), and such sums as necessary for fiscal year 1984 through 1986 for students who received loans prior to October 1, 1983. Redefines "eligible institution" (for purposes of such loans) to be a school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, or public health within the United States which is accredited by a recognized body or bodies approve for such purpose by the Secretary of Education. Makes financial need scholarships available to second year students (presently only to first year students). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($30,000,000), 1982 ($40,000,000), and 1983 ($50,000,000). Replaces existing capitation grant programs with a program of institutional support to assist the educational programs of schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry (eliminates public health eligibility). Sets forth an annual grant computation schedule (for each type of school for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983) based on student enrollment and a specified dollar amount. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for each of such schools. Permits a school of pharmacy which did not receive a capitation grant in 1980 because accreditation requirements prevented it from meeting applicable enrollment requirements to be eligible in fiscal years 1981-83 for such grants. Excludes medical school enrollment increases made to qualify for certain Veteran's Administration assistance from capitation grant eligibility considerations for fiscal year 1980. Eliminates the separate enrollment requirement of 50 percent of first-year students from States with no accredited optometry schools for nonprofit private optometry schools to qualify for institutional support grants. Authorizes appropriations for project grants for family medicine departments for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($20,000,000), and 1983 ($25,000,000). Provides, with regard to grant eligibility, that a school may have a affiliation with a family medicine residency program, rather than control over such program as presently required. Authorizes appropriations for area health education center grants for fiscal years 1981 ($21,000,000), 1982 ($28,000,000), and 1983 ($30,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for grants to train physician assistants and dental auxiliaries for fiscal years 1981 ($14,000,000), 1982 ($15,000,000), and 1983 ($16,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for internal medicine and pediatrics training for fiscal years 1981 ($23,000,000), 1982 ($30,000,000), and 1983 ($32,000,000). Makes public and private nonprofit entities eligible for such grants. Makes the training of physicians as teachers of internal medicine and pediatrics eligible for such grant support. Authorizes appropriations for family medicine and dentistry grants for fiscal years 1981 ($50,000,000), 1982 ($75,000,000),and 1983 ($80,000,000). Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the most effective means of providing financial assistance to graduate medical programs in internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine; and (2) report the results of such study to the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and to the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee within one year of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for grants to provide educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds for fiscal years 1981 ($30,000,000), 1982 ($33,000,000), and 1983 ($36,000,000). Authorizes grants for: (1) secondary education programs to encourage disadvantaged students to pursue health careers; (2) improving university curriculum; (3) joint programs between universities and health professions institutions; (4) counseling, work-study, and other programs to assist such students in completing their education; and (5) increasing the number of faculty from disadvantaged backgrounds in the health professions schools. Requires that no less than 80 percent of annual appropriations be obligated for grants or contracts with institutions of higher education, and that no more than five percent be obligated for publicizing sources of financial aid. Eliminates start-up, conversion, and curriculum grants for new schools or medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Permits schools receiving such grants in fiscal year 1980 to continue to receive assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist two-year medical schools in accelerating the date they will become four-year medical schools. States that the amount of such grants shall be the product of $25,000 and the number of full-time, third-year students which the Secretary estimates will be enrolled during the fiscal year for which the grant is made. Makes programs and projects for the training of diabetes health professionals and dental school curriculum development eligible for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($10,000,000), 1982 ($12,500,000), and 1983 ($15,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry which are in financial distress. Permits such grants to used for: (1) operating costs; (2) special accreditation requirements; (3) operational, managerial, and financial reforms; (4) maintaining the quality of educational programs; and (5) strengthening academic resources and capabilities. Provides that the Secretary shall determine terms and conditions of such grants, including requiring a participating school to: (1) disclose appropriate financial information; (2) conduct a cost analysis study; and (3) carry out operational, managerial, or financial reforms. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to enable a recipient school to conduct a cost analysis of its operations. Requires a grant recipient to provide assurances that it will not reduce its share of non-Federal expenditures from an amount equal to the average amount of such expenditures in the two previous years. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($20,000,000), 1982 ($20,000,000), and 1983 ($20,000,00). Repeals existing grant authority for: (1) the training of certain medical students who are not in such school's principal teaching facilities; and (2) assisting new health care institutions in meeting faculty and equipment costs. Authorizes the Secretary to make support grants to public and other nonprofit schools of public health. Sets forth: (1) the grant computation formula based on student enrollment; and (2) grant and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($7,000,000), 1982 ($8,000,000), and 1983 ($9,000,000). Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for public health traineeships (presently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($8,000,000), 1982 ($9,000,000), and 1983 ($10,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for grants for special projects for accredited public health schools for fiscal year 1981 ($5,000,000), 1982 ($5,500,000), and 1983 ($6,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contract with public and nonprofit private entities for the establishment and operation of centers to provide short-term advanced training in: (1) health systems management; (2) health policy, planning, and regulation; (3) environmental policy and management; (4) financial management; (5) management of small centers in inner city and rural settings; and (6) other areas to increase such individuals' capabilities in carrying out their responsibilities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($1,500,000), 1982 ($2,500,000), and 1983 ($3,000,000). Increases from $100,000 to $150,000 the amount of non-Federal funds an applicant must provide for a graduate health administration grant. Requires assurances of concentration in specified health areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 ($4,000,000), 1982 ($4,500,000), and 1983 ($5,000,000). Makes persons with a baccalaureate degree eligible for traineeships in graduate health-related programs (presently must have a postbaccalaureate degree). Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($2,500,000), 1982 ($3,000,000), and 1983 ($3,500,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine, dentistry, and osteopathy to: (1) improve academic units in preventive or community medicine or dentistry; (2) improve instruction in such areas; (3) support joint programs between other clinical specialties and preventive or community medicine or dentistry; and (4) train teachers and researchers in preventive, community, or occupational medicine or dentistry. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($2,000,000), 1982 ($3,000,000), and 1983 ($4,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine and public health to: (1) develop new residency training programs and expand existing programs in preventive medicine; and (2) provide financial aid to residency trainees. Requires an applicant-institution to have full-time faculty with experience in such fields and support from other faculty members trained in public health and related specialties. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($6,000,000), 1982 ($7,000,000), and 1983 ($8,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to educational institutions with accredited programs in health administration to meet the costs of curriculum development, including: (1) finance; (2) marketing; (3) economics; (4) epidemiology and health planning; (5) health policy, law, and regulation; (6) quality assurance and assessment; (7) information systems; (8) health services organization and management for students in health disciplines other than health administration; and (9) management of ambulatory care services. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($3,000,000), 1982 ($4,000,000), and 1983 ($5,000,000). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to accredited schools of public health and other institutions with accredited health administration programs to establish and operate faculty development programs. Requires a fellowship recipient to: (1) have a doctoral degree (or its equivalent); and (2) serve at least two years as a faculty member in an accredited public health or health administration institution. Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess and identify, on an ongoing basis, current and projected personnel needs for environmental and occupational health workers and such needs for the implementation of Federal, State, and local environmental protection and occupational health laws; (2) study and assess a variety of educational and service needs and governmental agency operations; and (3) report to the Congress concerning such activities. Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for such studies. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for the following allied health personnel areas: (1) project grants; (2) traineeships; and (3) assistance to disadvantaged individuals. Title III: Nurse Training - Authorizes $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1981 through 1983 for nursing school construction in health manpower shortage areas. Authorizes similar amounts for related loan guarantees and interest subsidies. Replaces the existing capitation grant program with an institutional support grant program. States that grant amounts shall be the product of enrollment and: (1) for fiscal year 1981, $200; (2) for fiscal year 1982, $210; and (3) for fiscal year 1983, $220. Requires a collegiate school of nursing to meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements: (1) that it will increase its first year enrollment by 15 percent or ten students, whichever is greater; (2) that it will carry out a program of nurse practitioner training; (3) that it will recruit and graduate individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class); and (4) that at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class will have associate nursing degrees or a diploma from a diploma nursing school. Requires an associate degree nursing school or a diploma nursing school to meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements: (1) that at least 20 percent or ten students, whichever is greater, of each year's entering class are licensed practical or vocational nurses; and (2) that the number of part-time students is at least 20 percent of the total enrollment. Authorizes appropriations for nursing school institutional support grants for fiscal years 1981 ($25,000,000), 1982 ($27,500,000), and 1983 ($30,000,000). Eliminates eligibility for special project grants for the following: (1) mergers or other cooperative agreements between hospitals and academic institutions; (2) nurse education curriculum improvement; and (3) short-term training programs for nurses aides and paraprofessionals in nursing homes. Provides that an entity which received a grant for such a project in fiscal year 1980 may receive one additional grant or contract for such project. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,500,000) and 1983 ($20,000,000). Stipulates that at least 20 percent of such funds must be used for persons from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that a similar set-aside be made to increase the geographic and specialty distribution of nursing personnel. Authorizes appropriations for advanced nurse training for fiscal years 1981 ($12,000,000), 1982 ($13,500,000), and 1983 ($15,000,000). Authorizes appropriations for nurse practitioner programs for fiscal years 1981 ($17,000,000), 1982 ($18,500,000), and 1983 ($20,000,000). Eliminates the requirement that a recipient be a resident of a health manpower shortage area, but requires the Secretary to give special consideration to programs that will train residents of such areas. Requires a recipient: (1) to provide one month of obligated service for each month of traineeship received; (2) who fails to complete such service obligation to pay the cost of tuition, related expenses, and interest; and (3) who is academically dismissed or leaves voluntarily to repay the cost of tuition and other expenses made on his or her behalf. Permits the Secretary to waive such obligations. Authorizes appropriations for advanced traineeships for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,500,000), and 1983 ($20,000,000). Makes nurse midwives eligible for such grants. Stipulates that at least 50 percent of such annual appropriations shall be obligated for traineeships in the various nurse training fields. Authorizes appropriations for nurse anesthetist traineeships for fiscal years 1981 ($2,000,000), 1982 ($3,000,000), and 1983 ($4,000,000). Provides with regard to student nursing loans that: (1) no recipient student in attendance before October 1, 1984 (presently 1980) may also receive a specified National Defense Education Act loan; (2) recipients must be from low-income or disadvantaged families; and (3) the interest rate shall be six (presently three) percent. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1981 ($15,000,000), 1982 ($17,500,000), and 1983 ($20,000,000). Authorizes necessary appropriations for fiscal years 1984 through 1986 for students who have received loans prior to October 1, 1983 (presently 1980). Removes the Commissioner of Education from membership on the National Council on Nurse Training. Title IV: Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee - Establishes the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee. Sets forth such Committee's functions and duties.
Bill· HRH.R. 7204 (96th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1980
Amends the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 and the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate a medical specialty certificate from the American Board of Medical Specialties as one of the requirements for an alien graduate of a foreign medical school to be admitted as an immigrant or nonimmigrant exchange visitor. Provides that such an alien's stay shall be the lesser of seven years or the time normally required to complete a designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension). Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency once within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States). Makes such duration of stay and course change provisions applicable to those aliens entering the United States on or after January 10, 1978. Extends the waiver authority regarding such aliens from December 31, 1980, to December 31, 1983.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 318 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1980
Disapproves the final regulations submitted to the Congress on April 3, 1980, pertaining to the Education Appeal Board authorized under the General Education Provisions Act, on the grounds of inconsistency with such Act. Returns such regulations to the Commissioner of Education to be modified or otherwise disposed of as provided under such Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 319 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1980
Disapproves the final regulations submitted to the Congress on April 3, 1980, pertaining to the arts in education program authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, on the grounds of inconsistency with such Act. Returns such regulations to the Commissioner of Education to be modified or otherwise disposed of as provided under the General Education Provisions Act.
Bill· SS. 2596 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980
Veterans' Education Assistance Act of 1980 - Establishes a Peacetime Veterans' Educational Assistance Program for persons who enter military service after September 30, 1980, and serve on active duty for a period of two years or more, or are discharged or released from such duty for a service-connected disability. Entitles eligible veterans to 36 months of educational assistance under such program. Makes such veterans eligible to participate in the Predischarge Education Program and eligible for education loans. Provides that such veterans are eligible for educational assistance for the ten-year period following their discharge or release date. Sets forth procedures extending any applicable time period for such veterans who are prevented from initiating or completing a program of education under certain circumstances. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay tuition costs and a subsistence allowance to eligible veterans in the program. Makes technical and conforming amendments to existing laws relating to veterans educational assistance. Terminates the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program after September 30, 1982.
Bill· HRH.R. 7118 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1980
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the requirement that an alien graduate of a foreign medical school must pass the National Board of Medical Examiners examination for admission as an immigrant or nonimmigrant exchange visitor if such alien was permanently licensed to practice medicine in a State, and was practicing on January 9, 1977. Provides that such an alien's stay shall be for the time typically required to complete the designated course of medical study (presently two years with a one year extension). Makes such provision applicable to aliens entering the United States as exchange visitors on or after January 10, 1978. Permits such an alien to change his/her designated course of medical study upon approval of the Director of the International Communication Agency once within two years after entry or acquisition of exchange visitor status (presently must continue course of education under which admitted to the United States). Extends the waiver authority regarding such aliens from December 31, 1980, to December 31, 1982 (with a discretionary one year extension for programs which have substantially reduced their reliance on such aliens). Directs that the Secretary of Health and Human Services make a case-by-case determination regarding such waiver. Adds the additional requirement before such waiver may be authorized that the medical program concerned have an approved plan to reduce its reliance on alien physicians, including descriptions of: (1) problems anticipated without such waiver and alternative methods to reduce any health services disruption; (2) changes in the program and recruiting efforts to attract U.S. citizens; and (3) how the program, on a yearly basis, has phased down its dependence on such aliens. Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to: (1) monitor the issuance of such waivers and programs; and (2) report to the Congress at the start of each fiscal year beginning in 1981 on the nationality, specialization, and geographic distribution of such aliens receiving waivers. Requires the Secretary, after consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the International Communications Agency, to evaluate the effectiveness to foreign nations and to the United States of such medical training programs, and to report to the Congress within two years of enactment of this Act regarding such evaluation. Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) deem as a health manpower shortage area any public or private nonprofit hospital with an accredited residency program for which such a waiver has been authorized; (2) assign National Health Service Corps personnel to such hospital residency programs with the aim of reducing the number of enrolled aliens; and (3) reduce certain payments owed by the hospital to the United States for the services of Corps personnel in positions formerly filled by such aliens. States that a Corps member serving in such a residency program shall have such time counted toward satisfying his/her period of obligated service.
Bill· SS. 2552 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1980
Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into an agreement with the Howard County Junior College District of Big Spring, Texas, for the establishment and operation, including construction and equipment, of the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf. Sets forth requirements, under such agreement, for the use of Federal funds, an advisory group to the director of such institute, and annual reports.
Bill· HRH.R. 7017 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a study of the possible relationship between exposure of military personnel to radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and any health problems they may presently have. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and the Veterans Administration regarding such study.
Bill· HRH.R. 7009 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income Federal grants for tuition and related expenses at institutions of higher education, even though the grant recipient is required to perform future service as a Federal employee. Deems service in a health manpower shortage area as Federal service.
Bill· HRH.R. 7005 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1980
Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into an agreement with the Howard County Junior College District of Big Spring, Texas, for the establishment and operation, including construction and equipment, of the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf. Sets forth requirements, under such agreement, for the use of Federal funds, an advisory group to the director of such institute, and annual reports.
Bill· HRH.R. 6905 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1980
Foreign Language and International Studies Incentive Act - Amends the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program of making grants to institutions of higher education to promote student enrollment in foreign language and international studies. Requires that such grants be applied to the tuition and fees charged to students in qualified programs, in amounts per academic year of up to $1,000 for a student in an advanced program and up to $500 for a student in a preliminary program. Sets forth priority categories for awarding students such grants. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for fiscal years 1981 through 1986.
Bill· HRH.R. 6897 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1980
Alternative and Worksite Education Act of 1980 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish an Office of Alternative and Worksite Education, under the general supervision and direction of the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement, in the Department of Education. Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to qualified nonprofit organizations located in and serving an eligible area to conduct alternative and worksite education programs. Sets forth criteria which applicants for program grants must meet. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Labor, to obtain and distribute to interested individuals and organizations information concerning the probable employee needs of employers, by general occupational category, for each standard metropolitan statistical area and State, and for the United States. Directs the Secretary to establish and operate a National Clearinghouse on Alternative and Worksite Education to collect, analyze, and distribute information. Provides for Federal civil rights law compliance in such program. Defines "eligible area" as a school district or county which was, during the most recent school year, eligible for assistance under the basic grants program of such Act. Defines qualified nonprofit organization as a private educational institution with: (1) specified capabilities relating to experimental education, Federal grants administration, and staff composition; (2) tax-exempt status; and (3) state accreditation for granting high school diplomas or the capability to successfully prepare enrolled students to achieve a high school equivalency. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for fiscal years 1981 through 1983.
Bill· HRH.R. 6893 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1980
Directs the Secretary of Education to relieve the State Community College of East Saint Louis and any past or present member of the board of trustees of such college of all liability relating to a specified misappropriation of funds by an official of such college, exceeding sums paid or due prior to the date of enactment of this Act under a specified agreement.
Bill· HRH.R. 6871 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Requires the use of the current assessed value of Federal property within a school district in determining the eligibility of a local educational agency for Federal compensation for the revenue the agency fails to receive because of the Federal acquisition of such property.
Bill· HRH.R. 6841 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1980
Commodity Letter of Credit Act - Amends the National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue commodity letters of credit each fiscal year to each State participating in the food service programs under such Act or under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 for the purchase of domestic agricultural commodities and other foods for use in carrying out these programs. Directs the Secretary to specify the types of commodities and other foods to be purchased with such letters, with special emphasis to be given to high protein foods. Establishes the national average value of commodity letters of credit for fiscal year 1981. Sets forth the formula for the periodic adjustment of such average. Apportions such letters to each State based upon the number of school lunches served in such State. Directs each State to further apportion the value of the letters received to each school based upon the number of lunches served in such school. Directs the Secretary to forward to each State an advance program payment to be used by the State under the letters for the purchase of foods for the requirements of lunches and breakfasts. Substitutes such commodity letter program for the direct purchase and donation of commodities by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance for the reduction of transportation, storage, handling, and labor costs through the use of commodity letters of credit. Directs the Secretary to issue commodity letters of credit in lieu of direct purchase and donation for the purchase of agricultural commodities for use in institutions participating in the child care food program. Sets forth the formula for determining the value of such letters. Permits each State participating in such program to elect to receive cash payments in lieu of some or all of such letters. Directs the Secretary to make available to the Department of Defense the same payments and commodity letters of credit as are provided to the States for breakfasts and lunches for students attending dependents' schools outside the United States. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to substitute the commodity letters of credit for the direct purchase and donation of commodities by the Secretary. Permits the Secretary to use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of issuing commodity letters for specified programs. Establishes criminal penalties for violations respecting the application, procurement, claim for reimbursement, or record keeping in the commodity letters program. Permit the issuance of commodity letters for summer camps for children. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to permit the use of cash payments in lieu of the commodity letters.
Bill· HRH.R. 6825 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1980
School Lunch Study Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the feasibility of amending the National School Lunch Act to make all children within specified jurisdictions eligible for free lunches.
Bill· HRH.R. 6800 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Health Professions Education Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to repeal: (1) the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly, Health, Education, and Welfare) to make capitation grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, public health, veterinary medicine, optometry pharmacy, podiatry, or nursing; (2) the Secretary's authority to make grants and loan guarantees for construction projects at such schools; (3) the Secretary's authority to make grants for start-up assistance to such schools; (4) the Secretary's authority to make training grants for United States students returning from foreign medical schools; (5) the requirement of annual or periodic reports to Congress on the National Health Service Corps Program, the N.H.S. Corps Scholarship Program, and on the administration and impact of nurse training grants on nurse manpower in the United States; and (6) the Secretary's authority to collect health professions data from other Federal, State, and local agencies. Extends through fiscal year 1983 the authorization for: (1) financial distress grants to such schools; (2) grants for primary care support programs; (3) grants for nurse practitioner and physician assistant training programs; (4) grants for dental team practice programs; (5) the National Health Service Corps and the National Health Service Corps Scholarship program; (6) grants for area health education centers; (7) the scholarship and education assistance programs for the disadvantaged; (8) grants for special projects; and (9) loan insurance under the health education assistance and nursing student loan programs. Requires schools applying for a financial distress grant or contract to submit a plan addressing the financial and management problems leading to the need for such grant or contract, which the Secretary determines to have a reasonable likelihood of success. Allows the Secretary to make grants for general internal medicine and pediatrics programs including interns, residents, and practicing physicians. Requires schools or entities receiving a grant or contract for a nurse practitioner or physician assistant program to have appropriate mechanisms for placing graduates in positions for which they have been trained. Requires recipients of traineeship funds to commit themselves to service in a health manpower shortage area. Prescribes administrative penalties for breach of such commitments. Revises provisions for the release from service obligation of National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipients: (1) to eliminate the requirement of a sufficient financial base to sustain a private practice in a health manpower shortage area; and (2) to require at least two years of service in the Corps to make a Scholarship recipient eligible for a special grant to enter such private practice. Authorizes the President, in time of war or emergency, to declare Scholarship recipients military personnel during their period of obligated service. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with States for development of plans for reducing geographical maldistribution of health professionals and for assignment of Corps personnel consistent with such plans. Requires any applicant for a special project grant to demonstrate that such project will be integrated into the core curriculum of the applicant's training program. Abolishes the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training. Raises from $7,500 to $10,000 the maximum annual total of Federally insured loans to a single individual student in a pharmacy school, and the aggregate insured unpaid principal of such loans per individual from $37,500 to $50,000. Repeals, with respect to the health education assistance and nursing student loan programs the: (1) prohibition on receipt of insured loans from other Federal, State, or local sources; and (2) 12 percent maximum annual interest rate on loans.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 301 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that school authorities and college and university administrators should consider strengthening the study of foreign languages and cultures through appropriate actions.
Bill· SS. 2388 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1980
Amends the National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue commodity letters of credit each fiscal year to each State participating in the food service programs under this Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 for the purchase of domestic agricultural commodities and other foods for use in carrying out these programs. Directs the Secretary to specify the types of commodities and other foods to be purchased with such letters, with special emphasis to be given high protein foods. Establishes the national average value of commodity letters of credit for fiscal year 1981. Sets forth the formula for the periodic adjustment of such average. Apportions such letters to each State based upon the number of school lunches served in such State. Directs each State to further apportion the value of the letters received to each school based upon the number of lunches served in such school. Directs the Secretary to forward to each State an advance program payment to be used by the State under the letters for the purchase of foods for the requirements of lunches and breakfasts. Substitutes such commodity letter program for the direct purchase and donation of commodities by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to issue commodity letters of credit in lieu of direct purchase and donation for the purchase of agricultural commodities for use in institutions participating in the child care food program. Sets forth the formula for determining the value of such letters. Permits each State participating in such program to elect to receive cash payments in lieu of some or all of such letters. Directs the Secretary to make available to the Department of Defense the same payments and commodity letters of credit as are provided to the States for breakfasts and lunches to students attending dependents' schools outside the United States. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to substitute the commodity letters of credit for the direct purchase and donation of commodities by the Secretary. Permits the Secretary to use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of issuing commodity letters for specified programs. Establishes criminal penalties for violations respecting the application, procurement, claim for reimbursement, or record keeping in the commodity letters program. Permits the issuance of commodity letters for summer camps for children. Amends the Comprehensive Older Americans Act of 1978 to permit the use of cash payments in lieu of the commodity letters.
Bill· HRH.R. 6742 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1980
Amends the National School Lunch Act to permit any State which phased out its commodity distribution facilities prior to a specified time and Idaho to receive cash payments in lieu of donated foods for the purposes of such Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
Bill· SS. 2375 (96th)passed
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.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 591 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1980
Declares it to be the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General of the United States should take all appropriate steps to assist local educational agencies to eliminate violent crime in the Nation's schools.
Bill· HRH.R. 6598 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1980
Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Assistance Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make a payment to each local educational agency in an amount equal to: (1) $100 multiplied by the number of children aged five through 17, inclusive, in the school district of such local educational agency for fiscal year 1981; (2) $150 multiplied by such number for fiscal year 1982; and (3) $200 multiplied by such number for fiscal year 1983. Requires that such number be determined on the basis of the most recent satisfactory data available from the Department of Commerce for such agencies (or for counties, if unavailable for such agencies). Provides for ratable reductions of the amounts of such payments if appropriations for any fiscal year are not sufficient. Requires such agencies to expend such funds only in accordance with laws and procedures applicable to the expenditure of their own funds. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to pay in full the sum of the amounts which all local educational agencies are eligible to receive under this Act for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983.
Bill· HRH.R. 6565 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1980
Alternative Education Act of 1980 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to establish Alternative Educational Programs. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to local educational agencies for the Federal share of the costs of alternative educational programs designed to meet the needs of secondary school students who are: (1) deficient in basic skills in reading, mathematics, and oral and written communication; or (2) potential high school dropouts, or who might be diverted to facilities used by the juvenile justice system unless placed in alternative educational programs under the jurisdiction of local educational agencies. Prohibits funds for such programs from being used for programs which provide residential care for students. Authorizes the Commissioner to make similar grants to such agencies for training parents, teachers, and other educational personnel involved in such programs and to help them to identify learning disabilities and other problems that might lead to juvenile delinquency. Sets the Federal share of the costs of such programs at 90 percent for fiscal year 1981 and 80 percent for each of the two succeeding years. Sets forth application requirements, including specification of whether the program will be carried out by schools or by other nonprofit entities. Requires consultation and coordination to avoid duplication of services within the same geographic area. Directs the Commissioner to establish and operate a National Clearinghouse on Alternate Education to collect, analyze, and distribute upon request to local educational agencies and other interested parties information relating to such programs and to similar programs operated by other entities. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such programs for fiscal years 1981 through 1983.
Bill· SS. 2306 (96th)referred
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.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 369 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1980
Expresses the congratulations and best wishes of the Senate to Presbyterian College on the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Bill· HRH.R. 6535 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1980
Amends the General Education Provisions Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the National Institute of Education through fiscal year 1985.
Bill· HRH.R. 6496 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 February 1980
Amends the National School Lunch Act to allow schools or school systems which are not satisfied with the minimum nutritional requirements provided by such Act to opt to participate in a nutritionally superior lunch program. Sets forth requirements which a school or school system must fulfill to qualify for the nutritionally superior program. Requires that an additional payment of ten cents per superior lunch be paid to schools or school systems which opt and qualify for inclusion in the nutritionally superior lunch program.
Bill· HRH.R. 6480 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1980
Repeals specified administrative provisions of the Education Amendments of 1978 which provided for: (1) the availability of reliable and comparative data on elementary and secondary education finance both public and nonpublic; (2) the conduct of studies to analyze trends and problems affecting such finance; (3) the development of recommendations for Federal policies to improve the equity and efficiency of Federal and State systems for raising and distributing revenues to support such education; and (4) the establishment of an Advisory Panel on Financing Elementary and Secondary Education.
Bill· SS. 2270 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1980
Optional Education Consolidation and Demonstration Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to provide an optional program of consolidation and reorganization of certain Federal assistance programs to State and local educational agencies, and to provide such agencies with greater flexibility in the use of such assistance. Title I: Special Needs Programs - Directs States desiring to participate in such a program to design their programs to: (1) meet the special educational needs of children from low-income families and of neglected or delinquent children in State operated programs; (2) provide health, nutritional, and educational services for such children, including preschool children and those previously enrolled in Headstart, Follow Through, or similar programs; (3) meet the educational needs of migratory children, including preschool educational needs; (4) meet the educational needs of handicapped children, and establish standards for such programs; and (5) provide bilingual instruction for children with limited English proficiency, and such instruction and bilingual vocational training programs for specified persons already out of school, as well as personnel-training for such programs. Specifies how a State shall allocate funds to local educational agencies for each of such programs under this title. Title II: Vocational, Adult, and Continuing Education and Employment Training - Authorizes Federal grants to assist States to: (1) extend programs of vocational, homemaking, and consumer educational; (2) develop new programs of vocational education; (3) develop and carry out programs to overcome sex discrimination and sex stereotyping in vocational education programs; and (4) provide part-time employment for youths in order for them to continue vocational training. Sets forth the programs for which funds provided under this title may be used. Requires a State desiring to participate in such consolidation program authorized by such Act to develop programs for adult basic education, for children in adult correctional institutions, and for community education. Provides for the distribution of Federal funds to local educational agencies by the States for programs under this title, and defines how they are to allocated. Title III: Special Emphasis Projects - Requires a participating State to provide funds to local educational agencies for: (1) school library resources and instructional equipment; and (2) special curriculum emphasis, guidance and counseling, innovation, and support projects. Requires that local educational agencies establish the needs and priorities of such programs. Provides for the allocation of State funds under this title to local agencies. Title IV: General Provisions - Provides for the reserving of certain funds from the amounts appropriated to carry out programs consolidated by such Act, and the allocation of such reserved funds among those States participating in the consolidation program. Directs the Commissioner of Education to pay to each participating State an amount equal to the amount expended in that State for carrying out the State plan adopted pursuant to this title. Provides for a participating State to receive a planning grant for use in preparing the comprehensive plan required by such Act. Requires a State desiring to receive a grant for such consolidation program to: (1) designate a State agency to administer the financial assistance made available under this Act; (2) develop third-year plans with annual updates; and (3) submit such plans or updates to the Commissioner for approval. Authorizes grants to States for the costs of administering the consolidation program. Requires a participating State to establish certain procedures for use in developing its comprehensive plan designed to assure: (1) the identification of children and adults with special educational and vocational needs; (2) determination of priorities by local education agencies; (3) participation of interested citizens, local government units, and appropriate State agencies in the development of the plan; (4) coordination of consolidation funds with State, local, and other Federal funds extended for similar purposes; and (5) publication of the final plan or annual update. Deems a State plan to meet the necessary requirements if it includes: (1) the goals and program objectives; (2) the assessments of needs determined above; (3) the types of individual to be served and the estimated enrollment of each program; (4) procedures to assure the proper distribution of funds as authorized by such Act; (5) a description of the program's administrative structure; (6) procedures for monitoring the local educational agencies; (7) procedures that the State will use to insure that any local educational agency receiving funds under such Act will annually develop or update a comprehensive plan for the use of such funds; (8) procedures for auditing local educational agency expenditures under such Act; (9) minimum expenditures of funds from non-Federal sources; (10) procedures to assure that funds made available under such Act supplement and not supplant State and local funds; (11) due process procedures, including withholding of funds, available to a State against a local educational agency which has failed to implement a comprehensive program plan; and (12) an appeal process within the State for a local educational agency dissatisfied with such State's compliance with such Act. Directs that the consolidation program authorized by this Act be administered by a separate Federal administrative unit to be established by the Commissioner within 60 days after enactment. Directs the Commissioner to conduct annual monitoring programs of States' programs, and to establish procedures to rectify areas of noncompliance. Directs the Commissioner to provide technical assistance upon request of State and local educational agencies. Directs the Commissioner to prepare and design a model for evaluation of program effectiveness. Requires participating States to use such model in program evaluations in which local educational agencies participate. Directs the Commissioner to analyze and report annually to Congress on such annual State agency evaluation reports. Directs the National Institute of Education to evaluate the consolidation authorized by this Act, with specified comparisons and inclusions in its study. Directs the Institute to make interim and final reports to the President and the Congress. Provides for delegations, transfers of funds, and contracts by State agencies. Provides the Commissioner with certain enforcement procedures against participating States, and provides such States with judicial recourse against such action. Authorizes the use of funds paid to a State under this Act for construction purposes where such construction funds would have been available under a program consolidated under this Act. Subjects funds made available under this Act to certain civil rights requirements. Provides for certain enforcement procedures against local educational agencies not in compliance with such requirements. Provides for the participation of eligible children in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools and Indian tribal schools in the programs authorized under this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 557 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1980
Authorizes the expenditure of funds, not to exceed $207,200, for a special study and investigation of welfare and pension plans to be conducted by the House Committee on Education and Labor. Makes such expenditures available to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. Specifies that $8,000 of such funds are for the reimbursement of computer and computer related services requested by such committee. Declares that no part of these funds shall be available for expenditure in connection with the study of any subject which is being investigated by any other House committee.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 135 (96th)passed
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."
Bill· HRH.R. 6313 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the income tax credit for the hiring of new employees under the qualified cooperative education program to include work study special education programs for handicapped children.