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United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Small Savers' Interest Exclusion Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of individual taxpayers up to $1,000 ($2,000 for joint returns) of dividends or interest income earned on a deposit in a domestic savings and loan association, bank, credit union, or similar thrift institution.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Marriage Penalty Offset Tax Credit Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow married individuals filing jointly a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to ten percent of the earned income of the spouse who earns 50 percent or less of the combined earned income of both the husband and wife for the taxable year. Limits the amount of such credit to $500 for the taxable year. Requires the reduction of such credit by one percent for each percentage point by which the lower income spouse's earned income is below 30 percent of the couple's combined earned income.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1980
Appropriates funds necessary to continue the activities of the Federal Trade Commission which were conducted in fiscal year 1979 but have not yet been provided for in fiscal year 1980. Prohibits the Commission from using funds provided by this resolution to promulgate new trade regulation rules or to initiate any new activities. Prevents trade regulation rules promulgated after August 30, 1979, from becoming effective during the period covered by this resolution unless the Congress enacts authorizing legislation. States that such continuing appropriations shall remain available until the enactment of an appropriation for the Commission or April 30, 1980, whichever first occurs.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the United States liable for civil damages for the unauthorized disclosure of tax return and nonreturn information made within the scope of office or employment of a Federal official or employee against whom damages are awarded. Declares that any disclosure made corruptly, maliciously, in return for anything of value, or willfully in violation of the confidentiality provisions of the Code shall not be considered within the scope of such office or employment.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of nonreturn information as well as of tax returns. Establishes an affirmative defense to a prosecution for unauthorizated disclosure of a return or nonreturn information, if such disclosure resulted from a good faith, but erroneous, interpretation of the confidentiality provisions of the Code while a Federal employee was acting within the scope of his employment or duties.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to a person entitled to notice of a summons to a third-party recordkeeper to produce records of such person: (1) to repeal the current right of such person to stay compliance with the summons; and (2) to authorize such person to move for quashal of the summons within 14 days after notice is given. Requires accompaniment of such motion by an affidavit stating the reasons that the records sought are not relevant to a legitimate tax inquiry or any other legal basis for quashing the summons. Requires any third-party upon receipt of a summons to proceed to assemble the records requested and to be prepared to deliver them at the required time.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow disclosure of tax returns, for purposes not related to tax administration, to an attorney for the Government for use during or in preparation for any administrative, judicial, or grand jury proceeding, or in a criminal investigation which may result in such a proceeding (currently, disclosure is allowed only if reasonable cause exists to believe that a specific criminal act has been committed). Authorizes such disclosure only by ex parte order of a United States district court. Requires the application for such an order to state the reasons why the disclosure of the information on the return is material and relevant to the proceeding or investigation. Permits further disclosure of any return by the Government attorney to such other Government personnel as he deems necessary to assist him during or in preparation for any such proceeding or investigation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee to disclose any nonreturn information in his possession within ten days of the receipt of a written request by a Government attorney. Requires such request to be in connection with an administrative, judicial, or grand jury proceeding, or an investigation which may result in such a proceeding, pertaining to the enforcement of a specifically designated Federal criminal statute which the United States or any Federal investigative agency is authorized to pursue. Permits further disclosure of such information to such Government personnel as he deems necessary to assist him. Requires the Secretary to make taxpayer identity information available to such Government attorney upon written request. Directs the Secretary to disclose, as soon as practicable, to a Government attorney, any information except returns which may constitute evidence of a violation of any Federal criminal law or which may be pertinent to any investigation of a violation of Federal statutes, to the degree necessary to permit such Government attorney to request nonreturn information. Directs the Secretary, under exigent circumstances including a possible threat to persons, property, or national security, to disclose such information, including returns, to the extent necessary to apprise the appropriate Federal investigative agency charged with the responsibility for enforcing such laws. Permits the Internal Revenue Service to assist the Department of Justice or any other Federal investigative agency in joint tax and nontax investigations of criminal matters which may lead to income tax violations. Provides a procedure by which the Secretary may apply to a Federal district court to prevent disclosure of tax returns or nonreturn information which would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a civil or criminal tax investigation. Allows a Government attorney to whom tax return or nonreturn information has been disclosed pursuant to the provisions of this Act to apply to a district court for an ex parte order to disclose to an appropriate State official, whose duty it is to investigate or prosecute the crime involved, such information in his possession constituting evidence of the violation of a State felony statute. Authorizes such Government attorney to make similar application for an order to further disclose information in his possession if, in his opinion, such information is evidence material to any Federal civil litigation involving a Federal civil claim. Requires the Secretary to make disclosure of tax returns and nonreturn information to a Government attorney for his use in the performance of duties pursuant to any mutual assistance treaty between the United States and a foreign country which provides for an exchange of criminal evidence or information.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the United States liable for civil damages for the unauthorized disclosure of tax return and nonreturn information made within the scope of office or employment of a Federal official or employee against whom damages are awarded. Declares that any such disclosure made corruptly, maliciously, in return for anything of value, or willfully in violation of the confidentiality provisions of the Code shall not be considered within the scope of such office or employment.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the United States International Trade Commission. Prohibits the use of such funds for making studies at the request of any executive branch agency, unless such agency reimburses the Commission. Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the United States Customs Service. Prohibits the use of such funds to pay overtime in excess of a specified amount and to implement a collection procedure that shortens the maximum deferment procedure. Authorizes additional appropriations as necessary for pay rate changes. Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 to increase the maximum charge for overtime services performed for private aircraft or vessels arriving in or departing the United States during fiscal year 1981. Provides for fees which sufficiently reimburse the United States for providing such services after September 30, 1981. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the Office of the United States Trade Representative for fiscal year 1981. Authorizes additional appropriations as necessary for pay rate changes.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Savings Incentive Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $500 ($1,000 for joint returns) of the interest earned on savings accounts on deposit with a bank, mutual savings bank, or credit union. Disallows income tax deductions for interest paid on credit card debt.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to a person entitled to notice of a summons to a third-party recordkeeper to produce records of such person: (1) to repeal the current right of such person to stay compliance with the summons; and (2) to authorize such person to move for quashal of the summons within 14 days after notice is given. Requires accompaniment of such motion by an affidavit stating the reasons that the records sought are not relevant to a legitimate tax inquiry or any other legal basis for quashing the summons. Requires any third-party upon receipt of a summons to proceed to assemble the records requested and to be prepared to deliver them at the required time.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow disclosure of tax returns, for purposes not related to tax administration, to an attorney for the Government for use during or in preparation for any administrative, judicial, or grand jury proceeding, or in a criminal investigation which may result in such a proceeding (currently, disclosure is allowed only if reasonable cause exists to believe that a specific criminal act has been committed). Authorizes such disclosure only by ex parte order of a United States district court. Requires the application for such an order to state the reasons why the disclosure of the information on the return is material and relevant to the proceeding or investigation. Permits further disclosure of any return by the Government Attorney to such other Government personnel as he deems necessary to assist him during or in preparation for any such proceeding or investigation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee to disclose any nonreturn information in his possession within ten days of the receipt of a written request by a Government attorney. Requires such request to be in connection with an administrative, judicial, or grand jury proceeding, or an investigation which may result in such a proceeding, pertaining to the enforcement of a specifically designated Federal criminal statute which the United States or any Federal investigative agency thereof is authorized to pursue. Permits further disclosure of such information so disclosed by a Government attorney to such Government personnel as he deems necessary to assist him. Requires the Secretary to make taxpayer identity information available to such Government attorney upon written request. Directs the Secretary to disclose, as soon as practicable, to a Government attorney, any information except returns which may constitute evidence of a violation of any Federal criminal law or which may be pertinent to any investigation of a violation of Federal statutes, to the degree necessary to permit such Government attorney to request nonreturn information. Directs the Secretary, under exigent circumstances including a possible threat to persons, property, or national security, to disclose such information, including returns, to the extent necessary to apprise the appropriate Federal investigative agency charged with the responsibility for enforcing such laws. Permits the Internal Revenue Service to assist the Department of Justice or any other Federal investigative agency in joint tax and nontax investigation of criminal matters which may lead to income tax violations. Provides a procedure by which the Secretary may apply to a Federal district court to prevent disclosure of tax returns or nonreturn information which would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a civil or criminal tax investigation. Allows a Government attorney to whom tax return or nonreturn information has been disclosed pursuant to the provisions of this Act to apply to a district court for an ex parte order to disclose to an appropriate State official, whose duty it is to investigate or prosecute the crime involved, such information in his possession constituting evidence of the violation of a State felony statute. Authorizes such Government attorney to make similar application for an order to further disclose information in his possession if, in his opinion, such information is evidence material to any Federal civil litigation involving a Federal civil claim.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of nonreturn information as well as of tax returns. Establishes an affirmative defense to a prosecution for unauthorized disclosure of a return or nonreturn information if such disclosure resulted from a good faith, but erroneous, interpretation of the confidentiality provisions of the Code while a Federal employee was acting within the scope of his employment or duties.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income annual interest on payments by any foreign governments of reparations to survivors of Nazi concentration camps or other Nazi-era atrocities. Permits a one-time income tax deduction from gross income of the sum total of the annual interest derived from such payments made after May 7, 1945.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the unified credit against the estate tax shall not be reduced by gifts made after September 8, 1976, which are includible in the gross estate of the decedent. Limits application of this Act to estates of decedents dying after December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1980
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Department of Energy concerning the conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that an unmarried individual who maintains a household shall be considered a head of household for income tax rate purposes, without regard to whether the individual has a dependent who is a member of the household.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the unified tax credit for both estate and gift taxes from $47,000 to $121,800, with annual inflation adjustments.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual, who pays more than half of the total heating expenses for his or her principal residence for heating oil, a nonrefundable income tax credit not to exceed $300 in the case of a head of household or married individuals filing jointly, or $150 in the case of single individuals or married individuals filing jointly. Reduces the amount of such credit if the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds certain specified levels or if the taxpayer is receiving Federal assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow pensioners under a public retirement system and other retirees aged 65 or over a $10,000 exclusion from gross income for any amount received as an annuity, pension, or other retirement benefit.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1981 reported by the Committee on the Budget shall limit budget outlays to 21 percent of the gross national product.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1981 - Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1981 to carry out the following activities of the Department of Justice: (1) general administration; (2) United States Parole Commission; (3) general legal activities; (4) United States attorneys, Marshals, and Trustees; (5) support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions; (6) fees and expenses of witnesses; (7) Community Relations Service; (8) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (9) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); (10) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); and (11) Federal Prison System. Directs the FBI to classify the offense of arson as a part I crime in its Uniform Crime Reports. Permits authorizations under this Act to be used for certain educational expenses for dependents of Department personnel stationed abroad under specified circumstances. Authorizes necessary appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for salary increases, employee benefits, and other nondiscretionary costs. Specifies the activities for which authorizations to the FBI may be used with respect to undercover investigative operations. Directs the FBI to conduct detailed financial audits of undercover operations closed on or after October 1, 1980, and to report the results to the Department and, on an annual basis, to Congress. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to extend through fiscal year 1981 the authorization of appropriations for the expenses of the Department in carrying out its functions under such Act. Amends the Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980 to increase the amounts authorized for the United States attorneys, Marshals, and Trustees, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1980 - Title I: To Discourage Taxflation by Requiring an Affirmative Vote of Congress before Tax Receipts Increase as a Percentage of Gross National Product - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a separate vote of approval in both the House of Representatives and the Senate if any concurrent resolution on the budget sets forth a level of tax receipts, which, expressed as a percentage of the gross national product, exceeds the previous fiscal year's tax level. Title II: To Require Approval by Three-Fifths of the Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate of any Budget which Provides for a Deficit - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the completion of action on the total budgetary figures contained in a concurrent resolution on the budget before any amendment to the amounts listed under the functional categories may be considered. Requires a three-fifths vote in both the House and Senate to adopt any budget resolution which recommends a deficit. Title III: To Require the President to Submit a Balanced Budget in which neither Expenditures nor Revenues Exceed 21 Percent of the Gross National Product - Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to limit the estimates of Federal expenditures and receipts contained in the President's budget to 21 percent of the gross national product. Requires the President's budget to be balanced. Authorizes the President to submit an alternate budget to the Congress which is not balanced provided it remains within such spending and revenue limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1981 reported by the Committee on the Budget shall limit budget outlays to 21 per cent of the gross national product.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations to the United States Railway Association for the purpose of carrying out its administrative expenses under such Act for fiscal year 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to authorize appropriations for the administration of such Act for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. Amends the Psychotropic Substances Act of 1978 to reinstitute criminal penalties for violations relating to the possession, use, distribution, sale, or reporting requirements for piperidine.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1980
Pollution Control Capital Recovery Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from five to three years the amortization period for pollution control equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1980
Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981. Sets forth the amount of funds allocated for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses; (2) acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto; (3) alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to navigation; and (4) research, development, tests, and evaluation. Permits the Coast Guard to have an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 39,487, provided that such ceiling does not include members of the Ready Reserve called to active duty. Specifies the average military training student loads for the Coast Guard as follows: (1) recruit and special training, 4,175 students; (2) flight training, 117 students; (3) professional training in military and civilian institutions, 595 students; and (4) officer acquisitions, 925 students. Authorizes the lease of housing facilities in foreign countries on a multiyear basis for a period not to exceed five years, and in accordance with local custom and practice, provides for advance payment for the lease. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to increase the existing capital of the Coast Guard Supply Fund by the value of usable materials transferred thereto from Coast Guard inventories carried in other accounts. Disallows reductions in the rate of pay and allowances to which appointed temporary officers would have been entitled had they remained in their former grade and continued to receive the increases in pay and allowance authorized for that grade. Permits the payment of a monetary allowance in place of transportation to a member whose baggage and household effects are moved by a privately owned or rented vehicle. Allows the payment of the allowance in advance of the transportation of the baggage and household effects, and does not limit the allowance to reimbursement for actual expenses. Requires the owner or operator of a vessel documented or to be documented as a vessel of the United States to reimburse the Secretary for the travel and subsistence expenses incurred by the personnel assigned to perform the inspection or examination when the inspection or examination is conducted at a foreign port or place at the request of the owner or operator.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1980
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to acquire title to certain lands currently leased by such agency in Olney, Maryland, which: (1) are used as a communications site; or (2) contain the water wells at such site.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1980
Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1981 for the procurement of naval vessels, including the Trident submarine program, the CG-47 guided missile program, the aircraft carrier life extension program, and the reactivation programs for the Battleship New Jersey and the Aircraft Carrier Oriskany.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1980
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the President should declare a state of economic emergency and submit a plan to the Congress for attacking inflation; (2) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives should report a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to balance the budget and/or limit Federal expenditures; (3) the President should amend the proposed fiscal year 1981 budget to limit spending to anticipated receipts; and (4) the President and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should implement a program to tighten credit and limit the growth of the money supply.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude certain amounts of gain from the sale or exchange of foreign investment company stock from treatment as ordinary income.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1981 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities in certain departments, agencies, and other elements of the United States Government. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for fiscal year 1981. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 245 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. Title IV: Technical Provisions - Provides for increased authorizations for benefits for Federal employees, should such increases be necessary. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities. Authorizes the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to accept, hold, administer, and utilize for artistic or general employee, or dependent welfare, educational, or like purposes, gifts, bequests, or devises of money, securities, or other property of whatsoever character that would be in the interest of the United States. Prohibits the acceptance of a gift which is expressly conditioned upon any expenditure not to be met therefrom or from income thereof unless such expenditure has been approved by an Act of Congress. Establishes the Central Intelligence Agency General Gift Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to implement a new civil defense program designed to: (1) enhance the survivability of the American people and its leadership; (2) enhance deterrence and stability; (3) continue reliance on strategic nuclear forces as the preponderant factor in maintaining deterrence; and (4) plan for population relocation during times of international crisis. Requires the President to develop and execute such program. Stipulates that such program include the following elements: (1) a survey of shelter inherent in existing facilities; (2) nuclear civil protection planning for both in-place protection and population relocation during times of international crisis; (3) planning for the crisis development of additional shelters; (4) improvement of warning systems; (5) improvement of systems and capabilities for direction and control of emergency operations; (6) improvement of radiological defense capabilities; (7) improvement of emergency public information and training programs and capabilities; (8) development of emergency evacuation plans in areas where nuclear powerplants are located; (9) development of plans for post attack or post disaster economic recovery; (10) improvement of systems and capabilities for building stockpiles of food, medicine, and other essential life-support materials; (11) improvement of and training in self-help nuclear war survivor skills; (12) development of such other systems and capabilities as are necessary to realize the maximum life-saving potential of the civil defense program. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act, with provision for inflation adjustments.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the dollar maximums on the earned income exclusion for United States citizens working abroad who are bona fide residents of a foreign country; and (2) repeal the existing provisions allowing tax deductions for certain living expenses abroad.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that social security benefits should remain exempt from all taxation.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Research Revitalization Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer engaged in a trade or business an income tax credit equal to 25 percent of the cash contributions made by such taxpayer to a reserve fund established to finance research in the scientific or engineering fields. Limits the total amount of such credit to five percent of the taxable business income of the taxpayer for the taxable year. Exempts such reserve fund from taxation. Allows an income tax deduction for the basic research expenses paid out of the reserve fund during the taxable year. Specifies that research financed pursuant to this Act shall be performed by an institution of higher education.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of noncorporate taxpayers gain from the sale or exchange of capital assets held by such taxpayers for more than one year.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt farm vehicles used for the hauling of agricultural products and supplies from the highway use tax.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Department of Energy Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1981 and 1982 - Civilian Applications - Title I: Research Development - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for operating expenses and capital investment for fossil fuel programs related to coal, petroleum and enhanced gas recovery. Authorizes appropriations for specified fossil energy construction projects related to coal. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for energy supply research and development programs and specified projects related to solar energy, geothermal energy, nuclear fission, magnetic fusion, electric energy systems, energy storage systems, hydroelectric power, environment programs, and supporting research. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for specified conservation research and development programs. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for specified general science and research programs and projects. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for the uranium enrichment process development program. Authorizes appropriations for expenses of the geothermal resources development fund. Title II: Commercialization and Related Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for expenses for specified renewable resources and conservation commercialization programs and related activities. Title III: Regulatory and Related Functions - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for expenses to the Economic Regulatory Administration, the Office of Hearings and Appeals, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and for the energy information program and the strategic petroleum reserve program. Title IV: Power Marketing and Federal Leasing - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Alaska Power Administration, the Southeastern Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Western Area Power Administration. Authorizes appropriations for specified Federal leasing and fuel data gathering and analysis expenses. Title V: Nuclear Assessment, Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Commercial Waste Remedial Action - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for uranium resource assessment operating expenses and capital investment. Authorizes appropriations for spent nuclear fuel storage and remedial action programs. Title VI: Other Fossil Energy, Solar Energy, and Conservation Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for expenses for other fossil energy, solar energy and conservation activities programs. Title VII: Other Departmental Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for operating expenses and capital investment for specified uranium enrichment activities programs and projects. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for specified Department of Energy administrative activities programs and projects. Title VIII: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Department of Energy.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy for fiscal years 1981 and 1982 for conservation, exploration, development, and use of the naval petroleum reserves and the naval oil shale reserves.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of the National Sea Grant College Program Act and the Sea Grant Program Improvement Act of 1976 during fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Department of Energy Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1981 and 1982 - Civilian Applications - Title I: Research and Development - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for operating expenses and capital investment for fossil fuel programs related to coal, petroleum and enhanced gas recovery. Authorizes appropriations for specified fossil energy construction projects related to coal. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for energy supply research and development programs and specified projects related to solar energy, geothermal energy, nuclear fission, magnetic fusion, electric energy systems, energy storage systems, hydroelectric power, environment programs, and supporting research. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for specified conservation research and development programs. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for specified general science and research programs and projects. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for the uranium enrichment process development program. Authorizes appropriations for expenses of the geothermal resources development fund. Title II: Commercialization and Related Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for expenses for specified renewable resources and conservation commercialization programs and related activities. Title III: Regulatory and Related Functions - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for expenses to the Economic Regulatory Administration, the Office of Hearings and Appeals, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and for the energy information program and the strategic petroleum reserve program. Title IV: Power Marketing and Federal Leasing - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Alaska Power Administration, the Southeastern Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Western Area Power Administration. Authorizes appropriations for specified Federal leasing and fuel data gathering and analysis expenses. Title V: Nuclear Assessment, Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Commercial Waste Remedial Action - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for uranium resource assessment operating expenses and capital investment. Authorizes appropriations for spent nuclear fuel storage and remedial action programs. Title VI: Other Fossil Energy, Solar Energy, and Conservation Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for expenses for other fossil energy, solar energy, and conservation activities programs. Title VII: Other Departmental Activities - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for operating expenses and capital investment for specified uranium enrichment activities programs and projects. Authorizes appropriations for operating expenses and capital investment for specified Department of Energy administrative activities programs and projects. Title VIII: Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982 - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Department of Energy.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Amends the National Ocean Pollution Research and Development and Monitoring Planning Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration not to exceed $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to carry out the provisions of such Act. Amends such Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) conduct research, training, and demonstrations for the purpose of determining means of minimizing or ending ocean dumping and developing disposal methods as alternatives to such dumping; and (2) provide for the coordination of such research among appropriate Federal, State, local, or interstate public authorities, agencies, and institutions and provide financial and other assistance to such entities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for research programs authorized under such Act. Renders the designation of a marine sanctuary, or any terms included therein, by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to such Act ineffective upon: (1) certification to the Secretary by the Governor of any State in which such designation is made that such designation or any of its terms are unacceptable to such State; or (2) adoption of a concurrent resolution by both Houses of Congress disapproving such designation or any of its terms. Sets forth terms to be included in such designations and authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to implement such terms and control the activities permitted under such designation. Directs the Secretary to conduct research to carry out the purposes of such Act. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to conduct enforcement activities to carry out the purposes of such Act. Requires the Secretary to transmit to the Congress a marine sanctuary designation at the time of its publication. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for making such designations, and for research and enforcement. Adds "industrial waste" to the provision of such Act requiring the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to end the dumping of sewage sludge into ocean waters, but provides that after December 31, 1981, the Administrator may issue permits for the ocean dumping of industrial waste upon determination that such proposed dumping: (1) is necessary for research purposes; (2) will have minimal adverse impact upon human health and welfare and the marine environment; or (3) will provide potential benefits outweighing any such adverse impact. States that such permits shall be effective for no more than six months. Authorizes the Administrator to impose such conditions and restrictions on permits as are necessary to minimize possible adverse impacts of such dumping. Defines "industrial waste" as any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated by a manufacturer or processing plant which, if dumped in the ocean, may degrade or endanger human health or welfare or the marine environment. Makes the provisions of such Act concerning foreign-state ocean-dumping permits applicable to transportation of material by an agency or instrumentality of the United States, with a proviso that the Administrator must concur in the filing of an application for such permit. States that the waters of Long Island Sound shall be considered "ocean waters" for the purposes of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Research Revitalization Act of 1980 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer engaged in a trade or business an income tax credit equal to 25 percent of the cash contributions made by such taxpayer to a reserve fund established to finance research or experimentation related to the taxpayer's business. Limits the total amount of such credit to five percent of the taxable business income of the taxpayer for the taxable year. Exempts such reserve fund from income taxation. Allows an income tax deduction for research expenses paid out of the reserve fund during the taxable year. Specifies that research financed pursuant to this Act shall be performed by an institution of higher education. Prescribes tax penalties for the use of funds from the research reserve for purposes other than research and experimentation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $5,000 the dollar amount of winnings from all types of gambling transactions which is subject to income tax withholding.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Energy Conservation Tax Incentive Act of 1980 - Title I: Residential Energy Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the requirement that limits tax credits for energy conservation expenditures to expenditures made with respect to the taxpayer's principal residence. Extends the residential energy credit to landlords. Permits the allocation of the energy credit among joint owners. Increases the residential energy credit for conservation expenditures to 30 percent of such expenditures up to a maximum of $4,000. Allows a residential energy credit for: (1) a heat pump which replaces an electric resistance space or water heating system or is used as a back-up system for a solar hot water heater; (2) an airtight woodburning stove; (3) a replacement oil or gas furnace or boiler which meets specified energy efficiency standards; (4) a replacement coal furnace or boiler which is part of a central heating system; (5) an evaporative cooling device; and (6) a replacement item which is at least 15 percent more efficient than the item it replaces. Increases the residential energy credit for renewable energy sources expenditures (solar and wind energy) to 50 percent of such expenditures up to a maximum of $10,000. Qualifies expenditures for the drilling of an onsite well drilled for any geothermal deposit for the residential energy credit, but disallows an income tax deduction for such expenditures if the credit is taken. Title II: Business Energy Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the energy percentage for the investment tax credit to 20 percent during the period beginning on January 1, 1980, and ending on December 31, 1982. Allows investment tax credit treatment for waste heat recovery equipment and energy replacement property which is at least ten percent more efficient that the property which it replaces. Title III: Credit for Energy Audits, Etc. - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit equal to the sum of the energy audit credit, the energy monitoring credit, and the alcohol fuel conversion credit. Defines "energy audit credit" as 75 percent of the amount paid to a licensed engineer for an assessment of the energy efficiency of a building. Defines "energy monitoring credit" as 50 percent of the amount paid to a licensed engineer for monitoring energy saving devices installed in a building. Defines "alcohol fuels conversion credit" as the amount paid to convert a motor vehicle to the use of alcohol as its sole fuel, but not in excess of $500.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $7,500 the maximum income tax deduction for contributions to retirement savings.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1980
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove dollar limitations on the allowable amount of the income tax deduction for moving expenses incurred in connection with the sale or purchase of a residence.