United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Forestry Incentives Program Act of 1979 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to limit the amounts of appropriations authorized to carry out a forestry incentives program and to specify that such authorization is for fiscal years 1981 through 1983. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate up to 20 percent of such appropriations for each fiscal year for technical assistance and associated expenses, taking into consideration the cost data supplied by the States. Directs the Secretary: (1) to undertake an immediate study of the efficiency and effectiveness of the forestry incentives program; (2) to submit findings and recommendations to the appropriate committees of Congress by December 1, 1981; and (3) to consult with representatives of various specified interests in the course of such study and identify their views in forwarding findings and recommendations to Congress. Allows a specified limited amount of the appropriations for this Act to be utilized for such study.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2021
Grants the Court of Claims jurisdiction over claims against the United States for certain losses sustained by producers, processors, manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or other persons resulting from the ban on apparel, fabric, yarn, or fiber containing Tris phosphate. Directs such court to consider certain factors in determining the validity of such claims. Prohibits the inclusion of lost profits, proceeds from the distress sales, attorney's fees, or interest on any such loss in determining the amount of losses for which such claims are brought. Sets forth the measure of losses for specified types of claimants.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980 - Establishes a program of financial and technical assistance to States for the development, revision, and implementation of fish and wildlife conservation plans and for implementation of nongame fish and wildlife conservation actions. Encourages all Federal departments and agencies to utilize their statutory and administrative authorities in furtherance of the policy of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and publish guidelines to provide that State conservation plans result in the conservation of fish and wildlife and their habitat. Stipulates that the Secretary of the Interior may not disapprove any such plans or actions for specified reasons unless implementation would threaten the natural stability or continued viability of animals concerned. Makes States eligible for matching funds under the existing fish and wildlife restoration programs if their plans are approved by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to reimburse eligible States for costs incurred in connection with conservation plans and actions. States that nothing in this Act shall effect State regulation of fish and wildlife or the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to control predatory or wild animals. Prohibits the use of funds made available to States to acquire land except from willing sellers. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose a tax on miscellaneous wild bird supplies.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Authority Amendments of 1979 - Amends the National Housing Act to remove the specific dollar limitations on the original principal obligation of a mortgage which may be purchased by the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) under the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act. Limits such purchasing authority to mortgages in an amount which would make a residence or project eligible for mortgage insurance under the applicable Federal insurance program. Permits such amounts to be raised by up to ten percent in high cost areas determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Limits the sales price of a principal residence covered by a mortgage which may be purchased under the emergency authority of the GNMA to 105 percent of such maximum mortgage amount which may be raised an additional ten percent in high-cost areas. Eliminates the 7 1/2 percent interest rate limitation on mortgage loans eligible for purchase. Permits the Secretary to establish the maximum interest rate at a level consistent with market conditions provided it does not exceed the maximum rate on mortgages eligible for Federal insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual in settlement of all claims against the United States arising out of injuries suffered at a VA hospital.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Exempts from public disclosure specified items contained in shipper's export declarations or in any successor documents submitted in lieu thereof for Bureau of the Census statistical purposes, unless the Secretary of Commerce determines that withholding would be contrary to the national interest.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Grants to the Federal district courts jurisdiction (without regard to the amount in controversy or citizenship of the parties) of civil actions brought by parties to contracts or agreements which: (1) were executed before June 5, 1933, and remained in effect after the date of enactment; (2) provided for the payment of consideration in gold or its equivalent in United States currency; and (3) were declared to be unenforceable as against public policy under the joint resolution of June 5, 1933. Authorizes the court, after consideration of specified factors, to make an appropriate order to modify or adjust such obligations or rescind such contracts or agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Agricultural Transportation and Distribution Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, beginning in 1982, to prepare annual reports on: (1) the capability of the U.S. transportation system to meet the needs of the agricultural sector and of rural areas (including rural development needs and noting impediments to the transportation needs of rural people and to the movement of agricultural commodities to domestic and international markets); and (2) the principal marketing, distribution, and utilization systems, other than transportation, serving the agricultural industry, including both domestic and international aspects. Establishes in the Department of Agriculture a transportation and distribution agency to coordinate Department programs and responsibilities involved with the transportation and distribution of agricultural commodities. Directs the Secretary to require the use of written contracts, with minimum requirements and conditions, covering the interstate movement by motor carriage of agricultural freight, where such movement involves the services of a broker or other third party. Directs the transportation and distribution agency to carry out a program of research, education, and technical assistance to small businesses engaged in the transportation of agricultural commodities. Requires that shippers of agricultural commodities have a nondelegable financial responsibility for loading such commodities upon any truck or motor vehicle engaged in interstate commerce. Prohibits shippers from making any charge, suffering any charge to be made, or attempting to evade such responsibility therefor. Makes receivers of such goods similarly responsible for the unloading and prohibited from charging for or evading such responsibility. Prohibits any person engaged in the operation of warehouses, ports, terminals, or distribution centers or any shipper or receiver of agricultural commodities from knowingly permitting any robbery, extortion or extortionate practice against truck owners or drivers. Provides for: (1) the investigation and hearing by the Secretary of complaints of violations of this Act; (2) cease and desist orders regarding such violations; and (3) punishment for violations of such orders. Authorizes the Secretary to make rules and regulations and to cooperate with Federal, State, and local agencies to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations after fiscal year 1980 to carry out this Act. Provides for the separability of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2021
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in administering Internal Revenue Code provisions with respect to nonrecognition of gain on the sale or exchange of a residence, to extend from two years to five years the nonrecognition qualification period in the case of an individual who: (1) sold his principal residence in 1977; (2) purchased property on which to construct a new principal residence; (3) commenced construction in the same year; (4) brought an action against the builder when the construction was terminated before completion; (5) suspended construction so that the partially constructed residence could be used as evidence in connection with the prosecution of such builder; and (6) obtained judgement but failed to meet the statutory requirements with respect to occupancy of the new principal residence because of such suspension of construction.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2021
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for the services of a clinical social worker.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Subchapter S Capital Formation Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code: (1) to increase from 15 to 100 the maximum permissible number of shareholders of a Subchapter S corporation; and (2) to allow additional classes of stock in such corporations so long as the issuance of such stock will not have any effect upon the allocation of income among the shareholders of the corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Exempts from public disclosure specified items contained in shipper's export declarations or in any successor documents or in documents submitted in lieu thereof for Bureau of the Census statistical purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to establish in the Treasury an Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund to finance short-term export credit sales of agricultural commodities produced in the U.S. and to make loans for the construction or acquisition of facilities to improve the capacity of foreign countries to handle, market, process, store, or distribute such agricultural commodities. Requires that all sums received by the Commodity Credit Corporation from the liquidation of loans made to finance short-term export credit sales of such agricultural commodities be added to and become a part of such fund. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal years 1981 through 1983 to such fund. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report annually to Congress on the export credit sales program carried out by the Corporation in the last fiscal year. Abolishes such fund effective October 1, 1983. Requires that all unobligated money in such fund become a part of the miscellaneous receipts account of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1979 - Requires each organization, except certain tax-exempt religious organizations, which expends more than $5,000 in any quarterly filing period for the retention of individuals to draft or make lobbying communications, to register with the Comptroller General and to update such registration annually. Requires that the initial registration identify such individuals, and that subsequent registrations also identify each organization which contributed $3,000 or more to the registered organization during the year preceding each registration. Requires such organization to file quarterly reports concerning such lobbying activities including: (1) a listing of each expenditure over $35 made to or for the benefit of any congressional employee, Member of Congress, or one of specified Federal officials; (2) identification of individuals who are retained for lobbying purposes and certain organization employees who make lobbying communications; (3) the expenditures for the employment of such an employee; (4) a description of the issues for which the organization has lobbied; (5) known business contacts with the person whom such organization is attempting to influence; and (6) identification of expenditures made and the persons or organization retained for the purpose of soliciting another person to influence a Member of Congress if the expenditures for all such solicitations exceed $5,000. Allows certain tax-exempt organizations to compute their lobbying expenditures for each quarterly report in the same manner as computed pursuant to provisions governing the reporting of lobbying expenditures under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires each organization to maintain such records as necessary to comply with the registration and reporting requirements of this Act. Specifies duties of the Comptroller General concerning the management of such disclosed information which include making copies of each registration and report required by this Act available for public inspection and copying. Makes any person who knowingly violates the registration, recordkeeping, or reporting requirements of this Act subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100,000. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) notify an individual of suspected violations of such requirements; and (2) attempt to correct any violation by informal methods of conference or conciliation, unless such notification, conference, or conciliation would interfere with the enforcement of this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to institute a civil action to compel compliance with such requirements if such informal methods fail. Authorizes the Attorney General to issue a civil investigative demand requiring a person suspected of violating this Act to produce specific documentary material. Sets forth the procedure governing the service of such a demand and the custody of the documentary material. Permits the Attorney General to petition the court for an order to enforce such demand and permits the person served with such demand to petition for a court order to modify the demand. Directs the Comptroller General to transmit reports to the President and each House of the Congress no later than March 31 of each year concerning activities under this Act. Repeals the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act and specified provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2021
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the manufacturer's excise tax on sporting goods, to exclude from the definition of "artificial bait" any substance which contains 85 percent or more by weight of plant or animal material which can be ingested by fish.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2021
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that an early W-2 be furnished to a terminated employee before January 31 only upon the receipt of a written request. Requires an employer to furnish an employee whose employment is terminated before the close of a calendar year a general written notice stating that: (1) the employee may request in writing that W-2 information be provided within 30 days of such request if earlier than January 31; (2) an amount of Federal taxes has been withheld; and (3) if the employee is entitled to a refund, he must file a Federal tax return based on information which, unless a request is made by the employee, will be sent to him at his last known address before January 31 of the next calendar year.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Act - Title I: Overseas Private Investment Corporation - Establishes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) as an independent agency. Sets forth the duties of OPIC. Provides for the capital of OPIC to be paid in through the appropriation process and through transfer from OPIC's earned income. Sets forth the structure of OPIC with a Board of Directors, a President of the Corporation, an Executive Vice President of the Corporation, other officers and staff, and consultants. Authorizes OPIC to issue insurance to eligible investors covering new or existing investments protecting against specified risks. Authorizes OPIC to make arrangements with foreign governments or multilateral organizations for sharing liabilities. Limits the insurance that may be issued to a single investor. Authorizes OPIC to issue guarantees of loans and other investments. Sets forth limitations on such guarantees. Authorizes OPIC to make direct loans to privately owned or mixed publicly and privately owned firms for projects sponsored by or significantly involving United States small business or cooperatives. Limits the circumstances under which OPIC may acquire stock in any other corporation. Authorizes OPIC to initiate and support the identification, assessment, and promotion of private investment opportunities, with specified exceptions. Authorizes OPIC to administer special projects to provide private technical, professional, or managerial assistance in the development of human resources, skills, technology, capital savings, and intermediate financial institutions and cooperatives. Authorizes OPIC to engage in other insurance, reinsurance, and risk sharing activities with other insurance companies, financial institutions, persons, or groups. Limits the amount of reinsurance of liabilities which OPIC may issue. Limits the amount of maximum contingent liability pursuant to insurance or guarantees issued under this Act which may be outstanding at any one time. Establishes the: (1) Direct Investment Fund as a revolving fund to be available for direct investments; and (2) Insurance Reserve and Guaranty Reserve to be available for discharging liabilities. Authorizes appropriations to the investment and guaranty fund in specified circumstances. Authorizes OPIC to issue obligations in specified circumstances in order to discharge liabilities. Requires that all revenues and income transferred to or earned by OPIC be available to carry out OPIC's purposes. Directs OPIC to determine that suitable arrangements exist for protecting OPIC's interests in connection with any insurance, guaranty, or reinsurance issued under this Act. Pledges the full faith and credit of the United States for the full payment and performance of previous obligations. Sets forth conditions with respect to insurance, guaranty, and reinsurance coverage under this Act concerning fees, time limits, fraud, and settlement of disputes. Sets forth administrative provisions and duties applicable to OPIC. Requires OPIC to undertake to broaden the participation of United States small business, cooperatives, and other small investors in the development of small private enterprise in less developed friendly countries or areas. Directs OPIC to report annually to Congress concerning its operations. Title II: Amendment of Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to define "eligible investor" in terms of this Act with respect to housing guarantees. Repeals provisions: (1) prohibiting the transfer of OPIC funds between accounts; (2) authorizing the President to deny assistance to any less developed country which fails to enter into an agreement to institute the investment guaranty program; and (3) establishing OPIC.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Redefines "veteran" for veterans' benefits purposes to mean an individual who: (1) served in, and was not dishonorably discharged from, the active armed services prior to January 1, 1981; or (2) entered active military service on or after January 1, 1981, and (a) completed at least 18 months of service and was not dishonorably discharged, (b) was granted a hardship discharge, or (c) was granted a disability discharge. Redefines "eligible veteran" for post-Vietnam era educational assistance to include individuals who: (1) entered military service on or after January 1, 1977, but before January 1, 1981, having previously served 180 days or less, subsequently served at least 180 days of active service, and was not dishonorably discharged; (2) entered military service on or after January 1 1981, served at least 18 months of active service, and was not dishonorably discharged; (3) entered military service on or after January 1, 1981, having previously served either less than 180 days prior to 1981 or less than 18 months after such date, subsequently served at least 18 months, and was not dishonorably discharged; or (4) entered military service on or after January 1, 1977, having previously served 180 days or less, and was granted a disability discharged.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to direct the Federal National Mortgage Association, when specified economic conditions exist, to make commitments to purchase, and to purchase mortgages to promote the construction of multifamily rental housing. Eliminates the requirement that such a mortgage purchase involve an original principal obligation not to exceed a specified dollar amount limitation. Stipulates that, in the case of a one-to four-family dwelling, such mortgage may be purchased only if it involves a principal residence the sales price of which does not exceed 120 percent of the appropriate mortgage dollar amount limitation set forth in such Act, except that the Secretary may increase any such dollar amount limitation by an amount not to exceed 25 percent in any geographical area where he finds that cost levels require such action.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to establish a Presidential Commission on National Service to examine the need and feasibility of establishing a comprehensive national service program. Requires the Commission to submit to Congress and the President interim reports and a final report on its examination accompanied by any legislative recommendations. Directs the President or an agency head designated by the President: (1) upon submission of such report, to ascertain the views of agencies affected by the Commission's recommendations; (2) to report to Congress on the feasibility and cost of implementing such recommendations; and (3) to submit a final report to Congress detailing the actions taken by executive agencies with respect to such recommendations. Terminates the Commission 180 days after the submission of its final report.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Center for Defense Services Act - Declares the policy of Congress to aid State and local efforts to promote the fair administration of criminal justice in State court proceedings and the uniform provision of defense services to individuals unable to afford counsel. Establishes in the District of Columbia the Center for Defense Services as a private nonmembership nonprofit corporation. Grants the Center the authority to: (1) make grants and contracts to programs to provide defense services to eligible clients which substantially comply with nationally recognized standards; (2) provide research and technical assistance, and make grants or contracts for demonstration projects to further the purposes of this Act; (3) provide for the review, monitoring, and evaluation of the provision of defense services, whether or not furnished by a recipient of funds from the Center; and (4) make other grants or contracts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Directs the Center to promulgate regulations and guidelines to carry out this Act, including provision for substantial participation and advice from eligible clients in the decisionmaking process of defense services programs receiving assistance. Sets forth requirements with respect to grants and contracts made by the Center, such as the authority to require matching funds and a requirement that recipients of funds keep records. Requires the accounts of the Center to be audited annually and the report of the annual audit to be filed with the General Accounting Office.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Native American Culture and Art Development Act - Establishes the Institute of Native American Culture and Arts Development under the direction and control of a Board of Trustees. Sets forth the composition and terms of membership on such Board. Requires that the first Chairman of such Board be appointed by the President and subsequent Chairmen be elected by the trustees. Directs such Chairman, in consultation with the Board, to appoint a President to carry out the policies and functions of such Institute. Sets forth the powers of such Board. Directs the appropriate Federal department to transfer to the Institute the jurisdiction and control over the real property comprising the Institute of American Indian Arts facility located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Authorizes the Board to establish within the Institute: (1) a Center for Culture and Art Studies to include Departments of Traditional Arts and Sciences, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Language, and Literature; (2) a Center for Native American Scholars to include research and fellowship programs and publications; (3) a center for Cultural Exchange to include an inter-American Indian program, marketing and promotion of Indian crafts, promotion of Indian art, exhibits and shows; (4) a Museum of Indian Arts to include the acquisition of Indian art and the curation and exhibition of Indian art; and (5) other related centers or programs. Transfers to the Institute the functions of the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Makes the laws applicable to such entities applicable to the Institute. Directs the President of the Institute to submit an annual report to the Board concerning the administration of the Institute. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2021
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit in an amount equal to 30 percent of the total cost of wood fuel purchased by the taxpayer during the taxable year. Limits such credit to a maximum $250 ($125 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return), reduced by one percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of such taxpayer exceeds $15,000 ($7,500 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). Provides for apportionment of such credit according to the individual's share of expenditures for the wood fuel purchased by a condominium management association, tenant-stockholders in cooperative housing corporations, or by landlords and tenants.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Designates as wilderness and adds to the Florida Keys Wilderness certain lands referred to as North Cudhoe Key, located in Monroe County, Florida. Specifies that such designation shall be effective on the date such lands are included in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Withdraws from such wilderness the lands referred to as Racoon Key, Florida. Makes the withdrawal of such lands from the National Wilderness Preservation System effective on the date such lands are withdrawn from the National Wildlife Refuge System.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission, in considering an application for the renewal of a broadcasting station license, from taking into account the following: (1) any ownership interest which is held by the renewal applicant involved in any other broadcasting station or in any nonbroadcasting communications medium; or (2) any participation by such renewal applicant in the day-to-day administration and operation of the broadcasting station involved. Prohibits the Commission from granting any commercial broadcasting station license to any applicant if: (1) such applicant, at the time such application is made, owns, controls, or operates any daily newspaper; and (2) the station signal of the broadcasting station for which such license is sought will encompass the entire community in which such daily newspaper is published. Prohibits the Commission from renewing any commercial broadcasting station license for a term which is due to end after June 1, 1980, if the licensee involved: (1) owns, controls, or operates the only amplitude modulation radio broadcasting station which encompasses the entire community involved with a city-grade signal during daytime hours, or the only television broadcasting station the grade A contour of which encompasses the entire community involved; (2) owns, controls, or operates the only daily newspaper which is published in such community; and (3) owned, controlled, or operated such station and such newspaper as of January 1, 1975. Stipulates that such restrictions shall not apply to a radio broadcasting station licensee if: (1) a television broadcasting station is licensed to serve the community which is served by the radio station involved; (2) such television broadcasting station is not owned, controlled, or operated by such radio broadcasting station licensee; and (3) the licensee involved demonstrates to the Commission that compliance with such requirements by such licensee is not necessary to serve the public interest, convenience, or necessity. Permits any licensee who, on the effective date of this Act, owns, controls, or operates a daily newspaper and is the licensee of a commercial broadcasting station which has a station signal which encompasses the entire community in which such newspaper is published, to apply for renewal of such license and not be required to relinquish ownership or control of such broadcasting station or such newspaper. Prohibits any licensee from transferring, assigning, or otherwise disposing of the commercial broadcasting station license held by such licensee and the ownership of, or any interest in, the daily newspaper to the same person, except in specified conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
States that this Act authorizes the establishment of a cooperative program involving the United States, the State of Washington, the Treaty Tribes, and other appropriate parties to: (1) encourage stability in commercial and charter fishing industries; and (2) improve the quality of and opportunity for salmon and steelhead recreational fishing. Title I: Coordination - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide grants for the preparation of programs under this Act and to promote research and coordinated management of salmon and steelhead resources. Makes such grants available to the State, the Treaty Tribes, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, or any joint entity undertaking such research program. Title II: Resource Enhancement and Habitat Maintenance - Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to provide grants for projects for the enhancement of the salmon and steelhead resources in the conservation area. Provides that such plan must be a comprehensive plan developed and agreed to by the State and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, and approved by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce. Declares that such plan shall describe all enhancement projects anticipated by the State and the Commission for a period of at least five years. Sets forth standards to be included in such plan and conditions for approval by the Secretary. Provides for review, modification, amendments, or revisions of any such plan, with the approval of the Secretary. Sets forth requirements to be included in project proposals submitted to the Secretary by the State and the Commission after approval of a comprehensive plan. Authorizes the Secretary to approve any project consistent with such plan and to provide funding for such project as directed by provisions in this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish a system to monitor and evaluate approved enhancement projects. Title III: Commercial Fishing Fleet Adjustment- - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to distribute Federal funds to the States for the purchase of commercial fishing and charter vessels, gear, and licenses. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for the fleet adjustment program relative to reducing the fishing effort on the salmon resources in the conservation area. Sets forth conditions under which the Secretary may approve the State program and directs the Secretary to continually review such program's operations. Title IV: Tribal Fishery Development Program - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to provide loans to Treaty Tribes or Treaty Tribe fishing corporations for projects to modernize and develop such tribe's salmon and steelhead fishing operations. Declares such loans to be for projects which are in accordance with the comprehensive plan approved by the Secretary. Provides that such loans shall be for projects for the: (1) purchase, replacement, or modernization of salmon and steelhead fishing vessels; or (2) construction, rental, purchase, or improvement of fishing facilities other than processing facilities. Directs the Secretary to conduct a continuing review of any such tribal program. Creates a revolving fund within the Treasury for Treaty Tribal fishery development and sets forth the operating procedure of such fund. Title V: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the appropriate Secretary to promulgate necessary regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Directs the State and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission to report annually to such Secretary on the status of any authorized program under such Act. Declares that nothing in this Act should be construed to diminish appropriate jurisdiction in the field of resource enhancement and management or supersede or modify applicable existing law.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Mass Transit Crime Prevention Act of 1979 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to condition Federal financial assistance after September 30, 1980 for the construction or operation of facilities and equipment for use in a public mass transportation system upon the submission, approval, and implementation of an effective plan for crime prevention on such system. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe minimum standards for the approval of such plans.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend eligibility for the earned income credit to members of the armed forces assigned to duty outside the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject all taxpayers, regardless of marital status, to the same income tax rates. Requires taxable income to be computed without regard to community property laws.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal of appropriate design to Simon Wiesenthal in recognition of his contribution to international justice through the documentation and location of war criminals from World War II. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Authority Amendments of 1979 - Amends the National Housing Act to remove the specific dollar limitations on the original principal obligation of a mortgage which may be purchased by the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) under the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act. Limits such purchasing authority to mortgages in an amount which would make a residence or project eligible for mortgage insurance under the applicable Federal insurance program. Permits such amounts to be raised by up to ten percent in high cost areas determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Limits the sales price of a principal residence covered by a mortgage which may be purchased under the emergency authority of the GNMA to 105 percent of such maximum mortgage amount which may be raised an additional 10 percent in high-cost areas. Eliminates the 7 1/2 percent interest rate limitation on mortgage loans eligible for purchase. Permits the Secretary to establish the maximum interest rate at a level consistent with market conditions provided it does not exceed the maximum rate on mortgages eligible for Federal insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Editorial Process Protection Act of 1979 - Prohibits Federal district courts, courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court from issuing in a defamation action for damages any judicial process which requires the disclosure of information by a journalist or communication entity relating to the editorial process of a publication, broadcast, release, or report, unless the individual bringing the action establishes to the court that: (1) the publication, broadcast, release, or report contains the statement alleged by the public figure to be a defamatory falsehood; and (2) such statement is prima facie false and defamatory.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Diabetes Research and Training Amendments and National Diabetes Advisory Board Extension Act of 1979 - Establishes within the National Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases Advisory Council separate subcommittees on diabetes and related endocrine and metabolic diseases, arthritis, digestive diseases, and kidney diseases. Directs the subcommittees to: (1) review applications made to the Director of the Institute for research projects relating to such diseases and make recommendations to the Advisory Council; and (2) review and evaluate programs directed at such diseases. Establishes within the Institute the position of Associate Director for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases. Sets forth the duties of the Associate Director, including: (1) having primary responsibility for all diabetes-mellitus-related activities supported or conducted by the National Institutes of Health; (2) providing information to public and private agencies with respect to such activities; and (3) reporting and making recommendations to the Director of the National Institutes of Health with respect to other enumerated functions. Extends the authorization of appropriations for diabetes research and training centers in the following amounts: $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, $17,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1983. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (formerly Health, Education, and Welfare) to provide from such amounts up to ten training stipends through each center in any fiscal year. Makes the ex officio members of the National Diabetes Advisory Board nonvoting members. Adds as ex officio members of such Board the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development or his designee and the Associate Director for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases. Revises the terms of appointed members of the Board. Directs the Board to amend the Diabetes Plan (formulated by the National Commission on Diabetes under the National Diabetes Mellitus Research and Education Act) as is necessary to insure its continuing relevance. Extends the current level of authorizations for the purposes of the Board ($300,000 per fiscal year) through fiscal year 1983. Extends the expiration date of the Board from September 30, 1980, to September 30,1983.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Consumer Savings Account Equity Act - Amends the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require increases in the rate of interest on passbook savings accounts to the market rate of interest beginning five years after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to explain their economic rationale for setting the interest rate on passbook savings in their annual reports to the Congress after 1985. Reduces the amount of reserves which must be held against insured accounts in insured savings and loan associations. Increases Federal deposit insurance to a maximum of $100,000 per account. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to empower Federal savings and loan associations to make consumer loans and deal in commercial paper, corporate debt securities, and bankers' acceptances provided such investments do not exceed 20 percent of the assets of an association.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
States that no license or permit issued under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for any facility or activity which generates low-level radioactive waste may remain in effect, and no new licenses or permits for such activities may be issued or renewed unless the State in which the licensee or permittee is located has provided for the safe storage and disposal of all low-level radioactive waste generated in such State. Authorizes States to enter into agreements and compacts with other States for the establishment of facilities for the disposal of such wastes. Authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to provide financial assistance to each State having such a facility to reimburse such State for costs incurred in the preconstruction activities involved in establishing such a facility. Requires that such facilities collect a fee for the receipt of such wastes set at a level necessary to amortize the full costs of construction and operation of the facility over its useful life.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Youth Education and Work Act - Title I: Amendments to Title IV of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act - Amends title IV (Youth Programs) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to establish a Youth Education and Work Entitlement program to guarantee employment and supplemental employment opportunities to eligible youth in poverty areas. Defines "eligible youth" as a person between the ages of 15 and 19, inclusive, who has not acquired a high school diploma or its equivalent and is either attending a qualified high school or is a resident of a poverty area and has not attended school within the previous 12 months. Defines "qualifying school" as any high school a majority of whose students are residents of poverty areas and which serves all the residents of a poverty area. Defines "poverty area" as any Bureau of Census geographic division in which 20 percent or more of the residents are at or below the poverty level. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education ("the Secretaries") administer youth education and work entitlement programs. Requires that applications for financial assistance for such programs be submitted jointly by any local education authority having jurisdiction over a qualifying school and the prime sponsor with jurisdiction over the poverty area from which such school draws it students. Sets forth required procedures and contents for such applications. Directs the Secretaries to ensure that opportunity to comment on such applications is given to appropriate parties, including State boards of education. Requires entitlement programs to include specified forms of appropriate compensatory activity consisting of: (1) not more than 20 hours per week during the school year and 40 hours in the summer, for every youth in a qualifying school who is making satisfactory progress; (2) not more than 15 hours per week during the school year and 40 hours in the summer, for every youth in such school who is not making satisfactory progress; and (3) not more than 40 hours per week, subject to specified total limits, for every other eligible youth. Grants a completion bonus to every youth who acquires a high school diploma or its equivalent while a participant in such program. Provides that such bonus: (1) shall have a value equal to 300 times the Federal minimum hourly wage and (2) shall be issued in the form of a certificate by the prime sponsor to the qualifying youth. Allows such bonus to be redeemed within two years issuance: (1) by an employer who has employed the youth for 2,000 hours after issuance and before expiration; or (2) by an institution of postsecondary education at which the youth has pursued a substantial full-time course of study, for an amount not exceeding attendance costs, with any balance to be payable to an employer at the rate of one hour of bonus for every two hours of employment supplied to the youth. Requires that all compensated activity be paid at a rate not less than 85 percent of the otherwise applicable Federal minimum wage. Limits compensation in any one year to 2,000 total hours for any youth and to 1,000 total hours for any youth attending school. Permits prime sponsors to pay in full the wages of any youth employed by any employer under such program. Exempts such program from specified conditions applicable to all other CETA programs. Directs the Secretaries to make grants to Governors to provide needed vocational education services to eligible youths, through State boards and in accordance with agreements between State boards and prime sponsors. Requires State vocational educational boards, prior to such agreements, to consult with designated representatives of State agencies and councils involved in the formulation of a five-year State plan under the Vocational Educational Act of 1963. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out such programs. Provides for reimbursement of prime sponsors, and for payments and grants to States and local education authorities. Repeals provisions for Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects. Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that remuneration paid to any youth enrolled in the CETA youth entitlement program or paid to a youth within one calendar year after completion of such program is excluded from the definition of "wages" for purposes of employment taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and unemployment taxes under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Title III: Establishment of the Academy of Education and Work - Establishes the Academy of Education and Work, a nonprofit organization to be organized under the laws of the District of Columbia. Directs the Secretaries to each appoint ten persons, representative of those administrating and operating the entitlement program, to be the interim board of governors of the academy. Directs the interim board to organize the academy and promulgate bylaws which include specified provisions. Declares that the purpose of the academy shall be to promote improved and alternative methods of instruction to enhance the educational attainment and employability potential of youth who have dropped out of the education system or are otherwise not being adequately prepared for further education or employment by providing a professional association of persons concerned in programs with that objective. Authorizes the academy to: (1) hold regional meetings of members and national meetings of fellows: (2) conduct training institutes for members; (3) provide professional recognition for those who have made significant contributions to entitlement programs implementation; (4) recommend changes in certification and credentialing procedures; and (5) disseminate information on successful programs using Departments of Education and Labor channels. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts to carry out such purposes for fiscal year 1981 and to pay the initial organizational expenses of the academy, including travel and subsistence costs of fellows attending national meetings, for fiscal year 1982. Requires that all academy expenses after fiscal year 1982 be paid for by membership dues and contributions.