United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Appropriates fiscal year 1981 funds for necessary activities contained in the following appropriation Acts: (1) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; and (2) Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1981. Stipulates that such funds shall be available: (1) in the lesser amount as passed by the House of Representatives or the Senate as of October 1, 1980; (2) at rates no higher than the current rates for items included in only one version of an Act passed by both Houses; and (3) at the lower of current rates or the rate permitted by the House of Representatives for activities included in an Act passed only by the House of Representatives as of October 1, 1980, with specified exceptions. Requires provisions to be identical in bills passed by both Houses in order to be applicable, if such provisions were not included in the fiscal year 1980 appropriation Acts and are applicable to more than one appropriation. Appropriates continuing funds for projects conducted during fiscal year 1980 and provided for by the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 1981, at the rate set forth in the House Conference report 96-787. Specifies the amount of funds for Cyprus, Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development, AID/Washington Operating Expenses Foreign Military Credit Sales loans and grants, relief for the victims of the earthquake in Southern Italy, the African Development Foundation, and the International Monetary Fund. Limits the amounts of direct loans and loan guarantees by the Export-Import Bank. Appropriates continuing funds to the extent provided by the House of Representatives' passed version of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1981. Exempts the General Accounting Office from specified budgetary reductions. Permits the use of appropriated funds to distribute government publications to the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Iran. Limits salaries for executive, legislative, and judicial employees from October 1, 1980, through June 5, 1981. Specifies the amount of funding for mileage of Members of the House of Representatives. Appropriates continuing funds, at the current rate, for: (1) the Council on Wage and Price Stability; (2) the Senate; (3) the National Health Service Corps; (4) nursing research; (5) health professions education and nurse training; (6) Community Mental Health Centers; (7) the National Arthritis Advisory Board and the National Diabetes Advisory Board; and (8) youth community conservation and improvement projects, youth employment and training, private sector employment opportunities, and the Young Adult Conservation Corps (at a specified rate). Prohibits the use of such appropriations for activities not authorized during fiscal year 1980. Appropriates funds for necessary payments as provided by fiscal year 1980 appropriation Acts for: (1) black lung benefits; (2) Social Security benefits; (3) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service officers; (4) student loan programs; (5) unemployment benefits; and (6) Department of Labor special benefits. Postpones until July 1, 1981, an increase in interest rates on student loans. Appropriates the necessary funds to: (1) continue the breeder reactor demonstration project or such project alternative as may be approved by Congress; (2) process Cuban and Haitian entrants, but not to exceed estimated amounts; and (3) make payments to local governmental units under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972. Appropriates additional funds for Operating Expenses and Plant and Capital Equipment of Atomic Energy Defense Activities in the Department of Energy. Authorizes appropriations for law enforcement services at water resources development projects to continue indefinitely. Continues Appalachian Regional Development Programs. Appropriates a specified amount for the low-income energy assistance program as passed by the House of Representatives, with specified exceptions concerning State allocations and total assistance to any one household. Appropriates funds for necessary activities contained in the following appropriation Acts as enacted by Congress: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; (2) District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1981; (3) Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; (4) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; (5) Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981, with a specified exception; and (6) Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981. Makes such appropriations available until the earlier of enactment of the applicable appropriation Act or June 5, 1981. Exempts such appropriations from specified limitations for submission and approval of apportionments. Charges expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution to the applicable appropriation Act when enacted. Declares that any fiscal year 1981 appropriation requiring additional authorizing legislation shall not become effective before June 5, 1981. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to: (1) prevent the implementation of voluntary prayer and meditation programs in the public schools; (2) perform abortions, except to save the life of the mother, unless otherwise restricted by a State; or (3) enforce a court order which would compel the expenditure of funds for a purpose specifically prohibited by the House passed version of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981. Limits the amount of funding for: (1) temporary unemployment assistance; (2) Rental of Space Activity of the Federal Buildings Fund; (3) Real Property Operations Activity of the Federal Buildings Fund; (4) allowances and office staff for the former President; and (5) the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, police-type vehicles, and special heavy duty vehicles for Government use. Continues funding through September 30, 1982, for the establishment of the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics at the University of Oregon. Specifies the amount of funding for the settlement of claims against the Coast Guard and the settlement of claims by the Seneca Nation of Indians. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to: (1) replace the current "Lau remedies" for use as a guideline for services to students of limited English-language proficiency; or (2) implement Department of Health and Human Services day care regulations. Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to issue a specified amount of notes to the Secretary of the Treasury for Disaster Loans and to transfer funds to Salaries and Expenses. Appropriates additional funds: (1) to increase the capital of the General Supply Fund; and (2) for additional capital outlay of the Panama Canal Commission for navigation projects. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to: (1) modify the time granted or mode of payment permitted for payment of customs duties or excise taxes as of July 1, 1980; or (2) disqualify or issue an unfavorable advance determination letter with respect to any employee benefit plan under the Internal Revenue Code which has vesting requirements equal to or more stringent than vesting rules currently in effect under Treasury regulations. Limits the expenditure of appropriated funds by the head of an agency for consulting services, unless such expenditures are a matter of public record.
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Provides that the first regular session of the Ninety-seventh Congress shall begin at noon on Monday, January 5, 1981. Directs the President to submit to the Congress the estimated outlays and proposed budget authority not later than the date of submission of the budget for fiscal year 1981. Requires the Joint Economic Committee to submit to the Congressional Committees on the Budget an economic evaluation of such report by March 1, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2024
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to include Hawaii as a part of the continental United States for the purposes of provisions concerning the consolidation and merger of telegraph carriers. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to determine and prescribe what charge, classification, regulation, or practice relating to intercarrier arrangement of any carrier serving Hawaii will be just and nondiscriminatory.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
Title I: American Samoa - Requires that all rights, titles, and interests of the Federal Government in personal property in American Samoa be transferred to the American Samoa government on October 1, 1981, unless the Government agency responsible for such property advises the Secretary of the Interior that it has a continuing requirement for such property. Title II: Guam - Terminates the liability of Guam for the repayment of specified Federal assistance (including assistance for rehabilitation after typhoon damage) under the Guam Rehabilitation Act which is not repaid by October 1, 1981. Title III: Northern Mariana Islands - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to specified congressional committees a report on the need, cost, and Federal assistance necessary to rehabilitate the dock and harbor facilities in the Northern Mariana Islands. Amends the Federal Fish Restoration Projects Act and the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as if it were a State. Extends through taxable year 1982 the exemption from the territorial income tax for residents of the Northern Mariana Islands with respect to income derived from sources within such Commonwealth. Suspends until January 1, 1983, provisions expressing the sense of Congress that specified tax "rebates" do not permit the abatement of taxes. Title IV: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years after fiscal year 1980 for the installation, operation, and maintenance of communications systems to provide internal and external communications in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Requires the transfer of all right, title, and interest of the Federal Government in personal property in the Trust Territory and of the Government of the Trust Territory in personal property wherever located to the governments of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, the Marshall Islands, or the Federal States of Micronesia by October 1, 1982, upon declaration by the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory and agreement of the appropriate Federal agency that such property is surplus property. Declares that Federal programs in the areas of education and health care shall continue to be available to the Trust Territory or its successor after termination of the trusteeship to the extent such Territory is eligible for such programs and at levels prescribed by Congress. Title V: Virgin Islands and Guam - Releases the government of the Virgin Islands from all obligation under the mortgage and note regarding specified lands or Saint Croix conveyed to such government by the Federal Government. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and agricultural assistance to Enewetak Atoll and Bikini Atoll until such areas produce sufficient food to fully sustain the residents after resettlement. Permits the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) to extend programs administered by the Department of Agriculture to Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (the territories); and (2) to waive or modify any statutory requirements for the provision of assistance under such programs in order to adapt the programs to the needs of a territory, provided that the Secretary of Agriculture notifies specified congressional committees prior to such action. Directs the Government to assure that: (1) no action is taken which would discourage the unification of the Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) there is no diminution of any rights or entitlements in effect or any funds authorized or appropriated for such Territory or Commonwealth as of the effective date of such union. Requires that funds appropriated under the Emergency School Aid Act for fiscal year 1980 remain available for the purpose of eliminating segregation and discrimination in the schools of the territories and Puerto Rico as provided by such Act immediately before September 30, 1979. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to Congress a comprehensive energy plan with emphasis on indigenous renewable sources of energy for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. Amends the Water Resources Act of 1974 to enable the territories and Puerto Rico to engage in water resources planning. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) review the transportation needs of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to ascertain the potential for sail-assisted technology for inter-island transportation; and (2) report the findings and any recommendations to Congress. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for payments to Guam and the Virgin Islands for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984, to eliminate general fund deficits. Requires the Governors of Guam and the Virgin Islands: (1) to submit a plan for eliminating such deficits by the beginning of fiscal year 1986 for approval of the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) to submit to each Secretary quarterly reports, certified by the respective comptroller general, describing the success of each territory in implementing such plan. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from making any payments upon determining that a territory is not complying with such plan.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 2025
Designates the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health located in Montgomery County, Maryland, as the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Committee on Rules and Administration to place appropriate markers or inscriptions at suitable locations within such center to commemorate and designate such building.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations to the President for fiscal year 1981 for relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance for the victims of the recent earthquakes in southern Italy. States that such assistance shall be provided in accordance with specified congressional policies and authorities. Authorizes amounts appropriated under this Act to remain available until expended. Allows obligations previously incurred for the purposes specified in this Act to be charged to such appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Authorizes the United States Secret Service to furnish protection to the former Vice President or, if the President determines that such person may be in significant danger, his spouse. Stipulates that such protection shall continue for a period determined by the President, but not beyond July 20, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Designates the Federal Building in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, as the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. Makes this Act effective on January 3, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 2025
Allows the obsolete aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Intrepid, to be transferred to the Intrepid Museum Foundation before the expiration of the 60-day congressional review period.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
New Mexico Wilderness Act of 1980 - Designates the following National Forest System lands in the State of New Mexico as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Aldo Leopold Wilderness in the Gila National Forest; (2) the Apache Kid Wilderness in the Cibola National Forest; (3) the Blue Range Wilderness and the Capitan Mountains Wilderness in the Apache-Sitgreaves and Gila National Forests; (4) the Dome Wilderness in the Santa Fe National Forest; (5) the Latir Peak Wilderness in the Carson National Forest; and (6) the Withington Wilderness in the Cibola National Forest. Designates certain additions to: (1) the Gila Wilderness in the Gila National Forest; (2) the Pecos Wilderness in the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests; (3) the Wheeler Peak Wilderness in the Carson National Forest; and (4) the White Mountain Wilderness in the Lincoln National Forest. Repeals the previous classifications of the Black Range Primitive Area, the Blue Range Primitive Area, and the Gila Primitive Area. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the President and the Congress, no later than January 1, 1986, on the suitability or unsuitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of the San Francisco Wilderness Study Area in the Apache and Gila National Forests. Declares that, with respect to National Forest System lands in the State of New Mexico, studied as a part of the Secretary's roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II) Final Environmental Statement and not designated as wilderness or for study by this Act, such lands are not intended by Congress to be designated for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and need not be managed for the purposes of protecting their suitability for wilderness designation pending revision of land management plans. Prohibits judicial review of the RARE II Final Environmental Impact Statement with respect to National Forest Lands in the State of New Mexico. Prohibits the Secretary, unless expressly authorized by Congress, from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of National Forest System lands in the State of New Mexico for the purpose of determining their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Declares that nothing in the land management planning process required by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 shall be deemed to preclude multiple use management for uses other than wilderness on any land subject to such planning process except those areas designated for further study by this Act. States that Congress does not intend that designation of wilderness areas in the State of New Mexico lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around each wilderness area.
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Amends the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to repeal the provision providing for the accompanying transfer of appropriations with any transfer of refugee responsibilities from the Federal Emergency Management Administration to other Federal agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Amends the National Housing Act to extend specified Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance programs for 15 days. Extends for 15 days the period during which amounts in the rental housing assistance fund may be approved for use in the troubled projects program. Extends for 15 days the authority to provide flexible interest rates on mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Extends for 15 days the authority for the purchase of mortgages under the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend the rehabilitation loan program for 15 days. Extends for 15 days the authority for rural housing programs under the Housing Act of 1949.
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Interstate Compact - Grants Congressional consent to the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact between California and Nevada, which concerns the conservation of the waters of Lake Tahoe and of the resources of the area around such lake. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the heads of other appropriate agencies, upon the request of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, to cooperate with such agency in all respects compatible with carrying out the normal duties of their agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2022
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for: (1) grants for public works and development facilities, (including health projects); (2) grants for public works and development facility loans; (3) the redevelopment area loan program; (4) technical assistance and economic development planning (including grants to States); (5) supplemental grants and loans; (6) financial assistance to economic development centers and redevelopment areas; (7) assistance to Indian tribes; (8) supplements to Federal grant-in-aid programs; (9) special economic development and adjustment assistance. Prohibits terminating or modifying a redevelopment area designation before September 30, 1981. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Appalachian development highway system through fiscal year 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 2025
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend, for one year, cost-of-living increases for railroad employee annuitants and to place related financial interchange between the Railroad Retirement Account and the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund on a current basis (relating to the source or payment of benefits to railroad employee annuitants). Directs the Railroad Retirement Board, by February 15, 1981, to submit to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce a report containing: (1) proposals affecting the income received by and the expenditures made from the Railroad Retirement Account; and (2) statements as to the cost impact of each such proposal.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 2026
Continues the authority of the Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980, until the earlier of the effective date of a general authorization Act or 180 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Federal District Court Organization Act of 1980 - Provides that the Court for the Central Judicial District of California shall be held at Santa Ana, in addition to Los Angeles as currently provided. Transfers the counties of Fremont and Page from the Southern to the Western Division of the Southern Judicial District of Iowa. Transfers the counties of Audrain and Montgomery from the Eastern to the Northern Division of the Eastern Judicial District of Missouri. Places within the Eastern Judicial District of North Carolina that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina. Transfers the counties of Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes from the Middle to the Western Judicial District of North Carolina. Establishes a Lufkin Division in the Eastern Judicial District of Texas.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Requires the Director of the International Communication Agency to make available to the Administrator of General Services a copy of specified films with footage of Lyndon Johnson. Directs the Administrator to make such copies available to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Appropriates fiscal year 1981 funds for necessary activities contained in the following appropriation Acts: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; (2) Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981; (3) District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1981; (4) Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; (5) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; (6) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; (7) Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1981; (8) Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; (9) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; and (10) Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1981. Stipulates that such funds shall be available: (1) in the lesser amount as passed by the House of Representatives or the Senate as of October 1, 1980; (2) at rates no higher than the current rates for items included in only one version of an Act passed by both Houses; and (3) at fiscal year 1980 rates for activities included in an Act passed only by the House of Representatives as of October 1, 1980. Requires provisions to be identical in bills passed by both Houses in order to be applicable, if such provisions were not included in the fiscal year 1980 appropriation Acts and are applicable to more than one appropriation. Appropriates continuing funds for projects conducted during fiscal year 1980 and provided for by the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 1981, under the more restrictive authority and the lower of the current rate or estimated rate. Appropriates continuing funds to the extent provided by the House of Representatives' passed version of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1981. Appropriates continuing funds, at the current rate, for: (1) the Council on Wage and Price Stability; (2) the Economic Development Administration; (3) Regional Action Planning Commissions; (4) Pretrial Services Agencies; (5) the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1981; (6) HUD for contributions to assisted housing; (7) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development; (8) the Senate; (9) the Water Resources Council; (10) the National Health Service Corps; (11) nursing research; (12) health professions education and nurse training; (13) Community Mental Health Centers; and (14) youth community conservation, youth employment and training, and private sector employment opportunities. Appropriates funds for necessary payments as provided by fiscal year 1980 appropriation Acts for: (1) black lung benefits; (2) Social Security benefits; (3) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service officers; (4) student loan programs; (5) unemployment benefits; (6) Department of Labor special benefits; and (7) veterans' benefits. Appropriates the necessary funds to: (1) carry out the authorized breeder reactor demonstration project at the current rate of operations; (2) process Cuban and Haitian entrants, but not to exceed estimated amounts; and (3) continue the low-income energy assistance program as approved by the House of Representatives. Makes such appropriations available until the earlier of enactment of the applicable appropriation Act or December 15, 1980. Exempts such appropriations from specified limitations for submission and approval of apportionments. Charges expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution to the applicable appropriation Act when enacted. Declares that any fiscal year 1981 appropriation requiring additional authorizing legislation shall not become effective before December 31, 1980. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to: (1) prevent the implementation of voluntary prayer and meditation programs in the public schools; (2) perform abortions; or (3) enforce a court order which would compel the expenditure of funds for a purpose specifically prohibited by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 2025
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to extend the date by which public water systems which have been granted an exemption from contaminant level and treatment technique requirements must meet such requirements. Provides an alternative procedure by which a State with an underground injection control program relating to oil or natural gas production or recovery may receive approval for obtaining primary enforcement responsibility for protecting its underground water sources. Authorizes a State to demonstrate that its underground injection control program meets the minimum requirements of State program regulations and will prevent underground injection which endangers drinking water sources, rather than file an application which meets the regulations established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Authorizes a State which has made such a demonstration to make a similar demonstration with respect to any amended requirement of underground injection rather than file a notice that the State program meets the new requirement. Prohibits the application of requirements to determine whether a State retains primary enforcement responsibility if the State initially acquired the responsibility because of such a demonstration. Authorizes the Administrator to determine, after an opportunity for public hearing, that such a demonstration is no longer valid and to remove primary enforcement responsibility from the State. Permits a State which has primary enforcement responsibility to exempt a public water system from a contaminant level or treatment technique requirement if the system was not in operation at the time the requirement took effect and no reasonable alternative source of drinking water is available. Prohibits underground water source protection grants to any State which has not assumed primary enforcement responsibility within a specified time.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe: (1) a specified parcel of land in Colorado; and (2) the mineral rights of another tract of land in Colorado. Declares that such conveyed land parcel shall not be considered Indian country for any purpose and shall be subject to State and local governmental jurisdiction and taxation. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Tribe before the United States does any exploration for, development or production of minerals located on or under such land. Directs the Secretary to pay to such tribe, for energy development of their lands, a specified sum authorized to be appropriated for such purpose. Prohibits the Tribe from using such funds to pay any individual tribal member or any attorney for services rendered with respect to such conveyed land. Declares that the enactment of this Act shall fully satisfy all claims against the United States by such Tribe relating to the dispute over ownership of certain lands in New Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates specified sums for fiscal year 1981 to each of the armed forces for pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel, and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations for military personnel on active duty. Appropriates specified amounts to each Reserve and National Guard component of the armed forces for personnel costs. Title II: Retired Military Personnel - Appropriates specified sums for retired and retainer pay for retired military personnel. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates specified sums for: (1) operation and maintenance expenses and the stock fund for each of the armed forces and their reserve components and for the defense agencies; (2) expenses of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice; (3) the payment of claims against the Department of Defense; and (4) salaries and expenses of the Court of Military Appeals. Title IV: Procurement - Appropriates specified sums to the various military departments and the defense agencies for the procurement of weapons and defense articles. Title V: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates specified sums to each of the armed forces and to the defense agencies for research, development, test, and evaluation purposes. Title VI: Special Foreign Currency Program - Appropriates a specified sum for payment in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be in excess of the normal requirements of the United States for expenses in carrying out the programs of the Department of Defense. Title VII: General Provisions - Sets forth limitations on the use of appropriations under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Defense to assist small and minority owned businesses to participate equitably in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this Act. Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act for the purchase of specified goods in amounts over $10,000 unless such goods are produced in the United States. Includes services and supplies deemed to be medically or psychologically necessary by optometrists, certified psychiatric nurses, and other nurse practitioners within the CHAMPUS program's coverage. Prohibits the use of funds used under this Act for: (1) the consolidation or realignment of advanced or undergraduate pilot training squadrons of the Navy as proposed by the DOD; (2) the support of ROTC units which have not maintained the minimum enrollment standard for the four preceding years; and (3) abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or for victims of rape or incest when reported promptly to law enforcement or public health officials. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to recover a portion of the care and handling costs of surplus property (as authorized under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act). Directs that funds appropriated under this Act be made available to provide support in accordance with certain provisions of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 for certain DOD cryptologic personnel serving overseas. Permits certain supplies to be sold to contractors to be used in DOD contracts. Prohibits: (1) the payment of two disability retired pays (military and civil) to any person for the same disability; and (2) the use of funds for elective surgery for minor dermatological blemishes or marks. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the purchase of insignia for resale unless the sales price is adjusted to recover the cost of purchase and related expenses; (2) the payment of anticipatory possession compensation claims to the Federal Republic of Germany other than the claims listed in the Global Agreement of 1973; (3) certain unsolicited, noncompetitive contract proposals for studies, analyses, or consulting services; (4) the provision of medical care in the United States to foreign military and diplomatic personnel or their dependents, unless the DOD is reimbursed; (5) the payment of overtime to nonexempt personnel; (6) decommissioning, transferring, or otherwise disposing of specified Naval Reserve Force destroyers; and (7) salaries and expenses for the purpose of demilitarization of small firearms. Title VIII: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff and for expenses of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund in order to maintain a proper funding level for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Designates the Smithsonian Institution's National Collection of Fine Arts as the National Museum of American Art and the Museum of History and Technology as the National Museum of American History.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the acquisition by the Secretary of the Interior of specified lands adjacent to the Saint Croix River in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Establishes the United States Holocaust Memorial Council which shall: (1) provide and encourage appropriate ways for the Nation to observe the Days of Remembrance to commemorate the holocaust; (2) plan, erect, and oversee the operation of a memorial museum to the victims of the holocaust; and (3) develop a plan for carrying out the recommendations of the report submitted to the President on September 27, 1979, by the President's Commission on the Holocaust. Authorizes the Council to receive public land in the District of Columbia on which it may erect the memorial. Terminates the Council's authority to construct a memorial if the erection of the memorial has not commenced within five years of enactment of this Act and sufficient funds to ensure completion of the memorial have not been certified to be available. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1981 - Makes appropriations for Federal payment and loans for capital outlay to the District of Columbia for fiscal year 1981. Makes appropriations for the Federal contribution to the Police Officers and Fire Fighters', Teachers', and Judges' Retirement Funds and for reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in connection with inauguration and demonstration activities. Appropriates amounts out of the general fund for the District of Columbia for the following: (1) governmental direction and support, with limitations in expenditures for official purposes by the Mayor and the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) the public education system; (5) human support services; (6) transportation services and assistance; (7) environmental services and supply; (8) personal services; (9) reimbursement of inaugural expenses; (10) establishment of a Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and repayment of loans and interest; and (11) capital outlays. Requires that vouchers for expenditures be audited before payment by the designated certifying official, and that such vouchers be paid by checks issued by the designated disbursing official. Specifies that amounts appropriated for particular purposes shall be considered the maximum amounts which may be expended. Sets forth limitations on mileage allowances for privately owned vehicles used for the performance of official duties. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act for regulations or orders requiring the installation of meters in taxicabs. Appropriates from the District's applicable funds such sums as may be necessary for the payment of judgments against the District. Makes appropriations available for the payment of public assistance. Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from being available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided. Sets forth limitations on funds used to compensate chauffeurs or drivers, overtime or temporary positions, and travel and per diem costs outside the District, Maryland, and Virginia. Sets forth limitations on the number of employees for the District of Columbia. Prohibits the use of funds for educational purposes for partisan political activities. Requires the District to submit the fiscal year 1982 budget to Congress not later than February 1, 1981. Appropriates from applicable funds of the District such sums as may be necessary for payments authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Recovery Act of 1977. Prohibits the use of funds contained in this Act to pay the salary of any employee of the government of the District of Columbia whose name and salary are not available for public inspection. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to perform abortions except: (1) where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; or (2) for the medical procedures necessary for the victims of rape or incest, when such rape or incest has been promptly reported to a law enforcement agency or public health service. Allows the use of funds to pay for drugs or devices to prevent implantation of the fertilized ovum or for medical procedures necessary for the termination of an ectopic pregnancy.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 2025
Department of Energy National Defense Programs Authorization Act of 1981 - Title I: National Defense Programs - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for fiscal year 1981 for operating expenses incurred in carrying out specified national defense programs. Authorizes appropriations to the DOE for fiscal year 1981 for plant and capital equipment necessary for the following national defense program activities: (1) inertial confinement fusion; (2) naval reactors development; (3) weapons activities; (4) materials production; (5) defense nuclear waste management; and (6) capital equipment not related to construction. Title II: General Provisions - Prohibits unless Congress after receiving notice does not object: (1) sums for any program from exceeding stated limits of the program's authorization; (2) funds being used for any program not presented to Congress; and (3) obligations for construction projects which exceed the authorized or estimated amount. Permits the Secretary of Energy to carry out: (1) any general plant construction project if the total estimated cost of construction is below $1,000,000; and (2) advance planning and construction designs in connection with any proposed construction project, if the total estimated cost does not exceed $2,000,000. Permits funds appropriated for management and support activities and for general plant projects to be used, when necessary, in connection with all national security programs of the DOE. Requires the Secretary to: (1) produce and stockpile the nuclear materials and the warhead components necessary to enable the rapid conversion of certain warheads to an enhanced radiation capability; and (2) develop a plan for a cooperative program to provide assistance in the stabilization and management of certain uranium mill tailings.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness Act of 1980 - Designates specified lands within the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area in Montana as the Rattlesnake Wilderness to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Establishes the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area, Montana. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to acquire with donated or appropriated funds, by exchange, gift, or purchase, such non-Federal lands, interests, or other property within the boundaries of the Rattlesnake National Recreational Area and Rattlesnake Wilderness. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and in accordance with an agreement entered into by the Montana Power Company, the Regional Forester of the United States Forest Service, Region 1, and the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to consider and consummate an exchange with the owner of the private lands or interests in such lands within the boundaries of the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Rattlesnake Wilderness, by which the Secretary of the Interior may accept conveyance of title to these private lands and, in exchange, issue bidding rights that may be exercised in competitive coal lease sales, or in coal lease modifications, or both. Specifies that any lands so acquired shall become national forest lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture. Declares that nothing in this Act shall affect or diminish any water right which is vested under either State or Federal law at the time of enactment of this Act, nor the rights of the owner of such water right to the customary and usual access.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to designate the Job Corps facilities located in Union and Muhlenburg Counties, Kentucky, as the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2025
Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1980 - Title I: Amendments Relating to Income Tax Generally - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that in cases where married couples live apart at all times during the calendar year, do not file a joint return, report earned income which is community income under State or foreign community property laws, and do not transfer such income between themselves before the close of the calendar year, such community income shall be treated in the same manner as community income of a U.S. citizen who is married to a nonresident alien is treated for Federal income tax purposes (income is attributable to the individual spouse who earns it). Permits a taxpayer election to amortize, based on a period of not less than 60 months, start-up expenses incurred in the creation or acquisition of a new business. Expands the types of partial interests in real property which qualify for the income tax deduction for charitable contributions for conservation to include the entire interest of a donor in real property other than the rights to subsurface minerals. Makes permanent the income tax deduction for charitable contributions for conservation purposes. Qualifies rehabilitated buildings leased to a tax-exempt organization or government unit for investment tax credit treatment. Treats income from the lease of certain spacecraft as income from sources within the United States for purposes of the income tax. Imposes upon the non-exempt income of homeowners associations a 30 percent income tax. Provides that any income received or accrued by a tax-exempt mutual or cooperative electric or telephone company from qualified pole rentals, or by a cooperative telephone company from the sale of display listings in a directory furnished to company members, shall not be treated as unrelated business income subject to tax. Defines "qualified pole rental" as any rental of a pole (or other structure used to support wires) if: (1) such pole or structure is used by the telephone or electric company in providing telephone or electric services to its members; and (2) the use of such pole or structure pursuant to the rental is in connection with transmission by wire of electricity or of telephone or other communications. Provides for a tax refund of amounts included in the gross incomes of State police officers as cash meal allowances during calendar years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Exempts amounts paid as entertainment expenses which are includible in the gross income of the recipient, who is not an employee of the taxpayer, from the requirement that such expenses be shown to be directly related to the active conduct of the taxpayer's trade or business in order to qualify for tax deductibility. Title II: Amendments Relating to Pension Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to aggregate employees of adjunct professional organizations and the employees of the professional organizations which are related to such adjunct organizations for purposes of determining the eligibility of such organizations to participate in tax-qualified pension plans. Revises the existing tax treatment of employee stock ownership plans with respect to: (1) stock bonus plans which provide a cash distribution option to participants; (2) the limitation on annual additions to participant accounts under employee stock ownership plans; (3) valuation of employer securities in stock ownership plans; (4) participation of second tier subsidiary corporations in employee stock ownership plans; (5) participation rules for certain tax credit employee stock ownership plans; and (6) the application of cash or deferred arrangement rules to cafeteria plans. Title III: Amendments Relating to Estate Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit executors of an estate to elect the alternate valuation date for estate assets (six months after decedent's death) even though the estate tax return is filed after the due date. Extends, through December 31, 1980, the period during which agreements governing the transfer of estate assets for public, charitable, and religious uses may be amended to meet the requirements for a gift of a split interest to charity.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 2026
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to set aside in special trust for a named individual of Chiloquin, Oregon, the beneficial use and occupancy of a specified tract of land in Klamath County, Oregon. Requires the Secretary to utilize the moneys to which such individual would otherwise be entitled to purchase lands within the former boundaries of the Klamath Indian Reservation to become part of the Winema National Forest.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2024
Approves the Protocol to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII (Customs Valuation) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the administrative action implementing such agreement. Authorizes the President to accept such Protocol if each major industrial country also accepts such Protocol. Makes such Protocol applicable only with regard to other countries which have accepted the obligations of such Protocol and are not otherwise denying adequate trade benefits to the United States. Specifies the relationship of such Protocol to U.S. law. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, to repeal a provision for accepting the transaction value, for purposes of customs valuation, of imported merchandise in a sale between a related buyer and seller if such value approximates the transaction value in sales to unrelated buyers of identical merchandise produced in a different country. Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to make technical revisions in the tariff classifications of various chemicals. Authorizes the President to proclaim tariffs on specified chemicals. Subjects specified chemicals to any staged rate reductions proclaimed by the President for other specified chemical classifications.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2024
Amends the Securities Investor Protection Act to increase from $100,000 to $500,000 the maximum amount which the Securities Investor Protection Corporation may distribute to a customer in the liquidation of a broker-dealer. Permits up to $100,000 of such amount (presently, $40,000) to be used to satisfy a claim for cash. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to apply its provisions to the Securities and Exchange Commission, except as provided in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize the Commission to obtain copies of information contained in financial records of a customer from a financial institution without prior notice to the customer upon an ex parte showing to an appropriate district court that the Commission: (1) seeks such records pursuant to a subpoena issued in conformity with the requirements of the Federal securities laws; and (2) has reason to believe that specified acts or results will occur. Requires, upon expiration of any authorized period of delay of notification, that the customer be served with a copy of the subpoena along with a specified notice which describes the nature of the investigation. Directs the Commission to compile an annual tabulation of the occasions on which the Commission obtains access to financial records of a customer as authorized under this Act and include such tabulation in its annual report to Congress. Permits a customer, following the expiration of the period of delay of notification, to reopen the proceeding in the district court. Authorizes such court to grant civil penalties against the Commission or issue injunctive relief if the Commission has obtained records in violation of this Act. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to initiate a proceeding to determine whether disciplinary action should be taken against an employee of the Commission who acted in a willful and intentional manner and without good faith with respect to the violation. Authorizes the Commission to transfer financial records to any government authority in accordance with the Right to Financial Privacy Act, but permits customer notice to be delayed upon an appropriate showing under this Act. Authorizes the Commission to obtain financial records from a financial institution or transfer such records in accordance with the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978.