United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a source of financial assistance for homeowners and builders so as to enable them to purchase and install solar heating equipment or combined solar heating and cooling equipment, primarily through the small business segment of the economy, in order to substantially reduce energy use. Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make loans to individuals and families owning and occupying one- to four-family residential structures, and to persons engaged in building residential structures of any kind, to assist them in purchasing and installing qualified solar heating or solar heating and cooling equipment (as defined by this Act) in such structures. Specifies the maximum amount, interest rate, and maturity date of such loans. Sets forth loan application requirements. Directs the Energy Research and Development Administration to assist the Small Business Administration in carrying out the provisions of this Act by transmitting technical findings and recommendations and providing information concerning solar heating and cooling equipment to any person upon request.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Conservation and Solar Energy - Federal Buildings Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that energy conservation practices adopted for the design, construction, and utilization of these facilities will have a beneficial effect on the Nation's overall supply of energy, and the procurement of solar heating and cooling units for use in Federal buildings in connection with demonstrations of solar energy applications on such buildings under this Act should help to create a market for such units generally. States that it is the policy of this Act to insure that energy conservation and solar energy technology be employed in the design and construction of certain Federal facilities as set forth in this Act, and, to the maximum extent feasible, in the design and construction of all other Federal and federally-assisted facilities. Defines terms used in this Act, including the terms "energy use analysis," and "life cycle energy costs". Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration and the Secretary of Defense to, in consultation with each other, develop, publish, and from time to time update guidelines designed to assure that the most effective and efficient measures for the conservation of energy and the use of solar energy systems are incorporated in: (1) the design, construction, and renovation of Federal and federally assisted buildings; and (2) the procurement of goods and services for such buildings and for other Federal purposes. States that the guidelines developed by the Secretary and the Administrator shall be consistent with each other. Requires the guidelines developed by the Secretary to be applied to all new and existing buildings under his control. Requires the guidelines developed by the Administrator to be applied to all other new and existing buildings, as defined in this Act. Directs all other Federal agencies to comply with the requirements of the applicable guidelines. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator: (1) to submit to Congress an energy use analysis with respect to the construction, acquisition, or leasing of any new building to which guidelines apply; and (2) with respect to existing buildings, to submit an inventory and energy use analysis of all such buildings, setting forth detailed plans for incorporating required improvements. Directs each Federal agency to submit to the Administrator or Secretary a detailed life cycle energy costs analysis of any building to be constructed, acquired, or leased by it for its use. Prohibits the purchase of any major energy using, generating, or conserving equipment by a Federal agency without prior submission of life cycle energy cost analysis. Provides for an increase in the allowable dollar amount of Federal assistance for building construction or major rehabilitation to cover the cost of solar energy equipment or other special energy equipment. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Expresses congressional disapproval of sales to Jordan of the Hawk missile and Vulcan antiaircraft systems as proposed by the President on July 10, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Adds rule XLV to the Rules of the House of Representatives. Provides that the Congressional Record shall contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks delivered on the floor of the House together with supportive data. Directs that revisions of the Record shall be limited to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors. Allows insertions in the Record of remarks not actually delivered on the floor by unanimous consent. Requires that such insertions be printed in a type face distinctively different from that used for verbatim remarks.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975
Defines the term "periodical publications" for purposes of postal rate application. Authorizes the mailing of catalogs and course listings issued by institutions of higher education at second-class mail rates. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1975
Prohibits a petroleum refiner or distributor from cancelling, failing to renew, or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes notification in writing to each affected distributor or retailer by certified mail not less than ninety days prior to the date on which such franchise will be canceled, together with a statement of the reasons of such cancellation and of the remedies available. Provides that a petroleum refiner or distributor shall not cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise unless the retailer or distributor whose franchise is terminated failed to comply substantially with any essential and reasonable requirement of such franchise or failed to act in good faith in carrying out the terms of such franchise. States that if a refiner or distributor engages in conduct prohibited under this Act, a retailer or distributor may maintain a suit against such refiner or distributor.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1975
Designates as the Alpine Lakes Wilderness approximately 292,192 acres of the Mount Baker- Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests, in the State of Washington.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1975
Provides that a conservation publication published by a State agency which is responsible for management and conservation of fish or wildlife resources shall be considered a publication of a qualified nonprofit organization which qualifies for second-class mail rates. (Adds 39 U.S.C. 3626 (b))
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Terminates the existence of the Federal Metal and Nonmettalic Mine Safety Board of Review established pursuant to the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act. Grants the Secretary of the Interior authority to review mine closing orders which were previously reviewed by the Board. Makes final orders issued by the Secretary subject to the same judicial appeal procedures which Board orders were subject to. (Amends 30 U.S.C. 729-731)
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act - Prohibits the transfer of nuclear materials to any country which has not ratified the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons unless the President determines, and the Congress by concurrent resolution approves, that such sale is essential to national security.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Oil Import Purchase Authority Act - Provides that the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration after October 1, 1975, to be responsible for the importation of petroleum into the United States. Prohibits the importation of petroleum into the United States after such date unless pursuant to a sale. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations for the allocation by sale of all petroleum so imported. Requires the Administrator to make adjustments in the prices paid by purchasers so that the average price paid is equal for all purchasers of a similar quality of petroleum. Stipulates that funds for the purchase of petroleum be appropriated from the general revenues, and that moneys realized on the sale of such petroleum be returned to the general revenues. Requires the Administrator to establish disciplinary rules for bidders who fail to perform in accordance with the terms of their bids. Prohibits any officer or employee of the Energy Administration from disclosing any information relating to the bids. Specifies a fine not to exceed $100,000 for 10 years imprisonment, or both, for such disclosure. Requires the Administrator to limit knowledge of the identity of bidders to six persons within the Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the officers and administrators of the various governmental institutions supported by public moneys should take steps to remove from facilities under their control all architectual barriers to the handicapped. Directs that funds for such efforts be taken from their discretionary funds.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Title I: Capital Gains and Losses - Provides under the Internal Revenue Code that the adjusted basis of carryover property acquired from a decedent dying after June 30, 1975 shall be the adjusted basis of the property immediately before the death of the decedent. Stipulates that the increases in the basis of any such property shall not exceed the fair market value. Declares such basis to be fair market value where basis cannot be determined. Directs every executor to furnish with respect to a decedent's property: (1) the decedent's name and address; (2) the name and address of each person acquiring property from the decedent; (3) the adjusted basis of each item of property; and (4) any other related information. Imposes a fine of 1 percent of the fair market value of the property or $5,000 whichever is less, on any executor who fails to report such information. Stipulates that where the owner of a patent enters into an agreement for the assignment of his right, and payment is based on a fixed percentage of the selling price of the article so manufactured and sold, then such payments shall constitute royalties from such patent. Title II: Reform measures Affecting Primarily Individuals - Includes in gross income specified amounts paid by a corporation on behalf of a corporate shareholder employee for employee trust, stock bonus plan, and annuity. Repeals the $100 dividend exclusion from gross income for dividends received by individuals from domestic corporations. Provides in the case of a taxpayer not a corporation that the amount of investment interest allowable as a deduction is limited to $5,000 plus specified investment income. Prohibits any income tax deduction to an individual for the expenses of attending a convention held outside the United States, unless the taxpayer can show the location of the convention to be directly related to the conduct of his trade or business. Prohibits a deduction with respect to the use of a dwelling unit which is used by the taxpayer during the taxable year as a residence. Allows such deduction with respect to any deduction permitted without regard to its connection with an individuals trade or business. Limits deductions with respect to a taxpayer engaged in the business of farming to: (1) the gross income of the business for the taxable year; (2) the higher of $10,000 or the amount of special deductions allowed by this Act; or (3) the amount of special deductions for any taxpayer other than an individual. Provides in the case of a distribution by the common parent corporation of a controlled group of corporations, that the earnings and profits of the common parent corporation for the taxable year shall not be less than its share of the earnings and profits of the controlled group. Terminates the stock option provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Imputes the income of a trust to the grantor if the reversionary interest will not take effect for 10 years and the income from the trust is accumulated for a child or grandchild of the grantor, and such child is under the age of 21 years or such child is a student for whom the grantor is entitled to an exemption. Declares that if a registration statement is filed after July 1, 1975, with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering of units of participation by a partnership, such partnership shall be considered as a corporation and not as a partnership for all taxable years ending after the date of filing the registration statement. Title III: Reform Measures Affecting Primarily Corporations - Repeals the Asset Depreciation Range Systems. Limits the depreciation deduction for a taxable year in the case of a corporation to the amount of depreciation taken into account for the purpose of a report to stockholders. Limits the deduction for reports for any taxable year to the amount recorded for the purpose of a report to shareholders. Repeals nonrecognition of gain in the case of the sale of the entire stock of inventory of a business sold to one person. Title IV: Reforms Affecting Individuals and Corporations - Requires to be included in gross income the amount equal to the difference between the compensation payable by the shareholder for the use of corporate property, and the amount obtainable for such use in an arms length transaction. Disallows a deduction with respect to rental property to the extent it would reduce the adjusted basis of the property at the end of the year below an amount equal to any mortgage indebtedness on the property minus the adjusted basis of the land allocable to such property. Provides with specified exceptions that any amount which is attributable to the planting, cultivation, or maintenance of any fruit or nut grove or any vineyard, and which is incurred prior to production shall be charged to capital account. Allows prepaid interest, in the case of a taxpayer whose income is computed under the cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting, to be deducted for the taxable year in which paid to the extent it does not exceed the net income in respect of such property. Repeals the tax exemption for ships under a foreign flag. Title V: Estate and Gift Tax Amendments - Imposes a tax on the transfer of the taxable estate of every decedent who was a citizen or resident of the United States at the time of his death. Declares the value of the gross estate to include any policy on the life of the decedent with respect to which the decedent did not possess at his death any of the incidents of ownerships. Title VI: Withholding of Income Tax on Dividends and Interest - Directs everyone who pays interest to deduct and withhold on such interest a tax equal to 10 percent of the amount. Directs everyone who pays a dividend to deduct and withhold on such dividend a tax equal to 10 percent of the amount. Declares that every person required to deduct and withhold any tax shall make a return of the tax required to be deducted and pay the tax to a proper officer. Makes the withholding agent liable for the payment of such taxes. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for exemptions from the requirement of deducting and withholding tax on interest and dividends. Allows as a credit to the recipient of such dividends and interest the amount required to be withheld under this Act. Title VII: Minimum Tax - Imposes on items of tax preference in addition to the income tax, a tax equal to one-half the highest rate of tax paid by the taxpayer. Removes the $30,000 exemption for the minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Revises clause 6 of rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that managers appointed by the House to each conference committee shall transact all business in meetings open to the public except where the House, by majority vote and in open session, shall vote to close such meeting or meetings. Directs that it shall be in order to debate such motion to close for ten minutes before the vote is taken on that motion, one-half of such time to be given to debate by the mover of the motion and one-half to debate in opposition to the motion.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975
Authorizes, under the National Trails System Act, a study for the purpose of determining the feasibility and desirability of designating the Pacific Northwest Trail in Idaho, Montana, and Washington as a national scenic trail.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975
Provides that the Sequoia National Game Refuge shall become part of the Sequoia National Park, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the new area. States that nothing in this Act shall terminate or impair any private right in permits or property in the Game Refuge.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975
Nuclear Energy Reappraisal Act - Terminates the granting of construction licenses of nuclear fission powerplants in the United States pending action by the Congress following a comprehensive five-year study of the nuclear fuel cycle with particular reference to its safety and environmental hazards, to be conducted by the Office of Technological Assessment. Empowers the Office to compel delivery of any information in the possession of the National Laboratories which the Office deems necessary for conducting its study. Specifies that all Government agencies shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the Office. Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to submit, within five years, a report to Congress and the public concerning safety and environmental hazards of nuclear fission powerplants and the nuclear fuel cycle. Requires the report to include recommendations as to whether a resumption of the licensing of nuclear fission power plants should be allowed, and if so, the conditions under which licenses should be granted. Authorizes appropriations for the study of $15,000,000 for each of the five fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1975
Tax Neutrality Act - Repeals, under the Internal Revenue Code, the special tax credit granted with respect to dividends received by shareholders owning stock in foreign Lesser Developed Country Holding Companies. Eliminates the special deduction for Western Hemisphere Trade Corporations. Imposes a tax on the undistributed profits of foreign corporations to such corporations' United States shareholders based on each shareholders' prorata share of such undistributed profits. Excludes from gross income distributions to shareholders which have been previously taxed. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to require shareholders of controlled foreign corporations to maintain records and accounts necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act. Repeals the tax exemption presently permitted to Domestic International Sales Corporations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
Provides, under the Foreign Military Sales Act, that no letter of offer to sell any defense articles or services under such Act may be issued until the end of the first period of thirty calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the statement required by such Act is transmitted, unless the President in his statement certifies that an emergency exists which requires such sale in the national security interests of the United States. States that the President may issue such letter of offer thirty days after the statement has been so transmitted unless, before the end of the first period of thirty calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the statement is transmitted, Congress adopts a concurrent resolution disapproving the proposed sale, credit sale, or guaranty with respect to which the statement is made. Specifies the procedures by which such a resolution shall be considered by the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
Provides that a license for the export of arms, ammunition, or implements of war may not be issued until a report on such exports is submitted to Congress. Directs that the report shall include information as to the name and address of the cosignee, user and manufacturer and the dollar amount of items contained in the application. Specifies that Congress has twenty days to object to the application. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 1934)
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Lowers the population requirements from 100,000 to 50,000 for a unit of local government to be eligible to be a prime sponsor under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
State Voter Registration Act - Establishes within the Federal Election Commission the Voter Registration Bureau to: (1) render assistance to States and local governments to improve voter registration procedures; (2) develop model standards for voter registration; and (3) make grants to States and local governments. Declares that any individual who fulfills the requirements to be a qualified voter under State law and who is registered to vote under the provisions of this Act shall be entitled to vote in any Federal election in the State involved. Directs the Bureau to prepare voter registration forms for use by each State which registers voters in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Bureau to make grants to any State or local government which implements a voter registration plan in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the Bureau to make grants to any State or local government to establish and carry out programs to increase the number of registered voters. Limits such grants to 50 percent of the cost, and to not more than 10 cents for each eligible voter. Enumerates the prerequisites for the Bureau to approve an application. Directs the Bureau to give expeditious assistance to any State or local government official to prevent the registration of unqualified voters. Imposes a penalty of $10,000 and/or imprisonment for not more than 5 years for an individual knowingly giving false information as to his name, address, residence, age, or other information for the purposes of establishing his eligibility to register to vote. Requires each State to transmit to the Bureau by December 31, 1976, a voter registration plan designed to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Bureau to promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Prohibits former Federal employees who participated in a contract formulation whose value exceeded $10,000 from being employed, for a period of two years, by anyone who has a direct interest in the contract. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 207)
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66, Public Law 93-233, and subsequent cost-of-living increases under title II of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975
Provides that any grant funds under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which were withheld from allotment by Presidential direction for fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975 shall be alloted among the States by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with a specified formula. Revises the distribution of such allotments to the States for fiscal years beginning with 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Public Land Timber Conservation Act - Requires that all timber harvested from lands owned by the United States and located west of the 100th meridian shall be processed in the United States. Enumerates the products from such processing which may be exported. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to permit individual export sales outside the restrictions of this Act, upon the record and after opportunity for agency hearings. Requires affidavits of purchasers of United States lands' timber indicating that they have not exported private lands' timber from the western United States during a specified period. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act, including a fine of up to $100,000 per violation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Financial Disclosure Act - Requires candidates for Federal office, Members of the Congress, each officer and employee of the Federal Government who is compensated at a rate in excess of $25,000 per year, Federal employees performing the duties of a GS-16 or higher, members of the Uniformed Services in the grade 0-6 or higher, the President, and the Vice President to file annually with the Comptroller General, a report containing a full and complete statement of: (1) the amount and source of each item of income, each gift or aggregate of gifts from one source (other than gifts received from his spouse or any member of his immediate family) received by him, by and his spouse jointly, by his spouse, or by his dependents, during the preceding calendar year which exceeds $100 in amount or value, including any fee or other honorarium received by him for or in connection with the preparation or delivery of any speech or address, attendance at any convention or other assembly of individuals, or the preparation of any article or other compensation for publication, and the monetary value of subsistence, entertainment, travel, and other facilities received by him in kind; (2) the identity of each asset held by him, by him and his spouse jointly, by his spouse, or by his dependents, which has a value in excess of $1,000, and the amount of each liability owed by him or by him and his spouse jointl, together with the amount of each liability which is owned with respect to any financial interest which is under his constructive control, which is in excess of $1,000 as of the close of the preceding calendar year; (3) any transactions in securities of any business entity by him or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in transactions in the securities of such business entity exceeds $1,000 during such year; (4) all transactions in commodities by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in such transactions exceeds $1,000; and (5) any purchase or sale of real property or any interest therein by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction, during the preceding calendar year if the value of property involved in such purchase or sale exceeds $1,000. Defines the terms used in this Act. Sets forth penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975
Prohibits, except as provided in this Act, the inspection of tax returns and the disclosure of information contained in such returns. Authorizes the inspection of returns by or disclosure to (1) the taxpayer or his representative; (2) employees of the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice solely for purposes of enforcement of the tax laws; (3) State agencies charged with administration of the tax laws only for that purpose; (4) the President of the United States in the performance of his official duties; and (5) the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation for statistical purposes only. Increases the criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure or receipt of information under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Allows purchasers of national forest timber to transfer earned but unused credits between timber sales on the same national forest where timber sale contracts involve road construction.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1975
Prohibits, under the Export Administration Act, domestic exporters from taking any actions which have the effect of furthering or supporting the restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by any foreign country against another country friendly to the United States. Stipulates that nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the imposition of any sanction against any business concern located in a country friendly to the United States which trades with nations fostering such boycotts. Stipulates that this Act shall not apply to any action authorized by an international organization in which the United States concurred.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Limousine Limitation Act - Prohibits government agencies from purchasing, hiring, leasing, operating or maintaining limousines in Federal Government motor pools, or employing the services of chauffeurs. States that government agencies may not maintain motor vehicles for transporting elected or appointed government officers and employees between their home and place of employment, with specified necessary exceptions. Exempts the President, the Vice President, the head of each executive department, the Chief Justice of the United States, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority whips of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the United States Representative to the United Nations from the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975
Emergency Marine Fisheries Protection Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act: (1) to take emergency action to protect and conserve threatened stocks of fish by asserting fishery management responsibility and authority over fish in an extended contiguous fishery zone and over certain species of fish beyond such zone, until a general international agreement on fishery jurisdiction comes into force or is provisionally applied; (2) to extend, as an emergency measure, the fishery management responsibility and authority of the United States to two hundred nautical miles; (3) to extend, as an emergency measure, fishery management responsibility and authority of the United States over anadromous species of fish which spawn in any fresh or estuarine waters of the United States; and (4) to commit the Federal Government to act to prevent further depletion, to restore depleted stocks, and to protect and conserve fish to the full extent of such emergency responsibility and authority. Establishes a fishery zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States. Sets the boundaries of the contiguous fishery zone at 197 miles from the outer limits of the territorial sea. Declares that the United States shall manage and conserve, and have preferential rights to, fish within the contiguous fishery zone, and with respect to anadromous species of fish, pursuant to the responsibility and authority vested in it pursuant to this Act, subject to traditional foreign fishing rights as defined and recognized in accordance with of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations as are necessary to implement the purposes of this Act. States that the Secretary and the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, may authorize fishing within the contiguous fishery zone of the United States, or for anadromous species or both, by citizens of any foreign nation, only if such nation has traditionally engaged in such fishing prior to the date of enactment of this Act, and only if such foreign nation claiming such rights demonstrates that it grants similar traditional fishing rights to citizens of the United States within the contiguous fishery zone of such nation, if any exist, or with respect to anadromous species which spawn in the fresh or estuarine waters of such nations. Establishes a Fisheries Management Council to prepare plans for marine fisheries managment and conservation and provide information and assistance to States and local or regional fisheries authorities in marine fisheries management and conservation. Sets forth the membership, terms of office and rates of per/diem allowances for such Council. Provides for review by Congress of marine fisheries management plans prepared by the Council. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal years 1975 and 1976 for the Council. Directs the Secretary of State, upon the request of and in cooperation with the Secretary, to initiate and conduct negotiations with any foreign nation which is engaged in, or whose citizens are engaged in, fishing in the contiguous fishery zone of the United States or for anadromous species. Directs the Secretary of State, upon the request of and in cooperation with the Secretary, to, in addition, initiate and conduct negotiations with any foreign nation in whose contiguous fishery zone or equivalent economic zone citizens of the United States fish. Declares the purpose of such negotiations to be to enter into international fishery agreements on a bilateral or multilateral basis to effectuate the purposes, policy, and provisions of this Act. Declares it the sense of the Congress that the United States Government shall not recognize the limits of the contiguous fishery zone of any foreign nation beyond twelve nautical miles from the base line from which the territorial sea is measured, unless such nation recognizes the traditional fishing rights of citizens of the United States, if any, within any claimed extension of such zone or with respect to anadromous species, or recognizes the management of highly migratory species by the appropriate existing bilateral or multilateral international fishery agreements irrespective of whether such nation is party thereto. Sets forth prohibited acts and penalties. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to enforce this Act. Terminates the legal force and effect of this Act on such date as the Law of the Sea Treaty with respect to fishery jurisdiction, which the United States has signed or is party to, shall come into force or is provisionally applied. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Executive Agreements Review Act - Provides that each executive agreement entered into after the date of enactment of this Act concerning the establishment, renewal, continuance, or revision of a national commitment shall be transmitted by the President to the Congress, or, in cases requiring non-disclosure for the immediate time, to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs under an appropriate written injunction of secrecy. Provides that both Houses of Congress must agree to a concurrent resolution of disapproval of such agreement within 60 calendar days of continuous session (10 days in situations certified to be emergencies by the President) to negate the agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate specified lands in the Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests, Washington, as "Alpine Lake Wilderness" and "Enchantment Wilderness" for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Provides for the establishment of the Alpine Lakes National Recreation Area, including within it the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, in the State of Washington. States that the administration, protection, and development of the area shall be by the Secretary of Agriculture. Prescribes the rules governing the acquisition of property and the authorities of the Secretary regarding land development and use. Directs the Secretary to implement a land and water management plan for the recreation area, to include provision for, in descending order or priority: (1) protection of ecological, scenic, natural, scientific, historic, and wilderness values contributing to long-term public enjoyment, inspiration, and education; (2) public outdoor recreation benefits; and (3) within the wilderness perimeter zone, such protection, management, and utilization of renewable natural resources, including forage and forest products, as is consistent with, and does not significantly impair the ecological, scenic, natural, scientific, historic, or recreational values of the area, or adversely affect the wilderness area. Directs the Secretary to regulate motor vehicle use and timber harvesting consistent with management plan. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of land and interests in land and such sums as may be necessary for the study of and/or development of recreation facilities pursuant to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Federal Employees Political Activities Act - Provides that Federal employees may not request political contributions from other Federal employees, provided, however, that Federal employees may make political contributions of their own volition. Prohibits the use of official authority or influence on the part of Federal employees to affect elections. Provides that such prohibition applies to employees of the United States Postal Service. Provides that such employees may, take an active part in political management or in political campaigns in their roles as private citizens. Defines the phrase "an active part in political management or in political campaigns". Provides as a penalty for violation of this Act not less than 30 days' suspension without pay or removal upon a unanimous vote of the Civil Service Commission, with prosecution in the discretion of the Attorney General.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Youth Camp Safety Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to protect and safeguard the health and well-being of youth attending day camps, resident camps, and travel camps by providing for the establishment of Federal standards for the safe operation of youth camps. Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Youth Camp Safety to be headed by a Director of Youth Camp Safety. Confers upon the Director the primary responsibility for the promulgation and enforcement of Federal and State youth camp safety regulations. Requires any State which desires to assume responsibility for the development and modification of youth camp safety standards to submit a State plan to the Director for his approval. Allows a State whose plan has been rejected to obtain review of the decision in the United States Court of Appeals. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States which have in effect approved State plans, such grants not to exceed eighty percent of the cost of carrying out the State plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1975, and for each succeeding fiscal year, to make the grants provided for in this Act. Authorizes the Director to enter and inspect youth camps and their records. Directs the Director to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Advisory Council on Youth Camp Safety and to submit to Congress at least once a year a comprehensive and detailed report on his administration under this Act. Prescribes penalties for each violation by youth camp operators of the standards promulgated pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Director to request directly from any department or agency of the Federal Government information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics needed to carry out his functions under this Act; and such department or agency is authorized to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Director.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Child and Family Service Act - Title I: Child and Family Service Programs - Provides that the Secretary shall take all necessary action to coordinate child and family service programs under his jurisdiction and that, to this end, he shall establish and maintain within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Child and Family Services administered by a Director appointed by the President with the advise and consent of the Senate. Provides that such office shall assume the responsibility of the Office of Child Development and shall be the principal agency of the Department for the administration of this Act. Establishes a Child and Family Services Coordinating Council, consisting of the Director of the Office of Child and Family Services (who shall serve as chairperson), and representatives from the Federal agencies administering the Social Security Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and from the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the Department of Labor, and other appropriate agencies, to meet on a regular basis, as they may deem necessary, in order to assure coordination of child and family service activities under their respective jurisdictions so as to assure maximum use of available resources through the prevention of duplication of activities; and to structure the activities related to the purposes of this Act. States that funds available for this title may be used (in accordance with approved applications and plans) for planning and developing child and family service programs; establishing, maintaining, and operating child and family service programs, which may include: (1) part-day or full-day child care programs, which provide educational, health, nutritional, and social services directed toward enabling participating children to attain their maximum potential; (2) other health, social, recreational, and educational programs designed to meet the special needs of children and families including before- and after- school and summer programs; (3) school services, and education, and consultation for parents, other family members functioning in the capacity of parents, youth, and prospective and expectant parents who request assistance in meeting the needs of their children; (4) social services to help families determine the appropriateness of child and family services and the possibility of alternative plans; (5) prenatal, post partum and other medical care, including services to expectant mothers who cannot afford such services, designed to help reduce handicapping conditions among the newborn; (6) programs designed to meet the special needs of ethnic groups and to meet the needs of all children to understand the history and cultural backgrounds of ethnic groups and the role of members of such groups in the histroy and cultural development of the Nation and the region in which they reside; (7) food and nutritional services; (8) diagnosis, identification, and treatment, and special activities designed to ameliorate physiological, mental, psychological, and emotional barriers to full participation in child and family service programs; (9) programs designed to extend child and family service gains (particularly parent participation) into the kindergarten and early primary grades, in cooperation with local educational agencies; (10) other such services and activities as the Secretary deems appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this Act; (11) rental, lease or lease-purchase, mortgage amortization payments, renovation, acquisition and maintenance of necessary equipment and supplies, and to the extent authorized by this Act, construction or acquisition of facilities, including mobile facilities; (12) preservice and inservice education and training for professional and paraprofessional personnel, including parents and volunteers, especially education and training for career development and advancement; (13) staff and other administrative expenses of child and family service councils and of project policy committees established and operated in accordance with the provisions of this Act; and (14) dissemination of information in the functional language of those to be served to assure that parents are well informed of child and family service programs available to them and may participate in such programs. Provides that a State, locality, or combination of localities may be designated by the Secretary as a prime sponsor for the purpose of entering into arrangements to carry out programs under this title. Enumerates the requirements which must be met by States and localities submitting prime sponsorship applications. States that each prime sponsor shall establish and maintain a Child and Family Service Council of specified composition. States that such Council shall be responsible for approving child and family service plans, basic goal, policies, procedures, overall budget policies and project funding, and the selection or establishment and annual renewal of an administering agency or agencies and will be responsible for annual and ongoing evaluation of child and family service programs according to criteria established by the Secretary. States that financial assistance under this title may be provided by the Secretary for fiscal year 1976 and any subsequent fiscal year to a prime sponsor only pursuant to a child and family service plan which is submitted by such prime sponsor and approved by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this title. Specifies the elements to be contained in such plans, and the procedure including opportunity for airing of views with respect to such plan, for approval or disapproval of the plan. States that funds may be provided by the prime sponsor for carrying out any program under such prime sponsor's comprehensive child and family service plan only to a qualified public or private agency or organization, including but not limited to an educational agency or institution, a community action agency, single-purpose Headstart agency, community development corporation, parent cooperative, organization of migrant agricultural workers, organization of Indians, organization interested in child care, employer or business organization, labor union, or employee or labor management organization, or by any other public or private agency whose project application is approved by the Child and Family Service Council of the prime sponsorship. Provides for special grants to States for necessary expenses incident to the operation of programs authorized by this Act in such States, and, in addition to the conditions which must be met for such grants, requires that grants for construction or acquisition of facilities may be made only if such construction or acquisition is essential to the provision of adequate child care services. Title II: Standards And Evaluations - Provides that, within six months after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate a common set of program standards which shall be applicable to all programs providing child care services under this or any other Federal Act, to be known as the Federal Standards for Child Care. Provides that the Secretary shall, within sixty days of the enactment of this Act, appoint a Special Committee on Federal Standards for Child Care to participate in the development of Federal Standards for child care and modifications thereof. Provides for the development of a minimum code for child and family service facilities to be addressed to the health, safety, and physical comfort of the children participating in such programs. Title III: Facilities and Research for Child and Family Services Programs - States that it is the purpose of this title to assist and encourage the provision of urgently needed facilities for child care and comprehensive child services programs. States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to insure any mortgage (including advances on such mortgage during construction) in accordance with the provisions of this title upon such terms and conditions as he may prescribe and make commitments for insurance of such mortgage prior to the date of its execution or disbursement thereon. Provides that the mortgage shall be executed by a mortgagor approved by the Secretary, and that such mortgages shall involve in principal obligation of up to $250,000 and not to exceed 90 percent of the estimated replacement costs of properties or projects when the proposed improvements are completed. Creates a Child and Family Services Facility Insurance Fund which shall be used by the Secretary as a revolving fund for carrying out all the insurance provisions of this title, including mortgage insurance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants, contracts, or other arrangements to carry out a program of research and demonstration projects, which shall include but not be limited to: (1) research to develop techniques to measure and evaluate child and family services, and to develop standards to evaluate professional and paraprofessional child and family service personnel; (2) research to test preschool programs emphasizing reading and reading readiness; (3) preventive medicine, techniques, and technology to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of diseases and learning disabilities of pre-school children; (4) research to test alternative methods of providing child and family service; (5) evaluation of research findings and the development of these findings and the effective application thereof; (6) dissemination and application of research and development efforts and demonstration projects to early childhood education programs; (7) production of informational systems and other resources necessary to support the activities authorized by this Act; (8) developing methods of determining the needs of individual children in particular areas such as education, nutrition, and medical services, so as to permit the modification of programs to fit the needs of individual children; and (9) a study of the need on a nationwide basis for child and family services programs and of the resources, including personnel, which are available to meet this need. Title IV: Training of Personnel for Child and Family Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education, State and local agencies, State and local educational agencies, private organizations and agencies engaged in teacher training, teacher training institutions, national child care organizations, and producers of television programing, for the purpose of establishing, developing, or upgrading early childhood personnel training programs to respond to the demonstrated need for child services personnel in the 1970's; and by stimulating the development of sufficient training and educational programs in every State and region of the United States to assure an adequate supply of personnel to meet staffing requirements. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978 to carry out this title. Title V: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Provides for nutrition services to be provided to child and family service programs under the National School Lunch Act of 1946 and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
States that the House of Representatives commends the agreement reached at Vladivostok on November 24, 1974. Provides that it is the advice of the House that the President should make every possible effort to complete the negotiations resulting from the Vladivostok agreement in principle and in addition to reach further agreements including, but not limited, to the following: (1) mutual restraints on the pace and character of development and deployments by the United States and the Soviet Union of strategic weapons systems within mutually agreed limitations of the Vladivostok agreement and of the final accords to be negotiated on the basis of the Vladivostok agreement; (2) a commitment to negotiate mutual reductions to lower levels than those contained in the Vladivostok agreement, both in the total numbers of strategic delivery vehicles and in the numbers of missiles capable of carrying multiple, independently targetable reenty vehicles; and (3) a mutual commitment to continue negotiations on a timely basis to achieve further mutual limitations with regard to military forces and armaments not presently limted as part of the 1972 United States-Soviet Union strategic arms control agreements and the Vladivostok agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Provides that the charge imposed on any household for a coupon allotment under the Food Stamp Act after the date of this Act and prior to December 30, 1975, may not exceed the charge imposed on such household for coupon allotments under rules and regulations in effect on January 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1977; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner, when requested, to render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance to land- grant-type universities to enable such universities to assist and cooperate in developing and improving land-grant-type universitites in agriculturally developing nations. Lists programs designed to effectuate this assistance including: (1) cooperation in developing capacity in the university in the cooperating nation for classroom teaching, and (2) cooperation in agricultural research to promote efficiency in the production of food. Establishes an International Land-Grant University Advisory Board to assist in the administration of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that such sums shall not exceed $150,000,000 in a fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Tax and Loan Account Interest Act - Terminates the insurance of any bank under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, which fails to pay the Federal funds rate of interest on all tax and loan accounts.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Specifies that the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stocks Piling Act regarding the acquisition and development of strategic raw materials shall not apply to regulations or prohibitions pertaining to economic relations and/or communications with foreign nations or foreign nationals which are established under the authority of the United Nations Participation Act in response to sanctions imposed by the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should not impose any tariff or other import restriction on petroleum or petroleum products before April 1, 1975, so as to give the Congress a reasonable period of time in which to act legislatively on such matter if it determines such action is necessary.
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