United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Renegotiation Act Amendments - Revises the procedures under the Renegotiation Act for the determination of excessive profits by national defense contractors. Sets terms of office for members of the Renegotiation Board at five years except for those members appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of a term. Sets the method and form of commencing renegotiation proceedings under this Act. Eliminates specified exemptions for products and equipment of oil and gas wells which the Board may presently make to some or all of the provisions of the Renegotiation Act. Provides for the payment of interest on amounts of excessive profits at a rate to be specified by the Secretary of the Treasury. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
Requires that the Secretaries of the military departments be kept full and currently informed regarding matters considered and acted upon by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 141)
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1975
Changes the membership of the National Archives Trust Fund Board to consist of the Archivist of the United States, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Government Operation, and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Services. (Amends 44 U.S.C. 2301)
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating November 10, 1975, in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the United States Marine Corps.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly which equates Zionism with racism, and urges the U.N. General Assembly to disapprove such resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1975
Exempts, under the Internal Revenue Code, aircraft museums, as defined in this Act, from Federal taxes on fuel. Provides for the repayment to such museums by the Secretary of the Treasury of any gasoline taxes paid.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to donate without cost any surplus personal property under the control of any executive agency to the State agency in each State designated as the body responsible for the distribution of such property. States that such property may be donated for distribution to: (1) public agencies for promoting public health or safety, education, parks and recreation, conservation, and economic development; (2) nonprofit medical institutions; (3) Indian tribes and similar groups; and (4) nonprofit public agencies. Sets forth regulations governing such donation and distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
Renegotiation Act Amendments - Revises the procedures under the Renegotiation Act of 1951 for the determination of excessive profits by national defense contractors. Sets terms of office for members of the Renegotiation Board at five years except for those members appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of a term. Sets the method and form of commencing renegotiation proceedings under this Act. Eliminates specified exemptions for products and equipment of oil and gas wells which the Board may presently make to some or all of the provisions of the Renegotiation Act of 1951. Provides for the payment of interest on amounts of excessive profits at a rate to be specified by the Secretary of the Treasury. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to donate without cost any surplus personal property under the control of any executive agency to the State agency in each State designated as the body responsible for the distribution of such property. States that such property may be donated for distribution to: (1) public agencies for promoting public health or safety, education, parks and recreation, conservation, and economic development; (2) nonprofit medical institutions; (3) Indian tribes and similar groups; and (4) nonprofit public agencies. Sets forth regulations governing such donation and distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Provides that the Joint Committee on Printing, rather than the President, shall nominate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall, upon confirmation by a majority vote of each House, appoint for a term of five years with right of reappointment a suitable person, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, to take charge of and manage the Government Printing Office. Provides that the Joint Committee on the Library, rather than the President, shall nominate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall, upon confirmation by a majority vote of each House, appoint the Librarian of Congress for a term of five years. Provides that the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, rather than the President, shall nominate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall, upon confirmation by a majority vote of each House, appoint the Comptroller General of the United States for a term of 10 years without right of reappointment. Requires a commission consisting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration, and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules and Administration rather than the President, to nominate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall, upon confirmation by a majority vote of each House, to appoint the Architect of the Capitol for a term of five years with right of reappointment.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Antitrust Parens Patriae Act - Authorizes any State attorney general to bring a civil action, in the name of the State, in the district courts of the United States charging unlawful monopoly practices under the Clayton Act. Provides that in such actions the State may recover: (1) threefold the damages and the cost of suit, as parens patriae on behalf of natural persons residing in the State injured by the antitrust violation litigated; or (2) single damages and the cost of suit, as parens patriae with respect to any injury to the general economy of the State or to any political subdivision of the State. Requires notice to be given by publication of actions brought under this Act. Provides for persons on whose behalf actions under this Act are brought to elect to exclude their claims from adjudication by the State attorney general as parens patriae. Provides for the measurement of damages and the distribution procedure to be followed in actions under this Act. Directs the United States Attorney General to give written notice to States' attorney generals in those instances of Federal actions under the Clayton Act where he has reason to believe that the State attorney general would be entitled to bring an action under the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1975
Consumer Protection Act - Establishes as an independent agency within the executive branch the Agency for Consumer Protection. States that the Agency shall be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Administrator to transmit to the Congress and the President in January of each year a comprehensive statement of the activities and accomplishments of the Agency during the preceding calendar year, including a summary of consumer complaints received and actions taken thereon and such recommendations for legislation necessary or desirable to protect the interests of consumers within the United States. Directs the Agency, in the performance of its functions, to advise the Congress and the President as to matters affecting the interests of consumers; and to protect and promote the interests of the people of the United States as consumers of goods and services made available to them through the trade and commerce of the United States. States the functions of the Agency, including to: (1) represent the interests of consumers before Federal agencies and courts to the extent authorized by this Act; (2) encourage and support research, studies, and testing leading to a better understanding of consumer products and improved products, services, and consumer information; and (3) submit recommendations annually to the Congress and the President on measures to improve the operation of the Federal Government in the protection and promotion of the interests of consumers. Directs the Agency to receive, evaluate, develop, act on, and transmit complaints to the appropriate Federal or non-Federal entities concerning actions or practices which may be detrimental to the interests of consumers. Requires the Agency to maintain a public document room containing an up-to-date listing of all signed consumer complaints of any significance for public inspection and copying of which the Agency has received, arranged in meaningful and useful categories, together with annotations of actions taken by it. Directs the Agency to investigate and report to Congress on the desirability and feasibility of establishing a National Consumer Information Foundation which would administer a voluntary, self-supporting, information tag program. Prohibits sex discrimination in any program activity receiving Federal assistance under the Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act such sums as may be required for fiscal year 1976, for the transitional period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and for fiscal years 1977 and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1975
Provides for the printing of 500 additional copies of the committee print entitled "Court Proceedings and Actions of Vital Interest to the Congress, Final Report for the 93d Congress, December 1974". States that such documents shall be for the use of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Consumer Protection Act - Establishes as an independent agency within the executive branch the Agency for Consumer Protection. States that the Agency shall be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Administrator to transmit to the Congress and the President in January of each year a comprehensive statement of the activities and accomplishments of the Agency during the preceding calendar year, including a summary of consumer complaints received and actions taken thereon and such recommendations for legislation necessary or desirable to protect the interests of consumers within the United States. Directs the Agency, in the performance of its functions, to advise the Congress and the President as to matters affecting the interests of consumers; and to protect and promote the interests of the people of the United States as consumers of goods and services made available to them through the trade and commerce of the United States. States the functions of the Agency, including to: (1) represent the interests of consumers before Federal agencies and courts to the extent authorized by this Act; (2) encourage and support research, studies, and testing leading to a better understanding of consumer products and improved products, services, and consumer information; and (3) submit recommendations annually to the Congress and the President on measures to improve the operation of the Federal Government in the protection and promotion of the interests of consumers. Directs the Agency to receive, evaluate, develop, act on, and transmit complaints to the appropriate Federal or non-Federal entities concerning actions or practices which may be detrimental to the interests of consumers. Requires the Agency to maintain a public document room containing an up-to-date listing of all signed consumer complaints of any significance for public inspection and copying of which the Agency has received, arranged in meaningful and useful categories, together with annotations of actions taken by it. Directs the Agency to investigate and report to Congress on the desirability and feasibility of establishing a National Consumer Information Foundation which would administer a voluntary, self-supporting, information tag program. Prohibits sex discrimination in any program activity receiving Federal assistance under the Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act such sums as may be required for fiscal year 1976, for the transitional period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and for fiscal years 1977 and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Defines the term "navigable waters", for purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as it applies to Corps of Engineers responsibility and authority to regulate the discharge of dredged or fill material.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Consumer Goods Pricing Act - Repeals the provision of the Sherman Antitrust Act which permits contracts or agreements by the producer or distribution of such commodity prescribing minimum prices for the resale of a commodity bearing a trademark or tradename.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1975
Authorizes the attorneys general of the States to secure actual damages and other relief for persons, classes of persons, and political subdivisions of their States which are injured by reason of any violation of the antitrust laws. Permits the determination of such damages in the aggregate by use of statistical sampling or any other reasonable method, rather than requiring proof of amount of damage to each individual member of the injured class. Provides that, in any action with respect to any federally funded program affected by a violation of the antitrust laws, a State may recover treble damages plus actual damages sustained by the United States. Authorizes the Attorney General of the United States to bring the action to protect Federal interests or on behalf of a State if the State attorney general fails to do so within 180 days after the Attorney General has notified the State attorney general of the violation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Authorizes to be appropriated for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976 such sums as are necessary to conduct programs and activities for which funds were authorized for fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a board of trustees. Specifies the composition of such board, including four members appointed by the President, eight members appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the Librarian of Congress, and the Director of the Center. Authorizes the Center to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years. States that such research or training may be extended to a period not to exceed five years with the concurrance of at least two-thirds of the members of the board. Provides that no former employee of the Federal government shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two-year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the Center to submit to the Library of Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Travel Expense Amendments Act - Expands the definition of "employee," for purposes of travel, subsistence and mileage allowances, to include experts and consultants who are intermittently employed by the Federal Government, and those who serve the Government without pay or for $1 a year. Sets the per diem travel allowance at $35 for travel within the continental United States, and authorizes the President to set the per diem allowance by locality for travel outside the continental United States. Raises the maximum reimbursement rate for travel to high rate geographical areas and for travel under unusual circumstances. Raises the mileage allowances for the use of privately owned motorcycles, automobiles and airplanes when such modes of transportation have been approved as most advantageous to the Government. Directs the Administrator of General Services to conduct periodic investigations of the cost of travel in privately owned vehicles, to report the results to Congress at least once a year, and to adjust the rates provided in this Act by regulation.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Provides, under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, that the national acreage allotment of rice for the 1976 and subsequent crops of rice shall be 2,000,000 acres, unless the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the difference between the total supply of rice for the marketing year beginning in the calendar year preceding such crop year and the normal supply of rice for such marketing year is greater than 20 percent of such normal supply. Specifies that if the Secretary makes such determination, the national acreage allotment of rice for the crop year shall be established at a level adjusting the supply of rice so that a quantity of marketable rice will be on hand in the United States at the end of the marketing year beginning August 1 of the calendar year in which the rice for which the acreage allotment is being determined is to be produced (not including rice produced in the calendar year in which such marketing year ends) which is less than 20 percent of the estimated amount of rice which will be utilized in exports and domestic consumption during such marketing year. Stipulates that the national acreage allotment for rice for any crop of rice may not be less than 1, 652,596 acres. Permits the selling or leasing of farm acreage allotments to other persons in the same state. Provides that whenever marketing quotas are in effect with respect to any crop of rice, the producer shall be subject to a penalty on the farm marketing excess at a rate per pound which is equal to the cost of production per pound of rice for the crop with regard to which the penalty is imposed. Directs the Secretary to make available nonrecourse loans and purchases for the 1976 and subsequent crops of rice. Stipulates that such loans and purchases shall be available only to persons producting rice on allocated acres. Specifies the formula by which the amounts of such loans and purchases shall be determined.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Authorizes the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $1,540,000 for the expenses of the investigations, studies, oversight, and functions of the Committee on Government Operations. Directs that an amount not to exceed $34,000 may be used to hire consultants. Requires that findings of the Committee shall be reported to the Committee on House Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975
Exempts the first sale of the share of a State or local government or a subdivision thereof in crude oil produced in the United States from the mineral or leasehold estate of any State or local government or subdivision-owned lands for purposes of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Provides for an annual investigation by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs into the cost of travel by veterans to Veterans' Administration facilities. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the allowance rate authorized and the basis upon which it is determined. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 111)
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1975
Directs the House Commission on Information and Facilities to provide for radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber. Calls upon the Commission to provide for monitors to receive the television coverage to be located in such offices of the Capitol and the House and Senate office buildings as the Commission, after consultation with the Speaker of the House, considers desirable. States that the Commission shall initially provide for transmission of the audio portion of the coverage to offices of Members and officers of the House and Senate. Directs the Commission to provide a daily written summary of the proceedings of the House and other information pertaining to legislative activity. Requires that the Commission make available to the public and commercial broadcasting stations radio and television coverage of the proceedings in the House Chamber, videotapes of such coverage, and recordings of the audio portion of such coverage subject to requirements specifies under this Act. Specifies that such requirements do not include limitations or restrictions on the selection of materials for broadcast use. Authorizes the Commission to employ such persons and enter into such contracts as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Provides that expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House. Directs the Commission, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, to report to the House on activities carried out under this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Removes from the class of aliens whose status may be adjusted by the Attorney General in his discretion to that of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence those aliens who continue in or accept unauthorized employment prior to the filing of an application for adjustment to such status. Makes it unlawful for any employer, or any agent or any person who for a fee, refers an alien for employment by such an employer, knowingly to employ, continue to employ, or refer for employment any alien in the United States who has not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, unless the employment of such alien is authorized by the Attorney General. Provides that an employer, referrer, or agent shall not be deemed to have violated this Act if he has made a bona fide inquiry whether a person hereafter employed or referred by him is a citizen or an alien, and if an alien, whether he is lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or is authorized by the Attorney General to accept employment. Requires that if, in a proceeding initiated within two years after the service of a citation by the Attorney General informing an employer of a violation under this Act, the Attorney General finds that any employer, agent, or referrer upon whom such citation has been served has thereafter violated the provisions of this Act, the Attorney General shall assess a penalty of not more than $500 for each alien in respect to whom any such violation is found to have occurred. Provides that further violation of this Act following the assessment of the above civil penalty shall make the employer guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof such employer shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, for each alien in respect to whom any violation of this occurs. Requires disclosure by employees and officers of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare of information on illegal aliens who are receiving assistance under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975
Travel Expense Amendments Act - Expands the definition of "employee," for purposes of travel, subsistence and mileage allowances, to include experts and consultants who are intermittently employed by the Federal Government, and those who serve the Government without pay or for $1 a year. Sets the per diem travel allowance at $35 for travel within the continental United States, and directs the President to set the per diem allowance by locality for travel outside the continental United States. Raises the maximum reimbursement rate for travel to high rate geographical areas and for travel under usual circumstances. Raises the mileage allowances for the use of privately owned motorcycles, automobiles and airplanes when such modes of transportation have been approved as most advantageous to the Government. Directs the Administrator of General Services to conduct periodic investigations of the cost of travel in privately owned vehicles, to report the results to Congress at least once a year, and to adjust the rates provided in this Act by regulation.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Provides, under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1965, that when there is a major economic dislocation in a major segment of the commercial fisheries industry, the Secretary of Commerce shall, upon request, prepare and submit to Congress a report on the dislocation stating, among other specified items, his determination regarding the need for working capital and mortgage refinancing loans. Enumerates the circumstances under which such loans shall be made and their conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to borrow, interest free, from the Secretary of the Treasury up to $100,000,000 for payment to the fisheries loan fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as necessary to carry out specified provisions of this Act. (Adds 16 U.S.C. 742 (c)(f) (1)).
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Repeals the requirement of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 that an area having special flood insurance program to be eligible for Federal financial assistance for construction purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Provides that all authorizations of appropriations for the Justice Department, with respect to any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1975, shall be specifically made by Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Travel Expenses Amendments Act - Expands the definition of "employee," for purposes of travel, subsistence and mileage allowances, to include experts and consultants who are intermittently employed by the Federal Government, and those who serve the Government without pay or for $1 a year. Sets the per diem travel allowance at $35 for travel within the continental United States, and directs the President to set the per diem allowance by locality for travel outside the continental United States. Raises the maximum reimbursement rate for travel to high rate geographical areas and for travel under unusual circumstances. Raises the mileage allowances for the use of privately owned motorcycles, automobiles and airplanes when such modes of transportation have been approved as most advantageous to the Government. Directs the Administrator of General Services to conduct periodic investigations of the cost of travel in privately owned vehicles, to report the results to Congress at least once a year, and to adjust the rates provided in this Act by regulation. Limits to actual transportation expenses the reimbursement of a Senator's employee for travel to the home state occurring during the 120-day period preceding or primary or general election in which the Senator is a candidate.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Presidential Protection Assistance Act - Requires Federal departments and agencies to assist the United States Secret Service in providing protection to major presidential or vice-presidential candidates, and to other persons entitled to such protection under law. States that such assistance may be in the form of personnel, equipment, facilities, or actual costs for such protection. Provides that such protection shall not be afforded at more than one property per eiligible family at a time not in Government ownership or control. Provides that this limitation shall not apply to members of the immediate family who do not permanently reside with the person entitled to protection. Provides that no payments shall be made pursuant to this Act for services, equipment, facilities ordered, purchased, leased, or otherwise procured by persons other than officers or employees of the Federal Government duly authorized by the Director of the United States Secret Service to make such procurements. States that public funds not specifically appropriated to the United States Secret Service for carrying out the provisions of this Act shall not be used for the purpose of securing any nongovernmentally owned property owned, leased, occupied, or otherwise utilized by persons entitled to protection under Federal law. Provides that expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be subject to audit by the comptroller General and his authorized representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Travel Expenses Amendments Act - Expands the definition of "employee," for purposes of travel, subsistence and mileage allowances, to include experts and consultants who are intermittently employed by the Federal Government, and those who serve the Government without pay or for $1 a year. Sets the per diem travel allowance at $35 for travel within the continental United States, and directs the President to set the per diem allowance by locality for travel outside the continental United States. Raises the maximum reimbursement rate for travel to high rate geographical areas and for travel under unusual circumstances. Raises the mileage allowances for the use of privately owned motorcycles, automobiles and airplanes when such modes of transportation have been approved as most advantageous to the Government. Directs the Administrator of General Services to conduct periodic investigations of the cost of travel in privately owned vehicles, to report the results to Congress at least once a year, and to adjust the rates provided in this Act by regulation. Limits to actual transportation expenses the reimbursement of a Senator's employee for travel to the home state occurring during the 120-day period preceding or primary or general election in which the Senator is a candidate.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Provides, under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1965, that when there is a major economic dislocation in a major segment of the commercial fisheries industry, the Secretary of Commerce shall, upon request, prepare and submit to Congress a report on the dislocation stating, among other specified items, his determination regarding the need for working capital and mortgage refinancing loans. Enumerates the circumstances under which such loans shall be made and their conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to borrow, interest free, from the Secretary of the Treasury up to $100,000,000 for payment to the fisheries loan fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as necessary to carry out specified provisions of this Act. (Adds 16 U.S.C. 742 (c)(f) (1)).
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Presidential Protection Assistance Act - Requires Federal departments and agencies to assist the United States Secret Service in providing protection to major presidential or vice-presidential candidates, and to other persons entitled to such protection under law. States that such assistance may be in the form of personnel, equipment, facilities, or actual costs for such protection. Provides that such protection shall not be afforded at more than one property per eligible family at a time not in Government ownership or control. Provides that this limitation shall not apply to members of the immediate family who do not permanently reside with the President. Provides that no payments shall be made pursuant to this Act for services, equipment, or facilities ordered, purchased, leased, or otherwise procured by persons other than officers or employees of the Federal Government duly authorized by the Director of the United States Secret Service to make such procurements. States that public funds not specifically appropriated to the United States Secret Service for carrying out the provisions of this Act shall not be used for the purpose of securing any nongovernmentally owned property owned, leased, occupied, or otherwise utilized by persons entitled to protection under Federal law. Provides that expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be subject to audit by the Comptroller General and his authorized representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Expresses the findings of Congress, including that Federal information reporting requirements have placed an unprecedented paperwork burden upon private citizens, recipients of Federal assistance, businesses, governmental contractors, and State and local governments. Establishes a Commission on Federal Paperwork to study procedures and practices of the Federal Government relating to information gathering, dissemination, and the management and control of information activities. Enumerates the areas to be considered by the Commission in its studies. Directs the Commission to make a final report to the Congress and the President within two years of the date of its first meeting. Sets forth the membership composition of the Commission and their compensation. Details the administrative powers of the Commission. Calls for cooperation between Federal agencies and the Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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