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United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week."
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1978
Congressional Districting Act - Specifies that each State entitled to more than one Representative in the 98th or any subsequent Congress shall establish a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which that State is entitled. Declares that no district shall differ substantially in population size from another. Requires a five-member redistricting commission to be established in such State which shall conduct public hearings with respect to the boundaries of districts and prepare and submit to the Federal Election Commission a plan for redistricting to be published in the Federal Register. Sets forth judicial procedures to insure compliance with this Act. Authorizes the Federal Election Commission to administer and distribute funds to each State for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978
Recognizes the great contribution of Bernardo de Galvez to the independence of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1978
Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to require issuers of securities to report only material information to offerees with respect to transactions not involving a public offering. Limits the rulemaking power of the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to prevent the disqualification of certain affiliates of issuers and sellers of restricted securities from the exemption from registration requirements allowed for persons not engaged in the distribution of securities. Exempts a security seller who makes a good faith attempt not to involve any public offering in a transaction from liability to a purchaser. Increases the small offering exemption from $500,000 to $3,000,000. Exempts small business investment companies licensed under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 from the terms of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978
Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to disregard renewal commissions received by an insurance salesman from life insurance policies which such salesman sold before reaching age 65, for purposes of determining eligibility based on income for social security benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1978
Health Maintenance Organization Amendments - Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act through fiscal year 1981 for: (1) grants and contracts for surveys of the feasibility of establishing, operating or expanding health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and (2) grants, contracts, loans and guarantees for planning and initial development costs related to the establishment of HMOs. Excludes from the definition of basic health services, any health service which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines by regulation is unusual or infrequently provided and is not generally recognized by health professionals as appropriate for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of an illness or injury. Authorizes up to $1,000,000 for the establishment of a HMO or $600,000 for a project to significantly expand the membership of, or areas served by a HMO. Increases the aggregate amount of principal of loans which may be made or guaranteed, or both, for the initial cost of operation of an HMO. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to HMOs for projects for the acquisition or construction of ambulatory health care facilities and for the acquisition of equipment for facilities acquired or constructed with such loan and to guarantee to lenders: (1) their loans to nonprofit private HMOs for such projects; and (2) their loans to private HMOs for such projects which will serve medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program to provide training to individuals to become administrators, medical directors, or managers of, or assume other managerial positions with HMOs. Requires each HMO: (1) to file with the Secretary such information as the Secretary may require concerning the fiscal operations of the HMO; and (2) to make such information available to its members. Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit State and local officers or employees responsible for the expenditures of substantial amounts of funds under the State Medicaid plan from conducting specified business dealings in connection with the State program after leaving office.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1978
Amends the National Research Act to establish the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Directs the Commission to study the legal, ethical, and social implications of: (1) the allocations of Federal resources for biomedical and behavioral research and health care delivery; (2) the requirements for informed consent to participation in research projects and medical procedures; (3) establishing a uniform definition of death; (4) counseling and testing for genetic diseases; (5) the differences in the availability of health services; (6) the requirements and guidelines applicable to clinical trials; (7) the establishment of standards of efficacy applicable to medical procedures performed on humans; (8) human in-vitro fertilization; and (9) other matters relating to medicine or biomedical or behavior research. Directs the Commission, upon completion of each study and no later than November 1 each fiscal year, to report its findings and activities to the President and the Congress. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out the purposes of the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1978
Spending Limitation and Tax Reduction Act - Title I: Spending Limitation - Places limits on increases in Congressional spending for fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982. Title II: Tax Reduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce individual, estate and trust, and corporate income tax rates in 1979 and 1980, and to establish a permanent reduction in such rates for 1981 and succeeding years. Increases the surtax exemption for corporations to $100,000.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day."
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1978
Consumer Controversies Resolution Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to assure all consumers convenient access to a consumer controversy resolution mechanism which is effective, fair, inexpensive, and expeditious and to facilitate better representation of consumer interests. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to establish an office of Consumer Redress. Directs the Commission to perform enumerated duties, including: (1) payment to the States of funds to assist in the development, establishment, or improvement of State consumer controversy resolution systems; (2) review of the operation of each State plan for the resolution of controversy involving consumers which has been approved under this Act; and (3) articulation and evaluation of the goals for a model State system of consumer controversy resolution. Provides for the allocation to States of monies appropriated for financial assistance pursuant to this Act. Specifies purposes for which such funds be used including public education and publicity relating to the availability and proper use of consumer controversy resolution mechanisms and settlement procedures. Requires each recipient of assistance under this Act to keep such records as the Federal Trade Commission shall prescribe. Directs the Commission to submit an annual report to the President and Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated not more than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1978
Amends the Small Business Act to establish in the Small Business Administration a Small Business extension service which shall develop and implement a comprehensive program for the identification, development, and practical demonstration of management techniques suitable for use by small business concerns.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1978
Designates June 25, 1978, as "National Brotherhood Day."
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1978
Amends Title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require States having agreements for coverage of their employees under the system of insurance established by such Title to make payments and reports on a calendar-quarter basis.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1978
Investment Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore part of the pre-1969 tax treatment of capital gains by repealing the capital gains item of tax preference for the minimum tax; lowering the corporate alternative tax to 25 percent of net capital gain; and lowering the alternative individual tax to 25 percent of net capital gain.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1978
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1978
Prohibits Congress from making any appropriations in excess of total estimated revenues in any fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1980. Provides an exception to such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt. Requires the repayment of the national debt during the next 100 years.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1978
Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to require issuers of securities to report only material information to offerees with respect to transactions not involving a public offering. Limits the rulemaking power of the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to prevent the disqualification of certain affiliates of issuers and sellers of restricted securities from the exemption from registration requirements allowed for persons not engaged in the distribution of securities. Exempts a security seller who makes a good faith attempt not to involve any public offering in a transaction from liability to a purchaser. Increases the small offering exemption from $500,000 to $3,000,000. Exempts small business investment companies licensed under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 from the terms of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1978
Establishes an administrative procedure and guidelines to be followed by a newly created office of the Department of the Interior in determining whether or not Indian Tribes shall be granted Federal recognition.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1978
Establishes an administrative procedure and guidelines to be followed by a newly created office of the Department of the Interior in determining whether or not Indian Tribes shall be granted Federal recognition.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1978
Designates the week of September 10 through September 17 of 1978 as "National Rehabilitation Week."
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the first Sunday of September after Labor Day of each year as "National Grandparents Day."
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1978
Provides that where two or more Members of the House of Representatives pay the basic pay of an individual from the clerk-hire allowance of each such Member, such individual shall be considered to be on the payroll of only one such Member for purposes of determining the number of individuals employed by such Members under the clerk-hire allowance. Requires such Members to designate who shall be considered the employer for the month involved and to report such designation to the Office of Finance.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1978
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to extend through fiscal year 1981 the authorization of appropriations for carrying out such Act. Authorizes the Consumer Product Safety Commission to develop consumer product safety standards on its own without an invitation to entities outside the Commission if the Commission finds that it is in the public interest to do so. Sets forth guidelines to determine when it is in the public interest to develop such standards.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Developmental Disabilities Act Amendments - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act to rename such Act the Developmental Disabilities Act. Declares the purpose of such Act to be to assure that persons with developmental disabilities receive the services necessary to enable them to achieve their maximum potential and to ensure their legal and human rights. Replaces the National Advisory Council on Services and Facilities for Developmentally Disabled with the National Advisory Council on Services, Facilities, and Rights of the Developmentally Disabled. Includes among the duties of such Council the development of a national five year plan for persons with developmental disabilities. Extends to October 1, 1979, the deadline for the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop a system for evaluating programs under such Act. Extends State allotment authorizations to fiscal year 1981 and revises minimum State allotment provisions. Revises State plan requirements for such allotments. Revises the membership requirements of State Planning Councils to require that at least one-sixth of such Council's members be persons with developmental disabilities and at least one-sixth be immediate relatives or guardians of such persons. Extends the authorization of appropriations for special projects to fiscal year 1981. Revises the grant authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for university affiliated programs, and ends special grants for establishing satellite centers. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for such university affiliated programs, and to ensure that each Federal agency providing funds for the support of such programs reviews the funding application. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such programs to fiscal year 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Amendments - Amends the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972: (1) to extend the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1979; and (2) to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to annually report to the President and Congress on the extent of drug abuse in the United Statess, the effectiveness of the drug abuse prevention functions carried out through any entity of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and proposals for changes in the drug abuse prevention functions carried out through the Department. Requires each State plan submitted to the Secretary pursuant to such Act to provide reasonable opportunity for political subdivisions in the State to submit to the State agency recommendations respecting the preparation and carrying out of the State plan.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Amends the National Trails System Act by requiring the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating the Overmountain Men Victory Trail in the States of Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, as a national scenic trail.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate July 1, 1978, as "Free Enterprise Day."
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1978
Nurse Training Amendments - Title I: Nurse Training - Amends Title VIII (Nurse Training) of the Public Health Service Act to extend for two fiscal years, through fiscal year 1980, the program of financial assistance for nurse training. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to cover the costs of traineeships for the training of licensed registered nurses to be nurse anesthetists. Requires the Secretary to arrange for a study to determine the need to continue a specific program of Federal financial support for nursing education. Title II: Other Health Professions Programs - Increases authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for National Health Service Corps programs. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the limits on Federal loan insurance and insured loans to students enrolled in a school of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Anti-Inflation Tax Reduction and Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide cost-of-living adjustments for the individual income tax rates and withholding tables.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1978
Emergency Interim Consumer Product Safety Rule Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide an interim mandatory safety standard for flame resistance and corrosiveness for cellulose insulation. Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to enforce such rule in the same manner as any other consumer product safety rule. Requires the Commission to promulgate a final rule if the Commission determines that the interim rule does not adequately protect the public.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1978
Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to redefine telephone service as any telecommunication service for the transmission of voice, data, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds by wire, radio, light, or other electromagnetic systems, including all lines, facilities, or systems used in the rendition of such service, including community antenna and cable television facilities; but not including message telegram service, or radio broadcasting services or facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
See summary of: H.R. 9168
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Small Business Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain small businesses to compute taxable income under the cash method and without regard to inventories. Increases the corporate surtax exemption and reduces the corporate tax rates. Provides for limited recognition of the gain from the sale or exchange of a sole proprietorship prior to the age of 55, and non-recognition after age 55. Allows the amortization over a 36-month period of expenses of a business for property acquired to put the business in compliance with Federal law and which does not have any economic usefulness to the business. Increases the additional first year depreciation allowance for small businesses. Increases the investment tax credit for investments in certain small manufacturing facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1978
Permits a taxpayer to continue to treat, at his option, a payment of compensation under a nonqualified compensation reduction plan as payable to him in a later tax year, despite a proposed Treasury Department rule which would require such payment to be treated as payable to the taxpayer in the year it would have been payable but for the taxpayer's exercise of his option.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1978
Rural Community Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to nonmetropolitan units of local government to help finance specified community development programs including: (1) the acquisition of real property which is blighted, deteriorating, undeveloped or inappropriately developed from the standpoint of sound community development or which is to be used for public works or other public purposes; (2) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of public works or other improvements including neighborhood facilities, historic properties, and recreation facilities; and (3) special projects to remove material or architectural barriers which restrict the mobility of elderly and handicapped persons. Sets forth application and review requirements. Lists factors, including population growth or decline rates and unemployment rates, which the Secretary shall consider in allocating funds to States and units of general local government. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee local government notes or other obligations where such entity is carrying out comprehensive community development programs, and public agency obligations for purposes of financing the acquisition of real property. Permits the Secretary to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury in an amount outstanding at any one time sufficient to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out his obligation under guarantees authorized by this Act. States that obligations guaranteed by this Act shall be subject to Federal taxation. Prohibits discrimination in the administration of this Act. Provides a procedure to be followed where the Secretary finds that a recipient of assistance under this Act has failed to substantially comply with any provision of this Act. Permits interstate agreements with respect to community development planning and programs. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development to conduct a study of the feasibility and desirability of meeting the community development needs of units of general local government which are located within a metropolitan area having a population of 20,000 or less and are rural in character under the provisions of this Act rather than under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the making of any grant to a unit of local government which is located outside of a metropolitan area and has a population of 20,000 or less.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to require Federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an economic impact analysis of all proposed and final rules subject to the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Expresses the condemnation by the Congress of the March 11, 1978, attack on Israel by the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the expressed intention of the PLO to continue such attacks and to disrupt the peace efforts between Israel and Egypt. Requests the President to make the disapproval of the Congress known to governments approving the PLO attack. Expresses Congressional approval of the peace efforts between Israel and Egypt. Urges other Middle East countries to join such efforts. Declares negotiation to be the best way to bring peace to the Middle East.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Expresses United States determination (1) to prevent the aggressive activities of the Soviet Union and Cuba in the Western Hemisphere, (2) to prevent the creation of externally supported Cuban military capability, and (3) to work with the Organization of American States for hemisphere security.