Bill· HRH.R. 14221 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study of the necessity for and the feasibility of a railroad tunnel across the Hudson River-Upper New York Bay Narrows waterway, to be located in or within the vicinity of New York City. Requires the Secretary in conducting such study to invite comments and recommendations from persons who may be affected by the construction of such a railroad tunnel. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress on the results of such study within one year after the enactment of this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1328 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Urges the President to communicate with the Soviet Union concerning its obligation in accordance with the Helsinki accords to allow Isaac Zlotver to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 675 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978
Expresses the disapproval of the Congress of the denial by the Government of the Soviet Union of the right to emigrate and the harassment and imprisonment of individuals, including Mrs. Ida Nudel, who desire to emigrate.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1097 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978
Declares that President Brezhnev of the Soviet Socialist Republics should authorize the release of Doctor Semyon Gluzman from prison and allow him and his family to emigrate to Israel.
Bill· HRH.R. 13564 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the withholding tax requirements with respect to gambling winnings.
Bill· HRH.R. 13524 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code by providing graduated corporate income tax rates ranging, over seven brackets, from a 16 percent rate on a corporation's first $25,000 income to a 45 percent rate on income over $150,000.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1044 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Designates July 18, 1979, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 655 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
States that the Congress of the United States calls upon the Rumanian Government to: (1) restore legal status and full religious freedom to the Byzantine Rite Catholic Church; (2) restore full religious freedom to the Latin Rite Catholic Church and all other religious communities; and (3) permit the Holy See to appoint bishops in both the Latin Rite and Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1022 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of September 17, 1978, as "National Port Week."
Bill· HRH.R. 13225 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens affiliated with terrorist organizations from: (1) visa eligibility and admission into the United States; (2) temporary parole admission; and (3) transit through the United States as foreign officials. Authorizes the Attorney General to deport such aliens, and prohibits the Attorney General from allowing such aliens to voluntarily depart rather than being deported. Removes specified diplomatic and semidiplomatic immunities from such aliens. Makes it a felony under such Act to knowingly aid such an alien to enter the United States. Defines terrorist organization for purposes of such Act. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to: (1) define terrorist organization for purposes of such Act; (2) direct the Attorney General to investigate the activities of any person registered under such Act as an agent of a terrorist organization; and (3) make such an agent who knowingly receives funds from such an organization criminally liable.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 996 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1978
Requests the President to (1) instruct the Department of State to report to Congress on the violations of human rights in Cambodia, (2) instruct the International Communications Agency to disseminate such information, and (3) instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to introduce a resolution in the General Assembly condemning these atrocities.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 960 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1978
Declares (1) that the Department of the Treasury does not possess authority to implement certain proposed firearms transaction reporting regulations, (2) that such proposed additional recordkeeping requirements serve no useful purpose and are wasteful, and (3) that the Department must seek explicit congressional authorization before proposing any rules or regulations for centralizing records required under existing firearms law.
Bill· HRH.R. 12907 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 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.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1192 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that, until such time as Kim Dong Jo is made available for examination under oath, authorization for the transfer of anything of value, directly or indirectly, to the Republic of Korea and appropriation of funds for transfer, directly or indirectly, to the Republic of Korea for nonmilitary purposes should be approved by the House of Representatives only where the refusal to so approve such authorization or appropriation would imperil the national security of the United States or the territorial integrity of the Republic of Korea. Declares it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the refusal of the United States to transfer things of value or funds to the Republic of Korea for nonmilitary purposes would not, under present circumstances, imperil the national security of the United States or the territorial integrity of the Republic of Korea.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 907 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the first Sunday of September after Labor Day of each year as "National Grandparents Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 12726 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1978
Extends countercyclical revenue sharing until fiscal year 1982 and decreases the unemployment percentage required for authorization of such program from six to five percent.
Bill· HRH.R. 12685 (95th)referred
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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 610 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1978
Condemns those responsible for the crimes against Aldo Moro. States the sense of Congress that: (1) the President extend support to the Government of Italy; and (2) the President encourage nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to work with the Italian Government to coordinate and strengthen efforts of free nations to apprehend terrorists and work through diplomatic channels for the isolation and condemnation of those countries which give refuge and support to terrorists.
Bill· HRH.R. 12610 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1978
Authorizes classification of certain individuals as children for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 12528 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Amends the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out such Act to $10,000,000,000.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 879 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate July 1, 1978, as "Free Enterprise Day."
Law· HRH.R. 12426 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
New York City Financial Assistance Act - Title I: Emergency Assistance - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee, under stated conditions, obligations of the City of New York or of its financing agent. Limits the total amount of guarantees that may be outstanding at any time to $2,000,000,000. Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Makes interest income received on any obligation guaranteed under Title I of this Act after the date of the enactment of this title taxable under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 583 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1978
Declares it the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the Secretary of State to request the Secretary General of the United Nations to work through existing United Nations agencies to secure a full accounting of Americans listed as missing in Southeast Asia.
Bill· HRH.R. 11934 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual who has attained the age of 62 before the close of the taxable year to exclude up to $3,000 of interest which would otherwise be includible in gross income. Reduces the amount of interest which may be excluded by one-half of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over $5,500.
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