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United States · United States Congress · 19 June 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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1978
Designates June 25, 1978, as "National Brotherhood Day."
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1978
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate the week of September 17 through 23, 1978, as "National Lupus Week."
United States · United States Congress · 9 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 · 31 May 1978
Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act - Amends the Coinage Act of 1965 to change the size and weight of the one-dollar coin and to require that the obverse side of such coin bear the likeness of Susan B. Anthony.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1978
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate the week beginning on the Sunday preceding the fourth Thursday in November of each year as "National Family Week".
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1978
Solar Energy Bank Act - Creates a Government corporation to be known as the Solar Energy Development Bank to make long-term, low-interest loans to encourage the use of solar energy in commercial and residential dwellings. Establishes procedures governing the processing and approval of loan applications by the Bank. Prohibits conflicts of interest, on the part of officers or employees of the Bank. Prohibits the Bank or its employees from utilizing the Solar Bank to finance political activities. Imposes criminal penalties for the furnishing of false or misleading information by applicants for loans under this Act. Declares that the Solar Bank and its assets shall be exempt by Federal, State, and local taxation. Establishes a Solar Energy Fund in the Treasury of the United States to pay the expenses of the Bank. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000,000 to the Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1978
Directs that Federal Employees Group Life Insurance be made available at any time before retirement to any otherwise eligible Member of Congress or congressional employee who is not covered by such insurance. Stipulates that no Member or employee who is already covered by such insurance shall be required to provide medical evidence of insurability as a condition for optional additional insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate Sunday, September 24, 1978, as "National Good Neighbor Day."
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."
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 · 15 May 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of September 17, 1978, as "National Port Week."
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1978
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day."
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 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.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1978
Solar Energy Transition Act - Directs each Federal agency to use and encourage the use of solar energy technologies. Requires each agency to review the programs, projects, and policies it is administering and assess the feasibility of alternative approaches utilizing solar energy technologies. Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop guidelines and otherwise assist the Federal agencies in the review required by this Act. Establishes the National Solar Energy Advisory Council to advise the Secretary in the performance of his duties under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report to the President and Congress annually starting April 20, 1980 on the progress of the Federal Government and the nation in converting to solar energy.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1978
Condemns the murder of Aldo Moro as a senseless act of terrorism against the values of the free world. Provides that such murder may serve as a symbol of the irrational acts that may occur so long as terrorists believe that such inhumane acts will serve their purpose; and that unjust demands must be resisted in the future so as to foreclose this avenue of attempted political revolution being carried out by radical minorities.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1978
Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop research, development, and demonstration programs concerning the use of solar photovoltaic energy systems. Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to 75 percent of the purchase and installation costs of selected systems used for research purposes. Requires the Secretary to formulate definitive performance criteria concerning solar photovoltaic systems and to develop a system certification for conforming systems. Directs the Secretary to consult with relevant Federal agencies concerning the use of solar photovoltaic systems in Federal facilities. Requires the Secretary to set up a development and demonstration program of prototype photovoltaic systems at the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado. Directs the Secretary to establish a solar energy data bank at the Golden facility. Requires relevant Federal officials to ensure that small business concerns are granted realistic and adequate opportunities to participate, to the maximum extent possible, in the programs under this Act.
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.
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 · 25 April 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate July 1, 1978, as "Free Enterprise Day."
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Urges the Government of Japan to reassess its policy of permitting and subsidizing the killing of dolphins in Japanese waters.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Urges the Government of Japan to reassess its policy of permitting and subsidizing the killing of dolphins in Japanese waters.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Unified Education and Training Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be administered by a Secretary of Education. Declares the purpose of such Department to be to coordinate and administer Federal educational and training programs in such a manner as to eliminate duplication of effort and conflicting policies without interference with State and local school systems or private institutions. Transfers to the Secretary specified functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of Education various educational responsibilities of other Federal agencies and instrumentalities. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary of such Department as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Directs the Secretary of Education to prepare an annual report to the President for submission to the Congress. Establishes a Commission on School Finance to: (1) study and assess the financial needs of public elementary and secondary education and the tax resources available; (2) assess individual Federal education programs; (3) assess the level of Federal aid and its impact on State and local educational systems; and (4) conduct appropriate research and studies.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Designates the month of April as "Fair Housing Month".
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for foot care involving the cutting and removal of corns, warts, and calluses and the trimming of club nails.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide identical income tax rates for single persons and married couples filing joint returns. Limits the earned income that must be reported by a married individual filing a separate return to the amount actually earned by that individual.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide graduted income tax rates for corporations with a maximum rate of 45 percent on income in excess of $150,000 and a minimum rate of 18 percent on income not in excess of $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that artistic compositions, copyrights, and the like shall not be included in the estate tax valuation of the creator's estate.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1978
Designates the week of September 10 through September 17 of 1978 as "National Rehabilitation Week."
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1978
Amends part II of the Interstate Commerce Act (Motor Carriers) to exempt from the provisions of such part vehicles carrying up to 15 persons in a single day roundtrip for the purpose of commuting to and from work. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to exempt from the minimum wage and maximum hours provisions of such Act individuals participating in a voluntary ride-sharing arrangement for the transportation of up to 15 persons in a single day roundtrip for the purpose of commuting to and from work.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Targeted Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow manufacturers planning property eligible for the investment tax credit in designated "labor surplus" areas to take double investment tax credits and depreciation deduction for the property. Doubles the allowable deduction for real property taxes on realty used in connection with this property.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Amends the Buy American Act to require the heads of departments or independent establishments, before determining whether the bid or offered price of a foreign product is reasonable, to adjust such price in accordance with the instructions set forth in this Act. Sets such adjusted price at 150 percent of the bid or offered price excluding duty or 106 percent of such price including duty, whichever is greater.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Directs the House Committee on International Relations to conduct hearings to determine the nature and extent of any United States involvement in the hostilities in Northern Ireland.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
National Health Protection Act - Title I: Comprehensive Maternal and Child Health Protection - Provides that an eligible child (an individual from birth to the age of six) who is enrolled with a participating provider (any provider of health care services who has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (Secretary) to provide health care services to eligible persons) is entitled to receive from that provider to all health care services related to the diagnosis and treatment of any disease, injury, or disability, as well as any other health care services necessary for the adequate protection, maintenance, or restoration of his mental and physical health. Provides that any eligible woman (every woman residing in the United States who is a legal resident or citizen or the spouse of a legal resident or citizen of the United States) enrolled with a participating provider is entitled to receive from that provider, either directly or indirectly, all health care services related to: (1) the diagnosis and treatment of pregnancy; (2) the diagnosis and treatment of disease or injury during pregnancy which could threaten the healthy development of the unborn child; or (3) any injury, disability, or disease relating to or resulting from pregnancy that occurs during the period of 12 weeks immediately following the termination of a pregnancy, including health care services for the mental and physical well-being of the woman. Authorizes the Secretary to make payments to participating providers by the capitation method, consisting of one annual payment per eligible individual enrolled with a provider. Requires the Secretary to assist in the formation of insurance methods to protect providers against catastrophic costs they may incur. Establishes the National Maternal and Child Health Protection Advisory Council (Council) to: (1) advise the Secretary on matters of general policy in the administration of this Title and in the formulation of regulations; and (2) study the operation of this Title, the utilization of health care services under it, and the relationship of such utilization and payment under this Title to payment under other Acts, with a view to recommending any changes in the provisions or administration of this Title or other Acts which may appear desirable. Requires the Council to make an annual report to the Secretary on the performance of its functions. Requires the Secretary to consult with State health planning and development agencies and health systems agencies, as defined in the Public Health Service Act, to coordinate the administration of this Title with related State and local activities. Title II: Catastrophic Protection Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against the personal income tax an amount related to the amount of medical expenses not compensated for by insurance or otherwise. Repeals existing tax deductions under such Code for medical and dental expenses. Title III: Expansion of Medicare Program - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include in the definition of medical and other health services certain prosthetic devices, drugs, biologicals, eye examinations, eyeglasses, hearing aids and dentures. Reduces the inpatient hospital deduction under the Medicare program to $50.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 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.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that an individual's allowable charitable contributions shall be deducted when determining the individual's adjusted gross income, thereby allowing the deduction to individuals who do not itemize.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring General Casimir Pulaski.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to add Title V: Financing of General Election Campaigns for the House of Representatives - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, the House of Representatives Election Campaign Account. Sets forth eligibility requirements to be met by candidates for election to the House of Representatives seeking payments from such Account. Limits expenditures from personal funds which may be made by candidates meeting such eligibility requirements. Entitles eligible candidates to specified matching payments. Limits to $150,000 the aggregate payments which may be made to all candidates in an election. Suspends certain expenditure limitations on eligible candidates if any candidate not eligible to receive payments pursuant to this Act makes expenditures or receives contributions in excess of specified amounts. Sets forth the procedure for requesting matching payments. Sets forth procedures to be followed by the Secretary of the Treasury in maintaining the House of Representatives Election Campaign Account. Directs the Federal Elections Commission to conduct examinations and audits of the campaign accounts of eligible candidates. Provides for the participation of the Commission in judicial proceedings arising under this Act. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1978
Title I: Establishment of Park - Establishes, in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, the Lowell National Historical Park. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for development of such Park. Title II: Role of the Secretary - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit a park management plan to Congress. Provides for consultation with the Lowell city manager, the Lowell National Historical Park Commission, established by this Act, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in developing such plan. Sets requirements for acquisition of specified properties for the Park. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance in preservation, restoration, and other use of park properties. Provides for agreements with park property owners for provision of exhibits and programs. Permits withholding of park management plan funds by the Secretary if the city of Lowell fails to meet specified criteria. Title III: Role of the Commission - Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Lowell National Historical Park Commission to administer the preservation zone. Requires the Commission to file park preservation plans with the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to publish notice of the approval of park preservation plans in the Federal Register. Directs the Commission to make loans, grants, and technical assistance for the preservation, restoration, or development of specified park property. Provides for the acquisition and disposition of property by the Commission. Enumerates the powers of the Commission, including the holding of hearings, and provides for the staff of the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1978
Urges the Government of Japan to reassess its policy of permitting and subsidizing the killing of dolphins in Japanese waters.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Small Business Government Contracting Reform Act - Simplifies Government contracting procedures with respect to small businesses. Establishes Government contract arbitration panels within the Small Business Administration to facilitate the resolution of disputes between any small business concern and any Federal agency having procurement authority. Directs Federal agencies to take the apparent low responsive bidder's small business concern subcontracting plan into account in determining the responsibility of such bidder for the award of such contract. Assigns an employee of the Small Business Administration to each Federal agency to monitor compliance with specified small business programs. Establishes the Small Business Procurement Advisory Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Expresses the condemnation of the House of Representatives of the kidnapping of Aldo Moro. Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) Italy deserves the support of the United States, and (2) the President should instruct the Permanent Representative to the United Nations to press for consideration of solutions to the problem of terrorism in all appropriate forums.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Urges the Government of Canada to reassess its present policy of permitting the killing of newborn harp seals in Canadian waters.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Grants a Federal charter to the Gold Star Wives of America.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Urges the Government of Canada to reassess its present policy of permitting the killing of newborn harp seals in Canadian waters.
United States · United States Congress · 14 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 · 9 March 1978
Title I: Amendments to Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Authority - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration to make physical disaster loans to cover losses during the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending October 1, 1982, at a five percent rate of interest. Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make and issue notes to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of obtaining funds necessary for discharging obligations under the disaster loan revolving fund created by the Small Business Act. Title II: Authorizations and Limitations - Authorizes funds for the small business development center program through fiscal year 1982. Title III: Management and Technical Assistance - Authorizes the Administration to make a grant to any State or local government, development credit corporation, land-grant college, or specified school for small business oriented employment or natural resources development programs including research, counseling, and technical assistance provided that an additional amount equal to the amount of such grant is from a source other than the Federal Government. Title IV: White House Conference on Small Business - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Small business to be conducted by the National Conference Planning Council on Small Business established by this Act. Title V: Miscellaneous Admendments - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to permit the investment of pollution control revolving fund moneys which are not needed for the payment of claims or current operating expenses. Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration to send to Congress any budget estimate or request, any legislative recommendations or testimony, or comment on legislation which it submits to the President or the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Nurse Training Amendments - 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.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide graduted income tax rates for corporations with a maximum rate of 45 percent on income in excess of $150,000 and a minimum rate of 18 percent on income not in excess of $25,000.