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Bill· HRH.R. 8949 (94th)referred

Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975

Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1976 and 1977 for educational programs, services, and activities for Indochinese refugee children in the schools of the local educational agencies of that State. States the form of and required information to be contained in an application by a State educational agency for assistance under this Act. Provides that the amount of the grant for each fiscal year to which a State educational agency is entitled under this Act shall be $300 for each Indochinese refugee child in that State. Authorizes to be appropriated to make the grants authorized by this Act $57,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $14,500,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and $29,000,000 for fiscal year 1977.

Bill· HRH.R. 8891 (94th)referred

A bill to require that a national cemetery be established in the vicinity of Riverside, Calif.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1975

Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery at March Air Force Base, California. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to transfer to the Administrator 680 acres of land for such purpose and to make an additional 562 acres available for expansion of such cemetery. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,150,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8847 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that when an adverse decision is made on a claim for benefits thereunder, the claimant shall have the right to reconsideration, including an informal conference and a statement of the case, prior to hearing; to impose time limits and make other improvements in the procedures for determining such claims; and to regularize the appointment of administrative law judges hearing such claims.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1975

Provides under the Social Security Act that an Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance claimant shall be entitled to an informal conference reconsidering an initial adverse decision concerning such claimant's eligibility for benefits. Prescribes the procedures for such reconsideration hearings. Requires that such a hearing be presided over by an administrative law judge and conducted on the record.

Bill· HRH.R. 8718 (94th)referred

Federal Disaster Insurance Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975

Federal Disaster Insurance Act - Establishes a Federal Disaster Insurance Corporation in the executive branch of the Government. Defines terms used in this Act. Authorizes $1,000,000,000 for capital stock of the Corporation. Creates a National Disaster Insurance Fund in the Treasury of the United States, to make insurance payments as may be required from time to time. States that the function of the Corporation is to provide insurance against damage or loss of property due to natural disaster. Provides that such insurance shall cover 90 percent of the total amount of damage to or loss of property to which the policy relates. Requires the payment of premiums in order to maintain insurance by the Corporation. States that claims for losses covered by insurance provided by the Corporation shall be adjusted and paid under rules provided by the Board of Directors. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Board. Enumerates the powers of the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to consult with all other Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities having disaster relief functions.

Bill· HRH.R. 8612 (94th)referred

A bill to establish an arbitration board to settle disputes between supervisory organizations and the U.S. Postal Service.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975

Provides that if the Postal Service and a supervisory organization, recognized by the Postal Service under this Act, representing a majority of supervisors are unable to agree, within 60 days after the organization submits a written notice to the Postal Service, upon a program for consultation or a plan to participate directly in the planning and development of pay policies and schedules, fringe benefit programs, and other programs relating to supervisory employees, either party shall have the right to refer the matter to an arbitration board established under the provisions of this Act. Provides that if the Postal Service and a supervisory organization recognized by the Postal Service under this Act as representing the majority of supervisors are unable to agree with respect to pay policies and schedules, fringe benefit programs, and other programs related to supervisory employees, which affect all or a substantial portion of supervisory personnel on a long- term or permanent basis, after participating directly in the planning and development thereof, either party, upon a 30-day written notice, may refer the dispute to an arbitration board established under the provisions of this Act. Provides for the establishing of an arbitration board to consider specified disputes. Sets forth hearing requirements to be met by such board. Provides that the decisions of the arbitration board shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 598 (94th)referred

Resolution establishing a select committee to study the problem of U.S. servicemen missing in action in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975

Creates a select committee in the House of Representatives with authority to conduct a full and complete investigation of the problem of United States servicemen missing in action or known to be dead whose bodies have not been recovered, as a result of military operations in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Provides that such investigation shall include an examination of the need for additional international inspection teams to determine whether there are servicemen still held as prisoner of war. Authorizes the Committee to hold hearings, issue subpenas, and maintain a staff as necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this resolution. Directs the committee to report to the House the results of its investigation no later than one year after adoption of this resolution. Provides that the committee's authority shall expire 30 days after the filing of such report. Directs that the expenses of the select committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.

Bill· HRH.R. 8325 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to provide that a unit or combination of units of general local government having a population of fifty thousand or more shall be eligible to be a prime sponsor and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975

Provides that a unit of general local government having a population of fifty thousand or more (the present eligibility requirement is one hundred thousand) shall be eligible to be a prime sponsor under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973.

Law· HRH.R. 8240 (94th)open

Veterans' Administration Physician and Dentist Pay Comparability Act of 1975

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975

Veterans' Administration Physicians and Dentists Comparability Pay Act - Provides increases in pay for physicians and dentists employed full time by the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration. Establishes special pay for such physicians and dentists to maximum annual amounts of $5,000 and $2,500, respectively. Establishes a schedule of incentive pay in amounts up to $8,500 for physicians, and $4,250 for dentists, annually. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to report to Congress by August 31, 1976, on investigations and evaluations: (1) of the problems facing Federal departments and agencies, including the uniformed services, in recruiting and retaining qualified physicians and dentists; (2) of the extent to which a uniform system of pay, allowances, and benefits would alleviate or solve such problems; and (3) of other appropriate solutions. Directs the Comptroller General to develop alternative courses of action to solve such recruitment and retention problems. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4107; 4114 (a) (2))

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 308 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress that further Federal offshore oil leases off the California coast be postponed.

United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1975

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of the Interior should not grant new offshore oil leases affecting the United States coastal zones until Congress has completed action on legislation amending the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and each State affected by such leases has developed a management program for the land and water resources of its coastal zone.

Bill· HRH.R. 7897 (94th)passed

A bill to authorize funds for assistance to local educational agencies for the education of Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1975

Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to local educational agencies or to the States to assist in the cost of providing education and occupational training and retraining to Cambodian and Vietnamese children and adults who are refugees as defined in the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978 for such grants.

Law· HRH.R. 7767 (94th)open

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act of 1975

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975

Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act - Title I: Veterans Disability Compensation - Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans, depending on the severity of the disability. Provides additional allowances to spouses, children, and dependent parents in all cases where the veteran is rated 50 percent or more disabled. Title II: Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation - Increases the monthly benefits payable to widows and children under the Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation program by 10 percent. Title III: Conversion Under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance - Provides that a member eligible for automatic conversion of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance may elect to convert to an individual commercial policy, or elect to be insured under the Veterans' Group Life Insurance program. Title IV: Effective Dates - Provides that titles I and II shall take effect on the first day of the second calendar month which begins after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that title III shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 7750 (94th)referred

Performance Rights Amendment

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975

Performance Rights Amendment - Provides, under the Copyright Act, for the establishment of a performance royalty. Gives exclusive rights to copyright holders to perform publicly for profit and to reproduce and distribute to the public, by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending, any reproduction of a copyrighted work which is a sound recording. Limits the exclusive rights of the owner of a copyright to duplicate the sound recording in a tangible form that recaptures the actual sounds fixed in the recording, and to perform those actual sounds. Provides that these rights do not extend to the making or duplication of another sound recording that is an independent fixation of other sounds, or to the performance of other sounds, even though such sounds imitate or simulate those in the copyrighted sound recording; or to reproductions made by broadcasting organizations exclusively for their own use. Provides that where the copyrighted sound recording has been distributed to the public under the authority of the copyright owner, the public performance of the sound recording shall be subject to compulsory licensing. Establishes a compulsory licensing system whereby those who use sound recordings for profit would be required to pay a fee (performance royalty) to the copyright owner. Provides that such fees shall be placed in a fund out of which copyright owners are compensated. Specifies that the annual royalty fees, at the user's option, may be computed on either a blanket or a prorated basis. Allows the substitution of a negotiated license for the compulsory license at a rate not less than specified in this Act. Sets forth detailed payment requirements for royalties under the compulsory licensing provisions of this amendment. (Amends 17 U.S.C. 1; Adds 17 U.S.C. 33)

Bill· HRH.R. 7694 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the continued application of the nursing salary cost differential which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1975

Requires under the Social Security Act the continued application of the 8 1/2 percent nursing salary cost differential which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the medicare program.

Bill· HRH.R. 7552 (94th)referred

A bill to protect the economic rights of labor in the building and construction industry by providing for equal treatment of craft and industrial workers.

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1975

Provides that concerted activities on the part of labor organizations or laborers employed in the construction business shall be unfair labor practices within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act when directed at any of several employers on a construction site only if such acts would otherwise be unfair labor practices within the meaning of the Act. Requires ten days' notice to be given to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service of intent to strike a military installation engaged in specified activities.

Bill· HRH.R. 7482 (94th)referred

Right to Financial Privacy Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975

Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protection against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless the financial records are described with particularity and: (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act; (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide a Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas and summons and judicial subpenas. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may not require an institution to maintain any financial records or to transmit any reports relating to customers unless: (1) such records are required for use by a supervisory agency in the supervision of that institution; or (2) such records are required to be maintained by the Internal Revenue Code. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 7059 (94th)referred

Performance Rights Amendment

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1975

Performance Rights Amendment - Provides, under the Copyright Act, for the establishment of a performance royalty. Gives exclusive rights to copyright holders to perform publicly for profit and to reproduce and distribute to the public, by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending, any reproduction of a copyrighted work which is a sound recording. Limits the exclusive rights of the owner of a copyright to duplicate the sound recording in a tangible form that recaptures the actual sounds fixed in the recording, and to perform those actual sounds. Provides that these rights do not extend to the making or duplication of another sound recording that is an independent fixation of other sounds, or to the performance of other sounds, even though such sounds imitate or simulate those in the copyrighted sound recording; or to reproductions made by broadcasting organizations exclusively for their own use. Provides that where the copyrighted sound recording has been distributed to the public under the authority of the copyright owner, the public performance of the sound recording shall be subject to compulsory licensing. Establishes a compulsory licensing system whereby those who use sound recordings for profit would be required to pay a fee (performance royalty) to the copyright owner. Provides that such fees shall be placed in a fund out of which copyright owners are compensated. Specifies that the annual royalty fees, at the user's option, may be computed on either a blanket or a prorated basis. Allows the substitution of a negotiated license for the compulsory license at a rate not less than specified in this Act. Sets forth detailed payment requirements for royalties under the compulsory licensing provisions of this amendment. (Amends 17 U.S.C. 1; Adds 17 U.S.C. 33)

Bill· HRH.R. 7005 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 42, United States Code.

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975

Authorizes the Legal Services Corporation, under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, to undertake research, training and clearinghouse activities either directly or by grant or contract.

Bill· HRH.R. 6883 (94th)referred

A bill to enlarge the Sequoia National Park in the State of California.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975

Provides that the Sequoia National Game Refuge shall become part of the Sequoia National Park, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the new area. States that nothing in this Act shall terminate or impair any private right in permits or property in the Game Refuge.

Bill· HRH.R. 6688 (94th)referred

Prisoner Rights Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975

Prisoner Rights Act - Prohibits the inhumane treatment, as defined by the Act, of Federal prisoners. Requires the immediate discharge of any Federal employee engaging in such prohibited conduct. Sets forth minimum standards to be followed before a Federal prisoner may be placed in solitary confinement and regulates the treatment of such prisoner while so confined. Directs the Attorney General to establish grievance procedures for Federal prisoners. Declares that any such prisoner shall be entitled to report any grievance. Provides for the investigation by independent investigators appointed by the Attorney General of alleged grievances. Sets forth visitation rights for the friends, relatives, and attorneys of Federal prisoners.

Bill· HRH.R. 6328 (94th)referred

A bill to repeal exemptions in the antitrust laws relating to fair trade laws.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1975

Repeals, under the Sherman Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act, exemptions in the antitrust laws relating to fair trade laws (also known as resale price maintenance or quality stabilization laws) which permit agreements prescribing minimum or stipulated prices for the resale of brand-name commodities.

Bill· HRH.R. 6097 (94th)referred

Ozone Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975

Ozone Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Congress on the effects on Public health and the environment of the discharge of chlorofluoromethane into the ambient air. Requires the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to report to the Congress the control and target levels which should be prescribed. Permits the Administrator to waive the requirements and prohibitions of this Act if he determines that there is no significant risk to the public health. Permits the Administrator to establish target and control levels. Establishes a target level of 1 percent and a control level of fifty thousand tons per year in the absence of any set by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to arrange for the issuance of licenses to regulate chlorofluoromethane. Prohibits the violation of the terms of any license, the manufacture, importation, the introduction into commerce of chlorofluoromethane, or the unreasonable stockpiling of chlorofluoromethane. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1975-1977 to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 6081 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that corporations, labor organizations, and certain Government contractors which make unlawful political contributions shall be fined in an amount equal to the amount of such contributions.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975

Provides that corporations, labor organizations, and specified Government contractors which make unlawful political contributions shall be fined in an amount equal to the amount of such contributions. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 610)

Bill· HRH.R. 6080 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that corporations, labor organizations, and certain Government contractors which make unlawful political contributions shall be fined in an amount equal to the amount of such contributions.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1975

Provides that corporations, labor organizations, and specified Government contractors which make unlawful political contributions shall be fined in an amount equal to the amount of such contributions. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 610)

Bill· HRH.R. 5803 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize a program of assistance to States for the establishment, expansion, improvement, and maintenance of veterans cemeteries, and to provide for transportation of bodies to a national cemetery.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975

Authorizes the appropriation of $4,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976, and $6,000,000 for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for aid to the States for the establishment and expansion of veterans' cemeteries owned by the States. Sets forth the conditions under which grants may be made to the State under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make payments, for the calendar year 1976 and each calendar year thereafter, to the States for the interment of veterans and for the maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries. Requires the Administrator to conduct a survey to determine the reasonable cost of interment and perpetual care maintenance for the purposes of payment under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to pay transportation costs of the bodies of specified veterans to national cemeteries.

Law· HRH.R. 5727 (94th)open

Parole Commission and Reorganization Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975

Parole Reorganization Act - Establishes, as an independent entity in the Department of Justice, a United States Parole Commission, to consist of a national office and five regional offices. States that the Commission shall have the power to establish general policies, guidelines, rules, and regulations for the Commission, including rules with respect to the factors to be taken into account in determining whether or not a prisoner should be released on parole. Provides that the Commission shall meet not less frequently than quarterly to establish its general policies and rules. States that, whenever confined and serving a definite term or terms of over one hundred and eighty days, a prisoner shall be eligible for release on parole after serving one-third of such term or terms or after serving ten years of a life sentence or of a sentence over thirty years. Stipulates that a prisoner shall be released on parole if his record shows that he has substantially observed the rules of the institution in which he is confined on the date of his eligibility for parole, unless it is determined by an examining panel that he should not be released on such date for one or more of the following reasons: (1) there is a reasonable probability that such prisoner will not live and remain at liberty without violating any ciminal law; (2) there is a reasonable probability that such release would be incompatible with the welfare of society; or (3) the prisoner's release on such date would so deprecate the seriousness of his crime as to undermine respect for the law. Requires the regional offices to hold a hearing in making a determination of whether to release a prisoner on parole. Sets forth the procedure to be followed in such hearings. Authorizes the regional Commissions to impose such conditions of parole as are deemed reasonably necessary to insure that the parolee will lead a law-abiding life or to assist him in doing so. Provides, with certain exceptions, that the jurisdiction of the Commission over the parolee shall terminate no later than the date of the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced. States that if the regional commissioner believes that any parolee has violated a condition of his parole, or that there is reason to terminate any parolee's assignment to a center or similar facility, he may order such parolee to appear before him or before a hearing examiner, or issue a warrant and retake the parolee as provided in this Act. Requires that a hearing be held on such a matter. Authorizes the courts to fix eligibility for parole at the time of sentencing of an individual. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to provide that any prisoner shall be eligible for release on parole if such prisoner is ineligible for such release under any other provision of law. Requires the Commission to report annually to each House of Congress on the activities of the Commission.

Bill· HRH.R. 5724 (94th)referred

Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975

Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act - States that the current depressed condition of the national economy has had an especially heavy impact upon local governments, making it no longer possible for them to finance needed public facilities, thereby threatening the health, safety, and general welfare of their citizens. Declares it to be needless and unwise public policy for a vast pool of idle manpower to coexist with a backlog of needed and long overdue local public facilities work. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce acting through the Economic Development Administration to make grants to any State or local government for local public works projects, including but not limited to: (1) those public works projects of State and local governments for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act; and (2) the architectural design, engineering, and related planning of local public works projects. Provides that the Federal share of any project for which a grant is made under this Act shall be 100 percent of the cost of such project. Directs the Secretary to prescribe those rules, regulations, and procedures necessary to carry out this Act. States factors that the Secretary shall consider in accordance with the relative needs of the various sections of the country. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant for the purpose of increasing to 100 percent the Federal contribution to a public works project for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act. States that not more than 10 percent of all amounts authorized to carry out this Act shall be granted for local public works projects within any one State. Provides that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on projects assisted by this Act shall be paid wages a rate not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,000,000,000 to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5422 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to provide that a unit or combination of units of general local government having a population of $50,000 or more shall be eligible to be a prime sponsor, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1975

Provides that a unit of general local government having a population of fifty thousand or more (the present eligibility requirement is one hundred thousand) shall be eligible to be a prime sponsor under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973.

Bill· HRH.R. 5379 (94th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States code to penalize the use of a cutting or stabbing weapon in the commission of a felony, and to increase the penalties for the use of firearms in the commission of a felony.

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975

Provides an additional penalty for anyone who uses or carries a firearm during the commission of any felony for which he may be prosecuted in a U.S. court. States that such additional penalty shall be a term of imprisonment for not less than two or more than 10 years, in the case of a first conviction, and not less than five nor more than 25 years in event of a second or subsequent conviction. Prescribes penalties for the use or carrying of any cutting or stabbing weapons in the commission of a felony which are the same as the additional penalties for firearms prescribed under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5345 (94th)referred

Performance Rights Amendment

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975

Performance Rights Amendment - Provides, under the Copyright Act, for the establishment of a performance royalty. Gives exclusive rights to copyright holders to perform publicly for profit and to reproduce and distribute to the public, by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending, any reproduction of a copyrighted work which is a sound recording. Limits the exclusive rights of the owner of a copyright to duplicate the sound recording in a tangible form that recaptures the actual sounds fixed in the recording, and to perform those actual sounds. Provides that these rights do not extend to the making or duplication of another sound recording that is an independent fixation of other sounds, or to the performance of other sounds, even though such sounds imitate or simulate those in the copyrighted sound recording; or to reproductions made by broadcasting organizations exclusively for their own use. Provides that where the copyrighted sound recording has been distributed to the public under the authority of the copyright owner, the public performance of the sound recording shall be subject to compulsory licensing. Establishes a compulsory licensing system whereby those who use sound recordings for profit would be required to pay a fee (performance royalty) to the copyright owner. Provides that such fees shall be placed in a fund out of which copyright owners are compensated. Specifies that the annual royalty fees, at the user's option, may be computed on either a blanket or a prorated basis. Allows the substitution of a negotiated license for the compulsory license at a rate not less than specified in this Act. Sets forth detailed payment requirements for royalties under the compulsory licensing provisions of this amendment. (Amends 17 U.S.C. 1; Adds 17 U.S.C. 33)

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 349 (94th)referred

Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the missing in action in Southeast Asia and the Paris Agreement.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of the State should take the necessary steps, including the renewal of negotiations between the parties, signatory to the Paris agreement and the agreement with the Lao Patriotic Front, to finally determine the fate of all United States servicemen and civilians missing in Southeast Asia. Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of this resolution to the President who is requested to report to the House in 90 days on steps taken to implement this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5174 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish on certain public lands of the U.S. national petroleum reserves the development of which needs to be regulated in a manner consistent with the total energy needs of the Nation.

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish national petroleum reserves on any reserved or unreserved public lands of the United States except lands in the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, areas now under review for inclusion in the Wilderness System in accordance with provisions of the Wilderness Act of 1964, and lands in Alaska other than those in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4. States that no national petroleum reserve that includes all or part of an existing naval petroleum reserve shall be established without prior consultation with the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the development of the oil and gas in the national petroleum reserves in the contiguous 48 States established pursuant to this Act. Requires competitive bidding procedures with prior public notice for any contract, lease, or operating agreement for development and production of oil and gas from a national petroleum reserve. States that the terms and conditions for such development, which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be subject to disapproval by Congress. Provides that any oil or gas produced from such petroleum reserves shall, with exceptions, be subject to all the limitations and licensing requirements of the Export Administration Act. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to explore for oil and gas on Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4 and to report annually to Congress on his plan for exploration of such reserve.

Bill· HRH.R. 5129 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Privacy Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975

Allows an individual under the Privacy Act of 1974 to correct, expunge, update, or supplement such portion of a Federal records system as the individual believes is not legally maintained. Repeals the exemption of the Central Intelligence Agency from specified requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974.

Bill· HRH.R. 5045 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to restrict the authority for inspection of tax returns and the disclosure of information contained therein.

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975

Prohibits, except as provided in this Act, the inspection of tax returns and the disclosure of information contained in such returns. Authorizes the inspection of returns by or disclosure to (1) the taxpayer or his representative; (2) employees of the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice solely for purposes of enforcement of the tax laws; (3) State agencies charged with administration of the tax laws only for that purpose; (4) the President of the United States in the performance of his official duties; and (5) the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation for statistical purposes only. Increases the criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure or receipt of information under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4968 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for Federal participation in the costs of the social security program, with a substantial increase in the contribution and benefits base and with appropriate reductions in social security taxes to reflect the Federal Government's participation in such costs.

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1975

Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for reductions in Social Security taxes relating to the rate of tax on self-employment income for purposes of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance. States that such reductions shall apply in the case of taxes imposed with respect to self-employment income for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1975, and with respect to wages paid or received during calendar years after 1975. Provides for Federal participation in the costs of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act. Increases the earnings counted for benefit and tax purposes under the Social Security Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4921 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize and direct the General Accounting Office to audit the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Advisory Council, the Federal Open Market Committee, and Federal Reserve banks and their branches.

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975

Directs the Comptroller General to audit annually the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Advisory Council, the Federal Open Market Committee, and all Federal Reserve banks and branches. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress within six months after the end of each fiscal year on the results of the audit. States that such report shall specifically indicate any program, financial transaction, or undertaking observed in the course of the audit which in the opinion of the Comptroller General has been carried out without legal authority.

Bill· HRH.R. 4807 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide financial assistance to medical facilities for treatment of certain aliens.

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975

Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that medical facilities may be reimbursed by the Federal Government for emergency medical treatment given aliens unlawfully in the United States if such aliens are unable to pay the cost of such treatment or can pay only a part of the cost and the aliens or medical facilities which provided such treatment are not eligible under any public assistance program for payment of or reimbursement of such cost. Requires that an application for reimbursement be submitted to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth criteria for determining whether such an application shall be approved.