United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1977
Makes it unlawful for any individual or entity to solicit to enroll or enroll any member of the armed forces in any labor organization, or for any member of the armed forces to join, or encourage other members to join, any labor union. Prescribes a penalty of not more than five years imprisonment for any individual violating this Act, and a fine of not less than $25,000 nor more than $50,000 for any labor organization in violation of this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to require a citizen sponsor, in the case of any alien admitted to the United States for permanent residence, who is excludable because he is likely to become a public charge, to execute an affidavit of support of such alien. States that any alien admitted to the United States who at any time within 24 months after being so admitted becomes a public charge as defined by this Act shall be subject to immediate deportation. Sets forth criteria to be considered by the Attorney General in exercising his discretion to deport an alien under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Middle-Aged and Older Workers Training Act - States the purpose of this Act to be to (1) establish and assist training programs and relative support services which will provide middle-aged and older workers a full opportunity for remunerative and meaningful employment, and (2) assist in eliminating discriminatory employment practices based on age. Establishes a comprehensive midcareer development service program to be administered by the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make loans and grants to public and private nonprofit agencies and to individuals for manpower training designed to upgrade the work skills and capabilities of middle-aged and older workers. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and carry out a program to prepare personnel to train and retrain middle-aged and older workers in skills needed in the economy of their local communities. Authorizes the Secretary to train personnel within the Department of Labor to be made available to communities in which substantial numbers of middle-aged and older persons are unemployed as a result of a plant closing or a large permanent reduction in the work force. Directs the Secretary to implement specialized services for middle-aged and older workers who desire to improve their employability, to improve their capabilities at their present employment, or to obtain career counseling. Authorizes the Secretary to assist nonprofit volunteer agencies seeking to secure part-time or temporary employment for middle-age and older persons. Directs the Secretary to study (1) existing manpower programs to determine whether they are responsive to the needs of middle-aged and older persons, and (2) the feasibility of establishing a program of extended unemployment compensation benefits for unemployed older workers who have exhausted their unemployment compensation. Directs the Secretary to submit a report to Congress on means of eliminating the lack of coverage and other inadequacies in workmen's compensation and disability insurance programs, health insurance, and pension plans, particularly as they affect the employment of middle-aged and older workers. Directs the Comptroller General to undertake a study of part-time employment in the executive branch, such study to include a determination of measures that may be taken to increase the number of part-time positions which may be filled by older persons without resulting in the displacement of currently employed workers. Directs the Comptroller General to study the feasibility of redesignating positions in the executive branch so as to increase the number of positions which are available to older persons at the subprofessional level. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint advisory committees to facilitate the administration of this Act. Sets forth guidelines for the administration of, and allocation of funds under, this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Uniform Federal Welfare and Medicaid Assistance Act - Amends Title IV (Aid to Families with Dependent Children), Title XVIII (Medicare), and Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide that the Federal matching rate for purposes of reimbursement to States under the programs of aid to needy families with children and medical assistance shall be set at 75 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Increases to $5,000 the amount of outside earnings which is permitted an individual each year without any deduction from benefits under Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban the usage of diethylstilbestrol (DES) as a growth stimulant in any animal intended for use as food or in any animal the product of which is intended for use as food until evidence proves such drug is safe for human consumption. Stipulates that DES may not be determined to be safe if the Secretary finds that it induces cancer when ingested by man or animal. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to accumulate and analyze evidence about DES in consultation with the National Cancer Institute.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to reduce the requirements for eligibility for disability benefits for blind persons. Requires that a blind individual have at least six quarters of coverage to be eligible for disability benefits. Sets forth a method of computing the average monthly wage of a blind individual for the purpose of determining such individual's primary insurance amount. Provides that in no case shall such amount be less than the amount which would be determined without regard to an individual's blindness. States that no reductions will be made from the benefits to which a person is entitled because of such person's refusal to accept State-approved rehabilitative services under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Continues the payment of such benefits as long as blindness lasts, the amount of an individual's earnings notwithstanding.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Prohibits any person from (1) carrying out any research activity on a human fetus which is outside the womb of its mother and has a beating heart if the research or the facility in which it is conducted is federally-supported or (2) taking any action to kill or hasten the death of such a fetus in a federally-supported facility.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Directs that no part of any funds appropriated, or otherwise available, for expenditure by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall be expended to promote the fluoridation of public water supplies.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Prohibits the use of any appropriated funds to carry out any research activity on a living human fetus which is outside the womb of its mother or to assist any person in carrying out such research activity.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Export Priorities Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, within 30 days after the beginning of the crop year for any agricultural commodity, to determine the quantity or the crop of such commodity, if any, that will be available for export and inform the Secretary of Commerce thereof, who shall publicly announce such determination. States that no agricultural commodity may be exported to any foreign country unless the person exporting has been issued a license or unless the commodity has been exempted. States that the quantity of any commodity available for export shall be allocated among foreign countries by the Secretary. Specifies the basis for determining such allocation. Provides that the Secretary may reserve not more than ten percent of a commodity for export in order to meet unexpected foreign demand resulting from natural disaster, crop failure, and changes in existing trading patterns in that commodity. Prescribes the procedures for : (1) issuance of export licenses: (2) administrative revision of quantities available for support; and (3) exports to developing countries. Confers authority on the Secretary to issue such rules or regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that fees collected by the Secretary on export licenses shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall be available to carry out the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Food Stamp Act, and the commodity distribution program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, with specified exceptions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income the first $500 ($1,000 for persons filing joint returns) earned as interest on savings deposits in financial institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Prohibits the transportation of contraband cigarettes in interstate commerce. Defines "contraband cigarettes" as a quantity of more than 2,000 cigarettes, bearing no evidence of the payment of applicable State cigarette taxes, in the possession of any person other than a common or contract carrier or a person licensed by the tax department of the State where the cigarettes are found or the Internal Revenue Service.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Truth in Food Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require full disclosure of the names and amounts of ingredients used in all foods on the label of such foods. Calls for a listing of names and ingredients in such food products to be in order of their predominance after processing and by their common or usual name. Requires a food containing any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative to bear a label stating such fact, and prohibits the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from exempting a given product because compliance would be impracticable.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a $5,000 tax exclusion from gross income for any amount received as an annuity, pension, or other retirement benefit.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Young Adult Conservation Corps Act - Amends the Act which established the Youth Conservation Corps to direct the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to jointly extend the Youth Conservation Corps so as to make possible the year-round employment of young adults. States that individuals employed as Corps members under this Act shall be either between the ages of 18 and 24 exclusively or school dropouts who are at least age 16; shall meet applicable physical standards; shall be given preference for employment if they reside in counties in which the unemployment rate was equal to or in excess of six percent for three consecutive months; and may be employed for a total of not more than 12 months. Specifies guidelines to be followed by the Secretaries in administering this Act, including those relative to the types of jobs and projects to be given preference and the wages to be paid Corps members. Extends the program under which grants are made to States and to assist them in meeting the cost of projects for the employment of young people to develop and maintain non-Federal public lands and waters. Designates a time period during which the Secretaries are to develop a plan to carry out the activities authorized by this Act and prepare the site location, facilities, and equipment selected in such plan. Directs the Secretaries, in performing such functions, to plan for a capacity of the extended Corps to employ 100,000 young adults during the first fiscal year of operation, 300,000 during the second, 400,000 during the third, and 500,000 during the fourth.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Extends due process and equal protection to an individual from the moment of conception. Prohibits the deprivation of human life on account of age, illness, or incapacity.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives: (1) that the Soviet Union permit free emigration of Soviet Jews and others, (2) that the Soviet Union permit the free exercise of religious beliefs and cultural expression, and (3) that the Congress supports "Solidarity Sunday."
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Condemns oppression of minorities in Romania. Directs the President and appropriate Congressional committees to consider this situation prior to taking action on the most-favored-nation trade status of Romania.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that the President should initiate negotiations with Turkey to stop opium production and terminate foreign assistance to Turkey if such negotiations are unfruitful.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1976
Urban Trees Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants, on a matching basis, with urban areas to the States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam in order to provide financial assistance to such urban areas for arboriculture programs. Defines "arboriculture" as the planting, growing, maintenance, and protection of trees and shrubs. Authorizes appropriations of up to $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out such grant program. Requires that grants under this Act be made in accordance with an urban arboriculture plan for the selection, planting, and maintenance of trees agreed upon in advance by the Secretary and the State forester or other appropriate official. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to urban areas for arboriculture programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1976
Bridge Safety Act - Title I: Bridge Program - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that a bridge repair and replacement program to enable a State to repair or replace highway bridges which are unsafe is in the vital interest of the Nation. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve Federal participation in a State project to repair or replace a bridge under a needs formula as established in this Act. Stipulates that the Federal share of any such project shall not exceed 90 percent of its cost. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund of $180,000,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and $720,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1977 through 1990 for such purpose. Title II: Extension of Highway Trust Fund and Certain Related Provisions - Extends appropriations under the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 for the Highway Trust Fund through fiscal year 1990. Extends the Land and Water Conservation Fund through fiscal year 1990. Postpones specified excise tax reductions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for amounts paid by the taxpayer to an eligible educational institution for tuition for the attendance of the taxpayer or any eligible dependent.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1976
Diplomatic Relations Act - Authorizes the President to regulate the privileges and immunities of foreign diplomatic missions and their personnel in a manner consistent with international agreements. Defines "foreign diplomatic mission and personnel thereof" for purposes of this Act. Requires the President to periodically publish a list of permanent foreign diplomatic missions and the personnel thereof. Declares void any judicial writ or process against a person or the property of any person entitled to immunity from suit or process under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1976
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to authorize the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for collection and removal of drift in New York Harbor.
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1976
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning October 3, 1976, and ending October 9, 1976, as "National Volunteer Firemen Week."
United States · United States Congress · 24 August 1976
Condemns North Korea for its continued acts of treachery culminating in the axe murders of two American officers and the wounding of five others. Directs the Speaker of the House to make known the regrets of the House to the wives and children and other survivors of Major Bonifas and Lieutenant Barrett.
United States · United States Congress · 24 August 1976
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take such steps as may be necessary to place the threat to the peace created by the murder of two American Army officers attached to the United Nations Command by members of the North Korean Armed Forces serving as guards at Panmunjom, and other recent North Korean violations of the armistice agreement, on the agenda of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1976
Requires, under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, that the Federal Government Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees shall include not less than five disabled individuals nominated by national organizations of handicapped or disabled persons. Permits handicapped individuals who believe they have been discriminated against in hiring or placement by Federal agencies to file a complaint with the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission and request a hearing by an Arbitration Panel convened by the Chairman. States that the Panel shall be composed of three individuals: one designated by the accused agency, one designated by the aggrieved handicapped individual, and one jointly designated by the other two members of the Panel. Provides that the decisions of the panel shall be matters of public record. Directs the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission to pay all reasonable costs of arbitration. Requires that before entering into any contract, the head of any Federal department or agency must be satisfied that the contractor has taken affirmative action to employ and promote qualified handicapped individuals. Permits handicapped individuals who believe a contractor has failed to comply with the provisions of his contract relating to handicapped persons to file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor and request a hearing by an Arbitration Panel convened by the Secretary. Authorizes handicapped individuals who believe they have been subjected to discrimination under any program receiving Federal financial assistance to file a complaint with the Secretary and request a hearing by an Arbitration Panel. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an office to assist handicapped individuals to obtain information about employment placement opportunities.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for amounts paid by the taxpayer to an eligible educational institution for tuition for the attendance of the taxpayer or any eligible dependent.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for amounts paid by the taxpayer to an eligible educational institution for tuition for the attendance of the taxpayer or any eligible dependent.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1976
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to require proof of automobile property and personal liability insurance on automobiles imported for the personal use of nonresidents and foreign government personnel, in an amount equal to the minimum insurance requirements in those States in which the vehicle will be operated. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to forward identifying information on such vehicles to the Secretary of Transportation who shall forward such information to the appropriate State agency responsible for motor vehicle registration. Excludes from such requirements automobiles which will be in the United States for not more than 30 days. Requires importers of automobiles so excluded to forward the required information to the nearest customs officer in the event the vehicle remains in the country for 40 days. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to impose a fine of $5,000 upon violators of this Act who had no notice of such requirements. Sets forth penalties of $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for knowingly failing to furnish information required under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1976
Establishes in the House of Representatives a select committee to be known as the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Provides that the select committee shall conduct a continuing comprehensive study and review of the problems of narcotics abuse and control and shall review any recommendations made by the President, or by any department or agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government, relating to programs or policies affecting narcotics abuse or control. Authorizes the select committee to conduct field investigations or inspections. Requires the select committee to submit an annual report to the House which shall include a summary of the activities of the select committee during the calendar year to which such report applies.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1976
Provides that an elderly person residing in a dwelling unit receiving Federal assistance shall be entitled to terminate, without penalty, the lease or rental agreement if such person or his or her spouse dies, or incurs severe mental or physical disability during the period of such lease as long as proper notice is given to the management. Provides remedies for noncompliance with this Act which includes termination or reduction of financial assistance to the recipient of funds from a Federal housing program.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for amounts paid by the taxpayer to an eligible educational institution for tuition for the attendance of the taxpayer or any eligible dependent.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1976
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service shall not close or suspend the operation of any post offices, unless there is a clear and compelling need to do so. Encourages the service to continue cost-cutting programs which do not affect levels of service.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1976
Title I: Foreign Boycotts - Foreign Boycotts Act - Makes it the policy of the United States to oppose, under the provisions of the Export Administration Act, restrictive trade practices or boycotts imposed by foreign countries against any domestic concern of the United States. Provides for the promulgation of rules by the Secretary of Commerce to require that any domestic concern which receives a request for the furnishing of information on the signing of agreements which have the effect of furthering or supporting restrictive trade practices or boycotts by foreign countries to transmit to the Secretary a report stating specified information. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for violations of the requirements of this Act. Title II: Disclosure - Domestic and Foreign Investment Improved Disclosure Act - Requires notification, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, by any investor of a proposed acquisition of more than five percent of the equity securities of any United States companys, within ten days after such acquisition, to the issuer of the security, the exchange where it is traded, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sets forth requirements for the statement to be filed with the Commission including: (1) the background, identity, residence, and nationality of such owner and any other person on whose behalf the purchases are to be effected; (2) the source and amount of the funds or other consideration used in making the purchase; (3) the purpose of the acquisition; and (4) the number of shares which are beneficially owned. Grants the Commission authority to seek injunctive relief as it deems necessary and appropriate to secure compliance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1976
Condemns the Soviet Union's newest restriction regarding the delivery of parcels in international mail, and calls upon the United States Government at the highest level to protest formally the action of the Soviet Government.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1976
Condemns the oppression of minorities in Rumania by the Country's Communist regime. Directs the President of the United States and the appropriate committees of the Congress to take this situation into consideration before taking further action on most-favored-nation trade status of Rumania.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1976
Provides that during the consideration of the bill (H.R. 14236) making appropriations for public works for water and power development and energy research for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, specified provisions of the House rules restricting the consideration of appropriations shall be waived.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1976
Calls for hearings by the Committee with appropriate jurisdiction to consider and determine what should be the Nation's future telecommunications policy.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1976
Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 14114) to increase the temporary debt limit, and for other purposes, and all points of order against said bill for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 5, rule XXI are hereby waived. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed two hours, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Stipulates that no amendment to section 2 of said bill, and no amendment in the nature of a substitute changing section 2, shall be in order except amendments offered by direction of the Committee on Ways and Means, and except pro forma amendments, but said amendments shall not be subject to amendment. Directs the Committee, at the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for amendment, to rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for amounts paid by the taxpayer to an eligible educational institution for tuition for the attendance of the taxpayer or any eligible dependent.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1976
Requires, under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, that the Federal Government Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees shall include not less than five disabled individuals nominated by national organizations of handicapped or disabled persons. Permits handicapped individuals who believe they have been discriminated against in hiring or placement by Federal agencies to file a complaint with the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission and request a hearing by an Arbitration Panel convened by the Chairman. States that the Panel shall be composed of three individuals: one designated by the accused agency, one designated by the aggrieved handicapped individual, and one jointly designated by the other two members of the Panel. Provides that the decisions of the panel shall be matters of public record. Directs the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission to pay all reasonable costs of arbitration. Requires that before entering into any contract, the head of any Federal department or agency must be satisfied that the contractor has taken affirmative action to employ and promote qualified handicapped individuals. Permits handicapped individuals who believe a contractor has failed to comply with the provisions of his contract relating to handicapped persons to file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor and request a hearing by an Arbitration Panel convened by the Secretary. Authorizes handicapped individuals who believe they have been subjected to discrimination under any program receiving Federal financial assistance to file a complaint with the Secretary and request a hearing by an Arbitration Panel. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an office to assist handicapped individuals to obtain information about employment placement opportunities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1976
Urges President Ford to request the Soviet Union to release from prison Valentyn Moroz and permit him and his family to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1976
Olympic Winter Games Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide grants to the Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Games, Incorporated, at such times, and under such conditions as he considers necessary and appropriate, for assisting in the planning, design, and construction of the necessary winter sports and supporting facilities in connection with the XIII international Olympic winter games. Requires the Secretary to take necessary action to assure that the facilities constructed with Federal assistance will be designed to provide maximum continued public use and benefit following the completion of the 1980 Olympic winter games. Requires the Secretary to submit interim reports to the Congress on the progress of the design and construction of facilities pursuant to this Act, together with any recommendations for further Federal Government involvement to assure a successful staging of such games. Specifies that a final report shall be submitted following completion of the 1980 games. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of $49,040,000 for grants and $250,000 for the administration of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1976
Expresses the support of the House of Representatives for "Solidarity Sunday" which includes efforts to remove all obstacles to the free emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1976
Provides that until May 16, 1976, all committees of the House shall be permitted to sit while the House is reading a measure for amendment under the five-minute rule.
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