Bill· HRH.R. 15831 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1976
Jobs Creation and Economic Growth Act - Title I: Job Creation Through Government Reform - Provides for the expiration of all provisions of law which authorize new budget authority for programs other than trust funds in the Treasury, on October 1, 1980. Prohibits the authorization of budget authority for new programs for a term greater than four years. Prohibits the authorization of new budget authority for existing programs which exceeds any previous extension of authority by more than one year, or which exceeds one fiscal year in the case of programs not previously extended. Prohibits, after October 1, 1980, any extension of budget authority, or any changes in programs funded from Treasury trust funds or having permanent budget authority unless the concerned program has undergone a program control review. Provides that such reviews shall be undertaken for every government program by the appropriate Congressional committee at least once every four fiscal years to evaluate specified factors pertaining to the future need and efficiency of the concerned program. Directs the Comptroller General to make annual reports through 1979 identifying all Government programs funded from permanent budget authority and the Congressional committees having jurisdiction over them. Requires the Comptroller to identify all programs which have not been funded for two years or which are duplicative. Directs the Comptroller to complete studies of the efficiency and effects which 16 specified areas of tax and labor law, and educational, employment and welfare programs have on productivity in the private sector and unemployment. States that the relevant Congressional committees shall take action on these studies by March 15, 1978, where possible, to eliminate waste and duplication. Requires each head of an Executive department or agency and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare independent evaluations of the effectiveness of any of the department or agency programs undergoing a program control review. Provides for periodic audits and reports by the General Accounting Office of any program the Office determines is substantially deficient in carrying out its objectives. Requires Budget transmittals after October 1, 1978 to include a detailed comparison of past and future objectives for each Government program. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare an annual financial statement, based on accrual accounting procedures, for each Government program or activity. Requires all bills and joint resolutions to contain a fiscal note containing a five year projection of the proposal's estimated costs or savings before they may be introduced or reported from committee. Provides that such fiscal notes shall be prepared by the Governmental instrumentality which would carry out the provisions of the proposal. Title II: General Job Creation and Economic Growth - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard personal exemptions, over a transitional period, to $1,000. Increases, over a transitional period, the standard deduction for joint returns and surviving spouses to $2,500, for unmarried individuals to $1,800, and for married individuals filing seperately to $1,250. Reduces personal income tax rates. Provides transitional taxable income and earned income credits. Requires the new tax rates to be applied to all wages withheld after June 30, 1976 for taxable years ending after December 31, 1976. Increases, over a transitional period, the investment tax credit. Increases the corporate surtax exemption. Allows taxpayers to take an amortization deduction for new facilities and equipment in high unemployment areas in lieu of a depreciation deduction. Allows alternative amortization periods for all new pollution control facilities placed in service before January 1, 1981. Provides a five percent income tax credit for five percent of new savings and investments held by the taxpayer at the end of the taxable year. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare a legislative proposal integrating corporate and individual income taxes by providing proportionate tax deductions for dividends paid and tax credits for dividends received. Increases estate taxes by raising rates, lowering limitations on the credit for State taxes, and reducing the progressive scale for such rates and limitations. Increases the estate tax exemption to $150,000. Allows an unlimited deduction from the taxable estate for all bequests and gifts to a surviving spouse. Exempts taxpayers from mandatory filing of gift tax returns during any of the first three quarters of the taxable year where the aggregate value of non-charitable gifts made during the quarter does not exceed $100,000. Extends the number of installments in which estate taxes on an estate consisting largely of an interest in a closely held business may be paid. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare a report by July 1, 1978 evaluating the continued need for the Internal Revenue Code provisions regarding amortization of property in high unemployment areas and whether the investment tax credit should be raised. Amends the Small Business Act to increase the funding available for loans and guarantees to businesses under such Act. Title III: Structural and Long-term Job Creation - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to establish an incentive program for providing part-time employment during the school year, and full-time employment during summer months, to disadvantaged youths. Amends the Act establishing the Youth Conservation Corps to increase the employment of disadvantaged youths in reducing the inventory of conservation work undertaken by the National Park Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife and Forest Service. Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to focus the Act's priorities and assistance upon aiding the chronically unemployed. Provides new programs under the Act, including the development of relocation assistance, to confront chronic unemployment. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited tax credit for wages to new employees.
Bill· HRH.R. 15338 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 August 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to credit against the income tax specified higher education expenses, including tuition, fees, books and supplies, incurred by the taxpayer for himself or any dependent. Limits the credit to those expenses incurred for each individual which do not exceed $100 during taxable year 1977, $150 during 1978, $200 during 1979, and $250 each taxable year commencing thereafter. Limits the credit to expenses incurred by full time students at institutions of vocational and higher education, minus scholarships and veterans benefits. Limits the total credit allowed the taxpayer to his income tax liability minus the sum of all other credits applied thereto. Disallows any deduction of educational expenses used to determine the amount of the allowed by this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15344 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 August 1976
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement a five-year demonstration program to increase the average annual diversion of water from Lake Michigan.
Bill· HRH.R. 15153 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1976
Regulatory Cost Impact Act - Requires every Federal agency to prepare in conjunction with every regulation it proposes which may have a significant impact on costs to the public a Regulatory Cost/Benefit Assessment setting forth the foreseeable costs and benefits of and alternatives to such regulation. Requires that hearings on such regulations include comments solicited from the public, Federal, State, and local agencies on the final wording of such cost/benefit assessment. Provides special procedures for emergency regulations which must be promulgated immediately to protect the public. Requires each committee of Congress which reports legislation which may have a significant impact on costs to the public to prepare a Regulatory Cost/Benefit Assessment.
Bill· HRH.R. 15032 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1976
Prohibits mining or related operations from discharging amphibole asbestos fibers except on land and in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior. Imposes a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per day for violations of requirements imposed under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15033 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1976
Stipulates that mining companies or related operations which have discharged amphibole asbestos fibers into Lake Superior shall be required to pay the cost of removing such fibers from water used for human consumption, under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior. Imposes a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per day for failure to make any payment required under this Act or under regulations promulgated by the Secretary under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 14908 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1976
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty under such Act shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1402 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1976
Creates a House select committee which shall conduct an investigation of all records, memorandums, papers, documents, books, and other information of any standing or select committee of the House or officer of the House respecting expenses incurred by or on behalf of any such committee or its members or employees.
Bill· HRH.R. 14581 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1976
Requires the Comptroller General to conduct an audit of the contingent funds of both Houses of Congress no later then 180 days after the close of a session of Congress. Directs the Comptroller General to make the results of such audits public and to report to the appropriate Federal authorities any substantial evidence of a violation of Federal law disclosed by such audit.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1248 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1976
Provides that funds shall not be expended from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives for allowances to Members, officers, or standing committees of the House except through the adoption of a resolution by the House of Representatives.
Bill· HRH.R. 14022 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1976
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make payments on a fiscal year basis to each unit of local government in which are located: (1) lands within the National Park System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, or the National Forest System; (2) lands administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Land Management; or (3) lands dedicated to the use of Federal water resources development projects. Reduces the amount payable to any local government by the amount received by such government under specified Federal programs. Directs the Secretary to make additional payments to local governments for five fiscal years with respect to lands acquired by the United States for addition to Redwood National Park pursuant to specified legislation or to the National Park System or National Wilderness Preservation System after December 31, 1970, which were subject to local real property taxes within five years preceding such acquisition. Excludes specified units of local government in California and Oregon and all units of local government in Alaska from the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 13980 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1976
Narcotic Sentencing and Seizure Act - Title I: Mandatory Minimum Sentences - Amends the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 to impose specified minimum penalties on individuals convicted of enumerated offenses related to the distribution, transportation, and manufacture of opiates. Permits the court to sentence the defendant to a shorter term of parole ineligibility or imprisonment if, at the time of the offense, the offender was: (1) less than 18 years old; (2) mentally impaired; (3) under unusual and substantial duress; or (4) an accomplice whose participation in the offense was minor. Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to require a hearing to determine whether a term of imprisonment and parole ineligibility is mandatory in the case of an individual convicted of an opiate-related offense under this Act. Title II: Conditions of Release - Requires judicial officers setting conditions of release for any person charged with an opiate-related offense under this Act to consider which conditions will assure the safety of the community and of witnesses to the offense and which conditions will reasonably assure the avoidance of future similar offenses by the person charged. Permits judicial officers to deny the release of any such person if that person: (1) has previously been convicted of an offense related to an opiate; (2) at the time of the offense was on parole, probation, or other conditional release; (3) is a nonresident alien; (4) was arrested while in possession of a passport or other documentation necessary for international travel incorrectly identifying such person or belonging to someone else; or (5) has been convicted of having been a fugitive from justice, an escapee, or for willfully failing to appear before a court or judicial officer under Federal or State law. Stipulates that no individual shall be denied release unless the judicial officer holds a hearing and finds that there are no satisfactory conditions of release and that there is a substantial probability that the person committed the charged offense. Title III: Forfeiture of Proceeds of Illegal Drug Transactions - Makes all proceeds of an offense described in this Act subject to forfeiture to the United States. Title IV: Illegal Export of Cash - Requires that anyone who intends to transport, or have transported, monetary instruments in an amount exceeding $5,000 from any place within the U.S. to or through any place outside the U.S., or from any place outside the U.S. to or through any place within the U.S. file a report containing specified information. Requires that such reports also be filed by anyone who receives monetary instruments in an amount exceeding $5,000 at the termination of their transportation by common carrier to the United States from or through any place outside the U.S. Permits any Customs officer to search individuals and objects without a warrant where probable cause exists to believe that the report requirement for transport and receipt of monetary instruments has been violated and where exigent circumstances prevent obtaining a warrant. Title V: Prompt Reporting of Vessels - Requires the master of any vessel from a foreign port or of a foreign vessel from a domestic port, or of a vessel of the U.S. carrying bonded merchandise, or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made, arriving at any place within the U.S., to immediately report the arrival of the vessel at the nearest custom-house.
Bill· HRH.R. 13912 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1976
Authorizes any amount received from appropriated funds as a scholarship by a member of a uniformed service who is receiving training under the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program from an educational institution to be continued to be treated as a scholarship, excludable from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 941 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1976
Expresses the general policy of the United States Government to rely upon private commercial sources for the goods and services required to meet Government needs, and that this policy be administered by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Bill· HRH.R. 13573 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1976
Establishes a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Authorizes and directs the Commission to monitor the acts of the signatories to the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Agreement) with respect to their compliance with the articles of such Act, particularly with regard to the provisions relating to cooperation in humanitarian fields. Stipulates that the Commission shall be composed of four Members of the House of Representatives, four Senators, and one member each of the Departments of State, Defense, and Commerce, as appointed by the President.
Bill· HRH.R. 13392 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1976
Transfers from Federal to State courts jurisdiction to enter decrees requiring the transportation of students or teachers to carry out a plan of racial desegregation, when such cases arise within a State. Vests appellate jurisdiction of such cases in the Supreme Court of the United States by writ of certiorari from the highest State or territorial court exercising such jurisdiction. Terminates the order of any Federal court requiring the transportation of students and teachers to carry out a plan of racial desegregation. Directs any State court of appropriate jurisdiction to assume jurisdiction of such cases upon application of a party.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 617 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1976
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Georgi Vins from imprisonment and allow freedom of religion in that nation.
Bill· HRH.R. 13247 (94th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1976
Designates the Federal building located at 110 Michigan Avenue, Northwest, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as the "Arthur H. Vandenberg Building".
Bill· HRH.R. 12989 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1976
National Diabetes Advisory Board Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Diabetes Advisory Board to insure the implementation of the long-range plan formulated by the National Commission on Diabetes to combat diabetes. Specifies seven Federal health officers as members of the Board, in addition to seven health professionals and five members of the general public to be appointed by the Secretary. Makes provision for staffing and compensation. Authorizes the Board to enter into contracts or other arrangements, or to take such other action as may be necessary to carry out its functions. Authorizes the Board to engage in and sponsor activities, collect data, and provide technical assistance as it deems necessary and advisable in the performance of its functions. Requires the Board to submit simultaneously to the President and Congress an Annual Diabetes Report describing Board activities in the prior year and progress made in diabetes research, treatment, and education with specific reference to the long-range plan to combat diabetes mellitus and suggesting recommended future expenditures and legislation. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for fiscal year 1976 and such sums as are necessary for each of the four fiscal years thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to make distinguished scientist awards to individual scientists who have shown continuous and outstanding productivity in diabetes research for the purpose of continuing such research. Limits the amount of each grant to no more than $35,000 per year. Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts for the purpose of making such grants in fiscal years 1976-1980. Authorizes, under the Public Health Service Act, the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1977-1981 for the purpose of making grants to centers for research and training in diabetes mellitus and related endocrine and metabolic disorders.
Law· HRH.R. 12987 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1976
Emergency Job Programs Stop-Gap Extension - Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary for fiscal years 1976 and the transition period ending September 30, 1976, for the emergency jobs program under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. Requires that not less than 85 percent of the funds for public service employment programs be used only for wages and employment benefits, with the remainder of such funds available for administrative costs and supplies and equipment.
Law· HRH.R. 12838 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1976
Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Affairs Act - Title I: Arts and Humanities - Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act to authorize the Chairman of the of the National Endowment for the Humanities to establish grants-in-aid programs in each State to develop and promote the humanities. Sets forth standards relating to program administration for plans submitted by persons and entities seeking assistance. Prohibits the Chairman from making grants to more than one person or entity in any State. Specifies a formula for alloting funds appropriated for grants-in-aid. Authorizes appropriation to the National Endowment for the Arts and to the National Endowment for the Humanities of specified sums for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 and such funds as may be necessary for fiscal years 1979 and 1980. Revises the maximum amount which may be appropriated to such Endowments as grants matching amounts received through donation, bequest, and devise. Requires the President to appoint members of the National Council on the Arts and members of the National Council on the Humanities with the advice and consent of the Senate. Title II: Museum Services - Museum Services Act - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Institute of Museum Services, consisting of a National Museum Services Board and a Director of the Institute. Authorizes the Director, subject to the advice of the Board, to make grants to museums to increase and improve museum services. Confers authority to the Institute to accept grants, gifts, or bequests of money for immediate disbursement in furtherance of the functions of the Institute. Directs the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities to advise and consult with the Board and the Director on major problems incurred by the Institute and to coordinate the Institute's policies and activities with those of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for grants by the Institute for fiscal years 1977 through 1980. Title III: Challenge Grant Program - Authorizes the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts to establish a program of contracts with, or grants-in-aid to, public agencies and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of assisting cultural organizations and institutions and promoting citizen involvement with such bodies. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1980 to carry out such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 12851 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1976
Higher Education Amendments - Title I: Amendments to the Higher Education Act - Extends the authority of the Commissioner of Education to make grants to eligible students under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Extends the authorization for appropriations for specified provisions of such Act. Requires the Commissioner to publish by July 1, in the Federal Register, a schedule of expected family contributions for purposes of eligibility for basic educational opportunity grants under such Act. States that if Congress, by resolution, disapproves such schedule the Commissioner shall publish a new schedule together with a statement identifying the recommendations made in connection with such resolution. Includes as part of the criteria the Commissioner shall use in promulgating regulations with respect to such expected contribution any educational expenses of other dependent children in the family. Includes as part of "effective family income" as defined under such Act, Social Security payments to the student which would not have been paid if such individual were not a student. Extends the authorization for appropriations in such sums as may be necessary for payments to the States for incentive grants to students under such Act. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1980 for work-study programs under such Act. Authorizes institutions receiving funds under such programs to use a portion of such funds for administrative expenses and for job location and development programs. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter into agreements with eligible institutions for programs which locate and develop jobs for currently enrolled students, if such institution provides specific assurances to the Commissioner. Extends the authorization for appropriations to enable the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher learning for cooperative education programs under such Act. Authorizes appropriations for training, demonstration, research grants or contracts for such programs. Sets forth the requirements which institutions of higher learning must meet to become eligible for cooperative education grants. States that in approving applications for such grants the Commissioner shall give priority to programs which show the greatest promise of success. Sets forth criteria for making such determination. Requires that, in the case of default on a loan made under the direct student loan program under such Act, the Commissioner be notified of such default in a report describing the total number of loans from such loan fund which are in default. Repeals the requirement that the Commissioner be notified when a student is no longer in good standing for payments to be suspended to such student. Authorizes institutions to permit borrowers to pay less than the $30 per month repayment minimum under such Act in cases of hardship. Requires that any agreement between an institution and a student for a loan from such fund shall provide that the liability to repay such loan be cancelled upon the death or permanent and total disability of the borrower. Makes training grants available to the States for the purpose of designing and developing programs to increase the proficiency of institutional and State financial aid administrators in all aspects of student financial aid. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes appropriations for community service programs under such Act and for continuing education programs as defined in this Act. Sets forth how such appropriations are to be allotted to the States and American territories. Requires any State to be eligible for such assistance to create a State advisory council which shall submit a State plan which establishes a comprehensive and coordinated Statewide system of community service and continuing education programs. Prohibits the Commissioner from requiring any State to make any agreement or submit any data which is not specifically required under such Act. States that in a judicial review of the Commissioner's disapproval of a State plan or suspension from participation in any such programs, the Commissioner shall have the burden of proof that the State's plan or administration of such plan is at variance with any of the provisions of such Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make available technical assistance to States and to institutions of higher education. Extends appropriations for college library programs under such Act. Repeals provisions of such Act relating to financial assistance to the Library of Congress for the acquisition and cataloging of library material. Extends appropriations for assistance to developing institutions, education professions development programs, and improvement of undergraduate instruction programs under such Act. Directs the Commissioner to authorize grants to institutions for the renovation and modernization of undergraduate and graduate academic facilities. Sets forth the criteria which the Commissioner shall use in determining the priorities of eligible construction projects. Defines "renovation or modernization" for purposes of this Act. Extends the graduate program grants and general assistance grants to institutions of higher learning under such Act. Requires the Commissioner to conduct public hearings before disapproving any State Commission plan filed pursuant to such Act for grants to community colleges and occupational education. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to existing community colleges to: (1) assist them in modifying their educational programs and instructional delivery systems to provide educational programs for persons whose educational needs have been inadequately served; and (2) assist them in expanding their enrollment capacity or in establishing new educational sites. Revises the Federal share of carrying out projects through grants to enable community colleges to lease facilities. Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for occupational education programs under such Act. Repeals provisions of such Act relating to: (1) programs for institutions of higher education to share technical and other educational and administrative facilities and resources; and (2) law school clinical experience programs. Sets forth funding requirements for specified provisions of such Act. Title II: Amendments to Other Acts - Amends the National Defense Education Act to authorize the Commissioner to carry out programs to increase the understanding of students in the United States about the cultures and actions of other nations. Extends the authorization for appropriations to carry out the purposes of such Act through fiscal year 1977. Extends the authorization for appropriations to carry out the provisions of the General Education Provisions Act through fiscal year 1977.
Bill· HRH.R. 12824 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1976
Defines terms for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans available through the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund to agricultural producers who suffer losses as a result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health.
Bill· HRH.R. 12704 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1976
Authorizes appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1977 for environmental research, development, and demonstration activities in the following categories and amounts: (1) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, $13,813,900; (2) health studies under the Public Health Service Act, $878,900; (3) under the Safe Drinking Water Act, $13,592,500; (4) under the Clean Air Act, $129,223,500; (5) under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $9,278,900; and (6) under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, $89,779,300. Prohibits the transfer of more than ten percent of the total funds in one category to another category without the consent of Congress. Establishes procedures for obtaining the consent of Congress in such cases. Authorizes tranfers of an amount not to exceed ten percent of the total research budget for the Agency to other authorized Agency activities (except waste treatment works construction grants and overseas research programs). Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare a comprehensive five-year plan for environmental research, development and demonstration. Requires a study of all aspects of the coordination of environmental research and development, to be chaired by the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality.
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