United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase from one-twelfth of one percent to one-twelfth of seven percent the amount by which an individual's social security benefits are to be increased on account of delayed retirement.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase to $3,000 the amount of outside earnings which is permitted an individual each year without any deduction from benefits under such title.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1977
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and the Bankruptcy Act to repeal provisions allowing automatic cost-of-living adjustments in the salaries of Members of Congress, persons paid pursuant to the Executive Schedule, the Vice President, and specified judicial positions including bankruptcy referees.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1977
Prohibits rules promulgated by any Federal agency (except an emergency rule which must become immediately effective to prevent serious injury or the substantial frustration of legislative policies or intent) from becoming effective until such proposed rules have been submitted to Congress and a 60-day period has lapsed thereafter. Prevents such rules from becoming effective if disapproved by either House of Congress within such 60-day period. Permits disapproved of emergency rules. Prohibits the submission to Congress of any rule identical to one which has been disapproved unless submitted pursuant to new legislative authority which has been enacted affecting the agency's powers with respect to the subject matter of such rule. Renders agency rules dealing with emergency or routine matters or which will have an insignificant impact effective without publication of advance/notice of proposed rule making proceedings in the Federal Register as is currently required. Renders any rule granting an exemption to another rule or which is exempt from public notice and comment requirements effective immediately.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1977
Food Additive Safety Amendments - States that a food additive shall be deemed safe if the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1) makes a finding, based on recommendations of an advisory committee, that the public benefit from permitting the use of such additive would exceed the public risk which might result from such use; (2) gives notice in the Federal Register of such a finding and invites public comment thereon; and (3) issues a final order not earlier than 120 days of such publication in the Federal Register of such findings. Specifies factors the Secretary must take into consideration when evaluating a food additive. Deems saccharin a safe food additive unless the Secretary declares it unsafe under the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to eliminate atomatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to establish the rate of pay for Members of Congress at the rate in effect on March 1, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Amends Title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act to require the inclusion of professional registered nurses in Professional Standards Review Organizations of medical professionals in carrying out the functions of such review organizations pursuant to such Title. Requires the inclusion of two professional registered nurses on the Statewide Professional Standards Review Councils. Requires the inclusion of three professional registered nurses on the National Professional Standards Review Council. Includes professional registered nurses in that class of health care practitioners which may not be held civilly liable for action taken in compliance with or reliance upon norms of care and treatment applied by a Professional Standards Review Organization.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to eliminate age limitations with respect to the requirement that all personnel actions affecting employees or applicants for employment in Federal agencies, the United States Postal Service, or the District of Columbia government be taken without regard to such employees' or applicants' age.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that property used in, or related to, the taxpayer's trade or business, and which the taxpayer acquired without cost, shall not qualify as a capital asset.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Age Discrimination Act - Title I: Amendments to Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 - Deletes the maximum age limitation to which the discrimination prohibitions of such Act apply. Excludes air traffic controllers, aircraft pilots, law enforcement officers and firefighters from the operators of the age discrimination prohibitions of such Act, as they apply to the mandatory retirement requirement. Makes it unlawful for an employer to require an employee to participate in a pension plan which makes retirement mandatory at any age. Title II: Amendments to Title 5, United States Code - Deletes competitive service requirements that (1) an individual can only receive a temporary appointment to such service after reaching age 70; (2) an individual reaching mandatory retirement age be automatically separated from the competitive service; and (3) an individual be separated from the service after reaching age 70 and having more than 15 years of service. Title III: Amendments to Title 10, United States Code - Deletes mandatory and automatic retirement requirements based on age, years of service, and failure to receive promotion for (1) all military officers on active or reserve status; (2) permanent professors of the United States Military Academy; (3) civilian members of the teaching staff of the Naval Academy and Naval Post graduate School; and (4) professors of the Air Force Academy. Title IV: Amendments to Title 14, United States Code - Deletes the compulsory retirement requirements imposed on (1) the permanent teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy; (2) officers and enlisted men on active or recall status; and (3) personnel of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation and Bureau of Customs. Title V: Amendment to Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Permits Tax Court Judges to retire any time they desire after reaching age 70 and having served as a judge for ten years. Title VI: Amendments to Title 28, United States Code - Deletes the mandatory retirement requirement imposed on the Director of the Federal Judicial Center and permits retirement after age 70 only upon request of such Director. Title VII: Amendments to Laws Relating to District of Columbia - Deletes the mandatory retirement requirements imposed on teachers in the District of Columbia. Title VIII: Amendments to Other Laws Relating to Retirement - Deletes the mandatory retirement requirement for Foreign Service Reserve Officers, permitting the retirement of such officers after age 64 only by request. Amends the Foreign Services Act of 1946 to delete the mandatory retirement requirement for (1) career Ambassadors and career Ministers; and (2) certain participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. Deletes the compulsory retirement requirement imposed on lighthouse service officers and employees. Amends The Coast and Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers Act of 1948 to delete the mandatory retirement requirement for certain officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Amends The Public Health Service Act to delete the mandatory retirement requirement for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 to delete the mandatory retirement requirement for the Comptroller General and the Assistant Comptroller General. Title IX: General Provisions - Applies the provisions of this Act to those persons employed on the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food additive unsafe to be marketed if it is found to induce cancer in man or animal when ingested in reasonable quantities, or found in appropriate tests to induce cancer in man or animal when ingested in reasonable quantities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the application of the Tax Reform Act's elimination of the sick pay exclusion for persons who have not retired on total disability, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for 30 percent of the first $1,000 spent by an individual during the taxable year for insulating a residence in existence on May 25, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1977
Investment Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional investment tax credit for machinery and equipment placed in service on existing manufacturing plants or in nearby areas.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays and physical examinations, and related routine laboratory tests.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Nuclear Antiproliferation Act -- Sets forth United States policy with respect to nuclear proliferation. Title I: United States Initiatives for International Nuclear Cooperation - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the United States to take actions to assure a reliable international supply of nuclear fuel services. Directs that the United States initiate negotiations to establish (1) international criteria for nuclear materials and technology, and (2) adequate physical security measures. Directs the renegotiation of certain United States agreements for nuclear cooperation. Authorizes appropriations for contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency for nuclear materials safeguards. Directs the President to report to Congress on the establishment of international nuclear fuel services facilities. Directs the President to report to Congress on Government activities relating to nuclear nonproliferation. Directs the Administrator of Energy Research and Development to establish an international safeguards training program. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to revise procedures for approval of proposed agreements for cooperation. Sets forth procedures under which the Administrator of Energy Research and Development may enter into "subsequent arrangements. Title II: Export Control - Grants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission authority to approve nuclear retransfers under agreements for cooperation. Continues the effectiveness of current regulations and licenses issued under such authority. Restricts the authority of ERDA to distribute special nuclear material without a license to small quantities for laboratory and emergency purposes. Makes it unlawful to produce special nuclear material or heavy water outside the United States except upon a determination by ERDA that such production is not inimical to common defense and security. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require that agreements for cooperation include (1) guarantees that any nuclear material transferred under such agreement shall not be used for a nuclear explosive device or for development of such device, and (2) guarantees that the cooperating party will consult with the United States to determine whether the agreement should be amended. Requires the Secretary of State to negotiate certain agreements for cooperation. Revises the procedure for submitting such agreements to the President. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit issuance of nuclear export license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission until the Secretary of State has determined that the issuance of such license is not inimical to the common defense and security. Imposes certain interim licensing criteria on nuclear exports intended for civilian use, including application of the International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, prohibition against the use of such export for any nuclear explosive device, adequate physical security measures, and retransfer restrictions. Prohibits issuance of a nuclear export license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without a Commission determination that such criteria will be adhered to by the recipient country. Makes such restrictions applicable to the distribution of special nuclear material by the Administrator of Energy Research and Development. Establishes certain permanent licensing criteria for nuclear exports which include inspection and monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Permits the President to suspend all or some of the criteria for nuclear exports as applied to a recipient country, if the President determines that the application of such criteria would increase the capability of the recipient to produce a nuclear explosive device or would have a serious adverse impact on vital United States interests. Permits the Congress to disapprove suspension of such criteria by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Amends the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to require that at least five members of the advisory committee on coal mine health research be miners or retired miners. Redefines the term total disability under such Act to stipulate that, in the case of living miners, such miners shall be considered totally disabled if pneumoconiosis prevents them from engaging in employment in mines to a substantially less extent than that engaged in previously. Stipulates that, in the case of deceased miners, the fact of employment at the time of death shall not be used to establish that such miners were not totally disabled. Establishes an irrebutable presumption that miners with 20 or more years of coal mine employment shall be entitled to receive benefits under provisions of the Act. Stipulates that miners with 15 or more years of such employment shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption of total disability if some evidence of such disability is established. Stipulates that claims for benefits shall be considered timely if filed within three years of the discovery of the disability, within three years of the date of last coal mine employment, or the date of death. Extends indefinitely the authorization of appropriations for financial assistance for clinical facilities under the Act. Requires review of claims previously denied or pending by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, in light of the changes made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, formerly applicable to persons between 40 and 65 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Amends rule XVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to apply the ten minutes of debate rules to a motion to recommit with instructions on the adoption of a simple resolution or conference report after the previous question has been ordered.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to study and alleviate the siltation problems on the Mississippi River upstream of Mile 300, particularly at the Quincy Bay, Broad Lake, and Triangle Lake areas in Illinois.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Amends the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to permit enforcement of any executive order restricting the importation of Rhodesian chrome, pursuant to any United Nations Security Council resolution. Requires that steel mill products containing chromium not be imported while such executive order is in effect without the filing of a certificate of origin with the Secretary of the Treasury unless such shipment is released by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this provision.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Energy Transportation Security Act - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to assure that 20 percent of the gross tonnage of oil transported in bulk on ocean vessels for import into the United States shall be carried on privately owned United States-flag commercial vessels, provided that the Secretary finds that such United States vessels as are available will be adequate to carry such quantity. Raises the requirement to 25 percent after June 30, 1978, and to 30 percent after June 30, 1980. Requires the Secretary to make annual reports to the Congress and the President on the implementation of this Act. Exempts from the provisions of this Act refineries whose capacity is less than 30,000 barrels per day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Tanker Safety Improvement Act - Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to require that vessels subject to such Act be constructed and operated using the best available pollution prevention technology. Requires that vessels of more than 20,000 deadweight tons which are documented under the laws of the United States and engaged in the carriage of oil in bulk to ports of the United States and for which construction is contracted for or begun after January 1, 1978, be equipped with a segregated ballast capacity.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Proposes that the President seek a treaty or appropriate international agreement to establish criteria for tanker safety and to take whatever other steps may be necessary to protect international waters from further pollution.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
Requires the Congressional Record for the House of Representatives to contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks actually delivered on the floor of the House together with supporting data. Limits revisions of verbatim remarks in the Record to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors which do not change the meaning, content, or substance of those remarks. Entitles Members to insert in the Records remarks not actually delivered on the floor. Stipulates that such insertions always be clearly distinguishable from verbatim remarks.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1977
Federal Employees' Political Activities Act - Revises provisions prohibiting Federal employees, Postal Service employees, and District of Columbia employees from engaging in political activities. Declares it the policy of Congress that employees should be encouraged to fully exercise, to the extent not expressly prohibited by law, their rights of voluntary participation in the political processes of State and local governments. Continues proscriptions against employees using their official authority or influence to interfere with the result of any election or to coerce the political action of any person. Modifies provisions relating to the solicitation and offering of political contributions by Federal employees. Prohibits employees from: (1) giving or offering to give a political contribution to any individual either to vote or refrain from voting in any election; (2) soliciting or receiving a political contribution to vote or refrain from voting in any election; (3) knowingly giving a political contribution to a superior; (4) knowingly soliciting or receiving a political contribution from another employee with respect to whom such employee is a superior; or (5) knowingly soliciting or receiving a political contribution in specified facilities. Places additional restrictions on specified employees of the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Prohibits employees from holding, or being a candidate for, any office of a political party or for any elective public office unless such position is a part-time office of a State or political subdivision thereof or is nonpartisan. Prohibits employees, with specified exceptions, form engaging in political activity (1) which entails active campaigning for a candidate or political party in connection with a partisan Federal election, (2) while on duty or while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying their position, or (3) in designated areas. Establishes the Board on Political Activities of Federal Employees to decide cases regarding violations of this Act. Designates the Civil Service Commission to investigate reports and allegations of prohibited activity. Specifies guidelines for carrying out such investigations. Requires the Commission to give notice to the Board and the employees involved of apparent violations, except when the conduct of specified officials is involved, in which case the Commission is directed to refer the matter to the Attorney General and to report to Congress and the President. Directs the Board to render a final decision on the apparent violation on the basis of the record after a hearing conducted by a hearing examiner, which record shall include the recommended decision of the hearing examiner and any exception to such decision filed by the employee. Grants to the Board specified powers in carrying out its functions. Permits an employee upon whom a penalty is imposed by an order of the Board to seek judicial review in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the employee resides or is employed. Specifies penalties for violation of the prohibitions contained in this Act. Directs the Commission to establish and conduct a continuing program to inform all employees of their rights of political participation and to evaluate employees with respect to those activities which are prohibited. Creates a specific criminal offense for extorting political contributions from Federal personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1977
Establishes a two-year, seven-member advisory committee to advise the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service with respect to the implementation of the United States Grain Standards Act of 1976. Amends such Act to repeal the requirement that the State and other official agencies designated to perform inspection or weighing functions pay fees to the Administrator to cover the costs of the direct supervision of personnel of such agencies by the field office personnel of the Federal Grain Inspection Service. Authorizes appropriations to cover such supervisory costs. Amends such Act relative to recordkeeping. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, within six months of the effective date of this Act, to review certain recordkeeping provisions of Federal law and the regulations of the Commodity Credit Corporation as they apply to grain elevators, warehouses or other grain storage and handling facilities. Directs the Secretary, on the basis of such review, to establish a single system for recordkeeping by such facilities that will meet the requirements of such regulations and the law.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1977
Voting Rights Act Repealer Amendments Act - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal the prohibitions against voting qualifications, prerequisites, tests, or devices which abridge the right of a citizen to vote who is a member of a language minority. Repeals the requirement that States and other political subdivisions make available registration and voting materials, and voting assistance in languages other than English in areas where more than five percent of the citizens belong to a single language minority.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct a replacement lock and dam project on the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake steps to provide for wildlife protection and recreational activities in conjunction with such project. Withdraws all authority for the Secretary of the Army to construct or study the feasibility of construction or modification of a channel in the Mississippi River north of its juncture with the Illinois River. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Transportation to study the bulk commodity freight requirements on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Waterway. Withdraws the authority of: (1) any Federal agency to study the feasibility of deepening the navigation channels in the Minnesota River, Minnesota; Black River, Wisconsin; Saint Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin; Illinois River, Illinois; and the Mississippi River north of its junction with the Missouri River, Missouri; and (2) the Secretary of the Army to study or construct a specified Mississippi River channel.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, formerly applicable to persons between 40 and 65 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, formerly applicable to persons between 40 and 65 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, formerly applicable to persons between 40 and 65 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Jobs Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual income tax rates. Allows a credit against the income tax up to $1,000, for ten percent of the increase in the total savings deposits and investments since the end of the previous year. Allows a limited income tax deduction by certain domestic corporations for dividends paid. Limits corporate deductions for dividends received from foreign corporations. Repeals corporate deductions for other dividends received. Allows the taxpayer to take a deduction for specified percentages of the acquisition costs of certain types of property, with a corresponding reduction in basis, in lieu of a depreciation deduction. Doubles the corporate surtax exemption to $100,000.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977
Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch Act - Establishes the Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government to study all instrumentalities of the Government except the judiciary and the Congress to determine what changes in the organization of such entities are necessary to eliminate duplication and improve efficiency. Requires the Commission to submit to the President and Congress an interim report of its activities by June 30, 1978, and a final report by December 31, 1978, at which time the Commission shall cease to exist. States that such final report may propose such constitutional amendments, legislative enactments, and administrative action as might be necessary to carry out the Commission's recommendations. Permits the President to submit to Congress reorganization plans to implement any recommendation of the Commission. Makes such plan effective 60 days after such plan has been submitted unless disapproved by Congress. Permits the President to submit such a plan up until January 1, 1980. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 903; 905)
United States · United States Congress · 26 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 · 26 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide identical income tax rates for single persons and married couples filing joint returns. Limits the earned income that must be reported by a married individual filing a separate return to the amount actually earned by that individual.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Adds Rule XLV to the Rules of the House of Representatives, allowing continuous television and radio coverage of House floor proceedings. Makes the Speaker responsible for the implementation of this Rule. Establishes a Broadcast Advisory Board to assist the Speaker. Makes it the general responsibility of the Clerk to make provision for such coverage. Stipulates that this Rule shall not apply with respect to joint sessions of the House and Senate. Provides all television and radio broadcasting stations, networks, services and systems in the United States and its territories with access to all of the live coverage of the proceedings of the House. Restricts use of coverage to legitimate news or research purposes. Stipulates that broadcast shall be presented without commercial sponsorship. Prohibits coverage provided under this Rule from use as partisan political campaign material.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a roll call vote on demand of any committee member on any question before the committee and on every motion to report any bill or resolution of a public character.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House to require that all committee meetings, including meetings for the mark-up of legislation, shall be open to the public, except when the committee determines in open session by roll call vote that the disclosure of the matter to be considered would endanger national security or violate any law or rule of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule XXVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to direct that it shall not be in order to entertain a motion to suspend the rules to consider any measure or matter unless the committee having jurisdiction over the measure or matter, by roll call vote, a majority being actually present, authorizes consideration of the measure or matter under a suspension of the rules, or if a written request has been filed with the Speaker by the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee having jurisdiction over the measure or matter, asking for its consideration under a suspension of the rules.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule XIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that an accurate account of words actually spoken on the floor of the House, together with permitted supporting data be printed in the Congressional Record. Limits revisions of verbatim remarks in the Record to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors which do not change the meaning, content, or substance of those remarks. Entitles Members to insert in the Record remarks not actually delivered on the floor. Stipulates that such insertions always be clearly distinguishable from words actually spoken on the floor.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that, insofar as applicable, the House rules which apply to standing committees shall also apply to any select, special, or ad hoc committee, commission, or other entity established by the House.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that records of committee actions be made available for public inspection except for information which would endanger national security or would violate any rule of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit all standing committees with more than 20 employees, except the Committee on Appropriations, to no more than six subcommittees.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit the House, by appropriate resolution, to direct the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to undertake an investigation of alleged misconduct on the part of any Member, officer, or employee of the House. Requires the committee to file a written report on its findings and recommendations whenever it has undertaken an investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1977
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. and to place it in a suitable location in the Capitol.