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532 records where Rep. Fisher, Joesph L. [D-VA-10] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Prohibits civil supersonic aircraft which exceed presently permited noise levels from landing at, or taking off from, Dulles International Airport or Washington National Airport.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1975
Authorizes $30,000,000 in additional funds for the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1975
Requires the payment of 12 percent interest by Federal agencies on overdue contract payments payable to any small business concern.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1975
Revises the area set aside for, and authorizes additions to, the Tinicum National Environmental Center, in the State of Pennsylvania.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
Extends for one year, through fiscal year 1977, the District of Columbia Medical and Dental Manpower Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
Provides for the relief of Gloria Alvarado.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1975
Provides for the relief of Miss Lindaura DaSilva.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1975
Eliminates the President's authority to submit to the Congress alternative comparability pay plans for Federal employees. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5305)
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1975
Provides that the rates of pay for Members of Congress and the Vice President shall be the rates in effect on September 30, 1975, until such time as they are fixed otherwise by law. Removes from the responsibilities of the Commission on Executive Legislative and Judicial Salaries a review of the rates of pay of Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1975
Provides for the relief of Luisa Lavadenz de Alvarez.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1975
Establishes the Commission on the Adequacy of the Annual Federal Payment to the District of Columbia to study the adequacy of the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia. Directs the Commission to study specified factors, including revenues unobtainable by the District because of the relative lack of taxable business income and costs incurred by the District for unreimbursed services to the Federal Government. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the Congress by December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly which equates Zionism with racism, and urges the U.N. General Assembly to disapprove such resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Unemployment Compensation Amendments - Title I: Extension of Coverage Provisions - Extends unemployment insurance coverage to specified agricultural workers, domestic service workers, and workers performing previously excluded service for nonprofit organizations or for State and local governments. Provides that Federal unemployment compensation law shall apply in the Virgin Islands. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to reimburse States providing payment of compensation for any week of employment beginning on or after January 1, 1977, for previously uncovered services. Sets forth rules governing the orderly transition to unemployment coverage of previously non-covered nonprofit organizations. Title II: Financing Provisions - Increases, under the Internal Revenue Code, the Federal unemployment tax wage base from $4,200, to $8,000. Increases the rate of such tax for employers. States that advances to State unemployment funds shall be made for 3-month periods, rather than monthly. Provides that States are entitled to be paid by the Federal Government for unemployment benefits paid to an individual on the basis of a public service job funded with assistance provided under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Title III: Benefit Provisions - Revises the percentages of State and national unemployment designed which trigger coverage provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act. Stipulates that no person may be denied compensation under any State unemployment compensation law solely on the basis of pregnancy or termination of pregnancy. Title IV: National Commission on Unemployment Compensation - Establishes a National Commission on Unemployment Compensation to study and evaluate the present unemployment compensation programs in order to assess the long-range needs of the programs, to develop alternatives, and to recommend changes in the programs. States that the study shall include, but not be limited to, an examination of the adequacy of the changes made by this Act and an examination of the appropriate role of unemployment compensation in income maintenance and its reletionship to other social insurance programs. Directs other Federal agencies to cooperate fully with the Commission in carrying out its functions. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to establish the Commission and fund its activities.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Allows as a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code State and local public utility taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the week in November which includes Thanksgiving Day in each year as "National Family Week."
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1975
Eliminates the President's authority to submit to the Congress alternative comparability pay plans for Federal employees. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5305)
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1975
Financial Disclosure Act - Requires candidates for Federal office, Members of the Congress, and officers and employees of the United States compensated at or above the GS-16 rate or pay grade 0-7 (in the case of members of the uniformed service) to file annual reports containing a full and complete statement of: (1) the amount and source of each item of income or gift in excess of $500; (2) each asset which has a value in excess of $5,000; (3) any securities transactions in excess of $1,000; (4) all transactions in commodities in excess of $1,000; and (5) any purchase or sale of real property involving in excess of $5,000. Provides criminal penalties for any person willfully failing to file a report required by this Act. Authorizes such reports to be available for inspection by members of the public.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the officers and administrators of the various governmental institutions supported by public moneys should take steps to remove from facilities under their control all architectual barriers to the handicapped. Directs that funds for such efforts be taken from their discretionary funds.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Grants special court leave to Federal employees when called as witnesses in any judicial proceeding to which the United States, the District of Columbia, or a State or local government is a party.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1975
Provides under the Social Security Act that an Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance claimant shall be entitled to an informal conference reconsidering an initial adverse decision concerning such claimant's eligibility for benefits. Prescribes the procedures for such reconsideration hearings. Requires that such a hearing be presided over by an administrative law judge and conducted on the record.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Provides for the relief of Ruth E. Quinlan.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Prohibits, except as provided in this Act, the inspection of tax returns and the disclosure of information contained in such returns. Authorizes the inspection of returns by or disclosure to (1) the taxpayer or his representative; (2) employees of the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice solely for purposes of enforcement of the tax laws; (3) State agencies charged with administration of the tax laws only for that purpose; (4) the President of the United States in the performance of his official duties; and (5) the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation for statistical purposes only. Increases the criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure or receipt of information under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Prohibits discrimination based on sex or marital status with respect to the sale or rental of housing under the Civil Rights Act and the National Housing Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Provides for an adjustment in the effective date for pay comparability adjustments so that such adjustments apply to all executive branch employees on the same date. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5305, 5307)
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1975
National Commission on Regulatory Reform Act - Establishes the National Commission on Regulatory Reform. Directs the Commission to make a full and complete study of such regulatory activities of the independent regulatory agencies of the Federal Government as the Commission determines to be primarily economic in nature and to have a significant effect on the segments of the economy involving transportation, communication, the development and distribution of energy resources, or financial institutions. States that such study shall be undertaken to determine: (1) whether such regulatory activities have limited competition within such segments of the economy, and if they have, what the economic consequences have been, (2) whether such regulatory activities have, in other way, contributed to current economic difficulties, in particular inflation; and (3) whether changes need to be made with regard to such independent Federal establishments and their regulatory activites. Requires that such study shall include, with regard to each independent Federal establishment whose regulatory activities are included in such study: (1) an analysis of the purposes for which it was created, its structure and jurisdiction, the statutory framework governing its operation and activities, and the procedures and policies it has adopted; (2) an assessment of its effectiveness in carrying out its purposes; (3) an analysis of the costs and benefits of its various programs and policies, with particular reference to any adverse economic impact; and (4) an examination of the relationship between its regulatory activities and those of State and local regulatory agencies. Sets forth the membership, powers, and authority of the Commission. Directs the Commission to submit to the President and Congress within one year a report containing: (1) a statement of the status of the study being conducted pursuant to this Act; (2) a detailed statement of any findings made or conclusions reached by the Commission; and (3) any recommendations for legislation or administrative action, or both, deemed appropriate by the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Establishes as the boundaries of the Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia, the boundaries depicted on the map entitled "Boundary Map, Manassas National Battlefield Park" dated May 5, 1975. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation, purchase, or exchange, lands and interests including scenic easements, located within the boundaries. Authorizes the acquisition of lands adjacent to the Park if such acquisition would be a significant contribution to the historical purpose of the park. Sets forth the rights of owners of residences located within park boundaries.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Congressional Public Financing Act - Adds a new subtitle to the Internal Revenue Code: the Congressional Election Campaign Fund Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund a separate account to be known as the Congressional Election Payment Account. Directs the Secretary to deposit into the Congressional Election Payment Account that portion of the annual amounts designated by taxpayers on their income tax returns that equals the excess above 25 percent of the total amount made available in the last Presidential election. Authorizes the Federal Election Commission to conduct an examination and audit of the campaign contributions raised for purposes of obtaining matching funds and the qualified campaign expenditures made by all candidates for Federal office and official political party committees who received payments under this Act. Provides criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides for payments of funds in amounts matching the contributions received by candidates for the office of U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative. Imposes limitations on the amounts of such funds to be disbursed to any individual candidate, and restricts the uses to which such matching funds may be put.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Declares that a greater unity of the Atlantic Community would strengthen the common defense, assure more adequate energy resources and improve commerce. Establishes an eighteen-member delegation authorized to organize and participate in a convention attended by delegations from North Atlantic Treaty parliamentary democracies. States that the convention shall explore the possibility of agreement on the means to transform the relationship of such nations into a more effective unity based on federal principles. Provides for appointment of delegates to the convention. Allows the delegation to maintain a staff. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000 to carry out the purposes of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1975
Provides for the relief of Mohommad Sajid Munir.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Establishes in the House of Representatives the permanent Select Committee on Energy which shall not have legislative jurisdiction but which shall have jurisdiction to conduct investigations and studies of the development, application, use, and control of all forms of energy and power in order to establish a coordinated program for the development and control of all forms of such energy and power. Directs the committee to report to the House the results of each investigation together with recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Expresses congressional disapproval of sales to Jordan of the Hawk missile and Vulcan antiaircraft systems as proposed by the President on July 10, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1975
Animal Welfare Act Amendments - Provides, under the Federal Laboratory Animal Welfare Act, that no animals shall be delivered to any intermediate handler or common carrier for transportation in commerce unless the animals are accompanied by a veterinarian's certificate certifying that the animals are sound and healthy. States that specified animals shall not be delivered for transportation if they are less than eight weeks of age. Provides that no intermediate handler or common carrier shall participate in any practice under which the cost of such animal or its transportation is to be paid and collected upon delivery of the animal to the consignee. Imposes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Makes it unlawful to transport in interstate or foreign commerce any live dog or animal trained to participate in dog or animal fighting ventures.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Provides for the relief of Maria Daruni Sing.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, that the Secretary of Labor may render on-site consultation to small employers, upon their request, to assist such employers with complying with the Act, and may make the issuance of citations for safety and health violations discretionary.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
Provides that the gross income, under the Internal Revenue Code, of an employee shall not include (1) amounts directly or indirectly received as payment or reimbursement for legal services under group legal service plans, (2) the value of legal services rendered under such plans, or (3) contributions by employers to such plans.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to accept and administer on behalf of the United States gifts, bequests, or devises of real and personal property for the benefit of the National Arboretum, such gifts, bequests, or devises to be treated as such under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1975
Allows as a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code State and local public utility taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Provides for the relief of Cedomir Markovic.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Provides for the relief of Cooley Berry.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Provides for the relief of Edward J. Galahan.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Provides for the relief of Jim Jesusa Llacer and Emilio Llacer.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
Provides for the relief of Samir Ghosh.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1975
Provides that a charitable organization shall be denied exemption from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code where amounts paid or incurred by such organization during each taxable year to influence legislation exceed specified sums of money, or where a significant portion of the activities of such organization consists of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. Designates charitable organizations to which this Act applies, and defines the term "influencing legislation". Disallows deductions to charitable organizations where the contribution is made for the purpose of influencing legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the designation of 1975 as International Women's Year has its full support. Calls for 1975 to be a time for launching new programs and forming new attitudes to overcome obstacles encountered by women in exercising their full human rights. States that Congress should take appropriate legislative actions to correct inequities. Calls for equal job and educational opportunities and greater representation at official conferences. Recognizes the unique problems faced by older women. Acknowledges the contributions of homemakers to their families and communities.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1975
Requires under the Social Security Act the continued application of the 8 1/2 percent nursing salary cost differential which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the medicare program.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Prohibits carriers of Federal employee insurance from reducing or excluding health benefits without such proposed changes being published in the Federal Register and without hearings by the Civil Service Commission on such proposed changes.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1975
Provides that the National Wildlife Refuge System shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Directs that lands within the National Wildlife Refuge System shall not be removed from such system except by the provisions of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act or by Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Creates a select committee in the House of Representatives with authority to conduct a full and complete investigation of the problem of United States servicemen missing in action or known to be dead whose bodies have not been recovered, as a result of military operations in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Provides that such investigation shall include an examination of the need for additional international inspection teams to determine whether there are servicemen still held as prisoner of war. Authorizes the Committee to hold hearings, issue subpenas, and maintain a staff as necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this resolution. Directs the committee to report to the House the results of its investigation no later than one year after adoption of this resolution. Provides that the committee's authority shall expire 30 days after the filing of such report. Directs that the expenses of the select committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Oil Import Purchase Authority Act - Provides that the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration after October 1, 1975, to be responsible for the importation of petroleum into the United States. Prohibits the importation of petroleum into the United States after such date unless pursuant to a sale. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations for the allocation by sale of all petroleum so imported. Requires the Administrator to make adjustments in the prices paid by purchasers so that the average price paid is equal for all purchasers of a similar quality of petroleum. Stipulates that funds for the purchase of petroleum be appropriated from the general revenues, and that moneys realized on the sale of such petroleum be returned to the general revenues. Requires the Administrator to establish disciplinary rules for bidders who fail to perform in accordance with the terms of their bids. Prohibits any officer or employee of the Energy Administration from disclosing any information relating to the bids. Specifies a fine not to exceed $100,000 for 10 years imprisonment, or both, for such disclosure. Requires the Administrator to limit knowledge of the identity of bidders to six persons within the Administration.