Bill· HRH.R. 14297 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1978
Space Industrialization Act - Title I: Establishment of Space Industrialization Corporation - Establishes, as a Federal agency, the Space Industrialization Corporation which shall promote the development of new processes and industries in space and encourage private industry to invest in such activities. Directs the Corporation to provide funds to industrial space ventures under negotiated management plans. Specifies that such funds shall be repaid with a profit if the venture is profitable and that full documentation is required if it is unprofitable. Establishes in the United States Treasury the "Space Industrialization Trust Fund" which shall be held and administered by the Secretary of the Treasury and made available to the Corporation for use in funding industrial space ventures. Authorizes to the Trust Fund appropriations not to exceed $50,000,000 per year for the first two fiscal years after enactment. Directs the President to aid in the planning, development, and review of a national program for the establishment and operation of a space industrial system. Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to advise, assist, and cooperate with the Corporation in the development of the space industrial system. Title II: Public Ownership of Space Industrialization Corporation - Provides that at such time as the Board of Directors and the President approve, the Corporation shall become a publicly owned entity, which shall be authorized to issue shares of capital stock, nonvoting securities, bonds, debentures, and other certificates of indebtedness as the corporation may determine. Requires all proceeds from such securities to be deposited in the Trust Fund established by Title I.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1149 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week."
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1392 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1978
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States, while seeking to improve relations with the People's Republic of China, shall continue to maintain full diplomatic relations with the Republic of China and shall not alter its Mutual Defense Treaty with such country.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1384 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1978
Amends rule XXVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that a motion to suspend the rules and pass a bill or resolution shall not be in order with respect to any bill or resolution which makes or authorizes appropriations which may be in excess of $100,000,000 for any fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 14163 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1978
Sunset Program Reauthorization and Evaluation Act - Title I: Reauthorization of New Budget Authority - Requires Government programs to be evaluated pursuant to a specified schedule to determine whether each such program should be continued, terminated, or altered (reauthorization review). Prohibits the authorization of new budget authority for a period of more than ten years. Prohibits the authorization of new budget authority for any program for which there has not been conducted a reauthorization review. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in consulation with the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to compile a list of programs subject to a reauthorization date for which new budget authority was not authorized. Title II: Program Inventory - Requires the Comptroller General to compile an inventory of Federal programs including a description of such programs covering specified topics. Title III: Program Review and Evaluation - Requires each House of Congress to select from the programs scheduled for reauthorization review in any given year a number of programs for comprehensive reauthorization review. Requires the President and each congressional committee to recommend such programs. Title IV: Citizens' Commission on the Organization and Operation of Government - Establishes an independent Citizen's Commission on the Organization and Operation of Government to study the organization and operation of Federal agencies and to recommend ways to improve the efficiency and operations of such agencies. Requires the Commission to submit its final report by July 1, 1983, and terminates the Commission 90 days after the submission of such report. Title V: Miscellaneous - Requires the Comptroller General to furnish Congress with the results of prior audits and reviews of programs being reviewed under this Act. Requires all agencies which are exempt from reauthorization review to submit a status report to Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 14167 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1978
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from inpatient hospital services provided under such Title the services of a physician in a teaching hospital only if: (1) the hospital elects to receive any payment due under Medicare for reasonable costs of such services; and (2) all physicians in the hospital agree not to bill charges for professional services rendered in such hospital to individuals covered by Medicare.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1375 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1978
Recognizes the great contribution of Bernardo de Galvez to the independence of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 13826 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify buildings used in connection with, or in the trade or business of, farming for the investment tax credit.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1076 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 13429 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1978
Steel Trade Negotiations Act - Lists products the manufacture of which shall constitute the "steel sector" for purposes of determining the appropriate product sector with respect to import restriction authority under the Trade Act of 1974.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1045 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Designates July 18, 1979, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 971 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1978
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate the week of September 17 through 23, 1978, as "National Lupus Week."
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 632 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that (1) the Congress intended the National ambient air quality standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the Clean Air Act and subsequent amendments to be reasonable and attainable; (2) the EPA reconsider and revise the national ambient air quality standards for photochemical oxidants; and (3) resonable air pollution control measures be applied during such reconsideration.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 627 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that (1) the Congress intended the National ambient air quality standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the Clean Air Act and subsequent amendments to be reasonable and attainable; (2) the EPA reconsider and revise the national ambient air quality standards for photochemical oxidants; and (3) resonable air pollution control measures be applied during such reconsideration.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 908 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the first Sunday of September after Labor Day of each year as "National Grandparents Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 12712 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1978
Relieves two individuals and a corporation of liability to the United State in a specified amount.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 900 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1978
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 12599 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1978
Solar Power Satellite Research, Development, and Demonstration Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate a Solar Power Satellite Research, Development, and Demonstration Program to study technical problems regarding the viability of the solar power satellite concept. Requires the Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator, to submit to the Congress, by January 3, 1979, a comprehensive plan to implement the Program.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 608 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1978
Declares that certain proposed regulations of the Department of the Treasury regarding centralized firearms sales recordkeeping and other firearms control measures exceed the Departments' authority, and directs that the regulations be withdrawn.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 890 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate July 1, 1978, as "Free Enterprise Day."
Bill· HRH.R. 12314 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
Bill· HRH.R. 12283 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to stipulate that nothing in such Act shall be construed to authorize any regulation designed to restrict hunting, recreational fishing, or recreational shooting sports or to establish safety or health standards for work performed in any location which is customarily used for such activities.
Bill· HRH.R. 12228 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop research, development, and demonstration programs concerning the use of solar photovoltaic energy systems. Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to 75 percent of the purchase and installation costs of selected systems used for research purposes. Requires the Secretary to formulate definitive performance criteria concerning solar photovoltaic systems and to develop a system certification for conforming systems. Directs the Secretary to consult with relevant Federal agencies concerning the use of solar photovoltaic systems in Federal facilities. Requires the Secretary to set up a development and demonstration program of prototype photovoltaic systems at the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado. Directs the Secretary to establish a solar energy data bank at the Golden facility. Requires relevant Federal officials to ensure that small business concerns are granted realistic and adequate opportunities to participate, to the maximum extent possible, in the programs under this Act.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 861 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the week of September 17, 1978, as "National Port Week."
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