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921 records where Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
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."
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 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.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1978
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission should maximize local primary radio broadcast service in any proceeding respecting the provision of class I-A and I-B radio service. Prohibits the operation of a standard broadcast station with power in excess of 50,000 watts.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1978
Provides for full State participation in the planning, siting, and licensing of nuclear storage and disposal facilities. Authorizes the States, through their legislatures, to disapprove the site selection of any nuclear storage or disposal facility within their boundaries.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Criminal Justice Improvements Act - Title I: Revision of Title 18 - Repeals by not reenacting certain offenses, including the capturing or killing of carrier pigeons, building vessels for slave trade purposes, selling intoxicants to Indians, and advocating overthrow of the Federal or State government. Incorporates into Title 18 certain offenses which are located in other United States Code sections, including aircraft piracy, assaulting certain Federal government officers or employees, and interference with the exercise of certain rights in the buying, selling, and renting of housing. Consolidates chapters which contain similar subject matter. Repeals by not reenacting certain procedural provisions, and excludes procedural provisions which are cross-referenced to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Modifies the language of three offenses dealing with abortion to read "illegal abortion." Revises the maximum authorized terms of imprisonment for 14 offenses, including conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims (from ten years to five years), the transportation of slaves (from five years to ten years), and destruction of a vessel by the owner (from life to ten years). Specifies a uniform fine structure in which the maximum fines are related to the maximum authorized terms of imprisonment. Authorizes imposition of a fine upon any person found guilty of an offense. Directs the court to consider the defendants' financial status when deciding whether to impose a fine and its amount. Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to analyze on a continuing basis data relating to sentencing in the Federal courts. Requires the Conference to develop, make available, and evaluate advisory sentencing guidelines. Requires the court, in determining a particular sentence, to consider specific factors, including: (1) the nature and circumstances of the offense and the history and characteristics of the defendant; (2) the need for the sentence imposed to provide punishment commensurate with the seriousness of the offense, to deter similar conduct, protect the public, or provide the defendant needed training; (3) effective alternatives to imprisonment; and (4) any applicable advisory sentencing guidelines. Allows a defendant who has been convicted to be sentenced to a term of probation and specifies limitations. Increases from six months to one year the length of time a person can be confined while on probation. Requires probation officers to provide to the court information which is necessary to evaluate sentencing alternatives and information concerning advisory guidelines. Directs officers to conduct pre-release or pre-parole investigations. Decreases from six months to 90 days the minimum sentence for which good time allowance may be deducted. Applies restrictions on release prior to trial to offenses punishable by life imprisonment. Eliminates and modifies certain corrections provisions. Requires requests from specified sources to the court for the use of juvenile records to be in writing. Title II: Technical and Conforming Provisions - Conforms the fine levels of criminal statutes in other titles of the United States Code (except the Internal Revenue Code) to those of Title 18. Sets January 1, 1980, as the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1979 through 1985 to carry out the provisions of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Recognizes the great contribution of Bernardo de Galvez to the independence of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1978
Third Party Search Protection Act - Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to limit the circumstances under which a search warrant may be issued for property in possession of a third party. Allows a warrant to issue only if: (1) there is probable cause to believe the person in possession of the property committed or is committing a criminal offense; or (2) in any other case, only if a subpoena is not available or the property may be destroyed or removed and a restraining order would not prevent such removal or destruction.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt taxpayers from the payment of interest or a penalty on tax deficiencies attributable to erroneous advice obtained in writing from an Internal Revenue Service Officer or employee acting in an official capacity.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1978
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Olympic Committee should immediately take such measures as necessary to have the International Olympic Committee select a site for the 1980 summer Olympic games outside the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day."
United States · United States Congress · 20 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.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1978
Repeals provisions of the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 which established the United States Metric Board (to coordinate voluntary conversion to the metric system). Vests in the Secretary of Commerce responsibility for devising a metric system coordination and education program. Requires the Comptroller General to make cost-benefit analysis of metric usage and to publish reports on any adverse effects resulting from increasing metric usage. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress and the President on the program. Prohibits implementation of such program unless incorporated in or approved by a law enacted within 60 days of submission.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal specified provisions depriving persons of their United States nationality and citizenship in the following circumstances (1) a person, born outside the United States to parents one of whom was not a United States citizen, and who failed to come to and reside in the United States; (2) a person having dual nationality who sought the benefits of his non-United States nationality; (3) a person who voted or participated in a foreign election; (4) a person who was convicted of desertion from the United States military; (5) a naturalized citizen who resided outside the United States for a specified period of time; and (6) in instances of a minor's parents' expatriation.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Restores posthumously full rights of United States citizenship to Jefferson Davis, effective December 25, 1868.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Designates July 18, 1979, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1978
Investment Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore part of the pre-1969 tax treatment of capital gains by repealing the capital gains item of tax preference for the minimum tax; lowering the corporate alternative tax to 25 percent of net capital gain; and lowering the alternative individual tax to 25 percent of net capital gain.
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."
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1978
Prohibits Congress from making any appropriations in excess of total estimated revenues in any fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1980. Provides an exception to such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt. Requires the repayment of the national debt during the next 100 years.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1978
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1978
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate the week beginning on the Sunday preceding the fourth Thursday in November of each year as "National Family Week".
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1978
Relieves a certain former Air force member of liability to repay any amount which may be due the United States because of specified overpayments of basic allowance for quarters.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
Individual Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the $35,000 sales price limitation on the exclusion of residential sales gains by the elderly. Provides for the payment of interest on excess taxes withheld from individual's wages. Excludes the first $100 in interest from withdrawable savings accounts and debt securities. Provides for annual cost-of-living adjustments for personal exemptions and the individual tax rates. Allows an individual income tax credit of up to $100 for expenses paid for the education of the taxpayer, his spouse or any dependents.
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.
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."
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provide for the deportation from, the United States of any alien who engaged or assisted in, or incited or directed others to engage in, the persecution of others on the basis of religion, race, national origin, or political opinion.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a State or private adoptive agency to evaluate the proposed adoption of a child by a United States citizen or resident alien before such child will be issued an immigrant visa. Provides that the natural or prior adoptive parent of any such child shall have no rights or privileges under such Act. Eliminates the limit on the number of alien children that may be adopted. Raises from 16 to 18 the age limit for certain children born outside the United States eligible for automatic U.S. citizenship. Removes certain naturalization requirements regarding adopted alien children.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Rural Community Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to nonmetropolitan units of local government to help finance specified community development programs including: (1) the acquisition of real property which is blighted, deteriorating, undeveloped or inappropriately developed from the standpoint of sound community development or which is to be used for public works or other public purposes; (2) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of public works or other improvements including neighborhood facilities, historic properties, and recreation facilities; and (3) special projects to remove material or architectural barriers which restrict the mobility of elderly and handicapped persons. Sets forth application and review requirements. Lists factors, including population growth or decline rates and unemployment rates, which the Secretary shall consider in allocating funds to States and units of general local government. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee local government notes or other obligations where such entity is carrying out comprehensive community development programs, and public agency obligations for purposes of financing the acquisition of real property. Permits the Secretary to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury in an amount outstanding at any one time sufficient to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out his obligation under guarantees authorized by this Act. States that obligations guaranteed by this Act shall be subject to Federal taxation. Prohibits discrimination in the administration of this Act. Provides a procedure to be followed where the Secretary finds that a recipient of assistance under this Act has failed to substantially comply with any provision of this Act. Permits interstate agreements with respect to community development planning and programs. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development to conduct a study of the feasibility and desirability of meeting the community development needs of units of general local government which are located within a metropolitan area having a population of 20,000 or less and are rural in character under the provisions of this Act rather than under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the making of any grant to a unit of local government which is located outside of a metropolitan area and has a population of 20,000 or less.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate July 1, 1978, as "Free Enterprise Day."
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Extends the authority to make veterans readjustment appointments of Vietnam era veterans to the Federal Government through September 30, 1980. Abolishes the time limitation on eligibility for such appointments for veterans eligible on April 9, 1970, or who were separated from the armed services on or after such date. Raises the maximum level for such appointments from GS-5 to GS-7. Provides that any disabled veteran shall be eligible for such appointment without regard to certain existing limitations on the amount of education a veteran may have to be eligible for such an appointment.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Increases from $250 to $350 the burial and funeral expense allowance which may be paid by the Veterans' Administration on behalf of certain deceased veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Provides for a burial allowance of $150 to be paid by the Veterans' Administration: (1) to any State or political subdivision thereof for burying a veteran in any cemetery owned by the State or subdivision if such cemetery or section thereof is used solely for the interment of veterans; or (2) to a person prescribed by the deceased veteran if burial is in a cemetery other than the kind described.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Directs the Secretary of Defense to place a memorial plaque in the Trophy Hall of the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to those members of the armed force who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. Directs the Secretary, to honor those members who lost their lives in Southeast Asia, to display near such plaque the medals, ribbons, and decorations associated with service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Removes the requirement that a veteran die in the service in order to be entitled to a memorial headstone or marker when the veteran's remains have not been recovered or identified or have been buried at sea.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Constitutional Amendment - Eliminates the force and effect of any treaty provision which denies or abridges any constitutionally enumerated right. Prohibits a treaty from permitting any foreign power or international organization to supervise, control, or adjudicate (1) the rights of United States citizens or (2) matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the United States. Predicates the effectiveness of a treaty as internal law of the United States upon the passage of appropriate legislation. Requires executive agreements with foreign powers or international organizations to be made in the manner and to the extent prescribed by law.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 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.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Meat and Livestock Import Amendments - Subjects specified kinds of preserved beef and veal products to the policy of Congress related to the restriction of beef imports. Revises the formula for the determination of beef and veal import quotas. Repeals the authority of the President to suspend a proclamation limiting beef imports. Directs the President to limit beef imports at any one port of entry in order to insure the geographical distribution of such imports. Declares it the policy of Congress that a quota should be imposed upon the importation of cattle. Directs the President to impose such limitation and to limit such imports at any one port of entry.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Bretton Woods Agreements Review Act - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to terminate all authority granted under such Act (including participation in the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) after September 30, 1981, unless reauthorized by Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1978
Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that all committee reports accompanying public bills or joint resolutions which authorize or appropriate specific sums for any fiscal year contain a computation of the annual tax impact of such legislation on the individual taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1979 through 1985 to carry out the provisions of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Veterans' Disability Compensation and Survivor Benefits Act - Title I: Veterans' Disability Compensation Rates - Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Rates - Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of disabled veterans. Provides for an additional increase in dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse who is permanently housebound but ineligible for aid and attendance allowance. Provides for retroactive dependency and indemnification compensation to children whose entitlement is established after such compensation has already been awarded to a veteran's other children. Reduces supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for certain 18-year-old children considered below such age for purposes of additional dependency and indemnity compensation to a surviving spouse. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions and Effective Date - Provides for retroactive tax exemption of retirement compensation paid to specified veterans who are also eligible for veterans' pensions upon filing of a waiver of such retirement compensation. Provides for retroactive war veterans pensions to children whose entitlement is established after such compensation has already been awarded to a veteran's other children.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Increases the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the parents of veterans who died in active military service or from a service-connected disability. Increases the monthly rate of wartime death compensation payable to a widow or dependent parent if the payee is a patient in a nursing home or helpless or blind.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Increases the rate of special pension payable to Congressional Medal of Honor holders.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay dependency and indemnity compensation to the survivors of any veteran who was rated totally and permanently service-connected disabled for at least ten years, as though the cause of death were service-connected.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Amends the veterans' aid and attendance compensation payment system to provide a second-step allowance at an increased rate of $900 per month for veterans in need of constant medical aid and attendance.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Reduces from 50 percent to 40 percent the minimum disability rating necessary for a veteran entitled to wartime disability compensation to receive additional compensation for dependents.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that an individual's allowable charitable contributions shall be deducted when determining the individual's adjusted gross income, thereby allowing the deduction to individuals who do not itemize.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Emergency Food and Agriculture Act - Title I: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 through 1981 crops of wheat a price support floor of not less than $3.00 per bushel and a ceiling of not more than 100 percent of parity. Sets a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from 60 percent of parity per bushel for a 20 percent set-aside up to 89 percent of parity per bushel for a 50 percent set-aside. Title II: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 through 1981 crops of corn a price support floor of not less than $2.25 per bushel and a ceiling of not more than 100 percent of parity. Sets a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from 60 percent of parity per bushel for a ten percent set-aside up to full parity for a 50 percent set- aside. Title III: Upland Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 through 1981 crops of upland cotton a loan level floor of not less than 52 cents per pound and a ceiling of not more than 100 percent of parity. Sets a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from 64 percent of parity per pound for a 20 percent set-aside up to full parity for a 50 percent set-aside. Title IV: Grain Release Prices - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949: (1) to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from providing for the redemption of stored wheat and feed grains loans unless the market price for such commodities is not less than parity; (2) to prohibit the Secretary from calling such loans until the market for wheat and feed grains is at least 105 percent of parity; and (3) to prohibit the Commodity Credit Corporation from selling its stocks of wheat and feed grains for less than the parity price of such commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provides for the deportation from, the United States of any alien who engaged or assisted in, or incited or directed others to engage in, the persecution of others on the basis of religion, race, or national origin under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany between March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945.