Bill· HRH.R. 15731 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1976
Federal-Aid Highway Act Amendments - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976 to increase and extend the appropriations authorized under such Act for the fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for the Federal-aid primary system to $3,350,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1978 through 1990. Increases the Federal share for projects financed with primary funds on the Federal-aid primary system from 70 percent of its cost to 80 pecent, or to 95 percent under specified circumstances. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from approving projects on such system if the portion of the project that is on a new location does not provide for complete control of access. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 109, 120)
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1497 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1976
Authorizes the Sergeant at Arms to employ with the approval of the Speaker a special counsel to represent the Sergeant at Arms in all civil proceedings relating to the pending action entitled Larry Pressler against William E. Simon, et al., civil action numbered 76-0782 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in which action the Sergeant at Arms is named as a defendant.
Bill· HRH.R. 15302 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1976
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Civil Aeronautics Board to grant exemptions from the requirements of such Act for all-cargo operations in interstate air transportation pending consideration of an application for initial certification under such Act if such exemption is in the public interest.
Bill· HRH.R. 15134 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1976
Title I: Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act - Amends the Public Buildings Act of 1959 and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Administrator of General Services, when acquiring or managing space necessary for Federal agencies, to: (1) utilize space in buildings of historic, architectural, or cultural significance where feasible; (2) encourage the location of commercial, cultural, educational, or recreational activities within or near public buildings; and (3) encourage the public use of public buildings outside of regular Federal working hours. Requires the Administrator to place on the access level of Federal buildings those activities requiring regular public contact. Title II: Requires the Administrator to report annually to Congress with respect to his activities and those of other departments with regard to standards issued, revised, repealed, or waived under the Act to insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds are so designed and constructed as to be accessable to the physically handicapped.
Bill· HRH.R. 15026 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1976
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to allow air carriers to offer reduced-rate transportation on a space-available basis to persons who are 65 years of age or older or 21 years of age or younger, to handicapped persons, and to an attendant of such a handicapped person.
Bill· HRH.R. 15004 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1976
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities which are engaged in the development of new schools of veterinary medicine to assist in such development. Requires applying schools to demonstrate that there is a reasonable indication that non- Federal financial resources for development will be available and that Federal assistance will accelerate the date on which the school will be able to begin its teaching program.
Bill· HRH.R. 14761 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1976
Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the Office of Inspector General comprised of an Inspector General and a Deputy Inspector General appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Inspector General and Deputy shall be removed from office only by impeachment or by the President but only for malfeasance, criminal conduct, incompetence, gross neglect of duty, or disability. States that they shall be subject only to the general supervision of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth the duties of the Office which include promoting economy and efficiency and preventing and detecting fraud and abuse of the programs and operations of the Department. Requires the Office to report to the Secretary and Congress with respect to its findings and activities quarterly or whenever the Office becomes aware of particularly serious or flagrant problems or abuse. Transfers to the Office the functions of the HEW Audit Agency and the Department's Office of Investigations.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1012 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1976
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the 2nd day of July, 1976, as "Bicentennial Day of Prayer of Thanksgiving and Guidance."
Bill· HRH.R. 14623 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1976
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Civil Aeronautics Board to grant exemptions from the requirements of such Act for all-cargo operations in interstate air transportation pending consideration of an application for initial certification under such Act if such exemption is in the public interest.
Bill· HRH.R. 14567 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a charitable deduction against the income, estate, and gift tax for contributions by an individual to a domestic fraternal society operating under the lodge system for the purpose of constructing or maintaining a building the principal purpose of which is to house such organization.
Bill· HRH.R. 14520 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1976
Revises the formula for determining when to make cost-of-living adjustments in Federal civil service annuities. Eliminates the one percent increase which is automatically added on to such adjustments.
Bill· HRH.R. 14454 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1976
Revises the formula for determining when to make cost-of-living adjustments in Federal civil service annuities. Eliminates the one percent increase which is automatically added on to such adjustments.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1323 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1976
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service shall not close or suspend the operation of any post offices, unless there is a clear and compelling need to do so. Encourages the service to continue cost-cutting programs which do not affect levels of service.
Bill· HRH.R. 14155 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1976
National Diabetes Advisory Board Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Diabetes Advisory Board to insure the implementation of the long-range plan formulated by the National Commission on Diabetes to combat diabetes. Specifies seven Federal health officers as members of the Board, in addition to seven health professionals and five members of the general public to be appointed by the Secretary. Makes provision for staffing and compensation. Authorizes the Board to enter into contracts or other arrangements, or to take such other action as may be necessary to carry out its functions. Authorizes the Board to engage in and sponsor activities, collect data, and provide technical assistance as it deems necessary and advisable in the performance of its functions. Requires the Board to submit simultaneously to the President and Congress an Annual Diabetes Report describing Board activities in the prior year and progress made in diabetes research, treatment, and education with specific reference to the long-range plan to combat diabetes mellitus and suggesting recommended future expenditures and legislation. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for fiscal year 1976 and such sums as are necessary for each of the four fiscal years thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to make distinguished scientist awards to individual scientists who have shown continuous and outstanding productivity in diabetes research for the purpose of continuing such research. Limits the amount of each grant to no more than $35,000 per year. Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts for the purpose of making such grants in fiscal years 1976-1980. Authorizes, under the Public Health Service Act, the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1977-1981 for the purpose of making grants to centers for research and training in diabetes mellitus and related endocrine and metabolic disorders.
Bill· HRH.R. 14004 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1976
Extends to former employees of county soil conservation committees who are employed by any Federal agency, specified leave and seniority benefits presently afforded to former employees of such county committees who are employed by the Department of Agriculture.
Bill· HRH.R. 13891 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1976
Civil Service Amendments - Revises the authority of the Civil Service Commission to prescribe and enforce regulations for the administration of provisions relating to Federal employees and executive orders issued in furtherance of such laws. Directs the Commission to establish programs and procedures to increase the effectiveness of the recruitment, training, and utilization of career executives. Requires the Commission to conduct investigations to insure the proper execution of, and compliance with, the laws and regulations administered by it. Empowers the Commission to order any agency to take disciplinary or corrective action against an agency employee who it has determined has violated or is holding a position in violation of such laws and regulations. Directs the Commission to report to the President and each House of Congress instances in which it appears that a Presidential appointee has violated or is holding a position in violation of such rules and regulations. Confers concurrent investigatory authority upon the General Accounting Office. Requires any Federal officer or employee who takes, directs others to take, recommends, processes, or approves any personnel action to do so solely on the basis of the character, abilities, knowledge, and skills of the individual involved. Authorizes the Commission to except any position from the competitive service upon determining that either: (1) the duties of such position entail advocacy or formulation of Presidential Administration programs; or (2) it would be otherwise impracticable to apply competitive examination procedures in the filling of such position. Directs the Commission to periodically review exceptions from the competitive service made by statute and pursuant to this Act. Places responsibility on the head of each executive agency and military department for personnel management within such agency or departments. Directs each such head to establish a personnel office and to designate an individual within the competitive service to oversee personnel matters. Directs the Commission to prescribe regulations governing the competitive service. Repeals provisions relating to apportionment of appointments in the departmental service in the District of Columbia among the States, territories, and the District of Columbia on the basis of population. Prohibits individuals and organizations from making recommendations with respect to civil service personnel actions and prohibits service employees from soliciting such actions. Excepts from such prohibitions statements requested or required by the agency involved and statements related solely to character and based on personal knowledge. Establishes the Board on Federal Employee Appeals. Permits an individual against whom an adverse decision has been rendered with respect to a civil service personnel action to appeal the decision to the Board. Includes within the Board's jurisdiction appeals from final agency action on complaints alleging discrimination in personnel actions based on age, race, religion, sex, or national origin. Revises provisions relating to penalties for employees who use their official authority to interfere with or affect the result of an election or who take an active part in political management or in political campaigns. Revises provisions relating to the removal or suspension of a civil service employee and to the procedural rights of an employee whose removal or suspension is sought.
Bill· HRH.R. 13837 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1976
Provides for the incorporation of the Gold Star Wives of America. Sets forth the objectives, purposes and powers of such corporation. Stipulates the nonpolitical nature the corporation is to be maintained.
Bill· HRH.R. 13672 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1976
Consumer Communications Reform Act - States that Congress finds that the revenues from integrated interstate and foreign common carrier telecommunications services helped maintain a level of charges for telephone exchange service which is lower than otherwise would be required. Expresses the sense of Congress that the authorization of lines, facilities, or services of specialized carriers which duplicate the lines, facilities, or services of other telecommunications common carriers is contrary to the public interest. Reaffirms the intent of Congress that the complete authority to regulate terminal and station equipment used for telephone exchange service shall rest with the States even though such terminal and station equipment also may be used in connection with interstate services. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that no compensatory charges for or in connection with such communication service may be found to be unjust or unreasonable on the ground that it is too low. Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from holding the charge of a carrier up to a particular level to protect the traffic or revenues from a communication service offered or provided by another carrier if such charge proposed by the carrier is compensatory. Provides that the Commission shall not grant or authorize any construction permit, station, license, or certificate for the construction, acquisition, or operation of any communication or transmission line or facility, or extension thereof, or any modification or renewal thereof, unless the Commission shall find, after full opportunity for evidentiary hearing on the record, that such permit, license, or certificate, will not result in increased charges or unnecessary duplication of communication lines.
Bill· HRH.R. 13588 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1976
Increases the number of members of the Civil Service Commission from three to five. Empowers the Commissioners, rather than the Chairman, to appoint the Executive Director of the Commission.
Law· HRH.R. 13372 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1976
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to designate a specified segment of the New River, North Carolina, as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System upon application of the Governor of North Carolina. Prohibits the Federal Power Commission from issuing any license for any undertaking which would adversely affect such segment.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1146 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1976
Recognizes the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of American commercial aviation. Requests that all concerned governmental agencies join in participating in appropriate national and local ceremonies celebrating such anniversary.
Bill· HRH.R. 13161 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1976
Title I: Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to increase the amount of appropriations authorized under such Act to $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $450,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, $625,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $800,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 1989. Revises procedures for the apportionment of land and water conservation fund moneys to States by the Secretary of the Interior. Imposes public participation requirements with respect to the preparation of comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plans. Authorizes Federal financial assistance for the planning and development of sheltered facilities for swimming pools and ice skating rinks, provided specified conditions are met. Title II: Amends the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to establish a historic preservation fund in the United States Treasury. Stipulates that $24,400,000 for fiscal year 1977, $75,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1978 and 1979 and $100,000,000 annually for each fiscal year thereafter until fiscal year 1989 be covered into the fund from revenues due and payable to the United States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and other Federal Mining laws. Stipulates that such moneys shall remain available until appropriated to carry out the purposes of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Authorizes the appropriation of $175,000 per year for fiscal years 1977,1978, and 1979 for the International Center for the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 608 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1976
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President shall seek the elimination of surety deposit requirements on vegetable protein products imposed by the European Economic Community. Provides that if the President shall fail to eliminate such requirements, he shall obtain full compensation for such actions under article XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Bill· HRH.R. 12972 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1976
Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to any State or local government for local public works projects, including but not limited to: (1) those public works projects of State and local governments for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act; and (2) the architectural design, engineering, and related planning of local public works projects. Stipulates that the Federal share of any project for which a grant is made under this Act shall be 100 percent of the cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary to make an additional grant for the purpose of increasing to 100 percent the Federal contribution to a public works project for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act. Stipulates that no such grants shall be made for any project which has as its principal purpose the channelization, damming, dredging, or diversion of a natural watercourse, or the enlargement of any canal other than a canal designated as a historic site. Directs the Secretary to prescribe rules, regulations, and procedures necessary to carry out this Act. Lists factors that the Secretary shall consider in accordance with the relative needs of the various sections of the country, with priority consideration to those areas where unemployment exceeds the national average. Stipulates that not less than one-half of one percent nor more than ten percent of all amounts authorized under this title shall be allocated for local public works projects within any one State. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,500,000,000 through fiscal year 1977 in order to carry out this Act.
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