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Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29]

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Bill· HRH.R. 494 (96th)referred

Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that exclusive territorial arrangements made as a part of a licensing agreement for the manufacture, distribution, or sale of a trademarked soft drink product are lawful under the antitrust laws provided such product is in substantial and effective competition with other products of the same general class.

Bill· HRH.R. 337 (96th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction from gross income for social agency, legal, and related expenses incurred in connection with the adoption of a child by the taxpayer.

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an income tax deduction for agency fees, court costs, attorneys' fees, and other necessary expenses incurred in the adoption of a child. Limits such deduction to $1,250 for the taxable year.

Bill· HRH.R. 282 (96th)referred

Humane Methods of Research Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Humane Methods of Research Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for research and development of new methods of research, experimentation, and testing which minimize the use of, and the pain inflicted upon, live animals. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 262 (96th)referred

A bill to authorize the construction and maintenance of the General Draza Mihailovich Monument in Washington, District of Columbia, in recognition of the role he played in saving the lives of approximately five hundred United States airmen in Yugoslavia during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to permit the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Mihailovich to construct a monument to General Mihailovich on Federal public land within the District of Columbia or its environs.

Bill· HRH.R. 61 (96th)referred

Redtape Reduction Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Redtape Reduction Act of 1979 - Authorizes the President, upon the request of an agency head, to delay for a period of up to one year, by issuing an Executive order subject to disapproval by Congress, the effective date required by law for the promulgation of rules or regulations if additional time is required to collect data or consult with affected parties. Requires notices of proposed rulemaking to be published in appropriate publications in addition to the Federal Register whenever such publication would substantially improve notification to those parties significantly affected by the proposed rule. Requires such notice to include an estimate of the projected paperwork burden involved in complying with the proposed rule. States that the drafting stage of the rule shall not be less than 30 days in duration. Increases from 30 days to 45 days the length of time which must lapse between the publication of a substantive rule and its effective date.

Bill· HRH.R. 62 (96th)referred

Paperwork and Redtape Reduction Act of 1979

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Paperwork and Redtape Reduction Act of 1979 - Title I: Central Management and Control Responsibility - Establishes, within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Office of Federal Information Management Policy to have Government-wide responsibility for setting policies and coordinating procedures governing the budgeting, management, and control of Federal information management activities and of costs imposed by Federal programs on individuals, organizations, and other institutions outside the Federal Government. Directs the Administrator of such office to: (1) set annual levels for the number of person-hours of reporting and recordkeeping which each agency may require of individuals, organizations, and other institutions outside the Federal Government; (2) publish an annual report of the costs to each Federal agency of the administration of, and to organizations of compliance with, Federal agency reporting requirements; (3) annually review the paperwork reduction activities of each Federal agency to ascertain their adequacy; (4) develop and recommend to the President and the Congress policies and standards on information disclosure, confidentiality, and safeguarding the security of information collected or maintained by Federal agencies or in conjunction with Federal programs; (5) conduct a research program to develop improved cost accounting and reduction techniques; and (6) keep Congress fully informed of the activities of such office. Requires that the formal meetings of such Office for the purpose of establishing information management procedures be open to the public. Delegates to the Administrator the authority and responsibility of the Director of the OMB under the Federal Reports Act and the Privacy Act of 1974. Makes it the responsibility of the Administrator of the General Services Administration to conduct studies and promulgate standards with respect to records retention requirements imposed on the public by Federal agencies. Title II: Elimination of Unnecessary Duplication - Establishes a Federal Information Locator System composed of an information locator, a data element dictionary, and an information referral service. Directs the System to serve as the authoritative register of all public use reports. Establishes within the General Services Administration a Federal Information Locator Office. Requires the Director of such Locator Office to: (1) prepare a data profile for each public use report; and (2) register all approved new reports and other information holdings in the Federal Information Locator System. Requires data profiles for planned new requirements to be matched against existing profiles in the information locator. Directs the results of such matching to be made available to Federal agencies and the general public. Requires the Director to establish procedures and to insure that at a minimum all data items in public-use reports are registered in the Federal Locator System. Requires the Director to insure that no actual data is contained within the locator system, except descriptive data profiles necessary to identify duplicative data or to locate information. Requires that any information holding which contains a data element of a personal or proprietary nature within the meaning of the Privacy Act of 1974 be identified as such and restricted in access and use. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 63 (96th)referred

A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code for the purpose of establishing a new procedure for fixing rates and classes of mail, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Maintains the classes of mail, rates of postage, and fees for postal service in effect on June 1, 1978, until modified by Congress. Repeals the authority of the Postal Service to: (1) establish temporary changes in rates; and (2) establish uniform rates for books, films, and educational materials based solely on weight. Repeals the prohibition against reimbursing a mailer for payment of a fee determined to be unlawful or superceded by a lower fee. Repeals provisions which prohibit the Postal Service from discriminating among the users of the mails in providing services or establishing rates and fees.

Bill· HRH.R. 13 (96th)referred

A bill to repeal the carryover basis provisions added by the Tax Reform Act of 1976.

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the carryover basis provisions enacted by the Tax Reform Act of 1976 which provide that beneficiaries receiving property from a decedent's estate will retain the decedent's basis in the property. Restores prior law which "stepped up" or "stepped down" the property's basis to its market value at the time of death without imposing tax consequences on the appreciation or depreciation the property underwent while held by the decedent.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 25 (96th)referred

A resolution amending clause 7 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House.

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Amends rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that reports accompanying each public bill or joint resolution contain an evaluation of the paperwork incurred in enacting the measure and an estimate of the costs involved in carrying out such paperwork and recordkeeping.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 10 (96th)passed

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress that a United Nations special investigatory commission should be established to secure a full accounting of Americans listed as missing in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979

Declares it the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should seek the good offices of the Secretary General of the United Nations for the purpose of establishing a special investigatory commission charged with the responsibility of securing a full accounting of Americans listed as missing in Southeast Asia.

Bill· HRH.R. 14378 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that certain information with respect to unobligated balances of budget authority be included in the report accompanying the first concurrent resolution on the budget each year (as well as in the annual reports submitted by other committees to the Budget Committees of the House and Senate, and in the President's annual budget).

United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1978

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that a statement of the steps that have been or will be taken to reduce unobligated balances of budget authority under Federal programs and an estimate of the level of unobligated balances of budget authority that will exist at the end of the fiscal year be included in the report accompanying the first concurrent resolution on the budget each year, and in the annual reports submitted by other committees to the Budget Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and in the President's annual budget.

Bill· HRH.R. 14286 (95th)referred

Government Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1978

Requires the President to submit to Congress a biannual report on the management of the executive branch. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide an evaluative report on Federal programs to the President to be included with the President's report.

Bill· HRH.R. 14249 (95th)referred

Presidential Records Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1978

Presidential Records Act - States that the United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of all Presidential records. Requires the President to assure that the performance of official Presidential duties is adequately documented and that documentary materials be appropriately maintained. Permits the President to dispose only of such records which have no administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value if: (1) the President obtains the views, in writing, of the Archivist of the United States concerning the proposed disposal schedule of such records; (2) copies of such schedule and the Archivist's views are submitted to Congress at least 60 days in advance of the proposed disposal; and (3) the President receives notification that the Archivist does not intend to consult with Congress on the disposal of such records. Directs the Archivist to consult with Congress on the disposal of such records when such a consultation is in the public interest or when the records to be disposed of may be of special interest to Congress. Requires the Archivist to assume custody, control, and preservation of and access to the records of a President upon the conclusion of the President's term of office. Requires the Archivist to place such records in a Presidential archival depository or another archival facility operated by the United States. Authorizes the Archivist to designate, after consultation with the President, a director for each depository or facility. Permits restrictions on access to Presidential records for up to 12 years if such documents have been validly classified as secret, relate to a Federal appointment, certain trade secrets or other commercial information obtained under privileged circumstances, consist of confidential communications requesting or submitting advice between the President and his advisers or between advisers, or contain personal information, disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. Establishes limits on the duration of the restriction of disclosure of Presidential records. Subjects Presidential records to subpena or other judicial process for the purposes of any civil or criminal investigation or proceeding. States that such records shall be available to an incumbent President and to either House of Congress. Makes the records of a former President available to such former President or the designated representative of such former President. Applies all provisions of this Act to Vice-Presidential, as well as Presidential records.

Bill· HRH.R. 14177 (95th)referred

Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1978

Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that exclusive territorial arrangements made as a part of a licensing agreement for the manufacture, distribution, or sale of a trademarked soft drink product are lawful under the antitrust laws provided such product is in substantial and effective competition with other products of the same general class.

Bill· HRH.R. 14009 (95th)referred

Government Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 September 1978

Requires the President to submit to Congress a biannual report on the management of the executive branch. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide an evaluative report on Federal programs to the President to be included with the President's report.

Bill· HRH.R. 13955 (95th)referred

Paperwork and Redtape Reduction Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978

Paperwork and Redtape Reduction Act - Title I: Central Management and Control Responsibility - Establishes, within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Office of Federal Information Management Policy to have Government-wide responsibility for setting policies and coordinating procedures governing the budgeting, management, and control of Federal information management activities and of costs imposed by Federal programs on individuals, organizations, and other institutions outside the Federal Government. Directs the Administrator of such office to: (1) publish an annual report of the costs to each Federal agency of the administration of and to organizations of compliance with Federal agency reporting requirements; (2) annually review the paperwork reduction activities of each Federal agency to ascertain their adequacy; (3) develop and recommend to the President and the Congress policies and standards on information disclosure, confidentiality, and safeguarding the security of information collected or maintained by Federal agencies or in conjunction with Federal programs; (4) conduct a research program to develop improved cost accounting and reduction techniques; and (5) keep Congress fully informed of the activities of such office. Requires that the formal meetings of such office for the purpose of establishing information management procedures be open to the public. Delegates to the Administrator the authority and responsibility of the Director of the OMB under the Federal Reports Act and the Privacy Act of 1974. Makes it the responsibility of the Administrator of the General Services Administration to conduct studies and promulgate standards with respect to records retention requirements imposed on the public by Federal agencies. Title II: Elimination of Unnecessary Duplication - Establishes a Federal Information Locator System composed of an information locator, a data element dictionary, and an information referral service. Directs the System to serve as the authoritative register of all public use reports. Establishes within the General Services Administration a Federal Information Locator Office. Requires the Director of such Locator Office to: (1) prepare a data profile for each public use report; and (2) register all approved new reports and other information holdings in the Federal Information Locator System. Requires data profiles for planned new requirements to be matched against existing profiles in the information locator. Directs the results of such matching to be made available to Federal agencies and the general public. Requires the Director to establish procedures and to insure that at a minimum all data items in public-use reports are registered in the Federal Locator System. Requires the Director to insure that no actual data is contained within the locator system, except descriptive data profiles necessary to identify duplicative data or to locate information. Requires that any information holding which contains a data element of a personal or proprietary nature within the meaning of the Privacy Act of 1974 be identified as such and restricted in access and use. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - States that a finding of invalidity of any section of this Act shall not affect the remaining sections. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 13926 (95th)referred

A bill to amend section 131(c) of title 23, United States Code, to permit nonprofit organizations to advertise the availability of free coffee for individuals traveling on highways on the Interstate System or the primary system.

United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978

Permits nonprofit organizations to advertise the distribution of free coffee to individuals traveling on highways on the Interstate System or on the primary system. Defines "free coffee" to include coffee for which a donation may be made, but is not required.

Bill· HRH.R. 13885 (95th)referred

Government Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1978

Requires the President to submit to Congress a biannual report on the management of the executive branch. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide an evaluative report on Federal programs to the President to be included with the President's report.

Bill· HRH.R. 13778 (95th)reported

Department of Education Organization Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978

Department of Education Organization Act - Title I: Findings and Purpose - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to: (1) promote the quality of education; (2) enable the Federal Government to more effectively coordinate its education activities; and (3) prohibit Federal control of education. Title II: Establishment of the Department - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education, with a Secretary of Education as its head. Establishes within such Department: (1) an Office of Inspector General; (2) a General Counsel; (3) a research and development office; (4) an elementary and secondary education office; (5) a postsecondary education office; (6) an Office for Civil Rights; and (7) an overseas dependents office. Establishes an Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Title III: Transfers of Functions - Transfers to the Secretary of Education specified functions of the (1) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; (2) Department of Defense; (3) Department of Justice; and (4) Department of Housing and Urban Development. Title IV: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth the authority of the Secretary of Education. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title V: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Title VI: Effective Date and Interim Appointments - Sets out the effective date of this Act. Authorizes the President of the United States to make initial interim appointments to the Department of Education under specified conditions.

Law· HRH.R. 13767 (95th)open

A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to permit the recovery of replacement cost of motor vehicles and other related equipment and supplies.

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1978

Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to direct the Administrator of General Services to fix prices for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicle pools and to furnish vehicles and related equipment to requisitioning agencies at prices fixed by the Administrator at levels which will recover all elements of cost. Authorizes the Administrator to include increments for the estimated replacement cost of such vehicles and equipment.

Bill· HRH.R. 13723 (95th)referred

Government Accountability Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1978

Requires the President to submit to Congress a biannual report on the management of the executive branch. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide an evaluative report on Federal programs to the President to be included with the President's report.

Bill· HRH.R. 13688 (95th)passed

Federal Information Centers Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1978

Federal Information Centers Act - Requires the General Services Administration to establish a nationwide network of Federal Information Centers for the purpose of informing the public of programs and procedures of the Federal Government and for other appropriate and related purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 13683 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to suspend the imposition of interest and to prohibit the imposition of a penalty for failure to pay tax on underpayments of tax resulting from erroneous advice given in writing by the Internal Revenue Service.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 13606 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code for the purpose of establishing a new procedure for fixing rates and classes of mail, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1978

Maintains current classes of mail, rates of postage, and fees for postal services presently in effect until modified by Congress. Repeals the authority of the Postal Service to: (1) establish temporary changes in rates; (2) reimburse a mailer for paying a fee determined to be unlawful or superceded by a lower fee; and (3) establish uniform rates for books, films and educational materials based solely on weight.

Law· HRH.R. 13500 (95th)open

Presidential Records Act of 1978

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1978

Presidential Records Act - States that the United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of all Presidential records. Requires the President to assure that the performance of official Presidential duties is adequately documented and that documentary materials be appropriately maintained. Permits the President to dispose only of such records which have no administrative, historical, informational, or evidentiary value if the President obtains the views, in writing, of the Archivist of the United States concerning the proposed disposal schedule of such records, and copies of such schedule and the Archivist's views are submitted to Congress at least 60 days in advance of the proposed disposal. Requires the Archivist to assume custody, control, and preservation of and access to the records of a President upon the conclusion of the President's term of office. Requires the Archivist to place such records in a Presidential archival depository or another archival facility operated by the United States. Authorizes the Archivist to designate, after consultation with the President, a director for each depository or facility. Permits restrictions on access to Presidential records for up to ten years if such documents have been validly classified as secret, relate to a Federal appointment, certain trade secrets or other commercial information obtained under privileged circumstances, consist of confidential communications requesting or submitting advice between the President and his advisers or between advisers, or contain personal information, disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. Establishes limits on the duration of the restriction of disclosure of Presidential records. Subjects Presidential records to subpena or other judicial process for the purposes of any criminal investigation or proceeding. States that such records shall be available to an incumbent President and to either House of Congress. Makes the records of a former President available to such former President or the designated representative of such former President. Applies all provisions of this Act to Vice-Presidential, as well as Presidential records.

Bill· HRH.R. 13497 (95th)referred

Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1978

Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish an urban park and recreation recovery program to provide financial assistance for rehabilitation of recreation areas and facilities in the form of challenge grants to local governments. Sets the requirements for grant eligibility. Directs the Secretary to promulgate funding priority regulations, for processing and approval of grant proposals, which include the use of objective data to measure comparative need for assistance among local governments. Requires regulations to include criteria evaluating the extent to which local governments have demonstrated results in providing equal opportunity housing.

Bill· HRH.R. 13315 (95th)referred

Medicare Home Health Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.

Bill· HRH.R. 13300 (95th)referred

Animal Welfare Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

Animal Welfare Act Amendments - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit coursing (an event which involves the pursuit by one or more dogs of another live animal).

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 655 (95th)referred

A resolution relative to the rights of Rumanian citizens.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978

States that the Congress of the United States calls upon the Rumanian Government to: (1) restore legal status and full religious freedom to the Byzantine Rite Catholic Church; (2) restore full religious freedom to the Latin Rite Catholic Church and all other religious communities; and (3) permit the Holy See to appoint bishops in both the Latin Rite and Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches.

Bill· HRH.R. 13263 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for the striking of national medals to commemorate the XIII Olympic Winter Games to be held in Lake Placid, New York, in 1980.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike bronze, silver, and gold national medals and deliver them to the Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games Corporation, a nonprofit corporation. Requires such medals to be struck at not less than their estimated cost of manufacture, plus a surcharge equal to 25 percent of such cost. Requires such surcharge to be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Bill· HRH.R. 13209 (95th)referred

Standards for State Product Liability Tort Litigation Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1978

Standards for State Product Liability Tort Litigation Act - Declares that each State has authority to adopt legislation relating to product liability tort law in accordance with specified basic standards set forth in this Act. Establishes, as an independent instrumentality within the Department of Commerce, the Standards for Product Liability Tort Law Review Panel to review State product liability legislation and to determine whether such legislation is in accordance with the basic standards. Declares that such State legislation will be deemed to be in accordance with such basic standards, and hence an "Approved State Plan," if the Review Panel determines that such legislation provides for: (1) a product liability cause of action; (2) a statute of limitations; (3) a state of the art defense; (4) court appointment of expert witnesses; (5) comparative responsibility; and (6) the treatment of workplace injuries in accordance with this Act. States that the product liability cause of action provided by this Act shall be in lieu of all existing causes of action for damages as a result of bodily injury caused by a product. Sets forth the procedure whereby the Review Panel shall examine product liability legislation certified to by the chief executive officer of a State. Declares that the Review Panel shall determine that a certified State plan is in accordance with the basic standards only if such plan is in compliance with all the provisions set forth in this Act. Subjects a declaration by the Review Panel that a State plan is not in accordance with the basic standards to judicial review in the United States courts of appeals. States that if the Review Panel declares that a State does not have an approved State plan, an alternative plan for product liability, under which the product liability cause of action shall be in lieu of all existing causes of action for damages resulting from both bodily injury and injury to property caused by a product, shall take effect in that State. Stipulates that this Act is not a grant of Federal jurisdiction over actions for product liability benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 13223 (95th)referred

A bill to declare the need for an explicit population policy and to establish an Office of Population Policy.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1978

Declares that the Federal Government should adopt an explicit national population policy and encourage and assist other countries to achieve their population goals. Directs all agencies of the Federal Government: (1) to give appropriate consideration to population dynamics in decisionmaking; and (2) to review their present statutory authority, regulations, and policies to achieve compliance with the purposes of this Act. Requires the President to annually transmit to Congress a Population Growth and Distribution Report. Requires the Secretary of State and the Director of the Agency for International Development to submit for inclusion in such report specified data concerning each nation of the world. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Population Policy: (1) to develop and recommend policies to meet the environmental, social, economic, health, and other needs of the Nation; (2) to study population growth; (3) to report annually to the President; and (4) to coordinate with the Secretary of State and the Director of the Agency for International Development with respect to international policies affecting population growth.