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United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1977
Authorizes classification of three individuals as children for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1977
Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1977, to repeal the prohibition of expenditure of funds for claims for nonemergency inpatient hospital care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) when such care was available at a facility of the uniformed services within a 40-mile radius of the patient's residence.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that State and local government retirement systems shall be tax exempt organizations. Exempts these systems from the reporting requirements pertaining to deferred compensation. Treats all such systems as qualified pension plans under the code.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1977
Product Liability Insurance Tax Equity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify trusts established for the payment of product liability claims as tax exempt organizations. Allows taxpayers a business income tax deduction for contributions to such trusts only to the extent they exceed the reasonable costs of product liability insurance for the deducting taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amounts excludable from gross income as income earned abroad by repealing the provisions respecting such exclusions enacted in the Tax Reform Act and restoring former law.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1977
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to permit the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Draza Mihailovich to construct and maintain, with private funds, a monument to him.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1977
Declares that there be no reduction of customs duties on textile, apparel, or fiber products and that such products be excluded from the current Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations in Geneva.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1977
States that during the period following the enactment of this Act until December 31, 1978, neither the Secretary of the Interior nor the Attorney General shall withhold water delivery from any beneficiary of a Federal reclamation project for purposes of achieving conformity with acreage limitations or residency requirements of reclamation law.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1977
States that during the year following the enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall neither withhold water delivery from any beneficiary of a Federal reclamation project, nor initiate any proceeding intended to require the sale of privately owned lands within any project, for purposes of achieving conformity with acreage limitations or residency requirements of reclamation law.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1977
States that during the year following the enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall neither withhold water delivery from any beneficiary of a Federal reclamation project nor initiate any proceeding intended to require the sale of privately owned lands within any project, for purposes of achieving conformity with acreage limitations or residency requirements of reclamation law.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1977
Directs an increase in the rate of compensation of doormen employed by the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1977
Designates November 15, 1977, as a "Day of National Observance of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Articles of Confederation."
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1977
Amends the charter of the Boy Scouts of America to stipulate that the annual report of the Boy Scouts shall be printed each year as a separate House document.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1977
Tax Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to lower individual and corporate income tax rates.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) remove the adjusted gross income limitation on the credit for the elderly; (2) increase the amount of the credit; and (3) provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment for the credit.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1977
Declares a certain individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1977
Amends the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to certain cities or townships for construction of local public works projects. Sets forth limitations on the amount of such grants. Authorizes the appropriation of $196,927,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1977
Establishes procedures which the Secretaries of the various military departments must use in changing the status of a member of the uniformed services presently in a missing in action or prisoner of war status as a result of service in Southeast Asia. Directs the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives to conduct a study of the present provisions of law relating to changes in such an individual's status.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1977
Jobs Protection Act - Directs the General Accounting Office to create a Jobs Protection Study Task Force to report on the policies of the executive branch, including those with regard to foreign trade, illegal aliens, environmental protection and government paperwork, which are costing citizens employment in the private sector and to suggest specific alternative policies which will protect of private employment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1977
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.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1977
Employee Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Congressional findings and policies declared in the National Labor Relations Act. Stipulates that only bargaining representatives who are chosen by secret ballot may be deemed exclusive representatives with whom employers have a duty to bargain collectively. Deems it an unfair labor practice for a labor organization to threaten or impose any fine or other economic sanction against any person in the exercise of rights under the National Relations Act. Permits a labor organization, employer, or ten percent of the members of the appropriate bargaining unit to request a referendum regarding a potential or existing strike. Deems it an unfair labor practice for a labor organization to call or maintain a strike if a majority of employees voting in such a referendum vote not to strike or if such a referendum is requested before a strike begins and the results have not yet been certified. Provides that if an employer, labor organization, or group of employees, submit a dispute to binding arbitration under an existing collective bargaining agreement, or have agreed to submit, arbitration shall be the exclusive forum and no unfair labor practice proceeding involving the same subject matter may be instituted before the National Labor Relations Board unless determinations of such arbitration are inconsistent with rights granted under the National Labor Relations Act. Permits any number of a religion, body, or sect which has traditionally objected to membership in and financial support of labor organizations to refrain from joining or supporting a union. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act to prohibit use of any procedure by which union dues and other assessments are deducted from employees paychecks in soliciting and collecting contributions for a segregated campaign fund.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1977
Declares a state of war against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1977
Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to permit owners of farmland condemned for use by the Federal Government to elect to have any building on such land moved to any location within reasonable proximity of such farmland in lieu of being paid for such building. Requires the Government to find and offer to any such displaced farmland owner an option to buy suitable replacement property in lieu of other compensation for land taken under the Act. Requires any person displaced from any business or farm operation he or she owns to be compensated for closing costs and increased interest costs incurred in replacing such property. Requires 50 percent of the compensation offered by the Government to any owner under the Act to be paid to such owner pending any condemnation proceeding if the only issue in such proceeding is the adequacy of the compensation offered.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1977
Declares it the sense of the Congress that no Federal agency should consider the value of military exchange and commissary privileges in determining the entitlement of any retired or former member of the armed forces to any other Federal benefits or the amount of such benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1977
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to permit the Congress to disapprove any reduction or termination of import relief by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an alternative 12-month period to the existing 60-month period of amortization for a new, identifiable certified pollution control facility acquired, or whose construction began, after December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1977
Increases the compensation for positions under the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1977
Illegal Alien Control Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 officers. Directs the Attorney General to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of: (1) establishing a system for issuing machine readable identification cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) utilizing the most current technology in electronic sensing devices in patrolling land borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of the term "immigrant" those persons entering the United States for a period of not more than one year to perform temporary services or labor if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to perform such services. Directs the Secretary to refer to employers who request such certification, workers in the number desired, able and qualified, and who agree to present themselves to commence employment on the date and for the period specified. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue social security cards for aliens who may be employed or receive public assistance in the United States. Specifies the information which an alien must provide when applying for a social security card. Requires the applicant to supply either proof of the individual's citizenship or alien status, or an affidavit that the individual was assigned a social security account number at least five years before the date of application for the card. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an individual specified in this Act unless such individual presents a social security card to the employer or agency and the employer or agency submits required information to the Secretary. Establishes a civil penalty for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an alien whose status under the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit such alien to work or receive public assistance. Establishes penalties for presenting a false social security card or providing fraudulent information in order to obtain employment or public assistance. Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to prohibit the use of Federal financial aid to provide job training or employment opportunities to aliens who are not authorized to work or who are illegally in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit income tax deductions for wages paid to aliens illegally working in the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Labor, when adjudicating the petition of an alien for admission to perform skilled or unskilled labor, from considering the work experience gained by the alien in the United States during any time while in an immigration status in which employment was not authorized for the alien. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to illegally transport aliens into the United States. Sets forth exceptions to such seizure and forfeiture provision, including a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used as a common carrier unless the owner or other person in charge was at the time of the alleged illegal act a consenting party or privy thereto. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits and Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1977
Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to permit States to impose inspection, marking, labeling, packaging, and ingredient requirements that are more stringent than Federal standards.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1977
Establishes the rate of postage for any controlled circulation publication relating to agriculture or farming at an amount which bears the same ratio to the general postage rate for controlled circulation publications as the rate of postage for any publication relating to the science of agriculture bears to the rate of postage for second-class mail.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1977
Expresses the displeasure of the House of Representatives toward any policy of the Internal Revenue Service which changes through administrative interpretation long-standing applications of the Internal revenue laws. Expresses the sense of the House that the Internal Revenue Service refrain from changing its policy with respect to taxation of benefits given to employees, without submission of any proposed changes to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1977
Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation should immediately hold joint hearings to: (1) document any inequities in the administration of the Federal drought assistance program respecting the share of Federal funds given to smaller communities; and (2) determine the policies, practices, and priorities which the Farmers Home Administration and the Economic Development Administration should adopt in administering such program.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1977
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any right to, title to, or interest in the property of the United States Government agencies in the Panama Canal Zone or any real property and improvements thereon located in the zone should not be conveyed, relinquished, or otherwise disposed of to any foreign government without specific authorization of such conveyance, relinquishment, or other disposition by any Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Illegal Alien Control Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 officers. Directs the Attorney General to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of: (1) establishing a system for issuing machine readable identification cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) utilizing the most current technology in electronic sensing devices in patrolling land borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of the term "immigrant" those persons entering the United States for a period of not more than one year to perform temporary services or labor if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to perform such services. Directs the Secretary to refer to employers who request such certification, workers in the number desired, able and qualified, and who agree to present themselves to commence employment on the date and for the period specified. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue social security cards for aliens who may be employed or receive public assistance in the United States. Specifies the information which an alien must provide when applying for a social security card. Requires the applicant to supply either proof of the individual's citizenship or alien status, or an affidavit that the individual was assigned a social security account number at least five years before the date of application for the card. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an individual specified in this Act unless such individual presents a social security card to the employer or agency and the employer or agency submits required information to the Secretary. Establishes a civil penalty for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an alien whose status under the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit such alien to work or receive public assistance. Establishes penalties for presenting a false social security card or providing fraudulent information in order to obtain employment or public assistance. Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to prohibit the use of Federal financial aid to provide job training or employment opportunities to aliens who are not authorized to work or who are illegally in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit income tax deductions for wages paid to aliens illegally working in the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Labor, when adjudicating the petition of an alien for admission to perform skilled or unskilled labor, from considering the work experience gained by the alien in the United States during any time while in an immigration status in which employment was not authorized for the alien. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to illegally transport aliens into the United States. Sets forth exceptions to such seizure and forfeiture provision, including a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used as a common carrier unless the owner or other person in charge was at the time of the alleged illegal act a consenting party or privy thereto. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits and Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. States that by the fourth fiscal year after the ratification of this amendment the budget shall be balanced. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of declared emergency, but states that such expenditures shall never exceed receipts by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 19 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to five percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth year fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the third week of May 1978, and 1979, as "National Architectural Barrier Awareness Week."
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Expresses the sentiment of the House of Representatives that Francis Gary Powers be commended for his service and self-sacrifice.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the requirement that household and dependent care services rendered by relatives qualify as employment for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act in order for their wages to be considered expenses for purposes of the income tax credit for expenses paid for such services.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Requires a petition signed by at least eight percent of the whole number of people in each of at least three-fourths of the States to place such an issue on the ballot and a majority vote in each of at least three-fourths of the States to pass it.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1977
Illegal Alien Control Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 officers. Directs the Attorney General to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of: (1) establishing a system for issuing machine readable identification cards to aliens entering the United States; and (2) utilizing the most current technology in electronic sensing devices in patrolling land borders. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from the definition of the term "immigrant" those persons entering the United States for a period of not more than one year to perform temporary services or labor if the Secretary of Labor has determined and certified to the Attorney General that there are not sufficient workers available at the aliens' destination who are willing and able to perform such services. Directs the Secretary to refer to employers who request such certification, workers in the number desired, able and qualified, and who agree to present themselves to commence employment on the date and for the period specified. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue social security cards for aliens who may be employed or receive public assistance in the United States. Specifies the information which an alien must provide when applying for a social security card. Requires the applicant to supply either proof of the individual's citizenship or alien status, or an affidavit that the individual was assigned a social security account number at least five years before the date of application for the card. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an individual specified in this Act unless such individual presents a social security card to the employer or agency and the employer or agency submits required information to the Secretary. Establishes a civil penalty for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits the employment or provision of public assistance to an alien whose status under the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit such alien to work or receive public assistance. Establishes penalties for presenting a false social security card or providing fraudulent information in order to obtain employment or public assistance. Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to prohibit the use of Federal financial aid to provide job training or employment opportunities to aliens who are not authorized to work or who are illegally in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit income tax deductions for wages paid to aliens illegally working in the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Labor, when adjudicating the petition of an alien for admission to perform skilled or unskilled labor, from considering the work experience gained by the alien in the United States during any time while in an immigration status in which employment was not authorized for the alien. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to illegally transport aliens into the United States. Sets forth exceptions to such seizure and forfeiture provision, including a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used as a common carrier unless the owner or other person in charge was at the time of the alleged illegal act a consenting party or privy thereto. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits and Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents prescribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1977
Expresses the disapproval of Congress regarding the Federal motor vehicle safety standard transmitted to Congress on June 30, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1977
Confers jurisdiction on a specified United States District Court to hear any claim of or on behalf of a certain individual arising from injuries sustained in an accident on Government property.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1977
Declares certain lands now owned by the United States and administered by the Forest Service to be held in trust by the United States for the Tule River Indian Tribe and to be part of the Tule River Indian Reservation.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1977
Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should appoint a special prosecutor to serve in the Department of Justice to investigate and prepare prosecutions with respect to illegal acts to obtain influence for foreign governments from Federal elected or nonelected officials.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the excise tax on private foundations' investment income.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the limitations on charitable deductions and investment tax credits taken by cooperative corporations. Allows cooperatives to allocate their investment tax credits among their patrons.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the United States should maintain its rights and jurisdiction over the Panama Canal and the Panama Canal Zone.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1977
Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to disallow Federal employees to accept grants and other types of assistance provided by a foreign government to facilitate participation of such employees in certain cultural exchange programs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that United States ground forces not be withdrawn from South Korea until Congress has examined the effect of such withdrawal.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1977
Amends the General Education Provisions Act to extend its provisions requiring due process before termination of Federal assistance to local educational agencies to include terminations of aid to State agencies, institutions of higher learning, community colleges, schools, agencies offering a preschool program, or other educational institutions. Enlarges such due process requirements to include termination of Federal assistance programs for any reason. Changes existing due process requirements under such Act to a requirement of a finding of noncompliance with a specific Federal law after an administrative hearing. Exempts from the requirements of this Act certain provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 dealing with higher education student opportunity grants.