Bill· HRH.R. 14378 (95th)referred
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. 14351 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Biennial Budgeting Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a two-year cycle for the congressional budget process. Requires each standing committee of Congress to review the laws and programs under its jurisdiction every other year and to consider the desirability of new legislation in such areas. Requires separate consideration for authorizing legislation, budget resolutions, and appropriation bills.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1150 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week."
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1146 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of November, 1978, as "National REACT Month" (radio emergency associated citizens teams).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1361 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1978
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that remarks of Members made on the floor of the House or submitted for inclusion in the Congressional Record, including revisions and extensions, be relevant to governmental matters.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 721 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1978
Expresses the concern of Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as "Crossroads." Urges the South African Government: (1) to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads; and (2) to recognize the right of the residents to continue to live in Crossroads.
Bill· HRH.R. 13934 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Good Samaritan Act - Declares: (1) that any physician, registered nurse, or aircraft employee who, in good faith and with a reasonable belief that immediate medical attention is necessary, renders emergency care to an injured or ill person aboard an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by such individual in rendering such care, except for any act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct; and (2) that any such individual shall not be liable for any such act or omission in rendering continued emergency care to the injured or ill person during transportation from the aircraft to a medical facility for further treatment or care.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1329 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Urges the President to communicate with the Soviet Union concerning its obligation in accordance with the Helsinki accords to allow Isaac Zlotver to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
Bill· HRH.R. 13743 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1978
Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act - Requires a report to the Secretary of Agriculture, containing legal name, address, citizenship, type of interest, and legal description of the land involved, and other specified information, from any foreign person (including individuals, organizations, governments, or any combination thereof) who holds, acquires, or transfers any interest, other than a security interest, in agricultural land. Establishes a civil penalty for violation of any provision of this Act in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the fair market value of the land interest involved on the date of the penalty assessment. Requires the Secretary to report to the President and to Congress an analysis of the information obtained by him pursuant to this Act, and a determination of the effects of foreign holdings, acquisitions, and transfers on family farms and rural communities.
Bill· HRH.R. 13749 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1978
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to alter the formula (consisting of the amount of the domestic consumption of a commodity for the immediately preceding year, plus estimated exports for the year in question, plus an allowance for carry-over) for the determination of the "normal supply" of an agricultural commodity for any marketing year, on which acreage allotments are based. Increases the allowance for carry-over: (1) from 15 to 25 percent of the sum of domestic consumption and exports in the case of corn; (2) from 20 to 25 percent in the case of wheat; and (3) from 30 to 50 percent in the case of cotton.
Bill· HRH.R. 13750 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1978
Sugar Stabilization Act - Title I: International Sugar Agreement - Authorizes the President to limit the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption in the United States, of sugar from any country not a member of the International Sugar Organization, and otherwise to regulate foreign trade in sugar to implement the International Sugar Agreement. Establishes civil penalties for the violation of such regulations. Requires the President to submit to Congress an annual report on the Agreement. Title II: Domestic Sugar Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to determine, during the July preceding the commencement of each (October 1 to September 30) sugar supply year, the amount of sugar needed to meet the requirements of consumers in the United States. Sets the price of 16 cents per pound of sugar, raw value, delivered to New York (including freight and the applicable tariff and fees) as the price objective for the sugar supply year 1978. Establishes formulae for determining the price objectives for succeeding sugar supply years. Authorizes the Secretary: (1) to establish, and to adjust, a quota for the entry of sugar from foreign countries; and (2) to impose an import fee in order to attain the established price objective. Prohibits filling of the established quota by direct-consumption sugar, except in specified circumstances. Permits the Secretary to suspend such quota and fees under specified circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a quota on the entry of sugar-containing products. Prohibits: (1) the entry of sugar, liquid sugar, or sugar-containing products after the import quotas have been filled; (2) the importation of certain sugar or liquid sugar into the Virgin Islands in excess of 100 pounds annually; and (3) the exportation of certain sugar from the United States. Regulates the exportation of sugar. Sets forth items to which the sugar quota shall not apply. Title III: General Provisions - Requires every producer of sugar beets and sugarcane for sugar to pay a specified minimum wage to each person employed on the farm in the production, cultivation, and harvesting of such crops. Establishes a civil cause of action against any producer who fails to pay minimum wages, allowing the employees affected to collect the amount of unpaid wages, plus an equal amount as liquidated damages. Prohibits a producer from discharging or discriminating against any employee who has participated in any way in an investigation or proceeding against the producer under this title. Prohibits a producer from charging farm employees any amount in excess of the reasonable cost of furnishing goods or services customarily furnished to employees engaged in the production. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to assure that producers furnish workmen's compensation insurance to such employees. Requires persons engaged in the manufacture, marketing, transport, or industrial use of sugar to furnish the Secretary with specified information. Prohibits investment in sugar by officials engaged in the administration of this Act, and establishes penalties for the violation of such prohibition. Authorizes the President to suspend the operation of Title II of this Act in a national emergency. Authorizes the Secretary: (1) to conduct surveys and investigations to carry out this Act; and (2) to announce a daily spot price for raw sugar in specified circumstances. Terminates the authority of the Secretary under this Act on September 30, 1983.
Bill· HRH.R. 13703 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1978
States that the Territory of American Samoa shall be represented in the United States Congress by a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives. Sets forth the procedure for the election of such delegate.
Bill· HRH.R. 13670 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978
Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act - Requires a report to the Secretary of Agriculture, containing legal name, address, citizenship, type of interest, and legal description of the land involved, and other specified information, from any foreign person (including individuals, organizations, governments, or any combination thereof) who holds, acquires, or transfers any interest, other than a security interest, in agricultural land. Establishes a civil penalty for violation of any provision of this Act in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the fair market value of the land interest involved on the date of the penalty assessment. Requires the Secretary to report to the President and to Congress an analysis of the information obtained by him pursuant to this Act, and a determination of the effects of foreign holdings, acquisitions, and transfers on family farms and rural communities.
Bill· HRH.R. 13665 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978
Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any professional football league from granting to its member clubs an exclusive right to exhibit football games if such right includes a territorial limit and if a league rule would prohibit a home area that had a club from acquiring another club in the event the original club moves to a different site within the territorial limit.
Bill· HRH.R. 13664 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to invalidate agreements preventing the broadcast of a professional sports game, by means of television, at the same time and in the same area in which the game is to be played if all tickets to such game have been sold 72 hours before gametime. Invalidates any agreement which would prevent the television broadcast of any professional football game in the original home area of a team the playing site of which has been moved from the original home area under an agreement prohibiting the location of a different franchise in such original area. Repeals this amendment effective February 1, 1981.
Bill· HRH.R. 13673 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978
Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 to authorize the use of value based or percentage tariffs by firms selling livestock on a commission basis. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint an interagency task force within the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of analyzing and recommending methods by which any livestock sellers may furnish to livestock marketing agencies, dealers or packers, who purchase livestock or provide marketing services, information concerning the existence of any lien or security interest in or against such livestock. Requires submission of a report of the task force's findings and conclusions to the appropriate committees of Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 13563 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude aliens affiliated with terrorist organizations from: (1) visa eligibility and admission into the United States; (2) temporary parole admission; and (3) transit through the United States as foreign officials. Authorizes the Attorney General to deport such aliens, and prohibits the Attorney General from allowing such aliens to voluntarily depart rather than being deported. Removes specified diplomatic and semidiplomatic immunities from such aliens. Makes it a felony under such Act to knowingly aid such an alien to enter the United States. Defines terrorist organization for purposes of such Act. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to: (1) define terrorist organization for purposes of such Act; (2) direct the Attorney General to investigate the activities of any person registered under such Act as an agent of a terrorist organization; and (3) make such an agent who knowingly receives funds from such an organization criminally liable.
Bill· HRH.R. 13537 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1978
Provides that remarriage of a surviving spouse of a veteran after age 60 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 13522 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1978
Directs the Postmaster General to issue a special postage stamp in honor of Doctor Ralph J. Bunche, who worked for the cause of peace and against discrimination and intolerance.
Bill· HRH.R. 13438 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1978
Requires that, until further Congressional action is taken, the determination of whether an individual is an employee for purposes of social security taxation, unemployment taxation, and income tax withholding shall be made in accordance with audit practices and regulations in effect December 31, 1975.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 659 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1978
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Government should terminate its unjust trials and incarceration of members and affiliates of the Soviet Helsinki Groups and allow these persons to pursue their lawful activities on behalf of basic human rights. Urges the President to express to the Soviet Government the adverse effects such trials will have on issues of economic, strategic, and other importance between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Bill· HRH.R. 13404 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1978
Reclamation Adjustment Act - Increases the maximum acreage of land from 160 acres to 1,920 acres of class one land or the equivalent in lands of lesser productive potential which may be held by any one individual or entity eligible to receive irrigation water under the Federal reclamation law. Sets the maximum acreage of reclamation land which an individual may own at 640 acres. Restricts such landholding to farmers as such term is defined in this Act. Includes in such term only individuals and their spouses. Allows individuals who have qualified as farmers for ten consecutive years to continue to receive project water on their lands if they no longer qualify as farmers due to retirement, divorce, separation, or death of a spouse. Stipulates that the ten year period includes time prior to enactment of this Act. Exempts a water recipient from such ten year requirement in the event of disability. Abolishes the requirement that a farmer must be a resident on or near a landholding in order for such landholding to be eligible to receive water. Restricts the sale of irrigable lands by placing conditions on the transfer of irrigation rights with such sales. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to stipulate in any water service contract or contract for the repayment of project costs that the rates and assessments to be paid by the contracting entity shall be renegotiated every five years.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1255 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Provides that where two or more Members of the House of Representatives pay the basic pay of an individual from the clerk-hire allowance of each such Member, such individual shall be considered to be on the payroll of only one such Member for purposes of determining the number of individuals employed by such Members under the clerk-hire allowance. Requires such Members to designate who shall be considered the employer for the month involved and to report such designation to the Office of Finance.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1047 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Designates July 18, 1979, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
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