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United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1976
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Georgi Vins from imprisonment and allow freedom of religion in that nation.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1976
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for services furnished by physician extenders. Defines the term "physician extender' to mean an individual certified as a physician's assistant by the National Board of Medical Examiners, or who is licensed by a State as qualified to provide primary health care services.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1976
Establishes in the House of Representatives a select committee to be known as the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Provides that the select committee shall conduct a continuing comprehensive study and review of the problems of narcotics abuse and control and shall review any recommendations made by the President, or by any department or agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government, relating to programs or policies affecting narcotics abuse or control. Authorizes the select committee to conduct field investigations or inspections. Requires the select committee to submit an annual report to the House which shall include a summary of the activities of the select committee during the calendar year to which such report applies.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the requirement that amounts set-aside by a private foundation for a specific project receive the approval of the Internal Revenue Service in order to be treated as qualifying distributions by the foundation making the set-aside.
United States · United States Congress · 4 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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1976
Denies tax exempt status to an organization if a substantial part of the activities of such organization consist of carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to infuluence legislation. Limits the applicability of this section to organizations that normally make expenditures for the purpose of influencing legislation in excess of the lobbying ceiling amount or in excess of the ceiling amount for such organization as determined under the Internal Revenue Code. Imposes a tax of 25 percent of the amount of any excess lobbying expenditures. Defines the lobbying nontaxable amount as the lesser of $1,000,000 or a specified percentage of exempt purpose expenditures. Prohibits any charitable contribution tax deduction for out-of-pocket expenditures made by any person on behalf of a tax-exempt organization if the expenditure is made for the purpose of influencing legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 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 to 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. Grants the Commission jurisdiction to approve the acquisition of control by a domestic common carrier of any other domestic common carrier or to approve the acquisition by a person which is not a common carrier of control of any domestic common carrier or the acquisition of the whole or any part of the property of a domestic common carrier after determining that the acquisition is in the public interest. 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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1976
Designates the new general medical and surgical Veterans' Administration hospital to be located adjacent to the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia, the "Robert G. Stephens, Jr., Veterans' Administration Hospital."
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 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.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly which equates Zionism with racism, and urges the U.N. General Assembly to disapprove such resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Requires Executive agencies to submit proposes ruless and an explanation thereof to Congress. Provides that such proposes rules shall become effective within 60 days after submission unless either House of Congress disapproves of such rules by resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the week in November which includes Thanksgiving Day in each year as "National Family Week."
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1975
Suspends, for one year, provisions of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act: (1) relating to development of a standard form for the statement of settlement costs in all transactions involving federally related mortgage loans; (2) requiring advance disclosure of settlement costs to prospective borrowers; and (3) requiring the disclosure of the previous selling price of existing real property.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
Imposes an import duty under the Tariff Schedules of the United States for imported glycine and related products.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1975
Increases from $5,000,000,000 to $15,000,000,000 the amount of bonds which may be issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act. Provides for an annual payment, rather than semi-annual payments, to the Treasury of the United States of the power proceeds in excess of those obligated by bonds or bond contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Government while engaged in a lessening of tensions with the People's Republic of China, do nothing to compromise continued close relations with the Republic of China.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Authorizes the taxpayer, under the Internal Revenue Code, to elect to carryback any net operating loss for a number of taxable years equal to which such loss could have been carried forward. Provides that such election may be revoked by the taxpayer at any time within 60 months after the close of the taxable year in which the election was made. Requires taxpayers using the election authorized by this Act, if he or she is obligated to repay any loan guaranteed by the Emergency Loan Guarantee Board, to pay the amount of any refund to the lender on such a loan. Authorizes, in cases of corporate reorganizations, acquiring corporations to use operating losses of loss corporations to the extent that the taxable income of the acquiring corporation is attributable to one or more trades or businesses conducted by the acquiring corporation substantially the same as such trades or businesses were conducted by the loss corporation prior to such reorganization.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Abolishes the Professional Standards Review Organizations established under the Social Security Amendments of 1972 to review services covered under the Medicare and Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Administrative Rulemaking Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a procedure whereby Congress may review certain rulemaking activities of executive agencies, thereby exercising greater control and oversight over the operations of such agencies. Provides that an administrative rule, the violation of which subjects an individual to a criminal penalty, shall take effect only: (1) if published in the Federal Register; (2) after the expiration of 30 days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the rule was published; and (3) if neither House of Congress passes a resolution disfavoring such a rule. Sets forth procedures governing the consideration of such rules by the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1975
Directs and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to jointly provide for a study of a Southern Appalachian Slope National Recreation Area at a specified location on the southern slope of the Appalachian highlands in areas of the States of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. Requires a report to the Congress on the feasibility of the establishment of such an area, and of the estimated costs thereof. Authorizes the appropriation of sums necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1975
Suspends until October 31, 1975, the import duty under the U.S. Tariff Schedules on catalysts of platinum and carbon used in producing caprolactam.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1975
Provides that under specified circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements with respect to the manufacture, distribution, and sale of trademarked soft drink products shall not be deemed unlawful under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Provides that such products, and their sellers, must be in substantial and effective competition with other products and sellers of the same general class.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1975
Increases the value of exemptions for taxable estates under the Internal Revenue Code from $60,000 to $200,000 of the value of the gross estate. Increases the limitation on the aggregate marital deduction to 50 percent of the adjusted gross value of the estate, plus $100,000. Allows an executor to value farmland, woodland, and scenic open land at its current use value rather than at its fair market value.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Provides that any grant funds under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which were withheld from allotment by Presidential direction for fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975 shall be alloted among the States by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with a specified formula. Revises the distribution of such allotments to the States for fiscal years beginning with 1976.
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