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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.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual to elect to take either a credit against the income tax up to a maximum of $250 for a joint return, or to exclude from gross income a maximum of $1,000 for a joint return of the interest received on deposits or withdrawable accounts in qualified savings institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Emergency Motor Vehicle Fuel Conservation Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress that the reduction of imported oil consumption by the United States will improve the economic situation of the Nation. States that the purpose of this act is to reduce and stabilize the quantity of oil imported into the United States by providing a system of base allocations to consumers of motor vehicle fuel based on, among other factors, the reasonable needs of consumers and imposing an excise tax on the purchase of motor vehicle fuel by consumers in excess of their allocations. Defines the terms used in this Act. States that upon application by a consumer, the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration shall establish for such consumer a quarterly and annual base allocation for motor vehicle fuel, taking into account such factors as (1) the number of other individual consumers in the household; (2) the number and type of motor vehicles operated; (3) mileage to and from place of employment; and (4) availability of alternate forms of transportation, including ride-sharing arrangements and public transportation. Directs the Administrator to issue to each consumer an initial supply of nontransferable fuel certificates. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations providing for the establishment of base allocations and the monitoring of motor vehicle fuel consumption, including the processing of fuel certificates. Sets forth guidelines to be followed in the issuance of such regulations. Directs the Administrator to send to each consumer a quarterly Notice of Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption. Provides criminal penalties for consumers violating any rule, regulation, or order promulgated by the Administrator under this Act. Imposes a motor vehicle fuel conservation tax on amounts of gasoline in excess of the purchaser's quarterly base allocation. States that such tax shall apply only to the ultimate purchaser.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Provides, under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, that expenditures for certified pollution control facilities will be credited against the payments required as a return on the appropriation investment in power facilities and the annual repayment sum. Defines the term "certified pollution control facility" for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Suspends until June 30, 1976, the import duty under the Tariff Schedules of the United States on catalysts of platinum and carbon used in producing caprolactam. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1202)
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for a drawback in the amount of taxes paid on wine or distilled spirits exported from the United States in bulk containers. Authorizes the return of distilled spirits for storage (on bonded premises) pending withdrawal without payment of tax under this Act. Provides that no distilled spirits shall be withdrawn from bonded premises for exportation, or for transfer to a customs bonded warehouse for storage therein pending exportation, without payment of tax unless the exporter has furnished bond to cover such withdrawal.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the lands, waters and interests to forty-eight-mile segment of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. Provides that such area be set aside to establish the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary to allow owners of land, within the recreation area, used for noncommercial residential or agricultural purposes to retain such land for a definite term not to exceed twenty-five years. Directs the Secretary of administer, protest, and develop the recreation area in accordance with the Atlanta Regional Commission Chattahoochee Corridor Study. Allows the Secretary to enter into written agreements with agencies of the State of Georgia for their participation in the administration and development of the recreation area.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management. Stipulates that no amount appropriated pursuant to this Act may be used for any program: (1) deleted by the Congress from requests as originally made to either the House Committee on Science and Technology or the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences; (2) in excess of the amount actually authorized for that particular program; and (3) which has not been presented to or requested of either such committee, unless specified conditions have been met. Authorizes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to enter into a contract for tracking and data relay satellite services.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Suspends until June 30, 1976, the import duty under the Tariff Schedules of the United States on catalysts of platinum and carbon used in producing caprolactam. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1202)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Authorizes the President to designate the week of February 9 to 15, 1975, as "National Vocational Education Week".
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1974
Department of Education Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be headed by a Secretary of Education to whom shall be transferred all functions of the Office of Education and of the Commissioner of Education. Transfers to the Secretary of Education specified functions of the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Assistant Secretary of Education. Provides for the redesignation of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Welfare. Grants to the Secretary of Education the administrative powers necessary to the performance of his functions. Makes amendments to other Federal laws to bring them into conformity with the provisions of this Act. Provides that any matter of legal privilege or prohibition which has become effective under any provision of law amended by this Act shall continue in effect according to its terms until modified, terminated, or superceded by order of the Secretary, court of competent jurisdiction, or operation of law.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Committee Reform Amendments - Title I: Oversight Responsibilities, Legislative Review and Additional Committee Functions, Referral of Bills and Resolutions, Election and Membership of Committee, and Rules of Procedure for Committees - Provides that each standing committee of the House of Representatives (other than the Committee on Appropriations) shall review and study, on a continuing basis, the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of that committee, and the organization and operation of the Federal agencies and entities having responsibilities in or for the administration and execution thereof, in order to determine whether such laws and the programs thereunder are being implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent of the Congress and whether such programs should be continued, curtailed, or eliminated. Sets forth special oversight functions of the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Interior, Energy, and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Science and Technology. States that each standing committee of the House shall adopt written rules governing its procedure. Requires each committee to adopt rules governing live television and radio broadcast to the public. States that whenever any hearing conducted by any committee of the House is open to the public, that committee may permit, by majority vote of the committee, that hearing to be covered, in whole or in part, by television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photopraphy, or by any of such methods of coverage, but only under such written rules as the committee may adopt. Title II: Miscellaneous and Conforming Provisions - Provides that the majority leader or minority leader of the House of Representatives after consultation with the Speaker may at any time during any even-numbered year call a caucus or conference, to begin on or after the first day of December and conclude on or before the twentieth day of December in such year and to be attended by all incumbent Members of his or her political party who have been reelected to the ensuing Congress and all other Members-elect of such party, for the purpose of taking all steps necessary to achieve the prompt organization of the Members and Members-elect of such party for the ensuing Congress. Establishes in the House of Representatives a Legislative Classification Office. States that the purpose of the Office shall be to develop, supervise, and maintain for the House and its committees and Members a system linking Federal programs and expenditures to the authorizing statutes, and showing the committee jurisdiction for each authorization. Requires the Office to maintain impartiality as to issues of legislative policy to be determined by the House. Sets forth the functions of the Office, including the following: (1) to create a cross-reference capability based on the authorization statutes, showing committee jurisdiction, appropriation Acts, budget authority, budget outlays, unexpended balances, other relevant systems which are or may be compatible, and the relationships between them, under the direction of the Speaker; (2) to work closely with the House standing committees in all phases of the development of the cross-referencing capability and to coordinate with the Congressional Research Service and General Accounting Office, in the development, implementation, and operation of the cross-referencing services; (3) to advise the Speaker of developments which could improve the operation of the classification service and to issue an annual report to the House on the progress in implementation and use of the service and plans for the coming year; and (4) to make available (as development permits) publications or information in an appropriate format for use of the House committee and Members and to provide the capability to answer specific queries on the available information. Establishes in the House of Representatives a Commission on Information and Facilities. States that it shall be the function of the Commission to conduct a thorough and complete study of: (1) the information problems of the House of Representatives against the background of the existing institutions and services available to the House, and to make such recommendations with respect thereto as may be appropriate; (2) with respect to the facilities and space requirements of the Members and committees of the House, including space utilization, parking, and the organization, responsibility, and supervision to provide adequate, efficient, and economical space utilization; and (3) the staff required to provide the House legislative counsel with the capability to fully meet the needs of the Members of the House. Establishes in the House of Representatives an Office of the Law Revision Counsel. States that the principal purpose of the Office shall be to develop and keep current an official and positive codification of the laws of the United States. Title III: Legislative Jurisdiction of the Standing Committees - States that these shall be the following standing committees in the House of Representatives and sets forth their jurisdiction and related functions: (1) Committee on Agriculture; (2) Committee on Appropriations; (3) Committee on Armed Services; (4) Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing; (5) Committee on the Budget; (6) Committee on Commerce and Health; (7) Committee on the District of Columbia; (8) Committee on Foreign Affairs; (9) Committee on Government Operations; (10) Committee on House Administration; (11) Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; (12) Committee on the Judiciary; (13) Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; (14) Committee on Public Works and Transportation; (15) Committee on Rules; (16) Committee on Veteran's Affairs; and (17) Committee on Ways and Means. Title IV: Committee Staffs and Expenses - States that whenever any standing committee (except the Committee on Appropriations) is to be granted authorization for the payment, from the contingent fund of the House, of its expenses in any year other than those expenses to be paid from appropriations provided by statute, such authorization initially shall be procured by one primary expense resolution for that committee providing funds for the payment of the expenses of the committee for that year from the contingent fund of the House. Stipulates that each standing committee may appoint, by majority vote of the committee, not more than six professional staff members.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1974
Places Hart County, Georgia, under the coverage of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
States that in determining the extent to which gain shall be recognized, under the Internal Revenue Code, in the case of exchanges among corporations, a foreign corporation shall not be considered a corporation, unless such an exchange is done to avoid income taxes. Provides that such stipulation shall apply where there is an exchange incident to a complete liquidation of a foreign corporation into a second foreign corporation which is wholly owned by a United States corporation where both foreign corporations are incorporated under the laws of the same foreign country.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Small Business Tax Relief Act - Allows an investment tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to small businesses for depreciable property on which construction begins after April 1, 1974, or which is acquired after such time, equal to 10 percent of the qualified investment (the applicable precentage of the basis of each new such property and cost of each used such property placed in service by the taxpayer during the taxable year) up to $20,000 and 7 percent of such investment in excess of $20,000. Increases the additional first-year depreciation allowance under the Internal Revenue Code for a small business from 20 to 25 percent. Increases the cost allowance of such property on which such deduction is based from $10,000 to $15,000. Prescribes a formula for computing the last-in-first-out (LIFO) inventory adjustment for small businesses whose closing inventory is less than $200,000 and who do not use the LIFO inventory methods described in the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Allows small businesses a carryover for 10 years of a net operating loss.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
Applies Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to regulated investment companies to small business investment companies regulated by the Small Business Investment Act and which have made or are making a public offering of their securities. Prescribes conditions under which such companies may choose to meet differing standards defining regulated investment companies, including the requirement that at the close of each quarter at lest 50 percent of the value of such companies' assets be represented by cash and cash items, Government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Designates the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide for the care, maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the official residence and grounds. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that living accommodations, generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided for the Chief of Naval Operations. Repeals the Federal law authorizing the planning, design, construction, furnishing, and maintenance of an official residence for the Vice President of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
States that the House of Representatives salutes Henry Aaron as an "All-American Good Guy" and extends to him the congratulations, esteem, and affection of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1974
Defines, for purposes of gain and loss from operations deductions under the Internal Revenue Code, the term "nonparticipating contracts" to include guaranteed renewable life, health and and accident insurance contracts (other than group contracts) which are issued or renewed for periods of five years or more. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 809 (d)(5))
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that special rules governing net operating loss deductions shall apply only if the taxpayer derived 50 percent or more of its gross receipts (other than those derived from sales to the United States Government or to the government of a foreign country) for the taxable year of such loss from the manufacture and sale of commercial jet transport aircraft, and 3 or fewer United States persons manufactured commercial jet transport aircraft having an aggregate fair market value of 75 percent or more of the value of all commercial jet transport aircraft manufactured by United States persons in the calendar year for use by common air carriers. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 172)
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make indemnity payments for poultry and egg products at a fair market value, to poultry and egg producers and processors who have been directed by the United States Government to remove their poultry or egg products from commercial markets because such products contained residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal Government at the time of such use. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that the authority granted under this Act shall expire on December 31, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Repeals, under the Social Security Act, the provisions for the establishment of Professional Standards Review Organizations to review services covered under the medicare and medicaid programs. (Repeals 42 U.S.C. 1320(c)-1320(c)(1a)).
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to the rates of pay of Federal officials transmitted to the Congress in the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974
Repeals the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1973
Provides that the tax on the amounts paid for communication services shall not apply to the amount of the State and local taxes paid for such services under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Revises the Tennessee Valley Authority Act by providing that expenditures for pollution control facilities be credited against required power investment return payments and repayments.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1973
Provides for the duty-free entry of methanol imported for use as fuel. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1202)