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Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2]

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Bill· HRH.R. 9792 (95th)referred

Tax Reduction Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1977

Tax Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to lower individual and corporate income tax rates.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 863 (95th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to a reorganization of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1977

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development should not implement the proposed reorganization of the field and insuring offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development prior to the time when the appropriate committees of the Congress have had an opportunity to hold hearings on such reorganization.

Bill· HRH.R. 9651 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from taxation amounts received under certain scholarship programs.

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1977

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat as a scholarship and to exclude from gross income any amounts received by an individual under the Armed Forces health professions scholarship program or the National Health Service Corps scholarship program, without regard to whether such individual is receiving training while on active duty or in an off-duty or inactive status, and without regard to whether a period of active duty or other service is required of such individual as a condition of receiving such payments.

Bill· HRH.R. 9603 (95th)referred

A bill to provide additional retirement benefits for certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Indian Health Service who are not entitled to Indian preference, to provide greater opportunity for advancement and employment of Indians.

United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1977

Provides that certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service who are not entitled to Indian preferences shall be entitled to an annuity after completing 25 years of service (or after attaining 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service) if they are separated from the service before 1990, or any later date before 1991 if the later date is necessary for continued effective operations of the Department involved. Provides that employees entitled to Indian preference and military preference shall be retained in preference to employees entitled to only military preference during reductions in force within the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Prohibits the appointment of unqualified Indians to any positions under the Indian preference laws. Forbids the application of Indian preference laws to any personnel action respecting an individual if the tribal organization served by the unit in which position exists grants a waiver of those laws. Provides that reassignments of individuals within the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall not be subject to the Indian preference laws where the Commissioner of Indian Affairs determines that the reassignment is necessary to: (1) assure the health or safety of an individual or his family; (2) prevent the deterioration of an individual's operation or of a necessary service to the Indian people; or (3) avoid the displacement of an Indian during a reduction in force. Directs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to recruit Indians for service within the Bureau, to establish training and career development programs for Indian employees of the Bureau and to provide procedures for coordinating Indian preference programs in a uniform manner throughout the Bureau.

Law· HRH.R. 9471 (95th)open

A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Japanese-Americans shall be allowed civil service retirement credit for time spent in World War II internment camps.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1977

Allows any Federal employee or Member of Congress to count as creditable service for retirement purposes any time such person may have spent after his or her eighteenth birthday interned in a camp or facility established during World War II for the purpose of detaining persons of Japanese ancestry.

Bill· HRH.R. 9412 (95th)referred

A bill to provide that a former spouse of a Federal employee who is married to such employee for 5 years of more shall be entitled to a portion of such employee's annuity and to a portion of the annuity of any surviving spouse and such employee.

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1977

Provides that an unremarried former spouse of a Federal employee who was married to such employee for five years or more shall be entitled to a portion of such employee's annuity and to a portion of the annuity of any surviving spouse of such employee.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 789 (95th)referred

Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should establish a Commission on Domestic and International Hunger and Malnutrition.

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1977

Declares that the President should establish a Commission on Domestic and International Hunger and Malnutrition which should: (1) collect and generate information and resources on food, hunger, malnutrition and related concerns; (2) assess current programs affecting domestic and international hunger and malnutrition; (3) analyze and report its findings and recommendations to the President, the Congress, and the public; and (4) assist the President and the Congress in implementing its recommendations.

Bill· HRH.R. 9225 (95th)referred

Anti-Foreign Compulsion Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1977

Anti- Foreign Compulsion Act - Prohibits as a defense in any proceeding against any person for violation of any law of the United States a claim that such person was under compulsion by a foreign state to act, or fail to act, in violation of such law.

Bill· HRH.R. 9224 (95th)referred

National Historic Preservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1977

National Historic Preservation Act - Title I: Assistance for the Preservation of Historic Structures under Certain Housing Laws - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure financial institutions against losses resulting from loans for the purpose of preserving historic structures regardless of whether they are residential. Redefines the term "historic structures" to include buildings which are listed in a State inventory of historic places or so designated under a statute of a State or unit of local government. Increases the limit on the size of a loan financing a historic structure preservation which may be insured under this Act. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary to make loans to finance the rehabilitation of historic structures. Redefines the term "historic structures" to include buildings which are listed in a State inventory of historic places or so designated under a statute of a State or unit of local government. Permits increases, up to 20 percent in the amount of a loan allowed under this Act, if such increase in necessary for architectural rehabilitation of historic structures. Title II: Authorization of Matching Assistance for the Preservation of Historic Structures under Certain Housing Laws and the Act of October 15, 1966 - Permits the making of matching grants to States for historic preservation projects regardless of whether such projects receive federally-insured or guaranteed loans or direct loans. Title III: Short Title - States that this Act may be cited as the National Historic Preservation Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 768 (95th)referred

Resolution to express the sense of the House with respect to administrative policy changes by the Internal Revenue Service.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 9146 (95th)referred

A bill to provide for congressional review of proposed changes in postal services.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1977

Directs the Postal Service to submit to Congress any proposed change in the level or types of postal service which has nationwide impact rather than to the Postal Rate Commission. Requires any statement of proposed change so submitted to include an estimate of the impact of such change upon the public, business mail users, service levels, postal finances, and postal employment.

Bill· HRH.R. 9126 (95th)referred

A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns; and to remove rate inequities for married persons where both are employed.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1977

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide identical income tax rates for single persons and married couples filing joint returns. Limits the earned income that must be reported by a married individual filing a separate return to the amount actually earned by that individual.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 358 (95th)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the disposition by the United States of any right to, title to, or interest in the property of Canal Zone agencies and any real property located in the Canal Zone.

United States · United States Congress · 15 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 8918 (95th)referred

Product Liability Insurance Tax Equity Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 8868 (95th)referred

A bill to designate the maintenance of artificially undervalued currencies by foreign countries for certain purposes as unfair trade practices with respect to which the President may take remedial action under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to designate the maintenance of artificially undervalued currencies by foreign countries for export trade purposes as an unfair trade practice which the President may take action to remedy.

Bill· HRH.R. 8863 (95th)referred

A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns; and to remove rate inequities for married persons where both are employed.

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide identical income tax rates for single persons and married couples filing joint returns. Limits the earned income that must be reported by a married individual filing a separate return to the amount actually earned by that individual.

Law· HRH.R. 8771 (95th)open

An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the Civil Service Commission to comply with the terms of a court decree, order, or property settlement in connection with the divorce, annulment or legal separation of a Federal employee who is under the Civil Service Retirement System, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1977

Permits civil service pension payments made to an employee, Member of Congress, or annuitant to be made to another person if and to the extent expressly provided for in any court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation or court ordered property settlement incident to such decree.

Bill· HRH.R. 8738 (95th)referred

A bill to provide that a former spouse of a Federal employee who is married to such employee for 5 years or more shall be entitled to a portion of such employee's annuity and to a portion of the annuity of any surviving spouse of such employee.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1977

Provides that an unremarried former spouse of a Federal employee who was married to such employee for five years or more shall be entitled to a portion of such employee's annuity and to a portion of the annuity of any surviving spouse of such employee.

Bill· HRH.R. 8739 (95th)referred

Anti-Foreign Compulsion Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1977

Anti- Foreign Compulsion Act - Prohibits as a defense in any proceeding against any person for violation of any law of the United States a claim that such person was under compulsion by a foreign state to act, or fail to act, in violation of such law.

Bill· HRH.R. 8672 (95th)referred

Congressional Pay Raise Deferral Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1977

Congressional Pay Raise Deferral Act - Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 and the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that any adjustment in the rate of pay for Members of Congress proposed during any Congress shall not take effect earlier than the beginning of the next Congress. States that any such pay adjustment proposed in an even-numbered year of any Congress after the congressional elections and before the beginning of the following Congress, shall be considered as occurring during the first session of the following Congress for the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8668 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the types of transportation for patients which may be included in the definition of medical and other health services under such title.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1977

Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include within the medical and other health services covered by such Title the transportation of patients confined to a stretcher or wheelchair in a vehicle which is not equipped as an ambulance but which is adequately equipped to transport such patients.

Bill· HRH.R. 8632 (95th)referred

National Historic Preservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1977

National Historic Preservation Act - Title I: Assistance for the Preservation of Historic Structures under Certain Housing Laws - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure financial institutions against losses resulting from loans for the purpose of preserving historic structures regardless of whether they are residential. Redefines the term "historic structures" to include buildings which are listed in a State inventory of historic places or so designated under a statute of a State or unit of local government. Increases the limit on the size of a loan financing a historic structure preservation which may be insured under this Act. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary to make loans to finance the rehabilitation of historic structures. Redefines the term "historic structures" to include buildings which are listed in a State inventory of historic places or so designated under a statute of a State or unit of local government. Permits increases, up to 20 percent in the amount of a loan allowed under this Act, if such increase in necessary for architectural rehabilitation of historic structures. Title II: Authorization of Matching Assistance for the Preservation of Historic Structures under Certain Housing Laws and the Act of October 15, 1966 - Permits the making of matching grants to States for historic preservation projects regardless of whether such projects receive federally-insured or guaranteed loans or direct loans. Title III: Short Title - States that this Act may be cited as the National Historic Preservation Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 719 (95th)referred

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 8125) to provide for the appointment of a special prosecutor in appropriate cases, and to require the Attorney General to make a preliminary investigation of alleged improper influence in Congress to determine whether or not such a special prosecutor should be appointed for any cases arising therefrom.

United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1977

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of Hu8125 (Foreign influence in Congress, prosecution).

Bill· HRH.R. 8505 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the quality of hospital care and medical services in Veterans' Administration health care facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1977

Veterans Health Care Amendments Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish initial readjustment professional counseling (including a general mental and psychological assessment) for any veteran with readjustment problems who requests such aid within four years after his discharge or release from service, or within two years after enactment of this Act, whichever is later. Requires further mental health services on an outpatient basis if a physician employed by the Veterans' Administration determines on the basis of initial counseling that such services are necessary for the veteran's successful readjustment. Directs the Chief Medical Director to provide for the training of professional, paraprofessional, and lay personnel necessary to carry out such programs. Directs the Administrator to ensure that all potentially eligible veterans are advised of such potential eligibility. Authorizes the Administrator to provide a preventive health care program to ensure the best possible health care for veterans with service-connected disabilities. Directs the Administrator to provide for a health maintenance pilot program to demonstrate the medical advantages and cost-effectiveness of furnishing comprehensive preventive health care services to veterans with varied types and degrees of service-connected disabilities. Requires a comprehensive annual report to Congress on such programs. Requires the Administrator to carry out programs providing inpatient and outpatient treatment and rehabilitation services on a nationwide basis to eligible veterans suffering from alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabilities. Directs the Administrator to assist the Secretary of Labor in providing veterans receiving such treatment with appropriate job and training opportunities. Requires the Administrator, when an applicant for such treatment has received a less than honorable discharge from the armed services, to advise such applicant of his right to apply for review and correction of such discharge. Requires the provision of such services to eligible veterans who are charged with or convicted of any criminal offense and who are not confined and not required to participate in such a treatment program; and permits provision of such services, under specified conditions, to eligible veterans similarly charged or convicted, if a court does require participation in such a program. Allows a member of the active armed services with alcohol or drug problems to transfer to any Veterans' Administration facility for treatment within the last 30 days of such member's tour of duty. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and the Administrator to coordinate the Professional Standards Review program carried out under part B of title XI (General Provision) of the Social Security Act and the comparable programs carried out by the Department of Medicine and Surgery to assess the quality of patient care in Veterans' Administration health care facilities. Requires the Chief Medical Director, through the Administrator, to report to Congress on the effectiveness of such coordination. Requires the Chief Medical Director to report to Congress, not later than three months after the end of each fiscal year, on all activities in which he or a designee, as a representative of the Veterans' Administration, has participated in an advisory or coordinating capacity with respect to programs carried out by the executive branch.

Bill· HRH.R. 8466 (95th)referred

Improper Foreign Influence Special Prosecutor Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1977

Improper Foreign Influence Special Prosecutor Act - Provides for a judicially appointed special prosecutor to investigate alleged violations of Federal law by Federal officials and employees which relate to an attempt by a foreign government (including the Republic of Korea) or national to influence the operation of the United States Government.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 705 (95th)referred

Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a special council be appointed and given a charter of independence to conduct an inquiry into efforts by foreign governments to influence Members of Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1977

Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives that the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or any other specified committee shall appoint a special counsel and establish a charter of independence for such counsel to conduct an inquiry into efforts by foreign governments to influence Members of the House.

Bill· HRH.R. 8317 (95th)referred

A bill to provide that a former spouse of a Federal employee who is married to such employee for five years or more shall be entitled to a portion of such employee's annuity and to a portion of the annuity of any surviving spouse of such employee.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1977

Provides that an unremarried former spouse of a Federal employee who is married to such employee for five years or more shall be entitled to a portion of such employee's annuity and to a portion of the annuity of any surviving spouse of such employee.

Bill· HRH.R. 8302 (95th)referred

Inland Waterway Improvement Finance Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1977

Inland Waterway Improvement Finance Act - Imposes a three cents-per-gallon fuel excise tax, and a $32 passage fee through locks on inland waterways, upon commercial vessels using those waterways. Conditions such tax and passage fee upon the construction of the Alton lock. Provides for the payment of such funds into a new Treasury fund, the Inland Waterway Improvement Taxes Trust Fund.

Bill· HRH.R. 8226 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1977

Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Applies these amendments to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 415(g), adds 38 U.S.C. 503(d))

Bill· HRH.R. 8133 (95th)referred

Right to Financial Privacy Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977

Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and to promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protection against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government, from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless such records are described with particularity and: (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act; (2) such records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide to a Federal agency or employee, or to any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas and summons, and judicial subpenas. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Title.

Bill· HRH.R. 8156 (95th)referred

Family Farm Preservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977

Family Farm Preservation Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit any insured bank from investing any of the funds of a common trust fund or other fund for the collective investment of assets held by the bank as fiduciary, agent, or in any similar capacity, in real estate used principally for agricultural purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 8152 (95th)referred

Independent Living Programs for the Handicapped Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977

Independent Living Programs for the Handicapped Act - Establishes the Office of Independent Living within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to administer grants to establish independent living centers for the disabled. Requires such centers to provide specified services including (1) counseling regarding attendant care; (2) health programs; (3) housing and transportation assistance; (4) independent living skills; and (5) legal and economic counseling. Authorizes to be appropriated funds for grants for fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980. Establishes the Task Force on Independent Living within HEW to review the operations of such Office and of the centers. Directs the Task Force to report to the Congress not later than March 1, 1979 on the desirability of revising or extending the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8155 (95th)referred

Anti-Foreign Compulsion Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977

Anti- Foreign Compulsion Act - Prohibits as a defense in any proceeding against any person for violation of any law of the United States a claim that such person was under compulsion by a foreign state to act, or fail to act, in violation of such law.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 675 (95th)referred

Resolution to create a congressional senior citizen intern program.

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977

Authorizes each Member of the House of Representatives, including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and the Delegates from Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia, to hire for two week of each year two senior citizen interns to serve within the District of Columbia. Makes available to each Member for the purpose of hiring such interns an annual gross allowance of $600.

Bill· HRH.R. 8105 (95th)referred

A bill to repeal section 108A of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 which allows participation by Federal employees in certain cultural exchange programs financed by foreign governments.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 8092 (95th)referred

Congressional Election Finance Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1977

Congressional Election Finance Reform Act - Revises recordkeeping and reporting requirements under the Federal Election Campaign Act. Restricts persons who may make contributions to a candidate for Federal office to individuals residing within an electorial district in which the candidate seeks election and party committees. Permits a taxpayer to designate $1 of his taxes be used for public financing of Congressional elections. Entitles candidates for nomination for election or for election to Congress who agree to certain reporting requirements and certify receipt of certain contribution minimums to matching payments for campaign expenses. Establishes Congressional Elections Campaign Fund from which such payments are to be made.

Bill· HRH.R. 8070 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide that all Federal employees described in section 15 of such act shall be covered under the provisions of such act regardless of their age.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1977

Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to eliminate age limitations with respect to the requirement that all personnel actions affecting employees or applicants for employment in Federal agencies, the United States Postal Service, or the District of Columbia government be taken without regard to such employees' or applicants' age.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 535 (95th)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for staggered four-year terms for Representatives, and for a limitation on the number of terms a person may serve in the House of Representatives or the Senate.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1977

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the term of office of Members of the House of Representatives shall be four years. Divides the seats of the Representatives into two equal classes so that one half of the Members are chosen every second year. Limits to three the number of terms which a Member may serve. Limits the length of service of Senators to two complete terms. Repeals the clause of the Constitution relating to the length of terms of Representatives.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 663 (95th)referred

Resolution to create a select committee to conduct a study of the circumstances surrounding both product liability and professional liability insurance rate increases, and of any other product and professional liability insurance coverage issues the committee shall determine.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1977

Creates a 12 member select committee to conduct an investigation of the circumstances surrounding both product liability and professional liability insurance rate increases and any related issues the committee shall determine. Directs the committee to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.

Bill· HRH.R. 7987 (95th)referred

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that, with respect to the appointment of postmasters in small communities, the U.S. Postal Service shall give preference to applicants for such appointment who reside in such communities.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1977

Requires appointments to the position of postmaster at post offices serving a delivery area with a resident population of 5,000 or less to be made from a list of qualified applicants who have resided in the area for at least one year unless no such individual has applied for the position. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 1001)

Bill· HRH.R. 7966 (95th)referred

Congressional Election Finance Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1977

Congressional Election Finance Reform Act - Revises recordkeeping and reporting requirements under the Federal Election Campaign Act. Restricts persons who may make contributions to a candidate for Federal office to individuals residing within an electoral district in which the candidate seeks election and party committees. Permits a taxpayer to designate that $1 of his taxes be used for public financing of Congressional elections. Entitles candidates for nomination for election or for election to Congress who agree to certain reporting requirements and certify receipt of certain contribution minimums to matching payment for campaign expenses. Establishes a Congressional Elections Campaign Fund from which such payments are to be made.

Bill· HRH.R. 7901 (95th)referred

National Weatherization Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1977

National Weatherization Act - Title I: Utility Program - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to promote the voluntary submission by a State to the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration of a residential energy conservation plan for utilities in such State. Requires such plan to direct utilities to implement a program informing residential customers of suggested measures for saving home heating and cooling costs. Permits the Administrator to require a regulated or unregulated utility in a State to offer such program upon the Administrator's determination that such State has not offered such plan for approval or implemented such plan. Title II: Weatherization Grants for the Benefit of Low-Income Families - Amends the Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings Act of 1976 to permit a raise in the eligible income level for weatherization grants to low-income families. Expands the definition of the term "weatherization materials" in such Act to include additional devices and technologies. Limits the amount of financial assistance available under such Act that may be spent on weatherization materials and specified accompanying costs. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a weatherization program financing the installation of weatherization materials in farm residences occupied by low-income people. Title III: Secondary Financing and Loan Insurance for Energy Conserving Improvements - Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to direct the Federal National Mortgage Association to purchase loans insured under the National Housing Act and made to low- and moderate-income families for the installation of energy conserving improvements in residences owned by such families. Permits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure a loan for the installation of energy conserving improvements. Specifies the eligibility conditions of such loan. Allows the Government National Mortgage Association to have standby authority to purchase loans for energy-conserving improvements. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Permits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into annual contributions contracts for low-income projects to finance the installation of energy- conserving improvements. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promote the use of energy saving techniques through minimum property standards established for new rural residential housing assisted under the Housing Act of 1949. Amends the National Housing Act to permit specified increased amounts of assistance if such increase results from increased cost of a residence or project due to the installation of a solar energy system. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct a study for determining the necessity of a mandatory Federal requirement that all residential dwelling units meet energy efficient standards.

Bill· HRH.R. 7796 (95th)referred

National Historic Preservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1977

National Historic Preservation Act - Title I: Assistance for the Preservation of Historic Structures under Certain Housing Laws - Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure financial institutions against losses resulting from loans for the purpose of preserving historic structures regardless of whether they are residential. Redefines the term "historic structures" to include buildings which are listed in a State inventory of historic places or so designated under a statute of a State or unit of local government. Increases the limit on the size of a loan financing a historic structure preservation which may be insured under this Act. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary to make loans to finance the rehabilitation of historic structures. Redefines the term "historic structures" to include buildings which are listed in a State inventory of historic places or so designated under a statute of a State or unit of local government. Permits increases, up to 20 percent in the amount of a loan allowed under this Act, if such increase in necessary for architectural rehabilitation of historic structures. Title II: Authorization of Matching Assistance for the Preservation of Historic Structures under Certain Housing Laws and the Act of October 15, 1966 - Permits the making of matching grants to States for historic preservation projects regardless of whether such projects receive federally-insured or guaranteed loans or direct loans. Title III: Short Title - States that this Act may be cited as the National Historic Preservation Act.