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Rep. Litton, Jerry [D-MO-6]

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Bill· HRH.R. 14915 (94th)referred

A bill to repeal sections 102 and 202 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 which make flood insurance coverage and community participation in the national flood insurance program prerequisites for approval of any financial assistance in a flood hazard area.

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1976

Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to eliminate flood insurance and community participation in the national flood insurance program as prerequisites for Federal approval of financial assistance for acquisition or construction of or for lending institution loans secured by, any building, mobile home, or personal property located or to be located in an area having special flood hazards.

Bill· HRH.R. 14859 (94th)referred

A bill to establish within the Energy Research and Development Administration a program of Federal grants to assist States in carrying out solar energy community utility programs.

United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1976

Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to make grants to assist communities in developing solar energy community utility programs. Establishes procedures and criteria for approval of recent proposals by the Administrator. Stipulates that 50 percent of the costs of such programs shall be borne by the Federal Government. Requires that 50 percent of the revenues obtained from such programs be deposited in a revolving fund for use by the Administrator in making additional grants.

Bill· HRH.R. 14719 (94th)referred

Taxpayer Audit Disclosure Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1976

Taxpayer Audit Disclosure Act - Requires the establishment of formal procedures and criteria for the selection of individual income tax returns for audit. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate to provide any individual selected for auditing with a written notice which clearly specifies the reasons for and manner in which the return of such individual was selected for audit. Provides that the Secretary or his delegate shall furnish to such individual a written explanation which describes the audit procedure, the rights which a taxpayer may exercise during such procedure, the right of the taxpayer to make an administrative or judicial appeal from an adverse decision at the end of such procedure, and the right of the taxpayer to claim a refund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate to submit to the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation before September 30 of each year a report setting forth: (1) the number of individuals whose returns were selected for audit during the previous 12-month period; (2) a classification of individuals whose returns were audited during the previous 12-month period by, among other factors, income levels, geographic distribution, and profession; (3) the number of individuals audited during the previous 12-month period who were found to have made underpayments or overpayments of tax, together with summary statistics reflecting the percentage of such number, by income category, who made underpayments or overpayments of certain ranges of amounts (to be determined by the Secretary or his delegate); and (4) such other information as may be requested by the joint committee in accordance with the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 14561 (94th)referred

National Meals-on-Wheels Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1976

National Meals-on-Wheels Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to allow States to distribute Federal funds for the establishment of: (1) projects to provide home-delivered meals to qualified homebound elderly persons; (2) an information and referral system for homebound individuals receiving such meals; and (3) an operation to seek volunteer personnel for the delivery of such meals and to compensate such personnel for related transportation expenses. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for the purpose of providing home-delivered meals under this Act. Directs the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to conduct a demonstration project involving at least three States to determine the feasibility of using the meals system designed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the elderly as a component of, or substitute for, regular nutrition projects assisted under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary in fiscal year 1977 to carry out this project.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1266 (94th)referred

Resolution to insure that the quality and quantity of free broadcasting service not be impaired.

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1976

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission and other agencies shall be encouraged to exercise their full legal authority to insure that the quality and quantity of over-the-air broadcasting service which is now available to the public shall not be reduced or impaired by the operations of pay television. Calls for regulation of pay television in a manner consistent with the establishment and maintenance of over-the-air television broadcast services.

Bill· HRH.R. 14197 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require the U.S. Postal Service to evaluate and examine specific criteria whenever the closing of a post office is considered, to provide for a public hearing whenever the U.S. Postal Service considers closing any post office.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1976

Requires the United States Postal Service to hold a public hearing prior to closing any post office. Lists factors which the Postal Service must consider and evaluate in making a determination with respect to any such closing.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1257 (94th)referred

Resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding the closing of post offices.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 14170 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend under certain circumstances the delimiting period for completing veterans' education programs and to provide a teach-down period for veterans who have committed themselves to furthering their education.

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1976

Extends the delimiting period in the case of any eligible veteran who is pursuing, during his or her tenth year of eligibility, a program of education. Terminates such extension on whichever of the following dates first occurs: (1) the date on which the veteran completes, or ceases to pursue, the program he was pursuing in his tenth year of eligibility; or (2) the last day of the 11-year period beginning on the date of his discharge from active duty. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1662(e))

Bill· HRH.R. 14148 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the taxes presently imposed for medicare purposes shall be added to the taxes imposed for purposes of the OASDI program to assist in financing such program, and to provide that the medicare program shall hereafter be financed from general revenues rather than through such taxes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1976

Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the hospital insurance tax levied on self-employment income, wages earned by employees, and wages paid by employers. Increases the rate of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax on wages and self-employment income. Sets forth a schedule of such increases between 1977 and 1986. Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to end the funding of the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund from the hospital insurance tax, and to provide that such Trust Fund be financed from general revenues.

Bill· HRH.R. 13909 (94th)referred

Government Economy and Spending Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1976

Government Economy and Spending Reform Act - Title I: Authorizations of New Budget Authority - Terminates on specified dates budget authority for all Government programs except health care services, general retirement and disability insurance, and Federal employee retirement and disability programs which are funded by trust funds. Declares out of order in either the Senate or the House of Representatives any legislation which authorizes new budget authority not in compliance with this Act. Requires the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on the Budget of both Houses of Congress to identify each program's functional and subfunctional category (as so characterized in the Budget of the United States, Fiscal Year 1977, transmitted to Congress by the President on January 21, 1976), the committees having legislative jurisdiction over such program, and whether such program operates under permanent authorizations and budget authority. Makes the budget termination provisions of this Act effective on the first day of the Ninety-fifth Congress. Title II: Early Elimination of Inactive and Duplicate Programs - Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to identify for Congress any programs which have duplicate objectives or for which no outlays have been made for the last two fiscal years. Directs the standing committees of both Houses to consider such programs and report recommendations on such programs before March 15, 1978, if possible. Title III: Quadrennial Program Review and Evaluation - Sets forth a timetable for reviewing the budget of a Government program. Requires review by standing committees of the Congress every four years of each program's cost, effectiveness, and the extent to which such program duplicates or is similar to any other program. States that such review shall include a comprehensive evaluation of the merits of such program to determine if it warrants continuation. Requires justification of any recommendation to fund any program which has objectives similar to or the same as another program's objectives. Directs the Comptroller General and the Congressional Budget Office to provide Congress with information and analysis of programs being reviewed under this Act. Requires the President to similarly review the merits of continuing programs contained in the annual Budget and to report the finding of such review prior to transmitting the Budget to Congress. Title IV: Continuing Review and Evaluation - Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress the result of any audit which shows a substantial deficiency in achievement of the objectives of any Government program. Requires subsequent audits, a report of which must be submitted to Congress, to determine if such deficiency has been eliminated. Title V: Miscellaneous - States that those provisions of this Act which direct the operation of either House are enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of such House and recognizes the right of either House to change such rules.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 636 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution with respect to post office closing.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1976

Expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. Postal Service should not close or otherwise suspend the operation of any post office during the six-month period beginning on the date of adoption of this resolution.

Bill· HRH.R. 13235 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount of the estate tax exemption from $60,000 to $200,000 and to increase the estate tax marital deduction.

United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1976

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the estate tax exemption from $60,000 to $200,000. Increases the estate tax marital deduction to allow an aggregate deduction not to exceed $200,000 plus 50 percent of the value of the adjusted gross estate.

Bill· HRH.R. 13236 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 3 and 5 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 476) and the 12th undesignated paragraph under the heading "Surveying the Public Lands" in the act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 35, as amended).

United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1976

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to assure that National Forest System resource management plans provide for multiple uses and sustained yield of forest products and services and limit the application of intensified management practices and silvicultural systems in accordance with specified criteria. Requires the Secretary to provide for public participation prior to the final adoption or any amendment of each such management plan. Restricts timber harvesting contracts pursuant to national forest management plans to ten years unless the Secretary informs appropriate Congressional committees that a longer period is required. Authorizes the Secretary to appraise and sell so much of the trees and other forest products found upon National Park System lands as may further the policies set forth in the Multiple Use and Sustained Yield Act, and the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Repeals the requirement that such forest products be sold for use only in the State or territory in which the timber reservation from which such products were taken is located. Increases to $10,000 in appraised value the maximum value of timber and cord wood which the Secretary may sell without advertisement.

Bill· HRH.R. 13127 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals who have attained age 65 a nonrefundable tax credit for property taxes paid by them on their principal residences or for a certain portion of the rent they pay for their principal residences.

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1976

Authorizes, under the Internal Revenue Code, any individual who has attained the age of 65 to take a nonrefundable tax credit for a percentage of the amount of real property taxes or the amount of rent constituting real property taxes paid or accrued by the taxpayer during the taxable year. Defines the applicable percentage as 50 percent reduced by two percent for each $1,000 amount by which the adjusted gross income of such taxpayer exceeds $5,000.

Bill· HRH.R. 13108 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend specially adapted housing benefits to certain disabled veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1976

Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to assist any veteran, who has a permanent and total service-connected disability due to the loss, or loss of use, of one arm and one leg, including but not limited to cases of hemiparaplegia, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair, in acquiring a suitable housing unit with special fixtures or moveable facilities made necessary by the nature of the veteran's disability, and necessary land therefor. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 801)

Bill· HRH.R. 13016 (94th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code (respecting firearms) to penalize the use of firearms in the commission of any felony and to increase the penalties in certain related existing provisions.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1976

Requires that whoever uses or carries a firearm during the commission of a felony that may be prosecuted in a Federal court and that whoever is convicted by a State court of using or carrying a firearm transported in, or affecting, interstate or foreign commerce during the commission of a felony be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than five nor more than ten years. Requires in the case of a subsequent such conviction that the felon be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for any term of years, but not less than ten years, or to life imprisonment. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 924(c))

Bill· HRH.R. 13015 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 142 of title 13 and section 411(a) of title 7, United States Code, to prevent a change in the definition of a farm prior to June 30, 1976, to relieve the Secretary of Commerce of the responsibility of taking censuses of agriculture every fifth year, and require the Secretary of Agriculture to collect comparable information using sampling methods.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1976

Terminates the duty of the Secretary of Commerce to take agricultural censuses every five years and censuses of irrigation and drainage every ten years. Directs the Secretary to continue the statistical classification of farms which was in effect on January 1, 1975, until June 30, 1976. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to collect information on agriculture, irrigation, and drainage on a sample basis, which is comparable to the information previously collected every five years in the agriculutral census. Allows the Secretary, when sampling methods would be inappropriate, to use other statistical methods to collect information relating to the classification of farms. (Amends 13 U.S.C. 142)

Bill· HRH.R. 12946 (94th)reported

A bill to establish a commission to study the adequacy of the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1976

Establishes the Commission on the Adequacy of the Annual Federal Payment to the District of Columbia to study and analyze the costs and benefits to the District of Columbia which results from its status as the Nation's capital, with particular consideration given to determining what factors should be included in the computation of the annual Federal payment and how much significance should be given to each such factor.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 601 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution to protest European duties on oil seeds and oil seed meal.

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1976

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President shall seek the elimination of surety deposit requirements on vegetable protein products imposed by the European Economic Community. Provides that if the President shall fail to eliminate such requirements, he shall obtain full compensation for such actions under article XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Bill· HRH.R. 12905 (94th)referred

A bill to provide that local governments may be reimbursed for the cost of protective and security services provided by such governments in connection with visits by the President or Vice President of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1976

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse local governments not more than $15,000 per day for the cost of protection and security services to the President or Vice President while the President or Vice President are within the jurisdiction of such local government in an official capacity or attending a national convention of a political party. Requires that such reimbursement be approved by the Attorney General under standards set forth in this Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1116 (94th)referred

A resolution creating a select committee to conduct an investigation and study of the circumstances surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy.

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1976

Establishes a select committee in the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy. 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.

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