United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1978
Endangered Species Act Amendments - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish an Endangered Species Committee. Directs the Committee to review applications submitted by Federal agencies regarding proposed agency actions to determine whether an exemption from the requirement of the Act that Federal agencies take no actions which would jeopardize endangered species or their critical habitats should be granted. Stipulates that such an exemption may be granted only after a public hearing and finding that the benefits of the agency action outweigh the benefits of alternative courses of action consistent with conserving the species or its critical habitat. States that no final determination of the Committee regarding such an exemption shall be considered a major Federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act. Provides for judicial review of any Committee action with regard to an exemption. Declares that no civil penalty shall be imposed for violation of the requirements of this Act if they were committed on a good-faith belief that the violator was acting to protect himself, family member, or any other individual from bodily harm. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1978
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide, through demonstration projects, payments to individuals who are receiving, or are eligible to receive, benefits with respect to post-hospital extended care services under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or intermediate care facility services or skilled nursing facility services under Title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, who do not require 24-hour nursing care or supervision, and who desire to establish a noninstitutional living arrangement which will meet their medical and other needs. Requires payments received to be used to finance appropriate noninstitutional living arrangements which meet the medical and other needs of the individual. Provides that such payments shall not be includable in gross income under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary to design demonstration projects for the purpose of determining: (1) the feasibility of transferring inpatients of skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to noninstitutional living arrangements; (2) the types and percentage of such inpatients who could live effectively in a noninstitutional living arrangement; and (3) the types and percentages of such inpatients who would benefit economically and qualitatively from transferring to a noninstitutional living arrangement. Directs that funds for such payments be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund established under the Social Security Act and from funds appropriated for Medicaid.
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1978
States that the Territory of American Samoa shall be represented in the United States Congress by a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives. Sets forth the procedure for the election of such delegate.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1978
Uranium Mill Tailings Control Act - Title I: Residual Radioactive Material at Certain Existing Sites - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to enter into cooperative agreements with designated States under which the Federal Government would pay up to 90 percent of the costs of: (1) assessing the radiation levels of residual radiactive materials from specified former uranium ore processing sites within such States; and (2) limiting the exposure of individuals to such radioactive materials. Exempts certain processing sites from the coverage of this Act. Requires the agreements made by the Secretary and such States include terms providing, among other things, that the Secretary select the appropriate remedial action for limiting radiation exposure after consulting with the State, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, that the States acquire ownership of (1) the land upon which the radioactive materials are located; (2) the residual radioactive materials; and (3) the site selected for disposal of these materials, and that the State transfer ownership and custody of the residual radioactive materials and the disposal site to the United States when the Commission determines that the requisite remedial work has been completed. Grants the prior owner of a processing site acquired by a State the right of first refusal whenever that State seeks to sell that processing site. Requires that States reimburse the Federal Government for costs involved in performing such remedial work from any gain realized by the States in selling land on which processing sites were located. Authorizes mineral recovery contracts between States and any person seeking to recover minerals from such residual radioactive materials upon payment to the State and the United States of specified sums. Directs the Secretary to enter into similar agreements with the Secretary of the Interior and Indian tribes for the assessment of radiation levels and performance of remedial action on lands owned by Indian or held in trust for them. Authorizes payment of 100 percent of the costs of such agreements. Directs the Secretary to conduct a research program on reducing the hazards of exposure to residual radioactive materials. Authorizes the Secretary to establish rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Directs EPA to issue standards and criteria for the protection of the general public with respect to radiological and nonradiological hazards associated with the possession and transfer of residual radioactive materials. Permits judicial review of such rules upon petition in the United States Court of Appeals. Authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue rules, regulations or orders requiring specified exempt parties to conduct monitoring and remedial work and to comply with other measures designed to protect the general public from expsoure to residual radioactive materials. Provides for civil penalties for violation of such rules or orders of the Commission. Title II: Uranium Mill Tailings Licensing and Regulation - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require that specified licenses issued under such Act for activities resulting in the production of by- product material have terms assuring that prior to termination of such licenses, (1) the licensee shall comply with the Commission's requirements relating to termination, and (2) ownership of by-product materials and their disposal sites shall be transferred without cost to the United States. Authorizes the Commission to establish standards and instructions insuring that a licensee will provide funds necessary for the completion of Commission requirements relating to reclamation and long-term care of sites, structures and equipment used in conjunction with by-product material. Requires States having authority to regulate by-product materials under an agreement with the Commission to adopt and enforce: (1) standards for the protection of public health and safety from hazards associated with such material; (2) provisions allowing for public notice and public participation in licensing and rulemaking actions; and (3) requirements for the preparation of a written environmental analysis, to be made available to the public prior to approval of any construction activity relating to by-product material. Authorizes the Commission to retain authority under such Federal-State agreements with respect to determining a licensee's compliance with applicable standards and requirements prior to termination of licenses for by-product materials. Provides for civil penalties for violation of rules or orders of the Commission. Authorizes the Administrator of EPA to issue generally applicable standards and criteria for the protection of the environment from radiological and nonradiological environmental hazards associated with by-product material and its disposal. Permits judicial review of such rules upon petition in the United States Court of Appeals. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Requires the Commission to consolidate licenses and licensing procedures under this Act with licenses and licensing procedures under other authorities contained in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1978
Federal Oil Shale Commercialization Test Act - Declares it the purpose of this Act to establish a Federal program to test the commercial, social, and environmental viability of oil shale technologies. Directs the Secretary of Energy to (1) establish a program to determine the commercial viability of as many as three oil shale retorting technologies; (2) invite proposals from interested persons for the design, construction, and operation of oil shale commercial demonstration projects; and (3) select as many as three such proposals and enter into contracts or cooperative agreements for the implementation of such projects. Sets forth considerations for the Secretary in selecting projects. Requires that all projects authorized by this Act be located at a single site if possible, on specified lands to be selected by the Secretary, giving priority to lands located at the Naval Oil Shale Reserves. Stipulates that the selection of a site other than at the Naval Oil Shale Reserves shall not be made unless such site would (1) provide information on commercial viability not attainable on lands of the Naval Oil Shade Reserves, or (2) reduce the necessary Federal expenditure. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of the Interior prior to the selection of public lands to carry out the purpose of this Act. Requires the Secretary to consult with appropriate State and local officials, before selecting a demonstration project, to assess the environmental impact of the project on the area affected. Establishes criteria for the evaluation of the economic, social, and environmental impact of oil shale technologies. Requires the publication of such evaluation by the Secretary within one year of the completion of the demonstration projects. Requires the Secretary to hold at least one public hearing, prior to the completion of his evaluation, in the area which would be most directly affected by the commercial development of oil shale. Subjects inventions made or conceived by a participant in a program authorized by this Act to the title, waiver, and licensing provisions of Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974. Protects the ownership of background patents which project participants possess at the outset of the program. Establishes a panel to advise the Secretary on the social, environmental, and safety impact of the demonstration projects authorized by this Act. Stipulates that the contracts and cooperative agreements authorized by this Act shall provide for the disposition of shale oil or other products produced during the program in in a manner determined by the Secretary to serve the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make financial commitments for the purpose of financing essential community development and planning necessitated by the funding of demonstration facilities under this Act. Limits the amount of such commitments to $20,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1979 and 1980. Authorizes the Secretary to make direct loans and grants to eligible State and local governments should authorized funds prove insufficient. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for such purposes. Creates within the Treasury the Oil Shale Commercialization Test Special Fund to carry out such community development and planning assistance program. Prescribes rules to govern the operation of the fund and related financial matters. Requires the Secretary, within 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for the acquisition of information and evaluation of the environmental, social, economic and technological impact of the program. Sets forth the required content of such report. Requires an annual report from the Secretary on action he has or has not taken under this Act. Requires that the interest paid on any bond obligation guaranteed under this Act shall be included in the gross income of the purchaser of such obligation. Provides for the public disclosure of information collected by the Secretary under this Act, except to the extent such information is exempted from disclosure by Federal law. Requires the holders of Federal contracts under this Act to keep such records as the Secretary may require, subject to inspection and audit by the Secretary and the Comptroller General. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1978
Farm Water Act - Replaces the existing acreage limitation of 160 acres of reclaimed land per individual with a limitation of 320 acres. Permits larger acreages where the land is less productive or other factors make it less valuable for agriculture. Lists specified lands to which the acreage limitations shall not apply including land within a water district which has paid construction charges of the reclamation project relating to the delivery of water to such landholding. Prevents the delivery of water to irrigable land in excess of 320 acres held in private ownership by a single landowner if such landowner refuses to execute a valid contract for the sale of such excess land. Permits delivery of project water to excess land after the effective date of this Act only if the title to such land is made subject to a condition that the land shall not be sold at a price greater than the landowner's costs increased only by the rate increase of the consumer price index for the period between the dates of purchase and sale. Abolishes the requirement that a qualified recipient must reside on or near a landholding in order for such landholding to be eligible to receive water.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1978
Steel Trade Negotiations Act - Lists products the manufacture of which shall constitute the "steel sector" for purposes of determining the appropriate product sector with respect to import restriction authority under the Trade Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code by providing graduated corporate income tax rates ranging, over seven brackets, from a 16 percent rate on a corporation's first $25,000 income to a 45 percent rate on income over $150,000.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1978
Military Construction Appropriation Act - Appropriates specified sums for military construction projects for fiscal year 1979 for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) the Defense agencies; (5) the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; (6) the Army Reserve; (7) the Naval Reserve; (8) the Air Force Reserve; and (9) family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense agencies. Sets forth restrictions on the use of funds appropriated under this Act. Authorizes the use of funds made available under this Act for the hire of passenger motor vehicles and for advances to the Federal Highway Administration to construct defense access roads which are certified to be important to the national defense. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for any military base closure or realignment unless all the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act have been complied with.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1978
Provides that where two or more Members of the House of Representatives pay the basic pay of an individual from the clerk-hire allowance of each such Member, such individual shall be considered to be on the payroll of only one such Member for purposes of determining the number of individuals employed by such Members under the clerk-hire allowance. Requires such Members to designate who shall be considered the employer for the month involved and to report such designation to the Office of Finance.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1978
Independent Local Newspaper Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to promote the survival of independent newspapers by providing for the establishment of tax exempt trusts for paying estate taxes on such papers, and by postponing the payment of estate taxes on such papers.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Amends the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1975 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe the terms and conditions applying to lands added to approved coal lands leases.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Consumer and Agricultural Protection Act - Establishes a National Board of Agricultural Governors, independent of the Department of Agriculture and consisting in part of agricultural producers, whose primary duty shall be the annual establishment of cost of production prices for cotton, dairy products, dry beans, feed grains, poultry, rice, soybeans, sugar, livestock and wheat. States that such prices shall take into account: (1) machinery ownership costs; (2) general farm overhead costs; (3) a value for the management services contributed by the producer; (4) labor costs; and (5) a value for the land utilized. Sets 1978 cost of production prices as follows: (1) dry beans, $22.00 per hundredweight; (2) wheat, $4.75 per bushel; (3) sugar, $.25 (raw) per pound; (4) corn, $3.15 per bushel; (5) soybeans, $6.60 per bushel; (6) barley, $3.00 per bushel; (7) grain sorghum, $5.39 per hundredweight; (8) oats, $1.65 per bushel; (9) cotton, $.70 per pound; (10) cattle, $.55 per pound; (11) calves, $.65 per pound; (12) milk, $12.00 per hundredweight; (13) hogs, $.50 per pound; (14) rice, $10.00 per hundredweight; and (15) poultry, $.40 per pound. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee or make direct nonrecourse loans to producers of nonperishable specified commodities. Specifies formulae for the determination of loan levels and conditions for the calling of such loans. Directs the Board to establish mandatory release prices for each commodity, expressed in terms of a percentage of the cost of production price plus storage costs and interest charges. Requires the release for domestic or export sale of a portion of a commodity under loan when such commodity's market price reaches the mandatory release price level. Requires the Secretary to establish and maintain a National Commodity Reserve of cotton, feed grains, rice, soybeans, sugar, and wheat, for provision during national emergencies and for the protection of producers from depressed prices. Requires the Secretary, upon receiving written production estimates from producers prior to the production year, to determine and announce production adjustments if he finds that, in the absence of such adjustments, domestic stocks, including Reserve quantities, will exceed domestic and foreign demand and the replenishment needs of the Reserve. Directs the Board to apportion production cutbacks and mandatory set-asides among producers equally. Specifies civil penalties for the use of land removed from production for harvesting any crop or for grazing. Permits production adjustments with respect to livestock, dairy products, poultry, and perishable commodities (designated by the Board) only upon a vote by a majority of the producers of such a commodity. Provides for coverage under this Act of any commodity not specified, by means of a petition and majority-vote referendum among the producers of such commodity. Permits the termination of such commodity, whether specified or unspecified by the same means. Bars the importation of a specified commodity at less than the domestic cost of production price, adjusted for transportation and handling costs. Authorizes the Board to impose price maintenance custom duties on imported agricultural commodities. Prohibits the purchase of specified domestic commodities for foreign assistance programs at less than cost of production prices.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
States that the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service should not implement the proposed reorganization of certain Internal Revenue Service district offices until the appropriate committees of Congress have had an opportunity to hold hearings on the proposal.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Expresses the condemnation of the House of Representatives of the kidnapping of Aldo Moro. Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) Italy deserves the support of the United States, and (2) the President should instruct the Permanent Representative to the United Nations to press for consideration of solutions to the problem of terrorism in all appropriate forums.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Expresses the condemnation by the Congress of the March 11, 1978, attack on Israel by the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the expressed intention of the PLO to continue such attacks and to disrupt the peace efforts between Israel and Egypt. Requests the President to make the disapproval of the Congress known to governments approving the PLO attack. Expresses Congressional approval of the peace efforts between Israel and Egypt. Urges other Middle East countries to join such efforts. Declares negotiation to be the best way to bring peace to the Middle East.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services to dispose of up to 45,000 long tons of tin presently held in the national and supplemental stockpiles. Stipulates that: (1) up to 26,000 long tons of such tin, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall be used to obtain up to 225,000 short tons of copper; (2) the proceeds from the sale of the first 5,000 long tons of tin sold pursuant in this Act in fiscal year 1978 and the proceeds from the sale of the first 10,000 long tons of such tin sold in fiscal year 1979 shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts; and (3) 4,000 long tons of such tin, or the proceeds from the sale thereof shall be used to acquire strategic and critical materials which are needed on a priority basis. Authorizes the Administrator to use any quantity of tungsten or the proceeds from the sale thereof, which is available for disposal to aid in the acquisition of the 225,000 short tons of copper (except that the proceeds from the sale of the first 3,000,000 pounds of tungsten for each of the fiscal years 1978 and 1979 may not be used for such purpose). Stipulates that the copper acquired pursuant to this Act shall be placed in the national stockpile.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide graduted income tax rates for corporations with a maximum rate of 45 percent on income in excess of $150,000 and a minimum rate of 18 percent on income not in excess of $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1978
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to establish the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, located in portions of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah as a component of the National Trails System.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1978
States that the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service should not implement the proposed reorganization of the Salt Lake City Internal Revenue Service District Office until the appropriate committees of Congress have had an opportunity to hold hearings on the proposal.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1978
Reclamation Safety of Dams Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to modify Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities in order to preserve structural safety.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction of up to $1,500 for household expenses to any taxpayer who maintains a household in which a dependent aged 65 or over resides.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1978
Public Grazing Lands Improvement Act - Requires that an inventory of rangeland conditions and trends be taken in 11 contiguous western states and Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage and improve public rangelands so that they become as productive as feasible in accordance with the rangeland management objectives established through the land use planning process prescribed in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. Provides for the funding of such improvements. Announces the formula to be used by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior in setting fees for domestic livestock grazing on public lands. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue ten year grazing leases or permits except when he has determined, on a case-by-case basis, that the establishment of a shorter term is in the interest of sound land management policy. Allows for private adoption of excess wild horses or burros when rangeland inventories indicate overpopulation of such animals in an area where a demand for private adoption exists. Permits the donation of adopted burros and horses to individuals who have provided humane conditions and care for such animals for a period of one year.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from taxation the income of trusts established to care for mentally incompetent relatives. Excludes distributions from such trusts from the gross income of the beneficiary so long as the distribution is received by someone other than a family member of the grantor of the trust.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
States that during the year following the enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall neither withhold water delivery from any beneficiary of a Federal reclamation project nor initiate any proceeding intended to require the sale of privately owned lands within any project, for purposes of achieving conformity with acreage limitations or residency requirements of reclamation law.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1977
States that during the year following the enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall neither withhold water delivery from any beneficiary of a Federal reclamation project nor initiate any proceeding intended to require the sale of privately owned lands within any project, for purposes of achieving conformity with acreage limitations or residency requirements of reclamation law.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1977
Telephone Privacy Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit unsolicited commercial telephone calls to a telephone subscriber who has notified the telephone company that he does not wish to receive such calls. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations specifying the manner in which a telephone subscriber shall notify the telephone company that he does not wish to receive unsolicited calls. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Excludes from the definition of "unsolicited commercial telephone calls" calls made in response to an express request of the individual called or made in connection with an overdue debt or contractual obligation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1977
Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from increasing the grazing fee for the 1978 grazing year in order to allow Congress sufficient time to analyze the Secretaries' report and recommendations with respect to the value of grazing on public lands and the fee to be charged for domestic livestock grazing on such lands.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1977
Prohibits commerce in contraband cigarettes. Defines "contraband cigarettes" as a quantity of more than 20, with respect to which the applicable State cigarette taxes which have not been paid and which are in the possession of any person other than: (1) a person licensed by the State where the cigarettes are found or by the Internal Revenue Service; (2) a common or contract carrier; or (3) a government agent in the performance of duties. Subjects dealers in cigarettes to such reporting requirements as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1977
States that during the year following the enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall neither withhold water delivery from any beneficiary of a Federal reclamation project nor initiate any proceeding intended to require the sale of privately owned lands within any project, for purposes of achieving conformity with acreage limitations or residency requirements of reclamation law.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1977
Amends the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to certain cities or townships for construction of local public works projects. Sets forth limitations on the amount of such grants. Authorizes the appropriation of $196,927,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Includes the unborn within the term "person." Permits abortion (1) to prevent the death or physical impairment of the mother, and (2) in certain cases of rape.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an alternative 12-month period to the existing 60-month period of amortization for a new, identifiable certified pollution control facility acquired, or whose construction began, after December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1977
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Families in 1979. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish an advisory committee to such Conference.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1977
Military Construction Appropriation Act - Appropriates specified sums for military construction projects for fiscal year 1978 for: (1) the Army; (2) the Navy; (3) the Air Force; (4) the Defense agencies; (5) the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; (6) the Army Reserve; (7) the Naval Reserve; (7) the Air Force Reserve; (8) family housing for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense agencies; and (9) the Homeowners Assistance Fund. Sets forth restrictions on the use of funds appropriated under this Act. Authorizes the use of funds made available under this Act for the hire of passenger motor vehicles and for advances to the Federal Highway Administration to construct defense access roads which are certified to be important to the national defense. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for any military base closure or realignment unless all the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act have been complied with.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Automotive Transport Research and Development Act - Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to establish a program to develop advanced automobile propulsion systems within five years of the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator to make grants for research projects designed to assist the furtherance of such program. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to evaluate and report the extent to which the automobile industry utilizes advanced automotive technology. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to test vehicles developed pursuant to the program established by this Act, in order to determine compliance with applicable standards under the Clean Air Act and the Noise Control Act of 1972. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to test such vehicles in order to determine compliance with applicable standards under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, and the Automobile Information Disclosure Act. Establishes contracting procedures consistent with applicable provisions of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to submit annual reports to Congress of activities pursuant to this Act, including results of economic surveys designed to evaluate the extent to which Federal guarantees of financial obligations may aid in developing commercial markets for advanced automobile technology. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to require that efforts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration be directed towards the development of advanced automobile propulsion systems. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Stipulates that no more than 60 percent of such appropriations shall be directly expended in Federal laboratories.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1977
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Provo, Utah, without consideration, all interest of the United States in specified lands.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Child Exploitation Prevention Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to prohibit the sexual exploitation of children by making it unlawful for any individual to (1) cause or permit a child to be photographed or filmed engaged in a sexual act prohibited under this Act; (2) photograph or film a prohibited sexual act; (3) knowingly transport any film or photograph depicting a prohibited sexual act; or (4) receive for sale or sell any such film or photograph, if such individual knows or should know such film or photograph has or may be transported in such a manner as to affect interstate or foreign commerce. Imposes a fine of up to $50,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 20 years for a violation of sexual exploitation of children provisions of this Act. Imposes a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 15 years for a violation of the transportation of photographs and films of children engaged in sexual acts provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 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 protect 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 with 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. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring an institution to maintain any financial records or to transmit any reports relating to customers unless: (1) such records are required for use by a supervisory agency in the supervision of that institution; or (2) such records are required to be maintained by the Internal Revenue Code. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited tax credit in an amount of $250 for each individual who is at least 65 years of age before the beginning of the taxable year, whose principal place of abode during the taxable year is the principal residence of the taxpayer, and who is not a lodger with the taxpayer.
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