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Law· HRH.R. 9460 (94th)open

An Act to provide for the establishment of constitutions for the Virgin Islands and Guam.

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1975

Authorizes the people of the Virgin Islands to organize a government pursuant to a constitution of their own adoption under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Legislature of the Virgin Islands to call a constitutional convention to draft a constitution for the people of the Virgin Islands. Requires that such constitution shall include a bill of rights. Provides for eligibility for membership at the convention. Establishes voting procedures for the approval or disapproval of such constitution as may be drafted by the convention. Provides that upon taking effect, a constitution drafted and approved under this Act shall supersede such provisions of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands as may be inconsistent with such constitution.

Bill· HRH.R. 9492 (94th)referred

A bill to provide for the establishment of a constitution for Guam.

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1975

Authorizes the people of Guam to organize a government pursuant to a constitution of their own adoption under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Legislature of Guam to call a constitutional convention to draft a constitution for the people of Guam. Requires that such constitution shall include a bill of rights. Provides for eligibility for membership at the convention. Provides for voting procedures for the approval or disapproval of such constitution as may be drafted by the convention. Provides that upon taking effect, a constitution drafted and approved under this Act shall supersede such provisions of the Organic Act of Guam as may be inconsistent with such constitution.

Bill· HRH.R. 9345 (94th)referred

Freedom of Information Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1975

Freedom of Information Act Amendments - Prescribes guidelines and limitations for the classification of information which the President or head of an agency determines require limited dissemination in the interest of national defense. Prohibits the classification of information in order to conceal incompetence, inefficiency, wrongdoing, or administrative error, to avoid embarrassment to any individual or agency, to restrain competition or independent initiative, or to prevent or delay for any reason the release of information the dissemination of which will not damage the national defense. Provides that, except as otherwise provided by law, no designation other than "Defense Data" may be used to classify information in the interest of national defense. Enumerates the circumstances which justify the classification of information as "Defense Data". States that official information may be classified as Defense Data by the heads of the following agencies or designated personnel: the Department of State; the Department of Defense and the military departments; the Department of Transportation; the Energy Research and Development Administration; the Central Intelligence Agency; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and such offices within the Executive Office of the President as he may designate by Executive Order. Subjects to the regulations concerning authority to classify, and material which may be classified, that information originated or acquired by an agency and classified as "Confidential," "Secret," or "Top Secret. Sets forth regulations with respect to the declassification of material classified "Defense Data". States that such material including that originally classified as "Confidential," "Secret," or "Top Secret" shall be declassified automatically three years after its classification. Provides for the deferral of such automatic declassification when the sensitivity of the information involved is determined to require continued protection. Directs the heads of agencies who have the authority to classify or declassify official information to promulgate regulations with respect to the classification and declassification of information within their agencies. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to monitor the actions taken by the agencies to implement this Act. Requires the Comptroller General to report semiannually to the Committees on Government Operations of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the results of agency actions. Prohibits the withholding of information or material from Congress, any committee or Member thereof, or any United States court on the basis that such information or material is "Defense Data". States that this Act shall not affect any requirement made under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 regarding "Restricted Data" as defined in that Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 9218 (94th)referred

Environmental Health Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975

Environmental Health Act - Provides that in any proceeding requesting equitable relief pursuant to any statute administered by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or instituted at the request of the Administrator, other than a suit for review of a Federal administrative action, a showing by a party that any person is engaging in a course of conduct of discharging, emitting, or manufacturing any substance, where such conduct presents a reasonable risk of being a threat to public health, shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption that a threat to public health exists warranting the granting of such equitable relief as is deemed appropriate to protect the public against such threat. Provides that where a showing is made giving rise to a presumption pursuant to this Act, the person engaging in such course of conduct of discharging, emitting, or manufacturing shall have the burden of proving: (1) that in fact no threat to public health exists or that the risk of any such threat is negligible; or (2) that the physical and economic considerations in favor of such course of conduct outweigh all costs incident to the conduct, including any possible threat to public health.

Bill· HRH.R. 9228 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 401 of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, of such sums as are necessary to increase the allotments to States under section 402 (a) (2) of such act to the level of funding those States received for fiscal year 1974 for the programs consolidated under such title IV.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975

Authorizes appropriations, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for purposes of educational research and training for fiscal years 1977 and 1978, of such sums as are necessary to increase the allotments to States to the level of funding those States received for fiscal year 1974 for the programs consolidated under title IV (Educational Research and Training) of such Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 682 (94th)referred

Resolution disapproving of efforts to expel Israel from the United Nations.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975

Expresses the House of Representatives strong disapproval of efforts to expel Israel from the United Nations. States that if Israel is expelled the United States should reassess its relationship with the United Nations General Assembly. Provides that such reassessment shall include possible withdrawal from that body.

Bill· HRH.R. 9109 (94th)referred

Congressional Public Financing Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975

Congressional Public Financing Act - Adds a new subtitle to the Internal Revenue Code: the Congressional Election Campaign Fund Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund a separate account to be known as the Congressional Election Payment Account. Directs the Secretary to deposit into the Congressional Election Payment Account that portion of the annual amounts designated by taxpayers on their income tax returns that equals the excess above 25 percent of the total amount made available in the last Presidential election. Authorizes the Federal Election Commission to conduct an examination and audit of the campaign contributions raised for purposes of obtaining matching funds and the qualified campaign expenditures made by all candidates for Federal office and official political party committees who received payments under this Act. Provides criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides for payments of funds in amounts matching the contributions received by candidates for the office of U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative. Imposes limitations on the amounts of such funds to be disbursed to any individual candidate, and restricts the uses to which such matching funds may be put.

Bill· HRH.R. 8926 (94th)referred

Conservation and Solar Energy-Federal Buildings Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975

Conservation and Solar Energy - Federal Buildings Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that energy conservation practices adopted for the design, construction, and utilization of these facilities will have a beneficial effect on the Nation's overall supply of energy, and the procurement of solar heating and cooling units for use in Federal buildings in connection with demonstrations of solar energy applications on such buildings under this Act should help to create a market for such units generally. States that it is the policy of this Act to insure that energy conservation and solar energy technology be employed in the design and construction of certain Federal facilities as set forth in this Act, and, to the maximum extent feasible, in the design and construction of all other Federal and federally-assisted facilities. Defines terms used in this Act, including the terms "energy use analysis," and "life cycle energy costs". Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration and the Secretary of Defense to, in consultation with each other, develop, publish, and from time to time update guidelines designed to assure that the most effective and efficient measures for the conservation of energy and the use of solar energy systems are incorporated in: (1) the design, construction, and renovation of Federal and federally assisted buildings; and (2) the procurement of goods and services for such buildings and for other Federal purposes. States that the guidelines developed by the Secretary and the Administrator shall be consistent with each other. Requires the guidelines developed by the Secretary to be applied to all new and existing buildings under his control. Requires the guidelines developed by the Administrator to be applied to all other new and existing buildings, as defined in this Act. Directs all other Federal agencies to comply with the requirements of the applicable guidelines. Requires the Secretary and the Administrator: (1) to submit to Congress an energy use analysis with respect to the construction, acquisition, or leasing of any new building to which guidelines apply; and (2) with respect to existing buildings, to submit an inventory and energy use analysis of all such buildings, setting forth detailed plans for incorporating required improvements. Directs each Federal agency to submit to the Administrator or Secretary a detailed life cycle energy costs analysis of any building to be constructed, acquired, or leased by it for its use. Prohibits the purchase of any major energy using, generating, or conserving equipment by a Federal agency without prior submission of life cycle energy cost analysis. Provides for an increase in the allowable dollar amount of Federal assistance for building construction or major rehabilitation to cover the cost of solar energy equipment or other special energy equipment. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8920 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration a new direct low-interest loan program to assist homeowners and builders in purchasing and installing solar heating (or combined solar heating and cooling) equipment.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975

States that the purpose of this Act is to provide a source of financial assistance for homeowners and builders to enable them to purchase and install solar heating equipment or combined solar heating and cooling equipment, primarily through the small business segment of the economy, while substantially reducing energy use. Authorizes the Small Business Administration, under the Small Business Act, to make loans to individuals and families owning and occupying one-to-four family residential structures to assist them in purchasing and installing qualified solar heating and cooling equipment. States that such loans may be made in an amount covering up to 75 percent of the cost of purchasing and installing the necessary equipment, and not exceeding amounts specified in this Act. Sets forth the terms and conditions governing the loans. Defines "qualified solar heating equipment" as meaning equipment which utilizes solar energy to provide heating for a residential structure and which is certified by the Administrator as meeting minimum specified standards, including a requirement that the equipment must be designed to meet more than 40 percent of the total heating needs of the types of structure for which it is intended. Directs the Administrator to disseminate full, complete and current information concerning recommended standards and types of qualified solar heating or solar heating and cooling equipment appropriate for use in residential structures of varying sizes and types and in various regions of the country. Establishes, under the Small Business Act, a solar heating and cooling loan fund for financing loans made pursuant to this Act. Sets a $600,000,000 limit on the total amount of loans, guarantees and other obligations entered into by the Administration which are outstanding at any one time for the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8903 (94th)referred

A bill to direct the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, 1975, to organize and convene a National Women's Conference.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1975

Directs the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, 1975, to organize and convene a national conference to be known as the National Women's Conference. Sets forth the composition and goals of the Conference. Grants the Commission powers necessary to carry out this Act. Requires that the Commission submit a report to the President and each House of Congress not later than 120 days after the conclusion of the conference. States that such report shall include findings and recommendations of the Conference. Authorizes the appropriation of not more than $10,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8658 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the lands, waters and interests to forty-eight-mile segment of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. Provides that such area be set aside to establish the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary to allow owners of land, within the recreation area, used for noncommercial residential or agricultural purposes to retain such land for a definite term not to exceed twenty-five years. Directs the Secretary of administer, protest, and develop the recreation area in accordance with the Atlanta Regional Commission Chattahoochee Corridor Study. Allows the Secretary to enter into written agreements with agencies of the State of Georgia for their participation in the administration and development of the recreation area.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 593 (94th)referred

Resolution creating a select committee to conduct an investigation and study of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and the attempted assassination of George Wallace.

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975

Establishes a select committee in the House of Represenatives to conduct an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, and the attempted assassination of George Wallace. Directs the committee to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigations, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 549 (94th)open

Joint resolution to approve the "Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the United States of America", and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975

Provides that, subject to the approval by the United States, the Mariana Islands District Legislature, and the people of the Northern Mariana Islands, this covenant shall establish the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. States that the Commonwealth shall be in political union with, and under the sovereignty of the United States of America. States that the people of the Northern Mariana Islands will formulate and approve a Constitution, subject to United States approval. Requires that the Constitution provide for a republican form of government with separate executive, legislative and judicial branches, and that it contain a bill of rights. Provides that all persons, citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands, shall become citizens of the United States entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States of the United States. Establishes within the Commonwealth the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. Defines the jurisdiction of the court. Specifies those laws and provisions of the United States Constitution which shall apply to the Commonwealth. Directs the President to appoint a seven-member Commission on Federal laws to make recommendations to the United States Congress as to which laws should be made applicable to the Commonwealth. Provides that with limited exceptions the Northern Mariana Islands will be deemed to be a part of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Makes the income tax laws in force in the United States applicable to the Northern Mariana Islands as a local territorial income tax. Provides that references in the Internal Revenue Code to Guam will be deemed also to refer to the Northern Mariana Islands. States that the Commonwealth shall not be included within the customs territory of the United States. Directs that the Trust Territory Social Security Retirement Fund attributable to the Northern Mariana Islands will be transferred to the Treasury of the United States, to be held in trust as a separate fund and to be known as the "Northern Mariana Islands Social Security Retirement Fund." Provides that the fund will be administered by the United States in accordance with the social security laws of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Exempts all bonds and other obligations issued by the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands from taxation by the United States. Establishes a program of direct grant assistance by the Government of the United States to the Commonwealth in its efforts to achieve a higher standard of living. States that such assistance shall continue for seven fiscal years. Provides $8,250,000 for budgetary support, $4,000,000 for capital improvement projects and $1,750,000 for an economic development loan fund. Makes available to the Commonwealth the full range of Federal programs and services available to the territories of the United States. Directs that the proceeds of all customs duties and Federal income taxes derived from the Northern Mariana Islands shall be paid into the Treasury of the Commonwealth, to be expended to the benefit of the people thereof. Transfers all right, title and interest of the Government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in and to real property in the Northern Mariana Islands to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands. Specifies property within the Commonwealth which shall be made available to the Government of the United States by lease for defense purposes. States that such lease shall be for a term of 50 years with an option to renew for an additional 50 years. Provides that the United States shall pay a total of $19,520,600 in full settlement of such lease. Provides that the Commonwealth may regulate the alienation of permanent and long-term interests in real property so as to restrict the acquisition of such interests to persons of Northern Mariana Islands descent. Provides that such regulation is allowed for a period of 25 years after the termination of the Trusteeship Agreement. Recognizes the importance and scarcity of land in the Northern Mariana Islands. States that the United States shall acquire additional land in the Commonwealth only to the extent necessary to accomplish a public purpose. Authorizes the creation of the position of President Representative to the United States. Establishes requirements for such post. Provides for consultations between the Governments of the United States and the Commonwealth. Directs that such consultations shall be held at the request of either Government but not less frequently than every 10 years. Establishes procedures for acceptance of this covenant. Authorizes the appropriation of such amounts as may be necessary to make full payments of awards under title II of the Micronesia Claims Act of 1971. Allows the President to extend all Federal programs providing grant, loan, and loan guarantees to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Mariana Islands District and the other Districts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Requires that notice of such extension be given to Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 8434 (94th)referred

New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975

New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants each fiscal year to each State, and to each gateway city, on such terms and conditions as he shall establish, for programs in education, job training, counseling (including health counseling), orientation, and other similar activities for the benefit of immigrants. Defines "gateway city" as meaning any city or unit of local government having a population of fifty thousand or more, 5 percent of such population being immigrants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants of up to $250 to each immigrant arriving in the United States not more than one year prior to the making of the grant, to enable such immigrant to travel for the purpose of changing residence from any gateway city to any State other than that in which such gateway city is located, if an employer in the place to which such immigrant is to travel under the grant certifies that such employer will employ that immigrant. Permits the Secretary to make additional discretionary grants to gateway cities to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for new immigrant grants and such sums as are necessary for the purposes of grants to States and gateway cities.

Bill· HRH.R. 8435 (94th)referred

Mineral Leasing Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975

Mineral Leasing Act - States that it is the policy of Congress to foster the exploration for and the production of mineral deposits in leasable Federal lands, while at the same time minimizing the adverse environmental effects of the exploitation of such mineral deposits. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth general provisions governing all systems of mineral access regulated by this Act. Establishes specific regulations for the leasing of Federal lands for the exploration for and production of: (1) oil and gas; (2) oil shale, gilsonite, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, elemental sulfur, and other bedded materials; (3) construction materials; and (4) hardrock minerals. Includes provisions providing for the regulation of the issuance of prospecting permits, competitive bidding for leases, environmental protection measures, surfaces leases, the right to water on leased lands, and rights-of-way for pipelines. States that prospecting permits may be issued for two-year terms, that a separate permit is required for each State in which prospecting operations will be carried out, and that activities under prospecting permits may not involve significant disturbance of the environment. States that leases to explore for, develop, and produce specified minerals may be granted to different persons for operations in the same lands where such minerals may feasibly be mined separately. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit one lessee to extract minerals associated with or related to the mineral for which the lease was granted. Reserves for the United States the ownership of and right to extract helium from all gas produced under leases issued pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to evaluate the surface and subsurface values of Federal lands under their jurisdictions to determine the suitability or unsuitability of mineral activities on such lands, and the types of mineral activity for which such lands are suitable or unsuitable. Directs the head of the department or agency having jurisdiction over Federal land which may be unsuitable for specified mineral activity to determine prior to the issuance of a lease permitting such activity if such activity would present significant conflicts with other uses of the land. Provides standards to be followed by departments or agencies responsible for Federal land in determining the suitability of such lands for mineral activity. Sets forth criteria to guide responsible departments and agencies in determining the place of mineral activities on leasable Federal lands. Requires that leases be issued on the basis of competitive bidding. Sets forth environmental protection requirements with respect to mineral activities on Federal lands. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue environmental regulations to be observed by all lessees, including the requirement that the area covered by the operations on the lease be reclaimed, that an operation and reclamation plan be prepared and approved in advance of initiation of operations, and prior to any significant changes in operations, and that reclamation work be made an integral part of the operation and be completed in accordance with any applicable performance standards within reasonably prescribed time limits. Directs the Secretary to adopt performance standards for the reclamation of lands affected: (1) by surface mining operations; (2) by open pit mining operations; and (3) by underground mining operations. Requires surface mining operators to backfill, compact, and grade in order to restore the area of operations to the approximate original contour. Requires: (1) the replacement of the original topsoil on surface-mined areas; (2) the prevention of pollution of areas; and (3) a revegetation program for a period of five years or longer. Requires open pit mining operators to return mined areas to the original contour, to the extent feasible, to take measure to prevent landslides, erosion, and water pollution, and to restore the original type of vegetation. Requires underground mining operators to adopt measures to prevent subsidence, to seal all mine entry ways and shafts, to stabilize all waste piles, and to minimize disturbances to the hydrologic balance prevailing at the site at the commencement of operations. Requires all lessees to submit annual reports to the Secretary describing their operations pursuant to their operation and reclamation plan. Sets forth regulations governing the use of surface lands by lessees. Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to require a lessee to post a bond in order to enforce any of the requirements of this Act. Requires the posting of a bond by all lessees to assure compliance with regulations governing reclamation. Provides for the temporary suspension of leases pursuant either to the action of the Secretary or the request of a lessee. Provides for the surrender, cancellation, and termination of leases. Sets forth regulations providing for the sharing of a leased area by more than one operator, and regulations limiting the acreage which may be under the combined direct and indirect control of one person. Provides for the assignment of all or part of the acreage covered by one lease. Authorizes the Secretary to grant to a lessee the right to drill for, produce, and use such water as may be necessary for the lessee's operation. Declares that any lease which is made the subject of an unlawful trust shall be forfeited by the lessee. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant rights-of-way through Federal lands for pipelines for the transportation of oil, and other gases and liquids, to lessees under this Act. Provides for the granting of such rights-of-way when Federal lands under the jurisdiction of other departments or agencies than the Interior Department are involved. Sets forth regulations covering the construction, operation and maintenance of pipelines on such rights-of-way, including regulations with respect to protection of the environment. Establishes penalties for violations of this Act and provides for citizen suits against violators of the provisions of this Act. Title II: Oil and Gas - Promulgates regulations specifically covering the leasing of Federal lands for operations conducted in connection with the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas. Sets forth an acreage limitation, a time limitation, and a minimum rental charge for such leases. Authorizes use of Federal lands for the subsurface storage of oil or gas whether or not produced on Federal lands. Title III: Oil Shale, Gilsonite, Calcium, Magnesium Sodium, Potassium, Elemental Sulfur, and Bedded Minerals - Promulgates specific regulations regarding classification of land, lengths of leases, acreage limitations, and production requirements for leases of public lands for exploration for, and production of: (1) oil shale; (2) gilsonite; (3) chlorides, borates, carbonates, halides, nitrates, phosphates, silicates, and sulfates of calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium; (4) elemental sulfur; and (5) other bedded minerals. Title IV: Construction Minerals - Authorizes the head of any Federal agency with surface jurisdiction of leasable Federal lands to issue leases, under such regulations as he may prescribe, for the exploration, development, and production, or contracts for the sale, at fair market value, of construction minerals in the leasable lands under his jurisdiction if such leasing or sale is not expressly prohibited by other laws of the United States, and is not detrimental to the public interest. Title V: Hardrock Minerals - Sets forth regulations regarding prospecting, exploration leases, development and production leases, and royalties and credits for hardrock minerals on public lands.

Bill· HRH.R. 8041 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that domestic distilled spirits may be withdrawn without tax from foreign-trade zones for use by foreign governments and their diplomatic personnel.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975

Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for the transfer of domestic distilled spirits, bottled in bond for export, to foreign trade zones without payment of tax. Provides for the withdrawal of such spirits from foreign trade zones by foreign diplomatic personnel for consumption in the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 8042 (94th)referred

New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975

New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants each fiscal year to each State, and to each gateway city, on such terms and conditions as he shall establish, for programs in education, job training, counseling (including health counseling), orientation, and other similar activities for the benefit of immigrants. Defines "gateway city" as meaning any city or unit of local government having a population of fifty thousand or more, 5 percent of such population being immigrants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants of up to $250 to each immigrant arriving in the United States not more than one year prior to the making of the grant, to enable such immigrant to travel for the purpose of changing residence from any gateway city to any State other than that in which such gateway city is located, if an employer in the place to which such immigrant is to travel under the grant certifies that such employer will employ that immigrant. Permits the Secretary to make additional discretionary grants to gateway cities to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for new immigrant grants and such sums as are necessary for the purposes of grants to States and gateway cities.

Bill· HRH.R. 8040 (94th)referred

A bill to repeal section 809 of the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1968 prohibiting the Secretary of Defense from selling, leasing, transferring or otherwise disposing of the lands constituting Fort DeRussy, Hawaii.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975

Repeals the provisions of the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1968 prohibiting the Secretary of Defense from selling, leasing, transferring, or otherwise disposing of the lands constituting Fort DeRussy, Hawaii.

Bill· HRH.R. 8003 (94th)referred

A bill to designate certain lands in the Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif., as wilderness; to designate Point Reyes National Seashore as a natural area of the National Park System.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1975

Provides for the designation of specified lands in the Point Reyes National Seashore, California, which constitute approximately 38,700 acres, as wilderness. Provides that the wilderness designated by this Act shall be known as the Reyes Miwok Point Wilderness, Reyes Esteros Wilderness, and Point Reyes Clem Miller Wilderness. Designates Point Reyes National Seashore as a natural area of the National Park System.

Bill· HRH.R. 7897 (94th)passed

A bill to authorize funds for assistance to local educational agencies for the education of Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1975

Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to local educational agencies or to the States to assist in the cost of providing education and occupational training and retraining to Cambodian and Vietnamese children and adults who are refugees as defined in the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978 for such grants.

Bill· HRH.R. 7764 (94th)referred

A bill to provide that time spent by American civilians in enemy prisoner-of-war camps and similar places shall be creditable (as though it were military service) toward pension, annuities, or similar benefits under various Federal retirement programs.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975

Provides that time spent by American civilians in enemy prisoner-of-war camps and similar places on or after December 7, 1941, shall be creditable (as though it were military service) toward pensions, annuities, or similar benefits under the Social Security Act, the Railroad Act and other specified Federal retirement programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 7688 (94th)passed

A bill to amend section 2 of the act of June 30, 1954, providing for the continuance of civil government for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1975

Authorizes additonal appropriations for the continuance of the civil government for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $8,000,000 for the construction of buildings for a four-year college to serve the Micronesian community.

Bill· HRH.R. 7485 (94th)referred

Federal Utility and Energy Low-Income Subsidy Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975

Federal Utility and Energy Low-Income Subsidy Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a program to provide financial assistance to low and moderate income families to pay the increased costs of utility services to eligible families. States that the Secretary shall establish uniform national standards of eligibility for the benefits to be provided under this Act, and establishes specified minimal classes of households and landlords as eligible for such benefits. Provides that the State agency designated by the Secretary to administer this program shall certify, under rules prescribed by the Secretary, the eligibility of households and landlords for benefits provided by this Act. Provides that a household or landlord may be certified for a period of not less than three nor more than twelve months. Provides that the Secretary shall pay to each such State agency 50 percent of its administration costs. Authorizes the Secretary to establish the percentage of utility expenses to eligible families that will be paid by the program according to the income of such family in relation to the maximum allowable income for eligibility for benefits under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to pay up to 90 percent of such expenses. Provides that any State requesting aid under this Act shall submit a plan to the Secretary for his approval indicating specified procedures and programs to be carried out under such a plan. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 7445 (94th)referred

New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975

New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants each fiscal year to each State, and to each gateway city, on such terms and conditions as he shall establish, for programs in education, job training, counseling (including health counseling), orientation, and other similar activities for the benefit of immigrants. Defines "gateway city" as meaning any city or unit of local government having a population of fifty thousand or more, 5 percent of such population being immigrants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants of up to $250 to each immigrant arriving in the United States not more than one year prior to the making of the grant, to enable such immigrant to travel for the purpose of changing residence from any gateway city to any State other than that in which such gateway city is located, if an employer in the place to which such immigrant is to travel under the grant certifies that such employer will employ that immigrant. Permits the Secretary to make additional discretionary grants to gateway cities to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for new immigrant grants and such sums as are necessary for the purposes of grants to States and gateway cities.

Bill· HRH.R. 7444 (94th)referred

Equal Rights for Women Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975

Title I: Equal Rights for Women Act - Proposes to eliminate sex discrimination in public accomodations by requiring, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that all persons be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services and facilities of places of public accomodation without discrimination or segregation on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, regardless of whether or not such discrimination is required by State laws, or ordinances. Extends the Attorney General's authority under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by authorizing him to institute suits for the elimination of discrimination on the basis of sex in public facilities and in public education. Provides, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that no person in the United States shall on the ground of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program receiving Federal financial assistance. Forbids any Federal agency to adopt regulations or policies concerning employment rights, promotions, benefits or privileges as applicable to an employee of one sex without equal application to employees of the other sex. Remodels the enforcement provisions under which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission operates. Title II: Discrimination in Military and Veterans' Affairs - Provides that insofar as the members and veterans of the armed services are concerned, there may not be established any requirement with respect to dependency of a spouse of a female or member or veteran of an armed force or for purposes of entitlement to rights privileges or benefits, which is not provided for by law with respect to the spouse of a male member of veteran of an armed force. Title III: Social Security Act Amendments - Extends eligibility for husband's insurance benefits to husbands who are under 62 years of age. Removes the requirement that to receive such benefits a husband would have had to have received one half of his support from his wife. Lowers to 60, or 50 in the case of a disabled person, the age at which widower's insurance benefits under the Social Security Act may br received. Removes the requirement that in order to receive such widower's benefits the widower must have been receiving at least one half of his support from his deceased wife. Entitles fathers to the same benefits received under the "mother's insurance benefits" provisions of the Social Security Act by granting such benefits to the widower of an insured individual if he has in his care the child of a deceased insured individual. Provides for the payment of Old-Age, Survivors and Disability primary insurance benefits on the bases of the combined earnings record of a husband and wife. Title IV: Study and Review of Sex Discrimination - Authorizes Federal grants to State commissions created to study the denial of equal protection of the State laws to women, private discrimination against women or affirmative steps necessary to insure equality of opportunity to women. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the purpose of making such grants. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit to Congress recommendations for legislation: (1) to provide equitable retirement benefits to families with working wives under the Social Security Act and the Civil Service Retirement Act; (2) to improve child care services; and (3) to permit income tax deductions for expenses incurred for the care of children of disabled children. Requires the Commissioner of Education to conduct a survey of the educational institutions throughout the country in order to determine the extent to which equality of educational opportunity is being denied to citizens of the United States by reason of sex and to submit to Congress the results of his survey along with recommendations for legislation to guarantee equality of educational opportunity between the sexes.

Bill· HRH.R. 7430 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the continued application of the nursing salary cost differential which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the medicare program.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975

Requires under the Social Security Act the continued application of the 8 1/2 percent nursing salary cost differential which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the medicare program.

Bill· HRH.R. 7217 (94th)passed

Education for All Handicapped Children Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Education for All Handicapped Children Act - States the findings of the Congress, including that: (1) the special educational needs of handicapped children are not being fully met; (2) one million of the handicapped children in the United States are excluded entirely from the public school system and will not go through the educational process with their peers; and (3) it is in the national interest that the Federal Government assist State and local efforts to provide programs to meet the educational needs of handicapped children. Describes the purposes of this Act, including to insure that all handicapped children have available to them special education and related services and designed to meet their unique needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make payments to States and local educational agencies for assistance in providing full educational opportunity to all handicapped children. Sets forth the method for determining the allotment from appropriated funds for local educational agencies. Lists additional requirements for State plans for education of handicapped children. Requires each State to form an advisory panel on education of the handicapped. Requires such panels, after October 1, 1978, to evaluate State educational programs and recommend remedies to any noncompliance with Federal requirements which is found. Requires any other Federal aid which is used for education of the handicapped to be used consistently with the provision of a free public and education for all handicapped children, and requires that handicapped children attending private schools as part of a State program to provide them with equal educational opportunity be provided with State supplied education and services. Sets forth standards for eligibility of local educational agencies. Directs State educational agencies to approve any application submitted by a local agency which complies with the eligibility requirements. Authorizes State educational agencies to bypass non-complying local agencies and use the allotment authorized for such local agency directly to provide special education and related services to handicapped children in the school district of such as local agency. Requires that, as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall prescribe uniform categories and accounting procedures to be utilized by State agencies in submitting an application for assistance under this Act in order to assure equity among the States. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State or local educational agencies to pay part or all of the cost of removal of architectural barriers to the handicapped in existing buildings and equipment.

Bill· HRH.R. 7389 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require any nursing home, which provides services under State plans approved under such title, fully to disclose to the State licensing agency the identity of each person who has any ownership interest in such home or is the owner (in whole or in part) of any mortgage, deed of trust, note, or other obligation secured (in whole or in part) by such home.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Requires any nursing home, which provides services under State plans approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, fully to disclose to the State licensing agency the identity of each person who has any ownership interest in such home or is the owner (in whole or in part) of any mortgage, deed of trust, note, or other obligation secured (in whole or in part) by such home.

Bill· HRH.R. 7373 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to train certain veterans, with appropriate experience as paramedical personnel, to serve as medical assistants in long-term health care facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to schools of medicine to train veterans, with appropriate experience as paramedical personnel, to serve as medical assistants in long-term health care facilities. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $5,000,000 for each of the next three fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 7392 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to improve the survey and certification process, rate-setting and fiscal audit methods, and general regulation of nursing homes and intermediate care facilities under the medicaid program, and to provide for medical, psychological, and social assessment of long-term care patients under both the medicare and medicaid programs.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Title I: Survey And Certification, Ratesetting And Audit, And General Regulation Of Long-Term Care Facilities Under Medicaid Programs - Requires that a State plan for medical assistance must provide that no skilled nursing facility may receive payments under such plan unless and until it is approved to receive payments under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Provides that such State plan require that the State agency have the power to terminate reimbursement to a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility which violates its provider agreement. Requires such State plan to include that the inspection and medical review shall serve as the basis for determining the overpayment to such facility, and the amount such agency must refund. Requires such State plan to provide that any skilled nursing facility receiving payments under the plan be required to maintain with the State agency a bond to anticipate any and all claims for overpayment. Title II: Medical, Psychological, And Social Assessment Of Patients In Need Of Long-Term Care Under Medicare And Medicaid Programs - Requires that for payment of services furnished and individual under the Medicare and Medicaid programs that a physicain's certification be based on such patient assessment criteria as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may require. Provides that a State plan msut include a regular program of medical review utilizing such criteria as required by the Secretary of meeting their health care needs through alternative institutional or noninstitutional services.

Bill· HRH.R. 7386 (94th)referred

Campuses for the Elderly Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Campuses for the Elderly Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to institute a program under which qualified organizations, public and private, will submit plans for the development of carefully conceived and innovative projects to meet the special health care, housing, and related needs of elderly persons in the campus-type setting. Provides that from the plans submitted the Secretary shall select which he determines are most promising in furtherance of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make, and contract to make, interest subsidy payments to the holder of any mortgage covering a project designed in accordance with a plan selected under this Act. Provides that as a condition for receiving such a subsidy the owner shall operate the project in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary may prescribe. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to make such payments. Requires an evaluation of such projects not later than two years after their implementation to determine their effectiveness and suitability in meeting the needs of elderly persons. Provides that such evaluation shall be made by a committee consisting of the following members: (1) three members of the Congress to be appointed jointly by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Represenatives; and (2) six members to be appointed by the Secretary of which three shall be representative of the medical profession and three shall be persons who have had experience in the administration of health-care facilities, both proprietary and nonproprietary. Provides that the Committee shall submit to the Secretary for transmittal to the Congress a report with respect to its findings and recommendations not later than six months after the date on which the committee is fully organized. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums (not to exceed $70,000) as may be necessary to carry out this evaluation.

Bill· HRH.R. 7365 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the making of grants to schools of medicine to assist them in the establishment and operation of departments of geriatrics.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make grants to assist schools of medicine in the establishment and operation, within such schools, of departments of geriatrics. Stipulates that such grants shall not be made to more than six schools of medicine and the amount of such grants to any school of medicine for any year shall not exceed $500,000. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

Bill· HRH.R. 7382 (94th)referred

Elderly Day Care Center Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Elderly Day Care Center Act - Revises title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include "elderly care center" in the definition of "provider of service."

Bill· HRH.R. 7376 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the making of grants to appropriate colleges and universities to assist them in the establishment and operation of programs for the training of physicians' assistants.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants under the Public Health Service Act to colleges and universities to assist them in the establishment and operation of programs for the training of physicians' assistants. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 annually commencing with fiscal year 1974 to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 7362 (94th)referred

Nursing Home Personnel In-Service Training Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Nursing Home Personnel In-Service Training Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants, not to exceed $100,000 per grant, to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing to meet the costs of developing short-term in-service training programs for nurses aids and orderlies for nursing homes. Provides that such programs shall emphasize the special problems of geriatric patients. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 7368 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the making of grants to schools of medicine to assist them in the establishment and operation of continuing education programs in geriatrics for physicians.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist schools of medicine in the establishment and operation, within such schools, of conintuing education programs in geriatrics for physicians.

Bill· HRH.R. 7360 (94th)referred

National Home Health Care Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975

National Home Health Care Act - Broadens the coverage of home health services under the supplementary medical insurance (Medicare) program of of the Social Security Act and removes the 100-visit limitation presently applicable to the home health service program. Extends the coverage of posthospital home health services to include payment for items and services which the indiviudal could otherwise obtain in a skilled nursing facility. Requires the inclusion of home health services in a State's medicaid program under the Social Security Act and permits the payment of rent under such program for elderly persons who would otherwise require nursing home care. Provides expanded Federal funding for congregate housing for the displaced and the elderly by increasing the amount available for such housing under the low income housing program. Establishes, in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a home health patient ombudsman, who shall be appointed and provided with adequate staff and facilities by the Secretary. Makes it the duty and responsibility of the ombudsman to monitor specified programs under the Social Security and the various medical assistance programs under the State plans approved pursuant to such Act, and to maintain such oversight of those programs and their operation and administration as may be necessary to: (1) assure that home health patients under such programs are receiving the care to which they are entitled, (2) provide safeguards against over-charging for home health services, (3) identify abuses against home health patients, (4) receive, handle, and expedite complaints by home health patients, (5) recommend to the Secretary any changes in the regulations affecting home health services which may appear necessary or desirable, and (6) take appropriate action (including the transmission of findings to the Attorney General) with respect to abuses and violations of law affecting the provision or receipt of home health services under such programs. Makes the children over 18 of parents receiving nursing and home health care assistance under the medicaid program liable for a specified portion of the expenses of such assistance, depending upon the income of such child. Permits the waiver of such obligation in any case where the State agency determines, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, that the imposition of such obligation or the making of such collection would impose undue hardship. Provides that any amount collected from or otherwise paid by any person in satisfaction of any obligation imposed by this section shall constitute a medical expense paid or incurred by such person for purposes of deductions under the Internal Revenue Code ot 1954.

Bill· HRH.R. 7132 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer to amortize over a 60-month period, solar heating and cooling equipment which is placed in service for nonresidential structures, or in lieu of such amortization, to take an investment tax credit for such equipment.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975

Allows a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to amortize, over a 60-month period, solar heating and cooling equipment which is placed in service for nonresidential structures, or in lieu of such amortization, to take an investment tax credit for such equipment.

Bill· HRH.R. 7011 (94th)referred

Defense Economic Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975

Defense Economic Adjustment Act - Title I: Defense Economic Adjustment Council - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council to be composed of Cabinet members and Directors of government agencies. Specifies the duties of the Council, including the duty to assist communities, industries, and employees which may be substantially and seriously affected to make adjustment to closure and reduction of bases or cancellation or reduction of defense contracts. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Authorizes the Council to allocate economic development funds appropriated to Federal agencies to communities which would be substantially affected by reduction or elimination of Government military facilities or curtailment or conclusion of military contracts. Title III: Industrial Economic Adjustment - Requires defense contractors to undertake planning and preparation for the employment of the personnel and utilization of the facilities employed on a contract after its completion. Authorizes the Chairman of the Council to provide assistance to defense and nonprofit contractors on conversion to nondefense industry, and appropriates $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for such purpose. Specifies the criteria for assigning priorities among economic projects applying for support under this Act. Title IV: Economic Adjustment Fund - Requires payment to the Council of one-half of one percent of the amount of any defense contract for funding of the Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund to be established in the Treasury. Provides for the return of unexpended moneys of a contractor in the fund if all of his obligations under this Act have been discharged and he has not contracted with the Federal Government to furnish defense materials within 24 months. Title V: Economic Adjustment Assistance For Workers - Provides for the payment of economic adjustment benefits for workers or nonprofit contractors who have been displaced from private defense facilities for 2 years following such displacement. Provides that such assistance shall include up to 80 percent of weekly wages, maintenance of insurance coverages, vested pension credit, and retraining. Conditions the eligibility of workers for such benefits upon maintenance of registration with the Secretary of Labor and an agreement to accept employment determined by the Secretary of Labor to be suitable.

Bill· HRH.R. 6882 (94th)referred

A bill to enlarge the Sequoia National Park in the State of California.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975

Provides that the Sequoia National Game Refuge shall become part of the Sequoia National Park, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the new area. States that nothing in this Act shall terminate or impair any private right in permits or property in the Game Refuge.

Bill· HRH.R. 6871 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975

Provides that any grant funds under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which were withheld from allotment by Presidential direction for fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975 shall be alloted among the States by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with a specified formula. Revises the distribution of such allotments to the States for fiscal years beginning with 1976.