United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977
Prohibits disclosure of information identifying or tending to identify a person as a present or former participant in United States foreign intelligence operations if (1) the information has been designated by statute or Executive Order as requiring some degree of protection or (2) the person disclosing the information knows or has reason to believe that such disclosure may prejudice the safety or well-being of the person identified.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate lands in Hyde Park, New York, as the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site and to acquire such lands. Directs the Secretary to manage the site and to arrange studies, lectures, and seminars to be conducted at the site through agreements with qualified public or private entities. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits compelling a student to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence. Grants Congress the power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this amendment, and to insure equal educational opportunities for all students wherever located.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to permit the National Committee of American Airmen Rescued by General Draza Mihailovich to construct and maintain, with private funds, a monument to him.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1977
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to local fire departments to pay up to one-half the cost of purchasing firefighting equipment. States that a fire department is eligible for a grant if (1) members of the fire department have participated or are participating in an approved training program; (2) the department is an agency of a State or political subdivision, or is incorporated by the State in which it is located; (3) all equipment purchased under this Act conforms with standards adopted by the National Bureau of Standards; and (4) the department conforms with other terms the Secretary finds necessary and appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Agricultural Act of 1970, to: (1) include hay in the separate reserve of commodities held for the alleviation of distress caused by a natural disaster; and (2) purchase, through the Commodity Credit Corporation, wheat, feed grains, soybeans and hay in order to establish and maintain such reserve inventories.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the application of the Tax Reform Act's elimination of the sick pay exclusion for persons who have not retired on total disability, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1977
Designates service as a Member of the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots as active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1977
Equity in Social Security Act - Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act: (1) to eliminate the requirement that a husband be receiving at least one-half of his support from his wife, and that a widower be receiving at least one-half of his support from his wife at the time of her death in order to qualify for husband's and widower's insurance benefits; (2) to extend eligibility for such benefits to unmarried divorced husbands and widowers; (3) to extend without regard to any age limitation, husband's benefits to a husband who has in his care a minor child who is entitled to child's insurance benefits under Title II; and (4) to extend to widowers and surviving divorced fathers the same benefits as are available to widows and surviving divorced mothers with minor children in their care. Permits the payment of old-age insurance benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1977
Accelerated Depreciation Allowance Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to elect accelerated amortization (twice the allowable depreciation deduction) for manufacturing property placed in service in States having an unemployment rate which is greater than six percent between October 1, 1976 and October 1, 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Defense Officer Personnel Management Act - Revises the standards and procedures relating to the appointment, promotion, separation and retirement of officers in the armed forces. Sets forth the authorized number of commissioned officers in each armed force below the rank of brigadier general or commodore admiral. Establishes basic qualifications for commissioned officers. Authorizes the President to appoint temporary commissioned officers in time of war or national emergency. Sets forth procedures for the establishment and membership of promotion boards and factors in determining eligibility for promotion. Authorizes the President or the Senate to remove the name of any officer from the list of selectees for promotion. Sets forth formulae for computing separation pay for involuntary discharge or release from active duty. Sets forth procedures for the establishment of boards of officers to review the record of any commissioned officer to determine whether such individual should be required to show cause for retention or active duty because of substandard performance, dereliction of duty, or misconduct. Sets forth the rights of the officer involved and procedures to be followed during such inquiry. Abolishes the present rank of rear admiral (lower half) within the Navy and creates the rank of commodore admiral. Establishes procedures and time in service requirements for promotions and retirement for individuals holding such rank.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to exclude from the income of an individual applying for such benefits, specified income earned from employment in a sheltered work setting.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
National Oil Recycling Act -- Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt lubricating oils sold for use in producing rerefined oil from the excise tax imposed on lubricating oils. Directs all Federal Officials to encourage the use of recycled oil through Federal contracts and procurement policies. Directs the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and all other Federal agencies to revise procurement regulations to conform to the intent of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to State which submit acceptable waste oil management plans in accordance with prescribed criteria. Imposes monetary limitations on the amount of such grants. Stipulates that this Act shall not preempt stricter State controls over recycled oil. Directs the Administrator to issue regulations governing the labeling of recycled oil in order to encourage the recycling of oil. Requires that automotive oil packaged for sale to consumers be sold in resalable containers with a mandatory 30 cent refund value for each container. Directs the Administrator of Energy Research and Development to establish a program of research to improve the performance and marketability of recycled oil. Requires the development of performance standards and testing standards designed to compare the performance of recycled oil with new oil. Prohibits contracts which intend to discourage the recycling of used oil. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of such prohibition. Requires major uses of industrial oil, used oil recycles, and used oil collectors to maintain complete records of oil recycling-related activities. Requires the Administrator of Energy Research and Development to submit various reports to Congress on activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the mandatory licensing of patent rights where necessary to accomplish this Acts purposes. Imposes criminal penalties for violation of the provision of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for each of fiscal years 1978 through 1980 to carry out specified provisions of this Act.
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 · 21 March 1977
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to dispose of approximately 30,000 long tons of grade A tin now held in the national and supplemental stockpiles. Stipulates that such disposal shall be made on the domestic market for consumption within the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Middle-Aged and Older Workers Employment Act - Title I: Statement of Findings and Declaration of Purpose - Declares it the purpose of this Act to establish and stimulate programs which will afford older workers a range of real and reasonable employment alternatives and to eliminate arbitrary discriminatory practices which deny work to qualified persons solely on the basis of age. Title II: Midcareer Development Service and Special Programs in the Department of Labor for Middle-Aged and Older Persons - Establishes within the Department of Labor a Midcareer Development Service, through which the Secretary of Labor is authorized to make loans and grants for training designed to upgrade the work skills of middle-aged persons who are at least 40 years of age. Empowers the Secretary to develop a program to qualify individuals to train and retrain older workers in skills needed in the economy. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a special unit to be made available upon request, to localities where a substantial number of people are unemployed as a result of a mass layoff, such unit to provide recruitment, placement, and counseling services. Directs the Secretary, through the Midcareer Development Service, to implement counseling services with respect to employment and training opportunities for unemployed persons at least 40 years of age. Directs the Secretary to conduct a thorough study of federally assisted manpower training programs to determine whether such programs are responsive to the needs of persons 40 years of age and older. Title III: Work Opportunities and Community Service Programs - Establishes a program for job opportunities for older Americans with Federal contractors. Authorizes the Secretary to make special provisions for the registration, counseling selection, and referral for part-time or temporary employment of older workers. Authorizes the Secretary to promote useful part-time work opportunities in community services for retired and aged workers. Empowers the Secretary to enter into agreements providing for Federal payment of up to 90 percent of the cost of State or local community service programs if it is determined that, among other considerations, services in the program will be provided only by individuals who are at least 55 years of age. Title IV: Expanding Opportunities for Employment, Education, and Retirement - Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and other specified activities for the purpose of the provisions of this Act. Empowers the President to appoint a Commission of Lifelong Adult Education to study specified areas related to the employment of middle-aged and older workers, such Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the President and Congress. Directs the Secretary of Labor to study the advisability of establishing a program of transitional allowances for unemployed workers between age 55 and 65 who have inadequate financial resources. Title V: General - Sets forth guidelines for the administration of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to employ experts and consultants as necessary and to appoint without regard to civil service laws, advisory committees composed of private citizens and Federal, State, and local government officials to advise him with respect to his functions under this Act. Title VI: Federal Employment Opportunities for Middle-Aged and Older Workers - Directs the Civil Service Commission to undertake a study of part-time employment in the executive branch of the United States Government, and to report its findings to Congress. Directs the Commission to undertake a study of the feasibility of redesigning positions in the executive branch to increase the number of positions available to older individuals. Directs the Commission to undertake special work and training programs to provide low income, unemployed middle-aged persons with job opportunities in the executive branch. Title VII: Sex Discrimination - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex against any individual under any program or activity under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1977
Campaign Financing Act -- Title I: Public Financing of Congressional General Election Campaigns - Entitles to payments under this Act Congressional candidates who agree to certain reporting and recordkeeping procedures and who certify that (1) he and his authorized committees will not incur campaign expenses in excess of certain limitations, (2) he has qualified to have his name placed on the election ballot in an election for Congressional office, and (3) he has received contributions in excess of a certain sum and no person has given more than $100 toward the amount so certified. Sets the amount of payments to an eligible candidate at the amount of contributions received up to a specified maximum. Stipulates that sums given by any one contributor totalling over $100 shall be disregarded for purposes of matching grants. Restricts use of funds forwarded under this Act to defraying campaign expenses either directly or through repayment of campaign loans. Specifies a limit on the amount of personal funds which a candidate may spend in connection with a Congressional campaign and remain eligible to matching grants. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to specify spending limits for candidates receiving payments under this Act. Waives such limits for candidates whose opponents are not receiving matching payments and have spent sums in excess of the limit imposed for candidates receiving payments. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a separate Congressional General Election Payment Account in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and to deposit certain sums in such account in accordance with specified guidelines. Requires repayment of excess payments and unexpended payments. Penalizes use of funds for other than campaign purposes. Authorizes the Federal Election Commission to institute repayment actions in district courts. Specifies the administrative authority of the Commission in carrying out this Act. Title II: Public Financing of Presidential General Election Campaigns - Raises the general election spending limit for Presidential candidates who are eligible to receive public funds under either the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act or the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act. Sets limits on the amount which a State party committee may spend in connection with the general election campaign of its Presidential candidate. Provides an alternative method for determining the amount of money to which candidates are entitled under the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act based upon amount of contributions received after the final primary. Specifies conditions for candidates electing such method. Permits Presidential candidates eligible to receive payment under the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act to receive additional small contributions from individual contributors up to a specified limit. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the maximum amount which a multicandidate committee may contribute to any candidate or his committees. Specifies the effective date of the provisions of this Act and guidelines with respect to deposit in the Congressional General Election Campaign Fund during 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1977
Federal Programs and Spending Control Act - Title I: Authorizations of Budget Authority - Terminates all new budget authority for any fiscal year beginning after October 1, 1981, except for trust funds in the United States Treasury. Prohibits the consideration of any new budget authority by either House of Congress for any Federal program for more than four years, unless a program control review of such program has been conducted, and in the case of programs in existence on the enactment date of this Act, unless such authority is for a period not exceeding the period for which the last budget authority was authorized. States that new programs may not be authorized for more than one fiscal year at the outset, two fiscal years the second time budget authority is given for such program, and unless a program control review has been conducted for such program. Prohibits the changing of any program funded from a trust fund or permanent budget authority after October 1, 1981, unless a program control review of such program has been conducted during the four year period preceeding the year in which the proposed change is to occur. Requires the Comptroller General to identify for the Congress which programs are funded from permanent budget authority. Title II: Early Elimination of Inactive and Duplicative Programs - Requires the Comptroller General to identify for Congress all inactive programs and programs with duplicate objectives by July 1, 1978. Title III: Program Control Review - Requires standing congressional committees to conduct a program control review of each program within its legislative jurisdiction at least every four years. Lists the contents of such review including: (1) the feasibility of alternate programs; (2) the impact of such program on the national economy; and (3) the possibility of eliminating such program. Requires each such committee to recommend whether new budget authority should be authorized for any such program. Requires that analyses and assistance in making such reviews be provided by the General Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Federal agency administering the program being reviewed. Title IV: Continuing Review and Evaluation - States that whenever the General Accounting Office discloses any substantial deficiency in achievement of the objectives of any Federal program it shall reaudit such program every six months until it determines that the deficiency or deficiencies have been eliminated. Requires that the President's budget list the specific objectives of any program therein comparing the objectives of the past year with those of the year covered by such budget. Title V: Disclosure on the Face of Bills and Joint Resolution of the Projected Costs and Savings of Actions Proposed Therein - Requires the printing of a note on each public or private bill or resolution estimating the direct and indirect costs and savings anticipated in carrying out the provisions of such bill or resolution in the fiscal year in which such legislation is introduced and the five fiscal years thereafter. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Stipulates that specified portions of this Act are enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate and are subject to change in the same manner as any other rule of either House.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1977
Mobile Source Emission Control Amendments - Amends the Clean Air Act to extend through model year 1979 interim standards for hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide emissions from light-duty motor vehicles. Specifies standards applicable in model years 1980 and afterwards for such pollutants. Revises the emission standard for carbon monoxide to allow emissions of up to 9.0 grams per vehicle mile. Extends until model year 1981 the current 2.0 grams per vehicle mile interim standard for nitrogen oxide emissions from light-duty vehicles. Establishes a nitrogen oxides emissions standard of 1.0 gram per vehicle mile for model years after 1981, subject to revision or waiver by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with prescribed procedures. Stipulates that such revisions and waivers shall not permit emissions in excess of the 2.0 grams per vehicle mile interim standard. Directs the Administrator, the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Energy Administration to submit separate reports to Congress regarding the consequences of such emission standards on fuel consumption. Establishes additional prohibitions and penalties for tampering with motor vehicle emission control equipment. Empowers limits in the amount of vehicle testing required of small manufacturers. Establishes procedures for review of instructions for high altitude performance adjustments for motor vehicle emission control systems by the Administrator in accordance with specified requirements. Revises warranty requirements stipulated by the Act. Specifies an 18-month or 18,000 mile warranty requirement for the useful life of motor vehicle emission control systems. Directs the Administrator to study the effects of emissions of sulfur-bearing conformed from motor vehicles and aircraft. Extends the exception for disclosure of confidential information in administrative and judicial proceedings to emission data upon a satisfactory showing to the Administrator that such data would divulge trade secrets. Requires that documentation, justifications, proposed drafts, and comments of other agencies an proposed motor vehicle emission standards be made available to the public once such standards are proposed. Establishes procedures for oral presentation of views, with opportunity for cross-examination, with respect to such standards. Authorizes direct review of alleged procedural errors in the appropriate court of appeals. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980, to carry out the purposes of this Act other than research, development, and demonstration activities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays and physical examinations, and related routine laboratory tests.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1977
Minimum Income Maintenance Act - Amends the Social Security Act by adding Title XXI - Minimum Income Maintenance Benefits. Establishes a national program to guarantee a minimum adequate income for all qualified residents of the United States. Establishes eligibility requirements for such program. Sets the amount of annual benefit for any eligible individual at one-half of the applicable guarantee level as defined in this Act, reduced by one-half of the amount of such individual's income. Specifies that the guarantee level shall be established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor utilizing the most recent information and data which may be available on costs, incomes, budget levels, and consumption patterns, and shall take into account variations in consumption patterns as between different areas and regions and as between families of different sizes and compositions. States that "income," for purposes of this Act, includes all earned and unearned income. Requires every individual eligible for benefits to register for services, training, and employment in a work incentive program established under the Work Incentive Program of Title IV of the Social Security Act. Makes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare responsible for the administration of this title and the program of benefits established by this title. Imposes a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year or both upon anyone found guilty of fraud in connection with determining rights under this title. Abolishes specified public assistance programs under the Social Security Act and the Food Stamp Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1977
Department of Energy Organization Act - Title I: Declaration of Purposes - Declares it the purpose of this Act to establish a permanent Department or Energy in the executive branch to assist in the development of a coordinated national energy policy. Title II: Establishment of Department - Establishes a Department of Energy in the executive branch. Establishes an Energy Information Administration and an Economic Regulatory Administration within such Department. Title III: Transfers of Functions - Transfers to the Secretary of Energy all functions now vested in the Federal Energy Administration, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and the Federal Power Commission. Transfers energy-related functions from the Department of the Interior to the new Secretary. Transfers specified functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of Commerce to the new Secretary. Title IV: Board of Hearings and Appeals - Establishes a three-member Board of Hearings and Appeals within the Department to make agency determinations as required by law. Prohibits persons having interests in energy companies from serving as Board members. Title V: Administrative Procedures and Judicial Review - Stipulates that the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act shall apply to rules and regulations issued by the Secretary or his delegate. Requires that opportunity for oral presentations of viewpoints be afforded where regulations are likely to have a substantial economic impact. Requires hearings on rules which substantially impact on a single geographic area to be held in such geographic area. Stipulates that United States district courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction of cases arising under this Act without regard to the amount in controversy, except where otherwise provided in authority transferred to the Secretary. Title VI: Administrative Provisions - Establishes a Leasing Liaison Committee to obtain information and make recommendations on Federal leasing activities conducted by the Secretary of the Interior which relate to energy resources. Requires officers and employees of the Department of Energy to disclose known financial interests in energy companies. Imposes criminal penalties for knowing violations of such disclosure requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate authority to other officers, to create regional offices, and to establish advisory committees. Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to the President for submission to the Congress. Title VII: Transitional Savings and Conforming Provisions - Stipulates that transfers of personnel as authorized by this Act shall not result in reduction in grade or unemployment for one year after enactment of this Act. Stipulates that orders, rules, and proceedings established or commenced under previous authority shall not be affected by the transfers under this Act. Amends the Federal Energy Administration Act, the Energy Reorganization Act, the Federal Power Act, the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, the Energy Conservation Standards for New Buildings Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and other provisions of law to conform with the changes made by this Act. Title VIII: Effective Date and Interim Appointments - Stipulates that the provisions of this Act shall take effect no later than 120 days after the Secretary first takes office. Establishes procedures for interim appointment of officers prior to the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Oil Spill Removal Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Oil Spill Removal Research, Development, and Demonstration Project to promote basic and applied research and development of oil spill control and removal technology. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to transfer similar programs to the Project from other Federal agencies, including those functions currently performed by the Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Stipulates that the authority granted by this Act shall terminate on September 30, 1983. Directs the Administrator to make grants to institutions of higher learning for programs relating to oil spill removal problems. Directs the Administrator to encourage participation by small business concerns in oil spill removal research through planning grants and loan guarantees. Directs the Administrator to report annually to Congress on activities undertaken pursuant to this act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 by establishing the support price of milk at not less than 90 percent of the parity price, and by providing for quarterly adjustments.
United States · United States Congress · 8 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 the 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 · 7 March 1977
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to permit to be included within a group of workers certified by the Secretary of Labor as eligible for adjustment assistance thereunder individuals whose last total or partial separation from employment occurred before the date specified in the certification as the day on which total partial separation began or threatened to begin among the adversely affected group.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Amends rule XVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to apply the ten minutes of debate rules to a motion to recommit with instructions on the adoption of a simple resolution or conference report after the previous question has been ordered.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Title I: Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the procedures for voluntary departure for aliens illegally in the United States. Sets minimum penalties for bringing in or harboring illegal aliens and for illegally entering the United States. Title II: Administrative Provisions and Feasibility Studies - Requires the Attorney General to establish a border patrol force of not less than 3,800 border patrol officers to patrol the land borders of the United States. Requires the Attorney General to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a system for the issuance of machine-readable cards to aliens entering the United States to facilitate their identification for the purposes of the administration of immigration laws and of utilizing the most current available technology in electronic sensing devices for use by the border patrol force in patrolling the land borders of the United States. Requires the results of such study to be presented to the President and Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of general or cost-of- living increases in social security benefits or in benefits under any other Federal retirement, annuity or endowment program.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a pension to each veteran who served in the active military, naval, or air service at any time during World War I and who is not eligible for a non-service connected disability pension. Directs the Administrator to pay medical services costs required outside Veterans' Administration facilities if travel to such facilities would be a burden for the veteran. Provides for survivor pensions for the widows of such veterans.
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 · 2 March 1977
Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1978 for the procurement of naval vessels for the armed forces. Prohibits the obligation of funds authorized under this Act for the DD6-47 guided missile destroyer program for material or components which are not suitable for use in a nuclear powered strike cruiser until the President has made certain determinations and has reported them to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make and insure loans under such Act for the solar heating or cooling of residential structures on family farms.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize any taxpayer to elect to have any portion of any overpayment of tax or any contribution in money which the taxpayer forwards with the return for such taxable year be available, as the taxpayer may designate on such return, for the National Endowment for the Arts or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Prohibits the closure or realignment of military bases involving reductions in civilian personnel positions below a specified level or construction or conversion at military installations made necessary by the relocation of such civilian personnel unless: (1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned notifies the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives that such installation is a candidate for closure or realignment; (2) the appropriate Secretary complies with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; (3) the appropriate Secretary notifies the Committees on Armed Services of a final decision in writing regarding such closure or realignment and a detailed justification for such decision; and (4) a period of at least 60 days elapses between such notification and the implementation of such decision. Stipulates that this Act does not apply to closures or reductions which the President has certified to Congress as being necessary for reasons of national security or a military emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to provide that 1974 Social Security benefit increases shall be disregarded in determining an individual's eligibility for supplemental security income benefits. Eliminates support and maintenance furnished a mentally retarded individual living in another person's household from that individual's unearned income for supplemental security income benefit purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
States that in the case of a mentally retarded individual living in the household of a member of his or her immediate family and receiving support and maintenance in kind from such member, such support and maintenance shall not be included as unearned income for purposes of benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income Program) of the Social Security Act. Provides that mentally retarded persons who are inmates at small community residences for the mentally retarded, at which there are no more than 15 residents, shall be eligible for supplemental security income benefits. Excludes from income for purposes of determining such benefits housing assistance payments made under the United States Housing Act. States that mentally retarded persons who are unable to continue working by reason of such impairment shall not be considered ineligible for benefits. Requires that applications for benefits shall be acted upon within a maximum of 60 days after filing. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to coordinate the administration of the supplemental security benefits program with the administration of other programs providing assistance, with a view to assuring that such recipients are aware of the availability of such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to provide that payments of tuition, fees, or other training costs by any person for a mentally retarded adult individual attending a school for the retarded shall not be treated as income of such individual in determining eligibility for benefits under such Title.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude trusts which are established solely to provide care for individuals who are mentally incapable of caring for themselves from the taxation of trusts. Excludes from the beneficiary's gross income amounts paid from such trust to individuals other than their immediate families for the beneficiary's care and maintenance.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand the coverage of the supplementary medical insurance program to include services furnished by physician extenders and clinical staff of community mental health centers.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to exclude from the income of an individual applying for such benefits, specified income earned from employment in a sheltered work setting.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an additional personal exemption for each of the taxpayer's dependents who suffers from a medically demonstrable mental defect which prevents him from engaging in the mental activity normal to his age group, or in remunerative employment.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate the week beginning November 6, 1977, and ending November 12, 1977, as "National Volunteer Firemen Week."
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1977
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish a Presidential task force to advise the President with respect to actions which may be taken to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans who are prisoners of war or missing in Southeast Asia as a result of the Vietnam conflict and to recommend to the President the adoption of national policies with respect to prisoners of war and individuals who are missing in action.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers to take the credit for expenses of work incentive programs for wages paid new, full-time handicapped employees over the first cumulative 12 months of their employment.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1977
Provides that representatives of the Polish Legion of American Veterans are recognized as claims agents for claims arising under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1977
Grants a Federal charter to the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II. Stipulates that the purposes of such organization shall be: (1) to perpetuate and establish memorials to the memory of those who gave their lives in submarine warfare during World War II; (2) to award college scholarships; and (3) to make the general public aware of life aboard submarines during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1977
Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch Act - Establishes the Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government to study all instrumentalities of the Government except the judiciary and the Congress to determine what changes in the organization of such entities are necessary to eliminate duplication and improve efficiency. Requires the Commission to submit to the President and Congress an interim report of its activities by June 30, 1978, and a final report by December 31, 1978, at which time the Commission shall cease to exist. States that such final report may propose such constitutional amendments, legislative enactments, and administrative action as might be necessary to carry out the Commission's recommendations. Permits the President to submit to Congress reorganization plans to implement any recommendation of the Commission. Makes such plan effective 60 days after such plan has been submitted unless disapproved by Congress. Permits the President to submit such a plan up until January 1, 1980. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 903; 905)
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