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United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Declares a state of war against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide identical income tax rates for single persons and married couples filing joint returns. Limits the earned income that must be reported by a married individual filing a separate return to the amount actually earned by that individual.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1977
Amends the provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968 imposing additional sentences on persons committing Federal felonies while carrying, or with the use of, a firearm to (1) increase the penalties thereunder, (2) encompass State crimes and (3) prohibit a suspended, probationary or concurrent sentence with respect to a first conviction.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1977
New Natural Gas Deregulation Amendments - Amends the Natural Gas Act to terminate Federal Power Commission authority to directly regulate sales prices of new natural gas except for new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands. Stipulates that prices for onshore sales of new natural gas shall not exceed the lesser of: (1) the ceiling price for sales of new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands; or (2) a ceiling rate established by any State for intrastate sale and consumption. Stipulates that prices paid for natural gas in transactions between a natural gas company and its affiliates shall not exceed prices paid in comparable sales by persons not affiliated with any natural gas company. Directs the Federal Power Commission to conduct studies and make an annual independent estimate of proved and potential natural gas reserves. Requires that the Commission keep current information available relating to the natural gas industry. Establishes procedures for the establishment of ceiling prices for new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands. Authorizes the Commission to grant exemptions to price ceilings within certain high-cost production areas. Establishes procedures for adjustments to price ceilings established pursuant to this Act. Directs the Commission to prohibit the curtailment of adequate supplies of natural gas for essential agricultural purposes. Stipulates that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall extend to synthetic natural gas. Directs the Commission to prohibit the use of natural gas as boiler fuel where adequate alternatives are available. Authorizes exemptions from such prohibition where necessary to comply with pollution control or environmental protection and safety standards. Directs the Commission to impose a user charge on sales of natural gas for use as boiler fuel. Establishes procedures for the establishment and periodic revision of national ceiling prices for the sale of old natural gas in interstate commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue upon the request of an eligible applicant a social security card bearing the applicant's account number and containing a current photograph of the applicant and biographical and other personal information in a coded form capable of verification by a telephone communication with the Secretary. Requires employers to verify before employing an individual whether such individual has established a valid account and whether the individual is, in fact, the person to whom such card was issued. Establishes penalties of one year imprisonment and/or $1,000 fine for each offense for an employer who hires an individual not in possession of a valid account card on the date such individual is hired. Specifies that an account card be used only for the purposes of establishing identity and eligibility for employment or for welfare and public assistance under the Social Security Act, and prohibits government officials from demanding the production of the card for any other purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977
Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to prohibit the use of Federal financial aid to provide job training or employment opportunities to aliens who are not authorized to work or who are illegally in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit income tax deductions for wages paid to aliens illegally working in the United States. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Labor, when adjudicating the petition of an alien for admission to perform skilled or unskilled labor, from considering the work experience gained by the alien in the United States during any time while in an immigration status in which employment was not authorized for the alien. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, and aircraft used to illegally transport aliens into the United States. Sets forth exceptions to such seizure and forfeiture provision, including a vessel, vehicle, or aircraft used as a common carrier unless the owner or other person in charge was at the time of the alleged illegal act a consenting party or privy thereto. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits and Medicaid benefits to illegal aliens. Adds border crossing cards, alien registration receipt cards, and other documents proscribed by regulation for entry into the United States to the list of documents the false making of which shall be punished by fine or imprisonment or both.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited tax credit in an amount of $250 for each individual who is at least 65 years of age before the beginning of the taxable year, whose principal place of abode during the taxable year is the principal residence of the taxpayer, and who is not a lodger with the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1977
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate the week beginning on the Sunday preceding the fourth Thursday in November of each year as "National Family Week".
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1977
Federal Construction Costs Reduction Act - Raises from $2,000 to $40,000 the dollar value of contracts to which the Davis-Bacon Act setting minimum wages on federally-affected construction projects applies. Directs the Secretary of Labor to increase such threshold level yearly in proportion to the rise in the Consumer Price Index. Makes the Act applicable only to the wages of unskilled laborers. Exempts apprentices, helpers, and trainees from the Act and forbids the Secretary from taking any action which discourages the customary utilization of apprentices, helpers, and trainees. Requires the "prevailing wage" (contracts covered by the Act must provide that covered employees are paid at a rate determined by the prevailing wage) to be set at the average wage paid laborers employed on at least three projects similar to the subject project which were carried out in the immediate geographic area during the previous two years. Requires such determination to be made no later than 60 days prior to the opening of invitations for bids for projects covered by the Act. Requires, in lieu of the weekly wage reports presently required by the Act, that in the event there is no evidence that a contractor is violating the Act, such contractor need only submit an affidavit certifying his compliance. States that where evidence of such violation exists, the contractor must submit weekly certified payroll statements and other records required by the Secretary. Establishes a Federal Construction Appeals Board to which any interested party may appeal wage rate determinations or other Labor Department rules likely to have a substantial effect on future wage rate determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1977
Requires all officers and agencies in the executive branch to submit to each House of Congress any rule or regulation, or change in a rule or regulation, proposed for use in the administration of any Federal law or program, together with a report containing an explanation thereof. Prohibits any such rule, regulation, or change from taking effect if either House adopts a resolution stating that such rule, regulation, or change is contrary to law, inconsistent with the intent of Congress, or exceeds the mandate of the statute.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1977
Occupational Safety and Health Amendments - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require the Secretary of Labor to give advance notice of any inspection and sanctions if such notice would not defeat the purposes of this Act. Excludes from coverage (1) nonagricultural employers of not more than 25 employees; and (2) small farmers as defined by this Act. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the financial impact of any proposed health or safety standard. Provides that no standard shall require an employer to phase out, change, or replace existing equipment or facilities before the normal useful life of that equipment or facility has expired unless failure to do so would result in a serious violation. Directs that emergency temporary standards take effect in 30 days rather than immediately. Requires the Secretary to (1) make an evaluation of existing standards and their applicability to each business or industry; (2) make a determination of employees to be excluded from such standards; (3) prescribe, as part of each standard adopted under such Act, the estimated average and maximum cost to the average employer subject to such standards, and the time period for meeting such standard; and (4) rescind an existing standard, or not establish a new standard, if the Secretary determines it is impossible to comply with such standard within a specified time. Authorizes the Secretary to require physical examinations of new employees. Stipulates that an employer not in compliance with any rule or standard promulgated under this Act shall not receive a notice for such violation if he is able to show that (1) implementing such rule or standard would not materially affect the safety or health of employees in the inspected facility; and (2) he has employed adequate notice and executed reasonable efforts to obtain the compliance of his employees, and that such violation was attributable to such employees and he could not have reasonably prevented such violation. Directs the Secretary to refer unabated violations to the Attorney General, and stipulates that any civil action brought under this provision shall be brought in a United States district court. Provides certain affirmative defenses for employers in proceedings brought under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into voluntary compliance agreements with employers. Directs the Secretary to make consultation visits to a workplace upon an employer's request. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and consultation to employers with less than 100 employees to help them comply with standards promulgated under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to enable employers to comply with certain standards.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1977
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty under such Act shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1977
Federal Energy Administration Authorization Act - Amends the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1977 and fiscal year 1978 for specified organizational entities within the Administration. Imposes restrictions and limitations on the use of funds authorized by this Act. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to increase the appropriations authorizations for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for energy conservation and efficiency improvement programs under such Act. Authorizes additional appropriations to assist in petroleum reserves shortage programs. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for energy conservation and renewable-resource obligation guarantees. Extends the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 until September 30, 1978. Amends the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 to extend the coal conversion and allocation authority of the Federal Energy Administrator until December 31, 1978. Amends the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 to establish procedures governing the use of commercial standards by the Federal Energy Administrator in proposed rules, regulations, or other activities. Directs the Administrator to establish regulations to eliminate, avoid, or mitigate conflicts-of-interest in Agency contracting procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1977
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense shall at the earliest opportunity inter an Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery and make permanent display of representative medals, ribbons, and tributes of the Vietnam War in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals alternative, limited income tax credits or deductions for the tuition paid for the primary, secondary or higher education of the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1977
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to transfer the responsibility for investigating Communist and subversive organizations affecting the internal security of the United States to a standing Committee on Internal Security established by this Resolution. Confers upon such committee the responsibility for investigating all organizations within the United States aimed at overthrowing or altering the Government of the United States by force, insurrection or other unlawful means or inciting or employing violence to obstruct the authority of the Federal Government with respect to matters of internal security of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the requirements of such Act shall apply to the Congress, Federal agencies, and the courts of the United States. Assigns to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in the case of any workplace under the authority or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the powers otherwise assigned to the Secretary of Labor or to such Commission, including the authority to (1) conduct investigations and inspections; (2) issue citations; and (3) conduct hearings and issue orders.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977
Increases from 10 to 12 years the delimiting period for a veteran to complete a program of education.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977
Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits be made on a semiannual basis (rather than on an annual basis as at present).
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax-exempt status to certain organizations if such organizations hold farm real property purchased after the date of enactment of this Act and the holding of such property is not substantially related to the charitable or educational purpose which would otherwise make the organizations tax-exempt.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Extends the Food Stamp Act of 1964 through fiscal year 1982. Excludes from the definition of "food" which may be purchased with food stamps alcoholic beverages, tobacco, ice cubes, artificial food colorings, powdered and liquid cocktail mixes, carbonated beverages, cooking wines, and chewing gum; and any other food, class of food, food product or condiment which the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the President of the National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council (Food and Nutrition Board), determines to have a negligible or low nutritional value or to be an insignificant enhancement of palatability. Includes residents of federally subsidized housing for the elderly in the definition of "household". Redefines "elderly person" as someone 65 years or older (currently, 60 years of age). Defines "nutritionally adequate diet" as a diet sufficient to feed a family of four persons, consisting of a man and a woman between 20 and 54 years of age, one child between ages nine and eleven and one child between six and eight, and which meets additional specified conditions. Directs the Secretary to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program. Requires the income standards of eligibility in every State to be the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget, adjusted annually; but limits the standards for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam to those of the 50 States. Sets a 90-day accounting period for certification or recertification of food stamp applicants. Limits the maximum allowable financial resources (liquid and nonliquid assets) of a household to $1,500, except that, for households or two or more persons with one or more members 65 years or older, such resources are limited to $2,250. Specifies holdings excluded from the determination of such resources. Requires household income for purposes of the food stamp program to be the gross income of the household less: (1) a deduction of $25 a month for any household in which there is at least one elderly person; and (2) an additional deduction equal to 15 percent of all earned income to compensate for taxes, mandatory deductions, and work expenses. Includes in gross income: (1) all monetary payments to or on behalf of any household member except payments made for medical costs; (2) all income tax refunds and Federal income tax credits; (3) the value of all in-kind items; and (4) the value of all benefits received under any publicly or privately funded assistance program. Excludes from gross income: (1) payments for medical costs made on behalf of the household; (2) compensation for services performed by a student residing with the household who is not yet 18; (3) Uniform Relocation Assistance payments; (4) infrequent or irregular quarterly income; (5) all loans except deferred repayment education loans; and (6) the cost of producing self-employed income. Authorizes the Secretary to establish temporary emergency eligibility standards for households which are victims of a disaster. States that no household shall be eligible for participation in the Food Stamp program which includes an able- bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who: (1) incurs a reduction of income as a result of voluntarily reducing his or her number of hours of employment without good cause; (2) fails to register for employment at a State or Federal employment office; (3) has refused to accept employment or public work within 30 miles of the person's principal residence; (4) fails to actively seek employment; or (5) is enrolled in an institution of post-secondary education as a substitute for full-time employment. Excludes from this class of ineligible individuals mothers with dependent children, primary or secondary school students, post-secondary level students or trainees' employed part-time, enrollees in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment program, and persons working at least 30 hours per week. States that refusal to work at a plant site because of a strike or other labor dispute shall be deemed to be a refusal to accept employment. Declares that no person shall be eligible who is not a citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. States that no minor shall be considered a household member if such minor resides in a household in which no other member has a legal duty to support him unless: (1) the individual who had such a duty is financially unable to perform it; or (2) no individual with such duty exists. Requires each household receiving food stamps to report its income at least once each month. Declares that no household that knowingly transfers liquid or nonliquid assets for the purpose of qualifying or attempting to qualify for the food stamp program shall be eligible to participate in the program for a minimum of 90 days. States that no person who receives supplementary security income benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act. State supplementary payments under such title, or payments under specified provisions of title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of such Act, shall be considered a member of a household for any month, if for such month, such individual resides in a State in which the Supplemental Security Income benefit has been increased specifically to include the bonus value of food coupon allotments. Requires food coupons to be designed with spaces for the user to sign upon receipt and redemption. Requires coupon users to present suitable identification; including signature and photograph, when redeeming coupons at approved food stores. States that the value of the food coupon allotment to which eligible households will be entitled shall be an amount sufficient to allow a household to purchase a nutritionally adequate diet. Requires the semi-annual adjustment of the value of an allotment based on changes in the cost of food. Establishes as the charge a household shall pay for its coupon allotment the lesser of: (1) the percentage of its income which would be expended for food by an average household of its size and income range in the same region of the country; or (2) 30 percent. Provides, under the requirements for State plans for the administration of the food stamp program, for closer State supervision of eligibility by households. Requires the State agencies administering the program to conduct nutrition education programs for recipients. Directs each State agency to establish an earnings clearance system for the purpose of checking the actual income and assets of a household against those reported by the household. Provides that if a State agency does not comply with the provisions of the Food Stamp Act, the Secretary may refer the matter to the Attorney General with a request for an injunction, or he may direct that there be no further issuance of coupons in the political subdivisions where such failure has occurred until such time as satisfactory corrective action has been taken. Establishes a national system for providing information to State agencies in order to assist them in preventing households from receiving food stamps in more than one State or in more than one political subdivision within a State. Sets a civil penalty not in excess of $10,000 for each violation of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 or regulations issued pursuant to it by specified persons, including State agencies. Directs the Secretary to pay to each State agency out of funds appropriated by Congress an amount equal to 75 percent of all direct costs of State food stamp program investigations, prosecutions, and State activities related to recovering losses sustained in the food stamp program. Specifies information to included in the Secretary's annual report in addition to information already given.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977
Revises title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability benefits; (2) permit adopted children to qualify for benefits without regard to time of adoption; (3) eliminate the reconsideration stage in benefits determinations; (4) provide for the issuance of duplicate benefit checks where the initial checks are lost or delayed; and (5) provide for expedited benefit payments to disability beneficiaries. Increase to $7,500 the amount of outside earnings which an individual may earn without a deduction in benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977
Consumer Communications Reform Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the authorization of lines, facilities, or services of specialized carriers which duplicate the lines, facilities, or services of other telecommunications common carriers fosters inefficiencies in the utilization of national telecommunications resources and has an adverse impact on the national objectives of maintaining stability of consumer price levels. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that no compensatory charges for or in connection with such communication service may be found to be unjust or unreasonable on the ground that it is too low. Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from holding the charge of a carrier up to a particular level to protect the traffic or revenues from a communication service offered or provided by another carrier if such charge proposed by the carrier is compensatory. Provides that the Commission shall not grant or authorize any construction permit, license, or certificate for the construction, acquisition, or operation of any communication or transmission line or facility, or extension thereof, or any modification or renewal thereof, unless the Commission shall find, after full opportunity for evidentiary hearing on the record, that such permit, license, or certificate, will not result in increased charges or unnecessary duplication or communication lines.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977
Declares a state of war against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977
Regulation of Lobbying Act - Requires any organization which expends $2,500 or more for other than travel expenses in any calendar quarter to retain a lobbyist to influence any Member of Congress with respect to any issue before Congress, or which makes 12 or more oral communications with a Member of Congress to so influence such Member to register with the Comptroller General not later than 15 days after engaging in such communications. Requires such registration statement to include the identification of the ten largest contributing organizations or individuals if the amount of income from such organization or individual was $2,500 or more and such income was greater than one percent of the total dues and contributions received by the reporting organization. Requires such organizations to file quarterly statements disclosing expenditures for a reception, dinner, or similar event for a Member, officer, or employee of Congress where the total cost of such event exceeds $500, a general description of the issues which are the subject of any congressional communication by a lobbyist retained by such organization, and the amount paid to any lobbyist during the quarter. Requires an organization required to register under this Act by reason of having made 12 or more congressional communications itself, to identify the issues which were the subject of such communications and estimate the expenditures, other than for salaries and wages, made by the organization during the quarter in connection with such issues. Authorizes the Comptroller General to require or request any information he considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Comptroller General to make public reports filed with him pursuant to this Act. Directs the Comptroller General, upon petition of any individual or organization, to withhold from publication information which may reasonably be expected to lead to the harassment of any individual or organization or lead to threats or reprisals against any individual or organization. Requires the Comptroller General to issue advisory opinions upon the request of any individual or organization. States that such opinions shall be made public and that acts done in good faith reliance on such opinions shall be presumed to be in compliance with this Act. Gives the Comptroller General informal powers to enforce this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General, in the event such informal actions fail, to institute a civil action to enforce this Act. Sets civil penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals alternative, limited income tax credits or deductions for the tuition paid for the primary, secondary or higher education of the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Repeals all the price support and marketing provisions relating to tobacco of the Agricultural Act of 1949, the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and related laws. Prohibits the Commodity Credit Corporation, under its Charter Act, from exercising any of its specified powers with respect to tobacco.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1977
Contract Disputes Reform Act - Authorizes an executive agency to settle any claim arising out of any express or implied contract of such agency. Requires an agency contracting officer to settle disputes which cannot be resolved by mutual agreement. Permits any contractor to request an informal administrative conference with the appropriate agency to review the decision of the contracting officer. Declares the decision of the contracting officer to be final unless the contractor sues or appeals as provided in this Act. Permits each agency to establish an agency Board of Contract Appeals if the volume of procurement of such agency justifies a Board of at least three full-time members. Requires appeals to be made to such Board within 90 days of receipt of the contracting officer's decision. Provides for an appeal to the Board of another agency in the event that the party agency does not have its own Board. Requires the rules of each board to provide for a simplified procedure for small claims of $25,000 or less which can be invoked at the option of the contractor. Permits suits in any U.S. district court or the Court of Claims in lieu of an appeal by the contractor to an agency Board. Permits the agency or the contractor to appeal any decision of an agency Board to such Courts. States that in the event the agency appeals a Board decision, that decision shall not be overturned unless arbitrary, capricious, or so clearly erroneous as to imply bad faith. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 2401; 2517)
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Amends the Federal property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require Federal agencies which are about to dispose of surplus real property to first offer such property for sale to the person or entity from which such property was acquired by the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act - Title I: Franchise Protection - Prohibits a franchisor from terminating or failing to renew a franchise unless specified conditions exist. Enumerates the basis upon which a franchisor may terminate or fail to renew a franchise. Exempts trial franchises from the requirements of this Act. Requires that 90 days advance notice of termination or nonrenewal be made in writing and delivered to the franchisee. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to publish in the Federal Register a summary of this Act. Authorizes civil actions in a United States district court against any franchisor who violates any requirement of this Act. Provides for the preemption of State laws unless such law is the same as the applicable provisions of this Act. Title II: Octane Disclosure - Requires the Federal Trade Commission to: (1) establish testing procedures for the determination of the octane rating of automotive gasoline; (2) establish requirements applicable to refiners with respect to the testing of automotive gasoline; (3) establish a certification procedure applicable to the distribution of automotive gasoline; and (4) establish requirements applicable to retailers of gasoline with respect to display of the octane rating of automotive gasoline at the point of sale. Prohibits any person who distributes automotive gasoline from making representations respecting the octane rating of gasoline unless the gasoline has been tested in accordance with the procedures established by the Federal Trade Commission. Grants to the Commission the procedural, investigative, and enforcement powers necessary to make effective the rules required to be prescribed. Makes it an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act to violate the rules prescribed by this Act. Authorizes judicial review of the rules prescribed under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Food Additives Amendment - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the use of a food additive found to induce cancer in animals if the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines that such food additive does not present a significant risk to human health. Directs the secretary to consider certain factors in making such a determination.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1977
Permits any Federal employee or Member of Congress who, at the time of retirement, does not elect a reduced annuity in order to provide a survivor annuity to a spouse or other person to make such an election within one year after retiring. Requires such employee to refund to the Government an amount equal to the amount such employee's annuity would have been reduced during the period from the date of retirement to the date of election plus interest. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8339)
United States · United States Congress · 23 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 · 23 March 1977
Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, to stipulate that none of the laws restricting trade between points in the United States to vessels of the United States shall apply to inflatable boats used in river running.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Amends the National Housing Act to extend the eligibility of mortgages for insurance and to increase the maximum allowable mortgage amounts. Permits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure, on a permanent basis, mortgages and loans with provisions of varying rates of amortization. States that the principal obligation of such mortgages insured may not exceed 97 percent of the appraised value of the property covered by the mortgage. Exempts such insured mortgages from State laws limiting the amount of interest which may be charged.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Amends the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 to authorize the President to appoint a board of inquiry to inquire into and, upon receiving the board's report, to direct the Attorney General to petition a district court to enjoin any actual or threatened strike or lockout which (1) affects an entire industry or substantial part thereof, and (2) if allowed to occur or continue, will cause losses of agricultural crops.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Permits any Federal employee or Member of Congress who, at the time of retirement, does not elect a reduced annuity in order to provide a survivor annuity to a spouse or other person to make such an election within one year after retiring. Requires such employee to refund to the Government an amount equal to the amount such employee's annuity would have been reduced during the period from the date of retirement to the date of election plus interest. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8339)
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Provides that any individual who is 18 years of age or older and who is receiving half of his income from any member of another household which, because of its income and other financial resources, is not eligible to receive food stamps shall not be considered as a member of household for purposes of the Food Stamp Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to exclude from coverage (1) employers with ten or fewer employees; and (2) employees not employed on a regular basis for 30 or more consecutive days. Requires that a warning rather than a citation be given for a first instance violation, other than a willful or serious violation, to an employer who has not employed more than 25 employees at any time during the 30 days prior to an inspection or investigation. Prohibits the imposition of a civil penalty against an employer for a nonserious violation if (1) such employer has not previously received a citation for the same violation; and (2) the inspection upon which such citation was based resulted in the issuance of citations for ten or or fewer violations of a nonserious nature.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Congressional Reform Act - Title I: Reform of Salary, Allowances, Benefits, Personnel, Disclosure and Audit Procedures - Restricts to specified purposes excluding personal uses the use of amounts received by a candidate as campaign and other contributions in excess of any amount necessary to defray expenditures for support of his activities as a holder of Federal office. Sets criminal penalties under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 for violations of such restriction. Prohibits the Vice President, any congressional employee, Members of Congress, or the families of such persons from accepting from a foreign government the payment of travel expenses of such person. Sets criminal penalties for such acceptance. Delays salary increases recommended by the President for Members of Congress, specified Legislative Branch officers, judges, and offices under the Executive Schedule until the first day of the Congress next succeeding the Congress during which such recommendations were made and not disapproved. Sets forth procedures for congressional disapproval of such increases. States that specified expenditure limits from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives may be set or adjusted only through the adoption of a resolution by the House. Prohibits travel at Government expense by a Member of Congress who has been defeated for reelection after such defeat or of any other Member after the adjournment sine die of the last session of a Congress if he is not a candidate for reelection to the next Congress. Requires the Speaker and minority leader of the House to hire a management consultant firm for the purpose of studying the personnel policies and practices of Members and committees of the House, of recommending any improvements and standardization of such policies and practices, and of formulating a model "House Personnel Practices Code" for the guidance of Members and committees of the House. Specifies dates for the submission of such recommendations. Prohibits the reimbursement of Members or employees of Members or of the House for first class air travel. Requires the Department of the Treasury to audit each tax return of a Member of Congress. Directs the House Committee on House Administration to let a contract for the management and operation of the House restaurant, cafeterias, and other food service facilities on a profitmaking basis in order to assure that expenditures from the contingency fund of the House will not be necessary for such management and operation. Sets the maximum per diem allowance for travel by Members and employees of the House within the United States at the expenses actually incurred or $50 whichever is less. Title II: Improved Communications and Increased Understanding Between Members and Constituents - Requires, under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, that all public bills and resolutions reported by any congressional committee be accompanied by an estimate of the direct and indirect costs likely to be incurred or the direct or indirect savings likely to be achieved in carrying out the provisions of such proposed law for the fiscal year in which it is introduced and each of the five subsequent fiscal years. Requires in the case of measures affecting revenue, that such estimate shall state only the estimate of the change in revenues for a three-year period and an estimate of the average cost or savings to each taxpaying family. States that there must be provided under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 for each public bill or resolution reported by a congressional committee a statement: (1) estimating the number and complexity of reports required of private business enterprises by such proposed law as well as the cost and time which would be required in making such reports; and (2) a copy of the probable matter and format of each new form or report required by such proposed law which is to be furnished by the United States to be completed by someone other than an employee of the United States, a State, or its political subdivision; or (3) a statement that such proposed law does not require any such new form or report. Requires to be posted in each post office the names and nearest local and District of Columbia office addresses of the United States Senators from the State and the name and congressional district and District of Columbia office addresses of the Representative in Congress from the congressional district in which such post office is situated. Requires the address, name, telephone numbers, and business hours of the Member of Congress sponsoring a postal patron mailing to be included on an item being so mailed if Federal funds are being used to pay for the preparation or mailing of such items. Requires each Federal agency to inform each person elected to the House of the nature and scope of the activities of such agency within the congressional district of such Representative. Directs the officers of the House to establish and conduct seminars for freshmen Members of Congress soon after their election. Provides for the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by seminar attendees. States that the honoraria offered to a Government official shall not be prohibited by law if such honoraria are donated to a charitable organization specified by such official, and exempts such honorariums from the gross income of such official. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3210, 18 U.S.C. 616) Title III: Office of General Counsel to the Congress - Establishes within the Congress the Office of the General Counsel to the Congress to provide legal advice, and legal counseling to the Congress, its committees, Members, officials, and employees relating to their official duties. Requires the Counsel, upon request of the Congress, either of its two Houses, any congressional committee or subcommittee, or any Member, to commence a civil action against the President, any officer or employee of the Executive Branch, or any officer or employee of any State or its political subdivision to compel compliance with any Federal law or with any request for information, or to represent the Congress, either of its two Houses, its committees or subcommittees, Members, former Members, officers, or employees before any grand jury proceeding or in any civil or criminal action arising from their performing or not performing any action relating to their institutional, official, or representative duties. Requires the Counsel, upon the request of the Congress, either of its two Houses, or its committees or subcommittees, to intervene or appear as amicus curiae on behalf of such persons making the request in any action pending in any court of the United States or of a State or political subdivision of such State in which there is placed in issue the constitutionality or interpretation of any law of the United States, or the validity of any official proceeding of, or official action taken by, either House of Congress, a congressional committee, a Member of Congress, or any officer, employee, office, or agency of the Congress. Directs the Counsel to review the rules published for comment or promulgated by agencies of the Federal Government and report to Congress whether such rules effectively implement the policy authorized by the Congress. Relieves the Attorney General of responsibility and authority to perform any duty which the Counsel has informed him that the Counsel has undertaken pursuant to this Act. Confers original jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States without regard to the amount in controversy over actions brought under this Act. States that the parties for whom the Counsel is authorized to act shall be deemed to have sufficient injury in fact to confer standing to sueu. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Prohibits the settlement of a debt owed to the United States by a foreign country in an amount less than the full value of the debt, unless approved by Congress by concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals alternative, limited income tax credits or deductions for the tuition paid for the primary, secondary or higher education of the taxpayer, his spouse and dependents.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Antitrust Law Labor Amendments - Removes statutory limitations upon the application of the Sherman Act to labor organizations and their activities. States that every contract or agreement between any labor organization and any employer whereby such employer undertakes to cease or to refrain from using, selling, handling, transporting, or otherwise dealing in any of the products of any producer, processor, or manufacturer which are distributed in trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared illegal. Provides that every person who enters into, attempts to enter into, or conspires with any other person to enter into, any such contract or agreement shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both.
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 · 22 March 1977
Amends the Volunteers in National Forests Act to remove the limitation on the amount authorized to be appropriated for purposes of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1977
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the ban or prohibition of saccharin should be delayed until the appropriate Congressional committees have determined that consumption of saccharin in unsafe.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to permit a person that may be liable for an industrial accident involving bodily injury to sue an employer for contribution, indemnification, or other relief if such employer's failure to comply with any Federal, State, or common law requirement relating to industrial safety caused or contributed to such injury. Stipulates that worker's compensation laws or similar State statutes shall not act as a bar to such a suit. Permits the defendant in a subrogation suit brought by an employer under workers' compensation laws or similar State statutes to raise as a defense the employer's contributory fault if such fault involves failure to comply with any Federal, State or common law requirements concerning industrial safety.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Creates a Select House Committee on Population to conduct an investigation and study of: (1) the major adverse effects of current population growth throughout the world; (2) approaches which have been shown to be effective in coping with excessive population growth; and (3) means to encourage countries with excessive population growth rates to adopt methods proven to be successful in reducing population growth rates.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Amends rules XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that each committee report accompanying a public bill or joint resolution contain an evaluation of the paperwork which would be incurred in carrying out such bill or resolution including estimates of time and cost required of affected parties, a showing of whether the effect of the bill could be substantial, and an estimate of recordkeeping requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1977
Executive Agencies Reorganization and Operations Reform Act - Title I: Reorganization of Certain Executive Agencies - Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan to increase the regulatory accountability of specified agencies and to recommend transfer, merger, or abolition of regulations and agencies as necessary as follows: (1) with respect to specified agencies regulating energy and environmental matters, by March 31, 1978; (2) with respect to specified agencies regulating commerce, transportation, and communications, by March 31, 1979; (3) with respect to agencies regulating matters of food, health, and safety, and unfair or deceptive trade practices, by March 31, 1980; and (4) with respect to specified agencies regulating matters of labor, housing, and Government procurement, by March 31, 1981. States that if the President fails to submit such plans on the specified dates, the Congress shall prepare such plan which shall become pending business in both Houses. States that if no comprehensive regulatory reform legislation in a designated area is enacted by December 31, of the year in which a plan has been submitted by the President such plan shall become effective unless either House specifically disapproves it. Title II: Reform of Regulatory Practices - State that no agency rule shall become effective unless approved by both Houses of Congress. Requires all proposed rules submitted by Federal agencies to Congress to include an economic impact statement assessing the costs and benefits anticipated to occur as a result of the implementation of such rule and the name of the author or authors of such rule to enable Congress to call upon such author or authors to explain such rule. Requires the notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register to include at least a summary of the economic impact statement required by this Act. Prohibits the penalizing of any person by an agency for violation of its rules if such violation was required to comply with another rule of that or any other agency. Prohibits requiring a person to file any information with an agency which has been previously furnished to such agency or which is not directly relevant to the considerations that affect the grant or denial of an application or conduct of an agency proceeding. Permits agencies to assess penalties against an employer for rule violations by his employee if such penalty is equivalent to one to which the employee is subject. Requires any agency which fails to make a final determination respecting the application to such agency for a licence within six months from the date of announcement of the initiation of any such licensing proceeding to reimburse the applicant for all costs of such application including reasonable attorney's fees. Title III: Reform of Executive Agency Operations - Requires the President to transmit to Congress a copy of all Presidential proclamations and Executive orders he issues. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare and make public for each fiscal years, a consolidated financial statement covering all Government programs based on accrual accounting procedures. Amends the Budget and Accounting Acts of 1921 and 1950 to require that the President's Budget submitted to Congress include a tabulation showing the effect of expansion, restriction or initiation of Federal activity within each State included is such budget. States that whenever estimates are used to develop such tabulations they shall be as accurate as possible. Requires the Office of Management and Budget to undertake activities aimed at improving the accuracy of such estimates and to establish a standardized information and data system for developing the State-by-State economic impact statements required by this Act. Requires the General Accounting Office, under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, to ascertain the sufficiency of the data provided by the President pursuant to this Act. Specifies a method of cost comparison to be used by an agency in determining whether to acquire a product or service from private sources or in-house performance. Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require the payment of interest at a rate of at least nine percent on payments under government contracts which are overdue by more than 30 days. Provides for the payment of specified costs of litigation of parties opposing the United States in civil cases to the extent such party prevails, in criminal cases if such defendant is found not guilty, if a guilty verdict is overturned on appeal, or if charges are dismissed, and of parties participating in an agency proceeding to the extent that such party prevails. Title IV: Tightening of the Standards of Official Conduct for Federal Officers and Employees - Prohibits the use, solicitation by a prospective employee of the United States, or the offering of any recommendation for employment by any politician or other person except as required by an authorized employee of the United States and only if such required recommendation evaluates the prospective employee's qualifications for a job for which he or she has applied. Prohibits the employee of an agency who, during the last two years of Government employment, was involved in the process of letting Government contracts from accepting employment with anyone who had a substantial interest in such contract within two years after the termination of Government employment. Prohibits Government employees from accepting travel at the expenses of any prince, king, or foreign state. States that a Federal employee traveling by air at Government expense may not be reimbursed for the difference between cost of first-class accommodations and the cost of any other flight accommodations. Requires Federal employees and officers to disclose annually all honorariums, gifts, and honors received by such person which are over specified values. Requires the Internal Revenue Service to audit the income tax returns of Federal officials appointed by the President, except military officers earning less than $25,000 per annum, employed by the Executive Office of the President and earning $25,000 or more per annum, and persons in the competitive service at a permanent position of GS-15 or higher. Title V: General Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act.