United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow handicapped individuals a deduction for their employment-related expenses. Provides that if a handicapped taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $35,000, such deduction shall be reduced by one-half of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Revises penalties under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for unlawful production or possession of, or domestic or foreign commerce in, special nuclear materials, atomic weapons, or utilization or production facilities to impose a separate mandatory term of imprisonment to not less than 20 years or life for the commission of such an offense with intent to convert the material, weapon, or facility involved. Imposes a like penalty for a violation, attempted violation, or conspiracy to violate a provision of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for which no criminal penalty is specified if such offense is committed with intent to convert source material, special nuclear material, by product material, or a utilization or production facility.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
United States Olympic Fund Act - Establishes on the books of the Treasury a Fund to be known as the "United States Olympic Fund." Allows an individual taxpayer to designate that one dollar of any overpayment of his tax, or one dollar of any contribution which he makes with his return be available to such fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund an amount equal to twice the amounts designated by taxpayers pursuant to this Act. Provides that amounts in the fund shall be available as stated in appropriation Acts, to the United States Olympic Committee, for specified purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Energy-Related Unemployment Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to reimburse States for unemployment compensation paid to a member of a group of employees certified by the Secretary as having a significant number or proportion of members totally or partially unemployed, or threatened with such unemployment, primarily due to the inability of an employer to obtain an adequate supply of natural gas. Sets forth certification procedures and procedures and standards for review of determinations relative to State certification petitions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Increases to sixty days the period before an election during which a Member, or Member-elect, of Congress may not make a mass mailing as franked mail if such individual is a candidate in such election.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Joint Committee on Intelligence Operations Act - Establishes a Congressional Joint Committee on Intelligence Operations to conduct continuing oversight of, and to exercise exclusive legislative jurisdiction over, the foreign intelligence activities of: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) the Defense Intelligence Agency; (3) the National Security Agency; (4) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; (5) Army, Navy, and Air Force Intelligence; and (6) other agencies to the extent that such agencies engage in foreign intelligence activities. Requires that the Director of Central Intelligence must keep the joint committee fully informed with respect to all foreign intelligence activities of the United States. Sets forth the administrative powers of the joint committee. Charges the joint committee with the establishment of guidelines for the classification of information originating with the joint committee.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Requires the Federal Communications Commission, no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act to amend its regulations to permit transmission of nonemergency communications relating to official fire department business over fire department radio frequencies.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 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 · 4 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits abortion except under laws permitting medical procedures required to save the life of the mother endangered by continuation of pregnancy.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Makes it out of order, under the Rules of the House of Representatives, to consider any bill, resolution, or committee report unless such legislation or report has been available to the Members on the floor for at least four hours before the beginning of such consideration.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1976
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to amend its rules and regulations with respect to the Fire Radio Service to permit the transmission of communications of a nonemergency nature relating to official fire department business over frequencies available to the Fire Radio Service.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1976
Nepotism Reform Act - Expands the prohibition of the employment by any public official of any relative of such public official in an agency in which such official services or over which such official exercises jurisdiction or control to cover the Legislative branch. Redefines "relative" for the purposes of such prohibition to include an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, uncle, aunt, stepfather, stepmother, spouse, or any descendant or ancestor of any of the foregoing.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 1976
United States Olympic Fund Act - Establishes on the books of the Treasury a fund to be known as the "United States Olympic Fund". Allows an individual taxpayer to designate that $1 of any overpayment of his tax, or $1 of any contribution which he makes with his return be available to such fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund an amount equal to twice the amounts designated by taxpayers pursuant to this Act. Provides that amounts in the fund shall be available as stated in appropriation Acts, to the United States Olympic Committee, for specified purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 2 September 1976
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to amend its rules and regulations with respect to the Fire Radio Service to permit the transmission of communications of a nonemergency nature relating to official fire department business over frequencies available to the Fire Radio Service.
United States · United States Congress · 1 September 1976
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish criminal penalties for offenses under such Act committed with intent to convert nuclear material or facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 1 September 1976
Condemns North Korea for its continued acts of treachery culminating in the axe murders of two American officers and the wounding of five others. Directs the Speaker of the House to make known the regrets of the House to the wives and children and other survivors of Major Bonifas and Lieutenant Barrett.
United States · United States Congress · 1 September 1976
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take such steps as may be necessary to place the threat to the peace created by the murder of two American Army officers attached to the United Nations Command by members of the North Korean Armed Forces serving as guards at Panmunjom, and other recent North Korean violations of the armistice agreement, on the agenda of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 August 1976
Nepotism Reform Act - Expands the prohibition of the employment by any public official of any relative of such public official in an agency in which such official serves or over which such official exercises jurisdiction or control to cover the legislative branch. Redefines "relative" for the purposes of such prohibition to include an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, uncle, aunt, stepfather, stepmother, spouse, or any descendant or ancestor of any of the foregoing. States that any amount paid to a relative of a public official in violation of Federal nepotism laws shall be a debt due the United States. Sets criminal penalties for the violation of such laws.
United States · United States Congress · 24 August 1976
Nepotism Reform Act - Expands the prohibition of the employment by any public official of any relative of such public official in an agency in which such official services or over which such official exercises jurisdiction or control to cover the Legislative branch. Redefines "relative" for the purposes of such prohibition to include an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, uncle, aunt, stepfather, stepmother, spouse, or any descendant or ancestor of any of the foregoing.
United States · United States Congress · 23 August 1976
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to amend its rules and regulations with respect to the Fire Radio Service to permit the transmission of communications of a nonemergency nature relating to official fire department business over frequencies available to the Fire Radio Service.
United States · United States Congress · 23 August 1976
United States Olympic Fund Act - Establishes on the books of the Treasury a fund to be known as the "United States Olympic Fund". Allows an individual taxpayer to designate that $1 of any overpayment of his tax, or $1 of any contribution which he makes with his return be available to such fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund an amount equal to twice the amounts designated by taxpayers pursuant to this Act. Provides that amounts in the fund shall be available as stated in appropriation Acts, to the United States Olympic Committee, for specified purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1976
Solid Waste Research and Development Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize additional research and development designed to improve solid waste management practices in an environmentally sound manner. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a management program to coordinate solid waste research and development activities. Directs the Administrator to make special studies and reports on (1) resource recovery from glass and plastic waste; (2) potential utility of future components of the solid waste stream; (3) promising techniques of energy recovery from solid waste; (4) systems of small-scale solid waste management; (5) compatibility of front-end source separation systems with high technology resource recovery systems; (6) solid waste from mining; (7) sludge; (8) discarded motor vehicle tires; (9) economics of resource recovery; (10) environmental, social, economic, and other impacts of alternative waste reduction systems; and (11) hazards to aviation caused by birds congregating on landfill sites near airports. Directs the Administrator to collect and coordinate information on solid waste, resource recovery, and management practices, to be housed in a central reference library. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for the construction and operation of full-scale demonstration facilities. Directs the Administrator to establish an Intra-Agency Coordinating Committee to promote coordination of research goals with regulatory functions within the Environmental Protection Agency. Authorizes the appropriation of $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the additional authority granted by this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 and 1979 for the special studies authorized by this Act. Requires disclosure of known financial interests by employees or officials of the Environmental Protection Agency where such interests are in any person or corporation applying for assistance under the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1976
Creates a House select committee which shall conduct an investigation of all records, memorandums, papers, documents, books, and other information of any standing or select committee of the House or officer of the House respecting expenses incurred by or on behalf of any such committee or its members or employees.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1976
Provides that funds shall not be expended from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives for allowances to Members, officers, or standing committees of the House except through the adoption of a resolution by the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1976
United States Olympic Fund Act - Establishes on the books of the Treasury a fund to be known as the "United States Olympic Fund". Allows an individual taxpayer to designate that $1 of any overpayment of his tax, or $1 of any contribution which he makes with his return be available to such fund. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund an amount equal to twice the amounts designated by taxpayers pursuant to this Act. Provides that amounts in the fund shall be available as stated in appropriation Acts, to the United States Olympic Committee, for specified purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1976
Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to any State or local government for local public works projects, including but not limited to: (1) those public works projects of State and local governments for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act; and (2) the architectual design, engineering, and related planning of local public works projects. Stipulates that the Federal share of any project for which a grant is made under this Act shall be 100 percent of the cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary to make an additional grant for the purposes of increasing to 100 percent the Federal contribution to a public works project for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act. Stipulates that no such grants shall be made for any project which has as its principal purpose the channelization, damming, dredging, or diversion of a natural watercourse, or the enlargement of any canal other than a canal designated as a historic site. Directs the Secretary to prescribe rules, regulation, and procedures necessary to carry out this Act. Lists factors that the Secretary shall consider in accordance with the relative needs of the various sections of the country, with priority consideration to those areas where unemployment exceeds the national average. Stipulates that not less then one-half of one percent nor more than ten percent of all amounts authorized under this title shall be allocated for local public works projects within any one State. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 through fiscal year 1977 in order to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1976
Full Financial Disclosure Act - Requires the following persons to file annual financial disclosure statements with the Comptroller General: Members of Congress; officers or employees of the judicial or legislative branch of the Federal Government who earn in excess of $32,000 per year; officers or employees of the United States performing duties equivalent to those of a person occupying grade GS-16 of the General Schedule or higher; members of a uniformed service earning an amount of pay equal to or in excess of the amount of pay for pay grade 0-6; the President; and the Vice President. States that such statement shall disclose specified data on the financial position of such person and such person's spouse, including: (1) the amount of taxes paid; (2) the amount of income and gifts received valued at over $100; (3) assets owned with a value in excess of $1,000; and (4) transactions in securities, commodities, or real property in excess of $1,000. Sets criminal penalties for failure to file such report.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1976
Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to any State or local government for local public works projects, including but not limited to: (1) those public works projects of State and local governments for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act; and (2) the architectual design, engineering, and related planning of local public works projects. Stipulates that the Federal share of any project for which a grant is made under this Act shall be 100 percent of the cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary to make an additional grant for the purposes of increasing to 100 percent the Federal contribution to a public works project for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act. Stipulates that no such grants shall be made for any project which has as its principal purpose the channelization, damming, dredging, or diversion of a natural watercourse, or the enlargement of any canal other than a canal designated as a historic site. Directs the Secretary to prescribe rules, regulation, and procedures necessary to carry out this Act. Lists factors that the Secretary shall consider in accordance with the relative needs of the various sections of the country, with priority consideration to those areas where unemployment exceeds the national average. Stipulates that not less then one-half of one percent nor more than ten percent of all amounts authorized under this title shall be allocated for local public works projects within any one State. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 through fiscal year 1977 in order to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1976
Authorizes appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1977 for environmental research, development, and demonstration activities in the following categories and amounts: (1) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, $13,813,900; (2) health studies under the Public Health Service Act, $878,900; (3) under the Safe Drinking Water Act, $13,592,500; (4) under the Clean Air Act, $129,223,500; (5) under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $9,278,900; and (6) under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, $89,779,300. Prohibits the transfer of more than ten percent of the total funds in one category to another category without the consent of Congress. Establishes procedures for obtaining the consent of Congress in such cases. Authorizes tranfers of an amount not to exceed ten percent of the total research budget for the Agency to other authorized Agency activities (except waste treatment works construction grants and overseas research programs). Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare a comprehensive five-year plan for environmental research, development and demonstration. Requires a study of all aspects of the coordination of environmental research and development, to be chaired by the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1976
Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to any State or local government for local public works projects, including but not limited to: (1) those public works projects of State and local governments for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act; and (2) the architectual design, engineering, and related planning of local public works projects. Stipulates that the Federal share of any project for which a grant is made under this Act shall be 100 percent of the cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary to make an additional grant for the purposes of increasing to 100 percent the Federal contribution to a public works project for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under provisions of law other than this Act. Stipulates that no such grants shall be made for any project which has as its principal purpose the channelization, damming, dredging, or diversion of a natural watercourse, or the enlargement of any canal other than a canal designated as a historic site. Directs the Secretary to prescribe rules, regulation, and procedures necessary to carry out this Act. Lists factors that the Secretary shall consider in accordance with the relative needs of the various sections of the country, with priority consideration to those areas where unemployment exceeds the national average. Stipulates that not less then one-half of one percent nor more than ten percent of all amounts authorized under this title shall be allocated for local public works projects within any one State. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 through fiscal year 1977 in order to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1976
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act - Authorizes the appropriation of designated sums to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development programs, construction of facilities including land acquisition, and research and program management. Permits utilization of research and development appropriations for: (1) items of a capital nature which may be required at locations other than installations of the Administration for the performance of research and development contracts, and (2) grants to nonprofit institutions of higher education, or to nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific research, for purchase or construction of additional research facilities. Sets forth further guidelines regarding the use and availability of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act. Specifies procedures where amounts designated for specific programs may be varied upward and whereby up to one half of one percent of the funds appropriated for research and development may be combined with $10,000,000 of funds appropriated for facility construction to construct or modify laboratories or other installations deemed by the Administration to be immediatley needed. Prohibits utilization of sums appropriated pursuant to this Act for: (1) any research or management program in excess of the amount specifically authorized for that program, (2) any program deleted by Congress from requests originally made, or (3) any program which has not been presented to either the House Committee on Science and Technology or the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences unless each such Committee has been given notice of any such proposed action and transmits written notice to the Administration that it has no objection. Directs the Administration to consider geographical distribution whenever feasible in allocating its research and development funds. Authorizes the Administration, when so provided in appropriation Acts, to enter into and to maintain a contract for tracking and data relay satellite services. Establishes an additional Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology within the Administration. Revises the compensation of members of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the need for, and the construction, modernization, and availability of aeronautical test facilities. Declares that Congress finds that the general welfare of the United States requires application of the Administration's expertise to ground propulsion systems research and development.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1976
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no unborn person shall be deprived of life by any person except as required to save the life of the mother when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of pregnancy may cause the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, tax deduction for employment-related expenses paid or incurred by a handicapped individual. Stipulates that, where the taxpayer's gross income exceeds $35,000 in the taxable year, the amount of the employment-related expenses incurred shall be reduced by one-half of the excess adjusted gross income over $35,000. Prohibits the deduction by a taxpayer of amounts paid to a related individual or dependent, as those terms are defined in the Code.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that special expenses incurred in maintaining a retarded or handicapped individual shall be allowable as a medical deduction without regard to the 3-percent floor.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Energy-Related Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides for the Federal payment of State unemployment compensation benefits which are paid to individuals who are unemployed because of the natural gas shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1975
Permits individuals receiving benefits under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to earn up to $3000 per year without any deductions from benefits. Provides that the remarriage of a beneficiary age 60 or over shall not terminate or reduce his or her benefit entitlement. Authorizes the payment benefits under title II of the Social Security Act to qualified individuals for the month of of death. Eliminates the special dependency requirements for entitlement to husband's and widower's insurance benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly which equates Zionism with racism, and urges the U.N. General Assembly to disapprove such resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1975
Energy-Related Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides for the Federal payment of State unemployment compensation benefits which are paid to individuals who are unemployed because of the natural gas shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1975
Increases the exemption for purposes of the Federal estate tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code from $60,000 to $200,000. Increases the estate tax marital deduction, and provides an alternate method of valuing real property used for farming according to its use as farm land if, during the 60-month period ending with decedent's demise, 70 percent or more of his income was derived from farming.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
National Science and Technology Policy and Organization Act - Title I: National Science Policy - Declares that the United States shall adhere to a national policy for science and technology which includes the following principles: (1) the continuing development and implementation of a national strategy for determining and achieving the appropriate scope, level, direction, and extent of scientific and technological efforts based upon a continuous appraisal of the role of science and technology in achieving goals and formulating policies of the United States; (2) the enlistment of science and technology to foster a healthy economy in which the directions of growth and innovation are compatible with the prudent and frugal use of resources and with the preservation of a benign environment; and (3) the development and maintenance of a solid base for science and technology in the United States. States the declaration of Congress that the Federal Government should maintain central policy-planning elements in the executive branch in mobilizing resources for essential science and technology programs, in securing appropriate funding for those programs, and to review systematically Federal science policy and programs and to recommend legislative amendments when needed. States that, in order to expedite and facilitate the implementation of the policy enunciated in this Act, the following coordinate procedures are of paramount importance: (1) Federal procurement policy should encourage the use of science and technology to foster frugal use of materials, energy, and appropriated funds; to assure quality environment; and to enhance product performance; (2) explicit criteria, including cost-effectiveness principles where feasible, should be developed to identify the kinds of science and technology programs that are appropriate for Federal funding support and to determine the extent of such support; (3) Federal promotion of science and technology should maximize quality of research, stability of scientific and technological institutions, and, for urgent tasks, timeliness of results; and (4) antitrust regulation should not preclude cooperation among competing firms in industrial research and development unless such cooperation is anticompetitive. Title II: Office of Science and Technology Policy - Presidential Science and Technology Advisory Organization Act - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Provides for the appointment of a Director, four Assistant Directors, and other personnel. Specifies the functions of the Office, including to: (1) advise the President of scientific and technological considerations involved in areas of national concern; (2) evaluate the scale, quality, and effectiveness of the Federal effort in science and technology and advise on appropriate actions; (3) advise the President on scientific and technological considerations with regard to Federal budgets; and (4) assist the President in providing general leadership and coordination of the research and development programs of the Federal Government. Title III: The Federal Science and Technology Survey Committee - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President, and in association with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, a Federal Science and Technology Survey Committee. States that the Committee shall consist of from five to twelve members appointed by the President. Specifies the qualifications of the members of the Committee. States that the functions of the Committee shall be to survey, examine, and analyze the total context of the Federal science and technology effort including missions, goals, personnel, funding, organization, facilities, and activities in general. Stipulates that the life of the Committee shall be 24 months from the date of its first organizational meeting. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1975
Revises the Rules of the House of Representatives to remove the present limitation (of 25) on the number of Members who may jointly introduce a bill or resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Requires that the support price of milk be adjusted by the Secretary of Agriculture at the beginning of each quarter to reflect estimated changes during the immediately preceding quarter in the index of prices paid by farmers of production items, interest, taxes and wage rates.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1975
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments - Extends through fiscal year 1977 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) water treatment works pilot training programs; (2) the development of a system of forecasting the supply of and demand for water pollution control specialists; (3) grants for State pollution control programs; (4) scholarships, training grants and contracts in the field of water pollution control; (5) grants to designated agencies to assist in the development and operation of continuing areawide waste treatment management planning processes; (6) grants to the States for lake water improvement programs; and (7) the purposes of this Act other than those specified in (1) through (6) above. Authorizes the use of ad valorem taxes to satisfy the user charge system requirement for applicants for treatment works grants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Extends the provisions for Federal reimbursement of construction costs of publicly owned water treatment works to include reimbursement for works on which construction was started not later than July 1, 1973. Increases the amount of the appropriation authorized to cover such reimbursement to $2,950,000,000. Provides for certification by the State water pollution control agency of treatment projects within such State where the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws and standards at least equivalent to those established by Federal law. Permits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to extend from July 1, 1977, until July 1, 1982, the deadline for the achievement of effluent limitations of public treatment works required by the Federal Water Pollution Act. Directs the Administrator, when considering such extension, to consider the cost involved in achieving secondary and alternative treatment and the effects such secondary and alternative treatment will have on public health and water quality. Extends until April 1, 1975, the deadline for submission of State water quality inventory reports. Requires such reports to be revised and kept current biennially. Directs the Administrator to submit such reports to Congress on or before October 1, 1975; October 1, 1976, and biennially thereafter. Eliminates the requirement that public hearings on proposed effluent standards be held within thirty days following publication of the standard. Permits the Administrator to defer the effective date of proposed effluent standards for up to three years following promulgation of such standards if he determines that compliance within one year is technologically unfeasible for a particular category of sources. Establishes a civil penalty of not to exceed $50,000 for the owner or operator of any vessel, onshore or offshore facility from which any hazardous substance is discharged. Provides for the designation by the Administrator, as a hazardous substance, any element or compound which presents an imminent and substantical danger to public health or welfare, including fish, shellfish, wildlife, shorelines, and beaches. Provides for a civil penalty of unspecified limit when the United States can show that the discharge of a hazardous substance was the result of willful negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the responsible owner or operator.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1975
Energy-Related Unemployment Compensation Act - Provides for the Federal payment of State unemployment compensation benefits which are paid to individuals who are unemployed because of the natural gas shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Congressional Public Financing Act - Adds a new subtitle to the Internal Revenue Code: the Congressional Election Campaign Fund Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund a separate account to be known as the Congressional Election Payment Account. Directs the Secretary to deposit into the Congressional Election Payment Account that portion of the annual amounts designated by taxpayers on their income tax returns that equals the excess above 25 percent of the total amount made available in the last Presidential election. Authorizes the Federal Election Commission to conduct an examination and audit of the campaign contributions raised for purposes of obtaining matching funds and the qualified campaign expenditures made by all candidates for Federal office and official political party committees who received payments under this Act. Provides criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides for payments of funds in amounts matching the contributions received by candidates for the office of U.S. Senator or U.S. Representative. Imposes limitations on the amounts of such funds to be disbursed to any individual candidate, and restricts the uses to which such matching funds may be put.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Requires the Attorney General of the United States to conduct an investigation to determine whether antitrust violations are occurring in the manufacture or marketing of replacement home canning lids. Directs the Attorney General to submit a report to the Congress no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution detailing his findings, proposed action and recommendations concerning legislation. Calls for a final report no later than one year after enactment of this joint resolution detailing actions taken by the Attorney General against any person violating the antitrust acts in regard to the manufacture or marketing of such lids.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1975
Revises clause 6 of rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that managers appointed by the House to each conference committee shall transact all business in meetings open to the public except where the House, by majority vote and in open session, shall vote to close such meeting or meetings. Directs that it shall be in order to debate such motion to close for ten minutes before the vote is taken on that motion, one-half of such time to be given to debate by the mover of the motion and one-half to debate in opposition to the motion.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1975
Increases to 60 days the period before an election during which a Member of, or Member-elect to, the Congress may not make a mass mailing as franked mail if such Member or Member-elect is a candidate in such election. (Amends 39 U.S.C. (a)(5)(D))
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Title I: Federal-Aid Highway Act - Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of expediting the construction, reconstruction, or improvement, inclusive of necessary bridges and tunnels, of the Interstate System, including extensions thereof through urban areas, the additional sums of $1,000,000,000 for the three-month period ending September 30, 1976, and $4,000,000,000 per year through fiscal year 1988. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1978 for Federal-aid highway systems in the United States, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. Includes appropriations for the Federal-aid primary and secondary systems in urban and rural areas, for the control of outdoor advertising, and for the control of junkyards. Extends the time for completion of the Interstate System for nine years, until 1988. Permits buses up to 102 inches wide to operate on Interstate highways, existing vehicle width limitations notwithstanding. Extends Federal participation in the construction of ferry boats which are part of a Federal-aid highway system to boats constructed for use in Puerto Rico. Sets forth regulations governing outdoor advertising along Interstate highways, including specific distances from the rights-of-way at which signs may be located and the number of signs per mile which are permitted. States that the Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate standards concerning the lighting, size, number and spacing of such signs. Authorizes certain exceptions to the requirement that signs be erected a certain distance from the highway. Sets forth regulations governing the placement of signs providing directional information about facilities providing goods and services in the interest of the public. Provides for the allocation from funds appropriated for Federal-aid primary and secondary systems through fiscal year 1978 of specified amounts to be used by the States for highway construction training programs. Provides for the acquisition of land for rest and recreation areas, and for the preservation and restoration of scenic beauty adjacent to the Federal-aid highways. Increases by $5,000,000 to a total of $32,761,000 the appropriation authorized for the costs of constructing roadways on Federal dams. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1978 for the reconstruction or replacement of bridge structures on the Overseas Highway to Key West, Florida. Title II: Highway Safety Act - Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1978: (1) for highway safety programs; (2) for highway safety research and development; (3) for bridge reconstruction and replacement; (4) for projects for high-hazard locations; (5) for the elimination of roadside obstacles; (6) for programs relating to incentives for the enactment of seat belt laws; (7) for programs relating to incentives for the reduction of traffic facilities; and (8) for school bus driver training. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1978 for projects for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings. Limits to 25 percent of the funds authorized for a State highway safety program the amount which may be used for incentive programs to encourage the enforcement of seat belt laws or to reduce traffic fatalities.
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