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United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1976
Authorizes the Honorable Henry Helstoski to appear in response to a subpoena of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1976
Authorizes the Clerk of the House of Representatives to comply with a series of interrogatories received from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of Socialist Workers 1974 National Committee against Edmund L. Henshaw (civil action numbered 74-1338) pending in that court.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1976
Authorizes and directs the House ad hoc Select Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf to transmit its findings and report to the House no later than May 4, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to exclude service performed by an individual on a vessel used in catching fish or other marine animal life wherein such individual receives as compensation a portion of such vessel's catch, from the definitions of "employment" and "self-employment" for the purposes of deductions, contributions, and benefits under such Acts. Requires the operator of a vessel employing such individuals to report to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the identity of such individuals and their share of the catch.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1976
Provides for the disposal under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 of surplus real property at not less than 25 percent of fair market value to States and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities for economic development purposes where such areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from the closing of Federal facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1976
Authorizes the President to designate the second full calendar week in March of 1976 as "National Employ the Older Worker Week."
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1976
Concerns subpoenas duces tecum served upon various employees of the House in the case of Common Cause et. al. against Bailar et. al. (Civil Action Number 1887-73) pending in the United States Court for the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1976
Appoints a delegation of Members of Congress to proceed, at the invitation of the two Houses of Parliament, to the United Kingdom to attend the presentation of the Magna Carta, under suitable auspices, to the people of the United States, to be held in the custody of their representative, the Congress of the United States, for a period of one year. Stipulates that the delegation shall consist of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and not to exceed 24 additional Members appointed as follows: (1) 12 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and (2) 12 appointed by the President of the Senate on the recommendation of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Authorizes to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers approved by the Chairman and Vice Chairman, such amounts as the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the delegation jointly shall determine to be necessary (one-half of such expenditures shall be reimbursed by the House of Representatives).
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1976
Appoints a delegation of Members of Congress to proceed, at the invitation of the two Houses of Parliament, to the United Kingdom to attend the presentation of the Magna Carta, under suitable auspices, to the people of the United States, to be held in the custody of their representative, the Congress of the United States, for a period of one year. Stipulates that the delegation consist of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and such additional Members as he may designate and such Members of the Senate as may be designated by the President of the Senate on the recommendation of the Majority and Minority Leaders.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1976
Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey back to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a specified tract of land which was conveyed to the United States in 1968 to provide a site for the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1976
Provides for the disposal under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 of surplus real property at not less than 25 percent of fair market value to States and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities for economic development purposes where such areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from the closing of Federal facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1976
Directs the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House to appear before the grand jury investigations pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1976
Directs the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House to appear before the grand jury investigations pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1976
Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Makes every resident of the U.S. (and every non-resident citizen when in the U.S.) eligible for covered services. Permits reciprocal and "buy- in" agreements for groups or non-resident aliens, and in some cases benefits to U.S. residents when visiting in other countries. Entitles every eligible person to have payments made by the Health Security Board for covered services provided within the United States by a participating provider. Extends coverage to all necessary professional services of physicians, wherever furnished, including preventive care, with two restrictions: (1) specialist services are covered only when performed by a qualified specialist except in emergency situations, and generally only on referral from a primary physician; and (2) psychiatric services to an ambulatory patient are covered only for active preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic or rehabilitative service with respect to mental illness. Extends coverage to: (1) comprehensive dental services (exclusive of most orthodontic services) for children under age 15, with the covered age group increasing by two years each year until all those under age 25 are covered; (2) inpatient and outpatient hospital services and services of a home health agency; and (3) pathology and radiology services as parts of institutional services. Limits payment for skilled nursing home care to 120 days per spell of illness, except that such limit may be increased when the nursing home is owned or managed by a hospital and payment for care is made through the hospital budget. Limits the psychiatric hospital benefit to 45 consecutive days of active treatment during a spell of illness. Extends coverage to two categories of drug use: prescribed medicines administered to inpatients or outpatients within participating hospitals; or to enrollees of comprehensive health service organizations, and drugs necessary for the treatment of specified chronic illnesses or conditions requiring long or expensive therapy. Requires the Board and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish two lists of approved drugs, taking into account the safety, efficacy and cost of each drug. Lists approved medicines available for use in institutions and by comprehensive health service organizations and those available for use outside such organized settings. Declares that the appliances benefit is similar in concept and operation to the drug benefit, subject to a limitation on aggregate cost. Extends coverage to professional services of optometrists and podiatrists, subject to regulations, and diagnostic or therapeutic services furnished by independent pathology laboratories and radiology services. Excludes from coverage: (1) health services furnished or paid for under a workmen's compensation law; and (2) services of a professional practitioner if they are furnished in a hospital which is not a participating provider. Requires that participating providers meet standards established in this title or by the Board. Requires that such providers agree to provide services without discrimination, make no unauthorized charge to the patient for any covered service, and furnish data necessary for utilization review by professional peers, statistical studies by the Board, and verification of information for payments. Makes professional practitioners licensed when the program begins eligible to practice in the State where they are licensed and requires that all newly licensed applicants for participation meet national standards established by the Board in addition to existing State standards. Establishes conditions of participation for general hospitals. Makes psychiatric hospitals eligible to participate only if the Board finds that the hospital is engaged in furnishing active diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services to mentally ill patients. Establishes conditions of participation for skilled nursing homes similar to those established for extended care facilities under Medicare. Makes provisions for the participation of home health service agencies. Allows the participation of the following as providers of health services under this Act: (1) a health maintenance organization which undertakes to provide an enrolled population either with complete health care or, at least, with complete health security services (other than institutional services, mental health or dental services) for the maintenance of health and the care of ambulatory patients; (2) a foundation sponsored by a county or other local medical society; and (3) community health centers or the like which, though furnishing services as comprehensive as are required by this Act, do not serve an enrolled or otherwise predetermined population and may not meet other requirements of this Act. Authorizes the Board to deal separately with the primary care portion of a system of comprehensive health care where it is necessary to rely on arrangements with other providers. Permits the Board to contract directly with public or other nonprofit mental health centers and mental health day care services. Specifies the conditions under which independent pathology laboratories, independent radiological services, and providers of drugs, devices, appliances, equipment, or ambulance services may qualify as providers under Health Security. Requires that a participating skilled nursing home have in effect an agreement with at least one participating hospital for the transfer of patients and medical and other information as medically appropriate. Prohibits in malpractice judgments any damages to be awarded to the injured party for the cost of medical services which he is entitled to receive under this Act. Excludes the institutions of the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration, and institutions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare serving merchant seamen or Indians or Alaskan natives, from serving as participating providers, as well as any employee of these institutions when acting as an employee. Allows reimbursement for any services furnished by such institutions or agencies to eligible persons who are not a part of their normal clientele. Permits a physician, dentist, optometrist, or podiatrist, licensed in one State and meeting the national standards, to furnish Health Security benefits in any other State. Grants similar authority to other health professional and nonprofessional personnel. Establishes the Health Security Trust Fund, to receive the net assets of existing (Medicare) funds taken over by the Health Security program, the yield of the Health Security taxes, and the Government's contribution from general revenues amounting to 100 percent of the yield from these taxes. Directs that three separate accounts be established in the Health Security Trust Fund: a Health Service Account, a Health Resources Development Account, and an Administration Account. Requires that in each of the first two years of program operation, two percent of the Trust Fund be set aside for the Health Resources Development Fund and the allocation be increased by one percent at two-year intervals to five percent within the next six years. Make provision for allocation of the Health Services account among the regions of the country. Stipulates that the allocation to each region shall be based on the aggregate sum expended during the most recent 12-month period for covered services (with appropriate modification for estimated changes in the consumer price index, the expected number of eligible beneficiaries, and estimated changes in the number of participating providers). Directs the Board to divide the allocation to each region into funds available to pay: institutional services; physician services; dental services; furnishing of drugs; furnishing of devices, appliances, equipment; and miscellaneous services. Stipulates that payments for covered services provided to eligible persons by participating providers shall be made from the Health Service Account in the Trust Fund. Prescribes the method to be used in applying, as between practitioners electing the various methods of payment (fee-for-service and capitation), the monies available in each health service area for payment to each category of professional providers. Authorizes the Board to experiment with other methods of reimbursement so long as the experimental method does not increase the cost of service or lead to overutilization or underutilization of services. Stipulates that skilled nursing homes and home health agencies shall be paid in the same manner as a general hospital (on an approved annual budget basis). Stipulates that a health organization shall be paid for covered services, on the basis of a fixed capitation rate multiplied by the number of eligible enrollees. Authorizes special improvement grants: (1) to any public or other nonprofit health agency or institution to establish improved coordination and linkages with other providers of services; and (2) to organizations providing comprehensive ambulatory care, to improve their utilization review, budget, statistical, or records and information retrieval systems, to acquire equipment needed for those purposes, or to acquire equipment useful for mass screening or for other diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Sets forth the responsibilities and duties of the Secretary of HEW and the Board with regard to this title. Creates an administrative structure within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare with exclusive responsibility for the administration of the Health Security program. Establishes a five-member, full-time Health Security Board serving under the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires that the members be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, for five-year overlapping terms. Establishes a National Health Security Advisory Council, with the Chairman of the Board serving as the Council's Chairman and 20 additional members not in the employ of the Federal Government. Authorizes the Advisory Council to appoint professional or technical committees to assist in its functions. Directs the Advisory Council to advise the Board on matters of general policy in the administration of the program, the formulation of regulations and the allocation of funds for services. Charges the Board with responsibility for informing the public and providers about the administration and operation of the Health Security program. Requires the Board to make a continuing study and evaluation of the program, including adequacy, quality and costs of services. Authorizes the Board to make detailed statistical and other studies on a national, regional, or local basis of any aspect of the title; to develop and test incentive systems for improving quality of care, methods of peer review of drug utilization and of other service performances; to develop and test systems of information retrieval, budget programs, instrumentation for multiphasic screening or patient services, and reimbursement systems for drugs; and to make such other studies which it considers would improve the quality of services and the administration of the program. Grants authority to the Board, in accordance with regulations, to make determinations of who are participating providers of services, determinations of eligibility, of whether services are covered, and the amount to be paid to providers. Allows a provider of services who is dissatisfied with a final Board determination to obtain a hearing before a Board panel, and judicial review of a final decision. Authorizes the Board, with the advice and assistance of the Commission on the Quality of Health Care, to issue and review regulations assuring the quality of care furnished under this Act. Requires continuing professional education by physicians, dentists, optometrists, and podiatrists. Authorizes the appointment of a Deputy Secretary of HEW and an Under Secretary for Health and Science. Stipulates that no provision of this Act shall alter any contractual obligation of an employer to provide health services to his employees and their dependents. Title II: Health Security Taxes - Converts the existing Medicare hospital insurance payroll taxes into Health Security taxes, and raises the rates to one percent on employees and 3.5 percent on employers. Raises the wage base for the employee tax from the present $7,800 to $15,000; or, if higher, 125 percent of the contribution and benefit base. Broadens the definitions of covered employment to include foreign agricultural workers, employees of the U.S. and its instrumentalities (other than members of the armed forces and the President, Vice-President, and Members of Congress), employees of charitable and similar organizations, railroad employees, and (for the employee tax only) employees of States and their political subdivisions and instrumentalities. Excludes from the gross income of employees, for income tax purposes, payment by their employers of part or all of the Health Security taxes on the employees. Converts the existing Medicare self-employment tax into a Health Security self-employment tax, raising the rate to 2.5 percent, and raises the maximum taxable self-employment income from $7,800 to $15,000. Adds a new one percent Health Security Tax on unearned income (unless such income is less than $400 a year), subject to the same maximum on taxable income as is applicable to the employee and self-employment taxes. Title III: Commission on the Quality of Health Care - Establishes in the Department of HEW a Commission on the Quality of Health Care, with the primary responsibility of: (1) initiating and continuing development of methods of assessing the quality of health care furnished under the Health Security Act; and (2) submitting to the Secretary and the Health Security Board its findings and recommendations. Stipulates that in carrying out its duties the Commission shall emphasize, and give first consideration to, care furnished for those illnesses and conditions which have relatively high incidence in the population and which are relatively amenable to medical or other care. Title IV: Repeal or Amendment of Other Acts - Requires that after the effective date of benefits received under this Act no State shall be required to furnish any service covered under Health Security as a part of its State plan for participation under Medicaid. Title V: Studies Related to Health Security - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury to study the coverage of health services for U.S. residents in other countries. Directs the Secretary of HEW to study the feasibility and desirability of coordinating the Federal health benefit programs for merchant seamen and Indians and Alaskan natives and also veterans and members of the Armed Forces, with the Health Security Benefit Program.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1976
Provides for the disposal under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 of surplus real property at not less than 25 percent of fair market value to States and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities for economic development purposes where such areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from the closing of Federal facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1976
Provides for the disposal under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 of surplus real property at not less than 25 percent of fair market value to States and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities for economic development purposes where such areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from the closing of Federal facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1976
Elects Gerry E. Studds of Massachusetts to the House Committee on International Relations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1976
Provides for the disposal under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 of surplus real property at not less than 25 percent of fair market value to States and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities for economic development purposes where such areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from the closing of Federal facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1976
Expresses the solidarity of the American people in efforts to enlarge human freedom by the participants in the second Brussels conference, February 17 to 19, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1976
Concerns a subpoena duces tecum served upon William Vaughn, Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Ways and Means in the case of the United States against Sam R. Nasuti (Criminal Case No. 75-171), pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1976
Expresses the sense of the House that appreciation and admiration be expressed to Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. and wishes for him to continue to prosper in good health.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1976
Authorizes and directs the House ad hoc Select Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf to transmit its findings and report to the House no later than March 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Authorizes Representative Wiggins to appear as a witness.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Creates a House committee of three Members to join with a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President that a quorum of each House has assembled and Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may make.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Provides that the two Houses of Congress in the Hall of the House of Representatives on January 19, 1976, at 9:00 p.m., to receive such communication as the President of the United States shall be pleased to make to them.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Authorizes the appointment of a committee of two Members of the House, to join a similar committee appointed by the Senate, to notify the President that the Congress has completed its business of the first session of the 94th Congress and is ready to adjourn unless the President has some other communication to make to them.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Authorizes the Clerk to respond to the subpoena duces tecum served on him in the case of United States against A. Michael Stagg, et. al., pending in the United States Court for the Southern District of New York.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Provides a response to an order issued for the production of certain House documents by the United States Court of Claims in the case of Baltimore Contractors, Inc. against the United States, pending in that court.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Provides that when the two Houses adjourn on Friday, December 19, 1975, they shall stand adjourned sine die or until 12:00 noon on the second day after their respective Members are notified to reassemble.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Authorizes Representative Helstoski to appear as a witness before the Grand Jury of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, to testify on October 14, 1975, which has been continued until December 19, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Elects Representative Thornton as a member of the Committee on Agriculture; Representative Risenhoover as a member of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation; and Representative Allen as a member of the Committees on Banking, Currency and Housing, and Veterans' Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1975
Directs that the second regular session of the 94th Congress shall begin at noon on Monday, January 19, 1976. Requires the President to transmit to the Congress not later than January 21, 1976, the budget for fiscal year 1977. Directs the President to transmit the Economic Report to the Congress not later than January 26, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Authorizes compliance with a subpoena duces tecum served upon the director of the Republican Research Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1975
Authorizes Representative Patterson of California to appear in response to the subpoena of the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1975
Provides for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives from November 20, 1975, until December 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1975
Directs the Clerk of the House to furnish certain documents relating to the case of Social Workers 1974 National Committee and others against W. Pat Jennings, pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
States that the House of Representatives condemns the resolution adopted by the General Assembly which equates Zionism with racism. Calls for reconsideration of such amendment. Expresses opposition to United States participation in the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination so long as that program remains distorted by the above U.N. resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations which equates Zionism with racism. Opposes participation by the United States Government in the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. Calls for reconsideration of the Zionism resolution. Directs the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Foreign Relations to begin hearings commediately to reaccess the United States' further participation in the United Nations General Assembly.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
Young Adult Conservation Corps Act - Declares it to be a finding of Congress that unemployment levels are excessively high among young adults, and that there are large inventories of conservation work and other work of a public nature on public lands, including the national park and forest systems, which require large amounts of labor and relatively small capital investments. States that it is the purpose of this Act to complement the Youth Conservation Corps Act and to provide employment to young adults. Declares the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to jointly extend the Youth Conservation Corps to make possible the year-round employment of young adults. States that individuals employed as Corps members under this Act shall be between the ages of 19 and 24; shall meet applicable physical standards; shall be given preference for employment if they reside in counties in which the unemployment rate was equal to or in excess of six percent for three consecutive months; and may be employed for a total of not more than 12 months. Sets forth criteria by which the Secretaries shall be guided in determining the location of projects and the type of work to be done. States that priority should be given to counties having a high rate of unemployment and that highly labor intensive projects should be sought. States that the rate of pay for Corps members should be set at the current Federal minimum wage. Extends the provisions of this Act to cover employment of young adults in State conservation programs in accordance with the provisions of the Youth Conservation Corps Act which make such an extension. Requires the Secretaries to prepare, within eight months of the enactment of this Act, a plan for the execution of the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for preparing the plan and for preparing the sites, facilities, and equipment selected in this plan. Authorizes the appropriation of funds as specified for the four fiscal years during which young adults are employed under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 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 · 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 · 29 October 1975
Expresses the gratitude of Congress to Bob Hope for distinguished and meritorious service to the Nation and to the cause of freedom.
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 · 23 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 · 23 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 · 23 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 · 23 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 · 23 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 · 23 October 1975
Directs the Clerk to appear before a grand jury investigation pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1975
Provides for an adjournment of the House from Thursday, October 23, 1975, to Tuesday, October 28, 1975.