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United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1976
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service shall not close or suspend the operation of any post offices, unless there is a clear and compelling need to do so. Encourages the service to continue cost-cutting programs which do not affect levels of service.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1976
Recommends that the Board on Geographic Names approve a proposal to name two mountains in Alaska after the later Congressmen Hale Boggs and Nick Begich.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1976
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require each issue of securities registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to file periodic reports relating to any payment of money or furnishing of anything of value in an amount in excess of $1,000 to: (1) any person or entity employed by, affiliated with, or representing a foreign government; (2) any foreign political party or candidate for foreign political office; or (3) any person retained to advise or represent the issue in connection with obtaining business with a foreign government. Requires that such reports be made available for public inspection and include the following information: (1) the amount of each payment and the date on which it was made; (2) the name of the person or entity receiving the funds; (3) the purpose for which the payment was made. Makes it unlawful for any issuer of a security registered with the Securities Exchange Commission to make use of the mails or of any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce to offer, pay or promise anything of value: (1) to an official of a foreign government for the purpose of inducing that individual to use his influence within such foreign government to obtain or maintain business or to influence legislation or regulations of that government; (2) to any person knowing or having reason to know that all or a portion of such money or thing of value will be used by such person to influence an official of a foreign government; (3) to any candidate for foreign political office for the purpose of inducing that party or candidate to use its or his influence with a foreign government; or (4) in any manner or for a purpose which is illegal under the laws of a foreign government.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1976
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for occupational therapy services.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1976
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating October 1, 1976, as "National Coaches' Day".
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1976
Requires the appointment of an optometrist to the National Professional Standards Review Council and the participation by optometrists in the activities of local professional standards review organizations pursuant to the requirements of Title XI of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1976
Denies tax exempt status to an organization if a substantial part of the activities of such organization consist of carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to infuluence legislation. Limits the applicability of this section to organizations that normally make expenditures for the purpose of influencing legislation in excess of the lobbying ceiling amount or in excess of the ceiling amount for such organization as determined under the Internal Revenue Code. Imposes a tax of 25 percent of the amount of any excess lobbying expenditures. Defines the lobbying nontaxable amount as the lesser of $1,000,000 or a specified percentage of exempt purpose expenditures. Prohibits any charitable contribution tax deduction for out-of-pocket expenditures made by any person on behalf of a tax-exempt organization if the expenditure is made for the purpose of influencing legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1976
Amends the Second Liberty Bond Act to allow the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of the President, to increase the rate paid on United States retirement plan bonds and individual retirement bonds so that the investment yield is consistent with that of series E savings bonds.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1976
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by condemnation specified lands, and contracts for the sale of timber thereon, within the Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1976
Expresses the general policy of the United States Government to rely upon private commercial sources for the goods and services required to meet Government needs, and that this policy be administered by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1976
Exempts from Federal income taxation, under the Internal Revenue Code, a corporation organized and operated for mutual purposes and without profit for the purpose of providing, either or both, reserve funds for, and insurance of, shares and deposits in credit unions which have no capital stock and are organized and operated for mutual purposes and not for profit.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1976
Amends the eligibility requirements of the Aid to Family of Dependent Children program of Title IV of the Social Security Act: (1) to eliminate the present prohibition against the payment of aid to a child whose father receives unemployment compensation; (2) to deny the payment of aid to a child with respect to any week for which such child's father qualifies for unemployment compensation under an unemployment compensation law of a State or of the United States, but refuses to apply for or accept such unemployment compensation; and (3) to require the reduction of the amount of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children by the amount of unemployment compensation received by the father. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements with States to simplify the procedures for registration for State work incentive and unemployment compensation programs, and to establish, whenever possible, a single registration for both programs.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1976
Extends for one year (until September 30, 1977) the period for making loans to the unemployment fund of the Virgin Islands. Increases the authorized funds by $10,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1976
Extends for one year (until September 30, 1977) the period for making loans to the unemployment fund of the Virgin Islands. Increases the funds to be authorized by $10,000,000. Makes available funds for advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1976
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to permit duty-free importation of articles for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation if: (1) required for the research, development, operation, or improvement of such service; and (2) such articles are not readily available from domestic sources; and (3) such articles are certified by the Board of Directors to the United States Customs Service as being within the foregoing criteria. Sets forth procedures for the disposition of goods admitted under this exemption from customs duty which do not meet the required criteria.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1976
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General to establish en route customs and immigration inspection procedures aboard moving trains operated in international inter-city rail passenger service between contiguous countries. Directs that such procedures shall not delay scheduled transit and the cost of such inspection shall be borne by the United States without reimbursement.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1976
Designates April 13, 1976 as "Thomas Jefferson Day."
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1976
Repeals the authority of the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries to review the rates of pay of Members of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1976
Extends to persons who damage any United States licensed commercial or public radio or television broadcasting station the criminal penalties now applied to persons who damage communications systems controlled by the United States or used for military or civil defense functions. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1362)
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1976
Privacy Protection for Rape Victims Act - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to prohibit, in cases of alleged rape or assault with intent to commit rape, the introduction of evidence of the victim's prior sexual conduct or reputation. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to evidence of the victim's prior sexual conduct with the alleged assailant.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1976
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the allowable dollar amount of the tax deduction taken for a charitable contribution which is of a musical, artistic, or similar nature shall be the fair market value of such property at the time of contribution.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1976
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Civil Aeronautics Board, in determining the compensation for any local service air carrier for mail for the year 1966, to apply a specified subsidy rate. Exempts from such determination any decrease in the Federal income tax liability of such carrier in such year resulting from any capital loss carry back pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Board, if such decreases in tax liability was taken into account, to redetermine the compensation to be paid to such air carrier and to make payment of any amount owed to such carrier as provided in such redetermination.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1976
Rural Electrification Administration Technical Amendments Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to stipulate that the unobligated balance of funds made available for loans by the Rural Electrification Administration shall become part of the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund. Revises criteria for issuance of loans at the special rate of two percent by the Administration by establishing separate criteria for telephone borrowers and electric borrowers based on the following factors: average subscriber density, distribution plant, general plant, annual gross revenue, and cost of power.
United States · United States Congress · 2 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 · 10 February 1976
Provides for the relief of William H. Klusmeier, publisher of the Austin Citizen of Austin, Texas
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Declares that the Congress has not delegated to the Federal Trade Commission any authority to preempt the laws of the States or their political subdivisions.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Title I: Emergency Natural Gas Authority - Natural Gas Emergency Standby Act - Declares the finding of the Congress that the Nation will suffer severe shortages of natural gas during the heating season from November 1975 through March 1976. Grants the Federal Power Commission authority to allow natural gas companies which transport natural gas in interstate commerce with inadequate quantities of natural gas to meet the requirements of their high priority consumers of natural gas, to purchase natural gas from sources not in interstate commerce and from other such companies on an emergency basis free from specified requirements of the Natural Gas Act. Grants the Federal Energy Administration the authority to prohibit the use of natural gas as boiler fuel. Grants the President the standby authority to allocate propane gas during periods of actual or threatened severe shortages of natural gas. Authorizes civil penalties of not more than $2,500 for each violation or violations of orders or regulations issued by the President under such standby authority. Provides that this title shall expire on midnight April 4, 1976. Title II: Natural Gas Act Amendments - Provides for the termination of the regulation by the Federal Power Commission of the sale of new natural gas to natural gas companies for resale in interstate commerce pursuant to the Natural Gas Act. Directs the Commission to conduct studies of the production, gathering, shortage, distribution, and sale of natural, artificial, or synthetic gas throughout the United States and its possessions. Requires the Commission to secure and keep information regarding the ownership, management, and control of all facilities for production and distribution of such gas. Requires a report by the Commission to the President and the Congress. Directs the Commission to establish a national ceiling for rates and charges for the sale or transfer in interstate commerce by any person of new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands on or after January 1, 1975, through December 31, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Truth in Government Accounting Act - Requires that the United States Government prepare and make public annual consolidated financial statements utilizing the accrual method of accounting.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1975
Equal Opportunity for Displaced Homemakers Act - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a multipurpose service program for displaced homemakers, including: (1) job counseling and training services; (2) health education and counseling services; (3) financial management services; (4) educational services; and (5) outreach and information services with respect to Federal employment, education, health, and unemployment assistance programs. Defines a "displaced homemaker" as an individual who: (1) has worked in the home, providing unpaid household services for family members; (2) is not gainfully employed; (3) has had, or would have, difficulty in securing employment; and (4) has been dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by such income, or has been dependent on Federal assistance but is no longer eligible for such assistance. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of and appropriate procedures for allowing displaced homemakers to participate in specified Federal programs. Requires the Secretary to submit a final report to each House of the Congress not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1975
Expedites the holding of hearings under titles II, (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) XVI, (Supplemental Security Income Benefits) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act by establishing uniform review procedures under such titles.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1975
Cargo Security Act - Establishes a program of coordinated Federal regulation designed to assure maximum security and safety of property moving in interstate and foreign commerce. Title I: Cargo Security For Property Being Transported in Interstate and Foreign Commerce - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish such regulations as he deems necessary to assure the security and safety of property under the control of any carrier while being transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Sets forth a maximum civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation of this title. Directs that any order of the Secretary assessing a civil penalty shall be subject to review by the United States Courts of Appeals. Provides that the United States district courts shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of or to enforce regulations established under this Act. Requires the Secretary to annually submit to Congress reports recommending legislation as the Secretary deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Title II: - Customs Port Security - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue by regulation such security and safety measures as he deems necessary to protect and safeguard cargo at specified terminals. Establishes a maximum civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation of this title. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress recommending legislation the Secretary deems necessary to carry out this title. Reduces the criminal penalty for affixing or defacing a customs seal and for maliciously entering a bonded warehouse from a fine of no more than $5,000 and/or imprisonment for no more than two years to a fine of no more than $1,000 and/or imprisonment for no more than one year. Provides that the penalty for unlawfully removing goods from a bonded warehouse or knowingly receiving such goods shall be a fine of $5,000 and/or imprisonment of not more than ten years if the value of such goods is $250 or more, or $1,000 or one year if the value is less than $250. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 549) Title III: Office of Cargo Security - Establishes within the Department of Transportation the Office of Cargo Security. Transfers to the Director of the Office the powers and duties of the Office of Transportation Security. Specifies other responsibilities delegated to the Director. Title IV: Interagency Council on Cargo Security - Establishes an Interagency Council on Cargo Security which shall identify and coordinate Federal department and agency responsibility.
United States · United States Congress · 22 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 · 21 October 1975
Authorizes payment under the supplementary medical insurance program of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for optometric and medical vision care.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the week in November which includes Thanksgiving Day in each year as "National Family Week."
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1975
Exempts, under the Internal Revenue Code, aircraft museums, as defined in this Act, from Federal taxes on fuel. Provides for the repayment to such museums by the Secretary of the Treasury of any gasoline taxes paid.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Removes Members of Congress from the purview of the provisions of the Federal Salary Act relating to review of such Members' salaries and the annual report to the President thereon by the Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Declares that Congress would support the President in a declaration of policy against United States manufacture or possession of lethal chemical weapons. Urges an international treaty banning the manufacture and possession of lethal chemical weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1975
Broadcast License Renewal Act - Permits the Federal Communications Commission to extend three-year broadcast licenses for an additional two years upon a finding of public interest. Requires in making such determination, considerations of whether different term lengths for radio and television stations and for different categories of licensees are in the public interest. Limits other class licenses to a five-year maximum, prescribing the renewal procedures for such licenses and the criteria to be considered in renewal, including responsiveness and lack of serious deficiencies. Sets guidelines for expeditious action on applications for renewal of broadcasting station licenses by limiting material required to be filed. Requires the Commission to examine the renewal process and report within six months on methods of reducing and consolidating filings and supporting documents.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975
States that beginning with the last Friday in August the telecasting of professional football games may not conflict with interscholastic and intercollegiate football games. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to the calendar years beginning after December 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that product development and improvement (including writing, editing, compiling, illustrating, and designing) costs of publishers are research or experimental expenditures. Prohibits the retroactive application of Revenue Ruling Numbered 73-395.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1975
Provides under the Social Security Act that where benefits are claimed under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (title XIV), the Medicaid program (title XIX) other Social Services programs, and Federal-State public assistance programs, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make a determination as to the eligibility of the claimant within 90 days of submission of the claim (120 days where the Secretary requires more information from the appropriate State and such information is not furnished within the first 60 days after submission of the claim). Provides that payments made to States for medical assistance to aged, blind, or disablied individuals later determined by the Secretary to be ineligible for such payments shall not be deemed an overpayment to such state.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
Provides that upon an affirmative response from more than 50 percent of the doctors answering the question with respect to such a change, the entire area of a State will be redesignated as a single Professional Standards Review Organization area.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Broadcast License Renewal Act - Permits the Federal Communications Commission to extend three-year broadcast licenses for an additional two years upon a finding of public interest. Requires in making such determination, considerations of whether different term lengths for radio and television stations and for different categories of licensees are in the public interest. Limits other class licenses to a five-year maximum, prescribing the renewal procedures for such licenses and the criteria to be considered in renewal, including responsiveness and lack of serious deficiencies. Sets guidelines for expeditious action on applications for renewal of broadcasting station licenses by limiting material required to be filed. Requires the Commission to examine the renewal process and report within six months on methods of reducing and consolidating filings and supporting documents.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1975
Authorizes the acceptance or appropriation of funds for the establishment of a sound and light performance on the east front of the United States Capitol.
United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Government while engaged in a lessening of tensions with the People's Republic of China, do nothing to compromise continued close relations with the Republic of China.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Authorizes the acceptance or appropriation of funds for the establishment of a sound and light performance on the east front of the United States Capitol.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Directs the Architect of the Capital to conduct a study of the feasibility of using solar energy in connection with the heating, cooling, hot water, and electrical systems of the Cannon, Longworth and Rayburn House Office Buildings. Requires that such study consider the conversion and operating costs of such a system. Authorizes the Architect to enter into contracts necessary to carry out the study. Limits expenditures of the Architect under this resolution to $50,000 to be paid from the contingent fund of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1975
Provides under the Social Security Act that where benefits are claimed under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (title XIV), the Medicaid program (title XIX) other Social Services programs, and Federal-State public assistance programs, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall make a determination as to the eligibility of the claimant within 90 days of submission of the claim (120 days where the Secretary requires more information from the appropriate State and such information is not furnished within the first 60 days after submission of the claim). Provides that payments made to States for medical assistance to aged, blind, or disablied individuals later determined by the Secretary to be ineligible for such payments shall not be deemed an overpayment to such state.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1975
Directs the Architect of the Capital to conduct a study of the feasibility of using solar energy in connection with the heating, cooling, hot water, and electrical systems of the Cannon, Longworth and Rayburn House Office Buildings. Requires that such study consider the conversion and operating costs of such a system. Authorizes the Architect to enter into contracts necessary to carry out the study. Limits expenditures of the Architect under this resolution to $50,000 to be paid from the contingent fund of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1975
Directs the Architect of the Capital to conduct a study of the feasibility of using solar energy in connection with the heating, cooling, hot water, and electrical systems of the Cannon, Longworth and Rayburn House Office Buildings. Requires that such study consider the conversion and operating costs of such a system. Authorizes the Architect to enter into contracts necessary to carry out the study. Limits expenditures of the Architect under this resolution to $50,000 to be paid from the contingent fund of the House.