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United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1978
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that remarks of Members made on the floor of the House or submitted for inclusion in the Congressional Record, including revisions and extensions, be relevant to governmental matters.
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1978
Divides the existing single judicial district of Maryland into the Northern and Southern Districts of Maryland. Provides for the assignment of the current district judges to each district and the appointment of an additional United States attorney and United States marshall for the Southern District.
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1978
Amends the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to extend the increase in benefits currently applicable to individuals receiving benefits for permanent total disability to individuals receiving benefits for temporary total disability.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Equal Opportunity in Federal Employment Act - Amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (equal employment opportunities) to establish an Office of Equal Employment Opportunity in each United States department, agency, or unit, to which the prohibition on discriminatory practices stated by such title applies. Specifies the functions of each Office to be: (1) advising the head of the department, agency, or unit in which such Office is located with respect to the preparation of the national and regional equal employment opportunity plans, procedures, regulations, reports, and related matters; (2) implementing and evaluating the equal employment opportunity program of such department, agency, or unit; (3) counselling employees of such department, agency, or unit who have complaints of discrimination; (4) investigating formal complaints of individual and class discrimination; and (5) resolving, either informally or formally, complaints of discrimination. Specifies additional programs to be included in the national and regional equal employment opportunity plan which each department, agency, or unit must submit to the Civil Service Commission for the purpose of maintaining an affirmative program of equal employment opportunity.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Requires a Federal agency to pay a specified rate of interest on any contract payment which is more than 30 days overdue. Entitles any holder of a Federal contract or subcontractor under a Federal contract for which payment is overdue to commence an action in the United States Court of Claims to recover such payment.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Comprehensive Anti-Inflation Act - Title I: Coordination of Economic Policies - Amends the Employment Act of 1946 with the stated purpose of reducing the rate of inflation and keeping it within reasonable bounds. Directs the President, in each annual Economic Report, to establish economic and regulatory policies which set forth: (1) current trends in the levels of prices, wages, productivity, and production costs, including projections for inflation rates in the next calendar year; (2) annual numerical inflation goals; (3) fiscal policy targets; and (4) specific programs designed to achieve such inflation goals. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to transmit annually to the Congress an independent statement of its intended monetary policies for the year. Title II: Establishment of Guidelines - Directs that a set of guidelines be established to govern price increases and wage settlements. Authorizes the President to promote voluntary compliance with such guidelines. Prohibits the use of mandatory wage or price controls by the President. Requires the Council of Economic Advisors to seek the advice and concurrence of the Council on Wage and Price Stability in establishing economic policies and guidelines. Title III: Policies and Programs to Reduce Inflation - Directs the President, in formulating and revising tax policy: (1) to reduce, or substitute for, taxes which significantly increase price levels; (2) to develop specific procedures to promote the promulgation of economically efficient and socially desirable regulations; (3) to deregulate industries over which the Federal Government has ratesetting authority; (4) to encourage the growth of productivity in both the private and public sectors; (5) to examine the use of tax incentives to hold cost increases to specified levels; (6) to strive to preserve production incentives and allow market forces to operate wherever possible; (7) to address the price implications of energy policies in the Economic Report; (8) to explore ways to increase competition in concentrated industries; and (9) to pursue negotiations for fair trade agreements with foreign nations. Title IV: Congressional Review - Directs the Joint Economic Committee to hold special hearings to review the President's proposed economic policies and to submit its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives and the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1978
Specifies that each State entitled to more than one Representative in the 99th Congress or any subsequent Congress shall establish a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which that State is entitled. Directs the districts to be established as soon as practicable after the latest decennial census, but in no case later than three years. Sets forth the standards for establishing districts in order to insure fair and effective representation in the House of Representatives. Declares that any State legislature may establish by law standards for establishing fair and effective districts. Sets forth judicial procedures to insure compliance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1978
Newspersons' Privilege Act - Prohibits Congress, or any Congressional committee or subcommittee, or any court, grand jury, or administrative body of the United States or any State, from requiring that any newsperson reveal information or sources of information which such newsperson received while acting in a journalistic capacity.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1978
Fair Employment Relations Resolution - Title I: Fair Employment Relations Board - Establishes as an office of the House of Representatives the House Fair Employment Relations Board to: (1) establish and publish policies and guidelines for the implementation and enforcement of clause 9 of rule XLIII and clause 6(a)(3)(A) of the Rules of the House of Representatives; (2) supervise the actions of the Director and the operations of the House Fair Employment Relations Office; and (3) hear and determine complaints. Title II: House Fair Employment Relations Office - Establishes as an office of the House of Representatives the House Fair Employment Relations Office to develop procedures to implement the policies of the Board, gather information relating to House employment practices, and review procedures for the hearing and setting of complaints. Title III: Complaints of Violations of Equal Employment Opportunities - Provides for counseling and assistance through the Office to any individual who believes that he or she has been discriminated against in violation of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Sets forth the procedures for filing informal complaints based on employment discrimination, and for the informal settlement of such claims. Sets forth the procedure for filing formal complaints, and for conducting hearings on such claims. Provides for an appeal to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct from an adverse decision or order of the Board. Sets forth remedies available to individuals who have been discriminated against.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1978
Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to define "handgun," "pistol," "revolver," "handgun model," and "minimum requirements for handguns". Defines "concealable handgun" to mean any handgun which is manufactured, assembled, produced, or imported after the date of enactment, and which fails to meet the specified minimum requirements for handguns. Modifies existing firearms provisions to prohibit certain activities involving concealable handguns or handguns. Prohibits the manufacture, assembly, or production of a concealable handgun except as the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize. Prohibits any person who is licensed to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms or ammunition from selling, delivering, or otherwise transferring a concealable handgun. Makes it unlawful for any person knowingly to import any handgun part into the United States, or to receive any such part which has been imported into the United States, for use in the manufacture or assembly of concealable handguns.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1978
Prohibits any State or political subdivision from levying an income tax on any compensation paid to an individual who is not a domicilliary or resident of such State or political subdivision. Declares this Act shall have no retroactive effect.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1978
Two-Step Budget Process Act - Title I: Amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 - Requires that the contents of the first concurrent resolution of the budget be separated into two titles. Prescribes a two-step process for the consideration of amendments to such budget resolution by which amendments to the first title must be considered and disposed of prior to the consideration of amendments to the second title. Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - States that such amendments are enacted as an exercise of Congressional rulemaking power.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to revise the method of computation of annuities for certain retired employees and their surviving spouses.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978
Declares two individuals lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that the settlement plan for Namibia adopted by the United Nations Security Council has the greatest potential to be a peaceful, internationally acceptable settlement. Calls upon all Namibian political parties to support the settlement plan to facilitate the formation of an independent state. Calls upon the Government of the Republic of South Africa to: (1) reassess its decision to reject the proposed settlement plan; and (2) seek to resolve the remaining differences with the plan for Namibian independence.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the seven-day period beginning on May 28, 1979, as "Vietnam Veterans Week."
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1978
Authorizes the head of each Federal agency to establish, equip, and operate a day care center for the children under seven years old of employees of such agency. Sets forth restrictions on the funding of such centers. Repeals the provision of the Education Amendments of 1976 which authorized the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and operate day care centers for children of Department employees.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1978
Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a $12,000,000 grant to the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, for the purpose of constructing a building in memory of General Daniel James to be named the "Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education."
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1978
Sunset Program Reauthorization and Evaluation Act - Title I: Reauthorization of New Budget Authority - Requires Government programs to be evaluated pursuant to a specified schedule to determine whether each such program should be continued, terminated, or altered (reauthorization review). Prohibits the authorization of new budget authority for a period of more than ten years. Prohibits the authorization of new budget authority for any program for which there has not been conducted a reauthorization review. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in consulation with the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to compile a list of programs subject to a reauthorization date for which new budget authority was not authorized. Title II: Program Inventory - Requires the Comptroller General to compile an inventory of Federal programs including a description of such programs covering specified topics. Title III: Program Review and Evaluation - Requires each House of Congress to select from the programs scheduled for reauthorization review in any given year a number of programs for comprehensive reauthorization review. Requires the President and each congressional committee to recommend such programs. Title IV: Citizens' Commission on the Organization and Operation of Government - Establishes an independent Citizen's Commission on the Organization and Operation of Government to study the organization and operation of Federal agencies and to recommend ways to improve the efficiency and operations of such agencies. Requires the Commission to submit its final report by July 1, 1983, and terminates the Commission 90 days after the submission of such report. Title V: Miscellaneous - Requires the Comptroller General to furnish Congress with the results of prior audits and reviews of programs being reviewed under this Act. Requires all agencies which are exempt from reauthorization review to submit a status report to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1978
Expresses the concern of Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as "Crossroads." Urges the South African Government: (1) to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads; and (2) to recognize the right of the residents to continue to live in Crossroads.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to make payments to local governments based on the amount of tax exempt public and foreign lands within the boundaries of such governmental units.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1978
Expresses the House of Representatives disapproval of the President's alternative plan for pay adjustments for Federal employees recommended and submitted to the Congress on August 31, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1978
Declares a certain individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of March, 1979, as "Youth Art Month."
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