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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 763 (94th)referred

Resolution to review, evaluate, and further amend the Wagner-Peyser Act.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975

Calls upon the United States Employment Service to devote its full resources to provide assistance to the unemployed and the disadvantaged. Provides that legislation establishing the United States Employment Service be amended to eliminate outdated and inhibitory provisions.

Bill· HRH.R. 9888 (94th)referred

Natural Gas Supply Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1975

Natural Gas Supply Act - Title I: States that it is the purpose of this Act to authorize the President or his delegate, the Federal Power Commission, and the Federal Energy Administration to deal with existing and imminent shortages and dislocations of natural gas in the national distribution system which jeopardize the public health, safety, and welfare; to provide protection of natural gas service to customers who use natural gas for high priority end uses during periods of curtailed deliveries by natural gas companies; and to assure increased supplies of natural gas at reasonable prices. Title II: - Interstate Pipeline Emergency Natural Gas Purchases Act - Grants the Federal Power Commission authority to allow interstate pipeline companies with insufficient natural gas for their high priority consumers of natural gas to acquire natural gas from intrastate sources and other interstate pipeline companies on an emergency basis free from the provisions of the Natural Gas Act. Title III: - Curtailed Consumers Emergency Natural Gas Purchasers Act - Allows curtailed high priority consumers of natural gas to purchase natural gas from the intrastate market by enabling them to arrange for the transportation of such gas by regulated interstate pipeline companies. Title IV: Emergency Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act Amendments - Provides authority to the Federal Energy Administrator to prohibit the use of natural gas when petroleum products or coal can be substituted by powerplants and major fuel burning installations. Title V: - Propane Standby Allocation Act - Provides standby authority for the President to allocate propane during periods of actual or threatened severe shortages of natural gas. Title VI: - States that termination of the authorities granted under this Act shall not affect any action or pending proceedings, civil or criminal, not finally determined on such date, nor any action or proceeding based upon any act committed prior to such date. Title VII: - States that the Commission shall have no power to disallow, in whole or in part, in the rates and charges made, demanded, or received by any natural gas company the amounts paid for new natural gas, except that in any case where a natural gas company purchases natural gas from an affiliate or produces natural gas from its own properties, the Commission may disallow any portion of the cost thereof in the rate or charge made by such company which is in excess of current prices paid to nonaffiliates for comparable sales of new natural gas.

Bill· HRH.R. 9882 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 163 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 relating to railroad-highway crossings and section 130 of title 23 of the United States Code relating to railway-highway crossings.

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1975

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a demonstration project in Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, for the relocation of rail lines in order to eliminate specified ground level railroad highway crossings.

Bill· HRH.R. 9803 (94th)enacted

A bill to postpone for 6 months the effective date of the requirement that a child day care center meet specified staffing standards (for children between 6 weeks and 6 years old) in order to qualify for Federal payments for the services involved under title XX of the Social Security Act, so long as the standards actually being applied comply with State law and are no lower than those in effect in September 1975.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1975

Postpones for six months the effective date of the requirement that a child day care center meet specified staffing standards under title XX of the Social Security Act (for children between six weeks and six years old) in order to qualify for Federal payments for the services if the standards actually being applied comply with State law and are no lower than those in effect on September 15, 1975.

Bill· HRH.R. 9823 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1975

Provides that property used in, or related to, a taxpayer's business which was acquired at no cost to him shall not be a capital asset for purposes of taxation under the Internal Revenue Code.

Bill· HRH.R. 9801 (94th)referred

A bill to establish a method whereby the Congress (acting in accordance with specified procedures) may prevent the adoption by the executive branch of rules or regulations which are contrary to law or inconsistent with congressional intent or which go beyond the mandate of the legislation which they are designed to implement.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1975

Requires that any rule or regulation proposed by any officer or agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government to implement a law or a program pursuant to a law must be submitted to both Houses of Congress for review. States that such rule or regulation shall become effective 60 legislative days after submission if Congress neither disapproves it by resolution or passes a concurrent resolution specifically approving such rule or regulation. Incorporates the provisions of this Act into the rules of the two Houses of Congress. Establishes procedural rules with respect to the consideration of a resolution disapproving the proposed rule or regulation.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 403 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Baltic States.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1975

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should bring the issue of the incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union before the United Nations. Calls upon the Secretary of State to bring the matter of the Baltic States to the attention of all nations through such channels as the United States Information Agency. States that the United States shall not agree to the recognition of the Soviet annexation of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia by any international conference. Provides that the President should require that all government map publishers show Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia as independent states. Calls for the return of self-determination to such nations.

Bill· HRH.R. 9608 (94th)referred

A bill to provide for the establishment of a constitution for the Virgin Islands.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975

Authorizes the people of the Virgin Islands to organize a government pursuant to a constitution of their own adoption under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Legislature of the Virgin Islands to call a constitutional convention to draft a constitution for the people of the Virgin Islands. Requires that such constitution shall include a bill of rights. Provides for eligibility for membership at the convention. Establishes voting procedures for the approval or disapproval of such constitution as may be drafted by the convention. Provides that upon taking effect, a constitution drafted and approved under this Act shall supersede such provisions of the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands as may be inconsistent with such constitution.

Bill· HRH.R. 9603 (94th)referred

Truth in Budgeting Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975

Truth in Budgeting Act - Provides for full congressional review of all Federal programs every 2 years by the appropriate standing committees of the House and Senate. Provides that each comprehensive review conducted by a committee with respect to a Federal program under this Act shall include a detailed consideration of the past experience under the program and a projection of the expected future experience of the program, a consideration of alternate ways of carrying out the activities involved and alternative funding levels for such activities, an evaluation of each such alternative in terms of its probable costs and benefits, a comparison of each such alternative with other programs and activities in the same or related fields, and an evaluation of the overall success or failure of the program. Details the method to be used to review such programs by the standing committee. Provides that no funds in excess of the appropriations for the previous year may be authorized for a program that has not been subject to review during the calendar year.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 674 (94th)referred

Resolution disapproving of efforts to expel Israel from the United Nations.

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975

Expresses the House of Representatives strong disapproval of efforts to expel Israel from the United Nations. States that if Israel is expelled the United States should reassess its relationship with the United Nations General Assembly. Provides that such reassessment shall include possible withdrawal from that body.

Bill· HRH.R. 9171 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize certain revenues from leases on the Outer Continental Shelf to be made available to coastal States.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975

Revises the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to allocate to the coastal States 37 1/2 percent of all rentals and royalties paid in connection with any lease on the Outer Continental Shelf. Exempts from such requirement funds credited to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. States that the proportion of the total amount set aside which shall be distributed to any coastal State shall bear the same ratio to such total amount as the amount of production sold from deposits adjacent to such coastal State.

Bill· HRH.R. 9088 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize the 101st Airborne Division Association to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975

Authorizes the One Hundred and First Airborne Division Association to erect a memorial or public grounds in the District of Columbia in commemoration of the men of the "Screaming Eagles". Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the National Commission on Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select a suitable site in the District of Columbia or its environs. Provides that all plans are subject to approval of the Secretary of Interior. States that neither the United States nor the District of Columbia shall be put to any expense in the erection of such monument. Directs that maintenance of the monument shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior or the District of Columbia if the memorial is erected upon public grounds under their jurisdiction.

Bill· HRH.R. 9021 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to provide seminars to freshmen Members of the Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1975

Directs the officers of the House of Representatives to conduct seminars for freshmen Members of Congress. Provides for the curriculum and expense reimbursement for such seminars. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes each freshman member to employ an interim staff between election and the next regular session of Congress. Authorizes expenditures for stationary during such period. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary for such purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 9001 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize applications for assistance under that act for bilingual education programs to be developed in consultation with both parents of English-speaking children and parents of children of limited English-speaking ability.

United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1975

Directs that applications for assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for bilingual education programs be developed in consultation with both parents of English-speaking children and parents of children of limited English-speaking ability.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 589 (94th)referred

Resolution to proclaim the right of the Portuguese people to determine their form of government through free elections.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975

Declares the solidarity of the United States Congress in support of the democratic aspirations of the Portuguese people. Denounces the conspirational maneuvers of the Communists. Calls for congressional hearings on the Portuguese crisis. Urges NATO to warn Moscow against supporting communist subversion in Portugal. Calls upon Moscow to terminate such actions. Requests that the Department of State ask the Helsinki Conference to adopt a resolution proclaiming the right of the Portuguese people to determine their form of government through free election, and to appoint a committee to supervise such an election.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 633 (94th)referred

Resolution to express concern over the attempts to expel Israel from the United Nations.

United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1975

Expresses the disapproval of the United States House of Representatives of attempts to expel Israel from the United Nations. States that if Israel is expelled the Senate will review United States commitments to the Third World nations involved in the expulsion and will consider the implication of continued membership in the United Nations.

Bill· HRH.R. 8850 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 501(c) (5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1975

Defines the term "agricultural" under the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the exemption from the tax on corporations. States that such term includes the art or science of cultivating land, harvesting crops or marine resources, or raising of livestock.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 628 (94th)referred

Resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that House conferees may conduct business only at conferees may conduct business only at conference meetings open to the public.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 8829 (94th)referred

Cost-of-Living Tax Adjustment Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975

Cost-of-Living Tax Adjustment Act - Provides under the Internal Revenue Code for automatic cost-of-living adjustments of income tax rates, based on the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index prepared for each calendar year exceeds the index for the month of December, 1972. States that the corporate surtax exemption for each taxable year shall be equal to $50,000 multiplied by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index prepared each calendar year exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the month of December, 1974. Stipulates that the personal exemption shall be equal to $750 multiplied by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index prepared each calendar year exceeds the index for December, 1972. Provides that the percentage standard deduction shall be equal to 16 percent of adjusted gross income but shall not exceed $2,600 increased by the cost-of-living adjustment in the case of a joint return, $2,300 increased by the cost-of-living adjustment in the case of an unmarried individual, or $1,300 increased by the cost-of-living adjustment in the case of a married individual filing a separate return. Makes similar adjustments in the low-income allowance. Defines cost-of-living adjustment as meaning the percentage (if any) by which the Consumer Price Index prepared each calendar year exceeds the index for December, 1974. Provides for annual adjustments in the withholding rate based on the applicable tax tables. Authorizes cost-of-living adjustments in the depreciation deduction and in the adjusted basis for property.

Bill· HRH.R. 8807 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize the States to carry out certain functions of the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers on intrastate waters.

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975

Empowers States to carry out specified functions of the Secretary of the Army, and the Chief of Engineers with respect to intrastate navigable waterways including the regulation of: (1) building of bridges, dams and dikes; (2) deposit of refuse; (3) removal of sunken vessels; and (4) landfill. Requires a State which desires to carry out such functions to submit to the Secretary the program it proposes to establish and administer under State law. Directs the Secretary to approve such a State plan unless he determines that adequate authority does not exist: (1) to insure compliance with the applicable requirements of such functions, including but not limited to the establishment of necessary civil and criminal penalties and other means of enforcement; or (2) in the case of permits which may be issued by the State in carrying out such functions, to provide for their issuance, modification, and termination, including public notice of each such permit application and opportunities for public hearings. Authorizes the Secretary to withdraw approval of a State program if he determines that it fails to conform to Federal law.

Bill· HRH.R. 8766 (94th)referred

A bill to assist cities and States by amending section 5136 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, with respect to the authority of national banks to underwrite and deal in securities issued by State and local governments, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1975

Provides that the statutory limitations and restrictions on the corporate powers of national banking associations with regard to dealing in and underwriting investment securities shall not apply to all other nongeneral obligations issued or guaranteed by or on behalf of a State or any political subdivision thereof or agency of a State or any political subdivision thereof (except special assessment obligations and industrial revenue bonds) which are at the time eligible for purchase by a national bank for its own account, subject to specified limitations. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to submit an annual report to the Congress showing the extent to which the business of underwriting and dealing in State and local obligations is being carried on by commercial banks as compared with other banking institutions with a view to determining the effect of the amendment made by the first section of this Act on the institutional distribution of such business.

Bill· HRH.R. 8697 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to increase certain penalties for gun control offenses and to allow the United States to obtain appellate review of certain sentences relating to gun control offenses.

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975

Provides in addition to the punishment otherwise provided for the commission of a felony that anyone who uses a firearm to commit any felony, or carries a firearm unlawfully during the commission of any felony, the commission of which may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than two years nor more than ten years. Allows the United States to appeal a suspended or probationary sentence following a first conviction under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8531 (94th)referred

Food Supplement Amendment

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975

Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other nutritional substance or ingredient of any food for special dietary uses unless such articles is injurious to health in the recommended dosage.

Bill· HRH.R. 8490 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research information projects and programs respecting amniocentesis, to provide for research on other methods of detecting birth defects, to provide assistance for programs of genetic counseling, and to provide financial assistance for the performance of amniocentesis on women unable to pay therefor.

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975

Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants under the Public Health Service Act for research projects respecting the use of amniocentesis, other techniques for the detection of birth defects, and programs to inform women of the various uses of amniocentesis. Permits the Secretary to make grants to assist in the cost of establishing and maintaining genetic counseling programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a program under which women may have all or part of the cost of having amniocentesis performed on them paid by the United States. Stipulates that no grants may be made unless an application has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1976 and each succeeding fiscal year of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the Congress an annual report on the anniocentesis program.

Bill· HRH.R. 8378 (94th)referred

A bill to provide that in civil actions where the United States is a plaintiff, a prevailing defendant may recover a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs.

United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1975

Provides that in civil actions where the United States is a plaintiff, a prevailing defendant may recover a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs, whether or not other costs are awarded or awardable against the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 8325 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to provide that a unit or combination of units of general local government having a population of fifty thousand or more shall be eligible to be a prime sponsor and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975

Provides that a unit of general local government having a population of fifty thousand or more (the present eligibility requirement is one hundred thousand) shall be eligible to be a prime sponsor under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973.

Bill· HRH.R. 8230 (94th)referred

Emergency Housing and Mortgage Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975

Emergency Housing and Mortgage Assistance Act - Title I: Stimulation of Housing Construction - Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Amendments - States that mortgages purchased by the Governmental National Mortgage Association under the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act may not have an interest rate in excess of seven and one-half percent. Increases the total amount of mortgage purchases and commitments which may be made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under such Act to $10,000,000,000. Requires that at least 80 percent of such funds be used to purchase mortgages having original principal obligations not exceeding $36,000. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase mortgages of multifamily residence not purchased under present laws. Title II: Emergency Mortgage Relief - Emergency Homeowner's Relief Act - States it to be the purpose of this Act to prevent widespread mortgage foreclosure and distress sale of homes, resulting from temporary loss of employment and income through a program of emergency loans and advances and mortgage relief payments to homeowners. Sets forth as conditions for the extension of assistance under this Act: (1) that the holder of the mortgage has indicated his intention to foreclose to the mortgagor; (2) that mortgage payments have been delinquent for at least three months; (3) that adverse economic conditions have caused the mortgagor to become involuntarily unemployed or underemployed and to have incurred a substantial reduction in income as a result; (4) that there is a reasonable prospect that the mortgagor will be able to make the adjustments necessary for a full resumption of mortgage payments; and (5) that the mortgaged property is the principal residence of the mortgagor. States that assistance provided under this Act will be in the form of either: (1) emergency mortgage relief loans or advances of credit; or (2) emergency mortgage relief payments. Sets the limits of such payments at $250 per month for up to 12 months with one 12-month extension available. Provides that payments be repaid on such terms as the Secretary prescribes. Authorizes the Secretary to insure financial institutions against losses which they might sustain as a result of emergency loans or advances of credit made pursuant to this Act. States that the aggregate amount of loans and advances insured shall not exceed $1,500,000 at any one time. Authorizes the Secretary to make emergency mortgage relief payments to certain mortgagees on behalf of distressed homeowners. Establishes the Emergency Homeowners' Relief Fund in the United States Treasury for making mortgage relief loans and payments pursuant to this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary and the Federal supervisory agencies with respect to financial institutions to take steps to encourage forebearance in residential mortgage loan foreclosures, and to request all mortgages to give such agencies at least 30 days notice prior to instituting foreclosure proceedings. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress within sixty days of the enactment and at sixty-day intervals thereafter on the actions taken under this Act. Authorizes the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to make such advances to any insured bank as the Corporation determines to be necessary to facilitate participation in the program authorized by this title.

Bill· HRH.R. 8226 (94th)referred

Capital Recovery Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975

Capital Recovery Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, a deduction for capital recovery to be used in lieu of the existing depreciation deduction at the election of the taxpayer. Defines the property with respect to which such a deduction may be made. Sets forth tables from which the amount of such deduction may be determined based on the acquisition costs of the property and the number of taxable years passed since acquisition. Authorizes the taxpayer to carry a portion of the deduction allowable for one taxable year to succeeding years.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 570 (94th)referred

Resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that the Congressional Record shall contain a verbatim account of remarks actually delivered on the floor, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975

Adds rule XLV to the Rules of the House of Representatives. Provides that the Congressional Record shall contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks delivered on the floor of the House together with supportive data. Directs that revisions of the Record shall be limited to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors. Allows insertions in the Record of remarks not actually delivered on the floor by unanimous consent. Requires that such insertions be printed in a type face distinctively different from that used for verbatim remarks.

Bill· HRH.R. 8190 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present in the name of Congress, a medal to Brig. Gen. Charles E. Yeager.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1975

Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, to Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager, United States Air Force, a silver medal equivalent to a noncombat Medal of Honor for piloting the XS-1 research airplane faster than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947. Authroizes the appropriation of $5,500 for such purpose. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to coin duplicates in bronze of such medal to be sold in order to cover the costs of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8147 (94th)referred

National Food Stamp Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975

National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines the term "income" as used in the Food Stamp Act as the monthly gross income of all members of a household, including any in-kind payment, and the total value of any publicly funded assistance payments which supplement food and housing needs. Excludes specified individuals from the definition of "household. Provides for the distribution of federally donated foods to households upon the request by a political subdivision that such distribution be made to all eligible households in lieu of food stamps. Excludes households from eligibility for food stamps: (1) if the monthly household income exceeds the poverty index level of income established by the Office of Management and Budget; or (2) if the market value of liquid and nonliquid resources of a household consisting of one individual exceeds $1,500 or the resources of a multiple member household exceed $2,250 exclusive of specified resources. Excludes from eligibility households which include an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education and such enrollment is a substitute for fulltime employment. Declares that a refusal to work at a plant or site because of a strike or other labor dispute shall be deemed a refusal to work which makes the household of the nonworking individual ineligible for food stamps. Rejects as an excuse for refusal to accept work a condition of employment which requires an individual to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any labor organization. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require each household receiving benefits under this Act to report its income at least once each month. Requires food coupons to be designed with a space for the recipient to sign upon receipt and again at redemption. Requires one member of each eligible household to be issued a photo-identification card with a color photograph of the recipient. States that such card must be presented at redemption at a food store. Sets forth specific instructions to provide control and accountability over the distribution of food coupons to State agencies. Ties the value of the coupon allotment to the overall retail cost-of-living index. States that the "nutritionally adequate diet" as used to determine the amount of the coupon allotment shall mean the low-cost food plan developed by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Establishes as the charge a household shall pay for its coupon allotment the lesser of: (1) the percentage of its income which would be expended for food by an average household of its size and income range in the same region of the country; or (2) 30 percent. Provides, under the requirements for State plans for the administration of the food stamp program, for closer State supervision of eligibility by households. Requires the State agencies administering the program to conduct nutrition education programs for recipients. States that the United States Postal Service shall serve as a food stamp issuing agency upon the request of a State food stamp administration agency. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the States 100 percent of the costs of providing food stamps to eligible aliens, and 75 percent of the costs of State investigations, prosecutions, collections of claims and other State activities related to retrieving food stamp losses. Provides for payment by the Federal Government to the States of a share of the difference between the face value of the coupon allotment and the amount charged eligible households for the allotment. Sets forth the method of determining and paying the Federal share. Directs the transfer of all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Bill· HRH.R. 7989 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Valley Forge National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Valley Forge National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Stipulates that such park is not to exceed three thousand five hundred acres. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 7949 (94th)referred

Broadcast License Renewal Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 7837 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1975

Occupational Safety and Health Amendments - Defines "employer," under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to mean a person engaged in a business affecting commerce who has employees, but does not include the United States, any States or political subdivision of a State, any nonagricultural employer who employed no more than 25 employees at any time during the preceding calendar year, or a small farmer. Requires the evaluation of specified existing standards in order to determine the applicability of each such standard to each class of business concern with each industry. Provides, in specified cases, that the Secretary of Labor give an employer reasonable advance notice that an inspection will be made. Requires that notices of alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act be in writing and state allegations with particularity. Sets forth specified circumstances in which employers in violation of the provisions of such Act shall not receive notices, including: (1) if the employer can show that implementing a specified rule or standard would not materially affect the safety or health of his employees in the facility inspected; and (2) if he can show that he has employed alternative procedures to protect his employees from contemplated hazards. Sets forth procedures for enforcement of the provisions of such Act. Provides that no person shall discharge or discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint under such Act. Enumerates affirmative defenses to any proceedings brought under such Act. Allows the Secretary of Labor to enter into compliance agreements with employers believed to be in violation of standards. Directs the Secretary, upon request from an employer, to visit the workplaces of employers for the purpose of affording consultation and advice to such employer. Requires the Secretary to provide technical advice, assistance, and consultation to employers with less than 100 employees when it appears to the Secretary that such assistance is necessary.

Bill· HRH.R. 7711 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize the construction and maintenance of the General Draza Milhailovich Monument in Washington, District of Columbia, in recognition of the role he played in saving the lives of approximately 500 U.S. airmen in Yugoslavia during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1975

Authorizes the construction and maintenance of the General Draza Mihailovich Monument in Washington, District of Columbia, in recognition of the role he played in saving the lives of approximately five hundred United States airmen in Yugoslavia during World War II.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 298 (94th)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a special postage stamp be issued commemorating 200 years of free enterprise in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1975

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the United States Postal Service should recommend to the Postmaster General that a special postage stamp be issued commemorating two hundred years of free enterprise in the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 7464 (94th)referred

A bill to incorporate United States Service Organizations, Inc.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975

Provides for the Federal incorporation of the United Service Organizations, Incorporated. Provides that such corporation shall provide a voluntary civilian agency responsible to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense, through which the people of this Nation may, in peace or war, serve the religious, spiritual, social, welfare, educational, and entertainment needs of the men and women in the Armed Forces within or without the territorial limits of the United States. Requires that the corporation shall be nonpolitical and, as an organization, shall not furnish financial aid or assistance to, or otherwise promote the candidacy of, any person seeking elective public office. States that no substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall involve carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. Provides that the corporation, its regional, State, and local councils, organizations, chapters, and affiliates shall have the sole and exclusive right to use the names "United Service Organizations, Incorporated" and "USO" and such distinctive insignia, emblems, and badges as the corporation may lawfully adopt in carrying out its purposes. Authorizes the Department of Defense and any other agency of the United States Government, to provide such assistance as they determine is appropriate to enable the corporation to carry out its purposes.