Bill· HRH.R. 17659 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1974
Foreign Investment Regulatory Commission Act - Sets forth the purposes of this Act. Establishes the Foreign Investment Regulatory Commission. Provides that except as the Commission shall by rule determine: (1) no foreign investor may acquire any interest in any American business if after such acquisition one or more foreign investors have a controlling interest in such business; (2) if on the date of enactment of this Act, one or more foreign investors have a controlling interest in an American business, the Commission may order one or more of such foreign investors to sell, to persons who are not foreign investors, a portion of their interest in such business sufficient to assure that foreign investors do not have controlling interest in such business; (3) no person who is a foreign investor may invest in any calendar year in one or more American businesses an amount which exceeds $100,000,000 in the aggregate; (4) the Commission may, by rule or order, prohibit any foreign investor from acquiring any interest in an American business or class of American business which it determines affects national security or the economic interest stability of the United States. Authorizes the Commission to issue exemptions from the provisions specified above with respect to: (1) any foreign investors or class of American businesses, except that in no case may the Commission issue an exemption under this subsection with respect to any American business which it finds affects national security or the economic interest or stability of the United States and which has annual gross revenues in excess of $50,000,000. Requires that not later than April 1 of each year, the Commission shall transmit to the President and to each House of Congress an annual report. States that such report shall contain a detailed statement of the activities of the Commission in the preceeding year, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it deems appropriate.
Bill· HRH.R. 17253 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Provides that, within 40 days after enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress recommendations for reductions in budget authority and other measures which he deems sufficient to limit budget outlays during fiscal year 1975 to $300,000,000,000. States that the President's recommendations shall be limited to proposed rescissions and deferrals pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 17226 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Provides that, within 40 days after enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress recommendations or proposals for changes in existing law which are sufficient to limit budget outlays of the United States Government during fiscal year 1975 to $300,000,000,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 17249 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Home Purchase Assistance Act - Requires that whenever the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines that a substantial number of families are unable to obtain mortgage credit at reasonable rates due to high interest rates or reduced availability of mortgage credit and that the inability to obtain such credit is causing or threatening to cause a significant reduction in the volume of home construction or acquisition and thereby adversely to affect the economy and to delay the orderly achievement of the national housing goals contained in title XVI of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, the Secretary shall direct the Government National Mortgage Association to begin making commitments to purchase and to purchase mortgages in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Establishes within the Association a Housing Trust Fund which shall be used to carry out such purposes. Provides that mortgages may be purchased under this Act only if: (1) such mortgage was executed to finance the acquisition of the principal residence of the mortgagor; and (2) such mortgage involves the acquisition or construction of a residential dwelling at a cost which does not exceed $30,000 (or such greater amount, but not to exceed $45,000 as may be necessary to meet the need for mortgage credit in high cost areas). States that the Association shall not permit the aggregate outstanding amount of mortgages held by the fund under this section to increase by more than $10,000,000,000 in any single fiscal year. Requires that 50 percent of the aggregate principal amount of home mortgages purchased under this Act in any fiscal year shall involve residences upon which construction has been completed within twelve months preceding the date of purchase.
Bill· HRH.R. 17284 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Excludes from gross income, under the Internal Revenue Code, the first $500 of interest on deposits in savings institutions, banks, and credit unions.
Bill· HRH.R. 17032 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Fiscal Integrity Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that allowing the continuation of policies which lessen the fiscal integrity of the Government is detrimental to the general welfare of the people and ought, therefore, to be ended. Title I: Revenue and Budget Outlays Control - Establishes for each fiscal year a revenue and budget outlays limit for the Government. States that no appropriation shall be made for any fiscal year by the Congress in excess of the revenue and budget outlays limit for such fiscal year. Provides that if the revenue of the Government exceeds the limit established, the excess shall be used for the payment of the public debt of the Government. States that the revenue and budget outlays limit shall be derived by multiplying the estimated aggregate national income for such fiscal year by the Federal revenue factor. Defines "Federal revenue factor". Title II: Monetary Supply Control - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to insure that any rate of increase in the amount of currency in circulation and demand deposits is not greater than 1 1/4 percent per quarter fiscal year. Title III: Fiscal Disclosure - States that a bill or joint resolution introduced in either House of Congress or received by it from the other House shall be printed only when there appears at the bottom of the first page a fiscal note. Requires such fiscal note to state the amounts estimated to be the direct and indirect costs likely to be incurred or the direct and indirect savings likely to be achieved in carrying out the provisions of such bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year in which it is introduced or received and in each of the five fiscal years following such fiscal year, or for the authorized duration of any program authorized by such bill or joint resolution if less than five years, except that in the case of measures affecting revenue, the fiscal note shall state only the estimate of change in revenues for a one-year period. States that a copy of each such bill or joint resolution shall be transmitted immediately to the instrumentality of Government which will carry out its provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 17000 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Prohibits the Federal Energy Administration from imposing any tax, fee, or charge on gasoline, unless approved by Congress.
Bill· HRH.R. 16553 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Expresses the findings of Congress, including that Federal information reporting requirements have placed an unprecedented paperwork burden upon private citizens, recipients of Federal assistance, businesses, governmental contractors, and State and local governments. Establishes a Commission on Federal Paperwork to study procedures and practices of the Federal Government relating to information gathering, dissemination, and the management and control of information activities. Enumerates the areas to be considered by the Commission in its studies. Directs the Commission to make a final report to the Congress and the President within two years of the date of its first meeting. Sets forth the membership composition of the Commission and their compensation. Details the administrative powers of the Commission. Calls for cooperation between Federal agencies and the Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16518 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to review, as to its suitability for preservation as wilderness, the area commonly known as the Sheep Mountain Area in the State of California.
Bill· HRH.R. 16437 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16421 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1974
Youth Camp Safety Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to protect and safeguard the health and well-being of youth attending day camps, resident camps, and travel camps by providing for the establishment of Federal standards for the safe operation of youth camps. Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Youth Camp Safety to be headed by a Director of Youth Camp Safety. Confers upon the Director the primary responsibility for the promulgation and enforcement of Federal and State youth camp safety regulations. Requires any State which desires to assume responsibility for the development and modification of youth camp safety standards to submit a State plan to the Director for his approval. Allows a State whose plan has been rejected to obtain review of the decision in the United States Court of Appeals. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States which have in effect approved State plans, such grants not to exceed eighty percent of the cost of carrying out the State plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1975, and for each succeeding fiscal year, to make the grants provided for in this Act. Authorizes the Director to enter and inspect youth camps and their records. Directs the Director to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Advisory Council on Youth Camp Safety and to submit to Congress at least once a year a comprehensive and detailed report on his administration under this Act. Prescribes penalties for each violation by youth camp operators of the standards promulgated pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Director to request directly from any department or agency of the Federal Government information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics needed to carry out his functions under this Act; and such department or agency is authorized to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Director.
Bill· HRH.R. 16378 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, under the National Housing Act, to provide insurance for loans to finance improvements to long-term care facilities required to correct deficiencies identified in State surveys and Federal certification procedures.
Bill· HRH.R. 16380 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1974
Provides for the furnishing of 100 percent of the costs of rehabilitative services to inpatients of long-term care facilities. Authorizes necessary appropriations for such purpose. Prohibits Federal funds for long-term care, under title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, for long-term care institutions not having a rehabilitative services program in effect after June 30, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 16382 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1974
States that as a condition of approval of a State plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, the requirement is imposed that: (1) in determining, for purposes of the administration of the State plan, the need for continued care in a particular skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility (which provides services for which payment may be made under the State plan) of an individual who is entitled to medical assistance under the State plan, and has, for a period of 120 days or more, been an inpatient of such facility, a determination which would result in discharge or transfer from such facility shall be made only if in the judgment of a physician, after consultation with other appropriate professional personnel, such discharge or transfer would be in the best interest of such individual's physical and mental health; (2) in making such judgment and such determination proper consideration shall be given, not only to the mental and physical condition of such individual, but also to the capability of the facility to meet his particular needs, and to the impact which discharge or transfer from the particular facility would, as a practical matter, have on his general well-being in light of his age, length of stay in the facility, family situation, mental attitude, and other relevant factors; and (3) the State agency shall take appropriate affirmative action to assure that any individual discharged or transferred from a facility shall have the benefit of a planned program of information and counseling concerning such discharge or transfer designed to assist him in adjusting to the change in his care and surroundings and to minimize the personal stress which may accompany such change. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct, on a continuing basis in all States with plans approved under this title, investigative and oversight activities designed to determine whether there exists any basis to support a finding: (1) that the plan has been so changed that it no longer complies with the provisions of this title; and (2) that in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provision. Provides that when such activities result in observations indicating that there does exist a reasonable basis for such a finding, the Secretary shall call upon the State agency to appear at a public hearing, scheduled so as to allow reasonable notice to the State agency, to give an accounting of its administration of the plan with respect to those matters in which the Secretary has found indications of noncompliance.
Bill· HRH.R. 16381 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1974
Provides under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the establishment of a Nursing Home Affairs Advisory Council. Requires that 6 of the 11 council members be representatives of the public who are eligible for medical assistance under a State plan approved under title XIX, at least one of whom is a resident of a long-term care facility. Makes it the function of the Council to provide advice and recommendations for the consideration of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on ways to improve the quality of care provided by skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, or other long-term facilities, which provide services for which payment may be made under title XVIII or under State plans approved under title XIX (Medicaid).
Bill· HRH.R. 16379 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1974
Revises the provisions of the Older Americans Act relating to long-term care facilities to place special emphasis on the establishment and expansion of home health services and to strengthen access by the community to long-term care facilities. Requires State agencies to establish and maintain an ombudsman office which will receive and investigate complaints from residents, patients, and the relatives and friends of residents and patients in long-term care facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 16383 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1974
Makes permanent the provisions regarding payments to States for training of personnel to inspect long term care institutions pursuant to the Medicare and Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act. Provides for publication of information on charges and the rating of such institutions. Requires such institutions to provide periodic in-service training for their nonprofessional employees in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs of the Social Security Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16320 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project's activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 586 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the leadership of the Nation responsible for our economic well-being meet together immediately in a spirit of unity to design a set of policy actions to achieve the common goal of restoring stability and growth to the American economy and confidence and prosperity to the American people. States that it is in imperative as in previous moments of great national need that the two political parties, the Congress and the President, labor and management, put aside their domestic and political differences and work together in a spirit of discipline, compromise, and sacrifice for the common good. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this domestic summit be convened forthwith comprised of the President, the majority and minority leadership of both Houses of the Congress, the chairman and ranking minority members of the Appropriations Committee of both Houses, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, and the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, together with leaders of labor and business, and such other participants as they may agree upon. Stipulates that they shall meet and devote such time as necessary until a plan of action is decided upon which, by its demonstration of renewed unity, direction, and purpose, will gain the public support and confidence necessary to be effective in overcoming these difficulties. States that the Congress stands ready to cooperate fully in the spirit of commitment and unity which the solution of this truly national problem will require of all elements of American society.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 575 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that regulations requiring a statement of ingredients on bottles of distilled spirits and wine not be promulgated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms until Congress has considered the matter fully.
Bill· HRH.R. 16026 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1974
Authorizes the President of the United States to present in the name of Congress a Medal of Honor to Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1222 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1974
Provides that immediately upon the adoption of this resolution the House shall resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 988), a resolution to reform the structure, jurisdiction, and procedures of the committees of the House of Representatives by amending rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the resolution and shall continue not to exceed three hours, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Select Committee on Committees, the resolution shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Stipulates that, at the conclusion of the consideration of the resolution for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the resolution to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
Bill· HRH.R. 15671 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Barrier-Free Transportation Act - Requires transportation facilities manufactured, constructed, or renovated with Federal funds under the Urban Mass Transportation Act to comply with minimum standards, to be effective not later than January 1, 1976, of accessibility and safety for the elderly and the handicapped.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1193 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1974
Requires the House Committee on Government Operations, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, to conduct an investigation and study of the Bureau of Customs of the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice, or any other Federal department or instrumentality which has responsibility for law enforcement and the importation of goods into the United States, with respect to determining the feasibility and practicality of: (1) the consolidation into one Federal agency of all existing Federal establishments concerned with the immigration of individuals and the importation of goods into the United States; (2) the transfer of any existing Federal functions and personnel (concerned with immigration or importation) to either the Department of the Treasury or the Department of Justice; or (3) the consolidation of any Federal bureaus, agencies, establishments, or instrumentalities (which are concerned with the immigration of individuals and the importation of goods into the United States) in either the Department of the Treasury or the Department of Justice. Directs the committee to report to the House as soon as practicable the results of its investigation and study, together with recommendations with respect to proposed legislation.
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