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United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Lowers the population requirements from 100,000 to 50,000 for a unit of local government to be eligible to be a prime sponsor under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Increases from five hundred acres to one thousand acres the size of a tract which may be affected by the forestry incentive program of the Agricultural Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Exempts .22 caliber ammunition from the recordkeeping requirements imposed on the specified types of firearms and firearm components under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Increases from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated for the forestry incentive program of the Agricultural Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Authorizes the President of the United States to declare the fourth Saturday of each September "National Hunting and Fishing Day".
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975
Prohibits, except as provided in this Act, the inspection of tax returns and the disclosure of information contained in such returns. Authorizes the inspection of returns by or disclosure to (1) the taxpayer or his representative; (2) employees of the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice solely for purposes of enforcement of the tax laws; (3) State agencies charged with administration of the tax laws only for that purpose; (4) the President of the United States in the performance of his official duties; and (5) the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation for statistical purposes only. Increases the criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure or receipt of information under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Federal Records Management Act - Defines terms used in this Act and declares that the purpose of this Act is to require the establishment of standards and procedures to assure efficient and effective records management in the Federal Government. States that such standards and procedures shall seek to effectuate specified goals, including: (1) accurate and complete documentation of the policies and transactions of the Federal Government; (2) control of the quantity and quality of records produced by the Federal Government; and (3) simplification of the processes through which records are created, stored, retrieved, and used. Directs that the Administrator of General Services shall provide guidance and assistance to Federal agencies with respect to records creation, records maintenance and use, and records disposition. Requires the Administrator to conduct inspections or paperwork studies of the records, records practices, and records management programs of every Federal agency. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to charge any Federal agency for the cost of any paperwork study. Directs the Administrator to transmit yearly reports to Congress. Enumerates the types of information that such report shall contain. Establishes the Records Review Board as an independent organization in the executive branch, such Board to consist of five members. Sets the rates of pay for Board members. Allows the Board to appoint and fix the pay of such personnel as it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this Act. Empowers any executive agency to appeal to the Board any order issued by the Administrator pursuant to this Act. Requires the head of each Federal agency to make and preserve records containing adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of such Agency. Grants the Administrator immediate custody and control of the National Archives Building and its contents. Directs the Administrator to establish standards for the selective retention of records of continuing value. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and operate records centers for specified purposes and centralized microfilming services for Federal agencies. States that the head of each Federal agency shall establish safeguards against the removal or loss of records he determines to be necessary and required by the rules of the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to prescribe such rules as he considers essential to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of the State should take the necessary steps, including the renewal of negotiations between the parties, signatory to the Paris agreement and the agreement with the Lao Patriotic Front, to finally determine the fate of all United States servicemen and civilians missing in Southeast Asia. Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of this resolution to the President who is requested to report to the House in 90 days on steps taken to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Provides, under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1965, that when there is a major economic dislocation in a major segment of the commercial fisheries industry, the Secretary of Commerce shall, upon request, prepare and submit to Congress a report on the dislocation stating, among other specified items, his determination regarding the need for working capital and mortgage refinancing loans. Enumerates the circumstances under which such loans shall be made and their conditions. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to borrow, interest free, from the Secretary of the Treasury up to $100,000,000 for payment to the fisheries loan fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as necessary to carry out specified provisions of this Act. (Adds 16 U.S.C. 742 (c)(f) (1)).
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Imposes quantitative limitations under the Tariff Schedules of the United States on the importation of shrimp into the United States during calendar years 1975 and 1976. Imposes an import duty on imported shrimp.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Designates the 11th day of November of each year as Veterans Day, and makes such day a legal public holiday. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 6103(a))
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1975
Provides that the total contribution of the United States to the United Nations for any calendar year after 1975 shall not exceed an amount which bears the same ratio to the United Nations budget as the total population of the United States bears to the total population of the United Nations member states.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for a drawback in the amount of taxes paid on wine or distilled spirits exported from the United States in bulk containers. Authorizes the return of distilled spirits for storage (on bonded premises) pending withdrawal without payment of tax under this Act. Provides that no distilled spirits shall be withdrawn from bonded premises for exportation, or for transfer to a customs bonded warehouse for storage therein pending exportation, without payment of tax unless the exporter has furnished bond to cover such withdrawal.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Provides, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act, that State-owned crude oil produced in the United States from any lease shall be exempt from regulations for the mandatory allocation of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Prohibits any agency of the Federal Government, under the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, from requiring schools or other educational institutions, as a prerequisite to the receipt of Federal funds, to provide such agency with access to records concerning race, religion, sex, or national origin maintained by such schools, or other institutions, exept as provided in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Allows a tax deduction up to $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred by a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code in making repairs and improvements to his residence during the taxable year. Allows the owner of rental housing to amortize at an accelerated rate (over a 60-month period) the cost of rehabilitating or restoring such housing. Authorizes the taxpayer to switch from such accelerated amortization to the regular depreciation deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue Code for property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1975
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Provides that no license granted for the operation of a broadcasting station under the Communications Act of 1934 shall be for a longer term than five years. Provides for renewal of such license where the Federal Communications Commission finds that the public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served. Provides that an applicant for renewal who is legally, financially and technically qualified shall be awarded the license if such applicant shows that its broadcast service during the preceding license period has reflected a good-faith effort to serve the needs and interests of its area as represented in its immediately preceding and pending license renewal application and if it has not demonstrated a callous disregard for law or the Commission's regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Coal Slurry Pipeline Act - Declares the findings of Congress that the increased use of domestic coal would promote the national interest by conserving oil and natural gas resources and that the development of coal pipelines may be substantially impeded by difficulties in obaining necessary rights-of-way across private lands unless such pipelines are granted the right of eminent domain. Provides that a carrier may acquire the power of eminent domain in U.S. district courts for the construction of any proposed coal pipelines when such carrier cannot acquire by negotation the right-of-way requires for such construction. States that the power of eminent domain shall not be exercised to acquire: (1) lands owned by the United States or by any State; (2) lands held in trust by the United States for an Indian or Indian tribe; or (3) any right to use or develop water. Provides that the power of eminent domain granted pursuant to this Act may be exercised only by a carrier holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Department of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue such a certificate if he finds that the project is in the national interest. Sets forth the factors that the Secretary shall consider in making such a decision. Provides that no carrier granted eminent domain power under this Act shall transport any coal mined by it or under its authority or which it may own in whole or in part, or in which it may direct or indirect interest. States the procedure for the application and issuance of a public convenience and necessity certificate. Requires public notice and public hearings prior to the authorization of a certificate. Declares that the Department of the Interior shall not issue any certificate unless it has received the advice of the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission that such action would not adversely affect competition, restrain trade, further monpolization, or otherwise create or maintain a situation in contravention of the antitrust laws. Authorizes the Attorney General, at the request of the Secretary of the Interior, to institute a civil action in U.S. district court for a restraining order or injunction to enforce any provision of this Act or any regulation issued under the authority of this Act, shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more that $5,000 for each day of the continuance of such failure. States that any person who violates any provision of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Provides that petitions for judicial review shall be filed in the court of appeals of the United States for the circuit in which the proposed project originates. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that all coal coal piplines subject to this Act shall be buried underground if practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Provides that public utility cooperatives serving producers of food, fiber, and other agricultural products shall be eligible to borrow from a bank for cooperatives, provided that not less than 60 percent of the voting control of the cooperative is held by farmers, producers, or harvesters of aquatic products.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Repeals, under the Social Security Act, the provisions for the establishment of Professional Standards Review Organizations to review services covered under the medicare and medicaid programs.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Extends tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code to clubs organized for pleasure, recreation and other nonprofitable purposes, substantially all of the activities of which are for such purposes and no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder. States that for the purpose of determining the unrelated business income of such an organization deductions allowed corporations on certain dividends shall be treated as not directly connected with the production of gross income. Provides that such deductions allowed shall not be allowed to any organization which takes a deduction attributable to furnishing services, insurance, goods, or other items of value to members.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides to cemetery perpetual care fund trusts a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of up to $5 per gravesite per taxable year in the case where the gravesites have been purchased by the cemetery corporation before the beginning of the taxable year and with respect to which gravesites there is an obligation of care and maintenance.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to refund the tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code on distilled spirits, wines, rectified products, and beer lost or rendered unmarketable due to fire, flood, casualty, or other disaster, or breakage, destruction, or other damage (excluding theft) resulting from vandalism or malicious mischief while held for sale.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Equitable Taxation of Capital Act - Title I: Capital Gains and Losses - Revises the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to alternative tax for individuals and corporations on capital gains. States that if, for any taxable year, the net long-term capital gain of any corporation exceeds the net short-term capital loss, then, in lieu of the imposition of other specified taxes, there shall be imposed a tax consisting of the sum of: (1) a partial tax computed on the taxable income reduced by the amount of such excess; and (2) an amount equal to 25 percent of such excess. Sets forth rules governing the gain from sale or exchange of an individual's residence, including special rules on tenant-stockholder cooperative housing corporations, involuntary conversions, and property used in part as a principal residence. Title II: Estate Tax Amendments - States that a tax, computed in accordance with a tax table is imposed, on the transfer of the taxable estate of every decedent, citizen, or resident of the United States dying after the date of enactment of this title. Specifies in such table the value of the taxable estates and tax amounts required. Increases the estate tax exemption from $60,000 to $200,000. Provides that the amount of estate tax, in the case of an estate containing a closely held business, shall be reduced by an amount of tax equal to the tax attributable to the tax on the closely held business provided the executor agrees to specified rules.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that whoever uses a firearm to commit any felony for which he may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, or carries a firearm during the commission of any felony for which he may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, shall, in addition to the punishment provided for the commission of such felony, be sentenced for the additional offense to a term of imprisonment for not less than 20 years nor more than 40 years. States that if death results to any person in the commission of such felony, such individual convicted of the felony shall be sentenced to death. Provides that the execution or imposition of any term of imprisonment imposed under this Act may not be suspended, and probation may not be granted. Provides that any term of imprisonment imposed under this Act may not be imposed to run concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed for the commission of such felony.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Suspends emissions controls on motor vehicles and engines in the continental United States except vehicles registered to residents of designated air quality regions until June 30, 1977, or sixty days after the President determines there is no significant shortage of petroleum fuels, whichever is later. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate, subject to the limitations of the Act, geographic areas of the United States in which there is significant auto emissions related to air pollution. Provides that each State shall, not later than sixty days following enactment of this Act, submit to the Administrator a plan for implementing the Act. Provides that if a State fails to submit a plan under the Act or if the Administrator determines (after notice and opportunity for hearing) that such State is not adequately enforcing such a plan, then such State shall lose its entitlement to, and may not thereafter receive, any Federal grant or loan assistance under this Act or under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Declares that willful and deliberate violation of any provision of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, or imprisonment for up to one year, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, that where violations are corrected within the prescribed abatement period no penalty shall be assessed.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Removes the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that in the determination of the annual income of recipients of veterans' pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation, the Administrator of veterans' Affairs shall not reduce the amount of such pension or compensation because of increases in monthly social security benefits under Public Law 92-336. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations for calendar years after 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Defines a "unitary school system", for purposes of the equal protection guarantee of the fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as one within which no person is to be effectively excluded from any school because of race, color, or national origin, and this shall be so, whether or not such school system was in the past segregated de jure or de facto. Declares it to be the policy of the United States to encourage school systems to adopt programs permitting any student who attends a school in which persons of his race, color, or national origin constitute a majority of the students to transfer, if he desires to do so, to the nearest appropriate school in which persons of his race, color, or national origin constitute a minority of the students.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that the tax on the amounts paid for communication services shall not apply to the amount of the State and local taxes paid for such services under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows an income tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for social security taxes paid by employees and by the self-employed.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, that whenever the President deems it to be in the national interest, he shall endeavor to insure that, to the maximum extent practicable, such assistance shall be furnished only pursuant to agreements which provide for the exchange of necessary strategic or critical raw materials for such assistance. Defines the term "necessary strategic or critical raw materials" to include petroleum, fossil fuels, metals, minerals, or other substances which: (1) are in short supply in the United States or (2) the United States requirements of which are not produced in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Revises the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to permit the possession or mounting of migratory birds for display or educational purposes if the bird is dead from natural or unknown causes.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Exempts the Sabine River Authority of Louisiana, and the Sabine River Authority of Texas from the payment of any annual charges imposed for the purpose of recompensing the United States for the use, occupancy, and enjoyment of its lands within the Sabine National Forest, Texas. Specifies that the use of such lands is necessary to the Authority for the construction and operation of the Toledo Bend Dam and Reservoir.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Withdraws jurisdiction from the Supreme Court and the district courts in cases arising out of State laws regarding abortion. (Adds 28 U.S.C. 1259)
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to recognize the difference in hazards to employees between the heavy construction industry and the light construction industry in promulgating health and safety standards.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individual's earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Small Investors Act - Excludes, under the Internal Revenue Code, the first $1,000 of long-term capital gain realized by taxpayers other than corporations on the sale or exchange of securities.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Makes it a Federal crime to kill or assault a fireman or law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties when the offender travels in interstate commerce or uses any facility of interstate commerce for such purpose. Provides for imposition of a sentence for a term of years up to life or upon the recommendation of the jury, death for the killing of such persons. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1118)
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any franchise agreement, or any trademark licensing contract or agreement, for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of a trademarked food product shall not be deemed unlawful, provided: (1) that such product is in substantial and effective competition with products of the same general class distributed or sold by others; (2) the licensee is in substantial and effective competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Repeals the coverage of domestic service workers provided under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Excludes from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code (1) up to $5 per occasion of service by a fireman in response to a call for firefighting or rescue services; and (2) up to $5 per meeting attended by members of a firefighting or rescue unit up to $10 per month. States that this tax exclusion shall apply to the taxable years following December 31, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing in the Constitution of the United States shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order requiring or encouraging, or directing or permitting any funds to be used or withheld to require or encourage, the transportation or busing of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another or to force any student or students attending any elementary or secondary school in their own neighborhood, where such school is not established purposely to perpetuate segregation, to attend any other school against his or her choice, the choice of his or her parent or guardian, in order to accomplish any objective or purpose, express or implied, under the Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing contained in the Constitution shall abridge the right of persons lawfully assembled, in any public buliding which is supported in whole or in part through the expenditure of public funds, to participate in voluntary prayer or meditation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the President to proclaim the week beginning on the last Monday in September each year as "Youth Appreciation Week".
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or a deputy named by him, to administer the oath of office to Wilbur D. Mills at the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.