United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1978
Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1978
Sunset Program Reauthorization and Evaluation Act - Title I: Reauthorization of New Budget Authority - Requires Government programs to be evaluated pursuant to a specified schedule to determine whether each such program should be continued, terminated, or altered (reauthorization review). Prohibits the authorization of new budget authority for a period of more than ten years. Prohibits the authorization of new budget authority for any program for which there has not been conducted a reauthorization review. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in consulation with the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to compile a list of programs subject to a reauthorization date for which new budget authority was not authorized. Title II: Program Inventory - Requires the Comptroller General to compile an inventory of Federal programs including a description of such programs covering specified topics. Title III: Program Review and Evaluation - Requires each House of Congress to select from the programs scheduled for reauthorization review in any given year a number of programs for comprehensive reauthorization review. Requires the President and each congressional committee to recommend such programs. Title IV: Citizens' Commission on the Organization and Operation of Government - Establishes an independent Citizen's Commission on the Organization and Operation of Government to study the organization and operation of Federal agencies and to recommend ways to improve the efficiency and operations of such agencies. Requires the Commission to submit its final report by July 1, 1983, and terminates the Commission 90 days after the submission of such report. Title V: Miscellaneous - Requires the Comptroller General to furnish Congress with the results of prior audits and reviews of programs being reviewed under this Act. Requires all agencies which are exempt from reauthorization review to submit a status report to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974, with respect to the authority of the President to negotiate trade agreements, to direct the President to reserve any article for which an agreement limiting agricultural imports has been entered into, from negotiations to reduce or eliminate customs duties or import restrictions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1978
Directs the President to prescribe and make effective a regulation prohibiting the sale of a unleaded gasoline at a price in excess of three cents per gallon more than the weighed average price per gallon at which leaded gasoline of the same or nearest octane number is priced.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1978
Directs the Architect of the Capitol to install solar energy devices in the Rayburn House Office Building and the House Annex Numbered 2. Authorizes appropriations of up to $3,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1978
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Olympic Committee should immediately take such measures as necessary to have the International Olympic Committee select a site for the 1980 summer Olympic games outside the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1978
Investment Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore part of the pre-1969 tax treatment of capital gains by repealing the capital gains item of tax preference for the minimum tax; lowering the corporate alternative tax to 25 percent of net capital gain; and lowering the alternative individual tax to 25 percent of net capital gain.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1978
Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to submit to Congress a study on the restoration of the Pension Building in the District of Columbia to house the Museum of the Building Arts. Requests the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute to report to Congress by January 1, 1979 on the feasibility of operating such a museum.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1978
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to make phencyclidine (PCP) a Schedule I (most dangerous substances) rather than a Schedule III drug. Sets forth minimum mandatory prison terms for phencyclidine traffic. Revises provisions specifying penalties for sale of controlled substances to persons under 21 to: (1) repeal the requirement that the seller be at least 18 years old; and (2) set forth separate mandatory prison terms for the sale of phencyclidine.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1978
Steel Trade Negotiations Act - Lists products the manufacture of which shall constitute the "steel sector" for purposes of determining the appropriate product sector with respect to import restriction authority under the Trade Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1978
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike bronze, silver, and gold national medals and deliver them to the Lake Placid 1980 Olympic Winter Games Corporation, a nonprofit corporation. Requires such medals to be struck at not less than their estimated cost of manufacture, plus a surcharge equal to 25 percent of such cost. Requires such surcharge to be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1978
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the deduction of railroad retirement annuities by amounts payable as social security benefits for persons who had current connections with the railroad industry, had at least five years of service, and had attained the age of 65 as of the effective date of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1978
Rehabilitation Amendments - Amends the formula for allocating funds among the States for basic vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1978
Amateur Sports Act - Title I: Declaration of Policy - Makes findings and states that the policy of Congress is to promote amateur athletics and protect the right of amateur athletes to participate in athletic competition. Title II: Olympic Committee Reorganization - Amends the corporate charter of the Olympic Committee to (1) provide for a principal place of business of the United States Olympic Committee (Corporation); (2) set forth the objectives and purposes of the Corporation; (3) set forth the powers of the Corporation; (4) provide reasonable representation for specified individuals and organizations in establishing and maintaining provisions for the governance and conduct of its affairs; and (5) subject to civil liability any person who uses an Olympic designation without authority to promote a private financial interest. Permits contributors or suppliers of goods or services to use the name of the United States Olympic Committee or its designation to advertise that such goods or services have been furnished to, approved, or selected by the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to establish in its constitution and bylaws provisions for the resolution of disputes involving the opportunity of an amateur athlete or other specified individuals to participate in sanctioned athletic competitions. Authorizes the Corporation to recognize as a national governing body any amateur sports organization (but only one for each sport) which submits an application for recognition and complies with eligibility requirements. Sets forth such eligibility requirements. Sets forth the duties and powers of a national governing body and the requirements which an amateur sports organization must meet to hold an athletic competition or sponsor athletes in competition and be sanctioned by a national governing body. Grants to the Corporation the power of review over the actions of any national governing body and invests a United States district court with jurisdiction to enjoin any action of a national governing body inconsistent with the terms of the Corporate charter. Sets forth procedures for the Corporation in (1) processing a complaint against a national governing body by an individual athlete or an amateur sports organization; (2) revoking recognition of a national governing body; and (3) replacing an incumbent national governing body. Provides for arbitration of a determination of the Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to lend financial assistance to the Corporation in developing amateur athletics in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the work of the national governing bodies. Directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study to determine the most appropriate means of providing funding to the Corporation for the construction and operation of training centers and sports medicine research facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1978
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate the week beginning on the Sunday preceding the fourth Thursday in November of each year as "National Family Week".
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1978
Directs that Federal Employees Group Life Insurance be made available at any time before retirement to any otherwise eligible Member of Congress or congressional employee who is not covered by such insurance. Stipulates that no Member or employee who is already covered by such insurance shall be required to provide medical evidence of insurability as a condition for optional additional insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1978
Neighborhood Self-Help Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants and to provide other forms of assistance to neighborhood organizations for planning and carrying out housing, economic, and community development, and for neighborhood conservation and revitalization projects.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1978
Provides that no highway construction or improvement project which (1) essentially follows an existing street or highway alignment, and (2) does not require the acquisition of any land other than that required for minor alterations in the interest of safety (such as for the revision of grades and the flattening of curves), may be deemed to be a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment within the meaning of provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 relating to the requiring of environmental impact statements.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1978
Amends the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 to increase from $21,580,000 to $57,240,000 the amount which shall be made available from funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for supplemental alterations and construction of steam lines as the Secretary deems necessary for the provision of adequate facilities for visitors at the National Visitor Center, Washington, D.C. Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to contract with the Secretary to furnish steam from the Capitol Power Plant to the Union Station.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1978
Removes the limitation on the number of cadets or midshipmen who may be appointed to the Reserves from the two-year Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps course.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1978
Stipulates that Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy may be commanded by commissioned officers of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, as well as by Army commissioned officers.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1978
Declares (1) that the Department of the Treasury does not possess authority to implement certain proposed firearms transaction reporting regulations, (2) that such proposed additional recordkeeping requirements serve no useful purpose and are wasteful, and (3) that the Department must seek explicit congressional authorization before proposing any rules or regulations for centralizing records required under existing firearms law.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Targeted Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow manufacturers planning property eligible for the investment tax credit in designated "labor surplus" areas to take double investment tax credits and depreciation deduction for the property. Doubles the allowable deduction for real property taxes on realty used in connection with this property.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1978
Air Service Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board, in the performance of its duties, to assign the highest priority to safety in air transportation, and to place maximum reliance on competitive market forces while encouraging new air carriers and preventing industry concentration. Stipulates that the Federal Government shall have preemptive rights with regard to interstate air carriers. Directs the Board and the Secretary of Transportation to jointly prepare a report to be submitted to the Congress by January 1, 1980, concerning direct and indirect Federal, State, and local governmental subsidization of United States scheduled air transportation. Establishes time limitations during which the Board must dispense with applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity to engage in air transportation. Authorizes the Board to dismiss an application on its merits without a hearing within 90 days of its filing date. Deems such dismissal a final order for purposes of judicial review. Requires the Board to issue certificates to engage in regular interstate or overseas air transportation, temporary air transportation, or supplemental air transportation if certain conditions are met and the proposed service is consistent with public convenience and necessity (previously certificates for such interstate and overseas air transportation could only be granted if public convenience and necessity so required). Stipulates that if certain round trip air carriers in interstate or overseas transportation fail to provide specified flight schedules, the Board is authorized to grant their routes to the first air carrier applicant meeting the requirements of the Board and the Secretary of Transportation. Establishes procedures for such route suspension and reissuance to a new air carrier. Authorizes air carriers which hold certificates to engage in foreign air transportation, on any scheduled flight in foreign air transportation, to transport persons, property, and mail between points in the United States between which it is authorized to operate during such flight. Establishes an experimental entry program for certain air carriers to engage in nonstop service in overseas or interstate transportation on routes currently assigned to another carrier. Directs the Board to conduct a study of the procedure for such program and to report to the Congress by June 30, 1980. Authorizes the Board to issue certificates to engage in air transportation on a temporary basis if the Board determines that a test period is desirable in order to evaluate the proposed new services. Establishes time limitations during which the Board must act upon an air carrier's application for removal or modification of a term, condition, or limitation attached to its certificate. Directs the Board to establish simplified procedures for the disposition of applications for certificates or permits to engage in air transportation and for the alteration, suspension, or transfer of such certificates. Directs the Board, in determining the compensation to be paid for local air mail service, to disregard a carrier's revenues other than the revenue received from the service for which the compensation is being paid until January 1, 1983. Requires certain air carriers that are the only carriers between two points to notify the Board and the community involved 90 days in advance of any proposed suspension or termination of nonstop or single-plane air transportation services. Revises the rate determination elements for airmail transportation compensation for 1964, 1965 and 1966. Sets forth procedures and factors to be considered in the disposal of applications for approval of consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control agreements by the Board. Authorizes the Board to dispose of such applications without a hearing under specified circumstances. Prohibits the Board from approving such agreements or pooling agreements which would substantially lessen competition unless certain findings are made. Authorizes the Board to exempt persons from specified Clayton Act antitrust violations if in the public interest to do so. Revises the proceedings of the Board upon a filing by an air carrier of any pooling contract or agreement, including the requirement that the Board provide to the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General written notice and opportunity to comment upon any such filed contract or agreement. Authorizes the Board to exempt persons from the provisions of the Act under specified conditions. Exempts air carriers which provide passenger service solely with aircraft which have a maximum passenger capacity of fewer than 56 passengers or cargo service with aircraft having a maximum payload capacity of fewer than 18,000 pounds from the requirement that such a carrier hold a certificate of public convenience and necessity and such other requirements as the Board may promulgate by regulation. Authorizes the Board to decrease such passenger or cargo capacity when the public interest so requires. Authorizes the Board to establish rates of compensation to be paid to commuter air carriers when no adequate service would otherwise be provided between two points. Sets forth factors which the Board is to consider in determining the amount of such compensation. Directs the Board by January 1, 1980 to conduct a review of all points which have been deleted from a certificate or to which service has been suspended without a condition that substitute service be provided to determine whether Federal financial assistance should be provided to commuter air carriers to provide essential air transportation. Restricts the President's powers to disapprove actions of the Board with respect to certificates or permits to engage in foreign air transportation. Stipulates that the President may only disapprove such actions solely on the basis of foreign relations or national defense considerations and not upon the basis of economic or carrier selection considerations. Establishes restrictions with respect to the authority of the Board to prescribe minimum or maximum fares in air transportation. Provides for the withholding from public disclosure of certain information contained in any application, report, or document filed under the Act. Increases the value of loans which may be outstanding in order to be eligible for Federal guarantees of such loans. Increases the maximum time limits during which an aircraft purchase loan may be repaid. Prohibits any such Federal loan guarantee to be made for the purchase of any new turbojet powered aircraft not in compliance with Federal noise standards. Establishes sunset provisions with respect to the Board to become effective on December 31, 1982. Directs the Board, by December 31, 1981, to submit to Congress a comprehensive review of its implementation of the provisions of the Act. Establishes the Airline Employees' Protective Account in the U.S. Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1978
Extends, from June 30, 1978, until June 30, 1981, the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans under the New York City Seasonal Financing Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1978
Amends the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to direct the Administrator of General Services, in conjunction with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, to develop plans and a budget for the restoration of the Pension Building in the District of Columbia. Requires the Administrator to insure that such plans are consistent with the proposal prepared by the Committee for a National Museum of Building Arts, Incorporated. Directs the Administrator to lease or assign the Pension Building to the Museum of the Building Arts within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Title II: The Museum of the Building Arts - Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Museum, including the development of educational programs, the financial support of research and documentation programs, the presentation of exhibitions, and the establishment of an information center and a Document Center. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1978
Comprehensive Older Americans Act Amendments - Title I: Administration on Aging - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize each area agency on aging to waive any minimum age requirement for eligibility under Title III (State and Community Programs on Aging), Title V (Multipurpose Senior Centers), or Title VII (Nutrition Programs), if such waiver is necessary or appropriate to facilitate the participation in programs under any such title by members of minority groups in particular communities or areas. Establishes, in the Administration on Aging, the Office of Affirmative Action and Minority Affairs. Requires the Office to: (1) review any State plan for the provision of social services to the aged to determine if such plan provides for compliance with applicable law by assuring that members of minorities are eligible to receive services under such plan in amounts which are at least proportionate to the number of such individuals in the planning and service area or State involved; and (2) develop a complaint and grievance procedure for use in communities and other areas receiving services under the provisions of the Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the Federal Council on Aging. Designates the Director of the National Institute on Aging as an ex officio member of the Federal Council on Aging. Stipulates that no part of the cost of any program under this Act may be treated as income or benefits to any eligible individual, other than any wage paid, for the purpose of any other program or provision of State or Federal law. Exempts any wage received by any older person under this Act from any State or Federal income tax: (1) to the extent that such wage is for 20 hours of work or less in any work week; and (2) to the extent such wage or salary does not exceed any applicable minimum wage law. Title II: State and Community Programs - Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for area planning and social service programs under the Act. Requires an area plan developed by an area agency on aging: (1) to provide for the establishment and operation of affirmative action programs designed to furnish special assistance to older persons who are members of minority groups; and (2) to provide for the designation of one or more focal points (such as multipurpose senior centers) for the delivery of social services. Grants to any unit of general purpose local government, not designated as a planning and service area: (1) the right, before approval of the State plan, to a review of the denial of such designation by the State; and (2) the right to representation on the advisory council established pursuant to the Act for the planning and service area in which such unit is located. Requires each State, to be eligible for grants, to provide that the State agency responsible for the programs act as an advocate for older persons, and that area agencies on aging shall act as advocates for older persons in their communities. Authorizes each area agency to concentrate its efforts on one or more programs for purposes of complying with the State plans. Authorizes the Commission on Aging to make grants for model projects: (1) to establish comprehensive service systems for older persons residing in rural areas which are designed to utilize approaches, methods, and techniques specially suited to rural areas; and (2) to enable older persons to provide for the security of their homes through construction modifications and the installation of security devices. Requires each State agency responsible for the programs under this Act, to be eligible for grants, to establish an advocate program to provide advocate services to the residents of long-term care facilities. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to establish programs to provide legal services to older persons. Requires the Commissioner to provide reimbursement to any State for the delivery of social services during any major disaster declared by the President. Requires the Commissioner to establish a special grant program to enable States to establish community long-term care initiatives designed to assess the needs of chronically ill or disabled older persons and to assist in the efficient operation of a comprehensive and coordinated system for the delivery of services to such older persons. Requires such grant program to insure that: (1) the needs of individual older persons for services are identified; (2) individual older persons are referred to appropriate services; and (3) procedures are established to insure that services continue to be responsive to the needs of individual older persons. Title III: Training and Research - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants: (1) to assist community colleges and junior colleges in the development of programs relating to gerontology; and (2) to develop and maintain informal educational opportunities for older persons. Requires the Commissioner to conduct a comprehensive study of the problems of older persons residing in rural areas. Requires the Commissioner to set aside such funds as may be necessary: (1) to train individuals who are members of minority groups and who are employed in fields related to the purposes of this Act; and (2) to conduct a study of issues relating to the needs of older persons who are members of minority groups. Requires any multidisciplinary center of gerontology which receives a grant under the Act to establish an affirmative action plan to provide for the recruitment, enrollment, and education of individuals who are members of minority groups. Authorizes the Commissioner to establish a grant program to make reimbursements to institutions of higher education to defray a portion of tuition costs applicable to eligible older persons at such institutions. Sets forth information which must be included in an application from an institution of higher education in order to receive such reimbursements. Stipulates that any older person who is qualified to enroll in any course of study at an institution of higher education receiving reimbursements under this Act shall be eligible for such enrollment without being required to defray any cost of tuition. Title IV: Multipurpose Senior Centers - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to provide for multipurpose senior centers which will serve as focal points in communities for the development and delivery of social services and nutritional services designed primarily for older persons. Defines the term "multipurpose senior center" as a community facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of services (including provision of health, social, and educational services and provision of facilities for recreational activities) for older persons. Requires any State desiring to receive funds for such centers to submit to the Commissioner a State plan. Sets forth specified information which must be provided in such plan. Increases the principal obligation allowed on a mortgage for a multipurpose senior center from $250,000 to $1,000,000. Title V: Nutrition Projects - Establishes a nutrition project for the elderly which, five or more days per week, provides at least one home-delivered meal which assures a minimum of one-third the daily recommended dietary allowances. Stipulates that in allotting funds for nutrition projects preference shall be given to congregate projects and meals-on-wheels projects that are operating in those areas of each State that contain the highest incidence of low-income individuals, and, to the extent feasible, projects receiving allotments shall be operated by and serve the needs of, minority, Indian, and limited English-speaking eligible individuals in proportion to their numbers in their State. Directs the Commissioner to develop minimum criteria of efficiency and quality for the furnishing of home-delivered meal services. Provides that such criteria shall be designed so that well-established meals-on-wheels programs may continue such service without major alteration in the furnishing of such services. Requires that a State plan for a nutrition program shall provide assurances that contracts shall be made, to the maximum extent feasible, with existing meals-on-wheels organizations. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for home-delivered meal nutrition programs. Requires the Commissioner to conduct a study of the effectiveness of the national home-delivered meals program. Title VI: Employment Opportunities - Defines an individual who has low income for purposes of Title IX (Community Service Employment for Older Americans) of the Act as an individual who receives regular cash welfare payments or whose annual income does not exceed the appropriate percentage of State median income which determines eligibility for adult services under Title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for community service employment programs for older Americans. Title VII: White House Conference on Aging - Declares it the policy of the Congress that the Federal Government should work with the States and citizens to develop recommendations and plans to meet the needs of older persons. Requires that programs developed under this Act place emphasis upon the right of older persons to free choice and self-help in planning their futures. Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Aging in 1981 to develop recommendations for research and action in the field of aging. Requires the Conference to include representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, professional and lay people working in the field of aging including older persons. Directs that a final report of the White House Conference, containing a comprehensive statement of a coherent national policy on aging and the recommendations of such Conference, be submitted to the President and Congress within a specified time. Sets forth the responsibilities and duties of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in administering this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to the Conference and such other technical committees as may be necessary to carry out such Conference. Title VIII: General Provisions - Adds to the Older Americans Act of 1965 a new Title VIII, Grants for Indian Tribes. Authorizes the Commissioner, under the Act, to make grants to eligible tribal organizations, as defined in this Act, to pay all of the costs for the delivery of social and nutritional services for Indians who are age 60 and over. Sets forth criteria for applications for such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to delegate to the Secretary of the Interior or to the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs any functions under this title. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make available surplus Indian educational facilities for use as multipurpose senior centers. Authorizes appropriations for the program through fiscal year 1981. Amends the formula under which funds are allocated to States for State and community programs on aging, nutrition programs for older Americans, and community service employment programs for older Americans. Requires the Commission on Civil Rights to study the occurrence of discrimination based on race in any program designed to assist older persons which receives Federal financial assistance. Amends the Age Discrimination Act of 1975: (1) to change the prohibition declared in the statement of purpose from unreasonable discrimination to any discrimination on the basis of age in programs receiving Federal financial assistance; (2) to authorize any person aggrieved pursuant to this Act, upon exhausting Federal administrative remedies, to bring a civil action; and (3) to require the head of each Federal agency to annually issue a report detailing the steps taken in the preceding year to carry out specified provisions of the Act. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1982 for area planning and social service programs, multipurpose senior centers, and nutrition programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1979 for the National Older Americans Volunteer Programs under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1978
Dairy Head Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Agricultural Stablilization and Conservation Service and the Commodity Credit Corporation, to make incentive payments to any qualified dairyman of 15 cents per pound with respect to: (1) any dairy cow which such person markets and delivers for slaughter; and (2) any bred dairy heifer or dairy cow exported. Limits the number of animals for which such payments may be made to those in excess of 12 percent but not more than 25 percent of the average number of dairy cows which the dairyman owns during the 90 day period preceding the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1978
Declares it the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the Secretary of State to request the Secretary General of the United Nations to work through existing United Nations agencies to secure a full accounting of Americans listed as missing in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Extends the authority to make veterans readjustment appointments of Vietnam era veterans to the Federal Government through September 30, 1980. Abolishes the time limitation on eligibility for such appointments for veterans eligible on April 9, 1970, or who were separated from the armed services on or after such date. Raises the maximum level for such appointments from GS-5 to GS-7. Provides that any disabled veteran shall be eligible for such appointment without regard to certain existing limitations on the amount of education a veteran may have to be eligible for such an appointment.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Authorizes a certain nonprofit corporation to have medals struck in commemoration of the XIII Olympic Winter Games to be held in Lake Placid, New York in 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Provides for a burial allowance of $150 to be paid by the Veterans' Administration: (1) to any State or political subdivision thereof for burying a veteran in any cemetery owned by the State or subdivision if such cemetery or section thereof is used solely for the interment of veterans; or (2) to a person prescribed by the deceased veteran if burial is in a cemetery other than the kind described.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Directs the Secretary of Defense to place a memorial plaque in the Trophy Hall of the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to those members of the armed force who served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. Directs the Secretary, to honor those members who lost their lives in Southeast Asia, to display near such plaque the medals, ribbons, and decorations associated with service in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Removes the requirement that a veteran die in the service in order to be entitled to a memorial headstone or marker when the veteran's remains have not been recovered or identified or have been buried at sea.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Increases from $250 to $350 the burial and funeral expense allowance which may be paid by the Veterans' Administration on behalf of certain deceased veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Anti-Inflation Tax Reduction and Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide cost-of-living adjustments for the individual income tax rates and withholding tables.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1978
Veterans' Housing Improvements Act - Increases from $25,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount of assistance available for specially adapted housing for certain disabled veterans. Makes Vietnam era veterans eligible for home, condominium, and mobile home loans, and for automatic 60 percent guaranteed home loans. Increases the amount of a home loan which may be guaranteed by the Veterans' Administration from $17,000 to $25,000. Revises veterans' mobile home and mobile home lot loans provisions with regard to guarantees and removes the restriction against multiple loan entitlements and the requirement that the Veterans' Administration periodically inspect manufacturers and make onsite inspections to ensure compliance with mobile home standards established by the Administration. Provides a formula for determining the maximum amount available for direct veterans' loans for mobile homes and mobile home lots.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1978
Requires the Administrator of General Services to submit prospect uses approval before acquiring any building required in connection with the relocation of personnel because of the establishment of the Department of Energy.
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