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United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Authorizes classification of a certain individual as a child for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Directs the printing as a House document of the transcript of the proceedings in the Committee on Armed Services of February 16, 1977, incident to the presentation of a portrait of the Honorable Melvin Price.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1978 for the procurement of naval vessels for the armed forces. Prohibits the obligation of funds authorized under this Act for the DD6-47 guided missile destroyer program for material or components which are not suitable for use in a nuclear powered strike cruiser until the President has made certain determinations and has reported them to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1977
Regulatory Reform Act - Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan recommending reforms with respect to the regulation of: (1) energy, the environment, housing, and occupational health and safety by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1979; (2) transportation and communications by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1981; (3) banking and finance, international trade, and Government procurement by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1983; and (4) food, consumer health and safety, economic trade practices, and labor- management concerns by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1985. States that each such plan shall include recommendations for reform of such specified agencies and shall report on the cumulative impact of all Government regulatory activity reviewed, up to that date, on specific industry groupings. States that if the President fails to submit such plans by the specified dates, the Senate and House Committees on Government Operations shall draft their own plans to be submitted to Congress for action. Requires the Comptroller General and the Congressional Budget Office to, contemporaneously with the development of the President's plan, submit a report assessing the purpose, effects, efficiency, and cost effectiveness of each agency included in the plans submitted by the President. States that if no comprehensive regulatory reform legislation is enacted by August 1 of the year following the year in which a comprehensive plan has been submitted by the President, then all agencies affected thereby shall have no authority to issue any new rules not essential for preserving the public health and safety; if such reform is not enacted by October 1 of such year, such agency shall have no authority to enforce any rule not essential for preserving the public health and safety; if no such reform is enacted by December 31 of such year, such agency shall be terminated on such date. States that all rules of such terminated agency essential for preserving the public health and safety shall remain effective and shall be enforced by the Department of Justice. Requires the President to submit subsequent plans in the manner and in the order and frequency set forth by this Act every ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1977
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should establish a Presidential task force to advise the President with respect to actions which may be taken to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans who are prisoners of war or missing in Southeast Asia as a result of the Vietnam conflict and to recommend to the President the adoption of national policies with respect to prisoners of war and individuals who are missing in action.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1977
Requires an increase in the annuities payable under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan to spouses or children of deceased members of the armed forces who died before March 20, 1974, whenever retired or retainer pay is increased to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Makes such adjustments retroactive for retired or retainer pay adjustments since September 21, 1972. Makes adjustments regarding eligible and the amounts payable under the Survivor Benefit Plan of the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1977
Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow medical facilities to be reimbursed by the Federal Government for emergency medical treatment given aliens unlawfully in the United States if such aliens are unable to pay the cost of such treatment or can pay only a part of the cost and the aliens or medical facilities which provided such treatment are not eligible under any public assistance program for payment or reimbursement of such cost. Requires that an application for reimbursement be submitted to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth criteria for determining whether such an application shall be approved.
United States · United States Congress · 16 February 1977
Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch Act - Establishes the Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government to study all instrumentalities of the Government except the judiciary and the Congress to determine what changes in the organization of such entities are necessary to eliminate duplication and improve efficiency. Requires the Commission to submit to the President and Congress an interim report of its activities by June 30, 1978, and a final report by December 31, 1978, at which time the Commission shall cease to exist. States that such final report may propose such constitutional amendments, legislative enactments, and administrative action as might be necessary to carry out the Commission's recommendations. Permits the President to submit to Congress reorganization plans to implement any recommendation of the Commission. Makes such plan effective 60 days after such plan has been submitted unless disapproved by Congress. Permits the President to submit such a plan up until January 1, 1980. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 903; 905)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1977
Revises the pay scales for cadets and midshipmen at the United States Military Academy, the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, and the Coast Guard Academy and the pay of members of, and applicants for, the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps while such individuals are attending field training or practice cruises.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1977
Excludes from eligibility for food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 any household whose principal wage earner is on strike for the duration of such strike. Excepts a household from this exclusion if it was participating in the food stamp program immediately prior to the start of such strike, or if any of its members is subject to an employer's lockout.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives: (1) that the President should obtain removal of the trade impairments placed on dried prunes by the European Economic Community and should seek agreement with the European Economic Community that similar restrictive measures will not be imposed in the future, and (2) that the European Economic Community should be placed on notice that retaliatory measures will be taken if restrictive import regulations are placed on walnuts.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977
Jobs Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual income tax rates. Allows a credit against the income tax up to $1,000, for ten percent of the increase in the total savings deposits and investments since the end of the previous year. Allows a limited income tax deduction by certain domestic corporations for dividends paid. Limits corporate deductions for dividends received from foreign corporations. Repeals corporate deductions for other dividends received. Allows the taxpayer to take a deduction for specified percentages of the acquisition costs of certain types of property, with a corresponding reduction in basis, in lieu of a depreciation deduction. Doubles the corporate surtax exemption to $100,000.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977
Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the United States should maintain its rights and jurisdiction over the Panama Canal and the Panama Canal Zone.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1977
Commends Ralph J. Maglione, major general, United States Air Force for a long and distinguished military career.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Grants a Federal charter to the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II. Stipulates that the purposes of such organization shall be: (1) to perpetuate and establish memorials to the memory of those who gave their lives in submarine warfare during World War II; (2) to award college scholarships; and (3) to make the general public aware of life aboard submarines during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide identical income tax rates for single persons and married couples filing joint returns. Limits the earned income that must be reported by a married individual filing a separate return to the amount actually earned by that individual.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Makes it unlawful for any individual or entity to solicit to enroll or enroll any member of the armed forces in any labor organization, or for any member of the armed forces to join, or encourage other members to join, any labor union. Prescribes a penalty of not more than five years imprisonment for any individual violating this Act, and a fine of not less than $25,000 nor more than $50,000 for any labor organization in violation of this Act. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1977
Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal year 1978 for the procurement of naval vessels for the armed forces. Prohibits the obligation of funds authorized under this Act for the DD6-47 guided missile destroyer program for material or components which are not suitable for use in a nuclear powered strike cruiser until the President has made certain determinations and has reported them to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the application of the Tax Reform Act's elimination of the sick pay exclusion for persons who have not retired on total disability, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Provides that a certain individual be considered lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Provides that a certain individual be considered lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Provides an alternative method for computing dependency and indemnity compensation in order that in certain instances the survivors of deceased veterans may elect to receive an amount of compensation equal to that to which they would have been entitled if such veterans had been civil service employees killed while performing job-related functions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Permits members of the reserve components of the armed forces and members of the National Guard to receive retired pay at age 55 for non-regular service. (Amends 10 USC 1331)
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Revises the method of computing retired pay for regular enlisted members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps in order to include in such computation the number of years of such individual's non-regular service.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Repeals the requirement that the retirement pay of retired officers of the uniformed services who are employed in civilian positions in the Federal Government be reduced. (Repeals 5 U.S.C. 5532)
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Removes the present restrictions which prohibit enlisted members of the armed forces on active duty from engaging in a civilian pursuit or business or prohibit members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine bands from receiving, remuneration for furnishing music outside of a military base where such activities are in competition with local civilians.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without deduction from either. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 3104)
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Authorizes the recomputation at age 60 of the retired or retainer pay for members or former members of the uniformed services whose retired or retainer pay was computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972 in order to reflect any retired or retainer pay increases for other members which was based on changes in the Consumer Price Index since that date.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Allows surviving spouses of members of the uniformed services, who were widowed before the effective date of the Survivor Benefit Plan and who are eligible to receive an annuity under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan or the contingency option plan, to elect to receive, in lieu of such annuity, an annuity based on the retired or retainer pay to which the deceased spouse would have been entitled as of the effective date of such plan.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Entitles surviving spouses of members of the uniformed services who were widowed before the effective date of the Survivor Benefit Plan and whose spouse was entitled to retired or retainer pay at time of death, to an annuity as computed under this Act, regardless of whether such individual is entitled to other specified death benefits with the exception of the Survivor Benefit Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Revises the method of computing retired pay for regular enlisted members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps in order to include in such computation the number of years of such individual's non-regular service and certain other years of service.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Stipulates that warrant officers of the uniformed services who accept appointments as warrant officers shall be paid the greater of: (1) the pay and allowances the individual was previously entitled to as a warrant officer; or (2) the pay and allowances to which the individual would be entitled to as a commisioned officer. Stipulates that proficiency pay, incentive pay for hazardous duty, special pay for diving duty, and sea and foreign duty pay may be used in calculating the amount of such individuals's former pay and allowances only for so long as the officer continues to perform such type of duty. (Adds 37 U.S.C. 908)
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Requires an increase in the annuities payable under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan to spouses or children of deceased members of the armed forces who died before March 20, 1974, whenever retired or retainer pay is increased to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Makes such adjustments retroactive for retired or retainer pay adjustments since September 21, 1972. Makes adjustments regarding eligibility and the amounts payable under the Survivor Benefit Plan of the armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Extends the special enlistment and reenlistment bonuses for members of the uniformed services until September 30, 1978. (Amends 37 USC 308, 308a)
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to eliminate the requirement that persons filing an application with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare include as part of application for approval of a new drug full reports of investigations which show whether or not such a drug is effective. Eliminates the power of the Secretary to disapprove a new drug on the basis that such drug will not have the effect it purports or is represented to have under the conditions of use prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the proposed labeling of the drug. Prevents the Secretary from withholding exemption for an experimental drug for investigative purposes on the basis that such drug will not be effective in a research context. Eliminates the authority of the Secretary to withhold approval of an application with respect to any new animal drugs on the basis that full reports of investigations on such drug have not proven it effective. Prevents the Secretary from withdrawing approval of a new animal drug on the basis that it poses an imminent hazard to health of man or animals because of a lack of substantial evidence that the drug will have the effect it purports or is represented to have under the conditions of use prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling of it.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the second Sunday in June as "National Pet Remembrance Day."
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Creates a Select House Committee on Population to conduct an investigation and study of: (1) the major adverse effects of current population growth throughout the world; (2) approaches which have been shown to be effective in coping with excessive population growth; and (3) means to encourage countries with excessive population growth rates to adopt methods proven to be successful in reducing population growth rates.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1976
Provides for the relief of Hildegard G. Blakeley.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1976
Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act to establish the Special Commission on Quality Assurance and Utilization Control in Home Health Care. States that the Commission shall be composed of 17 members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Sets forth the fields of experience and expertise from which Commission members are to be drawn, including five representatives of professional groups with expertise in accreditation and three who are recipients of benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, or under a State plan of services. Requires Senate approval of the member designated chairman of the Commission. States that the function and duty of the Commission shall be: (1) to conduct a full and complete study, investigation, and review of the provision of home health care and services to individuals in the United States, including care and services furnished by agencies which do not qualify as providers of services under the Social Security Act as well as care and services furnished by agencies which do so qualify, with the particular objective of determining: (a) the extent to which additional quality assurance and utilization control in the provision of such care and services is needed; and (b) the manner in which the standards, conditions, and requirements of Title XVIII, Title XIX, or Title XX should be modified in order to provide additonal assurance and control; and (2) on the basis of such study, investigation, and review, to develop a detailed plan for quality assurance and utilization control in home health care. Directs the submission to the Secretary and the Congress of the required plan within one year of the appointment of the majority of the members of the Commission. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days of the submission of such plan, to issue regulations making such modifications in the Social Security Act as may be necessary to implement the plan and carry out the Commission's accompanying recommendations, and to submit to the Congress any recommendations which would require a change in existing law.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1976
Small Business Growth and Job Creation Act - Title I: Small Business Independence and Continuation - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish graduated corporate income tax rates. Changes the holding period for capital assets from six months to one year. Establishes a new alternative tax on capital gains. Increases the estate tax exemption from $60,000 to $180,000. Establishes a new rate schedule for the estate tax. Increases the gift tax exclusion from $3,000 to $9,000, and the gift tax exemption from $30,000 to $90,000. Replaces the present gift tax schedule with a flat rate of 75 percent of whatever the estate tax on such a sum would be. Provides that a distribution of property by a corporation in redemption of stock to pay death taxes shall be treated as a distribution in full payment in exchange for the stock if all of the stock of such corporation which is included in determining the value of the decedent's gross estate is either, (1) more than 20 percent (generally, 35 percent), of the value of the gross estate of such decedent, or (2) more than 40 percent (generally, 50 percent) of the taxable estate of such decedent. Provides that if stock in a corporation is sold by a shareholder owning stock representing more than 30 percent of the fair market value of all outstanding stock of the corporation whose stock is being sold, the gain from such sale shall be recognized only to the extent that the taxpayer's sale price exceeds the cost of replacement property purchased by the taxpayer within two years. Defines "replacement property" as property which is held for the production of income or which is held for investment. Allows the executor of an estate involving an interest in a closely held business to elect to include in the value of the gross estate the decedent's basis in such business rather than the fair market value of such interest. States that the basis of property acquired from a decedent as to which such an election was made shall be the decedent's basis in such property rather than the fair market value of such interest. Allows the marital deduction of the estate tax to exceed 50 percent of the value of the adjusted gross estate when an interest in a specially defined small business is included in the estate. Title II: Small Business Growth Incentives - Allows a taxpayer to choose the cash method of accounting in any case where inventory is an income determining factor and the ending inventory for the taxable year does not exceed $200,000. Provides a deferred tax credit against taxable income for unincorporated businesses. Establishes a graduated investment tax credit. Amends the definition of a small business corporation to allow domestic corporations with up to 20 shareholders (presently, ten) to qualify for subchapter S treatment. Allows a small business to make a subchapter S election at any time during the taxable year. Allows to a business a credit equal to 50 percent of the wages paid during the taxable year to new employees, up to two employees and $20,000 for the taxable year. Allows a similar credit for new disadvantaged employees up to a maximum of $60,000 per taxable year. Allows the practical cost recovery method to be used in computing depreciation. Title III: Small Business Tax Simplification - Allows a corporation to file an application for refund of overpayment of estimated income tax at any time during the taxable year. Provides a special rule for treatment of net operating loss adjustments in the case of new corporations. Increases the minimum credit on accumulated earnings from $150,000 to $500,000. Redefines "section 1244 stock" to mean common stock in a corporation if: (1) such corporation during its preceding taxable year derived more than 50 percent of its aggregate gross receipts from sources other than royalties, rents, dividends, interest, annuities, and sales or exchanges of stock or securities; and (2) the equity capital of such corporation does not exceed $1,000,000. Increases the losses on section 1244 stock which may be treated as ordinary losses (rather than capital losses) from $25,000 to $50,000.
United States · United States Congress · 1 September 1976
Department of Defense Supplemental Appropriation Authorization Act - Authorizes additional appropriations of $1,111,000,000 for the procurement of naval vessels by the Navy for fiscal year 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 1 September 1976
Provides, under the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, that the national emergency procedures thereunder may be applied to strikes or lockouts which will cause losses of agricultural crops.
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1976
Condemns North Korea for its continued acts of treachery culminating in the axe murders of two American officers and the wounding of five others. Directs the Speaker of the House to make known the regrets of the House to the wives and children and other survivors of Major Bonifas and Lieutenant Barrett.
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1976
Directs the House Committee on Armed Services to make a study of the murder by members of the North Korean Armed Forces serving as guards at Panmunjom of two American Army officers attached to the United Nations Command, and other recent North Korean violations of the armistice agreement. Requires the committee to transmit a report to the House containing a statement of the findings of the committee no later than January 3, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1976
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take such steps as may be necessary to place the threat to the peace created by the murder of two American Army officers attached to the United Nations Command by members of the North Korean Armed Forces serving as guards at Panmunjom, and other recent North Korean violations of the armistice agreement, on the agenda of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1976
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President shall submit a full report to Congress on fundamental human rights and cultural freedoms in Romania with special emphasis on the national minorities, showing concrete measures taken to ameliorate their situation by the Romanian Government. Directs that should no ameliorative measures occur, it is the sense of the House that the 1975 United States-Romanian Trade Agreement and the most-favored-nation treatment of the Socialist Republic of Romania shall not be extended.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1976
Provides for the relief of Syed Muhammad Ali Naqvi.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the amount of the charitable deduction allowed for expenses incurred in the operation of a motor vehicle shall include that portion of the costs of operating and maintaining such vehicle (including a reasonable allowance for depreciation) which is allocable to such operation, and shall be determined in the same manner as if such operation were in connection with a trade or business of the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1976
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize air carriers to offer reduced rates to individuals aged 65 or over on a space-available basis.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from excise tax buses purchased by tax exempt organizations or by other persons for exclusive use in furnishing transportation for a State or local government or a tax exempt organization (presently, transportation must be limited to students and employees of schools).