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United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1977
Federal Computer Systems Protection Act - Makes it a Federal crime for a person to directly or indirectly access or cause to be accessed for fraudulent purposes a computer system affecting commerce or having a connection with a Federal agency or financial institution.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1977
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define the term "public charge" as an alien who receives financial support or medical treatment from any Federal, State, or local program designed to support needy individuals. Prohibits the admission of any immigrant unless a United States citizen has agreed in writing to sponsor such immigrant and to reimburse the Federal, State, or local government for financial support or medical treatment provided to the immigrant during the five year period after entering the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include within the medical and other health services covered by such Title the transportation of patients confined to a stretcher or wheelchair in a vehicle which is not equipped as an ambulance but which is adequately equipped to transport such patients.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1977
Provides for the payment by the Secretary of the Interior of certain judgments to the Kansas Delaware Tribe of Indians, Incorporated without recognizing the corporation as a tribe.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1977
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include rescue squad members in the group of persons eligible for public safety officers' death benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1977
Nuclear Antiproliferation Act - Declares it United States policy: (1) to pursue the establishment of international controls of nuclear equipment, material, and technology, (2) to enhance the reliability of the United States as a supplier of nuclear fuels, (3) to encourage ratification of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, (4) to aid other nations in identification and adaptation of appropriate energy production technology, and (5) to enhance international safeguards. Title I: United States Initiatives for International Nuclear Cooperation - Declares that the United States shall seek stronger and more comprehensive commitments to anti-proliferation principles. Directs the President to seek commitments by all nations to certain non-proliferation objectives: (1) to prevent the use of nuclear material, equipment, or technology by any non-nuclear weapon state for any nuclear explosive device, (2) to achieve universal application of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, (3) to establish adequate security measures, (4) to restrict nuclear transfers, (5) to restrain the spread of nuclear fuel reprocessing or uranium enrichment facilities, (6) to prevent the spread of nuclear explosive devices to non-nuclear weapon states, and (7) to protect the environment from radioactive, chemical, or thermal contamination from nuclear activities. Directs the Energy Research and Development Administration, in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to establish a safeguards and physical security training program for people from nations receiving nuclear material, equipment, or technology. Directs the President to establish an international fuel cycle evaluation program, emphasizing alternatives to an economy based on separation of pure plutonium or the presence of high enriched uranium and problems related to spent fuel storage. Title II: United States Initiatives to Strengthen the International Atomic Energy Agency - Declares the United States to be committed to (1) strengthening the IAEA, and (2) a comprehensive nuclear safeguards system administered by that agency by (1) furnishing technical resources, support, and funding, (2) contributions for safeguard implementation, (3) assuring resources to carry out the statute of the IAEA, (4) improving the safeguard system, (5) assuring that the IAEA has the data to administer the safeguards program and that the IAEA gives notice to the world community of safeguards violations and (6) devising environmentally sound methods of nuclear facilities management. Directs the Department of Commerce, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in consultation with the Department of State and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, to develop methods and standards for the nuclear materials safeguard system of IAEA and other nations receiving assistance under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Title III: United States Initiatives for Assuring Adequate Nuclear Fuel Supply - Declares that the United States shall furnish a reliable supply of nuclear fuel to nations adhering to policies of nonproliferation of nuclear explosive devices. Directs the President to determine uranium enrichment needs for international needs. Title IV: Agreements for Cooperation - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to criteria for nuclear cooperation with other nations. Requires agreements for cooperation to include safeguard guarantees for the transfer of nuclear material and equipment. Imposes IAEA safeguards for nuclear materials as a condition for continued United States nuclear supply. Prohibits any material or technology transferred under such agreement or special nuclear material produced in a facility transferred pursuant to a cooperation agreement from being used for any nuclear explosive device. Stipulates that United States cooperation under such agreement will cease if the cooperating party detonates a nuclear explosive device (except for cooperation for military use of atomic energy or for cooperation with a nuclear-weapon state). Prohibits the transfer of nuclear material or restricted data furnished under such agreement without the consent of the United States. Requires that such agreements guarantee adequate physical security of any material transferred or produced thereunder. Requires a guarantee that material transferred or produced under such an agreement: (1) will be stored in facilities approved by the United States, and (2) will not be reprocessed without the prior approval of the United States, except for agreements for military uses or certain agreements for cooperation through the Department of Defense. Requires civil cooperation agreements to guarantee that any nuclear material or facility produced or constructed within the territory of the cooperating party, using nuclear technology transferred thereunder, to be subject to all guarantees required under such agreements. Exempts military use agreements and agreements through the Department of Defense from the foregoing requirement. Requires the cooperating party to report to the United States the status of nuclear material inventories. Permits the President to exempt a proposed agreement from any of the foregoing requirements upon a determination that such requirement would prejudice United States non-proliferation objectives or defense and security. Sets forth procedures for the negotiation and approval of such agreements, including the requirement that a proposed agreement be submitted to the President with an unclassified Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement. Sets forth procedures for military agreements and agreements with the Department of State. Prohibits execution of such an agreement unless the President has approved it and has determined that it will promote common defense and security. Sets forth procedures for submission of nuclear cooperation agreements to Congress. Limits the foregoing requirements and procedures of this chapter to agreements entered into after the effective date of this Act. Directs the President (1) to initiate negotiations to make the foregoing requirements of this chapter applicable to agreements already in existence, and (2) to seek international agreements to establish these requirements as nuclear export guidelines. Withholds jurisdiction from any court to compel the performance or review of any Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement required under this Act. Title V: Export Licensing Responsibilities - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to restrict the authority of the Energy Research and Development Administration to distribute special nuclear material to foreign nations to no more than 500 grams per year to any recipient for laboratory supplies or for emergency situations. Amends the prohibition against the manufacture of special nuclear material outside the United States to permit such manufacture when authorized by the Energy Research and Development Administration rather than by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Requires that such authorization be made after consultation with the Department of State, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Requires protection of trade secrets or proprietary information of any applicant for such authorization. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require that issuance of an export license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission be preceded by notification by the Secretary of State that (1) such license will not be inimical to the common defense and security, and (2) the recipient has agreed to adhere to the criteria for nuclear exports. Sets forth procedures for such determination. Directs the Commission to issue regulations for nuclear export licensing, which shall be the exclusive basis for export licensing proceedings. Declares that no person has a right to an on-the-record hearing in such proceeding. Adopts criteria governing United States nuclear exports which include IAEA safeguards required by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; prohibitions against the use of such exports for any nuclear explosive device; adequate physical security measures; United States approval of any retransfer; and prohibition against reprocessing. Prohibits nuclear export licensing or distribution if the recipient (1) detonates a nuclear device, (2) terminates IAEA safeguards, or (3) is found by the President to have violated an IAEA safeguard agreement. Permits the President to authorize such export when the Commission does not issue a license because it cannot make statutory determinations required by the Atomic Energy Act when the President determines that to withhold such export would jeopardize objectives of nonproliferation, defense, and security. Permits congressional disapproval of an Executive order authorizing such export. Establishes additional licensing criteria, effective 18 months after enactment of this Act, which apply IAEA safeguards to all peaceful nuclear activities under the jurisdiction of the nation receiving such nuclear export. Prohibits the licensing for export of certain quantities of enriched uranium or plutonium unless Congress is given prior notice that such export is not inimical to common defense and security. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal the current standards for nuclear export licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Directs the Commission to determine which components of nuclear facilities and other items or substances are relevant to export control because of their significance for nuclear explosive purposes. Prohibits the export of such components, items, or substances without a license issued by the Commission. Sets forth criteria and procedures for such licensing. Directs the President to publish procedures for the control by the Department of Commerce of the export items which are significant for nuclear explosive purposes, other than those controlled by the Commission. Prohibits the export of nuclear materials for enrichment unless such enrichment is permitted by the applicable agreement for cooperation. Title VI: Executive Branch Reporting - Directs the President (1) to review all governmental activities relating to the non-proliferation of nuclear explosive devices, and (2) to report annually to Congress on such activities. Directs the President to submit to Congress an analysis of each civil agreement for nuclear cooperation. Requires reports to Congress by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Energy Research and Development Administration to include views and recommendations on United States nuclear non-proliferation policies and activities and an analysis of the nonproliferation implications of enrichment and reprocessing techniques. Requires the Department of State, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the Department of Commerce, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to report their non-proliferation activities to Congress. Title VII: Definitions and Savings Provisions - Defines terms for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1977
Natural Diversity Preservation Act - Title I: Statement of Findings and Purposes - States that the purpose of this Act is to establish a nationwide policy of preserving representative examples of the full range of the elements of natural, biological, and geological diversity found in the United States. Title II: Responsibility and Function - Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Nationwide Ecological Reserves which shall have as its function, among other things, the development and administration of a identifying those examples of elements of natural diversity deemed relevant for potential inclusion on the Nationwide Registry of Ecological Reserves. Establishes the Nationwide Ecological Reserves Board. Title III: Inventory and Registry - Requires the development of a Nationwide Registry of Ecological Reserves which shall classify resources according to their relative significance: National, State or local. Sets forth standards of protection for National Classification Registry entries. Title IV: Funding Authorization - Establishes the Natural Diversity Preservation Fund in the Department of the Treasury. Defines the terms which must be followed by the Secretary of the Interior in providing financial assistance for Federal agencies, State and local governments, and the private sector.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1977
Resolves that all efforts be made to locate the 1984 summer Olympic games in the United States and that the Federal Government provide appropriate funds to the American city hosting the games.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1977
Federal Construction Costs Reduction Act - Raises from $2,000 to $40,000 the dollar value of contracts to which the Davis-Bacon Act (minimum wages on federally-affected construction projects) applies. Directs the Secretary of Labor to increase such threshold level yearly in proportion to the rise in the Consumer Price Index. Makes the Act applicable only to the wages of unskilled laborers. Exempts apprentices, helpers, and trainees from the Act and forbids the Secretary from taking any action which discourages the customary utilization of such persons. Requires the "prevailing wage" (contracts covered by the Act must provide that covered employees are paid at a rate determined by the prevailing wage) to be set at the average wage paid laborers employed on at least three projects similar to the subject project which were carried out in the immediate geographic area during the previous two years. Requires such determination to be made no later than 60 days prior to the opening of invitations for bids for projects covered by the Act. Requires, in lieu of the weekly wage reports presently required by the Act, that in the event there is no evidence that a contractor is violating the Act, such contractor need only submit an affidavit certifying his compliance. States that where evidence of such violation exists, the contractor must submit weekly certified payroll statements and other records required by the Secretary. Establishes a Federal Construction Appeals Board to which any interested party may appeal wage rate determinations or other Labor Department Rules likely to have a substantial effect on future wage rate determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1977
Amends the Natural Gas Act to prohibit curtailment of supplies to specified high priority users.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1977
Revises provisions imposing penalties for the commission of rape, including carnal knowledge of a female under age 16, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States to (1) set forth penalties for any unconsented sexual contact or penetration; (2) proscribe sexual contact or penetration with any person under age 16; (3) detail sentencing guidelines; and (4) prohibit introduction of evidence regarding a victim's prior sexual conduct absent a ruling by the court after an in camera hearing.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1977
Declares it the sense of the House of Representatives that the Attorney General should appoint a special prosecutor to serve in the Department of Justice to investigate and prepare prosecutions with respect to illegal acts to obtain influence for foreign governments from Federal elected or nonelected officials.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1977
Designates the calendar week beginning February 5, 1978, as "National Electrical Safety Week."
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1977
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal Services should not reduce the frequency of mail delivery service for any user of the mails below the frequency of such service which was in effect for such user of June 1, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Limousine Limitation Act - Prohibits Government use of any limousine, use of any Government motor vehicle to transport any official between his place of employment and his dwelling place, and Government employment of any chauffeur. Excepts from this Act limousines for the President, Ambassadors, and specified other persons whose personal safety depends upon the use of such limousines.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Veterans Education Reform Act -- Permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to discontinue educational assistance to an eligible veteran or survivor or dependent of a veteran if the Administrator finds that the institution of higher learning concerned has failed to enforce its regularly prescribed standards and practices as approved by the appropriate State approving agency with respect to such veteran or person. Denies the Administrator any authority to prescribe educational standards or practices with respect to any institution of higher learning empowered to award a standard college degree. Requires the Administrator to provide individual educational and career counseling and other appropriate services to facilitate the education of any veteran or person whose educational assistance has been discontinued under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Prohibits denial of employment (except by an employer with no more than ten employees) of any person because of any obligation as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 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 · 28 June 1977
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the rates, terms, and conditions for pole attachments used for wire communication, in any case in which such rates, terms, and conditions are not regulated by any State authority. Stipulates that a just and reasonable rate shall assure the utility of recovery of not less than the additional costs of providing pole attachments nor more than the actual capital and operating expenses of the utility attributable to that portion of the pole used by the attachment.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1977
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act and Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to exempt individuals suffering from multiple sclerosis from the requirement that an individual be entitled to disability benefits for at least 24 consecutive months in order to qualify for hospital insurance benefits under the Medicare program.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1977
Amends the Mann Acts, which prohibit certain transportation of females for immoral purposes, to extend coverage to prohibit transportation of any individual for immoral purposes and to increase the penalties specified in such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1977
Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act - Requires every employer to offer each of his employees and their families qualified health care insurance. States that such coverage shall be optional with the employee. Requires an employer to contribute to the cost of such coverage for the benefit of an electing employee and his family at least 65 percent of the premium, with the employee contributing the balance. Establishes, for low-income employees, a program of certificates of entitlement or income tax credit in the amount by which the portion of the premium payable by such an employee exceeds the premium for which he would be liable under the program of health insurance for the unemployed or self-employed as established by this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring suit to compel an employer to comply with the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that employers experiencing substantial increases in payroll cost due to the provisions of this Act will be entitled to a cash payment by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or a credit against income tax. States that premiums for employee groups of one to 100 persons and self-employed persons shall not exceed 125 percent of the estimated average in the State of the annual premium for employee groups of more than 100 persons. Sets forth a plan of health insurance providing hospital, medical, dental, and other health care services for non-employed and self-employed individuals and their families. Establishes, as a means of implementing such plan, a program of certificates of entitlement issued by the Secretary and credits against income tax for the premium for qualified health care insurance. States that the amount of Federal participation shall be related to the income of the individual or family, the Government to pay the full premium for those whose annual incomes are insufficient to create income tax liability, and to pay a gradually smaller proportion of the premium for others in relation to increasing amounts of income tax liability. Provides qualified health care insurance for an individual or family with no tax liability for the base year. Stipulates that the premium rate to be charged for a qualified health care insurance policy offered under such plan for any year shall in no case exceed 125 percent of the estimated average of premiums paid in the State for qualified health care insurance for groups of employees with more than 100 members. Excludes from qualified health care insurance coverage payment for stipulated items, including: (1) personal comfort items; (2) eyeglasses, hearing aids, or orthopedic shoes; and (3) private room inpatient hospital accommodations. Limits the aggregate amount of expenditures for catastrophic illness expenses. Sets forth requirements which must be met by qualified health care insurance plans. Establishes the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the fund of amounts equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this Act. Requires carriers offering qualified health care insurance policies to participate in an assigned-risk pool which may be established in such State by the State insurance department or by such agency as may be authorized by the State. Establishes a Health Insurance Advisory Board to: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this Act; (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan, review, and develop, where necessary, programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care; and (4) review the effectiveness of the program established by this Act. Stipulates that individuals collecting unemployment compensation are eligible for coverage under this Act, unless covered through an employed member of his family. Permits an income tax credit for premiums paid for qualified insurance plans under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Declares a state of war against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1977
Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize Federal assistance to private, profitmaking agencies and organizations for purposes of conducting research, training, and other activities relating to the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1977
Declares it the sense of the Congress that the United States should oppose United Nations membership of Vietnam and deny diplomatic recognition to Vietnam until that country cooperates in securing a satisfactory accounting of Americans missing in action and unaccounted for in the territory under Vietnamese control.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1977
Amends the Small Business Investment Act to change the title of the Associate Administrator for Finance and Investment of the Small Business Administration to that of Associate Administrator for Investment. Sets forth the powers of such office including the purchase of preferred securities of any incorporated small business investment company and the purchase or guarantee of all principal and interest payments as scheduled on debentures issued by any small business investment company. Specifies conditions which must be fulfilled before such powers may be exercised.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1977
Requests the President of the United States to designate July 18, 1978, as "Small Business Day."
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1977
World War I Pension Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay (in addition to any already paid) a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, or to the surviving spouse of each such veteran, or when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children of each such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) and Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include the services of licensed practical nurses under the coverage provided pursuant to such Titles.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1977
Directs the Secretary of Defense to place a plaque and a permanent display of medals, ribbons, and tributes of the Vietnam era on the crypt at the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, reserved for an unknown American serviceman who lost his life in Southeast Asia. Directs the Secretary to perform the duties required by this Act even though the remains of such serviceman have not yet been placed in the crypt.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1977
Prohibits use or supply of false documentation, false information, or birth or immigration documents of another, for purposes of obtaining a Federal document containing an element of identification. Forbids commerce in such information, documentation, or official documents for purposes of securing a State or local government document containing an element of identification. Proscribes specified acts relative to: (1) forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of Federal, State, or local government documents containing an element of identification; (2) interstate or foreign commerce in any such counterfeited, forged, or altered document; and (3) receipt, possession, use, or furnishing of any such document with intent to secure false official identification.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977
Amends the Older Americans Act by adding the following title: Title X: Relief for Older Americans Who Own or Rent Their Homes - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to reimburse the States for real property tax relief programs aimed at elderly households with incomes of $15,000 or less. Provides that the amount of such reimbursement shall be a percentage (determined on the basis of the household income) of the tax relief provided multiplied by the aggregate number of households receiving such relief. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1977 through 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977
Bridge Safety Act - Title I - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) inventory all bridges not located on any of the Federal-aid systems; (2) classify them according to serviceability, safety, and essentiality; and (3) assign each bridge a priority for replacement based on such classification. Authorizes Federal participation in State projects to replace such bridges after October 1, 1980. Increases the authorization for appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for bridge replacement programs. Title II - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to extend such fund through fiscal year 1990. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to postpone specified excise tax reductions. Title III - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the excise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuels, and special motor fuels. Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 to stipulate that such increases shall be deposited in a special account of the Highway Trust Fund to meet the obligations incurred by the United States pursuant to bridge replacement programs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977
Requires the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to install telecommunication devices to enable deaf persons and persons with speech impairments to engage in toll-free communications with Members of Congress. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977
Directs the United States to pay reasonable litigation costs, including attorney fees, to prevailing defendants in civil actions in which the United States is a plaintiff.
United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1977
Authorizes the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating May 13 of each year as "American Business Day."
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. States that by the fourth fiscal year after the ratification of this amendment the budget shall be balanced. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of declared emergency, but states that such expenditures shall never exceed receipts by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 19 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to five percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth year fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977
Small Business Development Center Act - Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make grants to universities to assist them in developing centers to provide small businesses with a broad range of advice, information, and assistance. Limits the amount of such grant to no more than 75 percent of the cost of eligible activities in the operation or development of the center, except for grants to regional centers assisting State centers in research or other high cost activities. Establishes a Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Division within the Small Business Development Center program through a Deputy Associate Administrator. Establishes a Small Business Development Center Advisory Board composed of 14 members to advise and confer with the Deputy Associate Administrator for Management and Technical Assistance. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to universities, organizations, and business concerns to support research to solve problems which affect small business concerns.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977
Administrative Rule Making Reform Act - Requires a Federal agency preparing to hold a rule making session to make a reasonable effort to inform those likely to be affected by the proposed rule making. Requires that if the affected group is large, representatives of such group must be notified. Requires, in addition to present requirements, that the notice of rule making include the projected effective date of the rules, the purpose of the rule making, the text of the proposed rules, and the technical or other studies on which the agency intends to rely in the rule making proceedings. Applies the requirements of this Act to all rule making sessions except (1) those specifically authorized to be kept secret in the interest of national security, and (2) those relating to agency management. Requires public notice and public opportunity for comment of all rule making proceedings under this Act unless the agency finds that the rules to be proposed are emergency rules or are of routine or insignificant impact in which case the rule must be published with reasons for its adoption. Requires Federal agencies to give interested persons at least 45 days to participate in the rule making. Requires the agency to maintain a file of each proceeding to be made available to the courts, Congress, and to the public in connection with review of the rule. Limits the period for public comment to a maximum of 90 days. Requires a copy of all proposed rules to be sent to Congress. States that such rule, other than an emergency rule, shall not become effective if it is disapproved within 90 days by both Houses of Congress, or it is disapproved within 60 days by one House and no action is taken on the disapproval resolution by the other House. Provides that either House of Congress may, by resolution, require any agency to reconsider and resubmit any rule to which this Act applies. Requires that such proposed rule be repromulgated anew in accordance with all the provisions of this Act unless it is reconsidered and resubmitted to Congress within 180 days after the adoption of the resolution requiring such reconsideration. Requires the Administrative Conference of the United States to study Congressional review of agency rule making under this Act and report the effect of such review on such rule making before July 1, 1982. Authorizes to be appropriated $200,000 to finance such study. Makes this Act effective on the first day of the first session of the Ninety-fifth Congress. Terminates the Congressional review required by this Act at the adjournment of the Ninety-seventh Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1977
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the third week of July 1977, 1978, and 1979, as "National Architectural Barrier Awareness Week."
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Contract Disputes Reform Act - Authorizes an executive agency to settle any claim arising out of any express or implied contract of such agency. Requires an agency contracting officer to settle disputes which cannot be resolved by mutual agreement. Permits any contractor to request an informal administrative conference with the appropriate agency to review the decision of the contracting officer. Declares the decision of the contracting officer to be final unless the contractor sues or appeals as provided in this Act. Permits each agency to establish an agency Board of Contract Appeals if the volume of procurement of such agency justifies a Board of at least three full-time members. Requires appeals to be made to such Board within 90 days of receipt of the contracting officer's decision. Provides for an appeal to the Board of another agency in the event that the party agency does not have its own Board. Requires the rules of each board to provide for a simplified procedure for small claims of $25,000 or less which can be invoked at the option of the contractor. Permits suits in any U.S. district court or the Court of Claims in lieu of an appeal by the contractor to an agency Board. Permits the agency or the contractor to appeal any decision of an agency Board to such Courts. States that in the event the agency appeals a Board decision, that decision shall not be overturned unless arbitrary, capricious, or so clearly erroneous as to imply bad faith. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 2401; 2517)
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1977
Amends Title XVI of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of supplementary security income benefits to an alien unless he is a permanent resident of the United States and has continuously resided therein for at least one year.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
Farm Production Protection Act - Repeals the Federal Crop Insurance Act. Establishes, within the Department of Agriculture, the Farm Production Corporation, with a capital stock of $300,000,000 subscribed by the United States of America. Empowers such Corporation to protect producers of agricultural products against loss of production cost due to unavoidable natural causes.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow to an individual a tax credit of 25 percent of the qualified solar energy equipment expenditures paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year to the extent that such expenditures do not exceed $8,000. Permits the Administrator of Energy Research and Development to make a loan to a qualified applicant for the installation of solar energy equipment in new residential buildings. Specifies formulas for determining the maximum amount and the interest rate of such a loan, and sets a term at not more than 15 years. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a solar energy equipment installation loan fund to pay for expenses incurred in carrying out the obligations of the Administrator under the loan program. States that amounts received in repayment of such loans shall be deposited in the installation fund.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1977
Amends the Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring that the locomotive and rear car of all passenger, freight, and commuter trains be equipped with bulletproof glass and equipment which is capable of providing controlled temperatures.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1977
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 · 4 May 1977
Customs Paperwork Simplification Act - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to raise the resident tariff exemption on items imported for personal use or gifts to $500.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1977
Calls for the consideration of the relationship between the violence depicted on television and violence in society by those persons responsible for television programming and broadcasting in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Establishes a Court of the States, composed of one judge from each State, to hear and determine all cases arising under the tenth amendment (reserved powers of the States and people) upon appeal from the Supreme Court.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1977
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to transfer the responsibility for investigating Communist and subversive organizations affecting the internal security of the United States to a standing Committee on Internal Security established by this Resolution. Confers upon such committee the responsibility for investigating all organizations within the United States aimed at overthrowing or altering the Government of the United States by force, insurrection or other unlawful means or inciting or employing violence to obstruct the authority of the Federal Government with respect to matters of internal security of the United States.