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United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1978
Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring General Casimir Pulaski.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1978
Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates below the level established by the Social Security Amendments of 1977 on employment income for both employers and employees and on self-employment income. Increases Federal contributions to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established under Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act by 50 percent. Increases the ceiling on the amount of income that is subject to social security taxation to $100,000 in 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1978
Amends rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the inclusion in any appropriation bill or amendment thereto of a provision which changes existing law or imposes any limitation not contained in existing law.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1978
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any right to, title to, or interest in the property of the United States Government agencies in the Panama Canal Zone or any real property and improvements thereon located in the zone should not be conveyed, relinquished, or otherwise disposed of to any foreign government without specific authorization of such conveyance, relinquishment, or other disposition by any Act of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1978
International Development Cooperation Act - Chapter I: Policy - Sets forth the United States' development assistance goals. Establishes the International Development Cooperation Administration (IDCA) to achieve such goals. Chapter II: Bilateral Development Assistance. Title XI: Grant and Loan Assistance - Sets forth the United States bilateral development policy. Authorizes the Administrator of IDCA to furnish agricultural, rural development, and nutrition assistance. Declares that such assistance shall be primarily used for activities which increase the productivity or income of the rural poor. Requires, in the allocation of such funds, that special attention be given to increasing agricultural production in "food priority countries" or "relatively least developed countries." Encourages the Administrator of IDCA to take certain actions to improve the nutritional benefits accruing from such assistance. Requires the Administrator to consider the impact on development policies of commodity sales under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Declares that local currency proceeds from such commodity sales which are owned by foreign governments shall be used whenever practicable to furnish agricultural, rural development, and nutrition assistance. Sets forth United States international population control and health assistance policy. Authorizes the Administrator of IDCA to furnish population planning assistance, emphasizing motivation for small families. Directs such assistance to give particular attention to the relationship between population growth and living standards improvements. Authorizes the Administrator to study factors affecting population growth and family planning. Prohibits funds available for such assistance to be used for abortions or involuntary sterilizations. Authorizes the Administrator of IDCA to furnish health, health education, disease prevention, and sanitation assistance, emphasizing low-cost integrated delivery systems to rural areas and to the poorest people. Sets forth United States education and human resources development assistance policy. Authorizes the Administrator of IDCA to furnish such assistance. Authorizes the Administrator of IDCA to furnish assistance for programs relating to (1) energy problems, (2) natural resources management, (3) development research, (4) intermediate technology, (5) urban development, (6) disaster reconstruction, (7) special problems of "relatively least developed countries," especially transportation and communications systems, and (8) technical cooperation among development organizations. Authorizes funds to be made available under this chapter to assist research and educational institutions in the United States to develop and implement development programs for developing countries. Prohibits the furnishing of assistance under this chapter until the recipient country provides assurances that it will make a significant contribution to the cost of the entire program. Prohibits the disbursing of grant assistance for a specific project for more than four years without further justification to Congress and increasing recipient country contribution. Authorizes the Administrator of IDCA to make assistance available to "relatively least developed countries" on a grant basis to the maximum extent possible. Permits the Administrator with respect to such countries (1) to waive interest payments on past indebtedness; (2) to accept repayment in local currencies; (3) to accept "in kind" contributions for the recipient share of assistance costs; and (4) to waive certain procurement requirements. Exempts "relatively least developed countries" from the cost-sharing and funding limitations of this Act. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on a concerted procurement policy with donors of the Overseas Economic Cooperation and Development countries, and its impact on the United States economy. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish long-term development assistance for the Sahel region, to be supplied under a multi-donor system. Requires the Administrator to prepare an annual report on Sahel development. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance beginning with fiscal year 1978. Title II: Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Agricultural Development - Declares that the United States (1) should strengthen the capacity of certain universities in program-related agricultural development and research, (2) should improve the participation of such universities in efforts to increase world-wide food production, and (3) should support research into the food and nutritional problems of developing countries. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish assistance to eligible universities for specified purposes related to such research goals. Directs the President to establish a Board for International Food and Agricultural Development to assist in the administration of such research assistance programs. Authorizes the Board to establish a Joint Research Committee to develop collaborative food research programs, and a Joint Committee on Country Programs to implement certain research support programs. Permits such research support programs to be funded with appropriations for agricultural, rural development, and nutrition assistance. Requires the Administrator to report to Congress on such research activities. Title III: Agricultural Commodities for Peace and Development - Affirms the continuing intent of Congress that United States agricultural commodities shall be used to combat hunger and to encourage economic development in developing countries. Authorizes the Administrator of IDCA to carry out specified food donation and development programs under the Agricultural Trade and Development Assistance Act of 1954. Chapter III: Access to Private Capital and Technical Expertise - Title I: General Policy - Expresses the Congressional finding that the reduction of the dependence of developing countries upon concessional assistance to reliance upon private sector resources can be facilitated by loan and investment guarantees and reimbursable services. Title II: Overseas Private Investment Corporation - Makes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation a constituent element of the International Development Cooperation Administration to facilitate the participation of United States private capital in the economic development of developing countries and areas. Sets forth the factors which shall be considered by the Corporation for furnishing insurance, financing, or reinsurance of private sector projects in developing countries or areas. Specifies the functions of the Corporation. Declares that the capital stock of the Corporation shall remain at its present level. Stipulates the organizational and management structure of the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to insure private investments against specified risks, to guarantee private loans and other investments, to make loans to private firms, and to make incentive grants. Specifies restrictions upon and procedures for such functions. Authorizes the Corporation to furnish financial and advisory support, private, technical, professional, or managerial assistance. Authorizes the Corporation to enter into certain risk sharing agreements. Establishes limitations upon the amount of outstanding guarantees which can be made by the Corporation. Establishes a Direct Investment Fund to finance the direct investment undertakings of the Corporation. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States an insurance and guaranty fund to discharge liabilities incurred by the Corporation with respect to its insurance and guaranty authority. Authorizes appropriations to the Corporation for such fund. Imposes conditions on such appropriations and stipulates procedures for discharging investment insurance liability. Stipulates the purposes for which the income and revenues earned by or transferred to the Corporation may be spent without limitations. Sets forth limitations on such investment programs, including investment safeguard provisions, duration, and prohibits insuring investors responsible for bribery as defined in this title. Sets forth the powers of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Requires the Auditor-General of the International Development Cooperation Administration to audit the Corporation and conduct its security functions. Establishes an Advisory Council to the Corporation, composed of representatives of the American business community, for consultation regarding the Corporation's objectives. Declares that no laws, with the exception of this title, shall be construed to prohibit investment insurance activities in Yugoslavia or Romania, if the President determines such programs to be in the national interest. Requires the Corporation to establish criteria to minimize the potential environmental impact of insured projects. Requires the Corporation to report to Congress annually with respect to its operations. Title III: Housing Investment Guarantees - Sets forth Congressional findings with respect to the role of the United States in assisting worldwide housing investment. Authorizes the Administrator of the International Development Corporation (IDCA) to guarantee loans incurred in connection with such housing investment. Sets forth (1) limitations upon such guarantees and (2) the types of housing programs which shall be emphasized in making such guarantees. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. Imposes upon housing guarantees authorized by subsequently repealed statutes the laws and fees which were originally applicable to such guarantees. Prohibits guarantee payments for any loss arising from fraud or misrepresentation. Imposes limitations upon such guarantees with respect to housing for the poor and amounts for projects within any single country. Title IV: Agricultural and Productive Credit and Self-Help Development Communities Programs - Declares it the sense of Congress that the purpose of this program is the stimulation of private participation in the establishment of pilot programs in not more than five Latin American countries. Authorizes the IDCA to guarantee loans for agricultural credit and self-help community development programs. Limits the total dollar amount of such guarantees. Requires consultation with the Inter-American Foundation in developing eligibility criteria for such guarantees. Title V: Reimbursable Services and Commodities - Authorizes any agency of the United States to furnish services and commodities on an advance-of-funds or reimbursable basis to friendly countries, international organizations, the American Red Cross, and certain volunteer nonprofit relief agencies, when the Administrator determines it to be in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to use a specified amount to stimulate reimbursable aid programs consistent with chapter I of this Act. Sets forth procedures governing excess property and advance acquisition of property pursuant to this Act. Chapter IV: Multilateral Development Assistance - Title I: General Multilateral Development Assistance Policy - Sets forth Congressional findings and policy with respect to United States participation in international development assistance agencies. Declares that the United States should encourage (1) equitable contributions to such agencies by participant countries, and (2) the participation of women in the economies of member and recipient countries of such aid and in such agencies. Requires the Administrator to ensure that United States bilateral development programs are coordinated with multilateral programs. Title II: International Financial Institutions - Sets forth Congressional policy with respect to United States participation in international financial institutions. Makes the Administrator of IDCA responsible for formulating the positions of and instructing the representatives of the United States to such institutions. Title III: United Nations Programs - Authorizes the Administrator to make contributions to international organizations in furtherance of this chapter, when the President determines it to be in the national interest. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Makes the Administrator responsible for formulating the positions of and instructing the representatives of the United States to the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Authorizes the President to permit United States participation in the International Fertilizer Development Center. Chapter V: Special Programs - Title I: Economic Support Fund - Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to countries and organizations to promote economic or political stability. Declares it the sense of Congress that assistance to the Middle East should promote respect, security, and economic development in that area. Authorizes appropriations to the President for economic support funds in the Middle East, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon (including technical and scientific cooperation programs and special requirements). Expresses Congressional support of an internationally recognized settlement of the Rhodesian conflict leading to majority rule. Declares it the intent of Congress to support a Zimbabwe Development Fund. Declares it the sense of Congress that the United States should furnish economic support to Zambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Mozambique to strengthen their economy and minimize their dependence on minority-ruled regimes. Authorizes appropriations to the President for economic dislocation and refugee assistance in South Africa. Prohibits the use of such funds for military or paramilitary purposes. Declares it the sense of Congress that such funds shall not be furnished to any country which restricts emigration. Title II: International Disaster Assistance - Authorizes the President to furnish international disaster relief and rehabilitation assistance, including assistance relating to disaster prediction and preparedness. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Authorizes the President to appoint a Special Coordinator for International Relief to coordinate aid by United States agencies and between United States agencies and foreign donors. Chapter VI: Private Initiative In Development - Title I: General Policy - Declares it Congressional policy to encourage the participation of private voluntary organizations in overseas development. Authorizes the Administrator of IDCA to furnish assistance for public and private voluntary initiatives in development, under specified principles. Directs the Administrator to draw upon the resources of such organizations to the maximum extent practicable in implementing programs authorized by this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to pay transportation charges on contributions for development and relief of needy people by the American Red Cross and certain United States voluntary agencies. Establishes within the Administration an International Development Institute to finance, implement, and coordinate development activities involving private and voluntary agencies. Establishes an Advisory Board to the Institute to advise in the planning and administration of programs authorized by this chapter. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator to carry out this title, of which a specified amount shall be available for the Peace Corps to carry out the purposes of the Peace Corps Act. Transfers the Peace Corp to the International Development Institute. Chapter VII: Administrative - Title I: Organization - Stipulates the organizational structure of the International Development Cooperation Administration. Directs the President to establish a Development Coordination Committee to advise the President with respect to the coordination of United States policies and programs affecting developing countries. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed as infringing upon the powers or functions of the Secretary of State. Sets forth the organizational powers of the Administrator with respect to functions transferred to the IDCA. Transfers to the IDCA the functions and property of the Agency for International Development. Permits the President to transfer to the IDCA functions of other agencies which primarily relate to the functions of the IDCA under this Act. Specifies the procedures for such transfer. Stipulates the formula for computing the annuity of any AID employee who is eligible for retirement under the Foreign Service system who retires during fiscal year 1979. Authorizes appropriations for the operating expenses of the IDCA. Title II: Personnel - Establishes a career personnel system of officers of the IDCA who shall be known as International Development Officers to formulate and implement programs authorized by this Act. Sets forth the qualifications, compensation, and duty assignments of such officers. Prohibits discrimination or the use of a political test with respect to such officers. Requires the Administrator to pay particular attention to the recruitment and promotion of women as International Development Officers. Authorizes the President to appoint the representative of the United States to the Inter- American Economic and Social Council. Authorizes the employment of experts and consultants to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to assign any IDCA employee to any office with a foreign government or international organization. Authorizes the Administrator to maintain special missions or staffs abroad. Authorizes the President to appoint the Chair of the Development Assistance Committee or any successor committee thereto of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Transfer to the IDCA the personnel of the Agency for International Development. Title III: Administrative Requirements - Prohibits entering into obligations upon the United States in excess of $100,000 for grant and loan assistance or economic support prior to the completion of project plans and cost estimates, legislative action in the recipient country, and certification by the chief IDCA officer in the recipient country that such country can effectively maintain and utilize such project. Sets forth procurement requirements. Prohibits funds under this Act from being used for the procurement of any agricultural commodity when the commodity's domestic price is below parity. Permits recipients of loan and grant or economic support assistance to use such funds to pay shipping differentials owed to the United States under the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Exempts the ocean transport between foreign countries (1) of commodities purchased with foreign currencies made available under this Act or the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, or (2) of fresh fruit and products under this Act, from requirements that cargoes procured by the United States be transported in United States flag vessels. Sets forth protections for United States patents and technical information in furnishing grant and loan or economic support assistance. Regulates the use of foreign currencies, procurement, and the use of funds for support purposes, to carry out this Act. Directs the Administrator, so far as is practicable, to assist the equitable participation of American small business in furnishing goods and services to the IDCA. Establishes an Office of Small Business in the IDCA to carry out this purpose. Title IV: General Provisions - Authorizes the President to utilize a limited amount of funds authorized under this Act each year in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, when the President determines such authorization to be important to the security of the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to transfer not more than 15 percent of funds authorized for grant and loan assistance for other purposes under this Act. Sets forth procedures for Congressional oversight of such authority. Sets forth procedures for the termination of assistance, the payment of assistance and contracts, and related financial matters. Prohibits assistance under this Act to any government which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of human rights. Sets forth procedures for Congressional oversight of such prohibition. Prohibits the Administrator from considering the race, religion, national origin, or sex of any employee of the United States in making overseas assignments to carry out this Act. Prohibits assistance to any country which objects to the presence of any such United States employee on such grounds. Prohibits assistance to any country which is more than six months in default on loans under this Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 except in certain circumstances. Prohibits relieving recipients of such loans of liability thereunder. Requires the Administrator to terminate for one year assistance to any country which aids or abets international terrorism, unless the President finds that national security requires otherwise. Prohibits furnishing assistance under this Act to any Communist country, unless the President finds that such assistance is vital to the security of the United States and will promote the independence of such country. Limits the amount of assistance under this Act which may be furnished for the construction of any productive enterprise. Title V: Reporting Requirements - Requires the Chair of the Development Coordination Committee to transmit an annual report to Congress with respect to foreign assistance for the previous fiscal year. Permits legislative veto of program changes under this Act. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth the effective date, statutes repealed, savings provisions, definitions, severability, exclusions, and amendments to other laws, under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1978
Authorizes expenditures, not to exceed $1,945,779.90, by the House Committee on International Relations for inquiries and investigations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Amends the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 to establish a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in Social and Political Thought at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution. Establishes the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Trust Fund in the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1977
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Anwar el Sadat and Menachem Begin be commended for the steps they have taken towards peace in the Middle East.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1977
National Educational Opportunities Act - Title I: Definition and Guarantee of a Unitary School System and Equal Educational Opportunity - Establishes procedures and guidelines for the establishment of equal education opportunities for students in elementary and secondary schools. Title II: State Equal Educational Opportunities Plans - Requires that States submit equal education opportunities plans to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for approval. Establishes criteria for approval of such plans and eligibility for Federal assistance. Title III: General Provisions and Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1977
Pledges Congressional support to the President in efforts to advance the cause of human rights. Urges the President to inform other nations that the United States will take cognizance of the extent to which such nations protect human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that the proposed toll increases on the Saint Lawrence Seaway should not be adopted and that negotiations on new tolls should be reopened, and if any toll increases are necessary, such increases should be minimal.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1977
Establishes procedures for taking the decennial census. Establishes a decennial census period beginning two years prior to the decennial census date and ending three years after such date. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce during this period to conduct a trial census which shall be the final test of all the procedures to be used in taking the decennial census. Requires the Secretary to submit a report regarding such trial census to specified committees in Congress prior to conducting such a census. Stipulates that no changes may be made in the content or procedures to be used in taking a decennial census after four months following the date of a trial census. Stipulates that the decennial census shall consist only of: (1) an enumeration of the population; (2) sample surveys of the characteristics of the population and housing of the United States; and (3) supplemental surveys necessary to meet the needs of the Federal, State, or local government for economic and social data. Sets forth restrictions regarding the collection of such data. Allows employees conducting the enumeration of population access to the records of the Federal Government and of State or local governments which are necessary to insure that all individuals and households are counted. Stipulates that such employees may obtain only names and addresses from such records and that such information may only be used for purposes of the enumeration. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct special surveys in a State for the purpose of clarifying the findings of decennial supplemental surveys. Directs the Secretary to prepare a plan specifying procedures to be used for correcting errors in census counts and to submit such plan to specified committees in Congress. Directs the Secretary, beginning in 1985, to conduct a mid-decade census of population. Requires the use of the most recent data, either from the decennial or mid-decade census, in determining eligibility for benefits under Federal programs in which census data is a factor. Requires the Secretary to submit specified reports to Congress prior to the taking of a decennial or mid-decade census. Directs the Secretary to insure that the language and categories of questions used on census forms take into account the needs and preferences of the public and to establish a program to provide information to the public regarding the need for, and operation of, the decennial census. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program for the training and selection of supervisory employees engaged in decennial census activities. Directs the Secretary to prepare a plan for conducting censuses other than the decennial or mid- decade census and to submit such plan to Congress at least 60 days before the census is begun. Authorizes the Secretary to issue "determination estimates," defined as estimates derived from any data which (1) is not produced as an activity of the decennial census period and (2) is produced to enable the executive branch of the Federal Government to determine the amount of benefit received under a Federal law by a State or local government. Sets forth procedures by which a State or local government may challenge such an estimate. Directs the Secretary to establish a Division of Evaluation within the Bureau of the Census to evaluate censuses and to submit the results of such evaluation to the Secretary and the Director of the Census. Directs the General Accounting Office to review evaluations made by the Division every three years. Directs the Secretary in 1979, in 1983, and in every fifth year thereafter, to conduct a census of agriculture. Directs the Secretary to conduct a census of irrigation and drainage in 1979, 1983, and every tenth year after 1983.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1977
World War I Pension Act - Requires the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $150 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements, to the surviving spouse (who meets specified requirements), or, when there is no surviving spouse, to the child or children (who meet specified requirements).
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1977
Honors General Thaddeus Kosciuszko by presenting the memorial plaque to be erected in his memory in the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow, Poland, on October 17, 1977, as a gift of the American people to the people of Poland.
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 · 26 July 1977
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to abolish the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Transfers all records of the Joint Committee to the Senate and House committees having jurisdiction over the subject matter of such records. Requires the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep the Senate and House committees having jurisdiction over the functions of the Administration or the Commission informed of their activities. Requires the Department of Defense and the Department of State to keep the Senate and House committees having jurisdiction over national security considerations of nuclear energy informed with respect to such matters.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Stocks Management and Reserve Act -- Title I: Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish, maintain and dispose of a separate reserve of wheat, corn and other enumerated feed grains through storage contracts with producers. Limits such reserves to no less than 25 million tons nor more than 35 million tons. Specifies how the Secretary may establish such reserves through the Commodity Credit Corporation. Title II: Amends the Agriculture Act of 1949 to set the loan level per bushel of wheat at $2.25 for the 1977 crop and $2.35 for the 1978 through 1981 crops. Sets the loan level per bushel of corn at $1.75 for the 1977 crop and $2.00 for the 1978 through 1981 crops. Sets a formula for the adjustment of the respective loan rates under specified circumstances. Requires the Secretary to set a fair and reasonable loan level on each crop of barley, oats, and rye. Title III: Amends the Agriculture Act of 1949 to authorize the President (1) to enter into negotiations with other nations to develop an international system of food reserves to provide for humanitarian food relief needs, and (2) to establish and maintain an International Emergency Food Reserve, as a contribution of the United States toward the development of such a system, to be made available in the event of food emergencies in foreign countries. Requires for such reserve minimum stocks of two million tons, allowing an increase up to six million tons pursuant to an international agreement. Requires periodic rotation of such stocks to avoid spoilage and deterioration.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1977
Sets forth penalties for killing, maiming, or committing specified other acts against members of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group with the intent to destroy such group. Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to extradition of persons charged with such an act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1977
Declares it the sense of the Congress that the United States delegation to the Belgrade preparatory meeting should make every effort to insure that the agenda for the Belgrade Conference on the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe permits an exchange of views on the application and violations of the Final Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1977
Establishes a delegation of United States citizens to confer with similar delegations from NATO democracies, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, in commemoration of the Marshall Plan, to assess existing institutions and recommend means to perfect and preserve these institutions to protect the general welfare, liberty, and sovereignty of the people of the participating countries.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
Franchising Termination Practices Reform Act - Requires a franchisor to notify a franchisee at least 90 days in advance of the franchisor's intention to terminate the franchise and to state the reasons for termination. Prohibits a franchisor from cancelling a franchise or failing to renew a franchise unless the franchisor is effecting a market area withdrawal or the franchisor has good cause for failure to renew and has given proper notice. Makes any franchisor who has violated the requirements of this Act civilly liable to the aggrieved franchisee.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
Directs that hearings be commenced as soon as possible by the committee with appropriate jurisdiction to consider and determine what should be the Nation's future telecommunications policy.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1977
International Security Assistance Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to authorize the appropriation of not more than $5,000,000 for the disaster relief contingency fund for fiscal year 1978. Authorizes the appropriation of $39,000,000 for international narcotics control for fiscal year 1978. Amends such Act to authorize the appropriation of $228,900,000 for fiscal year 1978 for military assistance, including specific amounts for Greece, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Jordan, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand. Permits the President to increase such amounts by not more than ten percent. Sets forth restrictions on such appropriations. Amends such Act to increase to $255,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 the value of defense articles which may be added to stockpiles in foreign countries. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to restrict the utilization of military personnel in the overseas management of foreign assistance and sales programs. Restricts the use of defense attaches for such functions. Permits regular armed forces units to be used to standardize military operations between the United States and NATO countries. Restricts to 400 the number of military personnel which may be assigned to the management of international security assistance programs. Places military personnel performing such functions under the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission in the recipient country. Charges the overseas management costs of security assistance programs to funds appropriated by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Exempts personnel performing functions on a fully reimbursable basis under the Arms Export Control Act from prohibitions on the use of military personnel in the management of foreign assistance and sales programs. Removes administration of foreign military assistance from the direction of the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission. Amends such Act to exempt programs in southern Africa from the restriction of security supporting assistance to no more than 12 countries in any fiscal year. Requires security supporting assistance to be furnished to promote development objectives to assist the poor, avoiding large-scale development projects. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,214,700,000 for such purposes for fiscal year 1978, specifying amounts for Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Portugal. Exempts such assistance for Cyprus, Lebanon, and Portugal, from the limitation on the number of countries which may receive security supporting assistance in any fiscal year. Restricts $100,000,000 of appropriations for security supporting assistance for assistance to the majority ruled countries of southern Africa for problems of economic dislocation and educational training of Africans from Namibia and Zimbabwe. Requires the President to notify the Congress prior to obligation of funds for assistance in southern Africa. Expresses Congressional support for (1) negotiations to establish majority rule in Zimbabwe, and (2) establishment of an international fund for economic justice and development in Zimbabwe. Prohibits the use of more than $200,000,000 of funds appropriated for security supporting assistance, for economic development loans to Portugal unless the President certifies to Congress (1) that other countries have made commitments for economic assistance loans to Portugal, and (2) the justification for funds in excess of $200,000,000. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the appropriation of $31,400,000 for fiscal year 1978 for international military education and training. Amends such Act to prohibit the use of funds made available under such Act for the construction, operation, or supply of fuel for any nuclear powerplant. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations not to exceed $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for the Middle East Special Requirements Fund. Requires the President to justify utilization of such Fund rather than funds for development assistance. Directs that funds appropriated for such Fund or for security supporting assistance be available to assist Egypt and Israel in carrying out the agreement of October 10, 1975, and to implement the Sinai early warning system. Exempts certain funds from the requirement that the President report such obligations to Congress. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to repeal the requirement that the President notify Congress 30 days prior to approving transfer of defense articles. Delays the effectiveness of such approval for 30 days, during which Congress may disapprove such consent, unless the President certifies the existence of an emergency requiring immediate transfer. Exempts (1) transfers of maintenance or repair defense services or articles, (2) temporary transfers of defense articles for maintenance or repair, and (3) cooperative cross servicing arrangements among NATO members, from restrictions on the transfer of defense articles. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the appropriation of $675,850,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out such Act. Increases to $2,098,500,000 for fiscal year 1978 the limitation of the total of credits or loans for foreign military sales, of which not less than $1,000,000,000 shall be available only for Israel. Extends through fiscal year 1978 certain exemptions and repayment conditions for such assistance to Israel. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to exempt the issuance of licenses for the export of major defense equipment to Australia, Japan, or New Zealand from the $25,000,000 limitation on the value of arms exports to non-NATO countries. Exempts the authorizations of appropriations and limitations of authority for arms exports for fiscal year 1977 from provisions of this Act, when enacted. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1978 to carry out defense cooperation agreements between Greece and Turkey. Prohibits obligation or expenditure of such funds until such agreement is approved by legislation. Prohibits the obligation of funds appropriation for fiscal year 1978 for military assistance to Turkey until the President certifies that Turkey is in compliance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act, and that substantial progress is being made toward agreement regarding the military forces in Cyprus, except for sales, credits and guarantees to enable Turkey to fulfill obligations to NATO. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase to $175,000,000 the limitation on military sales assistance to Turkey. Directs the President to study United States policies and practices with respect to the national security and military implications of international technology transfers. Specifies factors to be examined by such study. Requires the President to submit to Congress the findings of such study and recommendations for legislation. Prohibits assistance of any kind during fiscal year 1978 which would promote military operations in Zaire, unless the President determines that such assistance would be in the national security interests of the United States and submits to Congress the reasons for such determination and a description of such assistance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit military assistance under such Act or sales under the Arms Export Control Act for aiding foreign governments in the repression of the rights of the populations of such countries contrary to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Declares it the sense of Congress that the President (1) take all effective measures to assure the cooperation of the Republic of Korea with the Department of Justice investigation of allegations of improper activity in the United States by agents of the Republic of Korea, and (2) report to Congress the extent of such cooperation.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1977
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy 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 reactors and fuels, (3) to encourage ratification of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and (4) to aid other nations in identification and adaptation of appropriate energy production technology. Chapter I: United States Initiatives for International Nuclear Cooperation - Declares that the United States shall seek stronger and more comprehensive commitments to non-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 a nuclear explosive devices to non- nuclear-weapon states, and (7) to protect the environment from radioactive, chemical, or thermal, contamination from nuclear activities. Chapter 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 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 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. Chapter 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 non-proliferation of nuclear explosive devices. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to expand the uranium enrichment capacity of the United States. Directs the President to determine uranium enrichment needs for domestic and non-proliferation objectives. Directs the President to institute international discussions to develop multilateral approaches for meeting worldwide nuclear fuel needs. 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. Chapter 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 materials 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. 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. Requires the Energy Research and Development Administration to assure that subsequent arrangements, "under an agreement for cooperation, conform to the agreement and to non-proliferation policies. Withholds jurisdiction from any court to compel the performance or review of any Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement required under this Act. Chapter V: Clarification of Export Functions - 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 such license will not be inimical to the common defense and security. 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 unless such criteria are satisfied, where such criteria do not prevent continued international non-military cooperation with nations which have agreed to negotiations implementing non- proliferation policies. Prohibits nuclear export licensing or distribution unless the Department of State advises that such export would not be inimical to United States defense and security. Sets forth factors for making such a determination. 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 (1) the Department of State has determined that such export would not be inimical to the common defense and security, and (2) the President determines that to withhold such export would jeopardize objectives of non-proliferation, defense, and security. Permits Congressional disapproval of an Executive order authorizing such export. 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 of all export items which are significant for nuclear explosive purposes, other than those controlled by the Commission. Chapter VI: Executive 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 non-proliferation 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. Chapter VII: Definitions and Savings Provisions - Defines terms for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1977
Establishes a delegation of United States citizens to confer with similar delegations from NATO democracies, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, in commemoration of the Marshall Plan, to assess existing institutions and recommend means to perfect and preserve these institutions to protect the general welfare, liberty, and sovereignty of the people of the participating countries. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1977
International Development and Food Assistance Act - Title I: International Development Assistance - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to make development assistance available to the relatively least developed countries on a grant basis to the maximum extent consistent with United States development objectives. Amends the policy statement of such Act with respect to maximizing the effectiveness of development assistance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1976 and to authorize the appropriation of $613,200,000 for fiscal year 1978, for food and nutrition assistance. Requires that not less than $10,000,000 of such funds be used only for research, development, and use of small-scale, renewable energy sources for rural areas, undertaken with the cooperation of the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes the appropriation of $181,000,000 for family planning and population growth control assistance for FY 1978. Authorizes the appropriation of $105,900,000 for FY 1978 for health assistance. Requires that such assistance be administered with attention to developing the standard of living in developing countries. Restricts $1,700,000 of the above health funds to be used for contribution to the World Health Organization Onchocerciasis Control Program. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the authorization of appropriations for FY 1976 and to authorize the appropriation of $84,900,000 for FY 1978 for education and human resources development assistance. Amends such Act to repeal the authorization of appropriations for FY 1976 and to authorize appropriations of $110,000,000 for FY 1978 for technical assistance, energy research, reconstruction, selected development problems, and assistance for severe environmental damage in less developed countries. Requires that not less than $8,000,000 of such funds be used to design and implement nonnuclear energy sources. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to exempt from cost-sharing and funding limits grant assistance to the relatively least developed countries and intermediate technology assistance. Requires that not less than $10,000,000 of funds made available for FY 1978 be used only for technical assistance in the development and use of cooperatives. Directs the President to submit to Congress a report on the integration of women into the developing economics of countries receiving development assistance. Prohibits the use of certain funds made available by this Act for any country receiving security supporting assistance or assistance for Middle East peace, unless specifically authorized by Congress. Repeals prohibitions for using such funds for any country receiving (1) assistance for relief of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, or (2) Indochina postwar assistance. Requires that $750,000 of development assistance funds made available for FY 1978 be used to study and promote civil and political rights in countries receiving assistance. Prohibits the use of such funds to influence any election. Requires the administration of certain development assistance to give attention to the impact of programs on population growth. Requires certain activities to be reviewed for their impact on fertility. Directs particular attention to be paid to building motivation for family planning. Authorizes the President to study the factors affecting population and motivation of family planning. Encourages the President to promote breastfeeding programs. Directs the President to take into account the impact of development programs on the natural resources of the recipient country. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance for the long-term development of the Sahel. Directs the President to prepare an annual report on the Sahel development program. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000,000 for FY 1978 for such purposes. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the authorization of appropriations for American schools and hospitals abroad for FY 1976. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for FY 1978 for such purposes. Prohibits the furnishing of such assistance to more than four institutions in one country. Authorizes the appropriation of $7,000,000 for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 in foreign currencies for such purposes. Amends such Act to repeal the authorization of appropriations for FY 1976 for international organizations and programs and to authorize the appropriation of $271,750,000 for FY 1978 for such purposes. Requires that not less than $500,000 be used for a contribution to the Namibia Institute. Requests the President in making contributions to international organizations, to take into account the economic integration of women. Amends such Act to repeal the authorization of appropriations for FY 1976 for international disaster assistance, and to authorize the appropriation of $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for such purposes. Authorizes the appropriation of $20,000,000 for FY 1978 for relief assistance to the victims of the 1976 earthquakes in Italy. Amends such Act to permit the furnishing of services and commodities through foreign voluntary nonprofit relief agencies, approved by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid under regulations issued by the President when no United States voluntary nonprofit relief agency is available. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the prohibitions on aid to countries assisting or trading with Cuba or Vietnam. Repeals the authority of the President to waive prohibitions on aid in the national interest. Amends such Act to abolish the office of Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, in the Department of State. Authorizes the President to assign the duties of such officer to the Inspector General, Foreign Services. Amends such Act of repeal the direction to the President to establish a Development Coordination Committee. Directs the President to submit to Congress an annual report on United States international development policies and programs. Authorizes the President to use up to $2,000,000 of funds appropriated under this Act for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to work with friendly countries which do not receive development assistance to facilitate access to natural resources and stimulate reimbursable aid programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $220,200,000 for FY 1978 for operating expenses under such Act, and of such sums as may be necessary for employee benefits. Permits the transfer of funds appropriated under such Act to operating expenses. Amends such Act to prohibit the obligation of funds under such Act for activities not justified, or in excess of the amount justified to Congress, unless certain Congressional committees are notified in advance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare it the sense of Congress that the United States should substantially increase assistance for self-help development of the world's poorest people. Title II: Food for Peace - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to repeal the prohibitions against agricultural financing by the Commodity Credit Corporation for any exporter trading with Vietnam. Repeals the requirement that applications for financing by the Corporation be accompanied by certain information regarding corporate officers and subsidiaries. Amends the definition of "friendly country" under such Act to repeal the exclusion of nations trading with Cuba, Vietnam, or the United Arab Republic. Revises the criteria, under such Act, for allocation of food aid commodities to prohibit more than 25 percent of such commodities from being provided to countries that do not meet the poverty criteria established by the International Development Association. Eliminates the power of the Congress to disapprove a Presidential waiver of such criteria for humanitarian food purposes upon certification to Congress. Directs the President to assure that purchase authorizations under such Act are consistent with requisite storage facilities in the recipient country. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to prohibit agricultural commodity agreements with any country which engages in a consistent pattern of gross human rights violations, unless such agreement will directly benefit the needy people in such country. Sets forth procedures for determining the existence of a consistent pattern of human rights violations. Amends such Act to declare it the policy of the United States that the United States shall assist economic self-sufficiency in food assistance recipient-countries and shall continue provision of high protein, blended or fortified foods. Permits the President to waive repayment of food assistance up to the costs of processing, enrichment, or fortification. Authorizes the President to establish food for development programs by encouraging the use of the resources provided by the concessional financing of agricultural commodities under this Act by permitting the funds accruing from the local sale of such commodities which are used for such purposes to be applied against from the local sale of such commodities which are used for such purposes to be applied against the repayment obligation of governments receiving concessional financing under this Act. Sets forth the criteria for eligibility for such food for development programs, and procedures for implementation of such programs (including multiyear use proposals integrating the programs into development plans and development assistance, and review of such programs). Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require the President to submit to Congress, every five years, a comparative cross-country evaluation of the food for development programs and commodity assistance programs for famine and other purposes. Increases the annual minimum quantity of commodities distributed for famine and other purposes to 1,600,000 tons of which 1,300,000 tons shall be distributed through nonprofit voluntary agencies and the World Food Program. Permits the President to utilize a foreign nonprofit voluntary agency approved by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid when no United States nonprofit voluntary agency approved by the Committee is available. Requires the use of indigenous workers to the extent feasible to furnish nutrition information and conduct food distribution programs. Directs that food distribution priority by given to those suffering from malnutrition.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1977
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to condition certain assistance to States, local governments, and agencies thereunder on the adoption of a law enforcement officers' bill of rights to include as a minimum the following: (1) allowing off-duty officers' to engage in political activities; (2) granting officers specified procedural rights in connection with investigations of their conduct on duty which may lead to a personnel action; (3) requiring officer representation on any police complaint review board established in the jurisdiction; (4) prohibiting mandatory disclosure of officers' finances; and (5) establishing a law enforcement officers' grievance commission in the jurisdiction to determine officer grievances.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977
Expresses the acceptance by the House of Representatives of the Senate amendment to S-489 (Amendment of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961), and its decision to recede from its own amendment to such bill.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977
Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments - Authorizes the President to appoint a Special Representative for Arms Control and Disarmament Negotiations. Authorizes the Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to make arrangements for studies of arms control and disarmament by foreign countries as well as the United States. Amends the security requirements with respect to restricted data, under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, to require approval by the Director for access to such data. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977
Diplomatic Immunities Act - Deems void any suit or judicial or administrative process against a person or the property of a person entitled to immunity under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Makes Presidential determinations of entitlement to immunity binding upon governmental authorities. Requires the President to publish a list of missions and personnel entitled to such immunity. Repeals the criminal penalties for wrongful suit against an immune person. Repeals exceptions to suits against servants in the service of personnel of a foreign mission. Repeals the present criteria for determining eligibility for immunity.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977
Declares that Congress (1) would support a Presidential declaration of policy against the United States manufacture of lethal chemical weapons, and (2) urges a treaty banning the manufacture and possession of such weapons by any nation.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1977
Export Administration Amendments - Title I: Export Administration Improvements and Extension - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to extend the authority granted by such Act to September 30, 1978. Requires that appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1969 be specifically authorized by Congress for each fiscal year after October 1, 1977. Authorizes the appropriation of $14,033,000 to the Department of Commerce to carry out this Act. Revises the criteria for imposition of export controls for national security purposes. Eliminates the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to assign priority to such controls. Revises the authority of the President to impose export controls for national security purposes without regard to the availability of the controlled articles from sources other than the United States in order to require the President to predicate the imposition of controls on articles available from other sources upon a determination that absence of such a control would be detrimental to the national security of the United States. Revises the policy for control of exports for national security purposes under such Act to redefine "controlled country" as a country to which exports are controlled for national security purposes. Amends such Act to permit agricultural commodities purchased by or for a foreign country to remain in the United States free of quantitative limitations on exports, upon approval by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, and under regulations for such export which the Secretary of Commerce is herein authorized to issue. Permits Congressional disapproval of any action by the President under such regulations to prohibit or curtail agricultural exports. Specifies that any export license application under such Act shall be deemed approved within 90 days of its receipt unless disapproved or unless the applicant is notified that additional time is required for the decision. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to study technical data exports and their effects upon the national security or foreign policy of the United States, and to submit a report of such study to Congress. Amends such Act to exclude petroleum products refined in United States foreign-trade zones, or Guam, from foreign crude oil export controls to prevent excessive drain of scarce materials except if the Secretary of Commerce finds that such products are in short supply and issues regulations herein authorized to limit such exports. Prohibits the exportation of horses by sea for slaughter. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to account for technical assistance and technical advisory committees in semiannual reports to Congress under such Act. Requires the Secretary to review regulations under such Act in order to report to Congress on simplification of such regulations. Increases the terms of persons on such committees. Increases the fine for violations of such Act to $25,000 for the first offense and to $50,000 for a subsequent offense. Increases the fine for prohibited exports to Communist- dominated nations to $50,000. Increases the civil penalty for such violation of such Act to $10,000. Permits suspension of the payment of export licensing penalties for a probationary period. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to stipulate that such Act shall not be construed as authority for withholding information from Congress. Requires the President to make every reasonable effort to reduce aid to international terrorists before resorting to export controls for that purpose. Amends the requirements for reports to Congress and to the President under such Act by appropriate departments or agencies to specify information to be included in such reports and to require semiannual rather than quarterly reports. Requires a special report to Congress by the President on multilateral export controls, and a special report to Congress by the Secretary of Commerce with respect to modification of unilateral and multilateral export control lists. Authorizes the President, acting through the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor and the International Trade Commission, to study the domestic economic impact of industrial technology the export of which requires a license under the Export Administration Act of 1969. Title II: Foreign Boycotts - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to direct the President to promulgate regulations (1) to prohibit any United States person from supporting any boycott by a foreign country against any country friendly to the United States; and (2) to require the reporting of requests for such compliance to the Secretary of Commerce. Permits the suspension or revocation of the authority of any United States person to export as a penalty for violation of such regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1977
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits. Applies these amendments to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 415(g), adds 38 U.S.C. 503(d))
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1977
Establishes within the House of Representatives a Standing Committee on Intelligence to oversee and make continuing studies of the intelligence activities and programs of the United States Government, and to submit to the House appropriate proposals for legislation. Directs referral to the Committee of all matters relating to the Central Intelligence Agency and its Director, intelligence activities of all other Government departments and agencies, organization or reorganization of such departments and agencies related to intelligence activities, and authorizations for appropriations for specified departments and agencies. Establishes a procedure whereby certain legislation reported by the Committee may be referred to other standing committees for consideration, and conversely from other standing committees to the Committee. Requires the Committee to obtain an annual report from the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretaries of State and of Defense, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation reviewing the intelligence activities of the agency or department, and of foreign countries directed at the United States. Sets forth procedures whereby the Committee may disclose publicly any information in its possession which will serve the public interest. Requires the Committee to notify the President of any such proposed disclosure if the information has been previously classified, submitted to it by the executive branch, and if the executive branch has requested that such information be kept secret. Permits the Committee, upon objection by the President to disclosure, to refer the question to the House for consideration. Authorizes the House to: (1) approve the public disclosure, (2) disapprove the public disclosure, or (3) leave the final determination to the Committee. Allows the Committee to make certain information regarding lawful intelligence activities which has been classified, available to other committees or Members under specified circumstances. Requires the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to investigate any unauthorized disclosures. Prohibits the appropriation of funds for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1976, for specified intelligence activities of Federal departments or agencies unless such funds have been authorized by a House bill or joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1977
Combined Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance - Income Tax Reporting Amendments - Title I: Amendments to Title II of the Social Security Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, under the program of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, to make available to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare information returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Empowers the Secretary of HEW and the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement for the processing of information contained in such returns. Directs the Managing Trustee of the Trust Funds, including the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, to pay into the Treasury the amounts he and the Secretary of HEW estimate will be expended from the general fund of the Treasury by the Department of HEW and Treasury for the administration of (1) titles II, XVI (Supplemental Security Income) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, and (2) specified chapters and subchapters of the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Secretary of HEW to apportion (between each trust fund and the general fund in the Treasury) the costs of administering such titles of the Social Security Act and its costs in carrying out specified functions of this Act. Provides that average monthly wage, quarters of coverage, and coverage credits derived from self-employment income for taxable years beginning before 1974 are to be determined on a basis of income credited to calendar quarters. Bases the computation of the average monthly wage and coverage credits with respect to self-employment income during any taxable year which begins after 1974 on income credited to calendar years in accordance with standards set forth in this Act. Provides that a person will satisfy the requirements prerequisite to a determination of disability if he has 20 or more coverage credits which were credited to the period ending on the day the disability arose and consisting of that part of the current calendar year up until the day the disability began and the nine prior calendar years. Redefines a "fully insured individual" in terms of coverage credits rather than quarters of coverage. States that any person upon attaining the age of 62 with the proper number of coverage credits is fully insured. Provides that specified benefits shall be paid to individuals not citizens of the United States who amass sufficient coverage credits. Title II: Amendments Preserving Relationship Between Railroad Retirement and Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance - Provides, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, that in the calculation of an employee's "average monthly remuneration" after calendar year 1974 an individual employee shall obtain the benefit of full allowable coverage credits, irrespective of whether particular quarters of coverage were otherwise available for calculation purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1977
International Development Assistance Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to make development grants available to relatively least developed countries to the maximum extent consistent with United States development objectives. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1978 for food and nutrition assistance; population planning; health services (primarily for delivery systems to the poorest economic sectors); technical development, energy, economic research, reconstruction and urban development; and education and human resources development. Permits transfer of funds for such purposes to operating expenses. Exempts assistance to least developed countries from cost-sharing requirements. Requires that development assistance be administered to give attention to the impact of such programs on population growth. Authorizes the President to study the factors affecting population growth in developing countries and the factors motivating family planning. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations from fiscal year 1978 for American schools and hospitals abroad. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit the total amount of Latin American housing guaranties which may be outstanding at one time to $1,030,000,000. Extends authority for agricultural and productive credit and self-help community development programs. Permits fees collected in connection with such programs to be used to administer such housing and credit guaranty programs. Increases the limitations on housing guarantees to Israel, Portugal, and Lebanon. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1978 for international organizations and programs and international disaster assistance. Authorizes the President to furnish long-term development assistance to the Sahel region, and authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1978 for such assistance. Increases the authorization of appropriations for Lebanon relief and rehabilitation. Authorizes the President to use $2,000,000 of funds made available under this Act in fiscal year 1978 for reimbursable development programs. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1978 for operating expenses for administration of development assistance. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 to carry out programs and activities authorized by such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1977
Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to increase the minimum quantity of agricultural commodities which shall be distributed for food assistance annually.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1977
Allows a credit against the income tax for amounts paid during the year to any private, nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education of a dependent. Limits the allowable credit, per dependent, to $400, or 50 percent of the tuition paid for such education during the year, whichever is less, with a progressive decrease of this limitation for individuals who have an adjusted gross income that is greater than $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1977
International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to authorize the appropriation of not more than $5,000,000 for the disaster relief contingency fund for fiscal year 1978. Authorizes the appropriation of $39,000,000 for international narcotics control for fiscal year 1978. Amends such Act to authorize the appropriation of $228,900,000 for fiscal year 1978 for military assistance, including specific amounts for Greece, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Jordan, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand. Permits the President to increase such amounts by not more than ten percent. Sets forth restrictions on such appropriations. Amends such Act to increase to $270,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 the value of defense articles which may be added to stockpiles in foreign countries. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the assignment of armed forces personnel for the overseas management of military assistance and sales programs. Restricts the use of defense attaches for such functions. Charges the overseas management costs of security assistance programs to funds appropriated by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Exempts personnel performing functions on a fully reimbursable basis under the Arms Export Control Act from prohibitions on the use of military personnel in the management of foreign assistance and sales programs. Amends such Act to exempt programs in southern Africa from the restriction of security supporting assistance to no more than 12 countries in any fiscal year. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,887,200,000 for such purposes for fiscal year 1978. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the appropriation of $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for international military education and training. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations not to exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for the Middle East Special Requirements Fund. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to exempt (1) transfers of maintenance or repair defense services or articles, (2) temporary transfers of defense articles for maintenance or repair, and (3) cooperative cross servicing arrangements among NATO members, from restrictions on the transfer of defense articles. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the appropriation of $707,750,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out such Act. Increases to $2,217,500,000 for fiscal year 1978 the limitation of the total of credits or loans for foreign military sales, of which not less than $1,000,000,000 shall be available only for Israel. Extends through fiscal year 1978 certain exemptions and repayment conditions for such assistance to Israel. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to exempt the issuance of licenses for the export of major defense equipment to Australia, Japan, New Zealand, or major defense equipment sold for production purposes, from the $25,000,000 limitation on the value of arms exports to non-NATO countries. Exempts the authorizations of appropriations and limitations of authority for arms exports for fiscal year 1977 from provisions of this Act, when enacted. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1979 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Amends the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to authorize the Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to arrange research in the field of arms control and disarmament by institutions or persons of any country. Amends such Act to authorize a specific appropriation for fiscal year 1978 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1979 to carry out the purposes of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1977
Declares that there shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House such sums as may be necessary to enable the Committee on International Relations to facilitate the interchange and reception in the United States of members of foreign legislative bodies and officials of foreign governments. Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963, to increase the amount of funds available for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 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 · 16 March 1977
Requires the Congressional Record for the House of Representatives to contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks actually delivered on the floor of the House together with supporting data. Limits revisions of verbatim remarks in the Record to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors which do not change the meaning, content, or substance of those remarks. Entitles Members to insert in the Records remarks not actually delivered on the floor. Stipulates that such insertions always be clearly distinguishable from verbatim remarks.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1977
Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977, to increase the authorization of appropriations to the Department of State for fiscal year 1977 for international organizations and conferences, and migration and refugee assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such year for assistance to citizens incarcerated abroad. Amends the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, (1) to repeal the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1977 for purchase or construction of such buildings in Africa, the American Republics and East Asia; (2) to decrease such appropriations for buildings in Europe, facilities for the United States Information Agency, and facilities for agricultural and defense attache housing; (3) to increase the authorization for appropriations for buildings in the Near East and South Asia; and (4) to authorize appropriations for facilities of the United States Agency for International Development for fiscal year 1977. Requires that the Chair or Vice Chair of the House of Representatives delegation to the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group, the North Atlantic Treaty Parliamentary Conference, and the Conference on Interparliamentary Union a Member of the International Relations Committee. Increases the size of the Congressional delegation to the annual NATO Parliamentary Conference. Requires that not less than four members of the delegation of the House of Representatives be from the Committee on International Relations. Repeals the restriction upon the number of delegates who are Members of the same political party. Requires that appropriations to the Bureau of the Interparliamentary Union be disbursed upon the approval of the Executive Secretary of the United States group and the Chair of the delegation of the House of Representatives or the Senate, rather than the approval of such Executive Secretary and the President. Increase the number of House of Representative delegates to the Conference on Interparliamentary Union. Requires that at least four such delegates be from the Committee on International Relations. Amends the Department of State Appropriation Act of 1959 to direct the Presiding Officer of the Senate to designate the Chair of the Senate delegation to the Conference on Interparliamentary Union. Amends the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act to make final and conclusive the audit of accounts of the House and Senate delegations to the American Group to the Interparliamentary Union upon certification by the Chair of the respective delegation and the Executive Secretary of the American Group to the Interparliamentary Union, rather than upon the certification of the president and the secretary to the American Group.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays and physical examinations, and related routine laboratory tests.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1977
Investment Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional investment tax credit for machinery and equipment placed in service on existing manufacturing plants or in nearby areas.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Nuclear Antiproliferation Act -- Sets forth United States policy with respect to nuclear proliferation. Title I: United States Initiatives for International Nuclear Cooperation - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require the United States to take actions to assure a reliable international supply of nuclear fuel services. Directs that the United States initiate negotiations to establish (1) international criteria for nuclear materials and technology, and (2) adequate physical security measures. Directs the renegotiation of certain United States agreements for nuclear cooperation. Authorizes appropriations for contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency for nuclear materials safeguards. Directs the President to report to Congress on the establishment of international nuclear fuel services facilities. Directs the President to report to Congress on Government activities relating to nuclear nonproliferation. Directs the Administrator of Energy Research and Development to establish an international safeguards training program. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to revise procedures for approval of proposed agreements for cooperation. Sets forth procedures under which the Administrator of Energy Research and Development may enter into "subsequent arrangements. Title II: Export Control - Grants the Nuclear Regulatory Commission authority to approve nuclear retransfers under agreements for cooperation. Continues the effectiveness of current regulations and licenses issued under such authority. Restricts the authority of ERDA to distribute special nuclear material without a license to small quantities for laboratory and emergency purposes. Makes it unlawful to produce special nuclear material or heavy water outside the United States except upon a determination by ERDA that such production is not inimical to common defense and security. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require that agreements for cooperation include (1) guarantees that any nuclear material transferred under such agreement shall not be used for a nuclear explosive device or for development of such device, and (2) guarantees that the cooperating party will consult with the United States to determine whether the agreement should be amended. Requires the Secretary of State to negotiate certain agreements for cooperation. Revises the procedure for submitting such agreements to the President. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit issuance of nuclear export license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission until the Secretary of State has determined that the issuance of such license is not inimical to the common defense and security. Imposes certain interim licensing criteria on nuclear exports intended for civilian use, including application of the International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, prohibition against the use of such export for any nuclear explosive device, adequate physical security measures, and retransfer restrictions. Prohibits issuance of a nuclear export license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without a Commission determination that such criteria will be adhered to by the recipient country. Makes such restrictions applicable to the distribution of special nuclear material by the Administrator of Energy Research and Development. Establishes certain permanent licensing criteria for nuclear exports which include inspection and monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Permits the President to suspend all or some of the criteria for nuclear exports as applied to a recipient country, if the President determines that the application of such criteria would increase the capability of the recipient to produce a nuclear explosive device or would have a serious adverse impact on vital United States interests. Permits the Congress to disapprove suspension of such criteria by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Pledges the support of the Congress to advance human rights. Urges the President to inform other nations that the United States will consider human rights protection in evaluating its relations with other nations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Declares two individuals lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Amends the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to permit enforcement of any executive order restricting the importation of Rhodesian chrome, pursuant to any United Nations Security Council resolution. Requires that steel mill products containing chromium not be imported while such executive order is in effect without the filing of a certificate of origin with the Secretary of the Treasury unless such shipment is released by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this provision.