Bill· SS. 3631 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1978
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress every six months the total value, distribution, source, and obligor of loans extended by domestic banks to governments, government agencies, and government-controlled corporations in countries designated by the Secretary of State. Directs the Secretary of State to designate those countries which meet the criteria for denial of assistance for violations of human rights under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Specifies those banks to be included in such reports as those which have: (1) at least one foreign branch; (2) at least $20,000,000 in claims of foreign residents; and (3) deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Bill· SS. 3610 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Lake Traverse Indian Reservation Recognition Act - Recognizes the external boundaries of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota and directs that such reservation be restored as a Federal reservation for the use and benefit of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Indian Tribe.
Bill· SS. 3609 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Confers jurisdiction on the Court of Claims over any claims of the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre Tribes, Montana, for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to have been taken in violation of the United States Constitution.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 593 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Extends the best wishes of the Senate to Senator Dewey F. Bartlett upon his retirement from the Senate.
Bill· SS. 3553 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1978
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility/suitability study of the Crow Creek Village archeological site, Buffalo County, South Dakota, as a unit of the national park system. Directs the Secretary to submit such study to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and to the House of Representatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, within two years from the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Army to take any action necessary to preserve and protect such site from any adverse impact and to refrain from any activities having a potentially adverse impact on such site until two years from the date of submission of the Secretary's study.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 574 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1978
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 857 (Education programs for Native Hawaiians).
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 575 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1978
Authorizes supplemental expenditures, not to exceed $621,600, by the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Bill· SS. 3542 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1978
Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish an urban park and recreation recovery program to provide financial assistance to local governments for rehabilitation of recreation areas and facilities and for development of improved recreation programs. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) criteria for determining eligibility for assistance under this program; and (2) funding priority criteria for project selection and approval. Requires the Secretary to coordinate this program with the total urban recovery effort and to cooperate with other State and Federal departments and agencies which administer urban programs and policies. Authorizes the appropriation of $170,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 through 1980 to carry out the purposes of this Act, such sums to remain available until expended. Prohibits the use of such funds for the acquisition of land or interests in land.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 166 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate October 14, 1978, as "National Jogging Day."
Bill· SS. 3525 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1978
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a certain sum to a certain individual in settlement of such individual's claims against the United States as a result of being improperly forced to resign from the Foreign Service Reserve and entitles such individual to receive retirement benefits under the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 544 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1978
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R.11092 (Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 155 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1978
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to raise the price support levels for milk, wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton to 90 percent of their respective parity prices. Reduces the price levels at which producers participating in the wheat and feed grains storage program: (1) may redeem and market commodities securing price support loans (from between 140 to 160 percent of their respective parity prices to 100 percent); and (2) must repay such loans (from 175 to 110 percent of their respective parity prices).
Bill· SS. 3405 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1978
Grand Jury Reform Act - Entitles a witness who is accused of having unjustifiably withheld information in any proceeding before or ancillary to any court or grand jury of the United States to a hearing prior to being held in contempt and confined. Grants the right to counsel to such witness at a contempt hearing. Sets forth guidelines relative to such hearings and any subsequent confinement. Prohibits persons who are confined for refusing to testify before a grand jury about any transaction, from being later confined for a subsequent refusal to testify about such transaction. Establishes as a defense to contempt for refusal to testify or otherwise refusing to produce information, proof that the interrogation is based on, or is directly or indirectly derived from, an improper interception of any wire or oral communication. Specifies criminal penalties for disclosure of evidence introduced, statements made, or other matters occurring before a Federal grand jury by a person present at the grand jury proceedings. Exempts the following from such penalties: (1) disclosure to or by an attorney for the Government in the performance of his duties; (2) disclosure directed or permitted by the court; (3) disclosure by a witness who has appeared before the grand jury, or by his attorney, of any matter concerning which the witness has provided information; and (4) disclosure by any representative of the press acting in his professional capacity. Requires the court to give adequate and reasonable notice to the grand jury and to assure that the grand jury understands specified rights and duties which it possesses. Establishes procedures whereby any person may request to appear before a grand jury and request that the grand jury conduct an independent inquiry pursuant to this Act. Allows the court to grant to a witness transactional immunity from prosecution or any penalty or forfeiture as the result of testimony or evidence required of such witness. Prescribes procedures for the application and consequences of witness immunity. Requires that upon the service of any subpena directing a witness to testify or produce evidence before a grand jury the witness be given notice of the following: (1) the right to counsel set forth in this Act; (2) the privilege against self incrimination; (3) the subject matter of the grand jury investigation; (4) whether the witness's own conduct is under investigation; (5) the criminal statutes, violation of which is under consideration, if known; (6) rights of immunity; and (7) any other rights which the court deems appropriate. Sets forth jurisdictional and procedural rules regarding motions relative to subpenas to appear before grand juries. Requires upon proper motion, the attorney appointed under this Act to show that: (1) the primary purpose of the information sought is not or will not be to secure testimony for the trial or other information regarding a person already under formal accusation by the United States, a State, or a subdivision thereof for activities relative to testimony sought; (2) the witness has been advised of his rights; (3) the evidence sought is relevant to the grand jury investigation properly conducted within the grand jury's jurisdiction; and (4) compliance with the subpena will not be unreasonable or oppressive. Limits a grand jury's inquiry to offenses committed within the district in which it is convened. Authorizes a court to quash subpoena or to transfer its proceedings upon a finding of hardship to the witness. Prohibits the bringing before a grand jury of any witness who has given advance notice of intention to exercise the privilege against self-incrimination or the bringing to the attention of the jurors the invocation of the privilege by such witness. Prohibits a grand jury investigation into any transaction or event if another jury has failed to return an indictment based on the same occurrence, unless the court finds that additional relevant evidence has been discovered. Empowers any grand jury impaneled before any district court to inquire on its own initiative into offenses against the criminal laws of the United States alleged to have been committed within that district by government employees. Sets the term of grand juries conducting such inquiries. Authorizes a jury conducting an independent inquiry to request the court at any point to appoint a special attorney in lieu of the attorney for the Government. Entitles every witness subpenaed to appear and testify or to produce information before a grand jury impaneled by a district court to the assistance of counsel. Limits the role of counsel of a grand jury witness to being present in the grand jury room while his client is testifying and advising him. Prohibits requiring a witness to testify sooner than one week after service of the subpena unless the Court finds special need. Entitles a defendant to examine and copy a transcript or electronic recording of: (1) the grand jury testimony of all witnesses to be called at trial; (2) all statements relating to the defendant's case made to the grand jury by the court and by the attorney for the Government or special attorney; (3) all grand jury evidence which in any manner could be considered exculpatory; and (4) all other grand jury evidence which the court may deem material to the defense. Authorizes the court, upon a showing of good cause to modify or deny such disclosure. Entitles a defendant to a preliminary examination when charged with any offense, other than a petty offense, which is to be tried by a judge of the district court. Directs the Attorney General to annually report to Congress and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts with respect to specified aspects of grand jury proceedings, including: (1) the number of investigations conducted and the nature of each such investigation; (2) the number of requests for witness immunity and the nature of arrests, indictments, trials and convictions which resulted from orders granting such immunity; (3) the number of contempt citations and confinements; and (4) description of the procedures by which grand jury information is processed, stored, and used by the Department of Justice.
Bill· SS. 3399 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1978
Repeals specified provisions of Title 25 of the United States Code (Indians) which were rendered obsolete by the President's Reorganization Plan numbered 3 (May 24, 1950). Declares the purpose of this Act is to facilitate the progress of the recodification effort of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Bill· SS. 3398 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1978
Establishes a law governing the devise or descent of any interest in trust or restricted land on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota. Establishes an order of succession for those interests not devised by an approved will.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 538 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1978
Authorizes the reprinting of the committee print entitled "Colonization of the West Bank Territories by Israel," for the use of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill· SS. 3385 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a one-time tax exclusion of up to $100,000 of the gain from the sale or exchange of a property used by a taxpayer as his principal residence for at least two years during the three year period prior to the date of the sale or exchange.
Bill· SS. 3328 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1978
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act relating to the disclosure of consumer information maintained by financial institutions. Requires every credit, insurance, and banking institution to notify its customers of the routine disclosures it expects to make of any information maintained on its customers. Prohibits the disclosure, without the customer's authorization, of information inconsistent with such notification except: (1) to prevent or protest against the possible occurrence of fraud; or (2) where necessary to service the credit, insurance or banking relationship; or (3) in response to an administrative summons or judicial order. Requires such institutions to notify their customers of changes in their disclosure policies. Permits unauthorized disclosures by insurance institutions and insurance support organizations as defined in this Act only to physicians. State insurance regulators, or where required by a mandatory reporting statute or legal order. Allows unauthorized disclosures to coinsurers, reinsurers, or any other party in interest to the insurance transaction, provided: (1) the disclosed information is limited to matters relevant to the insurance transaction; (2) the recipient is prohibited from disclosure as defined in this Act; (3) the consumer is notified of the disclosure; (4) any disclosed medical information was obtained directly from the consumer, his doctor, parent, guardian, or spouse; (5) the information is disclosed to an organization whose sole function is to prevent fraud in claim settlements; and (6) the insurance institution is prohibited from using the information for other than claim purposes. Imposes civil liability for willful or negligent breach of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· SS. 3292 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1978
Terminates authorization for the construction, operation, and maintenance of reclamation facilities comprising the initial stage of the Oahe unit, James division, Missouri River basin project, South Dakota. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit to the Congress within 18 months recommendations for the disposition of those Oahe unit facilities already acquired. Directs that all funds previously expended on the Oahe unit be charged against the Treasury of the United States and that all revenues from the disposition of land and facilities under this Act be deposited in the General Treasury. Provides that no property shall be disposed of at less than fair market value as determined by the Secretary. Enables the Secretary to give first right of refusal for the purchase of disposed property to the State of South Dakota or to previous owners.
Bill· SS. 3295 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1978
Rocky Gorge National Environmental Center Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Rocky Gorge National Environmental Center, Maryland, and to provide for wildlife-oriented recreation and nature study within such area. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 515 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1978
Declares it the sense of the Senate that specified steps should be taken to insure that more efficient use is made of the existing stock of railroad freight cars and power equipment and to encourage the acquisition of new cars and equipment in order to meet the needs of American agriculture.
Bill· SS. 3294 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1978
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study the desirability of protecting and preserving the Rocky Gorge Reservoir area in the State of Maryland. Directs the Secretary to report the results of such study to the Congress within two years.
Bill· SS. 3280 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1978
National Institute of Justice Act - Establishes an independent agency to be known as the National Institute of Justice. Authorizes and directs the Institute to: (1) make evaluations of the effectiveness and quality of justice and administration of law; (2) conduct research concerning justice and administration of law; (3) conduct experimental programs; and (4) conduct training and educational programs in law and judicial procedures.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 508 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1978
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 3153 (Indian land claims).
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