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United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
States that Congress has not delegated to the Federal Trade Commission any authority to determine whether, or to what extent, any rule issued under the Federal Trade Act preempts the laws of the States.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Requires separate consideration of annual cost of living pay increases for Members of Congress whenever the President submits an alternative pay plan.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations which equates Zionism with racism. Opposes participation by the United States Government in the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. Calls for reconsideration of the Zionism resolution. Directs the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Foreign Relations to begin hearings immediately to reassess the United States' further participation in the United Nations General Assembly.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
Employment Tax Credit Act - Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for 10 percent of the wages paid by a taxpayer to a previously unemployed individual. Limits the credit to $800 per eligible employee.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly which equates Zionism with racism.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Stipulates that the reservoir formed by the lock and dam referred to as the "Jones Bluff lock and dam" on the Alabama River, Alabama, shall hereafter be known as the R. E. "Bob" Woodruff Reservoir.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Provides for the designation of the new Forest Service laboratory at Auburn, Alabama, as the "George W. Andrews Forestry Sciences Laboratory".
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1975
Authorizes funds under the Rural Development Act through September 30, 1979, for rural development and small farm research and education programs.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Designates the library of the University of Alabama in Birmingham as a depository of Government publications.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1975
Establishes a seven-member Select Committee of the Senate to investigate the role of the United States in the United Nations. Describes the purpose of the select committee which includes a study of the benefits to and burdens on the United States as a result of its participation in the organization. Directs the select committee to make recommendations on the future course to be pursued by the United States with respect to the United Nations. Authorizes the select committee to take specified actions necessary to carry out the duties imposed by this resolution. Authorizes the appropriation of no more than $500,000 to carry out the provisions of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975
Adds a designated segment of the Escatawpa River in Alabama and Mississippi to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
Provides that the Export-Import Bank shall not approve assistance for the export of nuclear materials or technology to any nation not a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Allows for exception to this provision when the President certifies to Congress that such transfer is required in the interest of national security.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should not seek a normalization of relations with the Government of Cuba until the following issues are resolved: (1) acceptance of fundamental human rights; (2) acceptance of the standard of international law; (3) acknowledgement of claims for compensation for confiscated American property; (4) cessation of terrorist activities in Puerto Rico; and (5) acceptance of principles set down in the charter of the Organization of American States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1975
Creates a nine-member Commission on the operation of the Senate. Provides that all Commissioners shall be appointed by the President of the Senate upon the joint recommendations of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate. Provides that the Commission shall make a study of the organization and operation of the United States Senate. Directs that such study shall include: (1) the functioning of Members, officers, and employees of the Senate in the light of the responsibilities of the Senate; (2) conflicts in the programming of business; (3) office accomodations and facilities; (4) information resources; (5) internal management administrative support structures; and (6) ways of improving Senate coordination with the House of Representatives. Authorizes compensation for the Commissoners and appointment of such staff as necessary to carry out the purpose of this resolution. Directs the Commission to submit reports to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, which shall set forth the results of the study together with its findings and recommendations. Authorizes the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $500,000 to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1975
Increases the value of exemptions for taxable estates under the Internal Revenue Code from $60,000 to $200,000 of the value of the gross estate. Increases the limitation on the aggregate marital deduction to 50 percent of the adjusted gross value of the estate, plus $100,000. Allows an executor to value farmland, woodland, and scenic open land at its current use value rather than at its fair market value.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the Constitution shall not abridge the right of persons lawfully assembled, in any public school or other public building which is supported by public funds, to participate voluntarily in nondenominational prayer or meditation. Requires ratification by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States, otherwise the article shall be inoperative.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1975
Requests the Secretary of Agriculture to submit, to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate, a plan for the eradication of the animal disease brucellosis over a five-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Expresses the disapproval of the United States Senate of attempts to expel Israel for the United Nations. States that if Israel is expelled the Senate will review United States commitments to the Third World nations involved in the expulsion and will consider the implication of continued membership in the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
Declares a vacancy in the office of United States Senator for the State of New Hampshire for the term commencing January 3, 1975 effective July 31, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
Declares a vacancy in the office of United States Senator for the State of New Hampshire for the term commencing January 3, 1975 effective August 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to the feasibility of establishing the Bartram Trail, in the Alabama-Georgia-Florida area, as a national scenic trail.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
Extends an invitation to Alexandr Solzhenitsyn to address a joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Declares a vacancy in the office of United States Senator for the State of New Hampshire for the term commencing January 3, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1975
Declares a vacancy in the office of United States Senator for the State of New Hampshire for the term commencing January 3, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Extends, under rule 33 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the privilege of the Senate floor to the Parliamentarian Emeritus of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for the exclusion from gross income of the interest on State and municipal obligations issued to provide facilities for the furnishing of water whether or not to the general public. Provides such exclusion for facilities which convert gas or oil burning equipment to equipment which burns other energy burning materials. Increases from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 the amount of interest on industrial development bonds which may be excluded from gross income.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1975
Changes Senate Rule XIX to provide that no Senator may: (1) speak from prepared materials on the Senate floor; (2) insert prepared remarks in the Congressional Record to be shown as delivered by him on the floor; and (3) make use of any staff member for advice in the performance of his duties while on the Senate floor.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that, except in time of war or economic emergency declared by the Congress, expenditures of the Government may not exceed the revenues of the Government during any fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Disapproves specified regulations of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving or benefiting from Federal financial assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Nation is grateful to all American servicemen who participated in the Southeast Asian conflict and their families. Pays tribute to veterans of the Vietnam era and of all wars.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1975
Provides that in computing the six-year maximum active duty service of any member of the Armed Forces for purposes of qualifying for being detailed as a student to a law school, any period of time such member was a prisoner of war shall be disregarded. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2004)
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1975
Expresses the Senate's welcome to the refugees from South Vietnam and Cambodia.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Provides that the eligibility of recipients of supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act to receive food stamps and federally donated agricultural commodities shall be determined by regulations in effect on May 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days commencing on April 30 of each year as "National Beta Sigma Phi Week".
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1975
Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments - Authorizes to be appropriated to the Appalachian Regional Commission such sums as may be necessary for its administrative expenses. Authorizes the use of Federal highway construction funds for the Appalachian development highway system. Allows the Commission to make grants to public bodies and nonprofit entities for planning, engineering, and reasonable site acquisition or development costs. Provides that the Federal share shall not exceed 80 percent of such costs. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants and loans to Appalachian States to assist nonprofit timber development organizations and programs organized and operated for specific forestry purposes. Expands the authority of: (1) the Secretary of the Interior to rehabilitate areas damaged by deleterious mining practices; (2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide financial assistance for housing construction or rehabilitation projects for low - and moderate - income families and individuals; and (3) the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide assistance for vocational education facilities and projects demonstrating areawide education planning, services, and programs. States that no assistance shall be provided under the Appalachian Regional Development Act to assist establishments in relocating or to enable plant subcontractors to undertake work previously performed in another area by other subcontractors or contractors. Provides that funds provided under such Act shall not be substituted for, but shall be in addition to, State funds provided for similar purposes. Provides that to further the Appalachian State Development Planning Process, each State member shall: (1) submit a development plan with specified aspects for the area of the State within the region; and (2) cooperate with local development districts certified by the State, including preparation and execution of areawide action programs. Increases the Federal share of and purposes for which grants may be made by the President to the Commission for administrative and management expenses incurred in carrying out the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States foreign policy should not be employed in any way to lift the sanctions against Cuba or to gain recognition of Cuba by the United States or any other nation in the Hemisphere. Requires that any change in U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 14 April 1975
Creates an additional judicial district in the State of Alabama to be known as the Tennessee Valley District.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1975
Provides that no debt owed to the United States by any foreign country may be settled in an amount less than the full value of such debt unless the Congress by concurrent resolution approves of such settlement.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1975
Calls upon the President to direct the United States ambassador to the United Nations to insist that the United Nations take all necessary actions to obtain a full and accurate accounting for members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action in Southeast Asia. Directs that if such action is not taken the United States contribution to the United Nations shall be cut from 25 to 10 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1975
Requires that States having voluntary agreements for coverage of State and local employees entered into under title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act shall make social security payments and reports on a calendar-quarter basis.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975
Extends the special food service program for children under the National School Lunch Act through September 30, 1975. Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use not more than $52,700,000 from funds appropriated to encourage the domestic consumption and exportation of agriculture products to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Title I: Wildlife Restoration Fund - Provides that one-half of the revenues accruing to the Wildlife Restoration Fund for each fiscal year from any tax imposed on firearms shall be apportioned to the States to pay up to seventy-five percent of the cost of a hunter education program, or a public target range program, or both. Provides that unexpended funds available to the State under this Act may be used to carrying out the provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act. Title II: Tax on Sale of Component Parts of Firearms Ammunition - Imposes a tax on the component parts of ammunition for firearms.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Foreign Investment Disclosure Act - Creates a Foreign Investment Administration within the Department of Commerce headed by a Director appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate rules and regulations requiring persons having information on foreign investments to keep records and reports on such investments. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate procedures for the submission of investments in domestic companies whose equity security is publicly traded if a foreign investor owns, directly or indirectly, five percent or more of such securities. Requires reports of foreign investment in United States companies whose stock is not publicly traded if 10 percent or more and the total assets of such company are $3,000,000 or more. Directs such reports to be filed by a foreign investor if such investment is made in the form of loans, long-term contracts or interests in property, the effect of which is to give the investor a predominant influence on management. Requires reports to be filed concerning any foreign investment in real property with a fair market value in excess of $50,000, with the Secretary having the authority to waive this requirement. Stipulates that reports must be filed with respect to any foreign investments in United States Government or agency securities, notes, certificates of deposit or other marketable instruments exceeding $1,000,000 per issue.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Revises the membership of the Water Resources Council to remove the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare therefrom and add to such Council's membership the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Provides that whenever the estimated Federal contribution to the construction cost of works of improvement in the plan for any watershed or subwatershed area exceeds $750,000 (currently $250,000) a copy of the plan shall be submitted to the Congress by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Grants a Federal charter to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Incorporated, a nonprofit corporation with its principal offices in Indianapolis. States such Corporation's purposes, including: historical evidence relating to December 7, 1941, and to stimulate interest in the affairs and future of America so as to "keep America alert".
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Authorizes to be established and maintained, under the Flood Control Act, an emergency fund, to remain available until expended, for use by the Secretary of the Army in carrying out emergency works of improvement. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums for the initial establishment and periodic replenishment of such fund.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975
Lister Hill Scholarship Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for additional medical scholarships to be known as Lister Hill Scholarships for award to those who agree to practice family medicine in depressed urban or rural areas. Authorizes appropriations for such scholarships.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Judicial Tenure Act - Establishes a Council on Judicial Tenure to further the honest, impartial, and efficient administration of justice in the courts of the United States in accordance with the duties imposed upon it by law. States that it shall be the duty of the Council to receive and investigate each written complaint by any person concerning a Justice or judge of the United States and to determine whether the grounds specified in this Act for removal of a Justice or judge from office or censure or for involuntary retirement of a Justice or judge, exist. Stipulates that if, after a preliminary inquiry by the Chairman, any such complaint is found to be frivolous, unwarranted, or insufficient in law or fact, the Council may dismiss such complaint. Requires that whenever the Council orders an investigation or hearing with respect to the fitness of any Justice or judge to continue in office, it shall provide not less than thirty days notice to such Justice or judge of the date on which any hearings is to be conducted. Sets forth the duties of the Judicial Conference with reference to proceedings relating to removal, censure, and involuntary retirement of a Justice or judge of the United States. States that during the pendency of any proceeding under this Act the conference or committee may order any judge of the United States who is the subject of such inquiry to cease the exercise of any judicial powers or prerogatives pending disposition of the inquiry. States that the Conference or committee shall have the power in all cases brought before it, by majority vote: (1) to order the censure of any Justice or judge whose conduct is found to be inconsistent with the good behavior required by the Constitution; (2) to order the removal of any such Justice or judge from office; (3) to order the involuntary retirement of any Justice or judge in accordance with this Act; and (4) to dismiss or remand (to the Council) any such case. Provides that a Justice or judge of the United States may be removed from office or censured in accordance with the procedures established under this Act upon a finding by the Judicial Conference of the United States that the conduct of such Justice or judge is or has been inconsistent with the good behavior required by article III section 1 of the Constitution. Provides for review of an order of the Judicial Conference that a Justice be censured, involuntarily retired, or removed from office by petition to the Supreme Court. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should take immediate steps to distribute excess peanut stocks to needy people at home and abroad under the domestic food assistance programs.