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.
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. 3591 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1978
Declares a certain individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Bill· SS. 3586 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1978
Declares a certain individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 107 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations should consider the placement of a peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
Bill· SS. 3545 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1978
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire and hold certain lands in trust for the benefit and use of the Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indians.
Bill· SS. 3529 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1978
Declares a certain individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 106 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1978
Authorizes the printing of 5,000 additional bound copies of the eulogies to Hubert H. Humphrey, to be furnished to his successor in office.
Bill· SS. 3496 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1978
Small Business Nonprofit Patent Procedures Act - States that it is the objective of this Act to amend existing patent procedures to promote the marketing of inventions developed under federally supported research and development projects by nonprofit organizations and small business firms. Permits any such organization or firm to elect, within a reasonable amount of time, to retain title to such inventions. Authorizes Federal agencies which have supported such projects to retain title to inventions in specified circumstances. Requires any funding agreement between a Federal agency and a small business firm or nonprofit organization to contain provisions: (1) to insure the rights of the Federal Government under this Act; (2) to provide that the agency shall have a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable and paid-up license to use the invention; (3) to prohibit a nonprofit organization from assigning rights to the invention without the approval of the Federal agency; (4) to prohibit such an! organization from granting exclusive rights from the earlier of five years from the first commercial use of the invention or eight years from the date of invention; and (5) to require such organizations to use their royalties and earnings to support scientific research or education. Authorizes a Federal agency to transfer or assign its rights, acquired from an agency employee as coinventor, to an inventor electing to acquire title to an invention. Empowers any Federal agency to require inventors or their assigns to grant licenses in order to: (1) achieve practical application of the invention in its field of use; (2) alleviate health or safety needs; and (3) meet requirements for public use specified by Federal regulations. Entitles the government to collect up to 50 percent of all net income above specified amounts received by a patent holder until government research funds have been repaid. Restricts the assignment and licensing of rights by patent holders to foreign owned or controlled firms. Authorizes Federal agencies to exempt reports of inventions from disclosure pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act. Specifies the authority of Federal agencies with respect to obtaining patents, promoting licensing of inventions, granting licenses, conducting market surveys, transferring custody of patents, and receiving funds. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate a program for assisting Federal agencies in protecting and licensing federally-owned inventions. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to promulgate regulations specifying the terms upon which any federally-owned invention may be licensed. Directs that small business firms receive first priority in such licensing. Sets forth the procedure whereby Federal agencies may grant exclusive or partially exclusive licenses in any invention covered by a federally-owned domestic patent or patent application. Declares that this Act shall take precedence over any other Act in the disposition of inventions.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 554 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1978
Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that all people pray for the successful outcome of the Middle East Summit Conference.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 547 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 August 1978
Expresses the strong interest and concern of the Senate in the preservation and restoration of Rhodes Tavern, in the District of Columbia, and urges national and local bodies to make every effort to preserve and restore this building to its original condition, or as near thereto as possible.
Bill· SS. 3455 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit equal to one-half of contributions made to the United States Olympic Committee.
Bill· SS. 3443 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1978
Declares a certain individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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· SJRESS.J.Res. 153 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the third week in June of 1979 as "National Veterans' Hospital Week."
Bill· SS. 3427 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Unites States Olympic Commemorative Medals Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike up to 1,000,000 medals of four different designs commemorating athletes who have participated in prior Olympic games and to furnish these medals to the United States Olympic Committee for sale.
Bill· SS. 3429 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Designates specified lands in Montana as the Great Bear Wilderness, to be included in the Flathead National Forest, Montana. Enlarges the Bob Marshall Wilderness to include specified lands in Montana as a part of the Lewis and Clark National Forest.
Bill· SS. 3417 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to increase from $50,000 to $100,000 the amount for which loans may be made to farmers for the construction or remodeling of feed grain, rice, or soybean storage facilities on the farm.
Bill· SS. 3414 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject to capital gains taxation the gain from the sale or exchange of farming property and undeveloped real property by a nonresident alien.
Bill· SS. 3392 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1978
Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop research, development, and demonstration programs concerning the use of solar photovoltaic energy systems. Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to 75 percent of the purchase and installation costs of selected systems used for research purposes. Requires the Secretary to formulate interim and definitive performance criteria concerning solar photovoltaic systems and to develop a system certification for conforming systems. Directs the Secretary to consult with appropriate Federal agencies concerning the use of solar photovoltaic systems in Federal facilities. Requires the Secretary to set up a development and demonstration program of prototype photovoltaic systems at the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado. Directs the Secretary to establish a solar energy data bank at the Golden facility. Requires relevant Federal officials to ensure that small business concerns are granted realistic and adequate opportunities to participate, to the maximum extent possible, in the programs under this Act. Establishes a Solar Photovoltaic Energy Advisory Committee to study the need and economic, technological, and environmental consequences of solar photovoltaic energy systems.
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.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 534 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1978
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate Committee on Finance consider alternative mechanisms for financing the social security system including the use of general revenues; and (2) if an alternative proposal has not been acted on prior to January 1, 1979, the increases in the social security taxes scheduled to take effect on such date, should be deferred for 12 months.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 151 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate November 11 through 17, 1978, as "Vietnam Veterans Week."
Bill· SS. 3352 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1978
Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act - Requires a report to the Secretary of Agriculture, containing legal name, address, citizenship, type of interest, and legal description of the land involved and other specified information, from any foreign person (including individuals, organizations, governments, or any combination thereof) who holds, acquires, or transfers any interest, other than a security interest, in agricultural land. Establishes a civil penalty for violation of any provision of this Act in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the fair market value of the land interest involved on the date of the penalty assessment. Requires the Secretary to report to the President and to Congress an analysis of the information obtained by him pursuant to this Act, and a determination of the effects of foreign holdings, acquisitions, and transfers on family farms and rural communities.
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