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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1978
Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to immediately dissolve the Airlines Mutual Aid Pact. Directs the Board to study the collective bargaining process within the airline industry and to make recommendations to Congress within six months on methods of alleviating the occurrence of protracted airline strikes.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1978
National Honey Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Commodity Credit Corporation, to support the price of honey marketed between January 1, 1979 and December 31, 1982, at a level to be determined according to a specified formula. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into or approve agreements under which honey producers will conduct information dissemination and advertising and sales promotion programs. Authorizes pro rata deductions, subject to approval by a producer referendum, from price support payments to producers in a certain area in order to defray the expenses of such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1978
Sets forth rules for determining whether or not a pension plan is qualified under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code in cases where the employer has established both a profit sharing plan and a defined benefit plan.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1978
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States Olympic Committee should immediately take such measures as necessary to have the International Olympic Committee select a site for the 1980 summer Olympic games outside the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1978
Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require the export, for sale, donation, or barter, of a minimum aggregate quantity of 7,000,000 metric tons of United States farm commodities each fiscal year from 1979 through 1982, unless: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture determines that export supplies are not available; or (2) the food needs of developing countries, as gaged by specified factors, do not merit such quantity. Requires the President to report to the appropriate committees of Congress the specific reasons for any shortfall should less than the minimum quantities required by this Act be exported.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1978
Prohibits the modification or restructuring of the route system of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in effect on January 1, 1978, until October 1, 1979, except with respect to those routes initiated by the Corporation subsequent to January 1, 1978, pursuant to the Rail Passenger Service Act. Stipulates that if after October 1, 1979, it is determined that nay trains or routes are not required under the Final Route Reexamination Recommendations proposed by the Secretary of Transportation and adopted by the Congress, the Corporation shall formally notify the Governor and legislature of the State affected and post such notice of proposed discontinuance at the rail facilities served. Prohibits the Corporation from terminating such service for a 60 day period. Authorizes the continuance of such service beyond such period if the State, regional, or local transportation agency involved agrees to reimburse the Corporation for a reasonable portion of any operating losses and capital costs associated with the continuance of such service. Defines "reasonable portion of such costs for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1978
Free and Fair Trade in Procurement Act - States the purposes of this Act to be to provide a preference in government procurement with Federal funds for domestic goods, and to provide an additional preference for such procurement over foreign goods not freely and fairly traded. Defines "domestic article" for purposes of this Act to be any final good delivered to the government of which at least 75 percent of the total cost is attributable to United States sources. Includes within the definition of "Federal agency" for purposes of this Act AMTRAK and Conrail. Requires that domestic articles and materials be purchased for: (1) procurements by Federal agencies or with Federal funds; (2) public buildings or public works involving Federal funds; and (3) State and local procurements at least 50 percent of which are federally funded. Allows for exceptions to such preference if the domestic product cannot be obtained in sufficient quantity or quality, or if the cost of such product is excessive. Directs that no product may be procured with Federal funds from nonmembers or violators of an international government procurement code to which the United States is a party. Allows for exceptions to such preference due to insufficient quantity, quality, or excessive cost. Extends the preference for domestic goods to subcontracts which form ten percent or more of the total delivered price of the procured product. Stipulates that the procurement preferences provided for in this Act shall not apply to the procurement of goods to be used outside the United States, or for purchases inconsistent with the public interest. States that the cost of a domestic product is to be considered excessive if the cost of the domestic product is: (1) more than ten percent higher than a foreign equivalent product which is freely and fairly traded; or (2) not less than 30 nor more than 40 percent higher than a foreign equivalent product which is not freely and fairly traded. Sets forth the guidelines for determining whether a foreign product is freely and fairly traded for purposes of this Act. Provides that a person in violation of certain unfair import practices under the Tariff Act of 1930 shall be barred from participating in any government procurements for three years. Requires a contractor supplying foreign products for government procurements to certify that he has written assurance from any foreign supplier that such foreign products are not being supplied at below their production cost, and that such foreign supplier is not in violation of United States antitrust laws. Provides that a contractor falsely certifying shall be barred from participating in any government procurements for three years. Repeals the "Buy American Act."
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1978
Expresses the support of the Senate for the nomination of the Public Groups to Promote Observance of the Helsinki Agreement in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1978
Justice System Improvement Act - Restates and amends in its entirety Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Law Enforcement Assistance). Sets forth the purposes of the title. Retains within the Department of Justice a Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, and within the Administration, the Office of Community Anti-Crime Programs. Renames the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice the National Institute of Justice. Establishes a 21 member National Institute of Justice Advisory Board to develop research policy for the Institute. Establishes within the Department a Bureau of Justice Statistics. Sets forth the responsibilities of the Bureau, including collecting national crime statistics. Establishes a Bureau of Justice Statistics Advisory Board to recommend policy and priorities for the Bureau. Restructures the existing program of grants and assistance to State and local units of government into three categories, formula grants, national priority grants, and discretionary grants. Sets forth the purposes for which such grants may be made and the procedures to be followed in making the grants. Continues the authority of the LEAA to conduct training, recruiting and career development programs for law enforcement officials. Establishes within the Department of Justice an Office of Justice Assistance, Research and Statistics to provide staff support, set policy, and coordinate the activities of the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the LEAA. Establishes an advisory board to the Office. Sets forth the powers and administrative procedures of the offices established by this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the programs and grants established by this Act. Continues the existing program of public safety officers' death benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1978
Establishes a National Agricultural Cost of Production Board to review, and advise the Secretary of Agriculture concerning, the adequacy and accuracy of the cost-of-production formulas used by the Department of Agriculture in connection with the administration of its price support programs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1978
Provides for the orderly management of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) in Minnesota. Redesignates specified lands within such area as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the area in accordance with this Act and other wilderness laws. Authorizes the Secretary to permit the use of motor boats and snowmobiles, of specified size and power, on specified lakes and rivers within the area. Entitles owners of resorts and commercial recreational enterprises located on land riparian to specified lakes to require purchase of such establishments by the Secretary if they so desire. Grants the Secretary the right of first refusal as to the sale of any privately owned lands or interests in lands riparian to such lakes. Authorizes the appropriation of funds necessary for such acquisitions. Directs the Secretary to terminate timber sale contracts for timber harvested in the BWCA. Provides for compensation for the termination of such contracts. Requires the Secretary to take ameliorative measures to restore the BWCA to its natural state. Authorizes the replacement of such timber production by means of contracts for timber harvesting on other specified Federal land in Minnesota available for such use. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, in cooperation with the State of Minnesota, an intensive forest management program within the Superior National Forest and specified Federal lands for the purpose of replacing timber withdrawn from production by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to engage in planting and site preparation and employ 20 additional employees, in the administration of the Superior National Forest. Authorizes appropriations for grants to the State of Minnesota for the development of the commercial softwood timber base on specified lands. Establishes the Boundary Water Canoe Area Mining Protection Area. Incorporates the provisions of Executive Order 10092, relating to reservations of airspace, into this Act. Prohibits mining of minerals owned by the United States and located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mining Protection Area. Prohibits other mining in such areas which would affect navigable waters in any way or materially impair wilderness or environmental qualities. Authorizes the issuance of permits, leases, or other authorizations for mining activities only if: (1) the Secretary approves an applicant's plan detailing how such activities would comply with relevant laws and how the applicant intends to restore the mining site to its original condition; (2) the applicant posts a performance bond; and (3) the Secretary determines no permanent facility will be constructed which would hinder any restoration of the site. Authorizes the acquisition of mining or mineral rights within the wilderness and mining protection areas by the United States. Provides that nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction of the State with respect to the operation of motorized equipment on waters located within the wilderness except where the State's exercise of such jurisdiction is less stringent than regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Provides that nothing in this Act shall affect rights established by the treaties of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to perform necessary maintenance work on the Prairie Portage Dam. Directs the Secretary to expedite and intensify the development of outdoor recreation programs in the Superior National Forest, including construction of hiking and backpacking trails, programs of outdoor experiences for the disabled, and educational programs on the purpose, value, and use of wilderness lands. Authorizes the Secretary, in cooperation with other approprate executive agencies, to develop a progam of technical and financial assistance to resorts and commercial outfitters located within the mining protection area or on land adjacent to specified lakes. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for grants to the University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service to be used for specified purposes. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Chief, United States Forest Service, to submit to the Congress a comprehensive management plan setting forth specific procedures to implement the purpose of this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978
Postal Service Amendments Act - Requires the Postal Service to maintain through October 1, 1982, a postal rate not to exceed 15 cents for the first ounce and 13 cents for each additional ounce for ordinary letters sealed against inspection which are mailed by individuals. Subjects violators of usage of such postal rate to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. Empowers the President to designate the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Postal Service. Sets forth the duties of the Board which include providing the public with an annual report of the costs and revenues received for each class of mail. Requires the Postal Service to submit to Congress a plan for a research and development program for improving operations by January 15, 1979. Directs the Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission to transmit a copy of any proposal or recommendation for a change in postal rates or services to the appropriate congressional committees. Defines "attributable costs" as used to determine postal rates. Requires the Postal Rate Commission to: (1) study alternative methods of apportioning postal costs; (2) prepare a system of accounts for identifying the costs of each class of mail; and (3) report its findings to Congress by September 30, 1980. Establishes the Task Force on the Mail and Communications to study and make recommendations on the application of new technologies to postal services. Authorizes appropriations to the Postal Service for fiscal years 1979 - 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1978
Amends the Water Bank Act to increase from $10,000,000 to $50,000,000 the payment limitation on conservation agreements for calendar years after 1977. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to re-examine the payment rate for such an agreement at the beginning of the fifth year of any ten-year initial or renewal period, in any calendar year after 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1978
Disapproves the suspension of the quota on imported meat and the President's announced intention of permitting the import this year of 200,000,000 pounds of meat in excess of the established limit before imposing new quotas.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1978
Hidden Tax Reduction Act - Title I: Elimination of Unnecessary Reports to Congress - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to require the Comptroller General to submit to each Congress within four months of its start a list of such recurring reporting requirements imposed by law or administrative requirements which are transmitted to either or both Houses of Congress which have been determined to be no longer useful, together with recommendation for elimination, or modification thereof. Requires the Comptroller General to identify any reports from the public which could be discontinued if the report to the Congress is eliminated or modified. Title II: Paperwork Assessments of Legislation - Directs that each public bill or joint resolution reported by any committee of the House or Senate shall contain: (1) a determination of the amount of additional paperwork that will result from the regulations to be promulgated pursuant to the bill or joint resolution; or (2) in lieu of such evaluation, a statement of the reasons why compliance by the committee with the requirements in paragraph (1) is impracticable. Requires departments and agencies, in commenting on bills relating to their respective areas of responsibility, to include in their comments the determinations required by this Act. Title III: Central Management and Control Responsibility - Directs the Office of Management and Budget to have Government-wide responsibility for setting policies and coordinating procedures governing the budgeting, management, and control of Federal information management activities and of costs imposed by Federal programs on individuals, organizations, and other institutions. Directs the Office to annually review the paperwork reduction activities of each Federal agency to ascertain their adequacy. Directs the Office to publish such regulations and guidance relating to program organization, operations, and information activities as it deems necessary to simplify Federal programs, to make such programs more responsive and understandable, and to eliminate unnecessary costs and burdens on others resulting from Federal programs. Directs such Office to exercise Government-wide controls over Federal information requests under such regulations as it may establish. Requires the Office of the Federal Register, General Services Administration, to set minimum readability standards and issue such guidelines on the development of readable regulations as it deems appropriate to assure that Federal regulations are understandable to those who must comply. Establishes within the Office of Management and Budget an Office of Privacy and Confidentiality Review. States that such Office shall be responsible for developing and recommending to the President and the Congress policies and standards on information disclosure, confidentiality, and safeguarding the security of information collected or maintained by Federal agencies or in conjunction with Federal programs. Directs each Federal agency to establish a regulatory review program to provide planning and oversight of the regulatory activities of the agency in the interest of developing simpler, less costly, and more understandable regulations. Amends the Records Management Act of 1950 to authorize and direct the National Archives and Records Service to conduct studies and promulgate standards, procedures, and guidelines with respect to records retention requirements imposed on the public by Federal agencies. Title IV: Regulatory Flexibility - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish guidelines and regulations to provide for: (1) less costly reporting and recordkeeping requirements on persons and organizations with a record of regulatory compliance or achievement of program objectives; and (2) less costly regulatory requirements for small business, small local governments, other small organizations, individuals, and small transactions where such requirements would allow the accomplishing of Federal objectives without unnecessarily burdening such organizations, persons, or transactions. Title V: Elimination of Unnecessary Duplication - Establishes a Federal Information Locator System composed of an information locator, a data element dictionary, and an information referral service. Directs the System to serve as the authoritative register of all public use reports. Establishes within the General Services Administration a Federal Information Locator Office. Requires the Director of such Locator Office to: (1) prepare a data profile for each public use report; and (2) register all approved new reports and other information holdings in the Federal Information Locator System. Requires data profiles for planned new requirements to be matched against existing profiles in the information locator. Directs the results of such matching to be made available to Federal agencies and the general public. Requires the Director to establish procedures and to insure that at a minimum all data items in public-use reports are registered in the Federal Locator System. Requires the Director to insure that no actual data is contained within the locator system, except descriptive data profiles necessary to identify duplicative data or to locate information. Requires that any information holding which contains a data element of a personal or proprietary nature within the meaning of the Privacy Act of 1974 be identified as such and restricted in access and use. Title VI: Improving Federal, State, Local Government Regulations - State and Local Government Paperwork Relief Act - Requires the President to appoint an officer to be responsible for advising the President on matters affecting Federal, State, and local relations and overseeing the resolution of such issues. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to: (1) monitor proposed legislation and regulations to determine how Federal, State, and local operations may be coordinated and simplified; (2) propose administrative reform plans; (3) establish cognizant or head agencies in program areas to reduce administrative overlap and confusion; and (4) establish administrative guidelines and regulations which Federal agencies follow, and void agency requirements not in accord with such regulations. Authorizes and directs the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to prepare a report with recommendations for criteria to establish the degree of Federal involvement and imposed cost appropriate in State and local assistance. Title VII: Administrative Reform - Authorizes the President, upon the request of an agency head, to issue an Executive order delaying for a period not to exceed one year the effective date required by law for the promulgation of rules or regulations or nonsubstantive administrative provisions of law. Requires such order to include a finding that the effective date or administrative provisions by law are impracticable. Title VIII: Improving the Rulemaking Process - Declares it to be the policy of Congress that existing and future regulations of departments and agencies shall be as simple and clear as possible. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to insure that departments and agencies adopt procedures to achieve such goals. Requires that upon publication in the Federal Register of proposed rulemaking such notification shall include an estimate of the projected paperwork burden on all affected parties involved in complying with the rule. Title IX: Improving Government Responsiveness to Citizens - Authorizes and directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish a program and set agency responsibilities to provide the public with information about Federal programs and procedures, to set standards for the handling by Federal agencies of public complaints and suggestions, to coordinate the handling of complaints or suggestions involving more than one agency, and to monitor executive branch responsiveness. Title X: Federal Information Centers - Federal Information Centers Act - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Administrator of General Services Administration to establish a nationwide network of Federal Information Centers to provide the public with information about the programs and procedures of the Federal Government. Title XI: Miscellaneous Provisions - States that if any provision of this Act is held invalid, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected thereby.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of Labor to report to the Secretary of the Treasury the average rate of increases in prices which occurred during the four previous quarters ending on September 30. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to increase the dollar amounts in each tax bracket for the following year by the percentage increase in the price levels as reported. Directs the Council on Wage and Price Stability to study the impact of indexing individual income tax brackets according to the rate of inflation and to report to Congress and the President with appropriate recommendations. Provides that this Act shall apply to taxable years 1979 through 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1978
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State: (1) make every effort to negotiate an agreement with Canada to preserve our mutual airshed, protect air resources, and maintain air quality; and (2) take whatever diplomatic actions necessary to reduce or eliminate any undesirable impact on both countries resulting from air pollution from any source.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that an individual's allowable charitable contributions shall be deducted when determining the individual's adjusted gross income, thereby allowing the deduction to individuals who do not itemize.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Steel Trade Negotiations Act - Lists products the manufacture of which shall constitute the "steel sector" for purposes of determining the appropriate product sector with respect to import restriction authority under the Trade Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Civil Rights Commission Act - Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Amends such Act with respect to: (1) the compensation of Civil Rights Commission members; (2) the deadline for a report by the Commission to the Congress on violations of civil rights; (3) establishment of advisory committees to the Commission; and (4) vacancies on the Commission. Amends such Act to require the Commission: (1) to study age and handicap discrimination; (2) to review related Federal law policies; and (3) to serve as a clearinghouse for information regarding such discrimination; (4) to establish a civil rights advisory commission in each State; and (5) to investigate allegations of age or handicap discrimination.
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