United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1978
International Unfair Trade Laws Procedural Reform Act - Title I: Antidumping Act Amendments - Amends the Antidumping Act, 1921, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a preliminary investigation upon being informed that a particular class of merchandise is being, or is likely to be sold at less than its fair value (dumping). Requires that possible margins of dumping be published in the Federal Register along with notice of the investigation. Prescribes procedures for reporting information on dumping injuries to the Secretary and the United States International Trade Commission. Requires the Commission to conclude whether injury exists. Makes mandatory the Secretary's currently discretionary authority to suspend liquidation retroactively to cover merchandise entering after the publication of the notice of initiation of a full-scale investigation. Reduces the time limits allowed for agency investigations. Adds, to those circumstances under current law following which a hearing will be available, the notice of tentative discontinuance of an antidumping investigation or notice of a tentative modification or revocation of a dumping finding. Authorizes the Secretary to cauculate the foreign market value for purposes of assessing antidumping duties through the use of weighted averages on a manufacturer-by-manufacturer basis over a period of no longer than six months. Requires payment of estimated dumping duties upon entry following a finding of dumping. Provides for review no less than once a year of the amount of estimated duty, with adjustments based on the most recent data available. Provides for return of excess duties. Changes the bonding requirements to require additional information. Requires the liquidation of merchandise subject to a dumping finding within 15 months of entry into the country, or within 18 months if the Secretary concludes that it cannot reasonably be performed within 15 months. Requires information developed in connection with the assessment and liquidation of antidumping duties to be made available in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Title II: 1930 Tariff Act Amendments - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to countervailing duties to require initiation of investigations as to whether a bounty or grant is being paid or bestowed and to shorten the time limit for making determinations. Changes the requirements for suspension of liquidation as to merchandise. Revises procedures governing the Secretary's actions following the issuance of an order directing the assessment and collection of countervailing duties. Imposes civil penalties for violations of cease and desist orders of the Commission. Specifies standards for review of actions contesting determinations by the Secretary or the Commission in countervailing duty and antidumping cases. Enumerates the decisions which may be challenged in the United States Customs Court. Title III: Study of Transferring Treasury Investigative Responsibilities to International Trade Commission - Directs the General Accounting Office to undertake a one-year study of the need for and feasibility of a transfer of the duties of the Treasury Department under the Antidumping Act, 1921, and the countervailing duty statutes of the Tariff Act of 1930, to the International Trade Commission, or to an independent section of a department of international trade. Title IV: Amendments to the Revenue Act of September 8, 1916 - Amends existing law to redescribe behavior which constitutes dumping to make it unlawful to manufacture in a foreign country and sell in the United States (whether through a related or unrelated importer) merchandise for which the purchase or exporter's sales price is less than the foreign market value, where the effect of such sale has been to substantially lessen competition, restrain trade, or monopolize commerce within the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1978
Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act to allow credits against required power investment return payments for expenditures for certified pollution control facilities. Requires that pollution control facilities be certified by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as being in compliance with applicable air and water quality standards.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Investment Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore part of the pre-1969 tax treatment of capital gains by repealing the capital gains item of tax preference for the minimum tax; lowering the corporate alternative tax to 25 percent of net capital gain; and lowering the alternative individual tax to 25 percent of net capital gain.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1978
Expresses the sorrow of the Senate for the death of Aldo Moro. Condemns the Red Brigade for this murder. Declares it the sense of the Senate that Italy deserves the praise of the United States for its efforts to prevent this murder. Declares it the sense of the Senate that the President should instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to press for consideration of proposals to end terrorism.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1978
Repeals the prohibition preventing former Indian Claims Commissioners from representing any Indian interest, or having any financial interest in any Indian claim, for a two-year period after leaving office.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to redefine telephone service as any telecommunication service for the transmission of voice, data, sounds, signals, pictures, writing, or signs of all kinds by wire, radio, light, or other electromagnetic systems, including all lines, facilities, or systems used in the rendition of such service, including community antenna and cable television facilities; but not including message telegram service, or radio broadcasting services or facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into contracts with any State by which the State may use up to ten percent of certain unobligated allocations for the Federal-aid highway system to repair highways and the surface rails of urban mass transportation systems (other than railroads) which were damaged as a result of the severe weather in the Winter of 1977-1978.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a married individual to file a separate income tax return calculated according to the same tax rate as an unmarried individual. Permits a married individual making this election to take advantage of the child care credit and other credits for employment-related expenses, in the same way as a single taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include specified textiles and textile products in the articles reserved from tariff reduction or elimination negotiations by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Declares that certain proposed regulations of the Department of the Treasury regarding centralized firearms sales recordkeeping and other firearms control measures exceed the Department's authority, and directs that the regulations be withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Endangered Species Act Amendments- Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish an Endangered Species Committee. Directs the Committee to review applications submitted by Federal agencies regarding proposed agency actions to determine whether an exemption from the requirement of the Act that Federal agencies take no actions which would jeopardize endangered species or their critical habitats should be granted. Stipulates that such an exemption may be granted only after a public hearing and a finding that the benefits of the agency action outweigh the benefits of alternative courses of action consistent with preserving the species or its critical habitat. States that no final determination of the Committee regarding such an exemption shall be considered a major Federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act. Provides for judicial review of any Committee action with regard to an exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and carry out a plan for the completion of the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nashville, Tennessee, within five years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $180,000,000 for such construction project.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Waives, for the remainder of the Ninety-fifth Congress, with respect to the minority party the requirement that a member of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics have served in the Senate for more than six but less than 12 years.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Reaffirms the support of the Congress for existing laws restricting unfair or subsidized competition from imports. Urges the President to direct Federal agencies to enforce existing laws to prevent dumping, trade discrimination, and unfair competition which have an adverse impact on the American steel industry.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1978
Authorizes and directs the Commission on Arts and Antiquities to procure and place in the Senate wing of the Capitol a plaque marking the original location therein of the Library of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Job Opportunities and Family Security Act - Title I: Family Security Program - Amends Title IV, part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act to include within the definition of "dependent child" a child who has been deprived of parental care or support due to the unemployment of a parent. Repeals requirements that the father of a dependent child be unemployed for specified periods of time before his family becomes eligible for aid. Establishes criteria for determining the employment status of a parent based upon average earnings over a specified period of time. Requires an unemployed parent who is eligible for public service employment under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to register for and accept such employment. Permits a State to establish up to three different payment standards for cash assistance under the AFDC program, according to variations in the cost of living within the State. Defines the term "assistance unit" and enumerates the individuals to be included in such unit for purposes of this Act. Requires that any income or resources of any member of an assistance unit be included in determining the eligibility of such unit for aid. Sets forth items of income and resources which the State must disregard in determining such eligibility. Increases, to specified levels through fiscal year 1985, the amount of work and child care expenses which are to be disregarded in determining eligibility. Prohibits disregard of the earned income of any member of an assistance unit who refuses or terminates employment without good cause, earns more in any month than the established need of the assistance unit, or fails to give a timely report of his earned income for any month. Reduces, according to a specified formula, AFDC payments in the case of a dependent child who lives in a home in which an individual who is either not legally responsible for the support of such child or is not eligible for assistance payments is also residing. Provides Federal financial and technical support to the States for the installation of automated claims processing and management information systems to aid in the administration of State plans under the AFDC program. Requires members of an assistance unit to apply for any private or public retirement or disability plan, unemployment compensation or similar benefits to which they may be entitled. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay quarterly to each State which has an approved plan for aid and services to needy families with children an amount equal to the Federal public assistance percentage for each State, as determined under this Act, multiplied by the total quarterly amount expended by each State for its AFDC programs. Limits the amount of Federal matching funds payable to the States to 100 percent of the Federal nonfarm poverty line as established by the Office of Management and Budget. Establishes a Federal public assistance percentage for fiscal year 1980, with specified yearly increases through fiscal year 1982. Reduces the Federal public assistance percentage for States that have payment error rates in excess of four percent, and requires such States, subject to a further reduction in the public assistance percentage, to insure that no political subdivision is required to provide any funding under the State plan or to administer any part of such plan. Repeals payment limitations applicable to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam under the programs of AFDC, Medicaid, and Supplemental Security Income, and certain other titles of the Social Security Act. Directs the States to base eligibility for, and amount of, payments to an assistance unit on a one-month retrospective accounting period or a one-month prospective period. Permits States to require, as a condition of eligibility for AFDC benefits, that assistance units report to the State agency each month any changes in income or circumstances. Establishes minimum benefit amounts which States must pay to eligible assistance units for fiscal years 1981 through 1985. Renders an assistance unit ineligible for aid where the resources of such unit exceed specified levels. Changes all references to the AFDC program throughout the Social Security Act to Family Security Program or Aid for Family Security, as appropriate. Requires AFDC recipients to register for the Work Incentive (WIN) program. Exempts certain employees, college students, and public service workers under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act from registration. Places responsibility for the establishment and operation of the WIN program with the States. Requires the Governor of each State administering a work incentive program to report annually on the operation of such program to the Secretary of Labor. Limits the amount of appropriation that may be authorized for the WIN program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate, prior to each quarter of each fiscal year, the amount required by each State for its WIN program and to pay such amount to each State. Establishes a program of Federal payments for foster care maintenance and adoption assistance under Title IV of the Social Security Act. Declares that a State, to be eligible for payments under this Act, shall have a plan for the administration of such program. Sets forth the requirements for approval of such a plan by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Authorizes the States to make payments for foster care maintenance and adoption assistance and sets forth the requirements children and adoptive parents must meet to receive assistance under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to fund the programs established by this Act and provides for payments to the States each quarter, according to a specified formula. Authorizes the Secretary to provide a State with technical assistance in developing programs established by this Act. Title II: Jobs Program - Authorizes appropriations for public service jobs under Title VI of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) of 1973 through fiscal year 1983. Directs each CETA prime sponsor to provide from allocated funds a guaranteed public service job for one adult in any AFDC-Unemployed Parent household who has searched unsuccessfully for a regular job for 90 days. Directs such prime sponsor to provide from 50 percent of available remaining public service jobs, jobs to other AFDC recipients, and from the other 50 percent, jobs to individuals who have been unemployed for 26 weeks or more. Establishes a private sector voucher program for jobs under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to encourage employment in the private sector of AFDC recipients, unemployed adults and youths who have searched unsuccessfully for employment for 90 days, and individuals whose public service employment under CETA has terminated and who have searched for employment for at least 30 days. Provides private sector employers who hire individuals eligible for the voucher program with a one dollar per hour subsidy if such individual is paid according to the prevailing rate for the work he performs. Prohibits employers from using voucher-eligible employees to replace regular employees or reduce their hours. Title III: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the earned income credit to equal 15 percent of an individual's earned income which does not exceed the official poverty line as established by the Secretary of the Treasury. Increases from 10 to 20 percent of the excess adjusted gross income or earned income, whichever is greater, the amount by which the earned income credit will be reduced when such income exceeds the official poverty line. Makes the earned income credit permanent. Requires employers to make advance payments of the earned income credit to employees certified as qualifying for the credit during the current year. Treats payment of this advance credit as payment of the employer's FICA and withholding amounts, and treats failure to make advance payments as a failure to deduct and withhold FICA amounts when they would otherwise be due. Provides that any amount refunded to an individual as an earned income credit shall not be treated as income for purposes of State taxation and shall be disregarded in determining eligibility for a federally funded public assistance program. Sets forth criteria for determining the amount of the credit for the employment of certain new employees. Makes such credit permanent. Increases an individual's income tax liability by the amount that adjusted gross income, plus welfare and food stamp benefits which are received during the year, exceed specified "tabular amounts" based upon such individual's number of personal exemptions. Prescribes "tabular amounts" ranging from $5,470 for individuals with one personal exemption to $14,650 for persons with seven or more exemptions. Limits the credits which can be taken against an individual's income tax liability for excess food stamp and welfare benefits to the credits for excess withholding taxes, certain uses of gasoline, special fuels and lubricating oil, and earned income. Title IV: Supplemental Security Income Payments - Permits States to pay increased cash benefits to supplemental security income recipients in lieu of food stamp coupons. Lowers the age limit for eligibility for supplemental security income benefits from 65 to 64 in 1980, 63 in 1981, and 62 in 1982 and succeeding years. Title V: Food Stamp Provisions - Authorizes demonstration projects for converting food stamp benefits into increased cash payments for recipients of supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. Repeals provisions authorizing payment and distribution of food stamp coupons under the AFDC program. Title VI: Assistance to Meet Emergency Needs - Authorizes appropriations to States for the establishment of plans to provide emergency assistance to any needy family or individual whose living expenses are not met by the State's AFDC program. Sets forth requirements for the operation of a State plan for emergency assistance. Repeals current provisions for emergency assistance to needy families with dependent children. Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor) to establish demonstration projects to evaluate the feasibility of establishing consolidated public assistance centers to aid individuals in applying for aid under any Federal or federally assisted program for which such individual may be eligible. Directs the Secretary (in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor) to establish demonstration projects to evaluate the feasibility of (1) consolidating public assistance programs and placing the financial responsibility for such programs on the Federal Government and (2) permitting States to operate public assistance programs without Federal regulation. Requires the Secretary (in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Labor, and the Treasury) to conduct a review of the effects of this Act and to report to Congress. Establishes a National Commission on Public Assistance to conduct a continuing study, investigation, and review of, public assistance programs, and to make recommendations for improvements in such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1978
Consumer and Agricultural Protection Act - Establishes a National Board of Agricultural Governors, independent of the Department of Agriculture and consisting in part of agricultural producers, whose primary duty shall be the annual establishment of cost of production prices for cotton, dairy products, dry beans, feed grains, poultry, rice, soybeans, sugar, livestock and wheat. States that such prices shall take into account: (1) machinery ownership costs; (2) general farm overhead costs; (3) a value for the management services contributed by the producer; (4) labor costs; and (5) a value for the land utilized. Sets 1978 cost of production prices as follows: (1) dry beans, $22.00 per hundredweight; (2) wheat, $4.75 per bushel; (3) sugar, $.25 (raw) per pound; (4) corn, $3.15 per bushel; (5) soybeans, $6.60 per bushel; (6) barley, $3.00 per bushel; (7) grain sorghum, $5.39 per hundredweight; (8) oats, $1,65 per bushel; (9) cotton, $.70 per pound; (10) cattle, $.55 per pound; (11) calves, $.65 per pound; (12) milk, $12.00 per hundredweight; (13) hogs, $.50 per pound; (14) rice, $10.00 per hundredweight; and (15) poultry, $.40 per pound. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee or make direct nonrecourse loans to producers of specified nonperishable commodities. Specifies formula for the determination of loan levels and conditions for the calling of such loans. Directs the Board to establish mandatory release prices for each commodity, expressed in terms of a percentage of the cost of production price plus storage costs and interest charges. Requires the release for domestic or export sale of a portion of a commodity under loan when such commodity's market price reaches the mandatory release price level. Requires the Secretary to establish and maintain a National Commodity Reserve of cotton, feed grains, rice, soybeans, sugar, and wheat, for provision during national emergencies and for the protection of producers from depressed prices. Requires the Secretary, upon receiving written production estimates from producers prior to the production year, to determine and announce production adjustments if he finds that, in the absence of such adjustments, domestic stocks, including Reserve quantities, will exceed domestic and foreign demand and the replenishment needs of the reserve. Directs the Board to apportion production cutbacks and mandatory set-asides among producers equally. Specifies civil penalties for the use of land removed from production for harvesting any crop or for grazing. Permits production adjustments with respect to livestock, dairy products, poultry, and perishable commodities (designated by the Board) only upon a vote by a majority of the producers of such a commodity. Provides for coverage under this Act of any commodity not specified, by means of a petition and majority-vote referendum among the producers of such commodity. Permits the termination of such commodity, whether specified or unspecified by the same means. Bars the importation of a specified commodity at less than the domestic cost of production price, adjusted for transportation and handling costs. Authorizes the board to impose price maintenance custom duties on imported agricultural commodities. Prohibits the purchase of domestic specified commodities for foreign assistance programs at less than cost of production prices.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1978
Authorizes the Chief of Engineers, under the Secretary of the Army: (1) to construct and maintain park and recreational facilities at water resources development projects; (2) to acquire lands for such purposes; and (3) to construct such facilities on adjacent land held by local interests.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1978
National Intelligence Reorganization and Reform Act - Title I: National Intelligence - National Intelligence Act - Authorizes the national intelligence community (but only the intelligence community as defined in this Act) to conduct national intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities under the direction and control of the National Security Council. Authorizes the President to determine what activities, in addition to those enumerated in this Act shall constitute "national intelligence activities. Establishes within the Executive Branch an Office of the Director of National Intelligence headed by a Director who shall serve under the direction and control of the National Security Council. Makes the Director responsible for the coordination of national intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities conducted abroad by the intelligence community and for review of all ongoing and proposed intelligence activities to assure their effectiveness, efficiency, and legality; and requires such Director to serve, additionally, as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (unless such office is held by the Deputy Director of National Intelligence). Makes the Director responsible for the preparation and approval of the national intelligence budget. Sets forth requirements relating to appropriations for national intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities. Provides for audits and reviews of such appropriated funds by the Comptroller General. Directs the President to establish standards and procedures by which activities involving the clandestine collection of foreign intelligence shall be reviewed and approved. Requires such standards to be submitted to Congress. Prohibits the conduct of any activity abroad to further United States programs in such a manner that the role of the United States is not apparent (not including counterintelligence or counterterrorism activities) without prior presidential approval. Requires an annual review of such activities by the National Security Council. Limits such activity to the CIA or, in times of war, to the armed forces. Prohibits payment to specified persons to engage in intelligence activities including: clergy, promoters of education, the arts, humanities, or cultural affairs, and journalists. Prohibits the maintenance of cover for any United States agent with any United States religious organization, academic institution, the Peace Corps, or any Government program promoting education, the arts, humanities, or cultural affairs through international exchanges. Prohibits the use of any nonmilitary United States person by the intelligence community as a combatant in any foreign country, except pursuant to a declaration of war by Congress. Makes it a crime for any person within the United States and any employee of the United States anywhere in the world to conspire to assassinate any foreign official. Prohibits the use of specified activities including: support of international terrorists activities; creation of food or water shortages or floods; creation of epidemics of diseases; and torture of individuals. Permits the President to waive specified restrictions of this Act in time of war. Requires the National Security Council to manage counterintelligence and counterterrorism activities of the United States. Requires, generally, the Attorney General to notify Congress of the initiation of specified counterintelligence or counterterrorism activities prior to such initiation. Directs the President to establish an Intelligence Oversight Board which shall discover and report to the Attorney General any intelligence activity which the Board believes raises a question of legality and report to the President, and where appropriate, to the Director any such activity the Board believes raises a serious question of propriety. Provides for congressional oversight of all national intelligence activities. Title II: Intelligence Activities and Constitutional Rights - Intelligence Activities and Constitutional Rights Act - Directs the Attorney General to participate in the National Security Council, with the Director of National Intelligence, the Intelligence Oversight Board, and the heads of branches of the intelligence community, to ensure that intelligence activities conform to the Constitution and laws of the United States. Prohibits collection of information regarding any person for foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, or counterterrorism purposes, except in conformity with specified standards. Permits the collection of information with the consent of the person in question. Permits the collection of publicly available information related to an authorized function of the collecting agency. Requires information to be collected by the least intrusive means possible. Directs the head of each entity of the intelligence community to designate those officials who are entitled to authorize information collection, and to issue other regulations pertaining to information collections. Sets forth standards under which the collection of intelligence information is authorized with respect to any United States person who is reasonably believed to be engaged in espionage or clandestine intelligence activities. Permits the utilization of certain intelligence gathering techniques only in exigent circumstances or upon a finding by the Attorney General that such techniques are reasonable and necessary. Includes among such techniques: (1) the examination of tax records; (2) physical surveillance; (3) mail covers; and (4) electronic surveillance. Limits the validity of the approval of intelligence collection to 90 days, renewable for an additional 90 days. Stipulates the findings which must be made prior to approval of such information collection. Permits information collection for up to 180 days concerning targets of foreign intelligence services or international terrorists. Requires that such targets be informed of the risks posed to them by foreign intelligence or international terrorists activities, except in certain circumstances. Specifies the circumstances under which foreign intelligence in the possession of a United States person may be collected without such persons's consent. Authorizes information collection for 90 days concerning a United States person who is reasonably believed to have contact with any person engaged in espionage or clandestine intelligence activity, in order to identify such United States person and to determine the access of such person to information the disclosure of which would be harmful to the United States. Authorizes information collection for 90 days concerning a United States person who is reasonably believed to be a potential source of information or operational assistance. Specifies the circumstances under which such collection may occur without the consent of the person concerned. Authorizes information collection concerning a United States person within, on the grounds of, or in the immediate vicinity of the installations of any entity of the intelligence community. Stipulates the limitations upon such collection. Requires the matter to be referred to the appropriate law enforcement agency if a clear threat to the physical safety of the installation is posed. Permits information collection concerning any employee or contractor of any entity of the intelligence community to determine if such person has violated security regulations. Stipulates the techniques which require prior approval when used in collection for this purpose. Authorizes information collection concerning a foreign person in the United States in certain circumstances. Stipulates the conditions under which nonpublic information collected for intelligences purposes may be retained by any department or agency without the consent of the person who is the subject of such information. Permits retention or dissemination of information collected through electronic means only in accordance with title III of this Act. Permits intraagency dissemination of collected information only to persons who require such information for the discharge of authorized governmental responsibilities. Stipulates the circumstances under which private information may be disseminated outside the collecting agency. Permits the retention or dissemination of information collected in violation of this Act only for purposes of redress. Prohibits destruction of such information if the collecting agency is on notice of a related administrative or judicial proceeding. Declares that the limitation upon retention or dissemination of collected information are not to be construed to limit Congressional access to such information, or to prevent the retention or dissemination of information in a manner which clearly would not identify the person concerned. Prohibits any intelligence activity to be directed against any United States person solely because such person exercised any Constitutional right. Prohibits any intelligence activity from interfering with the exercise of any Constitutional right by any United States person. Prohibits the dissemination anonymously or under a false identity of intelligence information concerning any United States person without such person's consent except in certain circumstances. Prohibits any person on behalf of an entity of the intelligence community from instigating or committing a violation of the criminal statutes of the United States unless: (1) approved by the Attorney General; (2) acts of violence are not involved; (3) this Act is not violated; and (4) the violation is necessary to prevent espionage, sabotage, terrorism, or assassination. Restricts undisclosed participation in United States organizations on behalf of an entity of the intelligence community. Stipulates the circumstances under which the head of such entity may approve such undisclosed participation. Prohibits entities of the intelligence community, other than the Department of Justice or Treasury, from assisting the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration or State or local police organizations or activities. Permits such entities to cooperate with law enforcement authorities with respect to protecting against espionage, activities and other related, stipulated functions. Directs the Attorney General to review any such provision of equipment, information, or personnel. Prohibits any entity of the intelligence community from conducting research on any human subject except in accordance with applicable guidelines issued by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Grants the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research jurisdiction to monitor such research. Title III: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Establishes a Special Court of the United States whose main task shall be to rule on applications for approval of certain domestic and foreign surveillance and intelligence activities in accordance with standards and procedures set forth in this title. Establishes a Special Court of Appeals with jurisdiction to hear appeals from decisions of the Special Court. Requires each application for any order approving domestic electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes to be approved by the Attorney General and to include among other information: (1) the identity of the officer making the application; (2) the approval of the Attorney General to make the application; (3) the identity of the subject of the surveillance; (4) the fact and circumstances justifying belief that the target of surveillance is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power; (5) a description of the type of information sought and a certification by one of specified Federal officers that such information is foreign intelligence information that cannot feasibly be obtained by normal investigative techniques; (6) a statement of the period of time for which the surveillance is required; and (7) a statement of procedures to be taken to minimize intrusion into the privacy of United States persons. Directs the judge to enter an ex parte order as requested or as modified approving the electronic surveillance if he finds that the criteria specified have been met. States that orders so issued may approve surveillance within the United States for a maximum of 90 days where the target is not a foreign power or a maximum of one year, reviewable every 90 days, where the target is a foreign power. Establishes procedures for obtaining extensions of surveillance orders. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon a reasonable determination that an emergency situation exists, to authorize the emergency employment of electronic surveillance if the appropriate judge is informed by the Attorney General of such authorization at the time it is made and if an application for judicial approval is made as soon as practicable but not more than 24 hours after authorization. Requires, in the absence of a judicial order, that surveillance terminate when the information sought is obtained, when the application for an order is denied, or 24 hours after authorization, whichever is earliest. Allows information acquired from electronic surveillance conducted pursuant to this Act to be used and disclosed only for designated purposes or for the enforcement of the criminal law. Requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to Congress, of the number of applications made for orders and extensions of orders approving electronic surveillance and the number of such orders and extensions granted, modified and denied. Restricts foreign electronic or signals intelligence activities targeted against a person other than a United States person with respect to treatment of any resultant information regarding a United States person. Prohibits, except in accordance with this Act, any intelligence entity from intentionally attempting to acquire information concerning a particular United States person or persons by means of foreign electronic or signals intelligence under circumstances where a reasonable expectation of privacy exists or where a warrant for law enforcement purposes within the United States would be required. Sets forth procedures for judicial approval of such activities substantially similar to those procedures set forth for domestic electronic surveillance. Allows the senior United States official of an agency authorized by the President or by statute to conduct electronic or signals intelligence activities in a foreign country, the head of such agency, or the appropriate United States chief of mission to authorize such activities on an emergency basis provided judicial authorization is sought within 72 hours. Bars an intelligence entity from conducting unconsented physical searches within the United States or unconsented physical searches of United States persons abroad except where searches comply with constitutional guidelines for law enforcement activities, or judicial authorization, based on standards for domestic or foreign surveillance promulgated in this Act, is granted. Imposes similar restrictions on mail openings by intelligence entities. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - Central Intelligence Agency Act - Enumerates the functions of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Authorizes the collection of foreign intelligence abroad and from foreign persons domestically by using publicly available sources and clandestine means. Authorizes the conduct of counterintelligence and counterterrorism activities domestically and abroad, but limits such domestic activities to those integrally related to CIA activities abroad. Lists general and special authorities of the CIA including procurement powers and authorization to loan CIA employees to other Federal agencies. Provides procedures for, but does not require, the liquidation of any CIA-owned business entity the net value of which exceeds $50,000. Authorizes the entry of any alien and his family for permanent residence where such entrance is in the interest of national security. Establishes the General Counsel of the Agency to serve as the principal legal advisor to the Director of the CIA. Establishes an Inspector General of the Agency with responsibility to determine in what respects the CIA may more effectively perform its lawful functions and to determine the facts and circumstances of any alleged wrongdoing. Establishes criminal penalties for disposition of a CIA-owned business by any former CIA employee on his own behalf or as an agent for anyone other than the United States without written permission from the CIA; misuse of the name, initials, or seal of the CIA; and unauthorized disclosure of the identity of secret agents. Provides for the payment of travel and other expenses of and the retirement system for CIA personnel. Title V: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Federal Bureau of Investigation Intelligence Activities Act - Restricts all activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to those related to the intelligence functions authorized in this title. Requires the Attorney General to review such activities at least annually to assure that they are conducted in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the FBI to collect counterintelligence and counterterrorism intelligence within the United States and abroad but only with the approval of the Attorney General and the written approval of the CIA. Makes the FBI responsible for approving requests by any other entity of the intelligence community to conduct counterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence collection activities within the United States, except with respect to such activities conducted by the military services solely against members of such military service. Title VI: National Security Agency - National Security Agency Act - Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) which are, generally, to manage intelligence signals and cryptologic personnel, resources, and programs. Requires the General Counsel of the Agency, as principal legal advisor to the Director, to review NSA activities and regulations to assure conformity with the laws of the United States. Requires the NSA to maintain an Inspector General of the Agency to investigate NSA activities and report wrongdoing to the General Counsel. Lists general, special, and other authorities of the NSA. Limits access to signals intelligence information obtained by the NSA to those persons authorized by the President. Permits the NSA to keep secret patents and inventions useful to the security of data transmission. Provides for travel and other expenses of, use of commissary and mess services and recreation facilities by, and a retirement system for NSA employees. Title VII: Miscellaneous Amendments and Effective Date - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to declare that it is the duty of the National Security Counsel to provide guidance for and an ongoing review of the conduct of all Federal intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities and to coordinate domestic, foreign, and military intelligence policies. Repeals the CIA's exemption from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1978
Establishes a Senate Select Committee on the Removal of David W. Marston to conduct an investigation and study of the extent, if any, to which illegal, improper, or unethical activities were engaged in by any person in the termination of David W. Marston as United States Attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. Authorizes the expenditure of funds, not to exceed, $350,000, for such investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 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 I: 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. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for fiscal year 1979. 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. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance for fiscal year 1979. 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. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance for fiscal year 1979. Sets forth United States education and human resources development assistance policy. Authorizes the Administrator of IDCA to furnish such assistance. Authorizes appropriations for such assistance for fiscal year 1979. 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 appropriations for such assistance for fiscal year 1979. Authorizes a certain amount of funds 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 the 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 encouarge 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 Corporations' 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 (exempting Israel, Portugal, and Lebanon through fiscal year 1979). 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 for fiscal year 1979. Makes the 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 fiscal year 1979 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 economies and minimize their dependence on minority-ruled regimes. Authorizes appropriations to the President for fiscal year 1979 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 fiscal year 1979 for such purposes. Authorizes the President to appoint a Special Coordinator for International Relief to coordinate aid by United States agencies and foreign donors. Chapter VI: Private Initiative In Development - Title I: General 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 volunteer 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 on the planning and administration of programs authorized by this chapter. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator for fiscal year 1979 to carry out this title, of which a specified amount shall be available for the Peace Corps to carry out the purpose 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 fiscal year 1979 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. Transfers 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 in 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 momths 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 · 20 January 1978
States that employees in the offices of certain Senators holding leadership positions shall be continued on the payroll of such offices for specified periods following the death or resignation of such Senators.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1977
Designates the South Portal Federal Office Building of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare at 200 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, D. C., as the "Hubert H. Humphrey Building."
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1977
Affirms Senate support for existing restrictions on unfair or subsidized competition from imports. Urges the President to enforce laws to prevent dumping, trade discrimination, and other unfair competition having an adverse impact on the American steel industry.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Title I: Tax Credits - Tax Incentives for Neighborhood Revitalization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a limited income tax credit to individuals for the purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of a principal residence located in an area designated by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as a neighborhood revitalization area. Allows a limited credit to lending institutions which finance such purchase, construction, or rehabilitation. Allows individuals a credit for that portion of their State and local property taxes attributable to improvements directly related to rehabilitation expenditures for which the taxpayer is allowed a credit under this title. Title II: Neighborhood Revitalization Designation and Plans - Neighborhood Revitalization Act - Directs units of local government which wish to have the provisions of Title I of this Act apply to an area within their boundaries to designate the area a "neighborhood revitalization area." Requires such a designation to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury if certain requirements are met and a finding is made that the area is declining.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1977
Authorizes expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate to defray the costs of transportation and travel expenses of Members and employees of the Senate when engaged in authorized foreign travel. Prohibits payment of such expenses from the contingent fund of the Senate to the extent that appropriated funds or foreign currencies are utilized to defray such expenses. Requires that such appropriated funds and currencies be used to the maximum extent possible.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1977
Expresses the disapproval of the Senate of the proposed budget deferral (DD77-58) for operating expenses for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant Project of the Energy Research and Development Administration set forth in the President's message to Congress on May 18, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Amends the Small Business Act to establish the position of Associate Administrator for Women's Business Enterprise within the Small Business Administration. Lists among the duties of such Administrator: (1) increasing participation of women in Small Business Administration programs; and (2) reporting to the Administrator on proposals for implementing policy objectives.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals an income tax credit for 75 percent of the sum of all political contributions to candidates for the United States Senate, instead of the 50 percent generally allowed for political contributions. Increases the limitation on credit taken for political contributions to $100 ($200 for joint returns), of which no more than $25 (or $50 for joint returns) may be applied to contributions to candidates for the Senate. Denies the alternative income tax deduction for political contributions for contributions to Senate candidates.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1977
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to provide for radio and television coverage of proceedings in the Senate Chamber during the second session of the Ninety-fifth Congress. Directs the Committee to maintain videotapes and recordings of such coverage to be made available to public and commercial broadcasting stations. Directs the Committee to compile a daily written summary of Senate proceedings to be made available to the news media and to Senate Members, officers, and committees.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1977
Amends the Small Business Act to reduce to three percent per year the interest rate on the Small Business Administration's share of any loan made with respect to a major disaster occurring on or after April 1, 1977, and prior to June 6, 1977. Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to grant to the recipient of a disaster loan up to $5,000 to provide immediate relief from the effects of such disaster. Allows cancellation of loans made with respect to disasters occurring on or after April, 1977, and prior to June 6, 1977, according to provisions of the Small Business Act.
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