United States · United States Congress · 12 February 1975
Historic Structures Tax Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic structures by allowing a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the amortization of the amortizable basis of any certified historic structure based on a period of 60 months. Specifies that no deduction shall be allowed for any expense or loss incurred as a result of the destruction of a certified historic structure. Limits deductions on structures erected upon a site wich was occupied by a certified historic structure which was demolished or substantially altered. Allows the taxpayer to compute the depreciation deduction attributable to substantially rehabilitated property as though the original use of such property commenced with him. Permits deductions for transfer of the remainder or partial interests in property for conservation purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Older Americans Act Amendments - Revises the Older Americans Act of 1965 by: (1) extending the authorization of appropriations for two years; and (2) requiring that organizations and projects serving low-income, racial minority, or limited English-speaking individuals be given preference in awarding certain grants and contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Requests the President to express the concern of the United States Government for the safety and freedom of valentyn Moroz, historian, writer, and spokesman for the cultural integrity of the Ukrainian people.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that there shall be a national policy recognizing the right of all citizens to the full development of their economic, social and personal potential regardless of their physical disabilities. Directs that there be a mobilization of private and public resources to remove barriers from the man-made environment. Expresses as a goal the integration of handicapped people into their communities.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Provides that no part of any appropriation and no local currency owned by the United States shall be available for payment of any expenses, nor shall transportation be provided by the United States, in connection with travel outside the fifty states (including the District of Columbia) of the The United States of: (1) any Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Member of the House of Representatives; or (2) any Member of the Senate unless such individual is reelected or elected as a Member of, Delegate to, or Resident Commissioner in the House of Representatives for the suceeding Congress, or is reelected or elected as a Member of the Senate for a term beginning at noon on January 3 following the date of such general election.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Removes the requirement of service on or after the effective date of the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 as a prerequisite for creditable service for civil service retirement purposes for National Guard technicians. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8332(b))
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Authorizes each Senator serving on a committee to hire staff to assist him in his duties as a member of each committee on which such Senator serves. Allows each Senator serving as chairman of any subcommittee or ranking minority member of any subcommittee to hire staff to assist him in his duties. States that individuals so appointed shall be in addition to employees otherwise authorized.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Revises the Rules of the Senate to require each standing committee to establish a Subcommittee on Legislative Review to assist the Senate in: (1) its analysis, appraisal and evaluation of the application, administration, and execution of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of the committee of each such subcommittee, and in particular, in its analysis, appraisal and evaluation of any order, regulation, rule, certificate code of fair competition, license, notice, or similar instrument, issued, prescribed, or promulgated in the administration and execution of such laws or parts of laws, and (2) its formulation, consideration and enactment of such modifications of or changes in those laws, and of such additional legislation, as may be necessary or appropriate. Provides that in the case of a committee having one or more subcommittees to which the committee has given responsibility for considering and making recommendations with respect to subject matters within the subject jurisdiction of the committee, the Subcommittee on Legislative Review of that committee shall assist that subcommittee in reviewing and studying the application, administration and execution of those laws, or parts of laws, which are within such responsibility. Provides that in any case in which the Subcommittee on Legislative Review has not submitted a report to be prepared by it pursuant to this resolution within the period of time provided in this resolution, the Comptroller General shall, within one year after the last day on which the subcommittee report was to have been submitted, make such study and report the subcommittee was to have made, and submit a report thereon to the committee. Excludes the provisions of this rule from applying to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Medical Device Amendments - Title I: Preliminary Classification of Medical Devices - Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall appoint and organize separate classification panels of experts, qualified by scientific training and experience, to review and classify devices intended for human use into appropriate categories based on the safety and effectiveness of such devices. Requires each panel to reveiw all devices intended for human use within its respective scientific field for purposes of appropriate classification and to submit within one year of its appointment a report of its findings and conclusions to the Secretary. Requires that to the maximum extent practical the panel or panels shall provide an opportunity for any interested person to submit data and views on the classification of a device (or type or class of device). States the criteria to be used by the panels in determining their recommendations for the classification of devices. Title II: Authority to establish Performance Standards - Provides that whenever in the judgment of the Secretary such action is appropriate to assure effectiveness or to reduce or eliminate unreasonable risk of illness or injury associated with exposure to or use of a device (including the need for uniformity and compatibility with systems or environments in which it is intended to be used) and for which other means may not be appropriate to reduce or eliminate such risk of illness or injury he shall promulgate for any device, or type or class of device, for which a performance standard has been determined to be appropriate, a performance standard relating to safety and effectiveness. Provides for periodic evaluation of the adequacy of standards. Directs the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies and organizations. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a notice that proceedings have been initiated to promulgate a device standard. Specifies the content of such notification. Directs the Secretary to accept one or more offers to develop a proposed standard and to publish in the Federal Register names and addresses of persons whose offers are accepted and the terms of such offers. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations governing development of proposed standards. Sets forth alternatives to the development of standards, including: (1) the use of existing standards; and (2) the development of standards by the Secretary. Provides procedures for the promulgation, amendment, or revocation of performance standards. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint independent advisory committees, to which could be referred any matters involving a proposed device standard, prior to or after its publication in the Federal Register. Prescribes the composition of such committees. Requires that every manufacturer of a device shall assure the Secretary, at such times and in such manner and form as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe, that testing methods prescribed by the performance standards show the device to comply therewith, or that the device was manufactured under a program of guality control which is in accord with current good manufacturing practice designed to assure such compliance. Title III: Scientific Review of Certain Medical Devices - States that the Secretary may declare that a device (or type or class of device) for which scientific review has been determined to be appropriate shall be subject to scientific review with respect to any particular use of intended use thereof if, after consultation with the appropriate panel or panels, he finds that: (1) such review is appropriate to assure effectiveness or is appropriate to reduce or eliminate unreasonable risk of illness or injury associated with exposure to or use of a device and (2) other means available to the Secretary may not be appropriate to reduce or eliminate such risk of illness or injury. Provides that the Secretary may declare that a device (or type or class of device shall be subject to scientific review under this section with respect to any particular use of intended use thereof if he: determines that scientific reveiw for any device is appropriate to protect the public health and safety and (2) finds that other means available to the Secretary may not be appropriate to reduce or iliminate such risk of illness or injury. Requires the declaration to be by regulation. Permits the promulgation of such regulation to be appealed to the courts within thirty days after publication in the Federal Register. Provides that for the purpose of reviewing plans and product development the Secretary shall utilize the standing advisory panels. Provides for the Scientific reveiw of a device which has been declared subject to such reveiw. Sets forth the necessary contents of an application for scientific review. Permits the applicant to obtain judicial review of a final order of the Secretary denying or withdrawing approval of an application or revoking an exemption. Provides for exemptions from the requirement of approval of an application in specified circumstances. Title IV: Notification of Defective Devices; Repair or Replacement - Requires every person who acquires information which reasonably supports the conclusion that a device intended for human use which has been produced, assembled, distributed, or imported by him (1) contains a defect which could create a substantial risk to the public health or safety, or (2) on or after the effective date of an applicable performance standard fails to comply with such standard, to immediately notify the Secretary of such defect or failure to comply if such device has left the control of the manufacturer. Title V: Requirement of Good Manufacturing Practice - Requires that a device, and the methods used in its manufacture, must conform to good manufacturing practice. Title VI: Records and Reports; Inspection and Registration of Establishments; Official Names - Requires persons manufacturing, processing, repacking, labeling, or distributing a device subject to a standard which is in effect, or with respect to which there is in effect an approval of an application for scientific review, to maintain records and to make reports to the Secretary on clinical experience and other data relating to safety or effectiveness of such device, or possibility of adulteration or misbranding. Title VII: General Provisions - Establishes an Advisory Council on Devices to advise the Secretary on policy matters relating to carrying out provisions of the Act. Authorizes the Secretary to plan, conduct, coordinate, and support research and education dealing with the safety and effectiveness of medical devices and into the causes and prevention of injuries or other health impairments associated with exposure to or use of such devices. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed as preventing the Federal Government or the government of any State or political subdivision thereof from establishhing stricter safety requirements than the otherwise applicable Federal requirements. Permits the Secretary to disclose information relating to trade secrets to a contractor in furtherance of provisions of the Act, subject to the contractor's observance of such security precautions as are prescribed in regulations. Defines the term "device" to mean instruments, apparatus, implements, machines, contrivances, implants, in vitro reagents, or similar articles, including their components, parts and accessories which are: (1) recognized in the official U.S. Pharmacopeia or National Formulary, or any supplement to them, or (2) intended for use in diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals, or (3) intended to affect any structure or any function of the body of man or other animals, and (4) not achieving any of their principal purposes through chemical action within or on the body of man or other animals and which are not dependent upon being metabolized for achievement of their principal purposes. Defines the term "prescription device". Makes various technical amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make existing law applicable to devices.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Provides that no change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of his performance of service of Southeast Asia may be made unless and until the following two provisions have been complied with: (1) the President of the United States has determined, and notified the Congress in writing, that all reasonable actions have been made to enforce the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973; and (2) the Secretary concerned notifies the next of kin in writing of the proposed change in status, and next of kin has not filed within 60 days of such notification, and objection to such a proposed change.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Expresses the sense of the Congress that in the event that economic controls are imposed, business concerns who, on or after January 1, 1975, lowered prices shall not be penalized in the establishment of any base price pursuant to those controls.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Provides that a general increase in social security benefits shall not be taken into account in determining the eligibility of individuals or families to receive benefits under any Federal plan or program or any State plan or program which is funded in whole or in part by Federal funds if the effect of such increase would be to reduce or eliminate the benefits available under such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Directs the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to provide for radio and television coverage of proceedings in the Senate Chamber during the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, except for closed-door sessions. Requires video tapes of such broadcasts to be kept and made available to commercial broadcast stations. Provides for monitors of such broadcasts in various offices and for audio monitors in members' offices, if desired.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Eliminates the earnings limitation under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act for all workers age sixty-five and over (presently age 72).
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Older Americans Tax Counseling Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, through the Internal Revenue Service, to enter into agreements with nonprofit agencies or organizations to prepare volunteers to assist the elderly in the preparation of their Federal income tax returns and to provide technical assistance for this purpose. Directs the Secretary to publicize to the elderly those provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 particularly important to them. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Urges the President to establish a Council on the Missing in Action to study the cases of the missing in action and their families, to propose courses of action to achieve a full accounting, and to make recommendations concerning Federal policies related to the missing in action.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight Act - Establishes the Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, consisting of seven members from each House, to conduct a continuing study and investigation of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States Secret Service, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and all other departments and agencies insofar as their activities pertain to intelligence gathering. Prohibits the appropriation of funds for intelligence activities unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after enactment of this Act. Requires that legislation pertaining to intelligence activities be reported from such joint committee. Grants subpena power to the chairman of such joint committee.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1975
States that the Senate disapproves the proposed deferral of budget authority to carry out the comprehensive planning grants program under the Housing Act of 1954 as set forth in the special message transmitted by the President to the Congress on November 26, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
States that all tax returns made with respect to taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code are confidential records, and that, except where provided otherwise, no return shall be open to inspection nor shall information contained therein be disclosed. Authorizes inspections of returns by the following persons: (1) the taxpayer or his representative; (2) officers and employees of the Departments of Justice, the Treasury, State agencies entrusted with carrying out the income tax laws, and the Internal Revenue Service solely for administration and enforcement of the income tax laws; and (3) the President of the United States. Authorizes the disclosure of statistical information to State and Federal agencies and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Provides, under the Gun Control Act of 1968, for separate offense and consecutive sentencing in felonies involving the use of a firearm. States that in the case of a second or subsequent conviction under this Act, the convicted person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than two nor more than twenty-five years.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Requires the Armed Forces to provide special educational and health services to dependents of members serving on active duty who are deaf, hard of hearing, handicapped by a speech impairment or a visual handicap, seriously emotionally disturbed, moderately or severely mentally retarted, crippled, or have a speech or health impairment or specific learning disability requiring special education and related services. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1079(d))
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Provides that a married individual who files a separate return shall be taxed on his or her earned income at the same rate as an unmarried individual under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Provides that income from the entertainment activities held in conjunction with a public fair conducted by nonprofit organizations and civic leagues or labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations shall not be unrelated trade or business income (and therefore shall not be subject to taxation under the Internal Revenue Code) and shall not affect the tax exemption of the organization.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse the city of Frederick, Maryland, for money paid in 1864 saving harmless valuable military and hospital supplies owned by the United States Government.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Government in the Sunshine Act - Title I: Congressional Procedures - Requires each meeting of each standing, select, or special committee or subcommittee of the Senate and House of Representatives, including meetings to conduct hearings, to be open to the public. Provides that a portion or portions of such meetings may be closed to the public if the committee or subcommittee determines by vote of a majority of a quorum of the members present that the matters to be discussed or the testimony to be taken: (1) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret in the interests of national defense or the confidential conduct of the foreign policy of the United States; (2) will relate solely to matters of committee staff personnel or internal staff management; or (3) will tend to charge with crime or misconduct, or to disgrace any individual, or will represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of the privacy of any individual (unless it relates to any government officer or employee with respect to his official duties or employment); (4) will disclose information pertaining to any investigation conducted for law enforcement purposes, with specified limitations; or (5) will disclose information relating to the trade secrets or financial or commercial information pertaining specifically to a given person. Directs each standing, select, or special committee or subcommittee of the Senate and House of Representatives to make a public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of each meeting at least one week before such meeting unless the committee or subcommittee determines by a vote of the majority of a quorum that committee business requires that such meeting be called at an earlier date, in which case the committee shall make public announcement of the date, place and subject matter of such meeting at the earliest practicable opportunity. Provides that a complete transcript shall be made of each meeting of each standing, select, or special committee or subcommittee. Provides that a copy of each such transcript shall be made available for public inspection within seven days and additional copies shall be furnished to any person at the actual cost of duplication. Provides that all the aforegoing requirements and exceptions applicable to the meetings of the committees and subcommittees of the House and Senate shall also be applicable to each meeting of a committee of conference. Establishes procedures to review and reverse any committee and subcommittee vote to close a meeting to the public or to delete from the publicly available copy a portion of a meeting transcript. Title II: Agency Procedures - Requires all meetings of any Federal agency to be open to the public unless a majority of the entire membership of an agency determines the meeting: (1) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret in the interests of national defense or the confidential conduct of the foreign policy of the United States; (2) will relate solely to individual agency personnel or to internal agency office management and administration or financial auditing; (3) will tend to charge with crime or misconduct, or to disgrace, any person, or will represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of the privacy of any individual (unless it relates to any government officer or employee with respect to his official duties or employment); (4) will disclose information pertaining to any investigation conducted for law enforcement purposes, with specified limitations; or (5) will disclose information relating to the trade secrets or financial or commercial information pertaining specifically to a given person. Directs each agency to make public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of each meeting (whether open or closed to the public) at least one week before each meeting unless the agency determines by a vote of the majority of its members that agency business requires that such meetings be called at an earlier date, in which case the agency shall make public announcement of the date, place, and subject matter of such meeting at the earliest practicable opportunity. Provides that a complete transcript, including a list of all persons attending and their affilations, shall be made of each meeting of each agency (whether open or closed to the public). Provides that a copy of each such meeting shall be made available to the public for inspection, and additional copies of any transcript shall be furnished to any person at the actual cost of duplication. Requires each agency to promulgate regulations to implement the requirements of this title. States that any citizen or person resident in the United States may bring a proceeding in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: (1) to require an agency to promulgate such regulations if such agency has not done so within the time period specified herein; or (2) to set aside agency regulations that are not in accord with the requirements of this title and to require the promulgation of regulations that are in accord with such requirements. Gives the district courts of the United States jurisdiction to enforce the requirements of this title by declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, or otherwise. Provides that such actions shall be brought in the district wherein the plaintiff resides, or has his principal place of business, or where the agency in question has its headquarters. Sets forth provisions governing ex parte communications in agency proceedings.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Title I: Nurse Training Act - Nurse Training Act - Provides for appropriations authorizations in the areas of construction assistance under the Public Health Service Act. Authorizes assistance under such Act in the expanding of the capacities of nursing schools to provide graduate training. Extends the Financial Distress Grant Program under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet operational costs required to maintain quality educational programs or which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements. Provides that any such grant may be made upon such terms as the Secretary determines to be reasonable and necessary, including requirements that the school agree: (1) to disclose any financial information or data deemed by the Secretary to be necessary to determine the sources or causes of that school's financial distress; (2) to conduct a comprehensive cost analysis study in cooperation with the Secretary; and (3) to carry out appropriate operational and financial reforms on the basis of information obtained in the course of the comprehensive cost analysis study or on the basis of other relevant information. Requires the Secretary to consult with the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training in acting upon applications for grants under this title. Authorizes appropriation for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to meet the costs of advanced nurse training programs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Extends the Student Loan Program under the Act. Directs the Secretary to determine on a continuing basis: (1) the supply of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses with advanced training or graduate degrees, as well as other nursing personnel; (2) their distribution; and (3) the current and future requirements for such nurses. Title II: Health Revenue Sharing and Health Services: - Special Health Revenue Sharing Act - Health Revenue Sharing and Health Services Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants under the Public Health Service Act to State health and mental health authorities to assit in meeting the costs of providing comprehensive public health services. Family Planning and Population Research Act - Extends the appropriations authorizations for the Family Planning Programs under the Public Health Service Act. Authorizes grants for research in the biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral, and program implementation fields related to family planning and population. Authorizes grants for planning community mental health center programs. Authorizes financial distress grants for the operation of community mental health centers. Directs the Secretary to establish within the National Institute of Mental Health a National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape. Directs the Secretary to provide for a continuing study and investigation of: (1) the effectiveness of existing Federal, State, and local laws dealing with rape; (2) the relationship, if any, between traditional legal and social attitudes toward sexual roles, the act of rape, and the formulation of laws dealing with rape; (3) the treatment of the victims of rape by law enforcement agencies, hospitals or other medical institutions, prosecutors, and the courts; and (4) the causes of rape. Directs the Secretary to assist community mental health centers and other entities in conducting research and demonstration projects concerning the control and prevention of rape. Community Mental Health Centers Act - Requires the Secretary to formulate a five-year plan for the extension of mental health services. Revises provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to the establishment of migrant health centers, providing highest priority for assistance in areas where the largest migratory worker populations reside. Enumerates the criteria for applications for migrant health center grants and authorizes appropriations for such grants. Defines the term "community health center" as used in this title. States that such term means an entity which, either through its staff and supporting resources or through contracts or cooperative arrangements with other public or private entities, provides: (1) primary health services; (2) as may be appropriate for particular centers, supplemental health services necessary for the adequate support of primary health services; (3) referral to providers of supplemental health services and payment, as appropriate and feasible, for their provision of such services; (4) as may be appropriate for particular centers, environmental health services, and (5) information on the availability and proper use of health services. Provides for grants for projects to plan and develop community health centers which will serve medically underserved populations and authorizes appropriations for such grants. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Committee on Mental Health and Illness of the Elderly to make a study of and recommendations respecting: (1) the future needs for mental health facilities, manpower, research, and training to meet the mental health care needs of elderly persons, (2) the appropriate care of elderly persons who are in mental institutions or who have been discharged from such institutions, and (3) proposals for implementing the recommendations of the 1971 White House Conference on Aging respecting the mental health of the elderly. Directs the Secretary to establish a temporary commission to be known as the Commission for the Control of Epilepsy and Its Consequences. Enumerates the duties of the Commission including to: (1) make a comprehensive study of the state of the art of medical and social management of epilepsy in the United States; and (2) investigate and make recommendations concerning the proper roles of Federal and State Governments and national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Directs the Secretary to establish a temporary commission to be known as the Commission for the Control of Huntington's Disease and Its Consequences. Makes it the duty of the Commission to: (1) make a comprehensive study of the state of the art of medical and social management of Huntington's disease in the United States; (2) investigate and make recommendations concerning the proper roles of Federal and State Governments and national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with Huntington's disease; (3) develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of Huntington's disease and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data and information available on the disorder; and (4) transmit to the President and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act a report detailing the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with recommendations for legislation and appropriations, as it deems advisable. Provides for the establishment of comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and treatment centers and blood-separation centers.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Repeals provisions of Federal law establishing the Assateague Island National Seashore in the States of Maryland and Virginia relating to the authority to establish suitable overnight and other public accommodations within the Assateague Island National Seashore.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Provides for the expansion of the Antietam National Battlefield Site in the State of Maryland. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to identify and acquire lands which comprised the Antietam Battlefield site. Establishes an Antietam National Battlefield Park Advisory Commission to assist the Secretary in developing policies and programs pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, an exclusion from income taxation for income of condominium housing associations, homeowner associations, and cooperative housing corporations operated for the management, maintenance, landscaping, and repair of common areas and dwellings.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that real property which is farmland, woodland, or open land and forms part of an estate may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value as farmland, woodland, or open land (rather than at its fair market value). Provides that real property which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value for its existing use. Provides for the revocation of such lower valuation and recapture of unpaid tax with interest upon the conversion, sale, or rezoning of such property for another use.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act - Repeals the provision of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 which limits units of local government to use funds received under such Act only for priority expenditures. Authorizes the appropriation to the State and Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund of $6,650,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and of $1,7000,000,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1977, and ending September 30, 1977. Authorizes appropriations based upon the Federal adjusted gross income to such Fund for the fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1977. Defines the term Federal adjusted gross income for purposes of such Act. Removes the penalty payment provision under the Act which requires units of local governments to pay over to the Secretary of the Treasury amounts equal to 110 percent of amounts expended out of their trust funds in violation of the provisions of such Act. Extends entitlement periods under such Act to the period beginning July 1, 1977, and ending September 30, 1977, and the one-year periods beginning October 1, 1977 and all subsequent years.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President. Provides that each voter shall cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. States that the persons joined as candidates for President and Vice President having the greatest number of votes shall be elected President and Vice President, if such number be at least 40 percent of the total number of votes cast. Stipulates that if, after such election, none of the persons joined as candidates for President and Vice President is elected, the Congress shall assemble in special session and choose immediately, from the two pairs of persons joined as candidates for President and Vice President who received the highest numbers of votes cast in the election, one such pair by ballot. States that the Congress may by law provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice-President-elect.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
Prohibits the breeding, training, and interstate shipment of dogs intended to be used in dogfights for the purposes of sport, wagering or entertainment. Prohibits the manufacture, sale or movement of equipment to be used in shows involving dogfights, and the providing of facilities for such shows. Forbids the use of the Postal Service, telephone, telegraph, radio, and television for the purpose of promoting such shows. Provides a fine of not more than $25,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and forfeiture of dogs and equipment involved, for violation of this Act. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 48).
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