United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Export Administration and Foreign Boycott Amendments Act - Title I: Export Administration Improvements and Extension - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to extend the authority granted by such Act to September 30, 1977. Requires that appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1969 be specifically authorized by Congress for each fiscal year after October 1, 1977. Revises the criteria for imposition of export controls for national security purposes. Eliminates the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to assign priority to such controls. Revises the authority of the President to impose export controls for national security purposes without regard to the availability of the controlled articles from sources other than the United States in order to require the President to predicate the imposition of controls on articles available from other sources upon a determination that absence of such a control would be detrimental to the national security of the United States. Revises the policy for control of exports for national security purposes under such Act to redefine "controlled country" as a country to which exports are restricted for national security or foreign policy purposes, rather than as a Communist country. Amends such Act to permit agricultural commodities purchased by or for a foreign country to remain in the United States free of quantitative limitations on exports relating to domestic supply and inflationary impact, upon approval by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, and under regulations for such export which the Secretary of Commerce is herein authorized to issue. Permits Congressional disapproval of any action by the President under such regulations to prohibit or curtail agricultural exports. Specifies that any export license application under such Act shall be deemed approved within 90 days of its receipt unless disapproved or unless the applicant is notified that additional time is required for the decision. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to require persons agreeing to transfer technical data or other information to any controlled country to furnish information with respect to such agreement to the Secretary of Commerce, under regulations promulgated to monitor the effects of such transfers. Directs the Secretary to study technical data exports and their effects upon the national security or foreign policy of the United States, and to submit a report of such study to Congress. Amends such Act to exclude petroleum products refined in United States Foreign-Trade Zones, or Guam, from foreign crude oil export controls to prevent excessive drain of scarce materials except if the Secretary of Commerce finds that such products are in short supply and issues regulations herein authorized to limit such exports. Prohibits the exportation of horses by sea for slaughter. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to account for technical assistance and technical advisory committees in semiannual reports to Congress under such Act. Requires the Secretary to review regulations under such Act in order to report to Congress on simplification of such regulations. Increases the terms of persons on such committees. Increases the fine for violations of such Act to $25,000 for the first offense and to $50,000 for a subsequent offense. Increases the fine for prohibited exports to Communist-dominated nations to $50,000. Increases the civil penalty for such violation of such Act to $10,000. Permits suspension of the payment of export licensing penalties for a probationary period. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to stipulate that such Act shall not be construed as authority for withholding information from Congress. Requires the President to make every reasonable effort to reduce aid to international terrorists before resorting to export controls for that purpose. Amends the requirements for reports to Congress and to the President under such Act by appropriate departments or agencies to specify information to be included in such reports and to require semiannual rather than quarterly reports. Requires a special report to Congress by the President on multilateral export controls, and a special report to Congress by the Secretary of Commerce with respect to modification of unilateral and multilateral export control lists. Requires any employee of the Department of Commerce performing functions under the Export Administration Act to disclose interests affected by such Act. Imposes civil penalties for violation of this requirement. Title II: Foreign Boycotts - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to direct the President to promulgate regulations: (1) to prohibit any United States person from supporting any boycott by a foreign country against any country friendly to the United States; and (2) to require the reporting of requests for such compliance to the Secretary of Commerce. Permits the suspension or revocation of the authority of any United States person to export as a penalty for violation of such regulations. Title III: Exports of Nuclear Material and Technology - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to regulate the export of nuclear material, equipment, and devices. Requires any agreement for such export to meet specified criteria with respect to reprocessing provisions and inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Directs the Secretary of State to seek inclusion of such requirements in agreements made prior to this Act and to seek periodic reports on the status of inventories of plutonium, U233, and enriched uranium possessed under such agreements by non-nuclear weapons parties which are not subject to International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. Prohibits issuance of nuclear export licenses unless the recipient country has agreed that such export will not be used for any nuclear explosive device. Specifies conditions under which nuclear materials, exported under such agreements, may be reprocessed. Declares it the sense of Congress that the President should seek international agreements regulating the use and transfer of nuclear materials. Requires the President to study the extent to which United States training of foreign nationals in nuclear engineering and related fields contributes to nuclear proliferation. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the construction, operation, or supply of nuclear powerplants.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act - Title I: Establishment of Goals, Planning, and General Economic Policies - Amends the Employment Act of 1946 to declare that all adult Americans able, willing, and seeking work have the right to useful paid employment at fair rates of compensation. States that, in moving toward the goal of full employment, it shall be an objective to maintain trends in the ratio of private employment to civilian public employment and that the first priority is to expand conventional private jobs through policies made available under this Act. Directs the President in each annual Economic Report to recommend numerical goals for employment, production, and purchasing power, as well as policies to support these goals and achieve balanced growth and full employment. Requires the preparation of a Full Employment and Balanced Growth Plan, prepared with the assistance of Economic Advisers and in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget. Requires that such plan set forth foreseeable social and economic goals; provide estimates of unmet social and economic needs; identify available and needed resources; and contain long-term economic goals including: (1) full employment goals set at the number of jobs to be provided in order to reduce unemployment to the minimum level of functional unemployment consistent with efficient job search and labor mobility, (2) full production goals set at levels of output estimated to be yielded by achievement of full employment goals, and (3) full purchasing power goals set at levels estimated to be necessary for attaining and maintaining full employment and production while contributing to an equitable distribution of purchasing power. States that in achieving such goals the President shall include the objective of holding the annual rate of price increases to levels consistent with reasonable price stability. Requires the full employment goal to be consistent with an adult unemployment rate not in excess of three percent. Requires that the plan propose priority policies and programs to support full employment and balanced growth and enumerates sectors of the economy to be included in such policies and programs. Directs the President to submit proposals improving the efficiency and economy of the Federal Government. Requires the Presidents' Budget and Economic Report to set forth the level and composition of Federal expenditures, tax policy, and monetary policy consistent with and in promotion of the goals and policies contained in this Act. Directs the Federal Reserve Board to report to the President and Congress, identifying the extent to which the Federal Reserve will support the economic goals recommended by the President. Stipulates that each Economic Report contain a comprehensive set of anti-inflation policies to supplement monetary and fiscal policy. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Full Employment and Balanced Growth to advise and assist the Council of Economic Advisers. Directs the Council of Economic Advisers to prepare the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Plan and to consult with the Advisory Committee. Title II: Countercyclical, Structural, and Youth Employment Policies - Directs the President to transmit to Congress within 90 days after the enactment of this Act a proposal, together with necessary legislation, establishing permanent supplementary employment policies and programs required to reduce high unemployment arising from cyclical movements in the economy. Specifies types of programs which should be considered by the President in establishing component parts of such proposal and the means to be utilized in coordinating them. Requires the President to transmit to Congress within such period legislation creating a permanent grant program related to the stabilization and needed growth of State and local budgets. Directs the President to transmit to Congress within 180 days after the enactment of this Act (1) a comprehensive regional and structural employment proposal designed to reduce chronic underutilization of human and capital resources in certain areas of the country and in groups within the labor force, and (2) legislation providing institutional means to encourage public and private investment in areas with substantial unemployment and to provide an alternative source of capital funds for local and State governments to finance public facilities. Directs the President to transmit to Congress legislation creating a comprehensive youth employment program which utilizes existing resources and facilities and provides additional employment programs. Directs the President to provide job opportunities through reservoirs of federally operated public employment projects and approved private nonprofit employment projects to the extent that willing, able adults are not otherwise provided job opportunities. Establishes, within the Department of Labor, a Full Employment Office to assist in creating such employment opportunities. Directs the President to transmit to Congress a proposal, together with such legislation as is necessary, on how the income maintenance and employment policies can be integrated to insure that employment is substituted for income maintenance to the maximum extent feasible. Title III: Policies and Procedures for Congressional Review - Requires the Joint Economic Committee to carry out overall review of executive branch policies under this Act. Requires the Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives to review the fiscal policy, economy in government policies, and Federal budget priorities recommended by the President. Requires the Joint Economic Committee to review and make recommendations to Congress on annual numerical goals for employment, production, and purchasing power proposed by the President. Provides for Congressional review of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Plan, including reports to the Joint Economic Committee from the standing committees of Congress on matters that relate to the plan, public hearings before the Joint Economic Committee, and consideration of State and local views on the plan. Establishes a Division of Full Employment and Balanced Growth within the Congressional Budget Office to assist the Joint Economic Committee in the discharge of its duties under this Act. Provides that the provisions of this title, with specified exceptions, be incorporated into the rules of the House of Representatives and Senate, respectively. Title IV: General Provisions - Makes general provisions with respect to nondiscrimination, labor standards, and authorizations of appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to 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. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast for such offices. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest numbers of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to 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 · 10 January 1977
Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act - Allows an income tax credit for 30 percent of the expenditures not exceeding $750 which the taxpayer paid or incurred during the taxable year for the installation of insulation or energy-conserving components which improve heating plant efficiency in his principal residence. Limits the application of this credit to expenditures paid or incurred for installations made between 1976 and 1982 in pre-existing dwellings. Allows an income tax credit for 40 percent of the first $1,000, and a secondary credit for 25 percent of the next $6,400 paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the installation of qualified solar, wind and geothermal energy equipment in his principal residence. Allows an income tax credit for 20 percent of the first $1,000, and a secondary credit for 12.5 percent of the next $6,400 paid or incurred for the installation of wood stove, heat pump, or burner equipment in connection with new solar, wind or geothermal energy equipment which will be the principal source of space heat in the taxpayer's principal residence. Reduces these limitations in subsequent tax years by subtracting the amounts taken into account for these credits in previous tax years. Limits these credits to equipment installed between 1976 and 1982 in the case of solar, geothermal or wind energy equipment, and between 1976 and 1979 for other equipment unless the expenditures are obligated under a binding contract concluded before the end of that period. Prorates each of the above credits for residential improvements among joint owners and cooperative shareholders according to their proportionate interests in the residential property. Provides for the carryover of any allowable credit which exceeds the taxpayer's current income tax liability. Allows an investment tax credit for 20 percent of the qualified investment cost of depreciable geothermal, solar or wind energy equipment placed in service between 1976 and 1980. Provides an investment tax credit for ten percent of the qualified investment costs of wind, solar and geothermal energy equipment placed in service between 1980 and 1982, and of depreciable insulation placed in service between 1976 and 1980. Allows such a credit for 12 percent of the qualified costs of depreciable waste and organic fuel conversion equipment which is placed in service between 1976 and 1980. Provides that the qualified investment in such equipment shall be: one-third of the cost of equipment having a useful life of three to five years; two-thirds of the cost of equipment having a useful life of five to seven years; and 100 percent of the cost of equipment having a useful life longer than seven years. Allows an additional investment credit for expenditures by certain corporations with employee stock plans. Allows an income tax deduction for 22 percent of the gross income from a taxpayer's geothermal energy property after excluding rent or royalties paid in respect of the property. Limits this deduction to 50 percent of the taxable income from such property. Provides that the deduction shall be equitably apportioned between the lessor and lessee of such property. Treats the life tenants of geothermal property as the absolute owners thereof for the purposes of this deduction. Apportions the allowable deduction between the beneficiaries of estates and trusts according to their proportionate interests in the estate or trust income. Disallows any depletion or exploration deductions for the production of geothermal energy. Makes costs incurred for air conditioners or heating units placed in service predominantly for purposes of human comfort ineligible for the investment tax credit. Defines each type of equipment for which credits are allowable under this Act, providing that such equipment must: (1) have a useful life of at least three years; (2) have its original use commence with the taxpayer (with the exception of waste and organic fuel conversion equipment); and (3) meet specified performance criteria to be established by the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Energy Administration, or the Environmental Protection Agency. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make a comprehensive study and report to the President and Congress, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on the proper role of the Federal Government in encouraging the recycling of solid waste materials through tax incentives and other devices.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Civil Rights Improvements Act - Declares the right to enjoy one's reputation as a right secured by the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment for purposes of provisions authorizing civil suits against persons depriving others under color of law of their constitutional and Federal statutory rights. Renders a State, unit of local government, or agency thereof, liable for damages and subject to injunctions for acts of its agents which result in the deprivation of such rights if: (1) the official directly responsible for the employee who committed such violation either directed or encouraged the violation or failed to act to remedy a pervasive pattern of unconstitutional or unlawful conduct by the employee; or (2) the party seeking relief establishes that one or more government officers engaged in grossly negligent conduct in violation of his rights but cannot identify, or prove causation with regard to, any such officer. Renders a prosecuting officer of a State, municipality, or other unit of local government liable for damages or subject to an injunction for failure to disclose to the defendant in any criminal proceeding, upon the request of such defendant or his counsel, all material evidence which such officer knows or reasonably should know is exculpatory to the defendant. Prohibits a Federal court from refusing to proceed in a civil action for the deprivation of civil rights by persons acting under color of law on the ground that either: (1) the action contains an undecided issue of State law the resolution of which could make unnecessary a decision on the Federal issues; or (2) the plaintiff has failed to exhaust State remedies. Prohibits, except under extraordinary circumstances, a Federal court from proceeding in a civil action for the deprivation of civil rights by a person acting under color of law if there is pending in a State or local court a criminal action against the plaintiff based on the same facts. Authorizes the Federal court to enjoin such a criminal action if such a civil action is pending at the time of its institution. Prohibits a Federal court from refusing to hear a civil action for the deprivation of constitutional or Federal statutory rights by persons acting under color of law or res judicata or collateral estoppel grounds based upon State or local proceedings, but limits relief which a Federal court may grant under such circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Continuing Education in Science and Engineering Act - Authorizes the National Science Foundation to initiate a program of continuing education for individuals with scientific and engineering training who (1) have been engaged in their careers for at least three years; or (2) have had their careers interrupted for at least three years. Requires such program to be designed to provide such persons: (1) with new knowledge and abilities in their special fields; or (2) with knowledge and abilities in other fields enabling them to make a more valuable contribution to the nation. Directs such program to include but not be limited to: (1) the development of special curriculums and education techniques; and (2) the awarding of fellowships to enable persons with scientific and technical training to pursue continued education. Establishes guidelines for the allocation of fellowships. Authorizes the Foundation to contract for the development of courses and curriculums specially designed for its continuing education program.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the application of the Tax Reform Act's elimination of the sick pay exclusion for persons who have not retired on total disability, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Standards and Conduct Resolution - Title I: Provisions Relating to the Select Committee on Standard and Conduct - Amends the resolution creating the Select Committee on Standards and Conduct of the Senate to give the Senate power to appoint members of the committee in accordance with the Standing Rules of the Senate. Limits to six consecutive years the length of service of any Member on the committee. Specifies the composition of the six-member committee based on length of service in the Senate. Makes it a duty of the select committee: (1) to receive complaints and investigate violations of any Code of Conduct applicable to Members, officers or employees of the Senate; and (2) to examine all financial statements filed pursuant to this Resolution, and report to the Senate any person who has filed a statement containing any false statement or any person who has failed to file a statement. Sets forth standards for the investigation of complaints filed with the select committee. Requires each complaint to be in writing. Requires a prompt investigation of all complaints. Sets forth procedures to assure the consideration of a complaint on which no action was taken for the first 30-working days after submission. Prohibits a Member from participating in the investigation of his or her own conduct. Provides for the appointment of a substitute for a disqualified select committee member. Authorizes the select committee to employ a counsel, assistant counsel, and investigators. Title II: Financial Disclosure Requirements - Requires each individual who for a period in excess of 90 days during a calendar year is a Senator or an officer or employee of the Senate and is compensated at an annual rate in excess of $20,000 to file a complete financial statement for the preceding year. Requires individuals who seek nomination for or election to the Senate to file a report containing a complete financial statement for the preceding year. Specifies the following information to be disclosed in a financial statement: (1) the amount and source of each item of income, or reimbursement, and each gift or aggregate thereof from a single source which exceeds $100 in amount or value; (2) the fair market value of any item received in kind if such value exceeds $500; (3) the identity and category of value of each asset other than household goods, jewelry, furniture, or personal vehicle having a value in excess of $1,000; (4) the identity and category of amount of each liability owed in excess of $1,000; (5) the identity and category of value of any securities or commodities transaction in excess of $1,000; (6) the identity and category of value of any real estate transaction in excess of $1,000; (7) any patent right held; and (8) a description of any agreement between the person filing the statement and any other person concerning employment after filing the individual's term of office. Requires officers and employees of the Senate to report the identity of any person who paid such officer or employee compensation in excess of $5,000 in any of the five years before the calendar year of filing. Sets forth increments of value to be used in stating categories of value or amount of property or financial dealings. Directs the select committee to make available to the public each report filed with it. Sets forth exceptions to this requirement. Title III: Code of Conduct - Directs the select committee to recommend to the Senate a Code of Conduct for Members of the Senate. Specifies areas for the select committee to consider when developing such Code.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1976
Federal Insurance Act - Establishes a Federal Insurance Administration within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to be headed by an Administrator: (1) authorized to issue Federal charters for carrying on the business of insurance to corporations deemed to be eligible based on the capital and surplus of such corporations and other organizational criteria required by the Administrator, and contingent upon majority stockholder or policyholder approval, such charters preempting and terminating any State charter except for purposes of corporate existence; and (2) required to prescribe rules and regulations governing the conduct of the insurers, including the payment of a guaranty fee, maintenance of reserves, control of assets, performance of obligations, production of official records, and corporate reorganization schemes, and to establish an "early warning system" for detection of financial instability of such corporations. Exempts such insurers from any State laws involving reserves, assumption of obligations in the event of insolvency of other persons, regulation of investments and fixing of rates. Limits the State tax liability of such insurers to an amount no greater than the tax imposed upon an equal amount of gross or net premiums of the least taxed insurer organized under the laws of any State. Specifies the types of assets in which such insurers are permitted to invest capital and surplus or guaranty funds, and limits the percent of the total policyholder obligation permitted to be invested in certain assets. Grants the Administrator supervisory powers over persons participating in the conduct of affairs of such insurer, including authority to: (1) issue and serve upon such person or insurer notice of charges of violation of this Act or rules promulgated thereunder, such notice to contain a statement of relevant facts and the time of hearing on whether a cease and desist order should issue; (2) issue a temporary cease and desist order in certain circumstances; and (3) suspend or prohibit from further participation in the affairs of the insurer any officer, director, or participating person if such action is deemed necessary for protection of the corporation or the interests of its policyholders. Confers jurisdiction over all proceedings under this Act to the United States district courts and courts of appeals of the United States in the district or circuit in which the principal place of business of the insurer is located or, in some cases, in the District of Columbia. Authorizes the Administrator to make loans to federally chartered insurers to facilitate a merger between two such insurers or a sale of assets or assumption of liabilities of a financially unsound insurer by another insurer for the purpose of averting a loss to the Federal Insurance Fund. Permits the Administrator to institute proceedings to revoke such a charter and dissolve such insurer upon a determination that such insurer cannot pay claims when due. Guarantees that any insurance obligation incurred by a federally chartered insurer shall, upon default, be met by proceeds in the Federal Insurance Fund, established by this Act and paid into by such insurers. Prohibits the Administrator from approving mergers or consolidations or any surrender or amendment of a Federal charter if such action would have an adverse impact on the insurance industry. Requires the Administrator to consult with the Attorney General before approving any merger or reorganization, except in cases of imminent insolvency or default. Transfers to the Federal Insurance Administration all functions, powers, and duties conferred upon the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to title XII of the National Housing Act (the Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968), title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, and the Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1976
Condemns the murders of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffit and the serious injury of Michael Moffitt. Urges a complete and thorough investigation by Federal authorities of the circumstances surrounding the bombing.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1976
Expresses the Senate's gratitude to Mike Mansfield of Montana for his participation in the Government and his service on behalf of the Nation's people.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1976
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to provide that provisions thereof declaring that no person shall be eligible for benefits under such title with respect to any month if for such month he is an inmate of a public institution, shall not apply to individuals staying in a publicly operated community residence which serves no more than 16 residents. Repeals provisions of title XVI which reduce payments made under such title by an amount equal to the amount of any payment made by a State on account of care provided by an institution to such individual as an inpatient of such institution. Directs the States to establish or designate one or more State or local authorities which shall establish, maintain, and insure the enforcement of standards for any category of institution, foster homes, or group living arrangements.
United States · United States Congress · 27 August 1976
Designates the extension of the Senate Office Building presently under construction pursuant to the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973, as the "Philip A. Hart Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1976
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, in determining the value of the house of an applicant for benefits under such Title, to take into account the current market price of homes in the area in which the applicant's home is located.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1976
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to provide that the limitation of benefits imposed thereunder on a beneficiary who is a patient in a hospital, extended care facility, nursing home, or intermediate care facility will not be applied until the beneficiary has been in such a hospital, home, or facility for at least three months.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1976
Young Families' Housing Act - Equity Adjusted Mortgage Insurance Act - Amends the National Housing Act to establish a FHA - insured mortgage instrument which would reduce mortgage payments during the first year after the execution of the mortgage, and provides for subsequent adjustments thereafter. Sets eligibility requirements for equity adjusted mortgage insurance. Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid in cash into an individual housing account. Limits annual tax deductions to $2,500 and lifetime deductions to $10,000. Makes provisions for tax treatment upon distribution of such account. Exempts individual housing accounts from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code. Defines individual housing account for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1976
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt farming, silviculture, ranching, and emergency construction activities from permit requirements for discharge of dredge or fill material. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to issue general permits for discharges of dredged or fill material for activities which have a minimal adverse environmental impact.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1976
Commercial Fisheries Improvement Fund Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make long-term, low interest, incentive loans for investment in fisheries shoreside facilities for underutilized fisheries and fishing vessels for underutilized fisheries. Sets forth the terms for such loans. Requires the Secretary, before approving a loan for the purchase of a new or used vessel, to determine that the applicant's comtemplated operation of such vessel in a fishery will not cause economic hardship or injury to efficient vessels already operating in that fishery. Directs that loans pursuant to this Act shall be made only to citizens or nationals of the United States. Provides that no corporation, partnership, or association organized under the laws of American Samoa shall be deemed a national of the United States unless 75 percent of the interest therein is owned by nationals or citizens of the United States. Establishes in the U.S. Treasury a Commercial Fisheries Improvement Fund which shall be used by the Secretary as a fund from which to make loans under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $250,000,000 to provide initial capital for all loans under this Act. Repeals provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 which provide loans for financing or refinancing of the cost of purchasing, constructing, equipping, maintaining, repairing, or operating commercial fishing vessels or gear. Directs that any outstanding loans made under such provisions shall be handled in accordance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1976
Urges all American citizens to fly the flag daily during the period between Flag Day and Independence Day to honor America and to commemorate the Bicentennial.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1976
National Health Insurance for Mothers and Children Act - Title I: General Provisions and Administration - Entitles every individual who is a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and who is a child or who is pregnant, to have payment made for health care services received by such individual in accordance with this Act. Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Maternal and Child Health Board. Directs the Board to continuously study the operation of this Act and the most effective methods of providing comprehensive personal health services to mothers and children. Requires the Board to report annually to Congress on its activities. Establishes a National Maternal and Child Health Council to advise the Board on matters of general policy, study the operation of this Act, and recommend changes it deems advisable. Title II: Nature and Scope of Benefits - Sets forth procedures to be used in determining whether institutions are qualified health services providers under this Act. Includes within covered professional services: (1) preventive children's health services; and (2) professional services for the diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation following injury, disability, or disease. Includes within covered inpatient hospital services: (1) emergency medical care for children; (2) inpatient services for a child 12 years of age or older in a qualified hospital; and (3) child inpatient services in a qualified nursing home. Includes the following services within the coverage of this Act: (1) rehabilative services, encompassing physical therapy and speech therapy; (2) social services; and (3) mental health services, encompassing psychiatric and psychological services furnished to a child in a qualified facility. Includes within the coverage drugs and biologicals prescribed for a child who is not an inpatient in a nursing home or hospital if such drug or biological is prescribed to be taken for longer than four weeks. Includes within coverage devices, appliances, and equipment, the dispensing of such devices for the correction of a child's vision or hearing, and the dispensing of such devices as are necessary for the treatment or rehabilitation of a child following injury, disability, or disease. Includes within maternity coverage: (1) professional services for the diagnosis and treatment of pregnancy and related medical problems; (2) inpatient hospital services for care during pregnancy and for 12 weeks after the pregnancy's termination; (3) diagnostic services performed by a qualified pathology laboratory during such time period; (4) drugs and biologicals prescribed during such time period for a woman not an inpatient in a nursing home or hospital if such drug or biological is prescribed to be taken for more than four weeks; and (5) devices, appliances and equipment for treatment of a woman for any pregnancy-related condition during such time period. Directs the Board to arrange for the furnishing of covered medical services to individuals who reside in a medically underserved area or who, because of poverty, discrimination, or cultural barriers, are determined by the Board to suffer higher risk of infant and maternal mortality. Includes within coverage of such individuals, transportation to and from the place where medical services are furnished, care of dependents while such individuals are being furnished medical services, and social outreach services to inform such individuals about services available under this Act. Title III: Administration and Method of Payment of Benefits - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into contracts with carriers to perform some or all of specified administrative functions. Stipulates that payments for covered services may be made only to: (1) the person furnishing such services; (2) the employer of such person; or (3) the facility in which such services were provided. Directs the Secretary to pay 100 percent of the full payment amount for covered services in specified circumstances and to pay 90 percent of that amount in all other cases. Allows the Board, upon determining that a person furnishing covered services under this Act has substantially or consistently violated requirements under this title, to prohibit the making of any payments under this Act for a period not to exceed one year. Requires an individual requesting payment under this Act to: (1) display public notice of participation in the program; and (2) inform each patient of the amount of any copayment the patient must make for covered services, prior to furnishing such services. Requires the Board to approve for each fee payment area a schedule of the amount of payments to be made under this Act for the furnishing of covered professional services. Directs the Board to designate for each fee payment area a non-profit fee payment board, to submit to the Board a proposed fee payment schedule, and to propose annual revisions. Permits persons adversely affected by the Board's approval or disapproval of a fee payment schedule to seek review in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Directs that payments be made on a timely basis for covered institutional services. Requires qualified institutions requesting payment under this Act to: (1) display public notice of their participation in the program; and (2) inform each patient of the amount of any copayment the patient must make for covered services, prior to furnishing covered services. Directs the Board to make available to the public the name, address, and telephone number of each dispenser of drugs and devices covered under this Act. Requires dispensers to display public notice of their participation in the program and to inform patients of any copayment that must be made for any drugs and devices furnished under this Act. Directs the Board to publish annually a schedule of the wholesale cost of covered drugs and devices commonly dispensed under this Act. Title IV: Comprehensive Maternal and Child Health Practice - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts with public and private entities for projects: (1) studying the feasibility of developing and operating comprehensive maternal and child health practices or of expanding the operation of existing practices; and (2) establishing or expanding comprehensive maternal and child practices. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee to non-Federal lenders payment of the principal of and the interest on loans made to private entities for such projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make private loans and loan guarantees for initial operations costs of comprehensive maternal and child health practices. Prohibits the approval of an application for a loan guarantee unless the Secretary determines that the loan terms, conditions, security, and schedule are sufficient to protect the financial interests of the United States and are otherwise reasonable. Establishes in the Treasury a loan guarantee fund and a loan fund to be available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation for the purposes set forth in this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts in fiscal years 1978 through 1980 for the purpose of making grants and contracts under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make available medical malpractice reinsurance for claims exceeding $100,000 brought against a comprehensive maternal and child health practice. Authorizes the Secretary to institute litigation to recover from any insurer the amount of any unpaid premium lawfully payable by such insurer to the Secretary. Requires each insurer reinsured under these provisions to file with the Secretary: (1) a copy of each annual statement filed with the insurance authority of the State; (2) information respecting claims asserted by insureds against comprehensive maternal and child health practices and reports of adverse medical incidents filed by such insureds. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private entities for projects to promote: (1) the teaching of students in health professional schools respecting alternative methods of delivering medical care; (2) the training of medical students in family medicine and general pediatrics; (3) programs wherein health professional schools provide support services to comprehensive maternal and child health practices serving special populations; (4) programs for training in the management of comprehensive maternal and child health care practices. Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to applications for assignment of National Health Corps personnel to practice in comprehensive maternal and child health practices. Title V: Financing the Maternal and Child Health Program - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose a maternal and child health care tax on employees, employers, and self-employed individuals. Creates on the books of the United States Treasury a Maternal and Child Health Trust Fund. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act in each fiscal year. Appropriates to the Fund for fiscal year 1976 and each fiscal year thereafter, amounts equivalent to the revenue from the maternal and child health care taxes. Authorizes the Managing Trustee of the Fund to accept and deposit into the Fund money, gifts, and bequests made unconditionally for the benefit of such Fund or any of its activities. Creates a body to be known as the Board of the Trustees of the Fund and designates the Secretary of the Treasury as Managing Trustee. Directs such Board to submit an annual report to Congress on the operation and status of the Fund. Charges the Managing Trustee with the duty of investing such portion of the Fund as is not required to meet current withdrawals. Title VI: Penalties, Effective Dates, and Technical Amendments - Makes it unlawful to make false statements, misrepresent material facts, or fraudulently conceal or fail to disclose material facts in connection with applications and payment requests under this Act. Makes it unlawful to solicit, offer, or receive kickbacks, bribes, or referral charge rebates in connection with services covered under this Act. Subjects violators to a fine of not more than $10,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Makes specified technical and conforming amendments to the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1976
Comprehensive Maternal and Child Health Practice Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and enter into contracts with public and private entities for projects: (1) studying the feasibility of developing and operating comprehensive maternal and child health practices or of expanding the operation of existing practices; and (2) establishing or expanding comprehensive maternal and child health practices. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee to non-Federal lenders payment of the principal of and the interest on loans made to private entities for such projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans and loan guarantees for initial operating costs of comprehensive maternal and child health practices. Prohibits the approval of an application for a loan guarantee unless the Secretary determines that the loan terms, conditions, security, and schedule are sufficient to protect the financial interests of the United States and are otherwise reasonable. Establishes in the United States Treasury a loan guarantee fund and a loan fund to be available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation for the purposes set forth in this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts in fiscal years 1978 through 1980 for the purpose of making grants and contracts authorized under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make available medical malpractice reinsurance for claims exceeding $100,000 brought against a comprehensive maternal and child health practice. Authorizes the Secretary to institute litigation to recover from any insurer the amount of any unpaid premium lawfully payable by such insurer to the Secretary. Requires each insurer reinsured under these provisions to file with the Secretary: (1) a copy of each annual statement filed with the insurance authority of the State; and (2) information respecting claims asserted by insureds against comprehensive maternal and child health practices and reports of adverse medical incidents filed by such insureds. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities for projects to promote: (1) the teaching of students in health professional schools respecting alternative methods of delivering medical care; (2) the training of medical students in family medicine and general pediatrics; (3) programs wherein health professional schools provide support services to comprehensive maternal and child health practices serving special populations; and (4) programs for training in the management of comprehensive maternal and child health care practices. Directs the Secretary to give special consideration to applications for assignment of National Health Corps personnel to practice in comprehensive maternal and child health practices.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1976
Directs that there be printed for the use of the Special Committee on aging 4,500 additional copies of its report to the Senate entitled "Fraud and Abuse Among Clinical Laboratories."
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1976
Expresses the condolences of the Senate of the United States on the death of the Honorable Torbert H. Macdonald, Representative from the State of Massachusetts. Appoints a committee of two Senators to attend the funeral.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1976
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to grant a six month extension on the due date of a Securities and Exchange Commission report to Congress on its investigation of the practice of recording the ownership of securities in a name other than that of the beneficial owner.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1976
Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to grant a six month extension, until June 30, 1977, on the due date of a Securities and Exchange Commission report to Congress on its study of the securities-related activities of banks.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1976
Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to perform such work as may be necessary to prevent further deterioration of historically significant sections of the Congressional Cemetery. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study for the purpose of formulating proposals for the renovation and maintenance of such areas by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1976
Equal Opportunity Enterprise Act - Title I: Amendments Affecting the Small Business Act - Amends the Small Business Act to establish the Office of Socially and Economically Disadvantaged- Owned Small Business Assistance Personnel in the Small Business Administration (S.B.A.) to work with all agencies of the Government having procurement powers in order to identify contracts suitable for disadvantaged American concerns and within each regional office of the S.B.A. to supervise and coordinate small business programs. Requires that such Personnel shall make semiannual reports to the Associate Administrator for Minority Small Business and Procurement Assistance concerning the allocation of procurement contracts. Directs the Administrator of the S.B.A. to appoint an Associate Administrator for Minority Small Business and Procurement Assistance. Increases the authorization for appropriations in the small business loan program and requires that not less than 15 percent of aggregate direct loans shall be made to minority small business concerns. Provides statutory standards for contracting and subcontracting by the United States with respect to minority businesses. Requires that the Administration of the S.B.A. shall report to Congress and the President concerning the development of minority small businesses. Authorizes $201,600,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 1977 for purposes of this title. Title II: Amendments to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 - Requires that a Utilization of Small Business Enterprises owned by Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Americans clause appear in specified Government contracts. Requires that specified Government contractors establish and conduct a Subcontracting Program for Business Enterprises Owned by Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Americans which includes: (1) designation of a liaison officer to administer the Contractor's program; (2) consideration of the potentialities of minority business enterprises in all "make or buy" decisions to provide materials or services; and (3) maintenance of records concerning procedures adopted and subcontracts awarded. Sets forth other preferences which will be extended to minority business enterprises. Title III: Committee on Federal Assistance to Minority Enterprise - Establishes the Committee on Federal Assistance to Minority Enterprise composed of 15 members to be appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate, from members of minority groups who are knowledgeable in minority participation in the economy. Provides for the compensation and terms of office of the members and the appointment of an Executive Director. Directs the Committee to develop methods for delivery of financial assistance to minority enterprises; for generating markets for goods and services; and for providing effective business education and technical assistance. Grants the Committee powers including: the holding of hearings, and information gathering from any Federal agency, in order to carry out the goals of this Act. Requires the Committee to submit semiannual reports to each House of Congress concerning its activities. Authorizes $748,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1976
Natural Gas Act Amendments - Amends the Natural Gas Act to terminate Federal Power Commission authority to directly regulate sales prices of new natural gas except for new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands. Stipulates that prices for onshore sales of new natural gas shall not exceed: (1) the ceiling price for sales of new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands; (2) $1.60 per Mcf as adjusted by the Commission; or (3) a ceiling rate established by any State for interstate sale and consumption. Stipulates that prices paid for natural gas in transactions between a natural gas company and its affiliates shall not exceed prices paid in comparable sales by persons not affiliated with any natural gas company. Directs the Federal Power Commission to conduct studies and make an annual independent estimate of proved and potential natural gas reserves. Requires that the Commission keep current information available relating to the natural gas industry. Establishes procedures for the establishment of ceiling prices for new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands. Authorizes the Commission to grant exemptions to price ceilings within certain high-cost production areas. Establishes procedures for adjustments to price ceilings established pursuant to this Act. Directs the Commission to prohibit the curtailment of adequate supplies of natural gas for essential agricultural purposes. Stipulates that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall extend to synthetic natural gas. Directs the Commission to prohibit the use of natural gas as boiler fuel where adequate alternatives are available. Authorizes exemptions from such prohibition where necessary to comply with pollution control or environmental protection and safety standards. Directs the Commission to impose a user charge on sales of natural gas for use as boiler fuel. Establishes procedures for the establishment and periodic revision of national ceiling prices for the sale of old natural gas in interstate commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1976
Expands the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Makes the suspension of the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire improved property within the park by condemnation where approved zoning ordinances are in effect contingent upon the Secretary being given the first opportunity to purchase such property. Revises provisions regarding retention of the right of use and occupancy by owners of improved property after such property has been acquired by the Secretary. Increases the membership of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Advisory Commission. Authorizes the appropriation of sums for acquisition of lands and interests in land and for development. Requires the Secretary to complete by the end of 1978 a final master plan detailing the development of the lakeshore. Details guidelines regarding rights-of-way and easements in lands added by this Act to the lakeshore and regarding the acquisition, improvement, and use of specified lands and easements not within the expanded boundaries.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1976
Electric Utility Rate Reform and Regulatory Improvement Act - Title I: General Provisions - Declares it the purpose of this Act to reform inequities in the structure of electric utility rates. Defines terms used in the Act. Title II: Utility Rate Reform - Defines terms as used in this title. Limits applicability of this title to sales of electric energy for purposes other than resale by an electric utility, where sales by such utility for purposes other than resale exceed 200 million kilowatt-hours during the second preceding calendar year. Imposes national minimum standards on utility rate structures, to be enforced by State regulatory authorities. Prohibits rate structures which allow lower rates for increased consumption without a showing that such lower rates actually reflect decreased costs. Authorizes State regulatory agencies to eliminate price differentials for residential users of subsistence quantities of electricity, unless the Governor of the State has determined that an adequate alternative means to alleviate the burden to low-income residential consumers has been implemented. Stipulates that promotional and advertising costs, with exceptions, may not be treated by a utility as an operating expense for purposes of rate determination. Requires evidentiary hearings by regulatory authorities on proposed rate increases. Restricts the use of automatic fuel adjustment clauses by requiring an annual review of the use of such clauses electric by utilities. Authorizes State regulatory authorities to prescribe variances upon application by electric consumers or utilities unduly hardshipped by the requirements of this title. Directs State authorities to prescribe load management techniques to reduce maximum kilowatt demand on electric utilities. Establishes procedures to be followed in determining marginal costs of services to electric consumers. Establishes an Electric Utility Ratemaking Assistance Office in the Federal Energy Administration to provide information and assistance with respect to ratemaking policies and procedures established by this Act. Title III: Financial Assistance to State Regulatory Authorities - Authorizes the Electric Utility Ratemaking Assistance Office (established by Title II of this Act) to make grants to State regulatory authorities for the following purposes: (1) to increase the quantity and quality of State regulatory staff; (2) to establish programs to meet Federal consumer representation requirements; and (3) to demonstrate innovative rate structures. Prescribes criteria for the allotment of funds to the States. Authorizes the appropriation of $30,000,000 in any fiscal year for grants to improve staffing. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000 for grants for consumer representation, and $5,000,000 for grants for rate structure innovation.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1976
Swimming Pool Safety Act - Provides that no Federal agency or recipient of Federal funds may acquire, build, or operate any outdoor inground swimming pool unless such pool is enclosed by a six-foot fence with self-latching gates and is equipped with at least one life ring and one rescue hook.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1976
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to reduce the customs duty for fish netting or fish nets of fabric other than cotton or vegetable fibers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1976
Establishes the National Commission on the Reform of Income Maintenance Programs. Defines the membership of the 18-member Commission. States that the Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare, and of Labor, individuals in private life, and Members of Congress shall be appointed to the Commission. Directs the Commission to develop and draft proposed legislation to reform existing social welfare laws and programs in accordance with the purposes of promoting economy, efficiency, and improved service in the delivery of social services, and of reducing fraud in the Federal income maintenance programs. Directs the Commission, in performing its function: (1) to hold public hearings, discussions, and meetings and receive such testimony as it deems necessary; (2) to study and analyze past and present social welfare policies and programs on the local, State, and Federal levels; (3) to consider the relationships among cash and in-kind income and job security programs, job creations, social services, and manpower programs; (4) to consult with persons knowledgeable in the development and administration of social welfare programs, including recipients of benefits; and (5) to regularly inform and consult with the relevant legislative committees of Congress and the relevant agencies of the executive branch. Directs the Commission to submit its recommendation to the appropriate Committees of Congress and to the President within one year of the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1976
Solar Energy Act - Title I: Findings, Policy, Purpose and Definitions - Declares it the policy of the United States to reduce national reliance on crude oil imports as an energy source by demonstrating the reliability of solar energy generation facilities. Title II: Solar Energy Fiscal Year 1977 Suggested Budget Outlays for Operating Expenses, Plant and Equipment, and Construction - Recommends budget outlays for fiscal year 1977 in the following areas: solar heating and cooling, agricultural and industrial process heat, solar-thermal electric, photovoltaic, ocean-thermal, wind, solar crop irrigation, resource assessment and technology utilization, and other areas of solar energy research. Includes recommended budget outlays for specific projects. Title III: Responsibilities of the Administration - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to direct the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to: (1) insure, to the maximum extent possible, that procurement under such Act be on a cost-sharing basis with private business; (2) consult with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration before granting or contracting of any demonstration projects under the Act; and (3) report to the President and the Congress by September 30, 1977 on the integration of existing electric utility systems with decentralized solar-electric generation systems.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1976
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States is willing to participate in efforts to provide financial assistance to Italy through the proposed OECD Special Financing Facility with the assistance of other friends and allies of Italy.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1976
Extends the expiration date of the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1975 to the end of fiscal year 1977. Amends the National Housing Act to place a ceiling on sales prices for each financed dwelling unit at an amount not to exceed the median purchase price for the local housing market area in which the property is located, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1976
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Radio Free Europe should be granted the same privileges granted to other news organizations concerning the Olympic games.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1976
Extends the authorization for contracts for annual contribution under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Authorizes an additional $850,000,000 to be appropriated in public housing contract authority for fiscal year 1977 and an additional $1,350,000,000 in such authority for fiscal year 1978 and beyond. Requires that at least $250,000,000 of the new public housing contract authority will be made available to finance the construction of new public housing units. Authorizes $60,000,000 to be appropriated for modernization of existing public housing units. Authorizes $600,000,000 per year to be appropriated for operating subsidies for conventional public housing.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1976
Housing for the Elderly Act - Increases by $2,500,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated under the Housing Act of 1959 for the loans for housing for the elderly program.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1976
Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend the rehabilitation loan program for two years. Limits the amount which may be loaned in fiscal year 1976 to $100,000,000. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000,000 prior to the close of fiscal year 1978 for such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1976
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to permit the payment of interest on demand deposits which consist of public funds of the United States or for a State or political subdivision or instrumentality of a State.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1976
Solar Energy Equipment Tax Credit Act - Allows a tax credit, under the Internal Revenue Code, in an amount equal to 25 percent of the qualified solar heating and cooling equipment expenditures paid during the taxable year, but not to exceed $8,000, for the application of solar energy to the taxpayer's principal residence. Prescribes rules for the utilization of such tax credit by taxpayers who jointly own a residence or who are tenant-stockholders in a cooperative housing corporation. Requires the solar energy equipment to meet the interim or definitive performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1976
Expresses the sense of the Senate concerning relations with the Soviet Union. Expresses the Senate's support of efforts to conclude agreements for the stabilization and reduction of the strategic military competition between the United States and the Soviet Union; to extend opportunities for diplomatic, economic and social initiatives between the United States and the Soviet Union; and to launch initiatives for an effort on the part of both nations to pursue a peaceful solution in areas of conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1976
Authorizes the Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States of America to provide facilities and services, including facilities for food and first aid, restrooms, and information, for visitors to the Capitol buildings and grounds. Authorizes the Joint Committee to enter into contracts and leases with public or private corporations or organizations or with individuals to provide, or assist in providing, such facilities and services. Provides that all sums received from the provision of facilities and services authorized by this Act shall be paid over to the Secretary of the Senate and be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1976
Expresses the sense of Congress that the negotiations between Southern Railway and Chessie System on one hand and railway labor organizations on the other should be resumed, with the assistance of the Secretaries of Labor and Transportation.
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