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331 records where Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
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.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1976
Antidiscrimination Act - Prohibits any affirmative action program required by law from prescribing (1) quotas, or (2) goals or objectives designed to establish quotas, or (3) programs designed to expand applicant pools and participation, regarding the statistical composition of any entity of a Federal contractor or grantee. Prohibits any court of the United States or Federal agency from making a finding of discrimination based solely on composition of a work force or membership. Prohibits such court or agency from granting relief unless an act of discrimination has been committed. Prohibits such court or agency from granting relief to enforce the establishment of quotas or goals designed to establish quotas. Prohibits any department of the Federal Government from requiring employers, labor organizations, Federal grantees, or contractors, to collect data regarding race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of employees or participants.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1976
Extends the period provided for acceptance of offers for sale made pursuant to the final system plan under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act. Extends the time provided for the delivery and filing of a certified copy of the final system plan to the special court established under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1976
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the appropriation of $7,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for the construction of waste treatment works.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1976
Federal Campaign Act Amendments - Limits expenditures from the personal funds of a candidate or his family to $50,000 for President or Vice President; $25,000 for a Senator; $10,000 for a Representative; and $100,000 for a party or political committee. Permits an adjustment for inflation to be added to the above limitations for any year after 1976. Repeals provisions which limit contribution to any candidate by a political committee. Allows any individual to make contributions not to exceed the aggregate amount of $100,000. Prohibits any candidate or political committee, officer, or agent from knowingly accepting any contribution made in violation of these provisions. Imposes a fine of not more than $25,000 or a sentence of not more than one year, or both, for such violations. Requires any candidate or political committee who receives any contribution greater than the following to disclose the source of such contribution: (1) $1,000 for election to the office of President; (2) $500 for election to the Senate; or (3) $250 for election to the House of Representatives. Requires every person who makes expenditures for communication that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,500 per year to file a statement with the Federal Election Commission. Allows for a four year adjustment for inflation of the above stated amounts. Makes it the duty of the treasurer of a political committee to keep a detailed record of the identification of every person making a contribution in excess of $100. Redefines the terms "contibution" and "political committee" for purposes of the Federal Campaign Act of 1971. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish the Federal Election Commission whose members are the Secretary of the Senate (ex offico), the Clerk of thr House (ex officio), and six members appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that no more than three members appointed by the President may be of the same political party. Enumerates the powers of the Federal Election Commission including: (1) certification of candidates for the receipt of funds; (2) compilation of a cumulative index of reports and statements filed with the Commission; and (3) preparation of an annual report containing breakdowns of reported contributions and expenditures. Establishes an Election Law Section in the Department of Justice to enforce Federal election laws. Provides for the appointment of a Director and Deputy Director of the Election Law Section. Empowers the Election Law Section to render advisory opinions as to whether a specific transaction or activity would be in violation of this Act or other Federal election laws. Authorizes the Election Law Section to prescribe guidelines and to conduct investigations and audits in order to facilitate the enforcement of such laws. Sets the expenditure limitations for Presidential candidates of: (1) $10,000,000 for a candidate seeking nomination for election to the office of President; and (2) $20,000,000 for a candidate seeking election to the office of President. States that expenditures made by or on behalf of any candidate nominated by a political party for election to the office of Vice President shall be considered to be expenditures made for election to the office of President. Provides for an inflation increase to be added to the expenditure limitations on an annual basis. Allows the national committee and the State committee of a political party to make expenditures in connection with the general election campaign of that candidate without reducing the amount which that candidate may spend. Restricts the national committee's spending to two cents multiplied by the voting age population of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Transfers from Federal to State courts jurisdiction to enter decrees requiring the transportation of students or teachers to carry out a plan of racial desegregation, when such cases arise within a State. Vests appellate jurisdiction of such cases in the Supreme Court of the United States by writ of certiorari from the highest State or territorial court exercising such jurisdiction. Terminates the order of any Federal court requiring the transportation of students and teachers to carry out a plan of racial desegregation. Directs any State court of appellate jurisdiction to assume jurisdiction of such cases upon application of a party.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Expresses the solidarity of the American people in efforts to enlarge human freedom by the participants in the second Brussels conference, February 17 to 19, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1976
Government Economy and Spending Reform Act - Title I: Authorizations of New Budget Authority - Terminates on specified dates budget authority for all Government programs except health care services, general retirement and disability insurance, and Federal employee retirement and disability programs which are funded by trust funds. Declares out of order in either the Senate or the House of Representatives any legislation which authorizes new budget authority not in compliance with this Act. Requires the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on the Budget of both Houses of Congress to identify each program's functional and subfunctional category (as so characterized in the Budget of the United States, Fiscal Year 1977, transmitted to Congress by the President on January 21, 1976), the committees having legislative jurisdiction over such program, and whether such program operates under permanent authorizations and budget authority. Makes the budget termination provisions of this Act effective on the first day of the Ninety-fifth Congress. Title II: Early Elimination of Inactive and Duplicate Programs - Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to identify for Congress any programs which have duplicate objectives or for which no outlays have been made for the last two fiscal years. Directs the standing committees of both Houses to consider such programs and report recommendations on such programs before March 15, 1978, if possible. Title III: Quadrennial Program Review and Evaluation - Sets forth a timetable for reviewing the budget of a Government program. Requires review by standing committees of the Congress every four years of each program's cost, effectiveness, and the extent to which such program duplicates or is similar to any other program. States that such review shall include a comprehensive evaluation of the merits of such program to determine if it warrants continuation. Requires justification of any recommendation to fund any program which has objectives similar to or the same as another program's objectives. Directs the Comptroller General and the Congressional Budget Office to provide Congress with information and analysis of programs being reviewed under this Act. Requires the President to similarly review the merits of continuing programs contained in annual Budget and to report the finding of such review prior to transmitting the Budget to Congress. Title IV: Continuing Review and Evaluation - Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress the result of any audit which shows a substantial deficiency in achievement of the objectives of any Government program. Requires subsequent audits, a report of which must be submitted to Congress, to determine if such deficiency has been eliminated. Title V: Miscellaneous - States that those provisions of this Act which direct the operation of either House are enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of such House and recognizes the right of either House to change such rules.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1976
Capital Formation Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income up to $500 of interest and dividends received on savings deposits with a financial institution; (2) exclude from gross income up to $1,000 of amounts realized as gain by an individual from the sale or exchange of stock or securities which are capital assets in the hands of the taxpayer; (3) reduce the corporate normal tax and the surtax and to increase the corporate surtax exemption; (4) increase the carryover period for unused investment credits; (5) exclude from gross income dividends paid to an individual by a domestic corporation in an amount up to 25 percent of the taxpayer's taxable income; (6) allow corporations a deduction for dividends paid on preferred stock; and (7) allow 12 month amortization of pollution control facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1976
Declares that restraints on accurate prescription drug price disclosure are contrary to the public interest and that there is a need for a system of adequate price disclosure of prescription drugs. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the following practices are unfair trade practices within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act: (1) restrictions on the disclosure by any retail seller of accurate price information regarding prescription drugs; (2) the failure of any retail seller to disclose adequate retail price information when requested of him; and (3) restrictions on the disclosure of adequate price information by any means of public communication.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1976
Equal Access to Courts Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress that serious inequities exist between the Federal Government and individuals, companies, unions, other organizations, and State and local governments in terms of the ability with which each is able, without economic hardships, to prevail in the courts and administrative proceedings. Requires that court costs and expenses for witnesses be awarded to the prevailing party, other than the United States, in any civil action brought by or against the United States, to the extent that such party prevails. Permits such judgment to a nonprevailing party in such an action in the interests of justice. Requires award of reasonable attorney's fees in such action or Federal agency proceeding if judgment is rendered, or settlement, award, compromise, or recommendation is made in favor of any party other than the United States, after the United States or the Federal agency is notified that a party has retained a specified attorney. Requires that specified costs and expenses be awarded to a party, other than the United States, in a Federal agency proceeding when such party is successful in a defense against imposition of a sanction, or issuance of an order affecting the freedom or property of such party. Requires compensation for reasonable attorney's fees and costs of defense against a charge at trial and on any appeals of a defendant in a criminal case if such defendant: (1) pleads and is found not guilty; (2) the charge is dismissed; or (3) a finding of guilty is set aside on appeal. Sets forth the procedure for payment of such compensation. Stipulates that such compensation in civil actions or Federal agency proceedings shall be in addition to the compensation, if any, awarded in any judgment.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1976
Emergency Food Stamp Vendor Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to prescribe regulations to be followed by food coupon vendors with respect to the depositing of funds received for such coupons and the accounting for such funds to the State and Federal Governments. Requires vendors to deposit such funds weekly in accordance with Department of Agriculture regulations. Requires more frequent deposit of balances of $1,000 or more. States that vendors act as fiduciaries of the Federal Government when receiving food coupon funds. Prohibits the use of such funds by vendors for the benefit of anyone other than the Federal Government. Requires vendors to report periodically to State and Federal Government agencies the amount of funds deposited. Establishes criminal penalties for the violation of the regulations established in accordance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1976
Fair Savings Bonds Sales Act - Provides, under the Second Liberty Bond Act, for a cost-of-living adjustment for savings bonds and certificates having a maturity of one year or more, which are issued more than 90 days after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1975
Extends the protection of the Executive Protective Service to foreign diplomatic missions located outside the District of Columbia in metropolitan areas where there are 20 or more such missions headed by full-time career officers. Increases the maximum number of Executive Protective Service officers from 850 to 1,200. Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to utilize the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of state and local governments to carry out the functions of the Executive Protective Service and to reimburse such governments. Authorizes appropriations of not more than $3,500,000 for reimbursement purposes for any fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1975
Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer approximately 900 acres from the Naval Weapons Reserve Plant in Long Island, New York, to the Administration of Veterans' Affairs to be used as a national cemetery. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the signing in Helsinki of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe did not change in any way the longstanding policy of the United States on non-recognition of the Soviet Union's illegal seizure and annexation of the three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1975
Makes it unlawful, under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act: (1) for any employer as a condition for hiring an individual; (2) for an employment agency as a condition for employment referral; or (3) for a labor organization as a condition for membership, to require evidence of age or date of birth.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Fair Income Tax Act - Authorizes an automatic annual cost-of-living adjustment in the income tax rates based upon fluctuations in the price index. Provides for the adjustment of the standard deduction authorized under the Internal Revenue Code based upon such cost-of-living calculation and for adjustment of the personal exemptions. Makes the provisions of this Act applicable to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Requires that proposed regulations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to implement the Social Security Act be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees for study and review. Permits either House of Congress, by adopting a resolution of disapproval, within 60 days of submission, to prevent any such regulation from taking effect.
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1975
Continues the present rates of specified taxes, pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, used to provide revenue to the Highway Trust Fund until September 30, 1979. Continues the Highway Trust Fund created by the Highway Revenue Act until September 30, 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1975
Grants jurisdiction to any United States district court to make an order in a disciplinary proceeding disbarring, suspending, censuring or taking other action as justice may require with respect to any attorney who is a member of the bar of such court and has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or is guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the bar of such court. Includes in the definition of such conduct: malpractice and violation of the Code of Professional Responsibilies of the American Bar Association or the bar association of the State in which such United States district court has jurisdiction. Makes it the duty of the United States attorney for the applicable district to proceed against an attorney who he believes has been convicted of such a crime or has been quilty of such conduct. Provides for the notification of other United States courts and courts of the State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession where the attorney was admitted to practice in the event that such attorney is suspended or disbarred. (Adds 28 U.S.C. 1364)
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
States that the Senate commends Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger for his excellence in office, his intellectual honesty, personal integrity, courage and independence. Expresses a debt of gratitude to Secretary Schlesinger for his services and particularly for his determination to convey the truth to the American people.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
States that Congress has not delegated to the Federal Trade Commission any authority to determine whether, or to what extent, any rule issued under the Federal Trade Act preempts the laws of the States.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1975
Establishes the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the acts of the signatories which reflect compliance with the articles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Provides that the Commission shall be composed of 11 members to be appointed as specified in this Act. Gives the Commission the power to subpena witnesses and records as necessary to carry out the responsibilities imposed by this Act. Requires the Commission to make periodic reports to Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations which equates Zionism with racism. Opposes participation by the United States Government in the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. Calls for reconsideration of the Zionism resolution. Directs the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Foreign Relations to begin hearings immediately to reassess the United States' further participation in the United Nations General Assembly.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1975
Veterans and Survivors Pension Reform Act - Title I: Reform of the Non-Service-Connected Pension Program for Veterans and Their Survivors - Creates a pension system within the Veterans' Administration applicable to all veterans, widows of veterans, and dependent parents who, subsequent to October 1, 1976, are or become eligible for a Veterans' Administration non-service-connected pension. Provides for a restructuring of the need-based pension program of the Veterans' Administration. Provides for a level of income for veterans and their survivors which is above the minimum subsistence level. Establishes a basic minimum level of income for all eligible veterans and dependents at $2,700 for single pensioners and $3,900 for pensioners with dependents. Provides for a method of computing a pension for those veterans with little or no income. Title II: Adjustments in Current Statutory Pension Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act. Revises the catagories of spouse, widow, and surviving spouse for purposes of the changes in rates in this Act. Presents a schedule by month for such rates. Title III: Reform of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Revises the schedule for determining dependency and indemnity compensation rates under the Veterans' Administration. Title IV: Adjustments in Current Statutory Provisions Relating to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Sets forth schedules for the payment of monthly dependency and indemnification compensation to the parents of veterans. Title V: Miscellaneous and Effective Dates - Makes the effective date of this Act October 1, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1975
Revises the criteria for payment by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs for the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 641)
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1975
Provides that any municipality with a population in excess of one million inhabitants is eligible to file a petition for relief under this Act, if first authorized by the State, for the adjustment of the indebtedness of such municipality by a court of bankruptcy. States that a petition shall be insufficient to involve jurisdiction of the court unless accompanied by a plan made in good faith for the composition or extension of debts and a statement of petitioner's current and projected revenues and expenditures adequate to establish that the budget of petitioner will be in balance within a reasonable time after adoption of the plan. Provides for notice of the provisions of such plan to the State, the Securities and Exchange Commission and creditors or others who may be materially and adversely affected by the plan. Sets forth the priorities with respect to payment of debts in advance of any distribution to creditors in the settlement of obligations under this Act. Provides for a hearing for all interested parties on the confirmation of the plan. States that a plan of composition or extension may be confirmed only if, of the creditors voting in writing to accept or reject the plan, those holding two-thirds in amount of each class materially and adversely affected have voted to accept. Provides that no such acceptance shall be required from any class which, under the plan, is to be paid in cash the value of its claims or is to be afforded such method of protection as will, consistent with the circumstances of the particular case, equitably and fairly provide for the realization of the value of its claims. Prescribes the findings to be made by the judge in entering a decree confirming the plan.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1975
Dairy and Meat Import Inspection and Identification Act - Establishes labeling and sanitation requirements for imported meat and dairy products. Title I: Dairy Products - Defines terms as used in this title. Directs that no dairy products shall be imported into the United States unless the Secretary of Agriculture first certifies that such products are wholesome and pure. Requires the Secretary to establish standards comparable to standards imposed upon domestic dairy products. Provides that such imports must comply with United States packaging and labeling requirements. Requires that the package or container of any food product made in whole or in part of imported dairy products shall be labeled "imported" or "imported in part". Establishes criminal penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act. Title II: Meat and Meat Products - Imposes the same labeling requirements on meat products as those imposed by title I of this Act. Requires that such products meet the same health standards as imposed upon domestically produced meats. Requires that inspectors employed by the Department of Agriculture supervise the testing of imported meats. Directs that periodic tests of imported meats shall be conducted in the United States by the Department of Agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1975
Grants to courts of brankruptcy the authority to adjust the debts of public agencies and instrumentalities and political subdivisions upon a voluntary petition setting forth the eligibility of the petitioner, that it is insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, and that it desires to effect a plan for the composition, adjustment, or extension of its debt. States that a petition filed pursuant to this Act shall operate to prohibit the doing of any act, and to stay the commencement or continuation of any action or special proceeding in any court in any jurisdiction, seeking to enforce against the petitioner, or any of petitioner's funds, property, receivables, or revenues, any judgment, order, lien, set-off or counterclaim relating to any contract, debt, or obligation for a period of ninety days, or for such additional period of time as may be required to permit the court to enter an order pursuant to this Act. Provides for notice to and a hearing for creditors of the petitioner, and for a hearing on the confirmation and any modification of the adjustment plan.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1975
States that courts of bankruptcy shall exercise original jurisdiction as provided in this Act for the adjustment of debts of any public agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of a State if not prohibited from filing a petition by applicable State law. Provides that, upon the filing of a petition, the court may, in addition to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties conferred and imposed upon it: (1) permit the rejection of executory contracts of the petitioner, upon notice to the parties to such contracts and to such other parties in interest as the court may designate; (2) upon such notice as the court may prescribe and for cause shown, permit the issuance of certificates of indebtedness for cash, property, or other consideration approved by the court, upon such terms and conditions and with such security and priority in payment over existing obligations, secured or unsecured, as in the particular case may be equitable. Specifies the contents of a petition to be filed under this Act. Provides for notice to and representation of creditors and other parties in interest. States that a bankruptcy petition filed under this Act shall operate as a stay of enforcement of claims against the petitioner. Authorizes relief, in the discretion of the court, from an automatic stay. States that a petitioner's plan may include provisions modifying or altering the rights of creditors generally, or of any class of them, secured or unsecured, either through issuance of new securities of any character, or otherwise, and may contain such other provisions and agreements not inconsistent with Federal bankruptcy law as the parties may desire, including, but not limited to rejection of any executory contract. Establishes a system of priorities for paying creditors under such plan. Authorizes any qualified creditor to accept or reject such plans and modifications thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines "household" under the Food Stamp Act as meaning a group of individuals who are sharing common living quarters, but who are not residents of an institution or boarding house, and who have access to cooking facilities and for whom food is customarily purchased in common. Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may not approve any plan which permits any household to simultaneously participate in both the food stamp program and the distribution of federally donated foods. Requires the Secretary to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program. States that the income standards of eligibility shall be the income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget adjusted pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act. Directs the Secretary to prescribe additional standards of eligibility which shall include, but not be limited to, the amounts of liquid and nonliquid assets. Provides that household income for purposes of the food stamp program shall be the gross income of the household less: (1) a standard deduction of $100 a month applicable to all households; and (2) an additional deduction of $25 a month for any household in which there is a least one member who is age sixty or older. Limits eligibility to participate in the food stamp program to citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residency. States that no individual shall be considered eligible for the food stamp program as a member of a household if he is: (1) over 18; (2) is enrolled at an institution of higher education; and (3) is a dependent child for income tax purposes of a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household. Prohibits households which transfer liquid or nonliquid assets for the purpose of qualifying for the food stamp program from becoming eligible for at least a thirty-day period. Requires the Secretary to issue photo identification cards to households certified eligible to participate in the program. States that households shall be charged thirty percent of their income for the coupon allotment issued to them. Provides that if a State agency does not comply with the provisions of the Food Stamp Act, the Secretary may refer the matter to the Attorney General with a request for an injunction, or he may direct that there be no further issuance of coupons in the political subdivisions where such failure has occurred until such time as satisfactory corrective action has been taken. Directs the Secretary to pay to each State agency out of funds appropriated by Congress an amount equal to 75 percent of all direct costs of State food stamp program investigations, prosecutions, and State activities related to recovering losses sustained in the food stamp program. Provides for a civil money penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation of the Food Stamp Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Equal Access to Courts Act - States the finding of the Congress that the Federal Government and companies, unions, individuals and units of local governments are not presently in equal positions relative to their ability to secure, without economic hardships, vindication in civil lawsuits in the courts. Authorizes the payment of specified court costs and fees to parties prevailing in any civil action against the United States. Authorizes the awarding of such court costs and fees in cases where the party does not prevail against the United States, if such an award would be in the interests of justice. Stipulates that any final judgment, and any final judgment for costs and fees, rendered by the Court of Claims against the United States, shall be paid out of any general appropriation therefor, on presentation to the General Accounting Office of a certification of such judgment by the clerk and the chief judge of such court. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 2412, 2517, 2678)
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Alien Employment Certification Act - Prescribes penalties for anyone who knowingly uses, attempts to use, possesses, obtains, accepts, or receives any visa, permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document prescribed by statute or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay in the United States, knowing it to be forged, counterfeited, altered, or falsely made, or to have been procured by means of any false claim or statement, or to have been otherwise procured by fraud or unlawfully obtained. Stipulates that no appropriated funds may be expended or obligated to support any program, whether public or private, providing aid or assistance directly or indirectly, to any individual, whether through cash payments or any other form of aid or assistance, unless as a condition of eligibility for receiving such aid or assistance the applicant is required to show proof of United States citizenship or, if not a citizen, proof that such individual is lawfully in the United States. Makes it unlawful for any employer or any person acting as an agent for such an employer, or any person who for a fee refers an alien for employment by such an employer, knowingly to employ, continue to employ, or refer for employment any alien in the United States who has not been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, unless the employment of such alien is authorized by the Attorney General. Provides an exception where the employer has made an inquiry as to whether a person employed or referred by him is a citizen or an alien, and if an alien, whether such alien is lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence or is authorized by the Attorney General to accept employment.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Constitutional Amendment - States that, with respect to the right to life, the word "person", as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth articles of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, applies to all human beings, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development. Provides that no person shall be deprived of life by any person. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Constitutional Amendment - States that, with respect to the right to life, the word 'person,' as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States, applies to all human beings, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Revises the Emergency School Aid Act to provide that educational agencies which are not implementing a court-ordered desegregation plan or which are implementing such a plan which contains no provision as to assignment of facility; and which have a disproportionate assignment of minority group full-time classroom teachers at any school, shall not become ineligible for assistance under such Act on the basis of discrimination unless such disaproportionate assignment cannot reasonably be the result of any factor other than discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Interior to accept, as a gift, the Saint Pauls' Church, Eastchester, in Mount Vernon, New York. Directs that such property shall be preserved and administered by the Secretary acting through the National Park Service.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1975
Provides for certification by the State water pollution control agency of treatment projects within such State where the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws and standards at least equivalent to those established by Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1975
Government Forms Justification Amendments - Prohibits any Federal agency from conducting or sponsoring the collection of information upon identical items from ten or more persons, other than Federal employees, unless, in advance of adoption or revision of any plans or forms to be used in the collection: (1) the agency has submitted to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget the plans or forms together with copies of pertinent regulations and of other related materials as the Director has specified; and (2) the Director has stated that he does not disapprove the proposed collection of information. Requires each Federal agency to submit annually to the Director a list of all forms which are currently approved for use by such agency.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1975
Peer Review and Grants Management Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a Peer Review Office to administer a peer review system for the evaluation of all grant proposals submitted to the Foundation. Directs the Office to: (1) maintain a list of peer reviewers available to evaluate grant proposals submitted to the Foundation; (2) maintain a log of all solicitations by program officers of evaluations; (3) maintain a list of all proposals submitted for funding during each fiscal year; (4) furnish to applicants upon request the names and institutional affiliation of all peer reviewers and complete signed copies of all peer review evaluations; and (5) report to Congress all information required to be maintained by the Office. Requires the Foundation to establish provisions for appellate procedures to independently review, upon request of any applicant, proposals disapproved by the Foundation. Directs the Foundation to establish a program to upgrade the science programs of small public and private four-year institutions of higher education in all areas of the country. Requires the Foundation to provide complete information, data, and documents to applicants, Members and committees of Congress, and the general public.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1975
Requires Congressional committee reports on proposed legislation to contain statements of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements which will be imposed on private business as a result of the enactment of such proposed legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1975
Permits, under the Internal Revenue Code, the deduction of all expenses for medical care of a taxpayer and his spouse if either of them have attained the age of sixty-five.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that the tax treatment of retirement income shall be comparable to that of social security income.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1975
Provides that elderly individuals 65 years of age or older shall not be required to file a declaration of estimated tax under the Internal Revenue Code with respect to income from pensions or retirement annuities or income from interest and dividends not in excess of $2,000 per year.
United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1975
Prohibits, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code, the reduction of disability payments under employer-maintained disability compensation plans whenever qualified benefit payments under the Social Security Act are increased.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1975
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of up to $1000 for amounts paid by a taxpayer for tuition to provide an education for himself or for another individual.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
Suspends various provisions of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act relating to development of a standard form for the statement of settlement costs in all transactions involving federally related mortgage loans; requiring advance disclosure of settlement costs to prospective borrowers; and requiring the disclosure of the previous selling price of existing real property.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
Provides an additional personal exemption of $1,000 to the taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code for each senior citizen whose principal place of abode is in the principal residence of the taxpayer, unless the taxpayer is allowed a deduction for trade or business expense for the housing of such senior citizen.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
Provides hospital and medical care to members of the armed forces of Czechoslovakia, Poland or any nation allied or associated with the United States in World War I or World War II. Specifies eligibility requirements for such care. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to seek reciprocal agreements with nations allied with the United States during the world wars.