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United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Authorizes the President of the United States to designate September 20, 1975, as "German-American Day" to be observed with appropriate ceremonies.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1975
Emergency Petroleum Allocation Extension Act - Provides for the extension of the Emergency Allocation Act from August 31, 1975, to December 31, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1975
States that approval of State highway safety programs by the Secretary of Transportation shall not be contingent upon any requirement that a State adopt a law or regulation requiring any motorcycle operator 18 years of age or older or passenger 18 years of age or older to wear a safety helmet when operating or riding a motorcycle. (Amends 23 U.S.C. 402)
United States · United States Congress · 4 September 1975
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the flags of all Federal buildings shall be flown at halfstaff on the last day of each month until the captured and missing in action are properly accounted for.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Includes independent owner-operator truckers as an exempted class under the Interstate Commerce Act. States that no driver of a motor vehicle performing exempt transportation may collect compensation for transportation at a rate lower then the lowest rate specified for commodities between identical points served.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
States that whenever any officer in the executive branch of the Federal Government proposes to prescribe any rule or regulation, or change any existing rule or regulation, such rule or regulation must be submitted to each House of Congress together with a report containing a full explantion thereof. Provides that no such rule shall become effective if the Congress disapproves it within a sixty-day period. Specifies that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to regulations dealing with national security, foreign affairs, agency management, or personnel matters.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1975
Provides that any person who: (1) served during World War I as a member of the military organization commonly known as General Joseph Haller's army and fought against an enemy of the United States; or (2) served during World War II as a member of any armed force of the Government of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, or Yugoslavia, and participated while so serving in armed conflict with an enemy of the United States; and (3) has been a citizen of the United States for at least 10 years, shall, by virtue of such service, be entitled to hospital and domiciliary care and medical services within the United States to the same extent as if such service had been performed in the Armed Forces of the United States unless such person is entitled to, or would, upon application therefor, be entitled to, payment for equivalent care and services under a program established by the foreign government concerned for persons who served in its armed forces in World War I or in World War II. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 109)
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1975
Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000,000 to the Secretary of Commerce for his use in the organization for, planning, design, and construction of facilities in connection with the 1980 Olympic winter games at Lake Placid, New York.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975
Declares the solidarity of the United States Congress in support of the democratic aspirations of the Portuguese people. Denounces the conspiratorial maneuvers of the Communists. Calls for Congressional hearings on the Portuguese crisis. Urges NATO to warn Moscow against supporting communist subversion in Portugal. Calls upon Moscow to terminate such actions. Requests that the Department of State ask the Helsinki Conference to adopt a resolution proclaiming the right of the Portuguese people to determine their form of government through free elections and to appoint a committee to supervise such an election.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that "God Bless America" be recognized as the official Bicentennial song of the United States during the year of Independence from July 4, 1975, to July 4, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that no State shall be required to administer individual means tests for provision of education, nutrition, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services provided thereunder to groups of low-income individuals aged sixty or older.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Requires that information concerning accords reached at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe be supplied to the Congress. Directs that any such agreement be submitted to Congress for approval. States that accords reached at the Conference shall not be binding on the United States until a satisfactory agreement is reached at the Conference on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions in Europe.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1975
Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act - Defines terms used in this Act. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State and territorial educational agencies for the public education of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugee children. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of such grants. States that no such grants may be made unless the State submits an application to the Commissioner containing specified information and assurances that such payments will be distributed among local educational agencies within that State in direct proportion to the number of Indochinese refugee children served by each such local educational agency. Authorizes supplementary assistance grants of $300 per child to any State educational agency which provides for the unique educational needs of Indochinese refugee children who are aged five to seventeen, inclusive. Authorizes appropriations for basic entitlement grants of $57,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $14,500,000 for the period beginning January 1, 1976 and ending September 30, 1976, and $29,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes specified appropriations for supplementary assistance grants.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Provides that a State legislator shall be eligible for the tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for living expenses (up to $3,000) presently allowed to Members of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Authorizes the construction and maintenance of the General Draza Mihailovich Monument in Washington, District of Columbia, in recognition of the role he played in saving the lives of approximately five hundred United States airmen in Yugoslavia during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Requires that information concerning accords reached at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe be supplied to the Congress. Directs that any such agreement be submitted to Congress for approval. States that accords reached at the Conference shall not be binding on the United States until a satisfactory agreement is reached at the Conference on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions in Europe.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Expresses the disapproval of the United States Senate of attempts to expel Israel for the United Nations. States that if Israel is expelled the Senate will review United States commitments to the Third World nations involved in the expulsion and will consider the implication of continued membership in the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
National Commission on Small Business in America Act - Establishes the National Commission on Small Business in America. Makes it the function of the Commission to study the effects of Federal programs and policies on small businesses, and make periodic recommendations and reports. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Establishes a Water Resources Mitigation Advisory Board to evaluate complaints of the potential adverse impact of proposed or actual civil work projects undertaken by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, and to make recommendations on any requested mitigation. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1975
Extends an invitation to Alexandr Solzhenitsyn to address a joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating January 4, 1976, as "Haym Salomon Day".
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Provides that members of reserve components of the Armed Forces who are not serving on active duty or as National Guard technicians may establish individual retirement accounts under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1975
Provides that specified publications of institutions of higher education shall continue to qualify as second-class mail. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines the term "income" as used in the Food Stamp Act as the monthly gross income of all members of a household, including any in-kind payment, and the total value of any publicly funded assistance payments which supplement food and housing needs. Excludes specified individuals from the definition of "household. Provides for the distribution of federally donated foods to households upon the request by a political subdivision that such distribution be made to all eligible households in lieu of food stamps. Excludes households from eligibility for food stamps: (1) if the monthly household income exceeds the poverty index level of income established by the Office of Management and Budget; or (2) if the market value of liquid and nonliquid resources of a household consisting of one individual exceeds $1,500 or the resources of a multiple-member household exceed $2,250 exclusive of specified resources. Excludes from eligibility households which include an able-bodied adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who is enrolled in an institution of postsecondary education and such enrollment is a substitute for fulltime employment. Declares that a refusal to work at a plant or site because of a strike or other labor dispute shall be deemed a refusal to work which makes the household of the nonworking individual ineligible for food stamps. Rejects as an excuse for refusal to accept work a condition of employment which requires an individual to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any labor organization. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require each household receiving benefits under this Act to report its income at least once each month. Requires food coupons to be designed with a space for the recipient to sign upon receipt and again at redemption. Requires one member of each eligible household to be issued a photo-identification card with color photograph. States that such card must be presented at redemption at a food store. Sets forth specific instructions to provide control and accountability over the distribution of food coupons to State agencies. Ties the value of the coupon allotment to the overall retail cost-of-living index. States that the "nutritionally adequate diet" as used to determine the amount of the coupon allotment shall mean the low-cost food plan developed by the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. Establishes as the charge a household shall pay for its coupon allotment the lesser of: (1) the percentage of its income which would be expended for food by an average household of its size and income range in the same region of the country; or (2) 30 percent. Provides, under the requirements for State plans for the administration of the food stamp program, for closer State supervision of eligibility by households. Requires the State agencies administering the program to conduct nutrition education programs for recipients. States that the United States Postal Service shall serve as a food stamp issuing agency upon the request of a State food stamp administration agency. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pay the States 100 percent of the costs of providing food stamps to eligible aliens, and 75 percent of the costs of State investigations, prosecutions, collections of claims and other State activities related to retrieving food stamp losses. Provides for payment by the Federal Government to the States of a share of the difference between the face value of the coupon allotment and the amount charged eligible households for the allotment. Sets forth the method of determining and paying the Federal share. Directs the transfer of all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Provides that volunteers in foster grandparent programs administered pursuant to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 may furnish supportive services to mentally retarded individuals regardless of the age of such individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1975
Exempts from Federal income taxation a trust established by a taxpayer for the purpose of providing care for specified mentally incompetent relatives of the taxpayer.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975
Harbor Drift Removal Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to reduce and remove drift and debris from publicly maintained commercial boat harbors of the United States and from the land and water areas immediately adjacent. Provides that the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall be responsible for developing projects for such removal. Sets the Federal share at 75 percent of the total cost of any project. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake projects without specific congressional approval when the total Federal cost for the project is less than $400,000. Authorizes to be appropriated an additional $11,700,000 for the removal of drift from the New York harbor.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Expands the membership of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to include elected school board officials.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Requires, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, comprehensive State plans to include provisions for the prevention of crimes against the elderly.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1975
Empowers States to carry out specified functions of the Secretary of the Army, and the Chief of Engineers with respect to intrastate navigable waterways including the regulation of: (1) building of bridges, dams and dikes; (2) deposit of refuse; (3) removal of sunken vessels; and (4) landfill. Requires a State which desires to carry out such functions to submit to the Secretary the program it proposes to establish and administer under State law. Directs the Secretary to approve such a State plan unless he determines that adequate authority does not exist: (1) to insure compliance with the applicable requirements of such function, including but not limited to the establishment of necessary civil and criminal penalties and other means of enforcement; or (2) in the case of permits which may be issued by the State in carrying out such functions, to provide for their issuance, modification, and termination, including public notice of each such permit application and opportunities for public hearings. Authorizes the Secretary to withdraw approval of a State program if he determines that it is failing to conform to Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee any financing institution against loss of principal or interest on any loan to a unit of government for the purpose of assisting that unit of government to meet temporary and urgent financial needs which if not met (1) could seriously impair the ability of the unit of government to provide service for the public, and (2) could adversely and seriously affect the economy of the region surrounding the unit of government. Specifies circumstances under which such guarantees may be made including, (1) the loan is not otherwise available, and (2) there is reasonable assurance of repayment. Stipulates that the maximum obligation of the Secretary under any loan or loans made to any one borrower within any one year which is guaranteed under this Act shall not exceed $500,000,000, unless the Secretary submits a report to the Congress prior to the making of a larger guarantee. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a loan guarantee fund to be administered by the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated to the loan guarantee fund such amounts as may be necessary to provide requisite capital. Creates a Loan Guarantee Policy Board to establish general policies which shall govern the making of guarantees under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the operation of this Act and the need for the establishment of an Emergency Loan Guarantee Corporation to provide for the continuation of the program established by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Excludes from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code any amount of a student loan indebtedness which has been discharged, if such discharge was pursuant to a provision permitting such discharge, if such individual worked in specified professions or specified geographical regions.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 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 1200. 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 10 additional positions in the United States Secret Service at GS-16, GS-17 and GS-18 levels.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Directs the Secretary of the Army to delegate to the States those functions of the Chief Engineers with respect to the location and plans for structures, excavations, or fills in or on navigable waters of the United States where there is no regular waterborn interstate transportation of commercial goods. Provides that such delgation may occur only after the State enacts a law creating a permit program essentially duplicative of Federal procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Valley Forge National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Stipulates that such park is not to exceed 3,500 acres. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Provides for the relief of Branka Mardessich and Sonia S. Silvani.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Sets conditions for the awarding of the gold star lapel button under the approval of the Secretary of Defense in instances of members of the Armed Forces who fall in armed conflict while serving with friendly foreign forces. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1126)
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Refers a bill to the United States Court of Claims.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1975
Foreign Assistance to Cyprus Act - Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for humanitarian assistance to the people of Cyprus. Directs the President to make maximum use of international and voluntary relief organizations as channels for such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer ownership of two naval vessels, the U.S.S. Essex and the U.S.S. Randolph, no longer needed by the Navy to the city of New York, New York.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer a National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial within the District of Columbia. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for the development of such memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Provides that a Government department that has custody and control of real property transferred on or after January 1, 1976, from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall pay to the appropriate State and local taxing authorities an amount equal to the amount of real property tax which would be payable if such property were owned privately.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
Emergency Rail Transportation Improvement and Employment Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation in consultation with the Secretary of Labor to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants, for programs aimed at reducing unemployment and at repairing, rehabilitating, or improving essential railroad roadbeds and facilities. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to eligible applicants for projects that involve the repair, rehabilitation or improvement of railroad roadbeds and facilities that best fulfill specified objectives. Provides that such grants shall be expended for the payment of wages. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for materials and equipment assistance, upon assurances that other financing is not available. Sets forth guidelines and procedures for grant and other financial assistance applications. Sets forth employment priorities applicable to projects financed under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $600,000,000 for the payment of wages, $100,000,000 for materials and equipment assistance, and $7,000,000 for administrative expenses, to remain available for obligation until December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Amendments - Expands the coverage of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act to include: (1) the Soil Conservation Service small watershed program; (2) TVA projects; and (3) the licensing of nuclear powerplants. Requires whenever the waters of any body of water are modified with the assistance of Federal funds that the National Marine Fisheries Service be consulted, as well as the State fish and wildlife agencies, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Redefines "consultation" so as to provide a systematic requirement of written findings by the fish and wildlife agencies, and formal reports based on these findings by the departments concerned. Requires that the operation and maintenance costs of studies and investigations made pursuant to such Act be funded by the constructing agency. Provides for annual reports from constructing agencies detailing their rate of progress in installing fish and wildlife measures. Permits any citizen to commence a civil action on his own behalf against any person or Federal agency where there is alleged to be a violation of such Act or a failure to perform a duty under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
National Welfare Reform Act - Stipulates that no family shall be eligible for the aid to families with dependent children program (AFDC) under the Social Security Act if its total income, without regard to exclusions, exceeds 150 percent of the family's needs. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall provide the full cost of AFDC services to needy families who are not U.S. citizens and are lawfully present in the United States. States that unemployed individuals shall be ineligible for AFDC services for specified periods of time such individual is determined to have, without good cause, refused an offering of bona fide employment or refused to participate under a work incentive program. Provides procedures for the determination of good cause. States that no sanctions will be applied for a ten day period after failure without good cause has been established if the individual participates in counseling services. Sets forth procedures governing adjustment of AFDC grant overpayments. Prohibits AFDC grant payments where the caretaker relative is unemployed due to participation in a strike or because he has voluntarily terminated his employment. Defines "income" for purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to pay directly to any State up to 75 percent of the costs of investigating and prosecuting complaints of fraud under the AFDC program. Requires that recipients of aid be issued a detailed identification card specifying the programs for which the recipient is eligible. Provides that any person who resides in the same household as an eligible family, but is not himself eligible for aid, shall be required to make a contribution to the State in an amount equal to the amount of the standard payment for single person household under the State's plan.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1975
Authorizes amounts available but not committed for military assistance to South Vietnam and Cambodia to be used for humanitarian assistance for refugees from South Vietnam and Cambodia.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Provides under the Internal Revenue Code that no interest is payable on income tax deficiencies in the case of returns prepared by the Internal Revenue Service until the expiration of thirty days after notice to the taxpayer of such deficiency.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
Home Purchase Tax Rebate Amendments - Provides that the lowest offering price requirement for eligibility by the purchaser for the 5 percent (up to $2,000) tax rebate for purchase of a new principal residence under the Internal Revenue Code be limited to offers after December 31, 1974. Sets time limits during which regulations for such eligibility must be propounded.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
States that the purpose of this Act is to eliminate the obstructions to the free flow of commerce in wine among the States resulting from acts of the States which impose discriminatory and unreasonable burdens upon such commerce. Prohibits any State which permits the transportation or importation of wine into that State from imposing, with respect to any wine produced outside the State, or from materials originating outside the State, any tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement which is not equally applicable with respect to wine of the same class: (1) produced in, or from materials originating in, the State imposing such tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement; or (2) produced outside the State, or produced from products produced outside the State. Stipulates that a State which permits the sale of wine within the State shall permit the transportation or importation of wine of the same class produced outside the State, or from materials originating outside the State into such State for sale therein upon terms and conditions equally applicable of all wine of the same class sold in the State. Declares that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, each State retains the right: (1) to engage in the purchase, sale, or distribution of wine; and (2) to exercise discretion in the selection and listing of wine to be purchased or sold by each such State. Provides for private civil actions to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days commencing on April 30 of each year as "National Beta Sigma Phi Week".