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Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE]

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Bill· SS. 595 (94th)referred

A bill to amend Public Law 88-462.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Reduces the aggregate amount of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle, goat, and sheep meat which may be imported into the United States in any given year (beginning after December 31, 1974,) to 750,000,000 pounds. Provides for the quarterly adjustment of such poundage limitation.

Bill· SS. 579 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Permits the guarantee of up to 90 percent of the loan amount under the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974. Increases the aggregate amount of loans which may be guaranteed under such Act from $250,000 to $500,000. Extends the period for guaranteeing such loans to December 31, 1976.

Bill· SS. 588 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labeled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Requires, under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be labled "imported" at all stages of distribution until delivery to the ultimate consumer.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 60 (94th)passed

A resolution authorizing additional assistants in the Senate.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Authorizes each Senator serving on a committee to hire staff to assist him in his duties as a member of each committee on which such Senator serves. Allows each Senator serving as chairman of any subcommittee or ranking minority member of any subcommittee to hire staff to assist him in his duties. States that individuals so appointed shall be in addition to employees otherwise authorized.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 59 (94th)passed

A resolution to aid in energy conservation.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Requests the President to proclaim the period from February 16 to March 15, 1975, as "Energy Conservation Month". Directs the President to publicize the need for energy conservation. Requests the President to report to Congress by March 31, 1975, steps taken to promote energy conservation and recommendations for a continuing program. Directs the President to report monthly to the American people and Congress the state of energy resources.

Bill· SS. 545 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for compensation for small business and other losses arising out of the disturbances at Wounded Knee, S. Dak.

United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975

Establishes the Wounded Knee Compensation Commission to process claims for injuries and losses arising out of the disturbances at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Authorizes 100 percent compensation of innocent persons for claims under this Act. Requires such claims to be filed within a year. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to carry out this Act.

Bill· SS. 350 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cancel certain obligations, and to construct, operate and maintain certain works in connection with the Mirage Flats irrigation project.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to cancel specified obligations owed by the Mirage Flats Irrigation District; and authorizes the funds to be used to construct, operate and maintain works in connection with such irrigation project.

Bill· SS. 351 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975

States that the Secretary of Agriculture shall not be required to guarantee more than 80 percent of the principal and interest payments due on a loan contracted for pursuant to the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 10 (94th)referred

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other persons.

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 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.

Bill· SS. 283 (94th)referred

A bill to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States and of the district courts to enter any judgment, decree, or order, denying or restricting, as unconstitutional, voluntary prayer in any public school.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1975

Limits the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States and of the district courts to enter any judgment, decree, or order, denying or restricting, as unconstitutional, voluntary prayer in any public school or public building. States that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any case pending in any United States court on the date of enactment of this Act.

Bill· SS. 187 (94th)referred

Natural Gas Priority Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975

Natural Gas Priority Act - Directs the Federal Power Commission, for one year following enactment of this Act, to prohibit any interruption or curtailment of natural gas and to take such other steps as are necessary to assure as soon as possible the availability in interstate commerce of sufficient quantities of natural gas for use as a raw material feedstock or process fuel in the production of fertilizer, animal feed grade chemicals, and essential agricultural chemicals. Provides for direct Commission authority over agricultural requirements for natural gas.

Bill· SS. 155 (94th)referred

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey all right, title and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land located in Scotts Bluff County, Nebr., to Robert L. Summerville of Scotts Bluff County, Nebr.

United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey all right, title and interest of the United States in and to a tract of land located in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, to Robert L. Summerville of Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.

Bill· SS. 19 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act so as to provide for the referral, for appropriate services provided by other State agencies, of blind or disabled children who are receiving supplemental security income benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975

Provides for the referral, under title XVI of the Social Security Act (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) for appropriate services provided by other State agencies, of blind or disabled children who are receiving supplemental security income benefits.

Bill· SS. 15 (94th)referred

Inflationary Impact Statement Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975

Inflationary Impact Statement Act - Requires the Congressional Budget Office to supply the Congress with an estimate of the impact on the aggregate rate of inflation and the cost of particular goods and services, for five fiscal years, of any legislation which is reported by Senate and House of Representatives committees for further congressional consideration.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 264 (93rd)referred

A joint resolution to alert the Nation to the pending national emergency resulting from the shortage of available domestic energy and to call for immediate legislative action to relieve the serious consequences on the Nation's consumers resulting from these shortages.

United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1974

Expresses the sense of Congress, including that: (1) because of the critical economic role that energy plays, a comprehensive domestic and international approach to meeting energy problems in a realistic manner is immediately needed; (2) such a comprehensive energy policy neccessitates a dramatic increase in domestic energy production coupled with a reasoned attack on wasteful energy consumption; (3) vital national actions to increase domestic energy production require that the United States - (a) rapidly expand Outer Continental Shelf exploration and development with approriate environmental safequards; (b) lift price constraints on exploration and production of natural gas and other fossil fuels; (c) adopt policies which will encourage the most rapid development of alternative energy sources; and (d) adopt policies which insure adequate opportunity to provide for the massive capital formation required to attain timely domestic energy self-sufficiency; and (4) the reasoned nationwide attack on wasteful energy consumption requires - (a) enactment of energy conservation authority capable of significantly reducing consumption; (b) expanded Federal programs related to increasing the efficiency of energy uses; and (c) a mandatory impact study on energy consumption of planned Federal programs prior to program implementations.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 252 (93rd)referred

A joint resolution to limit expenditures of the United States Government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975.

United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974

Stipulates that expenditures and net lending during the fiscal year 1975 under the Budget of the United States Government shall be limited to $297,000,000,000. States that if such expenditures and net lending during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, exceed $297,000,000,000, a surtax of five percent shall be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers for taxable year 1975.

Bill· SS. 4121 (93rd)reported

Rice Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974

Rice Act - Title I: Rice - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, to establish for each of the 1975 through 1977 crops of rice a national acreage allotment which shall be the number of acres which will produce an amount of rice equal to the estimated domestic consumption and exports (less imports) of rice for the marketing year beginning in the year in which the crop is to be produced, adjusted to maintain adequate supplies or to prevent excessive carryover stocks. Requires that the national acreage allotment shall not be less than two million acres. Directs the Secretary to allocate the national acreage allotment on the basis of the rice allotments established for the preceding crops, as equitably adjusted. Provides for reserving a portion of the rice allotment for apportionment to new rice farms and new rice producers. Sets forth criteria for reducing the rice allotment. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer for any year because of natural disaster all or a part of such rice acreage for any farm in the county or in any other nearby county on which one or more producers on the farm from which the transfer is to be made will be engaged in the production of rice and will share in the proceeds in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to permit the owner and operator of any farm for which a farm acreage allotment has been established to sell or lease all or any part to any other owner or operator of a farm in the same State, or to transfer all or any part of such allotment to any other farm owned or controlled by him in the same State. Title II: Rice Research - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out regional and national research programs with respect to rice for specified purposes, including: (1) to reduce fertilizer and herbicide usage in excess of production needs; (2) to develop varieties of rice more susceptible to complete fertilizer utilization; and (3) to improve the resistance of rice plants to disease and to enhance their conservation and environmental qualities. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out such research. Title III: Miscellaneous - Provides, under the Agricultural Act of 1949, that for the 1975 through 1977 crops of rice, a cooperator shall be a producer on a farm on which a farm acreage allotment has been established or to which a producer acreage allotment has been allocated, who has set aside the acreage required under such act and who complies with the conditions of eligibility prescribed by the Secretary.

Bill· SS. 4114 (93rd)open

Emergency Budget Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974

Emergency Budget Control Act - Authorizes the President, under title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, to reduce expenditures and net lending in fiscal year 1975 to not less than $295,000,000,000. Prohibits the reduction of more than 20 percent in the expenditures and net lending of any major department and agency.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 418 (93rd)passed

Resolution relating to price support for milk.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974

Expresses the sense of the Senate that, pursuant to the statutory mandate that the price of milk be supported at such level as to assure the maintenance of productive capacity sufficient to meet anticipated future needs, the Secretary of Agriculture redetermine and set the support level at 80 percent of parity for the remainder of the 1974-1975 marketing year, based on the latest available data, thereby enabling milk producers to offset part of their rising production costs.

Bill· SS. 4068 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1974

Provides that not less than 15 percent of the total value of food stamps issued pursuant to the Food Stamp Act to an eligible household during each month or other time period shall be coded as to be usable only for the purchase of beef, pork, or poultry unless the State agency finds that such coding is impracticable with regard to a specific household. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2013(a))

Bill· SS. 4022 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for compensation for small business and other losses arising out of the disturbances at Wounded Knee, S. Dak.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974

Establishes the Wounded Knee Compensation Commission to process claims for inquiries and losses arising out of the disturbances at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Authorizes compensation, of 100 percent, to innocent persons. Requires such claims to be filed within a year. Authorizes the appropriation of necessary sums to carry out this Act.

Bill· SS. 4028 (93rd)referred

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an emergency assistance program to assist States in relieving severe drought conditions that threaten to destroy livestock or crops.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide funds, in an amount to be matched by the States, to carry out an emergency assistance program to assist States in relieving severe drought conditions that threaten to destroy livestock or crops. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer up to $5,000,000 from the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purposes of this Act.

Bill· SS. 3981 (93rd)referred

A bill to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States and of the district courts to enter any judgment, decree or order, denying or restricting, as unconstitutional, voluntary prayer in any public school.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974

States that the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review any case arising out of any State statute or arising out of any Act interpreting a State statute, which relates to voluntary prayers in public schools and public buildings. Provides that the district courts shall not have jurisdiction of any case or question which the Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction to review.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 391 (93rd)passed

Resolution relating to the Presidents Committee on Food.

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the actions of the President's Committee on Food should in no way assume, displace or otherwise interfere with responsibilities delegated by law to the Secretary of Agriculture or other officials of Government, and that in the conduct of its activities the President's Committee on Food shall: (1) consult with and maintain close liaison with the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; (2) take into consideration the increased costs of agricultural production and shortages or potential shortages of farm inputs in any actions it may take or recommendations it may make; and (3) provide such information and reports as may be requested by the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on behalf of the Senate. Provides that (1) all agencies of the Federal Government, which have any responsibility for establishing priorities for the allocation of materials, supplies or facilities utilized in the production or distribution of fertilizer, fuels and energy, farm chemicals, and other inputs essential to agricultural production, give the highest priority to the agricultural industry and related industries regarding the allocation of such materials, supplies, or facilities; (2) the Federal Power Commission take immediate steps to provide the highest possible priority for the allocation of natural gas for the expansion of existing capacity for the production of synthetic anhydrous ammonia; feedstocks, intermediates, and solvents utilized in the production of farm chemicals; feed phosphates; and for all other agricultural uses of natural gas; (3) the President expand the scope and responsibility of the Intergovernmental Agency Task Force on Fertilizer to include all essential farm inputs with respect to their supply availability, pricing (wholesale and retail), exports and imports and their equitable distribution among farm producers; and (4) the Federal Energy Administration consult with and maintain close liaison with the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with respect to any plans or proposals that may affect the current priority status that agriculture and related industries now enjoy under Federal mandatory fuel and propane allocation regulations.

Bill· SS. 3936 (93rd)referred

A bill to authorize the President to reduce Federal expenditures for fiscal year 1975 to $295,000,000,000.

United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974

Authorizes the President to reduce Federal expenditures for fiscal year 1975 to $295,000,000,000. Provides that in making reductions in amounts appropriated in order to reduce budget outlays to such amount, the President shall not reduce the amount of an item of appropriation: (1) if that appropriation does not exceed an amount equal to 95 percent of the sum requested in the budget for that fiscal year, unless (A) the President transmits a special message to Congress stating that he proposes to reduce the amount appropriated for such item and the sum by which that appropriation is to be reduced, and (B) neither House of Congress passes a resolution, during thirty calendar days of continuous session occurring immediately after transmittal of the message, stating in substance that it disapproves the reduction; and (2) in the case of any other item of appropriation, by more than 15 percent of the amount appropriated.

Bill· SS. 3913 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide for a 10 percent reduction in congressional salaries whenever the budget is not balanced.

United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974

Provides that, beginning with fiscal year 1975, if the outlays of the United States Government exceed receipts, then during the immediately succeeding fiscal year the rate of compensation that each Senator, Representative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico would have been paid but for the enactment of this Act shall be reduced by 10 percent.

Bill· SS. 3862 (93rd)referred

A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with.

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974

Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.

Bill· SS. 3726 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, as amended, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1974

Redefines the term "household," for purposes of the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to mean a group of individuals who are not residents of an institution or boarding house but are living as one economic unit sharing common cooking facilities and for whom food is customarily purchased in common. Deletes provisions of such Act allowing distribution of federally donated foods (during a transition period to a food stamp program) for emergencies or on the request of a State agency. Deletes provisions of such Act making 18 year-olds ineligible for one year for food stamps, if from an ineligible household and claimed as a dependent in the previous year. States that households shall have food stamp eligibility terminated for a year if they refuse necessary information to the State administering agency. Removes provisions allowing households to choose to receive coupon allotments having a face value that is less than the face value of the coupon allotment authorized for them.

Bill· SS. 3710 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide that certain applications and other documents required to be filed with executive departments and agencies shall be considered as timely filed if they are timely mailed.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974

Provides that specified applications and other documents required to be filed for a grant, loan, or other assistance with executive departments and agencies shall be considered as timely filed if they are timely mailed. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prescribe regulations for the uniform application of the provisions of this Act.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 347 (93rd)passed

Resolution relating to the role of the Federal Government on tourism in the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1974

Authorizes the Senate Committee on Commerce to make a full and complete investigation and study for the purpose of determining a policy and role for the Federal Government on tourism in the United States which will most effectively enable the industry to realize fully its potential to contribute to the social well-being, the cultural understanding, and the economic prosperity of the United States. Provides that the chairman and ranking minority member of each of the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture and Forestry, Interior and Insular Affairs, Public Works, Foreign Relations, Government Operations, Labor and Public Welfare, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Small Business, or a member of such committees designated by each such chairman or ranking minority member to serve in his place, shall serve as ex officio members of the Committee on Commerce for purposes of this study. Directs the Committee on Commerce to report its findings, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it deems advisable, to the Senate.

Law· SS. 3679 (93rd)open

Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974

Emergency Livestock Credit Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to bona fide farmers and ranchers, including operators of feedlots, who are primarily engaged in agricultural production for the purpose of breeding, raising, fattening or marketing livestock. Defines "livestock" to mean beef cattle, dairy catttle, swine, chickens, turkeys or the products thereof. Directs the Secretary to provide such assistance by guaranteeing loans made by any Federal or State chartered bank, savings and loan association, cooperative lending agency, or other approved lender. Requires that the total guaranteed under this Act for any farmer or rancher shall not exceed $1,000,000; and that in the case of any loan to refinance the livestock operations of a farmer or rancher, the loan and refinancing are absolutely essential in order for the farmer or rancher to remain in business. States that loans guaranteed under this Act shall bear interest at a rate to be agreed upon by the lender and borrower. Limits loan guarantees outstanding at any one time to $3,000,000,000. Terminates this Act one year after enactment, except the authority to make guarantees may be extended for 6 months if the Secretary of Agriculture determines guarantees are needed and notifies the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 341 (93rd)referred

Resolution relating to the imposition of meat import quotas.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1974

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should immediately terminate the suspension of any Presidential proclamation limiting the total quantity of imports, or withdrawals from warehouses for consumption, of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle, sheep and other specified meat.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 339 (93rd)referred

Resolved by the United States Senate that Dr. Kissinger be commended on his outstanding contributions to the cause of world peace.

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1974

Declares that Dr. Kissinger be commended on his outstanding contributions to the cause of world peace and that deep gratitude to Dr. Kissinger for his services is hereby expressed by the Senate. Declares that the United States Senate holds in high regard Dr. Kissinger, and regards him as an outstanding member of this Administration, as a patriotic Amercian in whom it has complete confidence, and whose integrity, and veracity are above reproach, and that the U.S. Senate wishes for him success in his continuing efforts to achieve a permanent peace in the world.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 213 (93rd)referred

A joint resolution authorizing the establishment of the Construction Industry Task Force to expedite the construction of energy producing facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1974

Directs the President to establish a special task force to be known as the Construction Industry Task Force. States that it shall be the purpose of the Task Force to help expedite the construction of energy producing facilities. Directs the Task Force to deal with specific construction problems presented to it by representatives of associations, industries, unions, environmentalists, and other groups by reviewing information from the planners concerned, defining the scope of the problem as it relates to the construction industry engaged in the construction of energy-producing facilities, and communicating national energy requirements to local energy sources. Directs that it shall be the function of the Task Force to make recommendations to interested parties aimed at minimizing the amount of construction time needed for the establishment of energy-producing facilities without disrupting the resources of the construction industry. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution.

Bill· SS. 3597 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide for emergency financing for livestock producers.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to finance livestock producers where the applicant's usual credit source is unable or unwilling to provide additional credit without the guarantee provided by this Act. States that a borrower's total principal indebtedness may not exceed $250,000 under this Act.