United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1978
Small Communities Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - States that the purpose of this Act is the simplification of the administrative and financial burdens on small communities in complying with the requirements of Federal assistance programs. Title II: Definitions - Defines terms used in this Act. Defines a "small community" as a county, city, town, township, or other community with a population of less than 50,000. Title III: Administration of Generally Applicable Federal Assistance Requirements - Defines "generally applicable requirements" as requirements which are placed on assistance recipients by Federal legislation or administrative rules and regulations, and which apply to two or more assistance programs. Directs the President to designate Federal agencies to establish standard rules and regulations for, and to report on the implementation of, generally applicable requirements in the areas of: (1) labor practices; (2) equal employment opportunity; (3) public employee standards; (4) equal services requirements based on prohibitions of discrimination; (5) access to government information; (6) citizen participation; (7) environmental protection; (8) relocation and real property acquisition; and (9) procurement standards when such requirements are part of a Federal assistance program. Permits a State or local government to certify to the Federal department or agency administering an assistance program that such government is in compliance with standard rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act or with equivalent State or local rules. Provides for the rescission of such certification by the Federal body upon its finding that the government is not, in fact, in compliance. Title IV: Advance Appropriations - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish procedures for budgeting appropriations for multiyear programs of Federal financial assistance one year before the fiscal year in which the funds are to be spent. Title V: Consolidation of Federal Assistance Programs - Requires the President to examine, from time to time, the various Federal assistance programs and to determine what consolidations are necessary to improve the administration, efficiency, and economy of such programs. Directs the President, upon finding that a consolidation of programs is necessary, to designate a single Federal agency to administer the consolidated program. States that the agency chosen must have been in charge of at least one of the programs involved in the consolidation. Title VI: Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations - Increases from 26 to 29 the membership of the Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations by providing for the appointment by the President to the Committee of three elected officials of small communities. Title VII: Flexible Grants Formulas - Directs the President to establish procedures for effective consultation among representatives of small communities, Congress, and the executive branch concerning the needs of small communities. Title VIII: Regulatory Flexibility - Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to waive any rule, regulation, or order of any instrumentality of the United States except a Federal court. Title IX: Small Communities Contracts - Permits small communities to obtain assistance or services by contract with other communities or instrumentalities of State or local government. Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish guidelines and procedures for such contracts. Title X: Small Community Set-Aside; Cash Grants - Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish a procedure under which a small community could elect to receive a single cash grant in lieu of the grants presently received through various Federal assistance programs. States that a community selecting such single grant option would not have to meet any Federal requirements or standards imposed by the Federal Government. Title XI: Effect on Other Laws - States that this Act is in addition to the provisions of any other law or regulation under which any remedy or right of appeal is provided for any person, or any procedure is provided for the inquiry into or investigation of any matter. Title XII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Title XIII: Financial Management of Federal Assistance Programs, General Financial Management - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish and maintain, for use by all Federal agencies, standard financial and other requirements for the administration of programs of financial assistance to State and local governments. States that such requirements shall include uniform financial reporting and application forms, standard terms, definitions, and conditions, and procedures for audits of grant programs. Sets forth measures to standardize audits of Federal financial programs. Requires a single audit of a State and local recipient of Federal financial assistance at least once every three years. Title XIV: Effective Dates - Establishes the dates on which specified Titles of this Act shall become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1978
Expresses the sense of the Congress that (1) the trials of Antoly Shcharansky, Viktoras Petkus, and Aleksandr Ilyich Ginzburg are matters of deep concern to the American people that adversely affect Soviet-American relations; and (2) the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet should seek a humanitarian resolution to these cases and work toward improving such relations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Federal Assistance Paperwork Reduction Act - Title I: Administration of Generally Applicable Federal Assistance Requirements - Adds a new title to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968. Defines "generally applicable requirements" as requirements which are placed on assistance recipients by Federal legislation or administrative rules and regulations, and which apply to two or more assistance programs. Directs the President to designate Federal agencies to establish standard rules and regulations for, and to report on the implementation of generally applicable requirements in the areas of: (1) labor practices; (2) equal employment opportunity; (3) public employee standards; (4) equal services requirements based on prohibitions of discrimination; (5) access to government information; (6) citizen participation; (7) environmental protection; (8) relocation and real property acquisition; and (9) procurement standards when such requirements are part of a Federal assistance program. Directs Federal departments and agencies to comply with those rules within 180 days after such a rule is issued. Creates the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs to: (1) monitor the compliance efforts of Federal departments and agencies under this Act; (2) oversee the operations of the designated agencies; and (3) formulate a system by which Federal departments inform recipients of Federal assistance of the amount and purpose of that assistance. Title II: Advance Appropriations - Amends the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 and the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 to provide for multi-year funding of Federal financial assistance programs. Title III: Joint Funding Simplification - Amends the Joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974 to require Federal agencies to take specified measures previously authorized by such Act to provide for joint funding by and management of Federal assistance programs which have common interests. Title IV: Administration of Financial Assistance to the States - Requires Federal agencies to provide the officials of a State or local government receiving Federal assistance with information concerning the amount, purpose, and impact of that assistance. Authorizes Congress to include in Federal assistance legislation a provision which prohibits a State or local government from using Federal assistance to replace funding previously provided by that government unless that government is determined to be in fiscal distress. Requires the President to designate Federal agencies to establish rules by which Federal departments determine requirements for Federal financial assistance. Establishes the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs to oversee those agencies. Permits multi-year funding of Federal assistance programs, and provides for joint management of those programs serving common interests.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1978
Maternal, Infant, and Crippled Children's Health Reform Act - Amends the Social Security Act to establish in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a unit known as the National Office of Maternal and Child Health. Requires the National Office to: (1) seek to improve maternal and child health care services through coordination of the activities of Federal health agencies with respect to maternal and child health and crippled children's services; (2) develop a data collection and retrieval system to serve as a central source of information related to the health of mothers and children; and (3) develop a long-range program to promote the availability of health services to all pregnant women, infants, and children. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Advisory Council on Maternal and Child Health. Requires such Council to advise and assist the States and the Secretary and the National Office. Directs the Council to study Federal health programs for mothers, infants, and children. Sets forth the scope of such study.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1978
States that the President should, pending removal of Cuban military forces from Africa, (1) recall the United States Interests Section from Cuba and expel the Cuban Interests Section from the United States, (2) deny any license for commercial trade with or export to Cuba under the Export Administration Act of 1969, (3) reverse any other action toward the normalization of relations with Cuba, and (4) defer any further official actions toward normalization of United States relations with Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1978
Reaffirms that the North Atlantic Alliance is a vital commitment of the United States. Recognizes the success of the Alliance. Declares Congressional support for strengthening the defensive capabilities of the Alliance and for lessening tensions with the Warsaw Pact countries through arms control agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1978
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State: (1) make every effort to negotiate an agreement with Canada to preserve our mutual airshed, protect air resources, and maintain air quality; and (2) take whatever diplomatic actions necessary to reduce or eliminate any undesirable impact on both countries resulting from air pollution from any source.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, statutory subsistence allowances received by State police officers between 1969 and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1978
International Unfair Trade Laws Procedural Reform Act - Title I: Antidumping Act Amendments - Amends the Antidumping Act, 1921, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a preliminary investigation upon being informed that a particular class of merchandise is being, or is likely to be sold at less than its fair value (dumping). Requires that possible margins of dumping be published in the Federal Register along with notice of the investigation. Prescribes procedures for reporting information on dumping injuries to the Secretary and the United States International Trade Commission. Requires the Commission to conclude whether injury exists. Makes mandatory the Secretary's currently discretionary authority to suspend liquidation retroactively to cover merchandise entering after the publication of the notice of initiation of a full-scale investigation. Reduces the time limits allowed for agency investigations. Adds, to those circumstances under current law following which a hearing will be available, the notice of tentative discontinuance of an antidumping investigation or notice of a tentative modification or revocation of a dumping finding. Authorizes the Secretary to cauculate the foreign market value for purposes of assessing antidumping duties through the use of weighted averages on a manufacturer-by-manufacturer basis over a period of no longer than six months. Requires payment of estimated dumping duties upon entry following a finding of dumping. Provides for review no less than once a year of the amount of estimated duty, with adjustments based on the most recent data available. Provides for return of excess duties. Changes the bonding requirements to require additional information. Requires the liquidation of merchandise subject to a dumping finding within 15 months of entry into the country, or within 18 months if the Secretary concludes that it cannot reasonably be performed within 15 months. Requires information developed in connection with the assessment and liquidation of antidumping duties to be made available in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. Title II: 1930 Tariff Act Amendments - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to countervailing duties to require initiation of investigations as to whether a bounty or grant is being paid or bestowed and to shorten the time limit for making determinations. Changes the requirements for suspension of liquidation as to merchandise. Revises procedures governing the Secretary's actions following the issuance of an order directing the assessment and collection of countervailing duties. Imposes civil penalties for violations of cease and desist orders of the Commission. Specifies standards for review of actions contesting determinations by the Secretary or the Commission in countervailing duty and antidumping cases. Enumerates the decisions which may be challenged in the United States Customs Court. Title III: Study of Transferring Treasury Investigative Responsibilities to International Trade Commission - Directs the General Accounting Office to undertake a one-year study of the need for and feasibility of a transfer of the duties of the Treasury Department under the Antidumping Act, 1921, and the countervailing duty statutes of the Tariff Act of 1930, to the International Trade Commission, or to an independent section of a department of international trade. Title IV: Amendments to the Revenue Act of September 8, 1916 - Amends existing law to redescribe behavior which constitutes dumping to make it unlawful to manufacture in a foreign country and sell in the United States (whether through a related or unrelated importer) merchandise for which the purchase or exporter's sales price is less than the foreign market value, where the effect of such sale has been to substantially lessen competition, restrain trade, or monopolize commerce within the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Investment Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore part of the pre-1969 tax treatment of capital gains by repealing the capital gains item of tax preference for the minimum tax; lowering the corporate alternative tax to 25 percent of net capital gain; and lowering the alternative individual tax to 25 percent of net capital gain.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a certain individual in full settlement of such individual's claims against the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Establishes the President's Commission on the Victims of the Holocaust for the purpose of considering and developing plans for the design, construction, and location of a permanent memorial in the United States to the victims of the Holocaust. Terminates the Commission within one year after the submission of its final report. Requires that such report be submitted to the Congress and the President within 18 months after the effective date of this resolution. Authorizes appropriations of $750,000 to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1978
Declares it the sense of the Senate that (1) the President recognize the severity of the international monetary crisis; (2) the President undertake discussions with the other industrialized countries to develop a common approach to this crisis; and (3) the approach should focus on a long-term solution to the crisis caused by exclusive reliance on the dollar as the key international monetary reserve asset.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1978
Declares it the sense of the Senate that the President undertake discussions with the other industrialized countries with a view toward establishing, in cooperation with the member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) which are in current account surplus, a major capital pool for productive investment in the developing countries.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Prohibits the first salary adjustment which would be made under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 after the date of enactment of this Act from taking effect for the Vice President, Members of Congress, judges, commissioners, and referees, and positions in the Executive Schedule.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1978
Directs the Architect of the Capitol to halt construction of the extension to the Dirksen Office Building and provides for the conversion of the site of such extension into a public park to be known as the Philip A. Hart Park and an underground parking garage for tourists and visitors to the Capitol.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Agricultural Export Expansion Act - Title I: Establishment of United States Agricultural Trade Offices - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1954 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish abroad not less than six nor more than 25 United States Agricultural Trade Offices, for the purpose of developing, maintaining, and expanding international markets for United States agricultural commodities. Title II: Intermediate Commercial Credit - Amends the Food for Peace Act to permit the Corporation to finance, under its export credit sales program, export sales of agricultural commodities, commodity facilities, and export sales of agricultural commodities for reserve use. Title III: Reorganization - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture an Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs to perform duties related to foreign agriculture and agricultural stabilization and conservation. Title IV: Agricultural Counselors - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1954 to change the title of Agricultural Attaches to Agricultural Counselors, and to require each Counselor to submit to the Secretary annual report detailing the social, political and economic factors affecting agriculture and agricultural trade in the country or area to which such Counselor is assigned. Title V: General Provisions - Requires the Secretary to transmit to Congress annual reports on the activities and accomplishments of the Department, especially those of the United States Agricultural Trade Offices, in developing, maintaining, and expanding foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Beef Import Act - Subjects specified kinds of preserved beef and veal products to the policy of Congress related to the restriction of beef imports. Revises the formula for the determination of beef and veal import quotas. Directs the President to limit beef imports at any one port of entry in order to insure the geographical distribution of such imports. Revises the criteria under which the President may suspend a proclamation limiting beef and veal imports to permit such suspension only during a national emergency or when the supply of such products are inadequate to meet domestic supply at reasonable prices.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce corporation tax rates by establishing a graduated scale ranging from a minimum of 18 percent for taxable income under $25,000 up to $64,500 plus 46 percent (diminished over five years to 42 percent) for income over $200,000.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 20 percent to 40 percent the permissable variance from the useful life of property established by the Secretary of the Treasury for depreciation purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the personal exemption, the zero bracket amount, the general tax credit, and the earned income credit. Sets forth new tax tables with lower rates.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the investment credit from 10 to 12 percent (and from 11 to 13 percent for the additional credit), to remove the January 1, 1981, termination date, and to make such credit permanent. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay each State, political subdivision thereof, and each tax-exempt organization investing in certain depreciable property a sum equal to 25 percent of the amount of the investment credit such tax-exempt entity would be allowed if liable for tax. Allows for years between December 31, 1978, and January 1, 1984, an investment credit for certain depreciable property including buildings and their structural components if such property is placed in service in a high-unemployment area.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a credit against the individual income tax equal to ten percent of any social security taxes paid by that individual during the taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Job Opportunities and Family Security Act - Title I: Family Security Program - Amends Title IV, part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of the Social Security Act to include within the definition of "dependent child" a child who has been deprived of parental care or support due to the unemployment of a parent. Repeals requirements that the father of a dependent child be unemployed for specified periods of time before his family becomes eligible for aid. Establishes criteria for determining the employment status of a parent based upon average earnings over a specified period of time. Requires an unemployed parent who is eligible for public service employment under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to register for and accept such employment. Permits a State to establish up to three different payment standards for cash assistance under the AFDC program, according to variations in the cost of living within the State. Defines the term "assistance unit" and enumerates the individuals to be included in such unit for purposes of this Act. Requires that any income or resources of any member of an assistance unit be included in determining the eligibility of such unit for aid. Sets forth items of income and resources which the State must disregard in determining such eligibility. Increases, to specified levels through fiscal year 1985, the amount of work and child care expenses which are to be disregarded in determining eligibility. Prohibits disregard of the earned income of any member of an assistance unit who refuses or terminates employment without good cause, earns more in any month than the established need of the assistance unit, or fails to give a timely report of his earned income for any month. Reduces, according to a specified formula, AFDC payments in the case of a dependent child who lives in a home in which an individual who is either not legally responsible for the support of such child or is not eligible for assistance payments is also residing. Provides Federal financial and technical support to the States for the installation of automated claims processing and management information systems to aid in the administration of State plans under the AFDC program. Requires members of an assistance unit to apply for any private or public retirement or disability plan, unemployment compensation or similar benefits to which they may be entitled. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay quarterly to each State which has an approved plan for aid and services to needy families with children an amount equal to the Federal public assistance percentage for each State, as determined under this Act, multiplied by the total quarterly amount expended by each State for its AFDC programs. Limits the amount of Federal matching funds payable to the States to 100 percent of the Federal nonfarm poverty line as established by the Office of Management and Budget. Establishes a Federal public assistance percentage for fiscal year 1980, with specified yearly increases through fiscal year 1982. Reduces the Federal public assistance percentage for States that have payment error rates in excess of four percent, and requires such States, subject to a further reduction in the public assistance percentage, to insure that no political subdivision is required to provide any funding under the State plan or to administer any part of such plan. Repeals payment limitations applicable to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam under the programs of AFDC, Medicaid, and Supplemental Security Income, and certain other titles of the Social Security Act. Directs the States to base eligibility for, and amount of, payments to an assistance unit on a one-month retrospective accounting period or a one-month prospective period. Permits States to require, as a condition of eligibility for AFDC benefits, that assistance units report to the State agency each month any changes in income or circumstances. Establishes minimum benefit amounts which States must pay to eligible assistance units for fiscal years 1981 through 1985. Renders an assistance unit ineligible for aid where the resources of such unit exceed specified levels. Changes all references to the AFDC program throughout the Social Security Act to Family Security Program or Aid for Family Security, as appropriate. Requires AFDC recipients to register for the Work Incentive (WIN) program. Exempts certain employees, college students, and public service workers under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act from registration. Places responsibility for the establishment and operation of the WIN program with the States. Requires the Governor of each State administering a work incentive program to report annually on the operation of such program to the Secretary of Labor. Limits the amount of appropriation that may be authorized for the WIN program. Directs the Secretary of Labor to estimate, prior to each quarter of each fiscal year, the amount required by each State for its WIN program and to pay such amount to each State. Establishes a program of Federal payments for foster care maintenance and adoption assistance under Title IV of the Social Security Act. Declares that a State, to be eligible for payments under this Act, shall have a plan for the administration of such program. Sets forth the requirements for approval of such a plan by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Authorizes the States to make payments for foster care maintenance and adoption assistance and sets forth the requirements children and adoptive parents must meet to receive assistance under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to fund the programs established by this Act and provides for payments to the States each quarter, according to a specified formula. Authorizes the Secretary to provide a State with technical assistance in developing programs established by this Act. Title II: Jobs Program - Authorizes appropriations for public service jobs under Title VI of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) of 1973 through fiscal year 1983. Directs each CETA prime sponsor to provide from allocated funds a guaranteed public service job for one adult in any AFDC-Unemployed Parent household who has searched unsuccessfully for a regular job for 90 days. Directs such prime sponsor to provide from 50 percent of available remaining public service jobs, jobs to other AFDC recipients, and from the other 50 percent, jobs to individuals who have been unemployed for 26 weeks or more. Establishes a private sector voucher program for jobs under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to encourage employment in the private sector of AFDC recipients, unemployed adults and youths who have searched unsuccessfully for employment for 90 days, and individuals whose public service employment under CETA has terminated and who have searched for employment for at least 30 days. Provides private sector employers who hire individuals eligible for the voucher program with a one dollar per hour subsidy if such individual is paid according to the prevailing rate for the work he performs. Prohibits employers from using voucher-eligible employees to replace regular employees or reduce their hours. Title III: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the earned income credit to equal 15 percent of an individual's earned income which does not exceed the official poverty line as established by the Secretary of the Treasury. Increases from 10 to 20 percent of the excess adjusted gross income or earned income, whichever is greater, the amount by which the earned income credit will be reduced when such income exceeds the official poverty line. Makes the earned income credit permanent. Requires employers to make advance payments of the earned income credit to employees certified as qualifying for the credit during the current year. Treats payment of this advance credit as payment of the employer's FICA and withholding amounts, and treats failure to make advance payments as a failure to deduct and withhold FICA amounts when they would otherwise be due. Provides that any amount refunded to an individual as an earned income credit shall not be treated as income for purposes of State taxation and shall be disregarded in determining eligibility for a federally funded public assistance program. Sets forth criteria for determining the amount of the credit for the employment of certain new employees. Makes such credit permanent. Increases an individual's income tax liability by the amount that adjusted gross income, plus welfare and food stamp benefits which are received during the year, exceed specified "tabular amounts" based upon such individual's number of personal exemptions. Prescribes "tabular amounts" ranging from $5,470 for individuals with one personal exemption to $14,650 for persons with seven or more exemptions. Limits the credits which can be taken against an individual's income tax liability for excess food stamp and welfare benefits to the credits for excess withholding taxes, certain uses of gasoline, special fuels and lubricating oil, and earned income. Title IV: Supplemental Security Income Payments - Permits States to pay increased cash benefits to supplemental security income recipients in lieu of food stamp coupons. Lowers the age limit for eligibility for supplemental security income benefits from 65 to 64 in 1980, 63 in 1981, and 62 in 1982 and succeeding years. Title V: Food Stamp Provisions - Authorizes demonstration projects for converting food stamp benefits into increased cash payments for recipients of supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. Repeals provisions authorizing payment and distribution of food stamp coupons under the AFDC program. Title VI: Assistance to Meet Emergency Needs - Authorizes appropriations to States for the establishment of plans to provide emergency assistance to any needy family or individual whose living expenses are not met by the State's AFDC program. Sets forth requirements for the operation of a State plan for emergency assistance. Repeals current provisions for emergency assistance to needy families with dependent children. Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor) to establish demonstration projects to evaluate the feasibility of establishing consolidated public assistance centers to aid individuals in applying for aid under any Federal or federally assisted program for which such individual may be eligible. Directs the Secretary (in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor) to establish demonstration projects to evaluate the feasibility of (1) consolidating public assistance programs and placing the financial responsibility for such programs on the Federal Government and (2) permitting States to operate public assistance programs without Federal regulation. Requires the Secretary (in consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Labor, and the Treasury) to conduct a review of the effects of this Act and to report to Congress. Establishes a National Commission on Public Assistance to conduct a continuing study, investigation, and review of, public assistance programs, and to make recommendations for improvements in such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1978
Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended, to 1980. Extend the authorization of appropriations for ocean dumping research for fiscal years 1979 and 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1978
Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations to carry out the Act during fiscal years 1979 and 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1978
Amends the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere Act of 1977 to: (1) authorize appropriations to carry out the Act during fiscal years 1979 and 1980; and (2) establish expiration dates for terms of office of the original appointees of the Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1978
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to stipulate that the ratio of credit and financing extended by the Bank for agricultural exports to the total credit and financing by the Bank shall at least equal the ratio of the dollar value of agricultural exports to the dollar value of all exports in the preceding fiscal year. Makes this limitation inapplicable in any fiscal year in which (1) the Bank determines that the demand for agricultural export credit is insufficient to equal the ratio required, or (2) the Secretary of Agriculture determines the level of agricultural commodities to be adequate without Bank financing.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Condemns recent terrorism in Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. Extends Congressional condolences to victims of these attacks. Declares that the President should (1) intensify efforts of the executive branch to counter international terrorism, (2) report to Congress on the implementation of laws regarding terrorism; (3) report to Congress on the activities of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in New York; and (4) report to specified Congressional committees the names of nations which furnish assistance to such Organization.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Federal Buildings Artistic Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to direct the Administrator of General Services to acquire works of art by living American artists and to circulate such works among public buildings throughout the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1978
SS Life Act - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to LIFE International for 15 years the hospital ship U.S.S. Sanctuary (AH-17) to furnish health care to developing nations. Renames such ship the "SS LIFE". Authorizes the appropriation of $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 for modification of such ship and for maintenance and operation $494,000 for fiscal year 1979, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1978
Expresses Congressional disapproval of the Presidential denial of import relief to the producers of nuts, bolts, and large screws, under the Trade Act of 1974, transmitted to the Congress on February 10, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1978
Social Security Refinancing Act - Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to finance the payment of disability insurance benefits and hospital insurance benefits through general tax revenues, rather than through employment and self-employment tax revenues. Reduces employment and self-employment tax rates below the rates established by the Social Security Financing Amendments of 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1978
Export Stimulation Act - Amends the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to furnish Commodity Credit Corporation financing to exporters of commodities who wish to extend deferred payment terms to foreign buyers. Stipulates procedures for and limitations upon such financing.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1978
Flexible Parity Act - Title I: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 crop of wheat a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from $3.00 per bushel for a 20 percent set-aside up to $5.04 per bushel for a 50 percent set-aside. Title II: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 crop of feed grains a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from $2.10 for a ten percent set-aside up to $3.45 for a 50 percent set-aside. Title III: Upland Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 crop of upland cotton a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from 54 cents per pound for a 20 percent set-aside up to 84 cents per point for a 50 percent set-aside. Title IV: Grain Release Prices - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949: (1) to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from providing for the redemption of stored wheat and feed grains loans unless the market price for such commodities is not less than parity; (2) to prohibit the Secretary from calling such loans until the market price for wheat and feed grains is at least 105 percent of parity; and (3) to prohibit the Commodity Credit Corporation from selling its stocks of wheat and feed grains for less than the parity price of such commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1978
Intermediate Term Agricultural Export Credit Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Commodity Credit Corporation, to provide intermediate export loans on terms of from five to ten years in order to develop and expand foreign markets for United State agricultural commodities, including breeding livestock. Prohibits any sale involving such intermediate credit unless the Secretary determines that such sale will develop, expand, or maintain a particular country as a long-term foreign market for United States agricultural commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Agricultural Trade Expansion Act - Amends the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to permit the Commodity Credit Corporation to finance export sales of agricultural commodities on credit terms in excess of three years, but not more than ten years. Exempts such sales from the requirement that exports be transported on privately owned United States - flag commercial vessels.
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1977
Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to include all Members of Congress and other officers and employees in the legislative branch of the Government under the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance system.
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1977
Prohibits discrimination in rates charged by the Southwestern Power Administration for electricity delivered to its customers. Stipulates that the Administration's rate schedule shall be subject to confirmation and approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1977
Designates the South Portal Federal Office Building of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare at 200 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, D. C., as the "Hubert H. Humphrey Building."
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1977
Declares that the President should establish a Commission on Domestic and International Hunger and Malnutrition which should: (1) collect and generate information and resources on food, hunger, malnutrition and related concerns; (2) assess current programs affecting domestic and international hunger and malnutrition; (3) analyze and report its findings and recommendations to the President, the Congress, and the public; and (4) assist the President and the Congress in implementing its recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1977
Tuition Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against an individual's income tax in an amount equal to 50 percent of the sum of the amounts paid by him to educational institutions as tuition (though no more than $500 for any single individual) for the attendance of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any of his dependents with respect to whom he is entitled to a personal exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Reaffirms the determination of the United States to fulfill its responsibilities to the Federal Republic of Germany and to the member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Declares it the sense of the Senate that the Privacy Protection Study Commission should be commended for its report, "Personal Privacy in an Information Society," and that the Congress should implement the Commission's recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1977
Regulatory Flexibility Act - Requires Federal agencies to: (1) assess the costs of private information collection and compliance which are or would be imposed by existing or proposed agency rules; (2) compare such impositions with the importance of the public policy achieved or to be achieved by such rules; and (3) determine whether such rules should apply to the same extent to individuals, and organizations of various sizes and resources. Requires, in the event that it is determined that such proposed rules, will have a substantial effect on any significant number of small businesses, that such rules be submitted to the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Requires such Office to comment on the impact of such proposed rules on smaller enterprises. Requires such comments to be made public and available to Federal personnel responsible for reviewing such rules. Directs that proposed rules be issued in two or more parts when the analysis of such rules indicates the desirability of applying varying requirements for performance or reporting depending on the resources of the organization or individual required to comply with such rules.
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