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United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1977
Declares the sense of the Senate that no ban on saccharin should take effect unless and until the Food and Drug Administration has conducted hearings on the appropriateness of safety tests conducted on this food additive, and whether an exemption from such ban should be granted for special dietary uses.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers maintaining households to elect either a $250 income tax credit or a $1,000 deduction for each dependent aged 65 or over who resides in their homes.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1977
Equal Access to Courts Act - Entitles a party which (1) prevails in any civil action, including an action for judicial review of agency actions, and (2) is a small business as defined by the Small Business Act or an individual or entity having assets or income below specified amounts to a judgment for costs and an award for attorney fees, witness fees, and necessary studies and reports. Directs an agency to pay costs and fees to a party meeting the criteria of (2) above if such a party (1) successfully defends the imposition of an agency sanction, (2) successfully opposes the issuance or amendments of certain agency orders, or (3) successfully appeals agency action or is subject to agency action which is appealed or reviewed. Entitles a party partially prevailing against the United States to costs and fees to the extent to which it prevailed. Authorizes where in the interest of justice, an award of cost and fees to a party which fails to prevail in a civil action instituted by or against the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1977
Department of Education Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be administered by a Secretary of Education. States that the principal function of such Department is to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the United States. Transfers to the Secretary specified functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of Education, and various educational responsibilities of other Federal agencies and instrumentalities. Creates the Federal Interagency Committee on Education and the National Advisory Commission on Education. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary of such Department, as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health and Welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1977
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 · 7 March 1977
Minority Business Development and Assistance Act - Establishes the Minority Business Development and Assistance Administration in the Department of Commerce. Creates the position of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development and Assistance to direct such Administration. Empowers the Assistant Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts with any person in order to provide management and technical assistance to minority enterprises. Sets forth the functions of the Assistant Secretary including the establishment of goals for other Federal departments which may affect minority business enterprises and the collection and dissemination of information useful for the undertaking and the promoting of minority businesses. Directs the heads of Federal departments to cooperate with the Secretary of Commerce by furnishing specified information. Establishes the Advisory Council for Minority Enterprise to advise the Secretary on economic and social developments which affect minority business enterprises. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to submit as a part of the annual report of the Department of Commerce a report of his activities under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 in each fiscal year and such other sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include within the meaning of the term "hospital" under such Title, rural health facilities of 50 beds or less. Sets forth exceptions to staffing, health, and safety requirements set forth for hospitals in the definition of such term.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to relieve the Vermejo Conservancy District, New Mexico, of its remaining obligation under a specified contract for construction and maintenance of the Vermejo reclamation project.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Relieves the Vermejo Conservancy District in New Mexico of all liability to the United States for construction, operation and maintenance of the Vermejo reclamation project.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Water Resources Research and Technology Development Act - Title I: General Water Resources Research - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the establishment of qualified water research and technology institutes at State colleges and universities. Requires that water resources research programs be developed and submitted to the Secretary for approval in accordance with specified criteria. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $500,000 per year to each participating institute for fiscal years 1978 through 1982. Authorizes additional appropriations of $10,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1978 and 1979 as matching grants to equal, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, funds made available to the institutes from non-Federal sources. Establishes eligibility requirements for such matching grants. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1978 and 1979 for grants and other assistance by the Secretary to other institutes for the conduct of water research projects. Authorizes the Secretary to initiate research assessment, transfer, and information dissemination programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1978 through 1982 to the Secretary to carry out the general purposes of this title. Repeals the Water Resources Research Act of 1964. Title II: Research and Engineering Development on Saline and Chemically Contaminated Water - Saline Water Conversion Act -- Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of converting saline or other chemically contaminated water into water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses. Directs the Secretary to develop a ten year plan for development and transfer of desalination technology. Authorizes the appropriation of $35,000,000 for research, development, and administrative activities to carry out the provisions of this title. Stipulates that not less than $10,000,000 of such funds shall be allocated for brackish ground water demonstration projects. Repeals the Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, with respect to works of improvement, to set an upper limit of $10,000,000 to any appropriation in excess of $250,000 for which a committee resolution approving a project is necessary to pass such appropriation. Requires each work of improvement project to contain benefits directly related to agriculture that account for at least 20 percent of the total benefits of such project. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Soil Conservation Service, to report by September 30, 1078 to the appropriate Congressional committees on the feasibility, the desirability, and the public interest involved in requiring full public access to all federally authorized water impoundments with recreation-related features.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Tuition Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals to elect either a tax credit (up to $250) or a tax deduction (up to $1,000) for educational expenses incurred for themselves, their spouses and each dependent for whom they are entitled to a personal exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Requires the Administrator of General Services, in conducting any survey of Federal buildings under the Public Buildings Act of 1959, to study the possible conversion of space that is excess to Federal needs or may soon become excess to such needs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1977
Expresses the disapproval of the Senate of the proposed deferral D 77-52 for operating expenses for activities of the biomedical and environmental research program conducted by the Energy Research and Development Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1977
Expresses the disapproval of the Senate of the proposed deferral D-77-50 of budget authority for operating expenses for certain research activities in the magnetic fuse on energy program conducted by the Energy Research and Development Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Inland Navigation Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the Corps of Engineers, to replace locks and dam 26, Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois, in accordance with the project report dated March 15, 1976. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the Corps of Engineers, to replace as a part of such project, terrestrial wildlife habitat inundated by project construction, and to manage such lands for wildlife mitigation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to construct a project-related recreation development near Ellis Island, Missouri, on a cost-sharing basis with Missouri. Directs that such recreation area be administered in accordance with the Federal Water Project Recreation Act. Establishes the Mississippi River navigation channel above Alton, Illinois, at nine feet. Prohibits the Secretary or other Federal officials from studying the feasibility of deepening the navigation channels in the Minnesota River, Minnesota; Black River, Wisconsin; Saint Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin; and the Mississippi River north of its juncture with the Illinois River, Illinois. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board to study the alternative of rehabilitating the present lock and dam structure at Alton, Illinois. Permits the Secretary to proceed with new construction if such board finds no merit in the rehabilitation alternative. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress if such board finds rehabilitation feasible. Permits the Secretary, in the latter instance, to proceed with the new construction, if Congress fails to act within 120 days. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish, after hearings and notice in the Federal Register, a system of user charges intended to recover a portion of Federal navigation-related costs of the operation, maintenance, new construction, and rehabilitation of inland waterways. Bases the assessment of such charges upon the annual (1) operation, construction, and rehabilitation costs of inland waterways; (2) the volume of traffic; (3) seasonal and peak demand periods; and (4) other factors. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to utilize as mechanisms of such system (1) license fees, (2) congestion charges, (3) ton-miles charges, (4) lockage fees; and (5) cargo capacity. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to allow vessels using the inland waterways to deduct from user charges any Federal tax (including a tax on fuels) which may be imposed after enactment of this Act. Requires that final rates be adequate to recover 50 percent of the Federal navigation-related expenditures for operation, maintenance, new construction, and rehabilitation of inland waterways. Sets forth procedures for implementation of such charges over a five year period. Establishes a Waterway Improvement Fund, administered by the Secretary of the Army, consisting of funds collected from user charges imposed by this Act. Imposes a fine of $5,000 per day for failure to pay user charges, and prohibits the violator from using any lock in the inland waterway system during the period of such violation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army, to submit to Congress three years after the implementation of a system of user charges, a report describing the economic impact and effectiveness of such charges. Creates a Mississippi River System Council consisting of the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Directs the Council to prepare a comprehensive master plan for the management of the Mississippi River system. Directs the Council in such preparation to cooperate with appropriate State and local agencies and with the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission. Requires such master plan (1) to identify the economic, recreational, and environmental objectives of Federal, State, and local agencies responsible for administration of the Mississippi River system, and (2) to recommend guidelines for such administration. Requires the guidelines of such master plan to include channel maintenance, minimizing dredging volumes, uses of dredged material, barge fleeting, water quality, fish and wildlife protection, wilderness preservation, and fish and wildlife refuge management. Authorizes the Council to carry out necessary studies, including those concerning the environmental and economic effects of present and projected traffic levels. Requires the Council to utilize, to the fullest extent possible, the Upper Mississippi River Resources Management (GREAT) study. Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from undertaking the rehabilitation, replacement, or construction of locks and dams which will increase the traffic capacity of the upper Mississippi River system, until Congress has approved the master plan. Authorizes the appropriation of $20,000,000 for preparation of the master plan, of which $4,400,000 shall be used for completion of the Upper Mississippi River Resource Management (GREAT) Study.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Designates specified lands within the Cibola National Forest, New Mexico, as the Manzano Mountain Wilderness.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Designates specified lands within the Cibola National Forest, New Mexico, as the Sandia Mountain Wilderness.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Requires the Secretary of the Army, or Agriculture, when submitting a public works project to Congress which is anticipated to increase the land value of a single landowner, to enter an agreement under which the landowner will contribute 50 percent of the projects' costs allocated to such benefits. Revises the procedures for operation and repair of navigation projects. Repeals the prohibition against tolls on navigation projects. Requires the Secretary of the Army (1) to include information on failure possibilities in reports to Congress on water impoundment projects, and (2) to describe recreation facilities in the area of any proposed public works project which includes recreation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare the calculations on transportation-related benefits for proposed water resources projects of the Corps of Engineers. Deauthorizes any survey of the Corps of Engineers for which no funds are expended within four years following its approval. Directs the Secretary of the Army to list all inactive surveys. Permits the deauthorization of such surveys. Establishes a Water Resources Mitigation Advisory Board to evaluate complaints with respect to any existing or potential water resources project. Authorizes the appropriation of $250,000 for fiscal year 1978 for such Board.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1977
Federal Salary Act Amendments -- Requires the President's recommendations of salary increases under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to be approved or disapproved within 60 days after being submitted to Congress. Repeals all changes in compensation of Federal employees since January 1, 1977, pursuant to such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
Energy Conservation Tax Incentives Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allows individuals a limited income tax credit for amounts expended for insulating their residence and installing devices which improve the fuel efficiency of existing home heating systems.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $100 to $600 ($1,200 in the case of a joint return) the amount of dividends which individuals may exclude from income.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income the first $100 ($200 for persons filing joint returns) earned as interest on savings deposits in financial institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
Individual Tax Rate Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to lower the individual income tax rates.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
American Stock Ownership Plans - Provides that for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code the term "American stock ownership plan" means a trust created or organized in the United States for the exclusive benefit of an individual or his beneficiaries which meets specified requirements, including: (1) contributions will not be accepted for the taxable year in excess of $1,500 on behalf of any individual; (2) the trust is designed to invest solely in common stock of domestic corporations; (3) contribution received by the trustee during a particular taxable year will be allocated to a separate class year account; and (4) the interest of an individual in each class year account may not be paid or distributed before the end of the seventh taxable year following that year in which such class year account was established, except in the case of death or disability. States that the term "American stock ownership annuity" means a contract for a variable annuity, issued by an insurance company which meets specified requirements similar to those of the stock ownership trust above. Provides that a trust created or organized in the United States by an employer for the exclusive benefit of his employees or their beneficiaries or by an association of employees for the exclusive benefit of its members of their beneficiaries, shall be treated as an American stock ownership plan, but only if the trust meets the requirements of such a plan as stated above and also provides a separate accounting for the interest of each employee or member. Exempts American stock ownership plans from taxation. Provides that any amount paid by an employer to American stock ownership plan or annuity shall be included in an individuals gross income. Allows an individual to deduct from his gross income amounts paid in cash during the taxable year by or on behalf of such individual to an American stock ownership plan or annuity. Stipulates that no deduction shall be allowed for the two taxable years succeeding the taxable year in which a payment or payment or distribution from such a plan or annuity which is taxable to the individual under this Act is made. Stipulates that the deduction allowable to an individual under this Act may not exceed an amount equal to 15 percent of the compensation included in his gross income for such taxable year, or $1,500 whichever is less, multiplied by a fraction, the denominator of which is $20,000 and the numerator of which is $20,000 minus the excess of such compensation over $20,000. Provides that any amount received from a class year account established more than seven years before the taxable year in which the amount is received, and any amount paid or distributed on account of the death of the individual for whose benefit the broadened stock ownership plan or annuity was created shall be included in gross income in the year received and treated as a long term capital gain.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce the normal corporate income tax; (2) increase the corporate surtax; and (3) increase the corporate surtax exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to amortize over 60 months, or in the case of a building, over one-half of its useful life, property placed in service after December 31, 1976, and before January 1, 1980, in an area in which the rate of unemployment is seven percent or greater.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a nonrefundable income tax credit for the hiring of new employees. Sets the amount of the credit at: (1) $1 multiplied by the number of new employee hours of employment for the first 26 weeks of employment; and (2) 50 cents multiplied by the number of new employee hours of employment for the second 26 weeks of employment. Stipulates that new employees must have been unemployed for more than 26 weeks and not displace or replace a current employee. Directs the Secretaries of Labor and Commerce to publicize the availability of this credit in connection with employment programs for which they are responsible.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1977
Entitles employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service to an annuity if separated from service after completing 25 years of service or after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service before December 31, 1989, if such employee is not otherwise entitled to other full retirement benefits and is not an Indian entitled to an employment preference by law.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for rural health clinic services pursuant to program of Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the aged and Disabled of such Title.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
DNA Research Act - Expresses the finding of Congress that all research with regard to DNA is either in interstate commerce or substantially affects such commerce. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate guidelines for research involving DNA. Prohibits the granting of a patent on any procedure or organism resulting from such research unless all guidelines have been adhered to, and full disclosure has been made regarding such process or organism. Imposes strict civil liability on persons carrying out such research for all injury to persons or property caused by research. Authorizes the Secretary to issue licenses for research involving DNA. Prohibits any person from soliciting or accepting any specimen for research involving DNA or conducting such research unless a license for such research has been issued. Authorizes the Secretary to revoke, suspend, or limit such licenses for specified violations. Authorizes the Attorney General, at the Secretary's request, to bring suit to enjoin any activity by a research facility, licensed under this Act, which is believed by the Secretary to be unreasonably hazardous to the public health. Gives the Secretary authority to inspect facilities engaged in DNA research. Imposes criminal penalties for violation of this Act. Authorizes the court to render any person or entity convicted of such violation ineligible for Federal funds. Prohibits any research facility employer from discharging or discriminating against any employee because such employee is involved in a proceeding under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide employers a partial, nonrefundable income tax credit for expenses incurred in employing individuals, and hiring new employees, between enactment and 1980, or 1979 if the unemployment rate for the fourth quarter of 1977 is lower than six percent.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Regulatory Reform Act - Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan recommending reforms with respect to the regulation of: (1) energy, the environment, housing, and occupational health and safety by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1979; (2) transportation and communications by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1981; (3) banking and finance, international trade, and Government procurement by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1983; and (4) food, consumer health and safety, economic trade practices, and labor- management concerns by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1985. States that each such plan shall include recommendations for reform of such specified agencies and shall report on the cumulative impact of all Government regulatory activity reviewed, up to that date, on specific industry groupings. States that if the President fails to submit such plans by the specified dates, the Senate and House Committees on Government Operations shall draft their own plans to be submitted to Congress for action. Requires the Comptroller General and the Congressional Budget Office, contemporaneously with the development of the President's plan, to submit a report assessing the purpose, effects, efficiency, and cost effectiveness of each agency included in the plans submitted by the President. States that if no comprehensive regulatory reform legislation is enacted by August 1 of the year following the year in which a comprehensive plan has been submitted by the President, then all agencies affected thereby shall have no authority to issue any new rules not essential for preserving the public health and safety; if such reform is not enacted by October 1 of such year, such agency shall have no authority to enforce any rule not essential for preserving the public health and safety; if no such reform is enacted by December 31 of such year, such agency shall be terminated on such date. States that all rules of such terminated agency essential for preserving the public health and safety shall remain effective and shall be enforced by the Department of Justice. Requires the President to submit subsequent plans in the manner and in the order and frequency set forth by this Act every ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Requires that the Congressional Record for the Senate contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks actually delivered on the floor together with permitted supporting data. Limits revisions of remarks in the Congressional Record to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors which do not change the meaning, content, or substance of those remarks. Entitles Senators to insert in the Record remarks not actually delivered on the floor. Directs that such insertions be clearly distinguishable from verbatim remarks.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
Enlarges the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest, New Mexico, to include the four tracts adjacent to it.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1977
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to purchase and to hold in trust for the Zuni Indian Tribe of New Mexico, certain lands in New Mexico. Exempts such lands from State and local taxation. Confers jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to decide any claims of the tribe concerning lands in Arizona or New Mexico allegedly taken without just compensation by the United States. Declares that any prior award with respect to lands that are subject to such a claim shall have no effect upon that claim. States that certain claims now pending before the Indian Claims Commission shall not be affected by claims filed under this Act. Authorizes the tribe to purchase lands which are contiguous to the tribe's reservation, and to exchange tribal lands for lands of equal value, even if the tribal lands are not contiguous to the reservation. Mandates that lands acquired which are contiguous to the reservation be held in trust by the United States for the tribe's benefit. Allows the tribe to hold non-contiguous lands in its own name.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1977
Emergency Farm Grain Storage Facilities Construction Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Commodity Credit Corporation, to guarantee loans to wheat and feed grains producers for the construction of storage facilities. Provides for a guarantee with respect to 90 percent of the total construction cost, not to exceed $50,000. Sets a formula for determining the proper size of a storage facility for which a loan may be guaranteed under this Act. Sets the loan term at no more than ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1977
Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to make the provisions, formerly applicable to persons between 40 and 65 years of age, applicable to anyone 40 years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1977
Youth Employment Act -- Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide financial assistance to prime sponsors, under the comprehensive manpower services provisions of such Act, certain counties, and Indian tribal groups for comprehensive manpower services for economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed youths age 14- 24. Makes eligible for a bonus payment prime sponsors which engaged, in the year prior to applying for assistance under this Act, in a cooperative education or training project with a local or State education agency. Repeals provisions under which assistance is presently provided for part time and summer employment of disadvantaged youths.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1977
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue an oil and gas lease covering a certain parcel of land in New Mexico, to a certain corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Authorizes $10,500,000 to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1978-1982 for the construction of the Navajo Community College.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to revise the computation of annuities payable to certain retired employees and their surviving spouses.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Requests that the concerns of the United States be conveyed to the Soviet government regarding adherence to the Helsinki Declaration with respect to freedom to emigrate.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1977
Synthetic Fuels Act - Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to guarantee loan obligations issued for the purposes of financing the construction and operation costs of commercial demonstration facilities for: (1) the conversion of coal and other resources into synthetic fuels; (2) the generation of energy from renewable sources; (3) the development of energy-efficient industrial equipment; and (4) geothermal resource development. Requires the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the conditions of any such guarantee. Prescribes limits for the total amount of outstanding indebtedness subject to Federal guarantees. Details conditions under which the Administrator may guarantee an obligation. Establishes procedures for consultation with affected States, localities and Indian tribes. Prohibits the making of Federal commitments where the Governor of the affected State is opposed unless there is an overriding national interest favoring such Federal action. Specifies procedures in the event of a default of any guarantee under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to make financial payments to affected States, localities, and Indian tribes for the financing of essential community development and planning resulting from the construction of any facilities assisted by this Act. Requires full reports to Congressional committees on proposed Federal actions under this Act. Directs the Administrator to submit a comprehensive plan for energy productions and conservation demonstration programs to the Congress. Establishes a separate fund in the Treasury to finance the programs authorized by this Act. Makes funds from the Geothermal Resources Development Fund available for loan guarantees for geothermal resource development and demonstration projects. Requires employees and officials in policy making positions within the Energy Research and Development Administration to file annual reports with the Administrator with respect to any financial interest in any property or business receiving financial assistance under this Act to which they may have knowledge. Imposes a fine of $2,500 and/or imprisonment of up to one year for violation of this Act by any employee or official of the Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1977
Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to utilize Federal loan guarantees as a method of furthering nonnuclear energy research, development, and demonstration.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Declares a certain individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for inpatient hospital services furnished outside the United States to individuals insured for benefits under the supplementary medical insurance program.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Declares it to be the sense of Congress that wasteful energy consumption in the United States must be eliminated. Requests the President to call for a National Energy Crusade and to designate an Energy Conservation Month. Requests the President to report to the Congress and to the nation on the status of energy conservation initiatives.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Disapproves the recommendations of the President transmitted to Congress pursuant to the Federal Salary Act of 1967 recommending rates of pay for (1) Members of Congress and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, (2) certain positions in the legislative branch, (3) specified judicial personnel, and (4) certain positions under the Executive Schedule.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Expresses the disapproval of the Senate of proposed deferral D 77-51 withholding funds appropriated for operating expenses for Program Support- Community Operations for certain communities associated with facilities of the Energy Research and Development Administration.