United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1976
Amends Title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal share of expenditures for such services to include the entire cost of such services. Increases from 50 percent to 75 percent the portion of the expenditures made to a State for social services which must be spent for families or individuals with incomes below the poverty line as determined for the State or for families or individuals who receive benefits under the programs of aid to families with dependent children, supplemental security income, or medicaid. Eliminates the requirement for Federal standards for State-operated child day care centers. Requires the States to establish and enforce Statewide standards for day care facilities. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit to Congress a model law or set of standards recommended for adoption by the States to govern the provision of day care services. Repeals the prohibition against payments to States to cover the cost of educational services provided by the State without regard to cost or to the income of the beneficaries of such services. Authorizes payments to States for services to individuals in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, or foster homes. Continues the prohibition against payments to States for services to individuals in prison. Repeals the prohibition against payments to States for services to individuals who are eligible to receive payments under the medicare program. Repeals the requirement for approval of all State plans for social services by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires States to conduct an annual audit of any plan of services under this Act. Requires an annual assessment of the implementation of such plan by each State. Directs the annual publication of the reports of such audits and assessments. Extends the prohibition against discrimination based on race, color, or national origin under any program receiving Federal financial assistance to include a prohibition on discrimination based on sex.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1976
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize an exemption from Federal permit requirements for point sources from agricultural activities. Requires a permit in cases where the agricultural point source is determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to be causing a violation of a numerical standard for any pollutant in the receiving waters. Directs the Administrator and the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to develop regulations to define normal and reasonable irrigation practices to govern the issuance of such permits. Authorizes the Administrator to delegate to States or interstate programs the authority to exempt discharges of agricultural pollutants from permit requirements in accordance with conditions prescribed by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1976
Stipulates that whoever uses or carries a firearm or other dangerous weapon in the commission of a felony shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than two years or more than 25 years. Specifies increased penalties for enumerated violent crimes, including aggravated assault, second degree murder, rape, robbery, and burglary. Imposes the death penalty on whoever kills a person in the commission of a bank robbery. Prohibits the suspension, probation, or parole of such sentences. Subjects repeat offenders, in addition to the punishment provided for the offense committed, to a term of imprisonment of not less than two years which may be up to the maximum provided for such offense. Defines "repeat offender" for purposes of this Act. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 924, 13, 1111, 2031, 2111-2113; Adds 18 U.S.C. 2117, 3579)
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1976
Dissapproves the proposed deferral of budget authority (deferral numbered D 76-103) for construction grants to public schools in Indian reservation areas set forth in the special message transmitted by the President to the Congress on February 6, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance for relief and rehabilitation of refugees and other needy people of Lebanon. Requires that such assistance be distributed, to the maximum extent practicable, under the auspices of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Transfers from Federal to State courts jurisdiction to enter decrees requiring the transportation of students or teachers to carry out a plan of racial desegregation, when such cases arise within a State. Vests appellate jurisdiction of such cases in the Supreme Court of the United States by writ of certiorari from the highest State or territorial court exercising such jurisdiction. Terminates the order of any Federal court requiring the transportation of students and teachers to carry out a plan of racial desegregation. Directs any State court of appellate jurisdiction to assume jurisdiction of such cases upon application of a party.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Recognizes the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of American commercial aviation. Requests that all concerned governmental agencies join in participating in appropriate national and local ceremonies celebrating such anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1976
Provides that the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities shall not release a final report containing any information classified by the Executive, which the President, after ten days to consider such report, certifies should not be publicly released, unless the Senate, after adequate time to consider the President's objections, shall decide by a majority vote to release the report publicly.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1976
Government Economy and Spending Reform Act - Title I: Authorizations of New Budget Authority - Terminates on specified dates budget authority for all Government programs except health care services, general retirement and disability insurance, and Federal employee retirement and disability programs which are funded by trust funds. Declares out of order in either the Senate or the House of Representatives any legislation which authorizes new budget authority not in compliance with this Act. Requires the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on the Budget of both Houses of Congress to identify each program's functional and subfunctional category (as so characterized in the Budget of the United States, Fiscal Year 1977, transmitted to Congress by the President on January 21, 1976), the committees having legislative jurisdiction over such program, and whether such program operates under permanent authorizations and budget authority. Makes the budget termination provisions of this Act effective on the first day of the Ninety-fifth Congress. Title II: Early Elimination of Inactive and Duplicate Programs - Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to identify for Congress any programs which have duplicate objectives or for which no outlays have been made for the last two fiscal years. Directs the standing committees of both Houses to consider such programs and report recommendations on such programs before March 15, 1978, if possible. Title III: Quadrennial Program Review and Evaluation - Sets forth a timetable for reviewing the budget of a Government program. Requires review by standing committees of the Congress every four years of each program's cost, effectiveness, and the extent to which such program duplicates or is similar to any other program. States that such review shall include a comprehensive evaluation of the merits of such program to determine if it warrants continuation. Requires justification of any recommendation to fund any program which has objectives similar to or the same as another program's objectives. Directs the Comptroller General and the Congressional Budget Office to provide Congress with information and analysis of programs being reviewed under this Act. Requires the President to similarly review the merits of continuing programs contained in annual Budget and to report the finding of such review prior to transmitting the Budget to Congress. Title IV: Continuing Review and Evaluation - Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress the result of any audit which shows a substantial deficiency in achievement of the objectives of any Government program. Requires subsequent audits, a report of which must be submitted to Congress, to determine if such deficiency has been eliminated. Title V: Miscellaneous - States that those provisions of this Act which direct the operation of either House are enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of such House and recognizes the right of either House to change such rules.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1976
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning May 9, 1976, as "National Small Business Week", in recognition of the achievements and contributions which small and independent family-farmers and business men and women have made to American society.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1976
Capital Formation Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income up to $500 of interest and dividends received on savings deposits with a financial institution; (2) exclude from gross income up to $1,000 of amounts realized as gain by an individual from the sale or exchange of stock or securities which are capital assets in the hands of the taxpayer; (3) reduce the corporate normal tax and the surtax and to increase the corporate surtax exemption; (4) increase the carryover period for unused investment credits; (5) exclude from gross income dividends paid to an individual by a domestic corporation in an amount up to 25 percent of the taxpayer's taxable income; (6) allow corporations a deduction for dividends paid on preferred stock; and (7) allow 12 month amortization of pollution control facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1976
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating the period of February 15, 1976, through February 21, 1976, as "National League of United Latin American Citizens Week".
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1976
Amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to exempt Boys State, Boys Nation, Girls State and Girls Nation conferences, from the sex discrimination provisions of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1976
Requests the President to engage in the negotiation of agreements with other nations to help prevent acts of terrorism by, among other means, denying assistance or asylum to persons who perpetuate acts of terrorism, and by invoking sanctions against any nation which gives assistance or grants asylum to such person.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1976
Emergency Food Stamp Vendor Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to prescribe regulations to be followed by food coupon vendors with respect to the depositing of funds received for such coupons and the accounting for such funds to the State and Federal Governments. Requires vendors to deposit such funds weekly in accordance with Department of Agriculture regulations. Requires more frequent deposit of balances of $1,000 or more. States that vendors act as fiduciaries of the Federal Government when receiving food coupon funds. Prohibits the use of such funds by vendors for the benefit of anyone other than the Federal Government. Requires vendors to report periodically to State and Federal Government agencies the amount of funds deposited. Establishes criminal penalties for the violation of the regulations established in accordance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Provides that whoever willfully injures any commercial or public television radio broadcasting station licensed by the United States, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both (presently, such penalty applies only to communication systems controlled by the United States or used for military or civil defense functions of the United States). (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1362)
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1975
Makes it a crime to damage an employer's property notwithstanding the fact that such damage takes place during the course of a labor dispute. Includes within the crime of extortion, the obtaining of the property of another by violence or threat of violence in the course of a labor dispute. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1951)
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1975
Provides that before any rule promulgated by any agency can become effective, it must be submitted to the Congress for approval. Requires that an economic impact statement accompany such submission. Authorizes agencies to make rules which impose a penalty upon an employer of an employee who violates any rule or regulation in effect against such employer. States that no agency may require an applicant or a party to an agency proceeding to provide such agency with information or documents which have been previously furnished to such agency or which are not directly relevant to such application or proceeding. Entitles the applicant for any license to reimbursement by such agency for the complete costs of such party's application if such agency has not made a final determination in the licensing proceeding within six months of the date of announcement of the initiation of any such proceeding.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1975
Social Research and Development Oversight Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to establish oversight procedures and to coordinate and reduce duplication of social research and development by Federal agencies. Defines "social research and development" as research, experimentation, demonstration, program evaluation, policy analysis, statistical data gathering and analysis, or synthesis and dissemination of any of the above involving primarily the application of one or more of the social sciences of economics, sociology, education, psychology, statistics, political science and public administration. Forbids the obligation by any agency of $25,000 or more for any such activity unless: (1) the agency has submitted to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a statement describing any such activity, including such information as the Director may request; and (2) the Director has informed the agency in writing that he does not disapprove. Requires, under the Budget and Accounting Act, inclusion of information regarding all such planned social research and development in the budget. Prescribes that such information shall include: (1) total estimated outlays for all social research and development activities; (2) estimated outlays for each of the following: research, experimentation and demonstration, program evaluation, other social research and development activities; and (3) a listing and description of any such activity with estimated outlays of $25,000 or more. Requires each agency to maintain at its principal office public documents in the form of summaries of any contracts, grants, and records of such activity, together with information as to where requests may be made for inspection of such records.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1975
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating July 4 of each year as "Independence Day". Calls upon Government officials to display the United States flag on all Government buildings and the people of the United States to hold appropriate ceremonies on that day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Stipulates, under the Internal Revenue Code, the tax treatment intended for guaranteed renewable life, health, and accident insurance contracts in the case of life insurance companies. States that, for purposes of determining deductions, the period for which any contract is issued or renewed includes the period for which such contract is guaranteed renewable.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the signing in Helsinki of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe did not change in any way the longstanding policy of the United States on non-recognition of the Soviet Union's illegal seizure and annexation of the three Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Requires that proposed regulations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to implement the Social Security Act be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees for study and review. Permits either House of Congress, by adopting a resolution of disapproval, within 60 days of submission, to prevent any such regulation from taking effect.
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1975
Permits, under the Internal Revenue Code, an individual to deduct amounts paid by that individual for retirement savings for the benefit of his spouse, within specified limitations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Regulatory Limitation Act - Provides that the rules and regulations implementing the public laws of the United States shall not take effect before 60 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which the rule was published in the Federal Register. Directs that such regulations shall not be implemented if either House of Congress passes a resolution disapproving them.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Journalists' Freedom of Choice Act - Revises the National Labor Relations Act to entitle columnists, broadcast journalists, commentators, and critics to bargain with employers with respect to terms and conditions of employment, to present and adjust grievances, and to enter into individual employment contracts without the participation or intervention of the bargaining representative.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
States that it is the policy of the United States to rely upon private commercial sources for goods and services required to meet Government needs, unless: (1) such reliance would demonstrably disrupt or significantly delay an urgent agency program; or (2) in-house performance is mandatory for national security; or (3) the product or service is not and cannot be made available from the private sector and is available from a Federal source.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Revises rule XIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide that it shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint resolution authorizing new budget authority exceeding $1,000,000 in its five-year cost unless the report accompanying such bill contains assessments by the Comptroller General of the United States of the language of such bill and joint resolution in relation to legislative goals.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
Establishes the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field. Directs the Select Committee to investigate and study the extent, if any, to which illegal or unethical activities are engaged in by any persons in the field of labor-management relations. Empowers the Select Committee with such authority as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution. Authorizes the Committee to recommend the enactment of new legislation it considers necessary to safeguard the integrity of labor-management relations. Directs the Committee to make a final report of its findings to the Senate no later than December 31, 1976. Limits the expenses of the Committee to $1,250,000 through December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
States that the Senate commends Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger for his excellence in office, his intellectual honesty, personal integrity, courage and independence. Expresses a debt of gratitude to Secretary Schlesinger for his services and particularly for his determination to convey the truth to the American people.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
States that Congress has not delegated to the Federal Trade Commission any authority to determine whether, or to what extent, any rule issued under the Federal Trade Act preempts the laws of the States.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1975
Regulatory Agency Responsibility Act - Title I: Abolition of Unnecessary Agencies - States that the purpose of this Act is to abolish specified Federal regulatory agencies which have failed to promote the public welfare and to provide for the automatic termination of new agencies established after the enactment of this Act which fail to accomplish the purposes for which they were established. Abolishes each Federal regulatory agency as of October 1, 1976, unless: (1) the President recommends its continuance; (2) the relevant Congressional committees conduct an investigation of its effectiveness; and (3) the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution disapproving the abolition of the agency or agencies. Provides for the automatic termination of the remaining Federal agencies after 7 years unless the President and Congress take action to disapprove such abolition. Sets forth procedures for the automatic termination of new regulatory agencies established after the date of enactment of this Act after 15 years unless the President and Congress disapprove. Provides for an orderly transfer of essential functions of the abolished agencies to successor agencies. Stipulates that Congress must approve such plan before it may take effect. States that the orders, rules, certificates, and licenses which have been promulgated by an abolished agency shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, or repealed by the President, the head of a designated successor agency or by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Title II: Budget Requests and Legislative Recommendations - Reports to the Congress - Requires specified agencies to submit all legislative recommendations to the Congress as well as to the President.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the following international activities: (1) participate in studies in cooperation with other nations and international organizations; (2) sponsor international natural resources and energy meetings and conferences of a nongovernmental nature; and (3) provide financial support for visits to the United States by representatives of other nations and international organizations pertaining to natural resources and energy programs. Authorizes an appropriation of $500,000 to carry out the activities of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1975
Indian Tribal Governmental Tax Status Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that exemption of Indian Tribal governments from specified taxes would be consistent with the Federal laws and treaties recognizing the governmental status of such tribes. Provides for such exemption under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to: (1) retirement income; (2) contributions to candidates for public office; (3) interest on governmental obligations; (4) scholarships and fellowship grants; (5) charitable contributions; (6) services and facilities tax; (7) other taxes on sales and services; (8) gasoline used on farms; (9) taxation on employee annuities; (10) transfers for public, charitable, and similar religious uses; (11) retailers' and manufacturers' excise tax; and (12) specified gasoline and lubricating oil taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
States that the appropriations of the Department of Commerce are authorized to be available without fiscal year limitation whenever so provided for in an appropriation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
National Health Standards Act - Title I: Health Benefits for Employees - Defines "employer", and "approved health care plan", and other terms under a new title of the Social Security Act. Requires employers to provide United States resident employees (and their families) with an approved health care plan. States that the employer must pay at least 50 percent of the plan's cost and authorizes him to deduct any cost contributions from the employee's pay. Directs that employers shall provide an approved health care plan to employees one year after this Act takes effect. Extends to the employee coverage for 31 days after his employment relationship terminates. Lists services, prescribed by a physician, for which approved plans must provide payment in each benefit period for each covered member, including: (1) inpatient hospital services; (2) physician services and medical supplies customarily furnished in connection with surgery or while the patient is hospitalized; (3) prescription drugs; (4) X-ray and laboratory services, physical therapy, and specified other outpatient services; and (5) psychiatric care, limited to two visits a week. Limits payment for psychiatric care to $20 per visit per person. Divides benefits into two groups, one of which must be made available to employees one year after the date of enactment, the other within five years. Excludes from benefits unreasonable services, personal comfort items, eyeglasses, orthopedic shoes, cosmetic surgery, dental work, general examinations, immunizations, and others. Restricts, in any calendar year, the amount that eligible individuals or families may pay to: (1) $100 for each individual for covered charges not to exceed $200 per family; (2) 25 percent of the next $10,000 of covered charges incurred excepting those for psychiatric services; and (3) with respect to psychiatric services, 50 percent of the next $10,000 incurred. Stipulates that health plans must pay 50 percent of the obstetrical care up to a maximum of $500 for any one pregnancy. Authorizes the appropriate State official to request the State Attorney General to bring suit if an employer, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, refuses to comply with this Act. Directs that employers who willfully and knowingly fail to adopt an approved health plan shall reimburse all employees for actual expenditures for health care, made within 24 months of the date the expense occurred, that would have been reimbursed by an approved health plan. Provides further that a civil penalty may be assessed against the employer of not more than two times the amount he would have spent, in any period not longer than the most recent 24-month period, if he had complied with this Act. Requires health care plans to include specified procedures for reviewing and reimbursing participating hospitals and doctors. States that plans, whether developed by insurance companies or employers, must be submitted to the appropriate State official for approval. Instructs participating insurance carriers that they must develop plans for employers with less than 100 employees and for self-employed individuals. Provides that insurance pool arrangements offering public health insurance coverage under this Act are not in violation of antitrust laws. Permits employers to adopt a benefit value equivalency plan after obtaining a certificate from the American Academy of Actuaries or other actuary deemed satisfactory by the appropriate State official. Title II: Health Benefits for Low-Income Individuals and Their Dependents - Extends benefits to United States residents who file an application and qualify as a "low-income individual," "low-income family," or "dependent beneficiary" as those terms are defined by this Act. Outlines cost contributions required of participants. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to pay to each State 100 percent of costs necessary to furnish benefits to eligible individuals and families. Authorises appropriations of amounts, from time to time, appropriations of amounts, from time to time, equal to the cost of providing benefits. Requires each State to arrange with health insurance carriers to make payments to providers of benefits under this Act and to enroll each recipient, filing his application with the administering carrier. Institutes a yearly review by the Secretary of cost-of-living increases for the purpose of adjusting the requirements for qualifying as a low-income family or individual. Title III: General Provisions - Creates, within the Executive Branch, a seven-member Council of Health Advisors to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of Congress. Enumerates the Council's purposes: (1) to analyze and interpret health care trends; (2) to appraise Federal health programs and activities; and (3) to evaluate the effectiveness of quality control programs established under this Act. Directs the Council to submit an annual report to Congress and the President not later than March 1 of each year. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to enable the Council to carry out its functions. Provides that State insurance pools authorized by this Act shall be administered by the administering carrier under regulations promulgated by the appropriate State agency and under the quidelines incorporated in this Act. Requires the approved health care plan to include a provision identical with or substantially similar to the suggested model group antiduplication provision as modified and interpreted in the report of the insurance industry task force on coordination of benefits attached to the report of the C-l Accident and Health Protection Subcommittee as set forth in volume I of the 1971 proceedings of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations which equates Zionism with racism. Opposes participation by the United States Government in the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. Calls for reconsideration of the Zionism resolution. Directs the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Foreign Relations to begin hearings immediately to reassess the United States' further participation in the United Nations General Assembly.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1975
Veterans and Survivors Pension Reform Act - Title I: Reform of the Non-Service-Connected Pension Program for Veterans and Their Survivors - Creates a pension system within the Veterans' Administration applicable to all veterans, widows of veterans, and dependent parents who, subsequent to October 1, 1976, are or become eligible for a Veterans' Administration non-service-connected pension. Provides for a restructuring of the need-based pension program of the Veterans' Administration. Provides for a level of income for veterans and their survivors which is above the minimum subsistence level. Establishes a basic minimum level of income for all eligible veterans and dependents at $2,700 for single pensioners and $3,900 for pensioners with dependents. Provides for a method of computing a pension for those veterans with little or no income. Title II: Adjustments in Current Statutory Pension Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act. Revises the catagories of spouse, widow, and surviving spouse for purposes of the changes in rates in this Act. Presents a schedule by month for such rates. Title III: Reform of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Revises the schedule for determining dependency and indemnity compensation rates under the Veterans' Administration. Title IV: Adjustments in Current Statutory Provisions Relating to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Sets forth schedules for the payment of monthly dependency and indemnification compensation to the parents of veterans. Title V: Miscellaneous and Effective Dates - Makes the effective date of this Act October 1, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
Employment Tax Credit Act - Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for 10 percent of the wages paid by a taxpayer to a previously unemployed individual. Limits the credit to $800 per eligible employee.
United States · United States Congress · 4 November 1975
Allows a tax deduction, under the Internal Revenue Code, of an amount equal to 25 percent of the gross income from a geothermal steam and geothermal resources property. States that such deduction may not exceed 50 percent of the taxpayer's taxable income from the property.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1975
Dairy and Meat Import Inspection and Identification Act - Establishes labeling and sanitation requirements for imported meat and dairy products. Title I: Dairy Products - Defines terms as used in this title. Directs that no dairy products shall be imported into the United States unless the Secretary of Agriculture first certifies that such products are wholesome and pure. Requires the Secretary to establish standards comparable to standards imposed upon domestic dairy products. Provides that such imports must comply with United States packaging and labeling requirements. Requires that the package or container of any food product made in whole or in part of imported dairy products shall be labeled "imported" or "imported in part". Establishes criminal penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act. Title II: Meat and Meat Products - Imposes the same labeling requirements on meat products as those imposed by title I of this Act. Requires that such products meet the same health standards as imposed upon domestically produced meats. Requires that inspectors employed by the Department of Agriculture supervise the testing of imported meats. Directs that periodic tests of imported meats shall be conducted in the United States by the Department of Agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1975
Provides that members of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin shall be considered Indians for which hospital and medical care was being provided by or at the expense of the Public Health Service since August 16, 1957, for purposes of any legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Requires under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act that the prevailing physicians' fees recognized by Medicare for fiscal year 1976 are not less those for fiscal year 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Defines "household" under the Food Stamp Act as meaning a group of individuals who are sharing common living quarters, but who are not residents of an institution or boarding house, and who have access to cooking facilities and for whom food is customarily purchased in common. Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may not approve any plan which permits any household to simultaneously participate in both the food stamp program and the distribution of federally donated foods. Requires the Secretary to establish uniform national standards of eligibility for participation by households in the food stamp program. States that the income standards of eligibility shall be the income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget adjusted pursuant to the Economic Opportunity Act. Directs the Secretary to prescribe additional standards of eligibility which shall include, but not be limited to, the amounts of liquid and nonliquid assets. Provides that household income for purposes of the food stamp program shall be the gross income of the household less: (1) a standard deduction of $100 a month applicable to all households; and (2) an additional deduction of $25 a month for any household in which there is a least one member who is age sixty or older. Limits eligibility to participate in the food stamp program to citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residency. States that no individual shall be considered eligible for the food stamp program as a member of a household if he is: (1) over 18; (2) is enrolled at an institution of higher education; and (3) is a dependent child for income tax purposes of a taxpayer who is not a member of an eligible household. Prohibits households which transfer liquid or nonliquid assets for the purpose of qualifying for the food stamp program from becoming eligible for at least a thirty-day period. Requires the Secretary to issue photo identification cards to households certified eligible to participate in the program. States that households shall be charged thirty percent of their income for the coupon allotment issued to them. Provides that if a State agency does not comply with the provisions of the Food Stamp Act, the Secretary may refer the matter to the Attorney General with a request for an injunction, or he may direct that there be no further issuance of coupons in the political subdivisions where such failure has occurred until such time as satisfactory corrective action has been taken. Directs the Secretary to pay to each State agency out of funds appropriated by Congress an amount equal to 75 percent of all direct costs of State food stamp program investigations, prosecutions, and State activities related to recovering losses sustained in the food stamp program. Provides for a civil money penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation of the Food Stamp Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
Journalists' Freedom of Choice Act - Provides, under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, that any individual employed by the press, radio, or television as a columnist, broadcast journalist, commentor, or critic on public issues shall have the right at any time to bargain in respect of terms and conditions of employment with or to present grievances to his employer, and to enter into individual contracts or to have such grievances adjusted, without the intervention of or participation by the bargaining representative, and irrespective of the consistency or inconsistency of any such contract or adjustment with the terms of any collective-bargaining agreement then in effect.
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