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United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1979
Declares an individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1979
Small Business Depreciation Reform Act of 1979 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the straight line depreciation based on a period of 36 months of business property with a useful life of three years or more and a basis not in excess of $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Makes the term "person", with respect to due process and equal protection, applicable to human beings irrespective of age, health, function or condition of dependency, including the unborn. Prohibits the deprivation of life of an unborn person, except under laws permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Authorizes classification of two individuals as children for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Authorizes classification of a certain individual as a child for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Declares two individuals lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the nonbusiness deduction from the income tax on individuals for State and local taxes on the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other motor fuels.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Declares an individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Declares two individuals lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1979
Declares two individuals lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Sunset Act of 1979 - Title I: Reauthorizations of Government Programs - Sets forth a ten-year schedule for reauthorization of all Federal programs according to budget function and subfunction as set forth in the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 1979. Sets forth the procedure in the House of Representatives and the Senate for the consideration of any bill, resolution, or amendment which authorizes new budget authority. States that it is not in order for either House to consider any legislation which authorizes the enactment of new budget authority for a program for a period of more than ten years, for an indefinite period, or for any fiscal year beginning after the next reauthorization date applicable to such program. Provides that before the Congress can appropriate funds for any program, after its first reauthorization date, there must be a specific authorization in law to support the appropriation. Requires the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives to conduct a sunset review of programs during the Congress in which such programs are scheduled for review. Requires that the report accompanying such reauthorization contain specified information, and that the report be completed during the Congress in which the program is scheduled for reauthorization. Exempts from the requirements of this Act specified programs such as interest on Federal debts, health care services, general retirement and disability payments, as well as litigation activities which have as their objectives the protection and implementation of civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and specified retirement pay and benefits. Allows the reauthorization schedule set forth in this Act to be changed by concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress and sets forth the procedure for such change. Requires all legislation and other matters related to changes in the dates for programs under this Act to be referred to the committee with legislative jurisdiction over any program affected by the proposal and, sequentially, to the Committee on Rules in the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Rules and Administration in the Senate. Requires such committees to report any concurrent resolution or bill referred to it by a committee of legislative jurisdiction within 30 days, with a statement on each of its recommendations. Makes provisions for any proposed change which has been reported by a committee before June 1, 1980. Title II: Program Inventory - Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare an inventory of Federal programs. Declares that the purpose of such program inventory is to advise and assist Congress in carrying out the reauthorization and reexamination requirements and to link such reauthorization and review process with the budget process. Requires the Comptroller General to submit such program inventory to each House of Congress no later than January 1, 1980. Sets forth the contents of the inventory program, including the type of authorization provided for such programs' new budget authority, and the manner in which related program areas may be grouped for evaluation and review. Permits the congressional committees, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service to review the program inventory and suggest revisions. Requires that the program inventory be revised at the end of each session of Congress, and that such revisions be reported to each House. Requires that periodic reports tabulate the progress of congressional action on bills and resolutions authorizing budget authority for programs in the inventory. Requires the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to submit periodic reports to the Congress on the adequacy of the functional and subfunctional categories for grouping programs of like missions or objectives. Title III: Program Reexamination - Requires each committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to reexamine selected programs or groups of programs over which it has jurisdiction. Sets forth procedures for such review, and criteria for selection of program areas for evaluation. Directs each Senate committee to consult with the appropriate committees of either the House of Representatives or the Senate in order to achieve coordination of program reevaluation and inform itself of the related activities of or available assistance from the General Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the Congressional Research Service, the Office of Technology Assessment, and appropriate instrumentalities in the executive and judicial branches. Requires each Senate committee to deliver a report on the reexamination to the Secretary of the Senate at the date specified in the funding resolution first reported by such committee in 1981, and thereafter reported for the first session of each Congress. Allows two or more committees which have legislative jurisdiction over the same programs or portions of the same programs to examine such programs jointly and submit a joint report. Stipulates that such report: (1) contain the findings, recommendations, and justifications of the program; and (2) include specified information including, but not limited to, an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of the program and an identification of any trends, developments, and emerging conditions which are likely to affect the nature and extent of the problems or needs which the program is intended to address. Requires each executive department or agency which is responsible for a program selected for reexamination to submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget and to the appropriate committees of the Congress on its findings, recommendations, and justifications of specified aspects of the program. Title IV: Citizens' Commission on the Organization and Operation of Government - Establishes, as an independent instrumentality of the United States, the Citizens' Commission on the Organization and Operation of Government to conduct a nonpartisan study and investigation of the organization and methods of operation of all departments, agencies, independent instrumentalities, and other authorities of the executive branch of the Government, and to make such recommendations as it determines are necessary to promote economic, efficient and improved services in the transaction of public business. Requires the Commission to submit interim reports to the President and the Congress, and to submit a final report with its findings and recommendations. Requires the Comptroller General to report once a year for two years after submission of the Commission's final report on the status of actions taken as a result of the report. Specifies the composition of the 15-member Commission and sets forth the duties and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall cease to exist 90 days after submission of its final report. Authorizes to be appropriated until September 30, 1984, without fiscal year limitations, $4,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Title. Title V: Regulatory Impact - Requires the President to submit, at the beginning of each of the five Congresses beginning with the 97th Congress, an analysis of the purpose, function, and efficiency of 16 specified regulatory agencies. Requires the President to submit legislative plans, based on such analyses, for the improvement of operations of such agencies. Establishes a schedule according to which plans for specified agencies will be submitted early in each of the five Congresses for which the required analyses are submitted. Directs the President, with each plan, to submit a report on the cumulative impact of government regulatory activity on specific industry groupings. Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to assess each of the agencies included in the President's plans and to analyze such plans, and submit such information to the Congress. Title VI: Government Accountability - Requires the President, beginning with the first year of the 97th Congress, to submit biennially, as a part of the budget, a report on the management of the executive branch. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide an evaluative report on Federal programs to the President to be included with the President's report. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Amends the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 to permit the committees of Congress to obtain from the agencies of the government estimates or requests for appropriations or requests for increases in an item of any such estimate or request, and recommendations as to how the revenue needs of the government should be met. Declares that nothing shall require the public disclosure of records which are specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order, or which are otherwise specifically protected by law. Provides that the committees of the Senate or the House of Representatives shall not be required to publicly disclose any such records, except as otherwise provided by the rules of either House. Sets forth administrative procedures and requirements. Directs the President, with the cooperation of the head of each appropriate agency, to submit to the Congress a "Regulatory Duplication and Conflicts Report" for all programs scheduled for reauthorization in the next Congress. Stipulates that each such report identify duplicative or conflicting rules and regulations promulgated by executive departments, independent agencies, and State and local governments and contain recommendations which address such conflicts or duplications. Defines the term "required authorization waiver resolution" for purposes of this Act. Sets forth the procedure which the chairman of the committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives having legislative jurisdiction over programs must follow in order to introduce a required authorization waiver resolution. Makes it the duty of the Committees on Governmental Affairs and on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committees on Government Operations and on Rules of the House of Representatives to review the operation of the procedures established by this Act and to submit a report every five years beginning December 31, 1986. Authorizes to be appropriated through fiscal year 1990 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the review requirements and for the compilation of the inventory of Federal programs.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey all right, title, and interest held by the United States in specified lands located in Bell County, Kentucky, to the Bell County Board of Education.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Big Sandy River Flood Control Act of 1979 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to design, construct, and undertake flood control measures on portions of the Cumberland River, Kentucky, and the Big Sandy River, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Amends the Small Business Act to extend the date for making the following low interest disaster loans from October 1, 1978, to October 1, 1979: (1) loans for major disasters declared by the President or for natural disasters determined by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; and (2) loans for the repair or replacement of primary residences and personal property.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number is at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest numbers of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Extends the best wishes of the Senate to Senator Dewey F. Bartlett upon his retirement from the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1978
Earth Data and Information Service Act - Establishes the Earth Data and Information Service within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration which shall be responsible for collecting data primarily obtained by remote sensing satellites and for improving cooperation between the Government and private sectors and other Nations. Directs the Service to: (1) provide rapid processing of, and ready access to, the data and information collected at a reasonable cost to users; (2) promote competition among suppliers of equipment and services for the Earth Data and Information System and maximum use of remote sensing data and basic information products; and (3) make such products available to all users, both domestic and foreign, according to a schedule of charges to be established by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Directs the Administrator to establish in the Service an Earth Data and Information System which includes sensing satellites, ground equipment, data reception and other devices designed to contribute to the understanding of the Earth's resources and environment. Requires the Administrator to consult with the National Telecommunications Information Agency of the Department of Commerce, and the Federal Communications Commission in establishing communications networks to transmit information and data. Stipulates that the communications services needed to establish such networks, insofar as practicable, shall be procured from the private sector. Sets forth civil penalties for the unlawful reproduction for sale or distribution of any data or basic information product produced by the Service. Specifies procedures by which the President may transfer to the Service related functions of any other department or agency. Requires the Administrator to present to the President, who shall transmit to Congress in January of each year, a report containing a description of the activities and accomplishments of the Service during the preceding year. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1978
Space Policy Act - Establishes a national space policy and program to enable the United States to maintain leadership in space science and technology. Declares such policy, including that the United States: (1) is committed to space exploration for peaceful purposes and the benefit of mankind; (2) rejects claims of sovereignty over outer space and celestial bodies; and (3) will continue to participate in cooperative international space activities. Directs the President to assure the space program proceeds toward enumerated goals in space and terrestrial application and in space science. Details the goals to be achieved within ten years, including: (1) design of prototype electric power generation transmission systems; (2) design of space technologies determining the feasibility of space-based manufacturing; (3) establishment of a remote-sensing system of earth's resources; and (4) the pursuit of planetary and lunar science and exploration. Requires the President to submit to Congress a five-year schedule, with annual revisions, identifying missions, projects, and programs to achieve the objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1978
Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - States the findings and purposes of the Act. Title II: Improved Security for Motor Vehicles and Their Parts - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to establish standards for motor vehicle safety which include standards to reduce motor vehicle theft by taking into account: (1) the costs and benefits of implementing such standards; (2) the effect of such implementation on automobile insurance costs; (3) savings in terms of time and convenience; and (4) safety considerations. Title III: Antifencing Measures - Establishes penalties for anyone who knowingly removes, obliterates, tampers with, or alters any identification number for any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part required under Department of Transportation regulations. Requires the forfeiture of such motor vehicle or motor vehicle part to the United States, but provides for mitigation of forfeiture whenever an interested person makes an appropriate petition. Establishes penalties for anyone who buys, receives, possesses, or obtains control of, with intent to sell or otherwise dispose of, any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part knowing that such identification number has been removed or altered. Designates as nonmailable matter any manipulative type device which is designed or adapted to operate, circumvent, remove, or render inoperative the ignition switch or lock, or door or truck lock of two or more motor vehicles, or any advertisement for the sale of such device. Title IV: Importation and Exportation Measures - Establishes criminal and civil penalties for anyone who imports, exports, or attempts to import or export any motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or part knowing it has been stolen, or any motor vehicle or motor vehicle part knowing that its identification number has been altered. Requires persons who export or attempt to export a used motor vehicle to present to the appropriate customs officer the vehicle and a document describing that vehicle. Authorizes customs officers to carry firearms, execute and serve search and arrest warrants, serve subpoenas and summonses, and make arrests. Title V: Reporting Requirements - Directs the Attorney General, after consultation with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Transportation, and the Treasury, to report to Congress on developments in vehicle identification of off-road motor vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the third week in June of 1979 as "National Veterans' Hospital Week."
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Congressional Award Program Act - Establishes the Congressional Award Program in the United States and its territories to recognize and promote youth leadership and excellence in the areas of expedition fitness, personal creative development, and public service. Creates a Congressional Award Board with a Director to supervise such program. Authorizes the appointment of State award directors under this Act. Creates three Congressional Award Medals to be awarded under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject to capital gains taxation the gain from the sale or exchange of farming property and undeveloped real property by a nonresident alien.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1978
Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop research, development, and demonstration programs concerning the use of solar photovoltaic energy systems. Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to 75 percent of the purchase and installation costs of selected systems used for research purposes. Requires the Secretary to formulate interim and definitive performance criteria concerning solar photovoltaic systems and to develop a system certification for conforming systems. Directs the Secretary to consult with appropriate Federal agencies concerning the use of solar photovoltaic systems in Federal facilities. Requires the Secretary to set up a development and demonstration program of prototype photovoltaic systems at the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden, Colorado. Directs the Secretary to establish a solar energy data bank at the Golden facility. Requires relevant Federal officials to ensure that small business concerns are granted realistic and adequate opportunities to participate, to the maximum extent possible, in the programs under this Act. Establishes a Solar Photovoltaic Energy Advisory Committee to study the need and economic, technological, and environmental consequences of solar photovoltaic energy systems.
United States · United States Congress · 9 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the rural clean water program of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the rural abandoned mine program of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a one-time tax exclusion of up to $100,000 of the gain from the sale or exchange of a property used by a taxpayer as his principal residence for at least two years during the three year period prior to the date of the sale or exchange.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1978
Authorizes and requests the President to designate November 11 through 17, 1978, as "Vietnam Veterans Week."
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1978
Designates July 18, 1979, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1978
Expresses the support of the Senate for the nomination of the Public Groups to Promote Observance of the Helsinki Agreement in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1978
Authorizes classification of a certain individual as a child for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Commends Lee Williams for his long, faithful, and exemplary service to the United States Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to make such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate with regard to major sports programming that may be provided by pay television.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include specified textiles and textile products in the articles reserved from tariff reduction or elimination negotiations by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Public Telecommunications Financing Act - Title I: Construction and Planning of Facilities - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish new procedures for the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities. Sets forth new requirements for the application to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for construction grants. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, upon approving an application with respect to any project for the construction of public telecommunications facilities, to make a grant of up to 75 percent of the cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such funds as the Secretary deems necessary for the planning of such projects. Provides for the repayment of such grants if the recipient station ceases to be used for public radio or television purposes. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, to establish criteria for making construction and planning grants. Requires the Secretary to develop a long-range plan to: (1) extend delivery or public telecommunications services to as many citizens of the United States as possible; (2) increase public telecommunications services and facilities available to and owned by minorities and women; and (3) strengthen the capability of existing public television and radio stations to provide educational and cultural services to the public. Title II: Telecommunications Demonstrations - Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 to be available to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for disbursement as grants for demonstration projects in the improvement of public telecommunications services. Title III: Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Authorizes appropriations to the Public Broadcasting Fund for fiscal years 1978 through 1983. Requires the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to develop a system to be used by all public broadcast licensees receiving funds under this Act to account for all funds received and expended for public broadcasting purposes. Requires equal opportunity in employment to be afforded to all qualified persons by all public telecommunications entities receiving funds under this Act. Title IV: General Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act and amends existing definitions to conform to the amendments made by this Act to the Communications Act of 1934.
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 · 10 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a surviving spouse to treat as furnished consideration, for estate tax purposes, up to a 50 percent share of any joint farm or small business property which was unpaid for at the time of marriage, determined at the rate of two percent a year if such spouse actually participates in the operation of such farm or small business.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1978
Uniformed Services Survivor Benefit Plan Amendments Act - Amends the Survivor Benefit Plan to permit members and former members of the uniformed services who have completed the number of years of service required for eligibility for retired pay but who have not yet, because of age, become entitled to such pay to participate in such plan. Entitles dependents of such members or former members who die before becoming entitled to retired pay to certain medical and dental benefits at facilities of the uniformed services.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Extends the commendation of the Senate to the University of Kentucky's basketball team on winning its fifth National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball championship.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Consumer Product Safety Act Authorization Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to extend its authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Small Business Simplification Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer, in calculating depreciation allowances of property, to apply a 36-month useful life computed under the straight-line method for up to $100,000 of basis of property.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Directs the Architect of the Capitol to study the feasibility of using solar energy for heating the hot water in the Phillip A. Hart Office Building now under construction. Directs the Architect to make cost comparisons between solar and conventional energy systems over specified periods of time and report such findings to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1978
Amateur Sports Act - Title I: Declaration of Policy - Makes findings and states that the policy of Congress is to promote amateur athletics and protect the right of amateur athletes to participate in athletic competition. Title II: Olympic Committee Reorganization - Amends the corporate charter of the Olympic Committee to (1) provide for a principal place of business of the United States Olympic Committee (Corporation); (2) set forth the objectives and purposes of the Corporation; (3) set forth the powers of the Corporation; and (4) subject to civil liability any person who uses an Olympic designation without authority to promote a private financial interest. Permits contributors or suppliers of goods or services to use the name of the United States Olympic Committee or its designation to advertise that such goods or services have been furnished to, approved, or selected by the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to establish in its constitution and bylaws provisions for the resolution of disputes involving the opportunity of an amateur athlete or other specified individuals to participate in sanctioned athletic competitions. Authorizes the Corporation to recognize as a national governing body any amateur sports organization (but only one for each sport) which submits an application for recognition and complies with eligibility requirements. Sets forth such eligibility requirements. Sets forth the duties and powers of a national governing body and the requirements which an amateur sports organization must meet to hold an athletic competition sanctioned by a national governing body. Grants to the Corporation the power of review over the actions of any national governing body and invests a United States district court with jurisdiction to enjoin any action of a national governing body inconsistent with the terms of the Corporate charter. Sets forth procedures for the Corporation in (1) processing a complaint against a national governing body by an individual athlete or an amateur sports organization; (2) revoking recognition of a national governing body; and (3) replacing an incumbent national governing body. Provides for arbitration of a determination of the Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to lend financial assistance to the Corporation in developing amateur athletics in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the work of the national governing bodies.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1978
Authorizes the classification of two individuals as children for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1978
Repeals the requirement, under the Social Security Amendments of 1977, that the amount of monthly benefits payable to a spouse or surviving spouse under Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act be reduced by the amount such spouse or surviving spouse receives in monthly payments from a Federal or State pension fund.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1978
Small Business Reduction and Stimulation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide graduated income tax rates for corporations with a maximum rate of 46 percent on income in excess of $150,000 and a minimum rate of 15 percent on income not in excess of $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1978
Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to increase by $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 and by $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 the sums authorized to be appropriated for State and Federal regulatory authority payments of expenses incurred by coal surface mining operators producing less than 100,000 tons annually in meeting application requirements regarding the determination of probable hydrologic consequences and test boring and core sampling results.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations corresponding to the principles set forth in a certain private letter ruling relating to the exclusion from gross income of amounts deferred by participants in public deferred compensation plans.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1978
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into a contract with each State for payment of 100 percent of the costs of repairing highways and surface rails of urban mass transportation systems (other than railroads) which were damaged as a result of the winter weather of 1977-1978. Authorizes appropriations of $250,000,000 out of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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 · 7 February 1978
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to acquire the Museum of African Art. Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution a bureau to be known as the Museum of African Art. Sets forth the functions of such bureau. Establishes a Commission for the Museum of African Art to assist the Board in the operation and development of the Museum. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1978
Air Transportation Regulatory Reform Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board in the performance of its duties with respect to interstate and overseas air transportation to consider competition in the provision of air transportation and the maintenance of a system to provide airline service to small communities as being consistent with the public convenience and necessity. Expresses the Congressional intent that the provisions of this Act shall not have a deleterious effect on the standards of safety currently attained in the air transportation industry. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a continuous review of the effects of this Act on the standard of safety in air transportation, and, based on such study, to take such steps as may be necessary to insure that such safety standards are maintained. Revises the standard which the Board is to apply in issuing certificates of public convenience and necessity for scheduled overseas or interstate air transportation. Directs the Board to issue such a certificate upon a finding that the air transportation applied for is consistent with the public convenience and necessity (under the present standard such service would have to be required by the public convenience and necessity). Requires air carriers which propose to terminate, suspend, or reduce air transportation to give at least 90 days notice to the Board, the Community affected, and the agency of the State in which such community is located. Directs the Board to make every reasonable effort to secure another air carrier to provide the essential air transportation being terminated, reduced, or suspended. Authorizes the Board to permit an air carrier to suspend air services being provided by it, without notice, if such action is in the public interest and so long as essential air transportation is maintained. Prohibits the Board from authorizing a suspension for more than 30 days without a hearing if requested by the community affected. Authorizes any air carrier to petition the Board to have granted to it the authority of another air carrier to provide nonstop scheduled interstate or overseas air transportation between two points. Requires the Board to grant such authority upon a determination that the authority sought has not been exercised by the present carrier up to a specified amount. Requires the Board to act upon such petitions within a specified period of time. Prohibits the Board from including a closed-door restriction in any certificate issued on or after January 1, 1978. Stipulates that on such date any present closed-door restriction on an existing certificate shall be null and void. Exempts from such prohibition closed-door restrictions between points within the State of Hawaii and those restrictions which resulted from the sale, transfer, or exchange by one air carrier of its authority to provide air transportation in any market to another air carrier. Establishes an automatic market entry program under which specified air carriers may enter into new routes automatically and without review by the Board. Stipulates that during 1979 and 1980 such carriers may select one segment for scheduled nonstop air service and two segments per year thereafter for automatic market entry so long as cumulative statute miles in any one year does not exceed 3,000 miles. Establishes limitations on the routes which may be chosen for such automatic entry for a five year period. Requires the Board beginning on March 1, 1980, to submit annual reports to Congress regarding the automatic market entry program. Requires the Board to submit a comprehensive evaluation report on the operation of such program by March 1, 1983. Authorizes the Board, on an emergency basis, to modify the automatic market entry program in order to avert substantial public harm to the national air transportation system. Authorizes air carriers holding certificates for scheduled air transportation to engage in charter air transportation. Stipulates that: a carrier with more than 200,000,000 scheduled aircraft miles may operate no more than two percent of its total system scheduled miles in off-route charter trips; a carrier with less than 200,000,000 but more than 60,000,000 such miles may operate no more than five percent of such miles in off-route charter trips; and a charter with less than 60,000,000 such miles may operate no more than ten percent of such miles in off-route charter trips. Directs the Board, in determining the compensation to be paid for local air mail service, to disregard a carrier's revenues other than the revenue received from the service for which the compensation is being paid until January 1, 1983. Stipulates that such subsidy payments may be made only to carriers entitled to receive compensation for the performance of service during the 12 months ending June 30, 1977. Terminates all such payments after January 1, 1986. Requires the Board to notify the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General of any application for approval of air carrier mergers or the acquisition of control transactions. Prohibits the Board from approving transactions which would result in, or be in furtherance of, a conspiracy or combination to monopolize the business of air transportation in the United States. Prohibits the Board from approving such a transaction which would have the effect of substantially lessening competition in any region of the United States or which would tend to create a monopoly unless the Board finds that the anticompetitive effects of such a transaction are outweighed by the public interest. Sets forth time limits during which the Board must act on such applications for approval. Authorizes the Board to act on applications not involving an air carrier directly engaged in the operation of aircraft without a hearing under specified circumstances. Allows air carriers to file agreements or requests for authority to discuss agreements or cooperative working arrangements with the Board. Establishes procedures which the Board is to follow in acting upon such agreements or requests. Enumerates factors and conditions which the Board is to take into account in approving or disapproving such agreements or requests. Immunizes individuals from the operation of the antitrust laws insofar as is necessary to enable such a person to engage in air transportation activities specifically approved by the Board. Authorizes the Board to exempt any person or class of persons from air carrier economic regulation if such an exemption is consistent with the public interest. States that air carriers which engage in interstate or overseas air transportation exclusively with aircraft with a seating capacity of 36 or less and a maximum certificated gross takeoff weight of 40,000 pounds or less shall not be required to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity under specified circumstances. Authorizes the Board to exempt foreign air carriers not directly engaged in the operation of aircraft in foreign air transportation from the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 if such exemption is in the public interest. Authorizes the Board to determine fair and reasonable amounts of compensation for, and to make payments of such compensation to, eligible air carriers which provides or will provide essential air transportation to eligible points. Establishes criteria for the Board to consider in determining the points eligible for such subsidies. Authorizes air carriers to compete for such subsidized service to eligible points. Directs the Board to insure that essential air transportation is provided to eligible points until January 18, 1979. Establishes procedures the Board is to follow to insure such service when an air carrier serving such a point notifies the Board that its service is to be suspended, terminated, or reduced below the level determined by the Board to be essential. Authorizes the Board to issue a new type of certificate for local air transportation. Stipulates that, in order to be eligible for such certification, the air carrier must provide such service with aircraft having a seating capacity of 36 passengers or less and a maximum certificated gross takeoff weight of 40,000 pounds or less. Precludes the Board from designating the geographic area or the terminal or intermediate points within or between which local air transportation is to be provided. Exempts such carriers from specified provisions of such Act. Authorizes the Board to issue certificates to engage in interstate or overseas charter air transportation. Establishes eligibility requirements for such certification. Prohibits the Board from authorizing charter air transportation between points within the State of Alaska unless the Board determines that such transportation is required by public convenience and necessity. Prohibits direct air carriers or foreign air carriers from entering into interlocking relationships with persons who sell or organize charters in interstate or overseas air transportation or in U.S. originating foreign air transportation. Requires all certificated air carriers with such regulations or orders issued by the Board governing the filing and approval of policies of insurance or plans for self- insurance. Prohibits carriers from carrying charter and scheduled passengers on the same flight in interstate or overseas air transportation. Stipulates that Board regulations shall not restrict the marketability, flexibility, accessibility, or variety of charter trips except to the extent required by the public interest and shall in no event be more restrictive than those charter regulations in effect on July 1, 1977. Prohibits any State from regulating air carriers certificated by the Board. Removes the Board's present power to specify the fares to be charged by a carrier and stipulates that the Board may only set forth the lawful maximum or minimum fare to be charged if it determines that the existing or proposed fare is unreasonable. Establishes a zone of fares which the Board may not find as unreasonable based on fares in effect on July 1, 1977. Establishes time limits during which the Board is to act on applications, complaints, or petitions regarding interstate or overseas air transportation. Authorizes the Board to make such determinations without a hearing under specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make monthly payments to eligible airline employees who have been deprived of employment or who have been adversely affected with respect to compensation as a result of the changes in the air transportation regulatory structure encompassed in this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish guidelines to determine the amount of such assistance. Requires air carriers, in hiring employees, to give preference to the terminated or furloughed employees of another carrier. Establishes the Airline Employees Protective Account within the Treasury of the United States in order to make such assistance payments. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make loan guarantees to lenders who make loans to air carriers holding a certificate to engage in local air transportation and to carriers holding certificates of public convenience and necessity for local or regional air service. Increases the total face value of eligible loans from $30,000,000 to $100,000,000