United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1977
National Center for the Handicapped Act - Establishes a National Center for the Handicapped within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Places general supervision of the Center in a Board of Trustees and an Administrator and sets forth the terms of their appointment, responsibilities, and compensation. Directs that the Center consist of education, research, and service components. Directs the Center to perform specified functions, including: (1) developing educational programs and teaching employment skills to the handicapped; (2) developing programs and providing training for educational and rehabilitation staff personnel; (3) developing and implementing programs for the severely handicapped; (4) conducting research and evaluating new techniques in education, training, and placement of the handicapped; (5) providing information services; (6) identifying areas of employment available to the handicapped; and (7) operating model educational and rehabilitation centers. Authorizes the Center to (1) hire additional personnel; (2) receive, sell, or use donated or bequeathed money and property; (3) prescribe regulations; (4) hold hearings; (5) appoint task forces and study committees; (6) secure information from any Federal agency, State, or local authority; (7) obtain the services of experts and consultants; (8) utilize noncompensated personnel and reimburse them for travel expenses; (9) enter into contracts and grants; (10) lease land, office space, and other facilities; and (11) make other necessary expenditures. Requires the Center to submit annual reports to the President and to the Congress beginning with fiscal year 1978. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 and up to $60,000,000 for each succeeding fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act. Deems the Act effective upon date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1977
White House Conference on Energy Conservation Resolution - Requests the President to convene a White House Conference on Energy Conservation as soon as practicable, but not later than December 31, 1978. Establishes a National Energy Conservation Planning and Advisory Council to plan and conduct the Conference. Directs the Council to prepare and submit a final report to the President and to transmit recommendations for administrative and legislative action to the President and the Congress. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000 to carry out this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1977
Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act - Prohibits the sexual exploitation of children by making it unlawful for any person to knowingly use or cause any minor to engage in or assist in any sexual act for the purpose of promoting any film, photograph or other visual medium. Makes it unlawful for any parent, guardian or person having control over a minor to knowingly permit such minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct. Imposes a fine of $10,000 and/or imprisonment up to ten years for a violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977
Excludes from income, for purpose of Federal or Federally-funded State public assistance programs which require a needs test for the determination of eligibility or amount of assistance, payments made by States to individuals based upon the attainment of age 65 and duration of residence in such States.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Amends the Small Business Act to establish the position of Associate Administrator for Women's Business Enterprise within the Small Business Administration. Lists among the duties of such Administrator: (1) increasing participation of women in Small Business Administration programs; and (2) reporting to the Administrator on proposals for implementing policy objectives.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Title I: Water Resources Projects - Water Resources Development Act - Adopts and authorizes the following works of improvement for navigation, flood control, and other purposes, to be carried out by the Secretary of the Army acting through the Chief of the Corps of Engineers: (1) Jekyll Island, Georgia (beach erosion control), (2) Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridge, Virginia and North Carolina (modification of Hobucken, Core Creek, and Fairfield bridges), (3) Coney Island, New York (beach erosion control), (4) Robinson's Branch at Clark, Scotch Plains, and Rahway, New Jersey (flood control), (5) Rahway River and Van Winkles Brook, New Jersey (flood control), (6) Baker River, Washington (flood control), (7) Chehalis River, Washington (flood control), (8) Kodiak Harbor, Alaska (navigation improvements, and (9) Agana River, Territory of Guam (flood control). Makes certain requirements and procedures of the Flood Control Act of 1968 applicable to these projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the Corps of Engineers, to undertake the phase I design memorandum stage of the following water resources development projects: (1) water diversion from the Millers River Basin to Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts (water supply project), (2) water diversion from the Connecticut River Basin to Quabbin Reservoir (water supply), (3) Blair and Sitcum Waterways, Washington (navigation), (4) Grays Harbor, Washington (navigation) and (5) Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi (channel deepening). Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to undertake advanced engineering and design for such projects after completion of the phase I design memorandum stage. Authorizes $5,000,000 for such advanced engineering and design. Prohibits the use of such funds for land acquisition or construction. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers, upon transmittal of recommendations for an authorized water resources development project to the Secretary of the Army if such project is found to be without substantial controversy and justifies further engineering, economic, and environmental investigation, to undertake the phase I design memorandum stage of advanced engineering and design of such project. Authorizes the appropriation of not more than $4,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1978 and 1979. Makes certain requirements and procedures of the Flood Control Act of 1968 applicable to such projects. Amends the River Basin Monetary Authorization and Miscellaneous Civil Works Amendment Act of 1970 to modify the project for Libby Dam, Montana, to authorize $6,500,000 for mitigation of fish losses attributed to the project. Directs that such funds be transferred to Montana for construction or expansion of fish hatcheries. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to repeal the requirement that the construction of a water diversion structure on the Potomac River by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission not conflict with certain reports of the Secretary of the Army regarding Washington Metropolitan Area Future Water Needs. Directs the Secretary of the Army to require the local sponsor of a project to contribute a specified portion of the project's costs when the project is anticipated to provide benefits, more than ten percent of which are produced by an increase in anticipated land value of a single nonpublic corporation or individual. Terminates the authorization of phase I engineering and design for a certain flood protection project on Wears Creek, Missouri. Authorizes such project at estimated cost of $29,110,000. Requires that any report to certain Congressional committees by the Secretary of the Army with respect to construction of a water impoundment facility include certain information of the possibility of failure of such facility. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to extend to 1985 the certification procedure for assuring that local improvements are compatible with specific potential water resources development projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the Corps of Engineers, to study remedial measures with respect to flood control, bank stabilization, sedimentation, and related purposes on the Homochitto and Buffalo Rivers, Saint Catherine and Coles Creeks, Bayou Pierre and other major tributaries draining into the Mississippi River between the Bayou Pierre and the Buffalo River in Mississippi. Establishes a Water Resources Mitigation Advisory Board to evaluate complaints of the adverse impact of any proposed or existing water resources project. Directs that recommendations by such Board be transmitted to the Secretary of the Army and certain Congressional committees. Authorizes the appropriation of $250,000 each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1979 to carry out such purpose. Terminates the authorizations of the Victory Lake project, Vermont, the Lafayette Dam and Reservoir and the Big Pine Dam and Reservoir, Indiana, and the La Farge Lake flood control project, Wisconsin. Modifies the harbor improvement project of Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, to repeal the requirement of certain local cash contributions prior to construction. Repeals the prohibitions against tolls on Federal locks, dams, canals, or similar works. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to repair and rehabilitate any Federal navigation project, when such repair does not increase the capacity of the facility or change its locality, without the approval of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors or the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers. Declares the Port of Houston Authority Bridge over Greens Bayou, Texas, to be a lawful bridge eligible for replacement. Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1962 to raise the individual project limitation on small beach erosion control projects from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Establishes a deauthorization procedure for surveys of flood control and river and harbor reports if no funds are expended for such surveys within 5 years of their approval. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to list all existing survey studies that have an inactive or deferred status. Authorizes surveys on such list, after the submission of such list to Congress, to be deauthorized within 90 days. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to study, in cooperation with the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, a development and conservation plan for water and related land resources of such territory. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to construct, at full Federal expense, flood control facilities on certain portions of the Cumberland River, Kentucky, and the Big Sandy River, Kentucky and West Virginia, at an estimated cost of $100,000,000. Waives the requirement of an economic analysis of such projects. Requires the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of Agriculture, when submitting any report of a project which includes recreation benefits, to describe the benefits of other similar recreational facilities within the general area of the project. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1954 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to furnish technical assistance to a State or political subdivision carrying out flood control projects. Modifies the Stamford Harbor, Connecticut, navigation project to require non-Federal interests to furnish the United States with certain land, easements, and rights-of-way required for maintenance dredging. Waives the requirement that non-Federal interests contribute 25 percent of construction costs of this project, upon certain findings by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to perform intermittent dredging and other work required to remove natural shoals on the Yazoo River, Mississippi, at an average annual cost of $200,000 upon certain assurances by local interests. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to modify funding procedures to carry out certain programs of the Alaska Hydroelectric Power Development Fund. Permits the Secretary of the Army to pay certain unanticipated costs during project construction. Requires any Federal funds required to complete such project to be repaid by the non-Federal public authorities from revenues from the sale of power. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to study the rehabilitation of former industrial sites, millraces, and other facilities with respect to conversion of such sites into small hydroelectric projects to serve rural areas or communities. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish technical assistance to local public agencies for such rehabilitation. Declares described portions of the Trent River, North Carolina, to be non-navigable waters, if such portions are bulkheaded and filled, or occupied by permanent pile-supported structures. Declares that no prior Act of Congress shall be construed to require Tennessee to furnish assurances that it will hold the United States free from any claims for damages resulting from wildlife losses attributable to specified projects on the West Tennessee Tributaries Project, Mississippi River, Tennessee. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to construct water treatment facilities and a regional water conveyance system from Kaw Lake for the use of non-Federal public members of the Kaw Reservoir Authority at an estimated cost of $82,000,000 as part of the authorization for the Kaw Lake project, Oklahoma. Requires repayment of initial Federal costs and Federal interim maintenance costs, for such facilities. Authorizes a flood control project on Beargrass Creek, Kentucky, upon notification to Congress of the approval of the project by the Chief of Engineers. Water Supply Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the Corps of Engineers, to study, construct, and operate water storage and water transportation projects to meet present and anticipated water demand. Declares the water supply costs of such project to be repayable by the water users over a period of 50 years pursuant to contracts with municipalities and other public organizations. Makes the contracting organization responsible for the disposal and sale of water surplus. Requires the revenues from such sale to be used only for operation costs and retirement of the contract obligation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to recommend modified repayment schedules for water supplied to rural communities with populations of less than 10,000. Title II: River Basin Monetary Authorizations - River Basin Monetary Authorization Act - Authorizes the appropriation, for the prosecution of the comprehensive river basin development plan, of $6,000,000 for the Alabama-Coosa River Basin, $3,000,000 for the Arkansas River Basin, $31,000,000 for the Brazos River Basin, $14,000,000 for the Columbia River Basin, $130,000,000 for the Mississippi River and Tributaries, $96,000,000 for the Missouri River Basin, $47,000,000 for the North Branch, Susquehanna River Basin, $28,000,000 for the Ohio River Basin, $1,000,000 for the Ouachita River Basin, $78,000,000 for the San Joaquin River Basin, and $9,000,000 for the South Platte River Basin.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Amends the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations not to exceed $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for river basin commissions. Repeals the annual limitation on appropriations for river basin commissions and the Water Resources Council. Authorizes the appropriation of not more than $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for the Water Resources Council. Repeals restrictions on the use and transfer of funds appropriated for the preparation of river basin plans and assessments. Authorizes the appropriation of $3,905,000 for fiscal year 1978 for such preparation.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1977
Accepts a statue of the late Senator Ernest Gruening presented by the State of Alaska for the National Statuary Hall collection. Authorizes the State of Alaska to temporarily place such statue in the rotunda of the Capitol and hold ceremonies there on that occasion. Directs the Joint Committee on Printing to print such proceedings as a Senate document, and directs that 5,000 additional copies of such document be printed.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
Inland Energy Development Impact Assistance Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to establish an inland energy development impact program in the Department of Commerce. Includes among the assistance provided under such program to States, local governments, and Indian tribes which are affected as a result of energy development activities: (1) technical assistance; (2) grants for comprehensive growth management and monitoring plans; (3) loans and loan guarantees for required new public facilities and services; and (4) grants for impact crises. Creates an Inland Energy Impact Fund within the Department of the Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
Bikeway Transportation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for 80 percent of the cost to States and municipalities of bikeway construction projects in urban territories or connecting such areas with national, State, or local parks, seashores or recreational areas. Requires such bikeway projects to be in accordance with a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on cooperatively by States and local communities and in accordance with construction standards established by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977
National Oil Recycling Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Energy Administration, the Secretary of Commerce (acting through the National Bureau of Standards), and all Federal procuring agencies to encourage the use of recycled oil through Federal contracts and procurement policies. Directs the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and all other Federal agencies to revise procurement regulations to conform to the intent of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and for each succeeding fiscal year for grants to States to assist in the development of State oil recycling programs. Details minimum eligibility requirements for participation by States in such program. Stipulates that this Act shall not preempt stricter State controls over recycled oil. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to proscribe standards governing the labeling of recycled oil consistent with this Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Prohibits restrictive covenants designed to discourage the recycling of used oil. Imposes a fine of $50,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year for violations of such prohibition. Requires major users of industrial and automotive oil, used oil recyclers, and used oil collectors to maintain complete records of oil recycling-related activities. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to submit annual reports to Congress containing information on the extent and impact of oil recycling in the United States. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1977 through 1981 for grants for the demonstration of new oil recycling processes and technologies. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1977 through 1979 for the development of reports, standards, and testing methods under this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to expand the present excise tax on lubricating oil to include hydraulic oil, cutting oil, and non-highway uses of such oils. Exempts recycled oil from such tax. Authorizes a tax credit of three cents for each gallon of lubricating oil re-refined by recyclers of used oil.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1977
Senate Administrative Reorganization Resolution - Establishes within the Senate the Administrative Office of the Senate to be headed by an Administrator of the Senate appointed by the Administrative Council. Establishes an Administrative Council of the Senate to supervise the Administrator and review the plans and recodifications submitted by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to maintain all administrative and support service and facilities delegated to such individual, and to review existing systems and prepare a recodification of the laws, rules, and standing orders of the Senate relating to administrative services and facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1977
Medicare - Medicaid Administrative and Reimbursement Reform Act - Establishes a new method of reimbursement for routine operating costs for hospitals under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Requires the establishment of uniform accounting and cost allocation system for determining operating and capital costs of hospitals providing services. Requires the establishment of a system by which hospitals will be classified by such criteria as (1) size; (2) type of hospital (general, teaching, or specialized care); and (3) other criteria. Stipulates that the term "routine operating costs" does not include: (1) capital costs; (2) direct personnel and supply costs of hospital education and training programs; (3) costs of interns, residents, and non-administrative physicians; (4) energy costs associated with heating and cooling the hospital plant; and (5) malpractice insurance expense; or (6) ancillary service costs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to determine annually for the hospitals classified in each category of the hospital classification system established by this Act, an average per diem routine operating cost amount for use in determining the reasonable cost of that portion of the hospital's costs which consist of routine operating costs. Provides for the periodic increase during the year of the routine operating cost as determined pursuant to this Act to reflect increases in the cost of services which are attributable to inflation. Provides for the adjustment of the routine operating cost of a hospital to reflect higher costs to such hospital of a case mix which requires a greater intensity of care than for other hospitals in the same classification. Directs the Secretary to establish a five-member Hospital Transitional Allowance Board to act on the applications of hospitals for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the retirement or conversion of underutilized facilities. Requires that such conversion promote efficient and economical delivery of services covered by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Establishes a plan for the reimbursement of physicians under which participating doctors of medicine or osteopathy would accept the assignment of patients' claims for reimbursement under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary to establish procedures for expediting the payment of such assigned claims to physicians. Promulgates an incentive payment to encourage physicians to participate in the program of assignment of claims. Sets forth criteria for determining the reasonable charge which may be made for physicians' services, and medical services, supplies and equipment under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Sets forth the conditions under which anesthesiologists, pathologists, and radiologists may be paid under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for patient care services. Authorizes payment, under the Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits program of Medicare, for antigens prepared by an allergist for a particular patient. Permits the Secretary to make agreements with the States under which the services of a State health agency will be utilized for the purpose of determining whether an institution in such State qualifies as a skilled nursing facility for purposes of the Medicaid program. Combines the Medicare, Medicaid, Office of Long Term Care, and Bureau of Quality Assurance agencies into a single Administration for Health Care Financing headed by an Assistant Secretary. Establishes specific performance criteria with respect to State Administration of Medicaid. Terminates the Health Insurance Benefits Advisory Council. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private regional pediatric respiratory centers affiliated with institutions of higher learning for training and instruction in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of respiratory diseases in children and young adults and in providing health care services to children and young adults suffering from such diseases. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the making of such grants for fiscal year 1978 and the succeeding four fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1977
American Youth Hostel Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, to make grants to States, local governments, and private nonprofit institutions to defray 75 percent of the cost of renovating structures for use as youth hostels. Requires each grant applicant to: (1) assure that its equity in the structure to be renovated plus funds to be placed in escrow equal at least 25 percent of renovation costs; (2) submit a renovation plan; (3) indicate that it intends to operate the hostel or assure that upon completion of renovation that it will transfer title to the structure to American Youth Hostel, Inc., free of all encumbrances; (4) conform to regulations to be adopted by the Director relative to hostel supervision and renovation; and (5) comply with other specified provisions. Requires that a public hearing be held with respect to each application for a renovation grant under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1977
Authorizes the Attorney General to institute a civil action for or in the name of the United States in an appropriate district court whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that a State or its agents are subjecting persons involuntarily confined in any correctional facility, juvenile correction center, mental hospital, nursing home, or facility for the chronically ill, retarded, or physically handicapped to conditions which deprive such persons of their Federal Constitutional or Statutory rights. Permits the Attorney General to intervene in any action of public importance commenced in a Federal court in which relief is sought from conditions allegedly depriving involuntarily confined persons in State institutions of their Federal rights.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1977
Declares it the sense of the Senate that the President discuss with Canada the impact of recent provisions of the Canadian tax code on the United States broadcasting industry.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1977
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to provide for radio and television coverage of proceedings in the Senate Chamber during the second session of the Ninety-fifth Congress. Directs the Committee to maintain videotapes and recordings of such coverage to be made available to public and commercial broadcasting stations. Directs the Committee to compile a daily written summary of Senate proceedings to be made available to the news media and to Senate Members, officers, and committees.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1977
Establishes within the Department of Agriculture an Advisory Committee on Timber Sales Procedures to study the methods by which the Forest Service sells timber and to make independent recommendation with respect to establishing procedures by which the Service will be able to sell timber in a manner which will, over the long term, provide for community stability and which will provide the most stable return to the Federal Government while maintaining diversity in terms of sizes, types and locations of operations and facilities which process timber. Terminates such Advisory Committee upon its submission of its findings and recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the appropriate committees of Congress. Repeals the provision of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 which directs the Secretary to take appropriate action to obviate collusive practices in bidding for trees, portions of trees, or forest products from National Forest System lands.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1977
Indian and Alaska, Native Housing and Community Development Act - Creates, in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, an Office of Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, through which the Secretary of HUD shall carry out functions relating to Indian and Alaska Native housing and community development. Creates the office of Assistant Secretary for Indian and Alaska Native Affairs. Directs the Assistant Secretary to submit specified reports to Congress, and conduct an annual conference on Indian and Alaska Native Housing.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977
Equal Opportunity Enterprise Act - Title I: Amendments Affecting the Small Business Act - Amends the Small Business Act to establish the Office of Socially and Economically Disadvantaged- Owned Small Business Assistance Personnel in the Small Business Administration (S.B.A.) to work with all agencies of the Government having procurement powers in order to identify contracts suitable for disadvantaged American concerns and within each regional office of the S.B.A. to supervise and coordinate small business programs. Requires that such Office shall make semiannual reports to the Associate Administrator for Minority Small Business and Procurement Assistance concerning the allocation of procurement contracts. Directs the Administrator of the S.B.A. to appoint an Associate Administrator for Minority Small Business and Procurement Assistance. Increases the authorization for appropriations in the small business loan program and requires that not less than 15 percent of aggregate direct loans shall be made to minority small business concerns. Sets forth statutory standards for contracting and subcontracting by the United States with respect to minority businesses. Requires that the Administration of the S.B.A. shall report to Congress and the President concerning the development of minority small businesses. Title II: Amendments to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 - Requires that a "Utilization of Small Business Enterprises Owned by Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Americans" clause appear in specified Government contracts. Requires that specified Government contractors establish and conduct a subcontracting program for business enterprises owned by socially and economically disadvantaged Americans which includes: (1) designation of a liaison officer to administer the contractor's program; (2) consideration of the potentialities of minority business enterprises in all "make or buy" decisions to provide materials or services; and (3) maintenance of records concerning procedures adopted and subcontracts awarded. Sets forth other preferences which will be extended to minority business enterprises. Title III: Committee on Federal Assistance to Minority Enterprise - Establishes the Committee on Federal Assistance to Minority Enterprise composed of 15 members to be appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate, from members of minority groups who are knowledgeable in minority participation in the economy. Provides for the compensation and terms of office of the members and the appointment of an Executive Director. Directs the Committee to develop methods for delivery of financial assistance to minority enterprises; for generating markets for good and services; and for providing effective business education and technical assistance. Requires the Committee to submit semiannual reports to each House of Congress concerning its activities.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1977
Indian-Controlled Postsecondary Educational Institutions Assistance Act - Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide grants for Indian-controlled postsecondary educational institutions to be used for planning and development of educational programs, basic operational costs, employment of personnel, curriculum development, student services, and community service programs. Provides for administration of this program by the Secretary of the Interior.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1977
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase from 50 to 90 the percentage of the cost of a water or waste project which the Department of Agriculture may fund by a grant to a local association. Requires that such a grant be in an amount that will leave the average domestic user payment rate in the area served by the project at no more than: (1) one percent of the median family income of the area if such income falls in the lowest 25 percentile of the national median income; (2) one-and-one-half percent, if the median income falls in the 26 to 49 percentile; (3) two percent, if the median income falls in the 50 to 74 percentile; or (4) two-and-one-half percent, if the median income is above the 75 percentile of the national median income. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to seek State and Federal assistance if the maximum amount of a grant will be insufficient to result in the applicable user cost limitation prescribed. Specifies conditions under which the Secretary may increase the amount of a grant. Revises the priorities for recipients of such grants to accord the highest priority to specified municipalities or public agencies which have a hazardous public health situation (currently, such priority is accorded to municipalities or public agencies which already have community water supply or waste disposal systems, when due to unanticipated occurrences such systems are suddenly inadequate to serve the community needs).
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1977
National Preventive Medicine, Health Maintenance and Health Promotion Act - Title I: Bureau of Human Development -- Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Bureau of Human Development within the Public Health Service at the National Institutes of Health. States that it shall be the purpose of the Bureau to conduct, support, and foster basic and applied research and training relating to the maintenance of health and the prevention and cure of disease; to study the impact on human development of man-made agents in the environment; and to provide a noncategorical perspective at the National Institutes of Health for biomedical and social science research. Requires the Director of the Bureau to establish an Information Office for Human Development Research to collect, catalog, analyze, and disseminate all available information beneficial to any person concerned with human development research in any country. Establishes a National Human Development Policy Advisory Board to advise and assist the Bureau Director on Bureau research policy priorities, budget requests and allocations, and the future direction and mission of the Bureau. Requires the Board to annually submit a report to the President for transmittal to the Congress on the progress of the National Human Development Program towards the accomplishment of its objectives. Establishes, within the Bureau, a National Institute of Family Health to carry out research and training in the areas of maternal, paternal, child, and prenatal health. Establishes a National Family Health Advisory Council to advise and consult with the Director of the Family Health Institute. Establishes, within the Bureau, a National Institute on Population Sciences to carry out research related to population matters having both a preventive and curative emphasis on research in reproductive biology. Creates a National Population Sciences Advisory Council to advise and consult with the Director of the Population Institute. Incorporates the relevant programs of the former National Institute of Child Health and Human Development into the Population Institute. Establishes, within the Bureau, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to carry out training and research relating to general medical sciences. Creates a National General Medical Sciences Advisory Council to advise and consult with the Director of the General Medical Institute. Directs the General Medical Council to assume the duties powers and functions of the National Advisory Health Council relating to research or training projects which concern the General Medical Council. Establishes, within the Bureau, a National Institute on Aging to conduct and support biomedical, social, epidemiological and behavioral research and training related to the special problems and needs of the aged. Creates a National Advisory Council on Aging to advise and consult with the Director of the Aging Institute. Establishes, within the Bureau, a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to carry out research and training relating to the prevention of human health problems caused by harmful man-made agents and the modifying effects of a variety of physical and biological states within man on susceptibility to and the course of disease induced by these agents. Creates a National Environmental Health Sciences Advisory Council to advise and consult with the Director of the Environmental Institute. Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health the position of Associate Director of Preventive Medicine to foster and coordinate basic and applied research and training relating to the maintenance of health and the prevention of disease. Title II: National Center for Health Maintenance and Promotion - Designates the Center for Disease Control the "National Center for Health Maintenance and Promotion." Adds to the functions of the Center the encouragement of increased epidemiological research and programs, particularly with respect to chronic and degenerative diseases. Establishes as a component of the center a Bureau of Nutrition to establish and conduct a program to continuously monitor, survey, and evaluate the Nations nutritional status. Establishes within the Public Health Service a Bureau of Health Education to serve as the focus for health education programs for the Public Health Service. Title III: National Center for Health Services Research - Includes the evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of health maintenance and promotion procedures and programs in the duties of the National Center for Health Services Research. Title IV: National Center for Health Statistics - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting through the National Center for Health Statistics, to make a continuing survey of the needs, interest, attitudes, knowledge, and behavior of the American public regarding health. Directs the Secretary to use the results of such survey and similar surveys as a basis for formulating policy respecting preventive medicine, health maintenance, and health promotion. Title V: Office of Health Information and Health Promotion - Directs the Office to provide the Congress and the Secretary with recommendations with respect to preventive medicine, health maintenance and promotion, on all health related budget requests from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1977
Federal Aid in Nongame Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to State nongame fish and wildlife conservation programs. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer personnel, equipment, and scientific information to carry out this Act. Sets forth the formula for the apportionment of revenue to the States and limitations upon administrative expenses of the Secretary and the States chargeable to the Nongame Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fund. Permits any amount apportioned to a State but not expended or obligated after two fiscal years to be used by the Secretary to assist such programs in other States. Permits any such amount not paid or obligated by the Secretary at the end of two fiscal years to be made available for any nongame fish and wildlife resource project of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Directs all Federal departments and agencies to coordinate their programs with nongame fish and wildlife conservation projects administered by the States. Directs each Federal department and agency with management authority over land and water resources (1) to determine which programs under its authority may be extended to include conservation of nongame fish and wildlife species, (2) to notify the appropriate State agency of any such affirmative determination, and (3) to cooperate with the establishment of conservation agreements with State agencies for such efforts. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1977
Rural Housing Act - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend the availability of refinancing of indebtedness for rural housing assistance to elderly or handicapped families. Defines elderly or handicapped families for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a system of escrow accounts to enable borrowers to make periodic payments for taxes, insurance, and other necessary expenses. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to conduct specified programs of research, study and analysis of rural housing. Authorizes the Secretary to make expenditures from the Rural Housing Insurance Fund in order to correct construction defects or to pay claims of the owner of property arising from such defects. Empowers the Secretary to foreclose on mortgages only if the borrower has been given prior notice. Makes changes with respect to the Secretary's power to make rules and regulations. Authorizes increases in assistance to specified rural housing programs for fiscal years 1978 and 1979. Extends rural housing loans for elderly and handicapped families to include congregate housing facilities for families who require some supervision and central services. Requires that at least 60 percent of insured rural housing loans benefit persons of low income. Makes changes in the guaranteed housing loan program and the homeownership subsidy for low and moderate income persons. Makes it mandatory for the Secretary to provide rural rental assistance. Creates the position of Assistant Secretary for Equal Opportunity in the Department of Agriculture. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase the funds available for grants for water and waste facilities. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to withhold assistance for specified programs from any otherwise eligible borrower who fails to incorporate energy conservation features into any structure commenced by such borrower after January 1, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1977
Water Supply Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of the Corps of Engineers, to study, construct, and operate water storage and water transportation projects to meet present and anticipated water demand. Specifies the water supply costs of such project to be repayable by the water users over a period of 50 years pursuant to contracts with municipalities and other public organizations. Makes the contracting organization responsible for the disposal and sale of water surplus. Requires the revenues from such sale to be used only for operation costs and retirement of the contract obligation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1977
Indian Food Program Amendments - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to provide for the implementation of the food stamp and commodity distribution programs either concurrently or separately upon request by the official governing body of an Indian tribe, on behalf of eligible households of such tribe. Conditions implementation of such programs upon the establishment of adequate safeguards which preclude such households from simultaneously participating in both the food stamp and the commodity distribution programs. Applies the benefits and requirements of the food stamp program to Indian tribes generally. Permits members of a participating tribe or Indian community to buy hunting and fishing equipment, for purposes of procuring food, with food coupons. Permits the official governing body of any Indian tribe to request the Secretary to let it administer the food stamp program, or to designate a tribally authorized intertribal organization, or the State agency, to administer such program. Requires the Secretary to pay any tribe or tribally authorized intertribal organization or to reimburse any State agency, 100 percent of the costs necessary to administer such a program on behalf of the members of an Indian tribe.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for nutritional counseling as part of the home health services provided under the supplementary medical insurance program.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that the President declare a moratorium on United States manufacture of chemical weapons (lethal and incapacitating nerve and mustard agents and "binary agents') and order the destruction of certain United States stockpiles of such weapons. Urges other nations to destroy their stockpiles. Urges the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament to conclude a treaty banning the manufacture and possession of such weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1977
National Aquaculture Organic Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a National Aquaculture Development Plan. Requires that such plan (1) identify each aquatic species which can be cultured on a commercial basis (priority aquatic species), and (2) contain a program of aquaculture development for such priority aquatic species. Directs the Secretary to review annually each aquatic species not identified as a priority species and the program established for each priority species. Directs the Secretary to (1) establish and maintain an aquaculture information center, (2) maintain an inventory of public and private aquaculture being carried out in the United States, (3) arrange for the mutual exchange of information relating to aquaculture with foreign nations, (4) submit an annual report to Congress on the implementation of the provisions of this Act, (5) coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the use of aquacultural waste water in carrying out the purposes of this Act, and (6) prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this Act. Establishes the Interagency Committee on Aquaculture comprised of the heads of various Federal agencies to insure that there is a continuing exchange of information relating to the aquacultural programs and projects of the various agencies and to review on a continuing basis the relevant programs and projects of all Federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out any function under this Act through grants or contracts. Limits the amount of any grant made available under this Act to one-half of the estimated cost of the project for which the grant was made. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to guarantee obligations issued for the financing of any aquaculture facility within the United States. Stipulates that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all such guaranteed obligations shall not exceed $100,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to collect a fee for guaranteed obligations not to exceed one-half of one percent per annum of the outstanding principal balance of the obligation. Sets forth the allowable interest rate, maturity date, and default procedures relating to such loans. Authorizes the Secretary to issue notes or obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury if the monies in the loan fund are insufficient to pay such a loan in the event of default. Establishes within the Treasury a Federal Aquaculture Assistance Fund for the purpose of guaranteeing loans under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretaries of Commerce, the Interior, and Agriculture to carry out the various provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Juvenile Justice Amendments - Amends administrative provisions of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to designate the Assistant Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration as such Office's chief executive officer, subject to only the general policy direction of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Sets forth provisions relative to the authority of the Assistant Administrator. Increases to ten the number of individuals authorized to be appointed in positions in the Office at levels above GS-15. Revises deadlines for submission of the annual analysis of and annual plan for delinquency programs. Empowers the Assistant Administrator to delegate authority to make regulations. Designates the Director of the Office of Drug Abuse Policy, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Commissioner of the Office of Education as members of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Reduces from six to four the minimum number of times which the Coordinating Council must meet annually. Requires that at least 7 of the 21 members of the National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention be under age 22 at time of appointment, a minimum of three of whom shall have been under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system. Sets the quorum of the Committee at 11 members. Makes mandatory the appointment of a subcommittee to advise the Assistant Administrator on particular functions of the Office. Revises provisions regarding other subcommittees. Authorizes the Advisory Committee to delegate its functions by means of grants and contracts. Empowers the committee to conduct programs to assist public or private citizen groups on juvenile delinquency. Requires that at least one percent of the funds appropriated for purposes of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act be used for the Advisory Committee. Stipulates that formula grants to State and local governments' juvenile justice related activities shall cover 90 percent of the approved cost of any assisted programs or activities. Waives the non-Federal matching share requirement for private nonprofit organizations which are conducting activities pursuant to State or local government contracts or grants. Directs that at least 10 percent of the minimum annual allotment of formula grants to a State be used to assist the State juvenile justice advisory group established pursuant to the State juvenile delinquency plan. Revises guidelines for the composition of such advisory groups and delegates to them certain additional functions. Makes specified amendments in the standards which must be included in a State juvenile justice plan. States that failure to comply within two years with the requirement that juveniles committing noncriminal offenses be placed in shelter facilities rather than in correctional institutions shall result in termination of formula grants and certain other funds unless the Administrator finds substantial compliance and a commitment to achieve full compliance. Eliminates provisions making available the formula grant allotment of a State whose juvenile justice plan fails to comply with mandatory standards due to neglect to public and private agencies for special emphasis programs. Revises present, and specifies additional, purposes for which assistance may be extended under special emphasis prevention and treatment programs. Eliminates the limit on formula funds which may be used by a State to meet the matching share requirement of certain essential Federal juvenile delinquency programs. Authorizes an increase in the Federal share of the cost of juvenile delinquency programs in the case of Indian tribes which lack sufficient funds to meet the local share. Sets forth provisions for the reallocation of excess formula grant funds for special emphasis treatment and prevention programs. Repeals the responsibility of the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to oversee administration of the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Directs the Advisory Committee for the National Institute to assist States, local governments, and private organizations in the adoption at State and local levels of Standards for the administration of juvenile justice. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums for fiscal years 1977-82 to carry out certain provisions and programs of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Amends the Runaway Youth Act to expand the grant program thereunder to encompass the development of local facilities to meet the needs of all homeless youth. Prohibits a runaway house receiving assistance under such Act from disclosing statistical records profiling the parents and children which it serves to other than specified agencies unless the child involved, as well as his parent, consents. Revises monetary guidelines with respect to which grants and runaway houses are to be given priority. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums for the runaway house grant program for fiscal years 1977-1982.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 to authorize the additional appropriation of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for grants by the Secretary of the Interior for water resources research projects. Amends the Saline Water Conversion Act to extend the appropriation authorization through fiscal year 1978. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,025,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the purposes of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1977
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to specifically encompass pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions within the prohibition against sex discrimination in employment, including discrimination with respect to fringe benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1977
National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act - Title I: National Consumer Cooperative Bank - Establishes the National Consumer Cooperative Bank. States that the Bank shall (1) encourage the development of new and existing cooperatives eligible for its assistance by providing specialized credit and technical assistance; (2) maintain broad-based control of the Bank by its voting stockholders; (3) encourage broad-based ownership, control and active participation by members in eligible cooperatives; (4) assure that the net savings from its operations and the operations of borrowers from the Bank are made available or accounted for to the stockholders or members of the cooperative organization; and (5) assist in improving the quality and availability of goods and service to consumers. Authorizes the creation of no less than four nor more than 12 corporate regional banks. States that the Bank shall have the power to make and service loans, commitments for credit, guarantees, furnish financially related services, technical assistance, and issue obligations. Enumerates additional powers necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this Act. Requires the Bank to hold an annual meeting of stockholders. Permits the Bank to obtain funds through the public or private sale of its bonds, debentures, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness. Authorizes the Bank to make loans to eligible organizations which shall be repayable in not more than 40 years. States that the objective of the Bank shall be to provide the type of credit needed by eligible borrowers, at the lowest reasonable cost on a sound business basis, taking into account the cost of money to the Bank. Defines "eligible cooperatives" for purposes of assistance under this title. Title II: Self-Help Development Fund - Establishes in the Treasury a Consumer Cooperative Self-Help Development Fund. Permits the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration to make a capital investment advance out of the Fund to any eligible cooperative if the Administration determines that the applicants' initial or supplemental capital requirements exceed its ability to obtain a Title I Loan from the Bank or other sources, and the membership of the applicant consists substantially of low-income persons. Title III: Cooperative Technical Assistance - Directs the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration to make available information and services concerning the organization or reorganization of cooperatives to best achieve the objectives of this Act and to best provide the means through which various types of goods, services, and facilities can be made available to members and patrons. States that such assistance may include investigations, surveys, and director and management training and assistance. Authorizes appropriations to the Administration of sums necessary for the administration of this title. Title IV: The Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration and General Provisions - Establishes the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration. Directs the Administration to assure that the objectives of this Act are carried out. States that until the stock of the Bank held by the United States has been fully retired the Bank shall be exempt from any form of taxation. Requires the Administration and the Board to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress on the activities of the Administration and on the Bank's capital, operations, financial condition, the self-help development fund, and to make recommendations for legislation to improve its services.
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
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to promote activities designed to make units of the National Park System more accessible to the public, including contracting with or subsidizing agencies or carriers to provide transportation services for access to such parks, operating such services directly and acquiring transportation equipment necessary for such services. Requires the Secretary to develop projects for transportation services providing access to such parks and to consult with transportation authorities, private carriers, and local organizations in the development of such projects. Lists parks to be included in such transportation projects and enumerates factors the Secretary shall consider in selecting additional parks.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1977
Small Business Development Center Act - Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make grants to universities to assist them in developing centers to provide small businesses with a broad range of advice, information, and assistance. Limits the amount of such grant to no more than 75 percent of the cost of eligible activities in the operation or development of the center, except for grants to regional centers assisting State centers in research or other high cost activities. Establishes a Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Division within the Small Business Administration to administer the Small Business Development Center program through a Deputy Associate Administrator. Establishes a Small Business Development Center Advisory Board composed of 14 members to advise and confer with the Deputy Associate Administrator for Management and Technical Assistance. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to universities, organizations, and business concerns to support research to solve problems which affect small business concerns.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage to include expenses incurred in providing a papanicolaou test for the detection of uterine cancer.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1977
Amends the National Trails System Act to establish National Historic Trails as a new category of trails within the National Trails System. Sets qualifications for designation as a National Historic Trail, including, establishment through historic use, national significance with respect to any of several broad facets of American history, and potential for public recreational use related to historic appreciation. Designates the Iditarod Trail, Alaska, as a national historic trail within the National Trails System.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1977
Federal Program Information Act - Creates a Federal Program Information Center to establish and maintain a computerized program information system which is capable of identifying all existing Federal domestic assistance programs. Specifies the required contents of the data base of such system, including the identity, description, and eligibility requirements of each such assistance program. Requires the Director of the Center to publish an annual catalog containing all information on Federal domestic assistance programs that is in the data base of the system. States that information in such data base and the catalog prepared pursuant to this Act shall be made available to the public at a reasonable price.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Pension Simplification Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, including sections within the Internal Revenue Code, to terminate the Department of Labor's regulatory jurisdiction relative to pension participation, vesting, and funding standards and to substitute for the tax on prohibited transactions relative to qualified pension trusts and plans a civil penalty to be enforced by the Department of Labor. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Attorney General and the Secretary of Labor of any such prohibited transaction. Repeals provisions detailing requirements for annual employee benefit plan reports and eliminates the requirement that administrators of employee benefit plans furnish the Secretary of Labor copies of summary plan descriptions and certain plan modifications. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor to jointly prescribe a single filing form and a single filing date for employee benefit plans which will satisfy the annual reporting requirements of both departments. Authorizes Federal courts to render declaratory judgments with respect to a failure by the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to issue or deny a determination or to take other action relative to an employee benefit plan within 180 days after requested to do so, if the controversy involves an issue arising under certain provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Tonnage Measurement Simplification Act - Transfers from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, responsibility for measuring vessels by tonnage before such vessel may be documented. Requires that a vessel be measured if it engages in international voyage by sea, or it is at least 24 meters in length and is self-propelled. Stipulates that a vessel not required to be measured by this Act may be measured if requested by the owner. Specifies instances in which remeasurement shall be required. Stipulates that a vessel measured prior to the effective date of this Act shall be considered as having been measured as required by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
World Peace Tax Fund Act - Establishes within the Treasury of the United States a special trust fund to be known as the World Peace Tax Fund. Provides that any taxpayer who has qualified as a conscientious objector, or who declares that he or she is conscientiously opposed to participation in war, within the meaning of the Military Selective Service Act, shall qualify to designate the payment of his or her income taxes to the fund. Makes provisions for the designation of income, estate, or gift tax payments for transfer to the World Peace Tax Fund. Provides for the computation and publication of the percentage of annual expenditures for military purposes. Provides that this portion of monies in the Fund shall remain in the Fund to accrue interest, and that the remaining portion shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury of the United States, not to be appropriated for any military purposes. Establishes a Board of Trustees of eleven members to authorize expenditures out of the Fund for research into peaceful solutions to international conflict, and for improvement of international health, education, and welfare. Requires the Board to submit its budget to the Congress, report to the President and Congress annually, and provide a complete accounting of all funds received and disbursed according to this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Requests the President of the United States to convene a White House Conference on Small Business with the help of the Senate Small Business Committee to develop recommendations, including suggestions for joint legislative and executive action, for revitalizing and maintaining the economic viability of the small business infrastructure.
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 · 24 February 1977
Directs that orders of a State court or of a court of the District of Columbia relative to the custody of children of divorced or separated parents be given full faith and credit by every other State and the District of Columbia until such issuing court no longer has under the law of the State in which it is located, or declines to exercise, jurisdiction over modifications of such orders.
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