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United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to increase the dollar limitation on the purchase of mobile homes and for renovation of existing structures for purposes of securing federally-insured loans.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Commends the President's intention to give diplomatic priority to pursuit of nonproliferation measures. Endorses negotiations with world leaders (1) to curb the spread of nuclear enrichment and reprocessing facilities, (2) to achieve acceptance of nuclear safeguards, (3) to explore international provision of nuclear fuel services, (4) to agree on sanctions against nations seeking to acquire nuclear explosives, (5) to strengthen the International Atomic Energy Agency, and (6) to act promptly on legislation enacting a statement of United States nonproliferation policy.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1977
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to terminate the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1977
Entitles employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service to an annuity if separated from service after completing 25 years of service or after becoming 50 years of age and completing 20 years of service before December 31, 1989, if such employee is not otherwise entitled to other full retirement benefits and is not an Indian entitled to an employment preference by law.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1977
States that when figuring cost-of-living adjustments for Federal employees stationed outside the United States, consideration shall not be given to commissary or exchange privileges of such employees unless such privileges are derived from the individual's employment as a civilian Federal employee. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5941)
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide payment for rural health clinic services pursuant to program of Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the aged and Disabled of such Title.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1977
Young Families' Housing Act - Graduated Payment Mortgage Insurance Act - Amends the National Housing Act to permit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure, on a regular basis, mortgages and loans with provisions for varying rates of amortization corresponding to anticipated variations in family income. Sets a percentage limit on the mortgage value ratio of mortgages which will be insurable under this Act. Prescribes eligibility requirements for such insurance. States that mortgages or loans insured pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to State usury laws in most cases. Individual Housing Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for amounts paid in cash into an individual housing account. Defines the term "individual housing account" for the purposes of this Act. Limits annual tax deductions to $2,500 and lifetime deductions to $10,000. Makes provisions for tax treatment upon distribution of such accounts. Exempts individual housing accounts from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Declares a certain individual eligible for admission to the U.S. Military Academy.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Minority Business Development Act - Establishes the Minority Business Development Administration in the Department of Commerce. Creates the position of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development to direct such Administration. Empowers the Assistant Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts with any person in order to provide management and technical assistance to minority enterprises. Sets forth the functions of the Assistant Secretary including the establishment of goals for other Federal departments which may affect minority business enterprises and the collection and dissemination of information useful for the undertaking and the promoting of minority businesses. Direct the heads of Federal departments to cooperate with the Secretary of Commerce by furnishing specified information. Calls for interagency cooperation with the Assistant Secretary's investigative function. Directs the Assistant Secretary to submit an annual report to the President, the Office of Management and Budget, and Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Regulatory Reform Act - Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan recommending reforms with respect to the regulation of: (1) energy, the environment, housing, and occupational health and safety by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1979; (2) transportation and communications by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1981; (3) banking and finance, international trade, and Government procurement by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1983; and (4) food, consumer health and safety, economic trade practices, and labor- management concerns by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1985. States that each such plan shall include recommendations for reform of such specified agencies and shall report on the cumulative impact of all Government regulatory activity reviewed, up to that date, on specific industry groupings. States that if the President fails to submit such plans by the specified dates, the Senate and House Committees on Government Operations shall draft their own plans to be submitted to Congress for action. Requires the Comptroller General and the Congressional Budget Office, contemporaneously with the development of the President's plan, to submit a report assessing the purpose, effects, efficiency, and cost effectiveness of each agency included in the plans submitted by the President. States that if no comprehensive regulatory reform legislation is enacted by August 1 of the year following the year in which a comprehensive plan has been submitted by the President, then all agencies affected thereby shall have no authority to issue any new rules not essential for preserving the public health and safety; if such reform is not enacted by October 1 of such year, such agency shall have no authority to enforce any rule not essential for preserving the public health and safety; if no such reform is enacted by December 31 of such year, such agency shall be terminated on such date. States that all rules of such terminated agency essential for preserving the public health and safety shall remain effective and shall be enforced by the Department of Justice. Requires the President to submit subsequent plans in the manner and in the order and frequency set forth by this Act every ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Requires that the Congressional Record for the Senate contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks actually delivered on the floor together with permitted supporting data. Limits revisions of remarks in the Congressional Record to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors which do not change the meaning, content, or substance of those remarks. Entitles Senators to insert in the Record remarks not actually delivered on the floor. Directs that such insertions be clearly distinguishable from verbatim remarks.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Declares it to be the sense of Congress that the Federal Home Loan Bank Board should adopt regulations permitting Federal savings and loan associations to offer Flexible mortgage instruments in states where State-chartered savings and loan associations are permitted to offer such types of mortgages and permits the Board to authorize a similar program in other States. Requires the Board to consider consumer safeguards, the existing competitive environment and the needs of Federal savings and loan associations before adopting such regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
Victims of Crime Act - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to qualified State programs for the compensation of victims of crime. Specifies requirements for program certification, including that the program (1) offer compensation for personal injuries suffered as a result of certain State and Federal crimes, (2) offer compensation to surviving dependents of persons whose deaths resulted from being victim to such a crime, (3) require cooperation with law enforcement agencies as a condition for recovery, (4) grant claimants the right to a hearing, and (5) subrogate the State to any claim the victim or dependent has against the perpetrator to the extent of the amount compensated by the State. States that grants made under this Act shall total 50 percent of the allowable compensation paid to victims and dependent survivors of victims of State crimes designated by the State as appropriate for compensation under this program and 100 percent of the allowable compensation paid to victims and dependent survivors of victims of crimes which would constitute designated State crimes except for the fact that the crime is subject to exclusive Federal jurisdiction. Limits compensation with respect to any single claim to (1) loss resulting from medical and related treatment, physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation, and past and anticipated future earnings up to $200 per week and (2) a total of $50,000. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Victims of Crime to advise the Attorney General with respect to the administration of this Act and the compensation of victims of crime.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1977
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require an employer which assumes the ownership or operation of a business to honor any applicable collective bargaining contract in its entirety. Amends the Labor Management Relations Act to permit a labor organization to bring suit against a new employer which refuses to honor an existing agreement in United States district court regardless of the citizenship of the parties or amount in controversy.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1977
National Meals-on-Wheels Act - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to allow States to distribute Federal Funds for the establishment of: (1) projects to provide home-delivered meals to qualified homebound elderly persons; (2) an information and referral system for homebound individuals receiving such meals; and (3) an operation to seek volunteer personnel for the delivery of such meals and to compensate such personnel for related transportation expenses. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1978 and 1979 for the purpose of providing home-delivered meals under this Act. Limits to five percent the amount of such funds which may be spent upon the administration of such program. Directs the Commissioner of the Administration on Aging to conduct a demonstration project involving at least three States to determine the feasibility of using the meals system designed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the elderly as a component of, or substitute for, regular nutrition projects assisted under the Older Americans Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1977
Wage Supplements for Handicapped Individuals Act - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct demonstration projects, either directly or by way of arrangement with public or private agencies, for the payment of wage supplements to handicapped individuals who are employed in sheltered workshops or work activity centers which meet certain standards, including any promulgated under this Act by the Secretary jointly with the Secretary of Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1977
Title I: Public Works Employment - Public Works Employment Act - Authorizes to be appropriated a sum not to exceed $2,000,000,000 for the purpose of making grants to States and local governments for local public works projects with respect to which unsuccessful applications for grants were made prior to December 23, 1976, under the Public Works Employment Act of 1976. Authorizes an additional sum not to exceed $2,000,000,000 for the purpose of making grants for local public works projects which are eligible for grants under title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, including projects for which grant applications are pending, and for projects for the construction or improvement of health care or rehabilitation facilities owned and operated by private nonprofit entities. Limits the Federal share for any such project to 80 percent of its cost. Sets forth guidelines for making grants under this title, including the consideration of unemployment rates in grant allocation. Stipulates that up to two and one-half percent of funds appropriated under this title shall be available for projects requested by Indian Tribes of Alaska Native organizations. Title II: Youth Community Improvement Program- Youth Community Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to make grants and to enter into contracts with, any State, local government, Indian tribe, or Alaska Native organization to pay the cost of community improvement projects to be carried out by youths. Sets forth requirements for applications for assistance and for agreements evidencing grants or contracts under this title, including requirements relative to wages to be paid to participating youths, projects supervisory personnel, and job opportunities and skills development. Directs eligible applicants to establish or designate a local nonprofit organization to carry out activities funded under this title. Directs the Secretary to work with appropriate State education agencies to provide that academic credit be awarded for work experience gained through the youth community improvement program.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1977
Authorizes the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol. Authorizes appropriations of not more than $25,000 to carry out this concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make financial assistance available to States to rehabilitate unsafe highway bridges. Establishes the Federal share of a bridge replacement or rehabilitation project. Amends the Highway Safety Act of 1976 to authorize appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund for bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1977
Declares it to be the sense of Congress that wasteful energy consumption in the United States must be eliminated. Requests the President to call for a National Energy Crusade and to designate an Energy Conservation Month. Requests the President to report to the Congress and to the nation on the status of energy conservation initiatives.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Increases by 25 percent the civil service annuity payments of retired employees who performed ten years of service in Alaska and continue to reside in Alaska.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1977
Commercial Fisheries Improvement Fund Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make long-term, low interest, incentive loans for investment in shoreside facilities and fishing vessels for underutilized fisheries. Requires the Secretary, before approving a loan for the purchase of a new or used vessel, to determine that the applicant's contemplated operation of such vessel in a fishery will not cause economic hardship or injury to efficient vessels already operating in that fishery. Directs that loans made pursuant to this Act be made only to citizens or nationals of the United States. Stipulates that no corporation, partnership, or association organized under the laws of American Samoa shall be deemed a national of the United States unless 75 percent of the interest therein is owned by nationals or citizens of the United States. Establishes in the U.S. Treasury a Commercial Fisheries Improvement Fund to be used by the Secretary to make loans under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $250,000,000 as initial capital for all loans under this Act. Repeals provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 which make available loans for the financing or refinancing of the cost of purchasing, constructing, equipping, maintaining, repairing, or operating commercial fishing vessels or gear. Directs that any outstanding loans made under such provisions be handled in accordance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1977
Youth Community Improvement Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, State and local governments, Indian tribes, and Alaska Native organizations to pay the costs of community improvement projects carried out by youths.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1977
Equity in Social Security Act - Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act: (1) to eliminate the requirement that a husband be receiving at least one-half of his support from his wife, and that a widower be receiving at least one- half of his support from his wife at the time of her death in order to qualify for husband's and widower's insurance benefits; (2) to extend eligibility for such benefits to unmarried divorced husbands and widowers; (3) to extend without regard to any age limitation, husband's benefits to a husband who has in his care a minor child who is entitled to child's insurance benefits under Title II; and (4) to extend to widowers and surviving divorced fathers the same benefits as are available to widows and surviving divorced mothers with minor children in their care. Permits the payment of old-age insurance benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1977
Amends the Shipping Act, 1916, to include within the definition of "citizen of the United States" under such Act any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977
Natural Gas Act Amendments - Amends the Natural Gas Act to terminate Federal Power Commission authority to regulate sales of new natural gas in interstate commerce. Stipulates that emergency sales of natural gas to curtailed customers who qualify as essential users shall not affect such exempt status. Stipulates that contractual provisions prohibiting sales to such customers shall be suspended and unenforceable for the duration of such emergency sale. Stipulates that prices for offshore sales of new natural gas shall not exceed the ceiling price for sales of new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands. Stipulates that prices paid for natural gas in transactions between a natural gas company and its affiliates shall not exceed prices paid in comparable sales by persons not affiliated with any natural gas company. Directs the Federal Power Commission to conduct studies and make reports regarding the nature and availability of natural gas reserves. Requires that the Commission keep current information available relating to the estimated natural gas reserves for individual fields. Establishes procedures for the establishment of ceiling prices for new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands through December 31, 1982. Authorizes the Commission to grant exemptions to price ceilings within high-cost production areas. Establishes procedures for adjustments to price ceilings established pursuant to this Act. Directs the Commission to prohibit the curtailment of adequate supplies of natural gas for essential agricultural purposes. Directs the Commission to prohibit the use of natural gas as boiler fuel where adequate alternatives are available. Authorizes exemptions from such prohibition where necessary to comply with pollution control or environmental protection and safety standards. Stipulates that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall extend to synthetic natural gas.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977
Public Participation in Federal Agency Proceedings Act - Entitles any person to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs of participation incurred by such person in any Federal agency proceeding if the participation of such person promotes or can reasonably be expected to promote a full and fair determination of the issues involved in the proceeding and the economic interest of such person in the outcome is small compared to the costs of participation in such proceeding, or such person does not have sufficient resources to participate effectively in such proceeding in the absence of an award under this Act. Requires each agency, whenever practicable, to determine, prior to the commencement of any proceeding, the eligibility of a person for an award under this Act and the amount of such award. Requires payment of such an award, where necessary, prior to the conclusion of such proceeding but in no event later than 90 days after the conclusion of such proceeding. Directs the head of each agency to report annually to Congress with respect to awards made under this Act. Entitles any person who is a party to, or intervenor in, any civil suit or proceeding for judicial review of agency action to costs incurred by such person in litigation if such person is afforded the relief sought in substantial measure, the court determines that such action served an important public purpose, the economic interest of such person in the outcome of such action is small compared with the cost of litigation, and the person does not have sufficient resources to participate effectively in such action absent an an award under this Act. Directs the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to report annually to Congress with respect to awards granted by courts of the United States under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for agency awards under this Act, $10,000,000 each year for fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980. Authorizes to be appropriated for judicial awards under this Act such sums as may be necessary. (Adds 5 USC 558a; 707)
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977
Provides that a certain individual be considered lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977
Provides that a certain individual be considered lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977
Provides that certain individuals be considered lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977
Designates January 15 of each year as "Martin Luther King Day".
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977
Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments - Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare and Medicaid payments be made directly to the physician or other person providing the service involved. Allows payment in accordance with an assignment from the person or institution providing care or service if such assignment is made to a governmental agency or entity or is established by the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or to an agent of such person or institution if the agency does so pursuant to an agency agreement under which the compensation to be paid to the agency for his services or in connection with the billing or collection of payments due such person or institution under the plan is unrelated to the amount of such payments or the billings thereof, and is not dependent upon the actual collection of any such payment. States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall by regulation (or by contract provision) provide that any entity (other than a public agency) which is a provider or supplier that furnishes or arranges for the furnishing of items or services with respect to which payment is claimed under Title XVIII, Title V (Maternal and Child Welfare), or under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to a party to an agreement with the Secretary under such titles shall promptly comply with any request, specifically addressed to that entity by the Secretary or the Comptroller General of the United States, for information concerning ownership, control, or costs of such entities. Increases the maximum penalty for defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Authorizes the Comptroller General of the United States to sign and issue subpoenas for the purpose of any audit, investigation, examination, analysis, review, evaluation, or other function authorized by law with respect to any program authorized under this Act. Requires the Secretary to suspend any physician or practitioner from participation in the Medicare or Medicaid programs whenever such individual is convicted of a criminal offense related to their involvement in such programs. Conditions participation in or certification or recertification under the programs established by titles XVIII, XIX, and XX (Grants to States for Services) upon disclosure of the name of any person who: (1) has a direct or indirect ownership or control interest of five percent or more in such provider, institution, organization, or agency; and (2) has been convicted of a criminal offense related to the involvement of such person in any of such programs. Prohibits expenditure under the Medicaid plan to the extent that any agency, organization, or other person (other than a member of the individual's family) would have been obligated by a State law or contract to provide such care or services but for a provision of the State law or contract which limits or excludes such obligation because the individual is eligible for or receives care or services under the plan.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977
Amends the National Forest Management Act of 1976 to allow lumber companies in Alaska, which qualify as small business concerns, to request that the U.S. Forest Service construct logging roads.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977
Establishes the Seward National Recreation Area in Alaska to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Extends the boundaries of the Chugach National Forest to include all lands in the Recreation Area. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate hunting, fishing, and trapping in such area. Permits limited issuance of permits and leases for the removal of minerals. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act - Directs the President to establish an earthquake hazard reduction program. Lists the objectives of such program, including: (1) the development of technology to make new and existing structures earthquake resistant; (2) the implementation of an earthquake prediction system in areas of high and moderate seismic risk; and (3) the development of model codes and other means to coordinate information about seismic risk with land use policy and building activity. Specifies the Federal agencies which are to participate in, and identifies activities to be conducted under, the program. Establishes a National Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazard Reduction to review and advise the President on matters regarding the earthquake hazard reduction program. Authorizes the appropriation of designated sums for fiscal years 1978-1980 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Sunset Tax Act - Provides for the termination of any law or regulation which allows a special tax exclusion, exemption, deduction, credit, deferral or preferential tax rate after five years, or upon the initial termination date established by the Congress under this Act for each such provision. Requires the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance to review each such provision before its termination date and determine whether renewal should be recommended to the Congress. Provides for supportive and ancillary roles by the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Committees on the Budget, the Department of the Treasury, General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office, Office of Technology Assessment and Congressional Research Service.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Amends Title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require that psychologists be included in any Professional Standards Review Organization appointed under such title.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the appropriation of $350,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978, to carry out the general purposes of the Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $148,800,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for specified research, development, and demonstration programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $75,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978, for grants to State and interstate programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978, for educational and training programs under the Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $5,000,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for grants to States and localities for waste treatment facilities. Specifies a formula for allotment of such funds to States. Revises procedures for allocation of grants for areawide waste treatment management programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $150,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 for such grants. Authorizes the appropriation of $150,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978, for grants to States for clean lakes programs as authorized by the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, 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 be at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast for such offices. 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 · 10 January 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to make visits to the work place of any employer, upon the request of the employer, to consult with and advise the employer concerning the obligations of the employer under such Act. Directs the Secretary to give priority to small business and hazardous workplaces. Stipulates that no consultative visit made under this Act may serve as an inspection or investigation as otherwise provided for by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, except: (1) in the case of an employer who fails to eliminate a danger disclosed during such a visit: or (2) if conditions are found during such a visit which indicate the probability that death or serious harm could result to employees therefrom, the Secretary may notify the employer of such conditions and afford him a reasonable time to eliminate such conditions. Prohibits the transmission of information obtained during a consultative visit to representatives of the Secretary engaged in enforcement. Directs the Secretary to establish education programs to inform employers and employees of the hazards in particular industries. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1978 for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for specified services performed by chiropractors, including x-rays and physical examinations, and related routine laboratory tests.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Octane Disclosure Act - Requires disclosure to prospective purchasers of gasoline sold or shipped in interstate commerce of specified information which relates to the octane rating of such gasoline. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to inspect retail establishments to the extent necessary to enforce such disclosure requirements. Sets civil penalties for the violation of such disclosure requirements. Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act by making it unlawful for automobile manufacturers to fail to provide written information relating to the octane levels of gasoline appropriate for use in the engines of each automobile sold or shipped in interstate commerce. Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to develop standard methods for calculating octane ratings and for testing and assuring the purity and content of gasoline. Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act by requiring the Commission to publish information correlating octane ratings of gasoline sold to purchasers with octane ratings contained in literature furnished by automobile manufacturers.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Committee System Reorganization Amendments - Title I: Standing Committees: Jurisdictions and Sizes - Establishes and defines, pursuant to the Standing Rules of the Senate, the jurisdictions of the Senate committees on Agriculture and Small Business; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; the Budget; Commerce, Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Foreign Relations; Governmental Affairs; Human Resources; the Judiciary; and Rules, Administration, and Standards in lieu of the present standing Senate committees. Title II: Committee Assignments; Chairmanships - States that no Senator may serve on more than two standing and one select, special, or ad hoc committees and no more than two subcommittees of each standing committee and one subcommittee of each select, special, or ad hoc committee of which he is a member. Allows each Senator to serve as chairman of not more than one standing, select, special, or ad hoc committee of the Senate or joint committee of Congress and not more than one subcommittee of any Senate or joint committee of which he is a member. Requires the appropriate Senate committee to report legislation not later than July 1, 1977, terminating specified joint congressional committees and prohibits the referral to or receipt of a report from any joint congressional committee by the Senate. Title III: Multiple Referral of Proposed Legislation; Establishment of Ad Hoc Committees - Requires the presiding officer of the Senate to decide which committee has jurisdiction with respect to any proposed legislation except that such decision shall be subject to appeal. States that upon motion by the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designates, proposed legislation may be referred to two or more committees jointly or sequentially. Sets forth rules for the establishment of ad hoc committees by resolution proposed by the Majority and Minority Leaders or their designates. Title IV: Scheduling of Committee Meetings - Requires the Committee on Rules, Administration, and Standards of the Senate to maintain a computerized schedule of all meetings of the committees and subcommittees of the Senate and all meetings of the joint committees of the Congress and their subcommittees to be available on-line to terminals in the offices of all Senators, committees of the Senate, and permanent joint committees of the Congress to be updated hourly. Prohibits the meeting of a Senate committee or subcommittee, without special leave, after the first two hours after a meeting of the Senate has commenced and in no case after two o'clock p.m. unless the Majority and Minority Leaders have given their consent. Prohibits Senate members of congressional joint committees from meeting at such times without special leave. Declares it the sense of the Senate that, insofar as possible, roll call votes should not be held before two o'clock p.m. on any day without 24 hours' notice. (Amends 2 U.S.C. 190b) Title V: Continuing Review of the Committee System - Requires the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate to review on a continuing basis the committee system of the Senate and to report the results of such review to the Senate during each Congress. Requires such report to include such Leaders' recommendations for change, if they have such recommendations. Title VI: Amendments not within a Committee's Jurisdiction - Makes out of order any proposed committee amendments which contains matter not within the jurisdiction of the committee proposing such amendment. Title VII: Committee Staffs - Provides for the transfer of committee staffs from the committees existing before the effective date of this Resolution to those committees created by this resolution. Specifies severance pay and other compensation for staff members whose jobs are terminated as a result of the provisions of this resolution or any other action which terminates the committee duties of the Senator for whom such staff member worked for the purposes of assisting such Senator in carrying out such committee duties. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - States that all proposed legislation and nominations referred to the standing committees of the Senate before the effective date of this resolution shall be rereferred on such effective date to the appropriate standing committee.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1976
Committee System Reorganization Amendments - Title I: Standing Committees Jurisdiction; Size - Amends Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to abolish all the standing committees set forth therein. Creates the following new standing committees: (1) Agriculture and Small Business, (2) Appropriations, (3) Armed Services, (4) Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, (5) Budget, (6) Commerce, Science and Transportation, (7) Energy and Natural Resources, (8) Environment and Public Works, (9) Finance, (10) Foreign Relations, (11) Governmental Affairs, (12) Human Resources, (13) Judiciary, and (14) Rules, Administration and Standards. Specifies the matters which shall be referred to each standing committee. Allows each standing committee to review tax expenditures relating to the subject matters within its jurisdiction. Sets forth the number of Senators which shall comprise each standing committee. Title II: Committee Assignments; Chairmanships - Amends Rule XXV of the Standing Rules to limit the number of committees and subcommittees on which a senator may simultaneously serve. Allows temporary exceptions to these rules under specified circumstances. Excepts for a specified time, membership on the Budget Committee from such limitation. Prohibits a Senator from serving as chairman of more than one committee or more than one subcommittee. Directs the Committee on Governmental Affairs to report to the Senate by July 1, 1978, a resolution concerning the disposition of the jurisdiction and functions of the Select Committee on Intelligence. Directs the appropriate standing committees to report, by July 1, 1977, legislation shifting the functions of the following joint committees to the appropriate standing committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives: (1) Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, (2) Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, (3) Joint Committee on Defense Production, (4) Joint Economic Committee, (5) Joint Committee on the Library, (6) Joint Committee on Printing, and (7) Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Directs that not later than July 1, 1977, the appropriate standing committees shall report legislation establishing a Congressional Revenue Office to be primarily responsible to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Committee on Finance. Amends Rule XVI of the Standing Rules to repeal the requirement that members of specified committees of the Senate serve as ex officio members of the Committee on Appropriations when the annual appropriation bills dealing with certain subjects are considered in the Appropriations Committee. Abolishes the Select Committee on Small Business. Abolishes the Select Committee on Standards and Conduct. Expresses the sense of the Senate regarding the appointment of Senators and chairmen to the standing committees establish pursuant to this resolution. Title III: Multiple Referral of Proposed Legislation; Establishment of Ad Hoc Committees - Amends Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules to authorize the presiding officer of the Senate to decide without debate questions of jurisdiction of any committee of the Senate with respect to any proposed legislation. Repeals the section of the Legislative Reorganization Act which governs such questions. Sets forth a procedure for appealing such decision to the Senate as a whole. Requires proposed legislation which is referred to two or more committees jointly to be reported jointly with only one report. Allows a motion for joint referral to stipulate those sections of the proposed legislation which each committee shall consider. Amends Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules to establish a procedure whereby the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader may introduce a resolution to establish an ad hoc committee. Establishes procedures for the functioning of such committees. Title IV: Scheduling of Committee Meetings - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to establish and maintain a computerized schedule of all meetings of Senate committees and subcommittees. Requires such schedule to be available to all members through on line terminals in their offices, and to be updated hourly. Amends Rule XXV of the Standing Rules to prohibit any Senate committee or subcommittee from meeting, without special leave, after the first two hours after a meeting of the Senate has begun, and in no case after 2:00 p.m., unless consent therefor has been obtained from the Majority and Minority Leaders. Directs the majority leader to plan and announce meetings of the Senate as far in advance as possible. States that in order to provide the maximum amount of time for the meeting of committees the Senate should meet only on those days and at those times necessary for the proper conduct of its business. Stipulates that no roll call vote ordered during the first two hours of a daily meeting shall be held before 2:00 p.m. unless ordered otherwise by the Senate on the previous calendar day. Title V: Continuing Review of the Committee System - Directs the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader to review on a continuing basis the committee system of the Senate. Requires them to submit a report on such review to the Senate during the second session of each Congress. Title VI: Amendments not within a Committee's Jurisdiction - Amends the Standing Rules to add a new Rule XLV - "Committee Amendments not within its Jurisdiction" which prohibits the reporting of any bill or resolution from a committee with any proposed committee amendment which contains any matter not within the jurisdiction of that committee. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Provides that this resolution and the amendments to the Standing Rules of the Senate made by this resolution shall take effect on the 30th day after this resolution is agreed to.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1976
Establishes a Compact of Permanent Union between Puerto Rico and the United States. Delineates the legal and political framework for this union. Recognizes the right of the people of Puerto Rico to govern themselves according to their own Constitution and laws, and the right of the United States Government to exercise authority and powers specified in the Compact. Reserves all other political and governmental authority to Puerto Rico or to the people of Puerto Rico. Recognizes the Supreme Court of the United States as the final adjudicator of this Compact, including the decision as to whether the laws of the United States or of Puerto Rico conform to this compact and applicable provisions of the Constitution of the United States. Grants the United States responsibility for foreign affairs and defense affecting Puerto Rico. Provides that Puerto Rico may conclude educational, cultural, health, sporting, professional, industrial, agricultural, financial, commercial, scientific, and technical agreements with foreign countries and may participate in specialized agencies of international organizations dealing in these matters. Makes all persons born in Puerto Rico citizens of the United States with all attenuant rights, privileges, and immunities, as well as duties. Grants United States citizens residing in Puerto Rico the same rights, privileges and immunities as well as duties established by the Constitution and laws of Puerto Rico. States that the currency of the United States shall be the exclusive currency of Puerto Rico, and all United States law relating to currency, coinage, gold, and silver are applicable to Puerto Rico. Directs that economic, trade, and commercial relations between the United States and Puerto Rico shall be conducted within the framework of the common market between the two entities. Prohibits tariffs, customs, or duties on trade between the two countries and makes provisions for regulating proceeds of customs, duties, licenses and tariffs collected in or in respect to imports into Puerto Rico from other countries. Directs the United States to take into account Puerto Rico's stage of economic development in all international trade negotiations, and to protect and promote Puerto Rico's economic interests. Makes all property acquired in Puerto Rico by the United States under the cession of Spain in the treaty of peace of December 10, 1898, and not subsequently disposed of, the property of Puerto Rico. Permits the United States to use for public purposes all property which is now being used for such purposes. Allows the President of the United States to convey from time to time to Puerto Rico any lands, buildings, or interests in lands or other property of the United States within the territorial limits of Puerto Rico which are deemed no longer necessary for the purposes of the United States. Limits the applicability of United States income tax laws to residents of Puerto Rico to that income derived from United States or foreign sources. Establishes full reciprocity between the United States and Puerto Rico and other bodies politic of the United States. Establishes a voting Representative from Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives who shall be elected according to the laws of Puerto Rico. Declares that such a Representative shall have all rights, privileges and immunities of such members as are compatible with the Constitution of the United States and as provided by the House of Representatives. Applies all Federal laws to Puerto Rico which are presently applicable. Sets forth methods for objecting to and denying applicability of future legislation which affects Puerto Rico. Permits the assignment of Federal functions to Puerto Rico which would otherwise be vested in the Government of the United States by law. Sets forth the procedures through which such transfers may occur. Places the primary responsibility for protecting and improving the environmental quality of Puerto Rico with Puerto Rico. States that environmental regulations promulgated by Puerto Rico shall be presumptively valid, and not disapproved or superceded by Federal regulations unless they are determined to be clearly injurious to the health and safety of the Puerto Rican people. Creates a Joint Commission on United States-Puerto Rico Relations to assist in bringing the legal and administrative relations between the United States and Puerto Rico into further conformity with the fundamental objectives of this Compact. Enumerates tasks of the Joint Commission, including: (1) to study desirability of retaining, modifying or eliminating application of specified Federal laws to Puerto Rico, and methods of implementing Commission policy decisions; (2) to study other possible transfers of Federal functions to agencies of Puerto Rico, and methods of implementing such transfers; and (3) to study the desirability of recommending a system of contributory payments from the Government of Puerto Rico to the Treasury of the United States in such ways as to not impede the socio-economic development of Puerto Rico. Establishes a United States district court for Puerto Rico and grants this court the same powers as other U.S. district court. Sets forth the procedures and jurisdiction of the U.S. district court for Puerto Rico in general. Applies all immigration laws, rules, regulations, and procedures of the United States to Puerto Rico. States that in order to become effective, this Compact must be approved by the Congress of the United States and by the electorate of Puerto Rico in a special referendum called for that purpose by the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. Establishes an amending procedure to this Compact, which may be modified only by mutual agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of Puerto Rico with the approval of the electorate of Puerto Rico.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1976
Provides for the relief of Alaska Methodist University in Anchorage.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1976
Expresses the Senate's gratitude to Mike Mansfield of Montana for his participation in the Government and his service on behalf of the Nation's people.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1976
Water Resources Development Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to initiate advanced engineering and design of the following water resources development projects, for the following estimated costs as listed: (1) for navigation improvements in New London Harbor and Thames River (Connecticut), $250,000; (2) for beach erosion control and navigation from Hereford Inlet to Cape May Canal (New Jersey), $2,062,000; (3) for beach erosion control, navigation, and storm protection from Barnegat Inlet to Longport (New Jersey), $2,396,000; (4) for navigation on the Elizabeth River (Virginia), $100,000; (5) for flood control of the Wallkill River (New Jersey, New York), $330,000; (6) for flood control at Lock Haven (Pennsylvania), $430,000; (7) for flood control at Wyoming Valley (Pennsylvania), $450,000; (8) for flood control at Richmond (Virginia), $800,000; (9) for navigation improvements at Charleston Harbor (South Carolina), $500,000; (10) for navigation improvements at San Juan Harbor (Puerto Rico), $300,000; (11) for beach erosion control for Presque Isle Penninsula (Pennsylvania), $700,000; (12) for flood control and other purposes at Little Calumet River (Indiana), $1,400,000; (13) for local flood protection and other purposes on the Minnesota River (Chaska, Minnesota), $10,498,000; (14) for local flood protection and other purposes at La Crosse (Wisconsin), $400,000; (15) for local flood protection on the Park River (Grafton, North Dakota), $570,000; (16) for salt water control on the Neches River (Beaument, Texas), $500,000; (17) for flood protection on St. Johns Bayou (Missouri), $300,000; (18) for flood control and other purposes on Calleguas Creek (California), $1,060,000; (19) for navigation improvements in Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor (California), $50,000; and (20) for flood control and other purposes on Morrison Streams (California), $750,000. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to initiate advanced engineering and design of the following projects, subject to approval by the President, for the following estimated costs, as listed: (1) for salt water control on the Brazos River (Lubbock, Texas), $650,000; and (2) for installation of additional facilities at McNary Lock and Dam (Oregon, Washington), $1,800,000. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to initiate advanced engineering and design of the following projects, subject to approval by the Secretary of the Army and the President, for the following estimated costs, as listed: (1) for navigation at Brunswick Harbor (Georgia), $300,000; (2) for flood control and other urban water problems in Chicago (Illinois), $12,000,000; (3) for flood control on the Pembina River (Walhalla, North Dakota), $930,000; (4) for local flood protection on Papillon Creek (Omaha, Nebraska), $75,000; (5) for local flood protection on Rio Puerco (New Mexico), $1,500,00; (6) for flood control and other purposes on the Santa Ana River (California), $700,000; (7) for navigation improvements on the Siuslaw River (Siuslaw, Oregon), $50,000; and (8) for hydroelectric power on the Susitna River (Alaska), $25,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake the following projects, for the following estimated costs, as listed: (1) for navigation improvements at Jonesport Harbor (Maine), $4,714,000; (2) for flood control at Saw Mill River Basin (Ardsley, New York), $1,780,000; (3) for navigation in the Delaware River (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), $595,000; (4) for flood control on Hay Creek (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania), $1,757,000; (5) for flood control at the Richmond filtration plant (Virginia), $4,617,000; (6) for flood control at Virginia Beach (Virginia), $1,425,000; (7) for beach erosion control for Fort Fisher and vicinity (North Carolina), $4,671,000; (8) for beach erosion control and storm protection for Jekyll Island (Georgia), $3,885,000; (9) for navigation improvements at Ponce Harbor (Puerto Rico), $3,940,000; (10) for modification at Fairport Harbor (Ohio), $1,688,000; (11) for modifications at Saylorsville Lake (Iowa), $7,374,000; (12) for local flood protection at Evansdale (Iowa), $2,495,000; (13) for navigation for Petit Anse (Iberia Parish, Louisiana), $2,000,000; (14) for flood control for Flathead and Clark Fork River Basins (Montana), $3,500,000; (15) for local flood protection in the Bear River Basin (Linda and Olivehurst, California), $3,330,000; (16) for flood control on Kahoma Stream (Hawaii), $3,350,000; (17) for flood protection on Wears Creek (Missouri), $29,110,000; and (18) for hurricane protection and beach erosion control on Grand Isle (Jefferson Parish, Louisiana), $6,655,000. Authorizes the construction of the following projects, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army and the President, for the following estimated costs, as listed: (1) for navigation improvements on the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway (Louisiana), $20,029,000; (2) for navigation improvements on the Mermentau River (Louisiana), $261,000 (initial cost) and subsequent annual costs of $85,000; (3) for local flood protection on Bassett Creek (Minnesota), $7,593,000; (4) for flood control storage on the Baker River (Washington), $21,000 (initial costs) and $68,000 (annual costs); (5) for navigation improvements at Mobile Harbor (Alabama), $1,280,000; and (6) for fish and wildlife compensation on the Lower Snake River (Idaho, Washington), $58,400,000. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct a replacement lock and dam on the Mississippi River at Alton, Illinois, at an estimated cost of $391,000,000. Directs the Secretary to replace wildlife habitat and construct recreation facilities in connection with such project. Stipulates that such facilities be developed in accordance with provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act, at an estimated cost of $2,750,000 (to be shared with the State of Missouri). Establishes a Mississippi River System Council to prepare a comprehensive master plan for the management of the Mississippi River System, to be finalized by July 1, 1981. Authorizes the appropriation of $20,000,000 for such study. Directs the Secretary of the Army, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to establish a schedule of user charges on inland waterway commercial transportation. Stipulates that such user charges be adequate to recover 50 percent of the Federal navigation-related costs for inland waterways. Imposes a fine of up to $5,000 per day for failure to pay such user charge. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to conduct a survey for flood control purposes at the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, at an estimated cost of $2,000,000. Directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study of potential water resources developments at Hilo Bay and Kailua-Kona in Hawaii. Terminates the authorization for the Gaysville Dam and Lake project in Vermont. Modifies the project for hurricane-flood control protection at New London, Connecticut, to authorize additional construction, at an estimated cost of $7,745,000. Requires that non-Federal interests agree to pay 30 percent of the total first cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to declare specified portions of the Hudson River in New Jersey as non-navigable if he approves specified public works projects as in the public interest. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to develop a plan for shoreline protection and beach erosion control along Lake Ontario. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000 for such study. Repeals authority for the Chief of Engineers to enforce traffic regulations for the protection of the Washington Aqueduct and Filtration Plant in Washington, D.C. Grants the consent of Congress for the construction of a water diversion structure by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, subject to the approval of a written agreement with respect to allocation of water by affected local interests in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Authorizes the modification of the Gallipolis locks and dam navigation project in Ohio, at an estimated cost of $146,000,000. Modifies the project for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridges in North Carolina and Virginia to stipulate that all first costs shall be borne by the United States, at an estimated additional Federal cost of $7,600,000. Revises the authorization for the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake in Georgia to remove the prohibition on inclusion of pumped storage power in the project authorization. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to install a fifth hydropower unit at the Hartwell Reservoir in Georgia and South Carolina, at an estimated increased cost of $15,700,000. Modifies the west Tennessee tributaries project to authorize the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct a flood control project on Harris Fork Creek and South Fulton Branch in Kentucky and Tennessee, at an estimated cost of $5,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire additional sites for the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Kentucky and Tennessee. Authorizes transfer of interim management functions to the Department of the Interior. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for such project from $32,850,000 to $103,522,000. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct flood protection works on the Obion River in Tennessee, at an estimated cost of $1,000,000. Directs the Secretary to make maximum effort to assure full participation by minority groups in States participating in the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority. Directs the Secretary to initiate advanced engineering and design for flood control on Nonconnah Creek (Tennessee), at an estimated cost of $350,000, while continuing to study alternatives to the proposed project. Directs the Secretary to initiate advanced engineering and design for channel modification of Sowashee Creek (Mississippi), at an estimated cost of $450,000. Stipulates that local cooperation requirements shall not apply for the construction of certain bridges in connection with the Mississippi River-Gulf outlet channel project. Modifies the project for navigation and bank stabilization in the Red River Waterway in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, to stipulate that non-Federal interests shall contribute 25 percent of the costs of structures for disposal of dredged material. Extends the authorization for the demonstration program to extend the navigation program on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway until September 30, 1979. Increases the authorization for appropriations from $9,500,000 to $15,584,000. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to initiate advanced engineering and design on the project for flood protection of the North Branch, Chicago River watershed (Illinois), at an estimated cost of $370,000. Modifies the flood protection project at Memkato, Minnesota, to authorize replacement of two bridges, at an estimated cost of $8,175,000. Modifies the project for flood control at Minot, South Dakota, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to reimburse non-Federal interests for unanticipated additional expenses, in an amount not to exceed $200,000. Directs the Secretary to relocate certain water intakes at Williston, North Dakota. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to initiate advanced engineering and design on the Days Creek unit of the Red River flood control project, at an estimated cost of $300,000. Authorizes construction of the entire Red River project below Denison Dam, at an estimated cost of $4,131,000. Modifies the San Antonio flood control project in Texas to direct the Secretary to protect the Espada Acequia aqueduct, at a Federal cost of $1,761,000. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake the non-structural flood protection project at Baytown, Texas, at an estimated Federal cost of $15,680,000. Stipulates that non-Federal interests must pay 20 percent of total project costs. Requires Congressional approval prior to initiation of construction of components of the project for water quality control in the Arkansas-Red River Basin in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Requthorizes the project for flood protection on the Deep Fork River in Oklahoma to delete benefits for water quality and include benefits for water supply. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Economic Development Administration, to develop plans to increase depleting water supplies in the States of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Nebraska. Authorizes appropriations of $6,000,000 for such study, to be finalized by July 1, 1980. Modifies the project for the Cochiti Reservoir in New Mexico to direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct an access road to such reservoir. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for such construction. Authorizes the Secretary to construct a project for local flood protection on the Santa Fe River in New Mexico, at an estimated cost of $8,200,000. Modifies the Libby Dam project in Montana to stipulate that half the cost of fish loss mitigation measures, up to a maximum of $5,500,000, be authorized for expenditures as deemed appropriate by the Secretary. Modifies the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1945 to direct the Secretary to construct a four-lane bridge across the Snake River, at an estimated Federal expense not to exceed $21,000,000, subject to conditions of local cooperation. Modifies the Lucky Peak Lake project in Idaho to authorize maintenance on the outlet works for such project, at a Federal cost not to exceed $4,100,000. Increases from $350,000 to $380,000 the amount authorized for reimbursement of local interests in Idaho for bridge construction incurred as a result of the Libby Dam project in Montana. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish temporary educational facilities for dependents of persons engaged in the construction of additional facilities at Chief Joseph Dam and Reservoir in Washington. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to conduct maintenance dredging operations on the Oregon Slough in Oregon, at an estimated annual cost of $70,000. Stipulates that costs incurred by local interests for project construction shall be non-reimbursable. Authorizes the appropriation of $250,000 for completion of advanced engineering and design of the Days Creek Dam in Oregon. Increases the limit on the amount of Federal contribution for the Del Valle Reservoir flood control project in California from $4,080,000 to $4,650,000. Modifies the project for Port San Luis in California to authorize the construction of additional project features, at an estimated cost of $5,400,000. Modifies the project for Cook Inlet in Alaska to authorize the Secretary to maintain a specified harbor depth, at an estimated annual cost of $150,000. Directs the Secretary to study plans for the removal of debris and obsolete buildings near Metlakatla and Annette Island in Alaska, at an estimated cost of $100,000. Modifies the Crater-Long Lakes project in Alaska to authorize reimbursement payments over a 60-year period. Stipulates that the Secretary of the Army shall relocate transmission lines in connection with such project, at an estimated cost of $5,641,000. Declares the following bodies of water to be non-navigable: Lake Oswego, Oregon; Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; and Lake George, New York. Establishes a Hydroelectric Power Development Fund for advanced engineering and design of hydroelectric power projects by the Chief of Engineers. Authorizes an initial appropriation of $25,000,000 for deposit in the Fund. Stipulates that non-Federal public authorities be required to pay the estimated costs of projects prior to favorable action by Federal interests, with the Federal interests assuming any additional costs. Amends the Streambank Erosion Control Evaluation and Demonstration Act of 1974 to authorize additional demonstration projects. Increases the appropriation authorization for such projects from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000. Extends the termination date for such program until 1981. Increases from $300,000 to $10,000,000 the maximum annual amount authorized to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for emergency watershed protection measures. Amends the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1960 to increase from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 the maximum allotment for individual small river and harbor improvement projects. Stipulates that where more than ten percent of water resources development project benefits are attributable in increased land values to a single landowner, such owner shall agree to pay half the costs allocated to such benefits. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to make repairs and rehabilitation of navigation projects, if the cost is less than $10,000,000, without prior Congressional approval. Exempts the Panama Canal from such stipulation. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to include initial expenses incurred by local interests in calculating project costs and benefits. Directs the Secretary to include such expenditures incurred in connection with the Mingo Creek flood control project in Oklahoma. Establishes a Water Resources Mitigation Advisory Board to evaluate complaints of potential adverse impacts of proposed water resources projects. Directs the Secretary of the Army to assume responsiblity for removal of drift and debris from publicly maintained commercial boat harbors and adjacent areas. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake such projects without specific Congressional approval when the total Federal cost is less than $400,000. Limits the total, annual Federal expenditures for such purposes to $4,000,000. Requires that local interests pay one-third of such costs. Increases the appropriation authorization for the New York Harbor drift removal project from $14,000,000 to $28,725,000. Stipulates that small watershed protection project reports include information concerning possible failures of water storage facilities, potential impact of such failure, and possible preventitive measures. Stipulates that any plan submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act shall not be approved unless the Federal share of such plan is less than $10,000,000. Stipulates that such projects shall not be considered unless at least 20 percent of the total project benefits are directly related to agriculture. Requires additional information on watershed projects which include recreation benefits relating to a description of other similar recreation facilities in the area and the anticipated impact of the proposed project on such facilities. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Soil Conservation Service, to report on the feasibility of requiring full public access to watershed impoundments with recreation-related features. Stipulates that no funds for any project as authorized by this Act shall be available for expenditure prior to fiscal year 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1976
Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Office of Central Fraud and Abuse Control. Provides that such Office shall have the overall responsibility for directing and establishing policies with respect to the undertaking of activities which are designed to deal with fraud and abuse in the Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services, Medicare and Medicaid. Specifies that the Office shall also have responsibility for investigating alleged fraud or abuse in any such program, and assisting State agencies, at their request, in the establishment and operation of State antifraud and abuse activities. Directs that no payment for Medicare service may be made to a person claiming such payment under an assignment, including a power of attorney, but may be made to an agent of the person furnishing such service. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Comptroller General to require providers or suppliers of items or services, with respect to which payment is claimed under one of the programs within the jurisdiction of the Office, to furnish specified information including the following: (1) the identity of persons having ownership interest in such entity; and (2) a consolidated certified costs report with respect to its costs and charges, including costs and charges of related organizations. Specifies sanctions which shall be imposed upon entities which fail to comply with requests for information. Increases the penalties for defrauding the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Provides that it shall be a felony (presently misdemeanor) punishable by imprisonment of up to five years for such an offense. States that where a Professional Standards Review Organization is found competent by the Secretary to assume review responsibility with respect to specified types of health care services or specified providers or practitioners of such services and is performing such reviews, such reviews shall constitute the conclusive determination on those issues for purposes of payment under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 August 1976
Rural Energy Office Act - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture an Office of Rural Energy Assessment and Development whose Director shall be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Makes such Office responsible for identifying, developing, and compiling data pertaining to fuel and other energy needs of persons residing in rural areas. Requires the Office to submit biennial reports to Congress containing an accounting of the findings and conclusions of the Office with respect to the following subject matters as they relate to the needs of persons in rural areas: (1) the heating and cooling of residential dwelling units; (2) transportation; (3) the production of agricultural commodities; (4) the energy needs of businesses and industries; (5) sources of electricity; (6) conservation of energy; and (7) energy research and development. Requires the Office to provide such report to specified committees of Congress and directs such committees to cooperate in publishing and making available to the public every six months a document containing the most recent information provided by the Office. Establishes a civil fine to be assessed against the Director of such Office if the Director fails to submit such reports by the dates specified in this Act. Requires specified executive departments and independent regulatory bodies to submit a copy of any proposed regulation which relates to an energy matter referred to in this Act, to the Secretary of Agriculture for such Secretary's comments and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Terminates the Office and provisions of this Act in five years.