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289 records where Sen. Griffin, Robert P. [R-MI] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Extends the best wishes of the Senate to Senator Dewey F. Bartlett upon his retirement from the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1978
Prohibits the President from taking any action that would affect the validity of any post-World War II security and mutual defense treaties without the advice and consent of the Senate, or the approval of both Houses of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1978
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R. 13511 (Internal Revenue Code amendments).
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1978
Directs the Architect of the Capitol to modify the design of the Hart Senate Office Building to provide for: (1) more office space; (2) a hearing room; and (3) a rooftop restaurant for use by the general public. Authorizes the elimination of certain items in the design of the building which are not cost effective or necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1978
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute any offenses against the United States arising out of illegal activity relating to the General Services Administration. Sets forth the authority and duties of the special prosecutor.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Unites States Olympic Commemorative Medals Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike up to 1,000,000 medals of four different designs commemorating athletes who have participated in prior Olympic games and to furnish these medals to the United States Olympic Committee for sale.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1978
Designates July 18, 1979, as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day."
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1978
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should observe Captive Nations Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1978
Expresses the sense of the Congress that (1) the trials of Antoly Shcharansky, Viktoras Petkus, and Aleksandr Ilyich Ginzburg are matters of deep concern to the American people that adversely affect Soviet-American relations; and (2) the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet should seek a humanitarian resolution to these cases and work toward improving such relations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1978
Declares a certain United States citizen to have been physically present in the United States, prior to the birth of such citizen's daughter, for a period of ten years, under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Declares that the daughter shall be considered as having resided in the United States for a period of five years between the ages of 13 and 21.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1978
States that the President should, pending removal of Cuban military forces from Africa, (1) recall the United States Interests Section from Cuba and expel the Cuban Interests Section from the United States, (2) deny any license for commercial trade with or export to Cuba under the Export Administration Act of 1969, (3) reverse any other action toward the normalization of relations with Cuba, and (4) defer any further official actions toward normalization of United States relations with Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1978
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to permit the importation free of duty of certain gloves and trousers designed for use in forestry.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1978
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the aggregate amount of Government expenditures in any fiscal year from exceeding the net amount of revenue received by the Government in that year. States that total outlays may exceed total receipts in the case of a national emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1978
Reaffirms that the North Atlantic Alliance is a vital commitment of the United States. Recognizes the success of the Alliance. Declares Congressional support for strengthening the defensive capabilities of the Alliance and for lessening tensions with the Warsaw Pact countries through arms control agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1978
Requests the President and the Secretary of State to enter into discussions with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviet Ambassador to the United States, and other appropriate officials of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics regarding the issuance of emigration visas by such Government to U.S. citizens John and Lorraine Jodwalis Vaicekauskiene.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that an individual's allowable charitable contributions shall be deducted when determining the individual's adjusted gross income, thereby allowing the deduction to individuals who do not itemize.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
Designates the weekend of or preceding April 29 of each year as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust."
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Investment Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore part of the pre-1969 tax treatment of capital gains by repealing the capital gains item of tax preference for the minimum tax; lowering the corporate alternative tax to 25 percent of net capital gain; and lowering the alternative individual tax to 25 percent of net capital gain.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Stipulates that evidence otherwise admissible in a Federal criminal proceeding shall not be excluded on the grounds that such evidence was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Makes the United States liable for actual and punitive damages resulting from a search or seizure conducted by a Federal investigative or law enforcement officer in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and authorizes the court to award attorney fees and costs to prevailing plaintiffs in such actions. Makes an officer who conducted a search and seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment without a good faith belief in the constitutionality of the search or seizure subject to agency discipline, but renders him immune from a civil suit for damages.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that artistic compositions, copyrights, and the like shall not be included in the estate tax valuation of the creator's estate.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Commends Lee Williams for his long, faithful, and exemplary service to the United States Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Sugar Stabilization Act - Sets forth the policy of the Congress with respect to foreign trade in sugar. Title I: International Sugar Agreement - Authorizes the President to prohibit the importation of sugar from any country not a member of the International Sugar Organization, and to otherwise regulate foreign trade in sugar to implement the International Sugar Agreement. Establishes civil penalties for the violation of such regulations. Requires the President to submit to Congress an annual report on the Agreement. Title II: Domestic Sugar Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make an annual estimate of the sugar consumption needs of the United States. Establishes a formula for determining the price objectives of domestic sugar. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a quota for the importation of sugar, and to adjust such quota. Authorizes the Secretary to impose an import fee in order to attain the price objective for sugar. Prohibits the established quota from being filled by direct-consumption sugar, except in specified circumstances. Permits the Secretary to suspend such quota and fees under specified circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a quota on the importation of "sugar-containing products. Prohibits the importation of sugar, liquid sugar, or "sugar-containing products" after the import quotas have been filled. Prohibits the importation of certain sugar or liquid sugar into the Virgin Islands in excess of 100 pounds annually. Prohibits the exportation of certain sugar from the United States. Regulates the exportation of sugar. Sets forth items to which the sugar quota shall not apply. Title III: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out this Act. Establishes penalties for the violation of such regulations. Requires certain information to be furnished to the Secretary by persons engaged in the manufacture, marketing, transport, or industrial use, of sugar. Prohibits officials engaged in the administration of this Act to invest in sugar. Establishes penalties for the violation of such prohibition. Authorizes the President to suspend the operation of Title II of this Act in a national emergency. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (1) to conduct surveys and investigations to carry out this Act, and (2) to announce a "daily spot price" for raw sugar in specified circumstances. Terminates the authority of the Secretary under this Act on December 31, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1978
Designates John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" as the national march of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1978
Authorizes the issuance of a visa for permanent admittance to the United States, under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Declares such individual to be given immediate relative status, under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Amends the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to: (1) include the Northern Mariana Islands within the definition of "State"; (2) include the Northern Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific Council; and (3) increase the number of voting members on the Council.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1978
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants for the following: (1) administrative costs of State and local governments incurred in carrying out urban homesteading programs and (2) facilitation of homesteading of properties acquired by communities as a result of abandonment or tax foreclosure. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire from the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs title to any property which is suitable for inclusion in the urban homesteading program. Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to coordinate the urban homesteading program and the rehabilitation loan program.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Declares that certain proposed regulations of the Department of the Treasury regarding centralized firearms sales recordkeeping and other firearms control measures exceed the Department's authority, and directs that the regulations be withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
PCP Criminal Laws and Procedures Act - Sets forth penalties for the manufacture, distribution, or possession with intent to manufacture or distribute phencyclidine (PCP) and its salts. Requires, with respect to each transfer of piperidine, that the seller report certain information about the buyer to the Attorney General and that the buyer present positive identification. Requires importers to report each shipment of piperidine received. Specifies guidelines for searches of sellers' premises. Prescribes and sets forth penalties for certain other piperidine-related transactions including sales to minors, or sales to or by fugitives or mental defectives, and commerce in stolen piperidine.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Expresses disapproval of the standards promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for determining whether the refusal of a recipient of aid under Title IV, part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of the Social Security Act to cooperate with a State agency in obtaining child support payments has been made in good faith.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Amends the Small Business Act to provide "energy independence loan," under specified conditions to individuals or firms that provide energy conservation or solar energy related services or that manfacture, distribute, retail, or install energy conservation or solar energy products or measures.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Tax Indexation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject zero bracket amounts, personal exemptions, the corporate surtax exemption, limitations on individual retirement accounts and Keough contributions, the gift exclusion, the unified estate and gift tax credits, and the basis of assets to an annual cost-of- living adjustment, whereby each currently listed dollar amount shall be increased by an amount equal to such dollar amount multiplied by two-thirds of the increase in the Consumer Price Index over the two preceding years. Grants the President power to suspend such adjustments, subject to veto by either House of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to invalidate agreements preventing the broadcast of a professional sports game, including postseason games, at the same time and in the same area in which the game is to be played if all tickets to such game have been sold 48 hours before gametime in the case of a regular season game and 24 hours before gametime in the case of a postseason game.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1978
Amateur Sports Act - Title I: Declaration of Policy - Makes findings and states that the policy of Congress is to promote amateur athletics and protect the right of amateur athletes to participate in athletic competition. Title II: Olympic Committee Reorganization - Amends the corporate charter of the Olympic Committee to (1) provide for a principal place of business of the United States Olympic Committee (Corporation); (2) set forth the objectives and purposes of the Corporation; (3) set forth the powers of the Corporation; and (4) subject to civil liability any person who uses an Olympic designation without authority to promote a private financial interest. Permits contributors or suppliers of goods or services to use the name of the United States Olympic Committee or its designation to advertise that such goods or services have been furnished to, approved, or selected by the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to establish in its constitution and bylaws provisions for the resolution of disputes involving the opportunity of an amateur athlete or other specified individuals to participate in sanctioned athletic competitions. Authorizes the Corporation to recognize as a national governing body any amateur sports organization (but only one for each sport) which submits an application for recognition and complies with eligibility requirements. Sets forth such eligibility requirements. Sets forth the duties and powers of a national governing body and the requirements which an amateur sports organization must meet to hold an athletic competition sanctioned by a national governing body. Grants to the Corporation the power of review over the actions of any national governing body and invests a United States district court with jurisdiction to enjoin any action of a national governing body inconsistent with the terms of the Corporate charter. Sets forth procedures for the Corporation in (1) processing a complaint against a national governing body by an individual athlete or an amateur sports organization; (2) revoking recognition of a national governing body; and (3) replacing an incumbent national governing body. Provides for arbitration of a determination of the Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to lend financial assistance to the Corporation in developing amateur athletics in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the work of the national governing bodies.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that the March 3, 1978, agreement for the transition to majority rule in Rhodesia merits the endorsement of the United States. Urges the President to instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to gain international support for the agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations corresponding to the principles set forth in a certain private letter ruling relating to the exclusion from gross income of amounts deferred by participants in public deferred compensation plans.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1978
Expresses the condolences of the Senate to the family of the late General Daniel "Chappie" James, Junior, United States Air Force.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1978
Expresses Congressional disapproval of the Presidential denial of import relief to the producers of nuts, bolts, and large screws, under the Trade Act of 1974, transmitted to the Congress on February 10, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1978
Health Maintenance Organization Act Amendments - Amends the term used to describe the providers of basic health services in Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's) organized under the Public Health Service Act from "health professionals" to "physicians," thereby excluding from the services provided by a HMO the services of dentists, nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, and such other individuals engaged in the delivery of health services as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may designate. Increases the maximum amounts available for: (1) grants and guarantees of loans for initial development of HMO's; (2) loans made or guaranteed for initial operation costs of HMO's. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans and guarantees to nonfederal lenders of payment of principal and interest on loans made to equip, construct, acquire, or renovate ambulatory care facilities. Extends for five years, through fiscal year 1985, the period during which loans and loan guarantees may be made for initial operation costs of HMO's. Establishes in the Treasury a loan and loan guarantee fund which shall be available to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enable the Secretary to discharge his responsibilities under loans and loan guarantees for the establishment and renovation of ambulatory care facilities. Directs employers who are required to offer membership in a HMO to their employees to arrange, at the option of the employee, for payroll deductions from such employees' salary for membership in a qualified HMO. Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for feasibility surveys and planning and initial operating costs of HMO's. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program for the purpose of training qualified HMO administrators and managerial personnel. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for this purpose. Requires each HMO to annually file with the Secretary specified financial information. Requires the Secretary to annually file a report with Congress based on the information gathered from such financial disclosures.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the full investment credit amount, rather than the current limit of 50 percent, to be claimed for pollution control facilities for which rapid amortization has been elected.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income interest or investment yield on an educational savings bond to the extent that the yield is equal to or less than the expenses incurred by the taxpayer for the tuition and fees of dependents at higher educational institutions during the taxable year. Defines "educational savings bond" as a bond issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act which pays interest only on redemption, pays no interest if redeemed within 12 months, matures after 20 years and is not transferable.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1978
Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make annual grants to assist States in carrying out public shoreline erosion management measures in the Great Lakes region. Authorizes grants to States to: (1) acquire private shoreline property where necessary to protect adjacent public land; (2) relocate existing structures endangered by erosion; and (3) carry out erosion management measures. Limits the amount of any such grant to 80 percent of the estimated cost of a State's proposed erosion management measures during the year such grant is made. Requires a State, as a condition of eligibility for such a grant, to implement an erosion management assistance plan approved by the Secretary. Sets forth the types of financial aid which a State erosion management assistance plan must provide to private shoreline property owners. Requires a State to furnish the Secretary with information and records concerning its erosion management assistance plan. Directs the Secretary, in allocating aid among the States, to consider: (1) the length of the Great Lakes shoreline within each State; (2) comparative recession rates of each shoreline; and (3) the proportion of shoreline in each State which is subject to high erosion. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1978
Designates May 3, 1978, as "Sun Day."
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1978
Flexible Parity Act - Title I: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 crop of wheat a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from $3.00 per bushel for a 20 percent set-aside up to $5.04 per bushel for a 50 percent set-aside. Title II: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 crop of feed grains a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from $2.10 for a ten percent set-aside up to $3.45 for a 50 percent set-aside. Title III: Upland Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 crop of upland cotton a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from 54 cents per pound for a 20 percent set-aside up to 84 cents per point for a 50 percent set-aside. Title IV: Grain Release Prices - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949: (1) to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from providing for the redemption of stored wheat and feed grains loans unless the market price for such commodities is not less than parity; (2) to prohibit the Secretary from calling such loans until the market price for wheat and feed grains is at least 105 percent of parity; and (3) to prohibit the Commodity Credit Corporation from selling its stocks of wheat and feed grains for less than the parity price of such commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the maximum deduction allowed farmers for the expenses of clearing land from the lesser of $5,000 or 25 percent of the taxable income derived from farming to a flat $12,000. Limits the deduction to taxpayers who have been engaged in farming for two taxable years preceding the year in which the deduction is claimed.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee, amounts paid or expenses incurred by the employer for educational assistance to the employee. Limits to 25 percent the amount of payments which may be made by such programs to shareholders or owners (or their spouses or dependents), each of whom owns more than five percent of the stock or of the capital or profits interest in the employer.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Designates as the "John L. McClellan Hospital" the Veterans' Administration replacement hospital to be constructed adjacent to the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Authorizes a $543,000,000 appropriation for reimbursing States for expenditures made with respect to services provided by such States under specified titles of the Social Security Act. Sets forth procedures and time limitations for making claims for reimbursement and maximums amounts which a State may receive for providing services under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Equal Access to Courts Act - Entitles a party which: (1) prevails in any civil action, including an action for judicial review of agency actions; and (2) is a small business as defined by the Small Business Act or an individual or entity having assets or income below specified amounts to a judgment for costs and an award for attorney fees, witness fees, and necessary studies and reports. Directs an agency to pay costs and fees to a party meeting the criteria of (2) above if such a party: (1) successfully defends the imposition of an agency sanction; (2) successfully opposes the issuance or amendments of certain agency orders; or (3) successfully appeals agency action or is subject to agency action which is appealed or reviewed. Entitles a party partially prevailing against the United States to costs and fees to the extent to which it prevailed. Authorizes, where in the interest of justice, an award of cost and fees to a party which fails to prevail in a civil action instituted by or against the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1977
Authorizes and requests the President to annually designate the Sunday following Fire Service Recognition Day as "Memorial Sunday" for firefighters disabled or killed in the line of duty during the preceeding year.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1977
Securities Protection Act - Makes it a Federal crime: (1) to forge, alter, or counterfeit a marketable security with intent to defraud, (2) to possess or engage in commerce in a forged, altered, or counterfeit security with intent to defraud, or (3) to possess or engage in commerce in any tool to forge, alter, or counterfeit any marketable security. Authorizes treble damage civil suits with respect to such violations. Makes it a Federal crime to steal or possess a stolen marketable security or to use a stolen, forged, or altered security at a financial institution.