United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make a loan of $100,000,000 to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. Requires the Secretary to obtain satisfactory assurance from the company that no less than two-thirds of such loan will be utilized for capital expenditures or expenditures for maintenance of property within three years from the date of the loan. Directs the Secretary to obtain the best security practicable from the Company as assistance for the loan. Provides that the Secretary shall determine the rate of interest which the loan shall bear. Directs the Secretary to formulate appropriate regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to take such enforcement action as he deems appropriate. States that the Secretary shall, within one year after the enactment of this Act, report to the President and the Congress with respect to his activities pursuant to this Act. Gives the Comptroller General of the United States access to such information as he determines necessary to audit financial transactions of the Secretary. Authorizes appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act in addition to the amount set forth for the loan.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act - States that, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, each county shall elect whether it wishes to proceed under the terms of this Act to receive payments from the Federal Government equal to the real property taxes otherwise due from public lands within such county, or to continue to receive whatever payments such county is entitled to receive under any existing applicable Federal law providing for Federal payments for such county similar to those available under this Act or for payment to such county of part of the revenue derived from such public land. Establishes criteria for the appraisal of public lands. Provides that when any county within a State has elected to proceed under the terms of this Act, there shall be established for that State a State board of appraisal appeal. Provides that each board shall consider and decide any appeal from a county within the State relating to the appraisal of public land within such county. States that decisions of the board shall not be subject to judicial review unless arbitrary or capricious. States that, beginning in the first complete fiscal year after the acceptance of such appraisal by both the county involved and the Administrator, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay annually to the State in which such county is located an amount equivalent to the State, county, and local real property taxes, based on the tax rate applicable to similar private lands at the value arrived at under the appraisal conducted under this Act. Stipulates that nothing in this Act shall interfere with the right of State or local governments to levy possessory interests taxes on private owners of improvements made by private users on public lands. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to administer this Act and to make the payments authorized by it.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Clemency Board Reorganization Act - States that the Presidential Clemency Board shall be composed of nine members to be appointed by the President, one of whom shall be designated by the President to serve as Chairman. Provides that all jurisdiction, responsibility, or function with respect to any draft evader or military deserter is transferred from the Department of Defense to the Presidential Clemency Board. Authorizes the Board to recommend alternate service of up to 2 years for draft evaders and military deserters. Authorizes the reacquisition of United States citizenship by appearance before a United States district court judge, renouncement of citizenship acquired from another country, and pledging allegiance to the United States. Provides that veterans benefits may be conferred in the discretion of the Veterans' Administration or Department of Defense after issuance of a clemency discharge under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Foreign Investment Disclosure Act - Creates a Foreign Investment Administration within the Department of Commerce headed by a Director appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate rules and regulations requiring persons having information on foreign investments to keep records and reports on such investments. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate procedures for the submission of investments in domestic companies whose equity security is publicly traded if a foreign investor owns, directly or indirectly, five percent or more of such securities. Requires reports of foreign investment in United States companies whose stock is not publicly traded if 10 percent or more and the total assets of such company are $3,000,000 or more. Directs such reports to be filed by a foreign investor if such investment is made in the form of loans, long-term contracts or interests in property, the effect of which is to give the investor a predominant influence on management. Requires reports to be filed concerning any foreign investment in real property with a fair market value in excess of $50,000, with the Secretary having the authority to waive this requirement. Stipulates that reports must be filed with respect to any foreign investments in United States Government or agency securities, notes, certificates of deposit or other marketable instruments exceeding $1,000,000 per issue.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Authorizes the President of the Senate to appoint a special delegation of Members of the Senate to visit countries in Europe in order to conduct a study of the current status of the North Atlantic Alliance. Provides $25,000 to cover the expenses of the delegation to be paid from vouchers approved by the co-chairmen of said delegation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to advance funds to the co-chairmen of the delegation in the same manner provided for committees of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Radiation Health and Safety Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall develop and issue to the States criteria and minimum standards for the accredition of education institutions conducting programs for the training of radiologic technologists and for education institutions conducting programs for the training of medical and dental practitioners, dental hygienists, and dental assistants. Provides that the Secretary shall develop and issue to the States criteria and minimum standards for licensure of radiologic technologists, and such other advice and assistance as he deems necessary. Provides that State and local governments shall be encouraged to minimize exposure of the public to potentially hazardous radiation from all sources. Provides for procedures for the adoption of such standards by the States. Provides that the Secretary may make grants to States in an amount up to two-thirds of the first year and one-third of the second year costs of planning, developing, or establishing programs to carry out the purposes of this Act. Declares it to be unlawful to conduct activities contrary to this Act. Provides that any violation of this Act by an individual applying radiaiton to human beings for diagnositc or therapeutic purposes shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more $1,000.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a number of military discharge review boards. Sets forth the qualifications, terms of office, and rates of compensation for members of such boards. Makes it the duty of the boards to review any discharge of dismissal from the Armed Forces granted under less than honorable conditions to any person who served on active duty. Requires that in reviewing the discharge of dismissal of any former member of the Armed Forces, a review board shall determine whether such discharge was fair and equitable, taking into consideration all of the circumstances of the case. Requires that in making such determination a review board shall consider specified mitigating circumstances. Sets forth the conduct and procedures for discharge hearings. Directs the Secretary of Defense to formulate and carry out a public information program designed to inform former members of the Armed Forces of the new discharge review provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Education of the Handicapped Amendments - Sets the authorized ceiling on appropriations for programs to provide educational assistance to handicapped children, as established by the Education of the Handicapped Act, at the fiscal year 1975 level.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1975
Establishes a temporary, select committee of the Senate to be known as the Select Committee on Regulatory Commissions and the United States Economy. Directs the committee to conduct a complete study and investigation on regulatory commissions and agencies of the United States Government, including: (1) the influence and impact of the activities, procedures, rules, orders and decisions of regulatory commissions and agencies; (2) the accountability of such regulatory commissions and agencies to the Congress, the relationships of these commissions and agencies to other departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the executive branch of the United States Government, the relationship of each such commission or agency to any sectors of private or public enterprise the commission or agency is charged by statute with regulating, and the relationships of those commissions and agencies to the United States consumer; and (3) the appropriateness of regulation for given sectors of the economy, the adequacy of current legislative statutes, and the economic consequences of commission and agency regulatory activities for the United States consumer. Provides that the committee shall submit a final report to the Senate not later than January 20, 1979, containing a comprehensive summary of the work of the committee with such recommendations as the committee deems appropriate. Directs that from time to time such other reports and recommendations shall be made to the Senate as the committee deems appropriate. Directs that the committee's authority shall cease to exist upon the expiration of thirty days following the submission of its final report. Denies the committee authority to report any legislative measure to the Senate. Authorizes the committee to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate. Authorizes the committee to issue subpenas over the signature of of the chairman of the committee or subcommittee or of any member designated by either of them, and may be served by any member designated by any such chairman or member.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
National Multiple Sclerosis and Epilepsy Act - Expresses the finds of Congress and declares the purpose of this Act. Instructs the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke to develop a neurological disease program to expand, intensify and coordinate the activities of the Institute. Specifies the scope of such program. Requires the Director to report annually on the accomplishments of the program. Empowers the Director to: (1) obtain the services of 50 experts; (2) acquire and maintain neurological disease equipment and facilities; and (3) enter into contracts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as necessary to carry out the above objectives. Instructs the Director to develop six new centers for multiple sclerosis research and treatment and 14 new centers for other neurological and sensory diseases. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000, $125,000,000 and $150,000,000 for such purposes for fiscal years 1975-1977. Empowers the Director to make grants to public entities for research in neurological disorders and authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Rural Rail Preservation and Improvement Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prepare a comprehensive report containing his conclusions with respect to essential rail services within a specifically defined region, essentially comprising the Northeastern United States, pertaining to the geographic zones at and between which rail service should be provided. Requires the Secretary to formulate and submit to Congress a national transportation policy within one hundred and eighty days after enactment of this Act. Requires the Rail Services Planning Offices to prepare a detailed information survey and detailed comprehensive reports with respect to States outside the region. Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission to report within ninety days of enactment of this Act the environmental effects of abandonments and imposes a 730-day moratorium on such abandonments. Provides subsidies for rail properties remaining in condition for rail service which have been issued a certificate of abandonment within 5 years prior to enactment of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973. Authorizes to be appropriated up to $200,000,000 for rail service continuation subsidies for each of the first two fiscal years including and following the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Grants a Federal charter to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Incorporated, a nonprofit corporation with its principal offices in Indianapolis. States such Corporation's purposes, including: historical evidence relating to December 7, 1941, and to stimulate interest in the affairs and future of America so as to "keep America alert".
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the $18,000 adjusted gross income limitation on the deduction for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe by regulation that such deduction be allowed as an adjustment to gross income on the Form 1040A optional return.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Requires the heads of the respective executive agencies to provide the Congress with advance notice of planned organizational and other changes or actions which would affect Federal civilian employment by requiring the transfer or termination of a significant number of civilian employees.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Elderly Homeowners' Property Tax Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the States the amount of any real property tax reductions allowed to the elderly by such States, plus a percentage of the reduction in inverse proportion to the tax rate applicable to elderly individuals. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Eliminates, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance), the dependency requirements for entitlement to husband's and widower's insurance benefits, so that benefits for husbands and widowers will be payable on the same basis as benefits for wives and widows (under present law a widower must be able to show that half of his support was derived from his wife's earnings in order to qualify for survivors benefits). Provides benefits for widowed fathers with minor children. Provides that benefits for husbands, widowers, and fathers shall be payable on the same basis as benefits for wives, widows, and mothers.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975
Plutonium Recovery Control Act - Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from licensing, permitting, or otherwise authorizing, except for military or research and development purposes (1) the operation of any nuclear power reactor using recycled plutonium fuel, or (2) other construction or operation of any facility which reprocesses or recovers plutonium from spent nuclear power reactor fuel. Requires the Office of Technology Assessment to conduct and complete within three years a comprehensive study of the recycling of plutonium for the purpose of determining the extent of the dangers to the public health and safety and to the environment from such recycling. States that such study shall include: (1) investigation of the toxicity and carcinogenic characteristics of plutonium; (2) investigation of the risks of the unauthorized diversion or theft of plutonium; and (3) consideration of the development of systems for the use of plutonium which will assure the protection of the public health and safety and of the environment.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975
National Electrical Energy Conservation Act - Title I: National Power Grid and Regional Bulk Power Distribution - Creates a National Power Grid Corporation to establish and operate a national power grid system consisting of electric power generating facilities and a system of very high voltage transmission lines which shall interconnect such generating facilities and the transmission systems of each regional corporation established by the Corporation pursuant to this Act. Provides that such regional corporations shall be the exclusive marketing agency for the National Grid in that region. Authorizes electric utilities, publicly or privately owned, to enter into agreements for services with the regional corporation. Places specified conditions on any such contract for services and the rates at which power marketed for the National Grid may be sold. Directs the National Grid to carry out a program of research and development in the area of electric power generation and transmission, giving preference to environmental protection and land use research priorities. Authorizes up to $250,000,000 per fiscal year to carry out such program. Transfers specified federally owned facilities to the National Grid. Title II: General Provisions Applicable to National Grid and to Regional Corporations - States that each corporation shall be subject to Federal, State, and local environmental standards. Specifies the interests to be represented on the board of directors of such corporations, and their composition, terms of members, procedures for filling vacancies therein, and procedures for selecting the officers and employees of the corporations. States that the corporations shall have those powers conferred on nonprofit corporations pursuant to the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act, and specified additional powers. Directs such corporation to at all times maintain complete and accurate books of accounts. Authorizes each corporation to issue and sell bonds for financing its activities, providing that the aggregate total of outstanding bonds shall not exceed $30,000,000,000. Authorizes each corporation to cause to be instituted condemnation proceedings against any lands or interests in land necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires each corporation to report annually to the President and to transmit such report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975
Interns for Political Leadership Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to institutions of higher education for an internship program for providing students with practical political involvement with elected local, State and Congressional officials. Requires that arrangements for such grants provide for coordination between the on-campus educational programs of the persons selected and their activities as interns, with commensurate academic credit given for their work and achievement as interns. Provides that the students who are to participate in the internship program shall be selected by the institutions of higher education receiving grants. Directs the Commissioner, in order to assist him in the selection of institutions of higher education within a State to receive grants, to appoint a National Advisory Council for Political Leadership Interns. Provides that such Council shall be composed of 12 members appointed from among individuals especially qualified to serve on the Council. Directs the Council to advise the Commissioner with respect to the distribution of grants and with respect to other matters of policy. Limits the Federal share of the cost of student stipends under this Act to 50 percent. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $1,250,000 for the ensuing three-month transition period, and $5,000,000 in each of the two succeeding fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purpose of this Act in establishing a coordinated national program in earthquake mitigation. Provides that the Director of the Geological Survey, in consultation with the National Science Foundation, shall develop and carry out a program of research and implementation in the areas of tectonics, seismology, geology, engineering, planning, and social sciences necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act, specifying the nature of such program. States that the Director of the Geological Survey and the Director of the National Science Foundation, jointly, shall: (1) establish an advisory committee composed of representatives of the research community to review periodically the earthquake mitigation program and to recommend to the Directors, through periodic written reports, appropriate modifications in the conduct or emphasis of the program; (2) establish an information dissemination mechanism to make available in a timely manner information developed pursuant to this Act; (3) prepare and submit annual reports to the Congress on the progress of the program and achievements in earthquake mitigation; (4) establish a joint program to evaluate, synthesize, and present, through appropriate educational programs, the knowledge developed pursuant to this Act; and (5) assist the States in carrying out their responsibilities under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 by making readily available the results of research conducted pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and the same amount for each of the following nine fiscal years. Provides, under the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, for authorization of appropriations of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $25,000,000 for each of the nine following fiscal years, for carrying out the duties of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Voter Registration Act - Establishes within the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, the Voter Registration Administration. Provides that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Administrator and two Associate Administrators for terms of four years each. Sets forth the duties and powers of the Administration. Authorizes the Administration to establish and administrater a voter registration program in accordance with this Act for all Federal elections. Provides that an individual who fulfills the requirements to be a qualified voter under State law and who is registered to vote under the provisions of this Act shall be entitled to vote in Federal election in that State, except that each State shall provide for the registration or other means of qualification of all residents not later than 30 days prior to any Federal election. Directs the Administration to prepare voter registration forms. Authorizes the Administration to enter into agreements with the Postal Service, with departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and with State officials for the distribution of registration forms. Requires the Administration to assist State officials in detecting fraudulent voter registration, when such assistance is requested. Provides that the district courts of the United States or the United States District Court of the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction, without regard to any amount in controversy, of proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act. Provides that whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information for the purposes of establishing eligibility to register or vote, or conspires for the purpose of encouraging false registration or illegal voting, or pays, offers, or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting registers to vote with intention of voting more than once in the same election shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. States that any person who deprives, or attempts to deprive any other person of any right under this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Authorizes the Administration to pay to each appropraite State the reasonable cost of processing registration forms prescribed under this Act. Provides that any State that adopts the Federal assistance post card form shall be deemed to be in full compliance with specified provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Provides under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individual's earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Economic Impact Act - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to prepare an economic impact statement for each bill or joint resolution reported in the Senate or the House of Representatives, each amendment proposed on the floor of Congress, and each rule or regulation proposed by any Federal agency. Provides that such a statement shall cover the fiscal year in which the bill or rule is proposed and each of the five following fiscal years, or the authorized duration of the bill's provisions, and shall analyze specified economic and social factors. Directs Federal agencies to provide all necessary assistance to the Director in carrying out his duties under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Truth In Contributions Act - Imposes a 15 percent tax on the undistributed revenue of a public charity remaining undistributed at the beginning of the second taxable year after such revenue was received. Provides that any revenue remaining undistributed 90 days after notice of deficiency with respect to the 15 percent tax imposed under this Act shall be taxable at a rate of 100 percent (this tax to be effective for taxable years 1980 and thereafter). States that public charities shall be exempt from such taxation for the first four taxable years of the charity. Imposes additional information - reporting requirements on public charities, including statements of the gross revenue, total expenses, and accounting principles employed, a balance sheet, and a breakdown of expenses reported. Requires an annual report to be filed by the chief executive officer of every public charity to include a listing of the 10 most highly compensated officers or employees and each employee or consultant who received more than $20,000 in compensation from the public charity for the taxable year. Requires a disclosure statement, containing the itemization of revenues and expenses required by this Act, to be furnished by the public charity to its potential contributors at the time of solicitation of contributions. Assesses a penalty of $1,000 for each willful failure of a private foundation or public charity to comply with the requirements of this Act. Provides, in the case of a decision to consider the termination of the tax-exempt status of a public charity by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, that the Attorney General shall take action to preserve the assets consisting of, or derived from, contributions solicited from the public. Provides that any officer or employee of a public charity who knowingly commits any act or series of acts resulting in termination of public charity status shall be fined up to $5,000, imprisoned for up to one year, or both. Provides that no organization registered with the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid may state that it is registered with that committee in material distributed to the public in connection with the solicitation of contributions to that organization. States that any organization violating these provisions shall be fined not more than $1,000. Provides that any officer or director of any organization who causes the organization to violate these provisions, or who consents to any such violation, shall be fined not more that $1,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments - Title I: Amendments to Arms Control and Disarmament Act - Authorizes the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to conduct the activities necessary to arms control and disarmament. Provides that the Director of such Agency shall be a member of the National Security Council. Directs the President to appoint a General Advisory Committee to consist of fifteen members to advise the President, the Secretary of State, appropriate committees of the Congress, and the Disarmament Director with respect to arms control, disarmament, and world peace. Requires an impact statement in advance of any program of research and development with respect to armament for which the total cost of the program is estimated to exceed $250,000,000 or $50,000,000 annually. Title II: Conforming Amendments To Other Acts - Makes conforming amendments to the Mutual Security Act of 1954, the Foreign Military Sales Act, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
States the findings of Congress that: (1) air express is essential to the present and future needs of the domestic commerce of the United States; and (2) REA express has continuously and ably provided such service for over 40 years; and (3) the continuation of this vital service, and the interests of shippers, have been threatened with disruption. Directs the Civil Aeronautics Board to issue a certificate to engage in air transportation as a carrier air express, though not directly engaged in the operation of the aircraft, to an applicant who has continuously operated as such from May 14, 1938, for a period of at least 35 years. Directs that each air carrier directly engaged in the operation of aircraft shall provide necessary and adequate service, equipment, and facilities for the transportation of air express shipments upon request by the holder of such certificate, giving such shipments priority on aircraft after passengers, their accompanied baggage and airmail, on the basis of charges which shall not be unjustly discriminatory, unduly prejudicial, or disadvantageous.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Directs the Postal Service to maintain a rural delivery service for the free delivery of mail. Requires the Postal Service to extend such service to the driveway or other entrance to the property or residence of each person desiring such service who resides on or near a road which is in good condition, and unobstructed by gates or unbridged streams. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 403,3661)
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
National Home Health Care Act - Broadens the coverage of home health services under the supplementary medical insurance (Medicare) program of the Social Security Act and removes the 100-visit limitation presently applicable to the home health service program. Extends the coverage of posthospital home health services to include payment for items and services which the individual could otherwise obtain only in a skilled nursing facility. Requires the inclusion of home health services in a State's medicaid program under the Social Security Act and permits the payment of rent under such program for elderly persons who would otherwise require nursing home care. Provides expanded Federal funding for congregate housing for the displaced and the elderly by increasing the amount available for such housing under the low income housing program. Establishes, in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a home health patient ombudsman, who shall be appointed and provided with adequate staff and facilities by the Secretary. Makes it the duty and responsibility of the ombudsman to monitor specified programs under the Social Security and the various medical assistance programs under State plans approved pursuant to such Act and to maintain such oversight of those programs and their operation and administration as may be necessary to: (1) assure that home health patients under such programs are receiving the care to which they are entitled; (2) provide safeguards against overcharging for home health services; (3) identify abuses against home health patients; (4) receive, handle, and expedite complaints by home health patients; (5) recommend to the Secretary any changes in the regulation affecting home health services which may appear necessary or desirable; and (6) take appropriate action (including the transmission of findings to the Attorney General) with respect to abuses and violations of law affecting the provision or receipt of home health services under such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may make grants to and enter into contracts with public or nonprofit entities for the purposes of developing or operating programs for the training of nurse practioniers with special emphasis on nursing homes and the care of the aged. States that on or before March 1, 1975, after consultation with appropriate educational organizations and professional nursing and medical organizations, the Secretary shall prescribe program guidelines for nurse practicioners. Sets forth minimum guidelines, including a program of classroom instruction and supervised clinical practice aimed toward preparing nurses to delivery primary health care. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of making payments under grants and contracts $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1976. $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President's proposal to restructure the medicare deductible for physician services and the copayment for inpatient hospital services to require citizens to pay more of the health bill shall not be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
National Energy Conservation - Title I: Findings, Purpose, Policies - Establishes a national policy of reducing the domestic energy growth rate to 2 percent from a historic 3.4 percent, and of reducing Federal Government non-renewable fuel consumption by 25 percent between 1974 and 1980. Expresses additional findings and declarations of Congress with respect to energy conservation. Title II: Transportation Studies - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress on the energy conservation potential of lower speed limits, the integration of regional transportation modes, and revision of Federal transportation regulations. Title III: Tax Credits for Building Insulation, for Installation of Solar Energy Devices, and for Installation of Coal-Fired Boilers - Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for thermal retrofit of structures with insulation, for installation of solar energy space heating and electric generation devices, and for installation of coal-fired boilers in place of oil or gas-fired boilers. Provides that homeowners and renters are eligible for a 25 percent tax credit with a $500 ceiling for retrofiting (to expire on June 30, 1979). Provides that commercial and industrial firms are eligible for a 15 percent tax credit with a $2,500 ceiling (to expire on June 30, 1979). Allows a 25 percent credit for installation of solar energy devices with a $1,000 ceiling (to expire on June 30, 1979). Allows a 15 percent tax credit for two years for replacement of oil or gas-fired boilers with coal fired boilers, with a $1,500,000 ceiling per industrial, commercial or utility conversion (to expire on June 30, 1977). Sets limits on the carryback and carryover of the unused credits allowed under this title. Restricts the application of the provision of this title to one principal residence for any taxable year. Title IV: Thermally Efficient Building Insulation and Lighting Standards - Requires thermal standards applicable for all federally- assisted housing to be established by the Federal Energy Administrator within 12 months of enactment of this Act. Authorizes States and localities to voluntarily include these standards in their building codes. Provides for grants totaling $250,000,000 annually through fiscal year 1979 to be available for distribution by States for the acquisition by families or individuals of residential insulation materials. Provides that such grants shall vary inversely with income and shall be available to families with annual incomes of $12,000 or less, and individuals with income of $10,000 or less. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for fiscal years 1976 and 1977 to carry out this title. Title V: Truth in Energy - Requires all appliances and space conditioning systems to carry labels specifying annual operating costs. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to set requirements whereby all appliance advertising shall contain annual operating cost data. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to report annually to the Congress and to the President on the progress made in carrying out the purposes of this title. Titel VI: Energy Efficient Lighting, Appliance, and Space Heating Systems - Authorizes and directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to conduct research on energy efficient appliances, lights, space conditioning and solar devices. Requires that the Federal Energy Administration, in cooperation with private industry, shall develop and within 12 months issue minimum energy efficient standards for all appliances, lights, and space conditioning systems. Requires that standards be monitored by the Federal Trade Commission. Directs the Federal Energy Administration to explicitly initiate a program to discourage the use of electric resistance heating in favor of heat pumps or solar devices. Title VII: Federal Building and Procurement Policies - Directs that Federal agencies shall carry out the construction and renovation of Federal facilities or federally assisted facilities in such a manner as to insure energy conservation practices are employed in their design. Requires such agencies to insure that such facilities meet the specific general performance, lighting design, and insulation standards for thermal efficiency in structures when issued by the Federal Energy Administration. Directs each Federal agency having jurisdiction over any Federal or federally assisted facilities construction program to require the preparation of a complete life-cycle cost analysis for each major facility (exceeding fifty thousand square feet of usable floor space), for the expected life of the major facility. Requires that such life-cycle cost analysis include an energy consumption analysis of the major facility's heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system, lighting system, and all other energy-consuming systems. Authorizes and directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to develop, publish, and implement energy conservation guidelines for all Federal procurement. Title VIII: Industrial and Utility Energy Conservation - Directs the Energy Research and Development Administration to develop mandatory energy efficient standards for, and conduct research on, industrial equipment and processes. Provides that the 2,000 largest domestic firms shall annually report to the Federal Energy Administration on their energy conservation programs, devices and processes. Directs the Federal Energy Administrator to seek to replace natural gas or oil-fired boilers with solar devices, as well as coal-fired boilers. Directs the Energy Research and Development Administration to provide technical assistance and conduct research on solid waste recycling systems designed to produce boiler fuel. Provides for the funding of demonstration systems. Provides for loans with a 10-year maturity to be made available to public and private organizations for the construction of solid waste recycling systems. Directs the Energy Research and Development Administration to conduct research and fund demonstration projects to promote energy conservation by utilities and the use of individual residential solar electricity generation devices. Requires petroleum and natural-gas-fired utilities to report to the Federal Energy Administration a time-table for conversion to coal. Provides that utilities regulated by the Federal Power Commission must submit to Congress a comprehensive evaluation of energy conservation rate structures and other devices which may reduce electricity demand. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to make full use of the research and development resources provided under the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 in carrying out specified provisions of this title. Title IX: Speed Limit Compliance - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a speed limit compliance program to coordinate efforts by State Governors to enforce the 55 mile-per-hour speed limit, assisting State Governors with grants; and (2) monitor enforcement of the national 55 mile-per-hour speed limit and report 12 months from the date of enactment of this title on compliance with the speed limit and make recommendations to achieve complete compliance. Directs the Secretary to conduct a massive public program to encourage voluntary compliance with the national 55 mile-per-hour speed limit. Title X: Transportation Energy Conservation Demonstrations - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into such contracts or other arrangements for research and the development, establishment, and operation of demonstration projects to determine the feasibility of programs to conserve energy utilized in the transportation of individuals, including fare-free urban mass transportation systems; and arrangements such as reduced fees for multipassenger automobiles on toll highways, bridges, and tunnels. Title XI: Automobile Fuel Economy Standards - Automobile Fuel Economy Act - Requires Secretary of Transportation, within 18 months of enactment of this title, to establish by rule a sales weighed average fuel economy standard for new automobiles introduced into commerce in the United States during and after the 1978 model year. Provides that minimum standards shall include 18 miles-per-gallon (mpg) for model year 1978, 20 mpg for model year 1980, 22 mpg for model year 1982 and 24 mpg for model year 1984. Provides that fuel economy test results must be displayed on all vehicles within 90 days of the enactment of this title. Provides for cash rebates of $150 for vehicles achieving 18 to 20 mpg and $300 in excess of 20 mpg, to expire in August, 1977. Imposes a variable surtax on vehicles achieving less than the annual fuel economy average through August 1977. Provides that such surtax will not exceed $300 and will vary inversely with fuel economy. Title XII: Automobile Research and Development - Automotive Transport Research and Development Act - Directs the Energy Research and Development Administration to conduct research on advanced energy efficient engines and vehicles leading to the production of prototype advanced automobiles. Directs the Federal Government to purchase advanced engines automobiles if possible to comprise 10 percent of its model 1978 fleet. Provided that such share shall rise to comprise 90 percent of the 1984 fleet purchases.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Increases from $20,000 to $35,000, under the Internal Revenue Code, the exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale of a residence by an individual who is 65 years of age or older.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Antitrust Enforcement Authorization Act - States that it is the purpose of Congress in this Act to support and invigorate a national antitrust enforcement program authorizing sufficient appropriations to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to permit vigorous and effective enforcement of the antitrust laws. Authorizes to be appropriated to both the Commission and the Justice Department, in addition to such sums as are authorized by any other provisions of law, sums not to exceed $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; not to exceed $6,250,000 for the transitional period ending September 30, 1976; not to exceed $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; and not to exceed $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, such sums to remain available until expended for the purposes authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Establishes a temporary select committee of the Senate comprised of 12 members to conduct a thorough study of the Senate committee system. Provides the committee with the powers necessary to carry out the study. Authorizes the appropriation of an amount not to exceed $900,000. Requests the select committee to submit interim reports and a final report with recommendations by February 28, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975
Federal Housing Bank Act - Declares the findings of the Congress, including that: (1) decent, safe, and sanitary housing cannot be provided if interest rates on home mortgages are inordinately high; and (2) Congress must create an institution which can reduce the costs of financing the purchase of a home for the average American family. Creates a body corporate to be known as the Federal Housing Bank, which shall have succession until dissolved by Act of Congress. Requires that the Bank shall be an agency of the United States Government and shall maintain such offices as may be necessary or appropriate. Sets forth the general powers of the Bank. Provides for the management of the Bank. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in order to facilitate the formation of the Bank, to pay initial organizing and operating expenses. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $500,000 for this purpose. Grants the Bank the authority: (1) to make commitments to purchase, and to purchase, service, and sell home mortgages on single family homes, or condominiums or cooperatives, from the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Bank system, and (2) to make commitments to purchase, and to purchase, hold, and refinance mortgages on homes of persons who certify that they have been unemployed for six months and do not have assets that could be used to pay the mortgage on their principal dwelling place. Authorizes the Bank to declare a moratorium on payments of principal, interest, or both for a period of 18 months on terms and conditions to be determined by the Bank so as to alleviate hardship arising from unemployment. Requires an audit report to the Congress on an annual basis. Provides for an additional annual report to the Congress on the Bank's activities. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, during intervals between decennial censuses of population, to produce and publish for each State, county, and local unit of government with a population of 50,000 or more current data on total population. Authorizes the Secretary to make surveys on subjects (other than population) covered by the censuses provided for in this title. Requires that data most recently produced and published shall be used in the administration of any law of the United States in which population is used to determine the amount of benefit received by State and local units of general purpose government. Directs the Secretary and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to jointly initiate the development of uniform methods and procedures in producing statistical information used in effecting the delivery of Federal benefits to State and local governments and report progress toward the development of such procedures not later than one year after enactment of this Act. Specifies that this Act does not limit the present authority of the Office of Management and Budget to develop statistical standards. (Amends 13 U.S.C. 181; Adds 13 U.S.C. 182, 183, 184)
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Provides, under the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act, for the establishment within the Energy Research and Development Administration of a Division of Ground Propulsion Systems. Authorizes research, development, and demonstration of ground propulsion systems and states that such activities shall be conducted so as to contribute to specified goals, including the improvement of and verifying of ground propulsion systems with emphasis on efficiency, performance, and usefulness. Defines "ground propulsion system" as the engine, transmission, or drive, and associated controls, necessary to power automobiles, trucks, trains, buses, and selected light marine vehicles. Authorizes to be appropriated, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; and $100,000,000 for fiscal years 1978-80.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Emergency Housing and Economic Recovery Act - Declares that the Congress finds that recessions in the housing industry occur cyclically and that such problem requires a permanent program of emergency mortgage credit that can be activated periodically in order to counteract the credit cycle. Establishes, within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, an Emergency Housing and Economic Recovery Fund, to enable the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to discharge his responsibilities under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to buy and sell mortgage loans on homes costing less than $40,000 when stipulated events occur. Declares that such authority would exist whenever the rate of unemployment exceeded 6 percent and the level of housing starts dropped below 1.75 million for three consecutive months. Declares such authority would continue until the rate of unemployment dropped below 6 percent or housing starts exceeded 1.75 million for three consecutive months. Requires that a mortgage loan be at an initial rate of 6 percent to be eligible for purchase under this Act. Stipulates that the Secretary may not purchase more than one million mortgage loans, 75 percent of which shall involve residences which have been constructed within one year prior to the date of purchase, during any single fiscal year. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Emergency Housing and Economic Recovery Fund such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the fund for any net losses.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1975
Price Disclosure Act - Provides that no person engaged in business in the sale at retail of any packaged consumer commodity which has been distributed in commerce, shall sell, offer for sale, or display for sale any such commodity unless: (1) the total selling price of such commodity is plainly marked by a stamp, tag, or label affixed to a principal display panel of the package; and (2) the retail unit price of such commodity is plainly marked by a stamp, tag, or label affixed to a principal display panel of the package, or a label or sign in close proximity to the point of display of such package, which label or sign shall also contain the name and quantity of contents of such commodity. Exempts from these requirements any individual retail outlet which sells or offers for sale packaged consumer commodities and whose total gross sales do not exceed $250,000 per annum, unless such an outlet is one of a number of outlets owned substantially or whose inventory is supplied substantially, by a single person, partnership, or corporation whose total gross sales exceeds $500,000 per annum; or any retail outlet in any State which has enacted mandatory unit pricing law and whose law, in the judgment of the Federal Trade Commission, is in full effect and is comparable in scope and comprehensiveness to the requirements of this Act, except that retailers (including chainstores and affiliated stores) who operate outlets in any such State shall be subject to the provisions of this Act if they also operate outlets in one or more other States. Redefines the term "consumer commodity" and defines the term "retail unit price" for purposes of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act. Abolishes the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate regulations under such Act, and transfers that authority to the Federal Trade Commission. Directs the Commission to request, and the Secretary of Commerce to initiate, a voluntary product standard for consumer commodities under the procedures for the development of voluntary products standards established by the Secretary pursuant to specified provisions of law whenever the Commission determines that there is undue proliferation of the weights, measures, or quantities in which any consumer commodity or reasonably comparable consumer commodities are being distributed in packages for sale at retail and such undue proliferation impairs the reasonable ability of consumers to make value comparisons with respect to such consumer commodity or commodities. Requires that regulations with respect to fair packaging and labeling standards be promulgated by the Commission in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act. Directs the Commission to give interested persons an opportunity for oral presentations of views, data, and arguments. Authorizes travel and per diem reimbursement for persons being trained by the Commission to carry out the provisions of the Act. Declares that any violation of any of the provisions of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act or the regulations issued pursuant to such Act, with respect to any consumer commodity delivered for introduction in commerce, or sold at retail, offered for sale at retail, or displaced for sale at retail, shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting commerce and shall be subject to penalties under specified provisions of law.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Social Security Recipients Fairness Act - Title I: Replacement of Lost, Stolen, or Delayed Checks - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish procedures for expedited payment of monthly benefits. Requires the Secretary, within one day after the date an individual files for late payment of benefits, to cause such monthly insurance benefits to be paid. Title II: Expediting of Hearings and Determination - States that in administration of the programs established by titles II, (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) XVI, (Grants to States for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled), and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, the Secretary shall establish procedures designed to assure that: (1) any duly requested hearing to which an individual is entitled will be held within a reasonable period of time after requested, if such hearing is requested with respect to a determination of entitlement to benefits; and (2) not later than ninety days after such a hearing is requested, the Secretary shall render a final determination on the issues, or if no final determination of the Secretary has been made at that time, the Secretary shall make payments of benefits to such individual in like manner as if a final determination has been made full in favor of such individual. Title III: Expedited Payment of Black Lung Benefits; and Expedited Hearings and Determinations Respecting Such Benefits - Provides for expedited payments of black lung benefits under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for expediting hearings and determinations on claims for such benefits. Title IV: Limitation of Benefit Reduction to Compensate for Benefit Overpayment - Limits to 25 percent the reduction that may be made in an individual's Social Security benefit check for any month because of any previous overpayment of monthly benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Land Resource Planning Assistance Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to assist the States to develop and implement State land resource programs and to assist Indian tribes to inventory and plan the use of reservation and other tribal lands. Preserves the rights and jurisdiction of States and other property owners with respect to non-Federal lands. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Program of Assistance to the States - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make annual grants to the States to assist each State in developing and administering a State land resource program for non-Federal lands. Defines "state land resource program" as a program which includes (1) a land resource planning process, (2) a land planning agency, (3) a study of existing land resource planning and management authority, (4) a statement of policies and objectives, (5) methods of implementation and coordination, and (6) an energy facility planning program. Requires such programs to provide for the participation of owners of real property, local government, and the public, and to otherwise meet the requirements of this Act. States that land resource planning processes shall include specified criteria, including the preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of environmental, geological, and physical conditions (including soil types) which influence the desirability of various land uses. Provides that each State land planning agency shall have primary authority to develop and administer the State land resource planning, and to define the policies and objectives of each State's particular land program. Requires that methods of controlling land sales and development projects be included in each State program. Stipulates that Federal projects and activities on non-Federal lands significantly affecting land use must be consistent with State land resources programs, except in cases of overriding national interest. Title II: Administration of State Assistance Programs and Coordination of Federal Land-Related Activities - Requires the President to issue guidelines to the Federal agencies and the States within 6 months after enactment to assist them in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Land Resource Planning Assistance. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office, to (1) administer the grant-in-aid programs established under this Act, (2) develop and maintain a Land Resource Information Center, and (3) perform specified duties relating to the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish an Interagency Land Resource Advisory Board to provide advice and assistance to the President, the Secretary, and the Federal agencies in carrying out the programs authorized by this Act. Requires the Secretary to annually evaluate State land resource programs to determine whether such programs conform with the requirements for grant eligibility. Provides an appeal procedure for States which have been notified of ineligibility for grant assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education to assist the conduct of research and investigations into the theoretical and practical problems of land resource planning and management. Directs the Secretary to report biennially to the President and the Congress on land resources, uses of land, and current and emerging problems of land use. Title III: Energy Facilities Planning : Energy Facilities Planning Act - Requires that five years after enactment of this Act, State land resource programs must contain an energy facility planning program which is compatible with State land and water resource and planning management. States that such energy facility planning programs must provide for: (1) an energy facility planning process; (2) a coordinated review and approval process at the State level; (3) consideration of the national, regional, and marketing area energy needs in the planning, licensing, or permitting of energy facilities; (4) cooperation with other States in planning, siting, and approving energy facilities; and (5) public participation in the energy facility planning process. Requires the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to prepare annually and submit to the President and to the Congress a National Energy Facility Planning Report. States that such report shall include specified comprehensive energy data, including information on the location, size, and production capacity of existing energy facilities and present and projected long range energy needs. Authorizes the Administrator to request, collect, and acquire information from States and other non-Federal governmental entities for the proper exercise of his responsibilities under this Act. Directs the Interagency Land Resource Advisory Board to conduct a study of methods to reduce the delays in obtaining, conflicting requirements for, and number of permits, licenses, and other governmental decisions which serve as prerequisites to proposed development activities. Requires the Administrator to develop and implement an expedited Federal energy facility licensing program. Title IV: Program of Assistance to Indian Tribes - Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to Indian tribes to assist any such tribe to inventory, and plan the use of, reservation and other tribal lands, and to enter into contracts to obtain expert assistance in such inventorying and planning activities. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Commission to study the existing legal authority for tribal management, regulation, or control of reservation and other tribal lands, and to make recommendations on the advisability of a land resource program applicable to such lands. Requires the Secretary to submit the study and the recommendations of the Commission to Congress not later than 18 months after enactment of this Act. Title V: Authorizations and Allocations - Authorizes appropriations for grants to the States of $100,000,000 for each of the next 8 fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for each of the next 8 fiscal years for training and research grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for each of the next 8 fiscal years for grants to Indian tribes. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary for the next 2 fiscal years to carry out the study on Indian lands. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary for each of the next 5 fiscal years to administer this Act. Limits the amount of grants to States found eligible pursuant to this Act to 90 percent of the estimated cost of developing and administering the State land resource programs.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that discrimination in international commerce against individuals or institutions on religious, racial or ethnic grounds should not be tolerated. Urges action to be taken to end such discrimination.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Older Americans Community Service Employment Amendments - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to establish an older American community service program in order to promote useful part-time work opportunities in community service activities for unemployed low-income persons 55 years old or older who have poor employment prospects. Makes provisions for allotment of funds to State, local and private organizations to further the purposes of the program. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
National Education Investment Act - Title I: Loan and Guarantees and Interest Subsidies for Construction and Acquisition of Facilities for Elementary and Secondary Schools - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education, in order to assist State and local education agencies to carry out the acquisition and construction of facilities for elementary and secondary schools, to: (1) guarantee to non-Federal lenders making loans to such agencies the payment of principal and interest on such loans which are approved under this title; and (2) pay to the holder of such loans amounts sufficient to reduce the net effective interest rate otherwise payable on such loans by up to 3 percent. Provides that no loan guarantee or interest subsidy shall be made unless the Commissioner finds: (1) that the applicant was to secure the amount of such loan at equally favorable rates and conditions, and (2) that the construction will be undertaken in an economical manner. Establishes an Elementary and Secondary School Facility Construction and Acquisition Loan Guarantee and Interest Subsidy Fund in the Treasury. States that such funds shall be available to the Commissioner to enable him to discharge his responsibilities under this title. Authorizes the Commissioner to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Trasury to enable him to discharge his responsibilities if there are insufficient moneys in the fund. Authorizes to be appropraited to the fund not more than $2,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and not more than $2,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. Title II: National Education Trust Fund - Creates the National Educational Trust Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund not more than $10,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and not more than $10,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. States that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of the fund as is not, in his judgment, required to meet current withdrawals. Authorizes the Secretary to make and to contract to make payments from the fund to applicants in order to enable such applicants to substantially reduce or eliminate the taxation of real property for the purpose of financing elementary and secondary education. States that, in order to be eligible to receive payments under this title, an applicant shall provide satisfactory assurances to the Secretary that: (1) it will eliminate the taxation of real property for the purpose of financing elementary and secondary education on the first $35,000 of all resident-owned domiciles in which the head of the household or immediate survivor is receiving social security, railroad retirement, veteran's pension and/or disability benefits or equivalent retirement benefits as the major source of income; and (2) it will reduce the taxation of real property of all resident-owned domiciles to not more than 5 percent of the national adjusted average tax rate on real property for the purpose of financing elementary and secondary education. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress not later than March 1 of each year on the status and operation of the fund during the preceding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1975
Railroad Temporary Operating Authority Act - Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act to grant temporary approval, not to exceed 180 days, in applications for approval of a consolidation or merger of the properties of two or more carriers by railroad; or of a purchase, lease, acquisition of control, or contract to operate the properties of one or more carriers by railroad; or of acquisition by a carrier by railroad of trackage rights over, or joint ownership in or joint use of any railroad line or lines owned or operated by any other such carrier, and terminals incident thereto. Requires that in order for such authority to be granted it must appear that failure to grant such temporary approval may result in destruction or injury to such railroad properties or property rights sought to be acquired.
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