United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1976
Calls upon the President to continue negotiations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the purpose of resolving remaining issues within the framework of the Vladivostok agreement and to seek an agreement to reduce the number of strategic delivery vehicles permitted each country under the Vladivostok aide-memoire. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should seek agreement with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to ban flight testing and deployment by each country of specified air- launched cruise missiles, to ban the construction of such missiles other than for deployment on heavy bombers, and to ban the flight testing or deployment by either country of specified land-launched and sea-launched cruise missiles. Urges the President to offer the Soviet Union an immediate, mutual moratorium on flight testing of all strategic-range cruise missiles. Calls upon the President, following Senate advice and consent, to ratify the agreements outlined above and to begin negotiations with the Soviet Union for the purpose of securing a comprehensive nuclear test ban. Urges the President to secure: (1) further reductions in the numerical limits contained in the Vladivostok agreement; and (2) restraints on testing and deployment of major improvements in the strategic nuclear forces on both sides.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1976
Tax Credits and Allowances Act - Title I: Personal Credits Allowances for Basic Living Expenses, and other Tax Provisions - Repeals the personal exemption and provides, in lieu thereof, a credit against tax equal to the personal credits granted by this title. Provides a $225 credit for the taxpayer, and additional credits of $225 each for the taxpayer's spouse and each dependent. Authorizes prepayment of estimated personal credits to recipients of allowances for basic living expenses. Repeals the low income allowance. Provides for a standard employment expense deduction of: (1) ten percent (but not to exceed $500) of the earned income received by the lesser compensated spouse; and (2) ten percent (but not to exceed $1,000) of the earned income of the head of a household. Provides an allowance for basic living expenses. Specifies the requirements to be met for eligibility for receipt of such allowance, and sets forth the maximum amounts of such allowance. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate regulations for the administration of this Act. Defines the terms used in the Act. Provides special rules with respect to the filing status of individuals under this Act. Provides for the coordination of allowances and credits authorized by this Act with those authorized under the educational opportunity grant program of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. States that gross income does not include, for the purposes of this title, amounts received by recipients as allowances for basic living expenses. Title II: Public Assistance and Welfare Reform - Amends the Social Security Act to require State supplementation of income to families receiving aid for dependent children in the amount that the income of such families is reduced by the provisions of this Act. Provides that supplementary payments made by States under this title shall be made for a maximum period of 24 months. Changes the eligibility requirements for benefits under the supplemental security income programs of aid to aged, blind, or disabled individuals to prevent reduction of benefits recieved by such individuals by virtue of the provisions of this Act. States that until such time as a comprehensive program of services for families and children is developed and placed into effect, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall provide a transitional program of specified services to such families. States that the Secretary shall develop a comprehensive program of such services within one year of the effective date of this title. Authorizes optional state supplementation of social security income benefits to ameliorate the effects of the provisions of this Act on families with disabled children. Title III: Miscellaneous and General Provisions - Provides that the total amount of State supplementation payments made under this Act may be used as an allowance offset for purposes of income taxation where the application of the provisions of this Act results in a net reduction of its basic living expense allowance or its supplemental security income benefit. Prohibits Federal assistance to child-care facilities which impose income-related fees. Makes technical and conforming amendments in other specified laws. Repeals the Food Stamp Act of 1964. Provides that obligations of the United States shall be subject to garnishment and similar proceedings to meet court-ordered alimony, child-support, and rent obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1976
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish the support price of milk at not less than 80 percent of the parity price and to provide for quarterly adjustments of the support price by the Secretary of Agriculture to reflect the change in the index of prices paid by farmers for production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates. Directs that such adjustments shall not result in a support price which is less than 80 percent of the parity price. Provides that such adjustment authority shall expire on March 31, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 17 February 1976
Extends the deepest sympathy of the Senate to the President and to the people of Guatemala in this dark hour of their suffering and distress. Calls upon the Executive branch of the United States Government to develop programs to assist the people of Guatemala in their efforts to relieve the suffering caused by the disaster and to rehabilitate their nation from the damage inflicted.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1976
Alaskan Natural Gas Pipeline Authorization Act - Expresses the intent of Congress that the Alaskan natural gas pipeline be constructed promptly, without further administrative or judicial delay or impediment. Declares that the most efficient and economical method available for the transportation of Alaskan natural gas is a pipeline system from northern Alaska, across Canada, to the lower forty-eight States. Directs the Federal Power Commission to issue all necessary permits and authorizations in order to expedite the construction and operation of such pipeline within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act. Grants the holders of such permits the powers of eminent domain under the Natural Gas Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior and other appropriate Federal officials to issue all necessary permits and to take appropriate action within 60 days to expedite the enforcement of all rights-of-way related to the construction and operation of such pipeline. Requires compliance with requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 relating to rights-of-way for pipelines through Federal lands. Exempts such pipeline from requirements concerning (1) environmental protection, (2) technical and financial capacity of applicants, (3) public hearings, (4) licensing requirements for crude oil under the Export Administration Act of 1969, and (5) furnishing of specified information and reports. Authorizes the Secretary and the Commission to waive procedural requirements of Federal law where desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Declares that (1) the actions of Federal officers and agencies under this Act and (2) the legal or factual sufficiency of any environmental statement relative to such pipeline under provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, shall not be subject to judicial review by the Courts. Allows for claims that (1) this Act is unconstitutional; (2) actions under this Act will deny Constitutional rights; and (3) actions taken are beyond the scope of authority conferred by this Act, provided that such claims are filed within sixty days following the date of the challenged action. Declares that exclusive jurisdiction shall be vested in the United States district courts, and that review of any final order shall be had only upon direct appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Declares that the district court shall not have the power to issue injunctive relief against the issuance of any certificate, except in cases where a final judgment is entered. Recognizes that approval by the Government of Canada is necessary in order to construct such pipeline. Declares it to be in the national interest of the United States to cooperate with Canada should such approval be forthcoming. Declares that authorizations issued pursuant to this Act shall grant no immunity from Federal antitrust laws.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1976
Student Consumer Information Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Commissioner of Education to make payments to educational institutions eligible under such Act to support programs of student consumer information, and to support other necessary costs of administering Federal student aid programs. Directs institutions receiving such payments to carry out information dissemination activities to prospective students and enrolled students requesting information on financial assistance under such Act. Requires that such disseminated information accurately describe: (1) student financial assistance programs available; (2) methods of distribution; (3) means of application; (4) rights and responsibilities accompanying such assistance; (5) the cost of attending the institution; (6) the institution's refund policy; (7) the institution's academic program; and (8) the persons and location of such persons designated to administer information dissemination activities under this Act. Requires each institution receiving such payments to designate an employee or group of employees to be available on a full-time basis to assist students or potential students in obtaining financial assistance information under such Act, unless this requirement is waived by the Commissioner. Directs the Commissioner to make available to eligible institutions under such Act, by way of publication in the Federal Register and other appropriate means, descriptions of Federal student assistance programs.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Energy Conservation Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to prescribe guidelines for the development and preparation of proposed State energy conservation programs. Stipulates that such guidelines be designed to allow States maximum flexibility and discretion in preparing such programs. Requires that States be given an opportunity to participate in the drafting of such guidelines. Authorizes the Administrator to provide Federal financial assistance to States whose proposed energy conservation programs meet specified Federal criteria. Stipulates that such assistance may be in the form of loan guarantees, interest subsidies, or grants. Lists factors to be considered in determining the amount of such assistance. Stipulates that no State shall receive more than 12.5 percent of the national total in each category of financial assistance. Establishes the following limits on financial assistance under this Act: (1) loan guarantees- shall not exceed an aggregate of $10,000,000,000 at any one time; (2) interest subsidies to residential and small business consumers-authorizes an appropriation of not more than $90,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $180,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $360,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980; and (3) grants to States-$50,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1977 through 1980. Specifies the following criteria for State programs as a pre-condition of receiving Federal financial assistance under this Act: (1) limits the maximum term of loan guarantees or subsidies to 15 years or the anticipated useful life of any permanent facilities, whichever is shorter; (2) requires procedures for energy audits and distribution of resultant information to consumers; (3) requires incentives for the implementation of energy conservation measures by individual owners and tenants; (4) demonstration that such program is designed to achieve maximum energy savings in the shortest possible time; and (5) reasonable assurance that the financial interest of the United States will be protected. Authorizes States to encourage the development of energy conservation cooperatives of residential energy consumers as part of their energy conservation programs.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Expresses the solidarity of the American people in efforts to enlarge human freedom by the participants in the second Brussels conference, February 17 to 19, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1976
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning May 9, 1976, as "National Small Business Week", in recognition of the achievements and contributions which small and independent family-farmers and business men and women have made to American society.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1976
National Diabetes Advisory Board Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Diabetes Advisory Board to insure the implementation of the long-range plan formulated by the National Commission on Diabetes to combat diabetes. Specifies seven Federal health officers as members of the Board, in addition to seven health professionals and five members of the general public to be appointed by the Secretary. Makes provision for staffing and compensation. Authorizes the Board to enter into contracts or other arrangements, or to take such other action as may be necessary to carry out its functions. Authorizes the Board to engage in and sponsor activities, collect data, and provide technical assistance as it deems necessary and advisable in the performance of its functions. Requires the Board to submit simultaneously to the President and Congress an Annual Diabetes Report describing Board activities in the prior year and progress made in diabetes research, treatment, and education with specific reference to the long-range plan to combat diabetes mellitus and suggesting recommended future expenditures and legislation. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for fiscal year 1976 and such sums as necessary for each of the four fiscal years thereafter. Authorizes the Secretary to make distinguished scientist awards to individual scientists who have shown continuous and outstanding productivity in diabetes research for the purpose of continuing such research. Limits the amount of each grant to no more than $35,000 per year. Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts for the purpose of making such grants in fiscal years 1976-1980. Authorizes, under the Public Health Service Act, the appropriation of specified sums in fiscal years 1977-1981 for the purpose of making grants to centers for research and training in diabetes mellitus and related endocrine and metabolic disorders.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1976
National Center for Women Act - Establishes a National Center for Women as an independent agency of the Executive branch: (1) to review and coordinate Federal programs to insure equal opportunity for women; (2) to serve as a clearinghouse for information on public programs and legislation of interest to women; and (3) to recommend to the President and Congress proposals to improve the status of women. Directs the establishment of a National Board of Advisors within such Center, which members shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Board of Advisors to maintain effective liaison with public agencies and other organizations concerned with the status of women. Transfers to the Administrator of such Center the functions of: (1) the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year; (2) the Citizen's Advisory Council on the Status of Women established under Executive Order 11126; (3) the interdepartmental Committee on the Status of Women established under Executive Order 11126; (4) the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor; (5) the Women's Action Program of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; and (6) the Women's Rights Program Unit of the Civil Rights Commission. Creates within the Center an Intergovernmental Task Force on the representatives of specified executive departments and independent regulatory agencies. Directs such Task Force to assist in the evaluation and coordination of Federal programs for women and to develop procedures to insure equal rights to women within Federal agencies. Directs each Federal agency to review regulations, policies, and procedures of its programs to assure full participation and equal opportunity for women.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1976
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to give the President the power to appoint six members of the eight-member Federal Election Commission by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Appoints the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives as ex officio members of the Commission without the right to vote. Terminates the terms of the present members once the new members are appointed and confirmed pursuant to this Act. Declares the sense of the Congress that appointments authorized by this Act should be made as soon as possible.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1976
Commodity Supplemental Food Program Act - Revises the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to pay to each State or local agency administering any commodity supplemental food program referred to as a supplemental feeding program under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973, the administrative costs for such program in an amount not exceeding 20 percent of the total amount made available to such State or agency for such program in any fiscal year. States that, notwithstanding this limitation, the Secretary shall pay the total expenses necessary for successful operation of such program during the first 90 days after enactment of this Act or until the commodity supplemental food program reaches its projected caseload level, whichever is longer. Directs each State or local agency participating in such program to submit a report to the Secretary describing the manner in which nutrition education services are being provided to the recipients of food under such program. States that the payment of administrative expenses by the Secretary shall not be conditioned upon the submission of such report. Requires the maintenance in such programs of the types and varieties of commodities in the same proportional amounts which are currently available or which were available in the the 1974 fiscal year, whichever is greater. Directs the Secretary to require that specified foods be made available to recipients under such program. Allows such program to exist in the same area in which another food program is in operation if the State or local agency establishes safeguards to prevent households and individuals from participating in both programs. Prevents any State or local agency from prohibiting children under six years of age from receiving benefits under such programs if they are otherwise eligible to receive such benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1976
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt farmers from the highway use tax on heavy trucks if the farmer (1) uses such vehicle primarily for farming purposes, and (2) is not a corporation with gross receipts in excess of $950,000 or with gross receipts more than 50 percent of which are from activities other than farming.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1976
Directs the Senate Select Committee on Small Business to examine, investigate, and make a complete study of the problems of American small and independent business and to make recommendations concerning those problems to the appropriate committee of the Senate. Authorizes the Committee to make expenditures of $252,500 from the contingent fund of the Senate to employ personnel necessary to carry out such functions. Allocates $2,500 of the total expenditure for the procurement of services of consultants. Requires the committee to report its findings to the Senate at the earliest practicable date, but not later than February 28, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1976
Congressional Office of Regulatory Policy Oversight Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress that the Federal regulatory system has a substantial impact on the economic, natural, and social environment and that Congress presently lacks a system for timely analysis and approval or disapproval of regulatory activities. Title I: Establishment of Office - Establishes the Congressional Office of Regulatory Policy Oversight within the legislative branch of the Government. Establishes the Regulatory Policy Oversight Board to manage the Office. Requires the Office to analyze probable beneficial and adverse impacts of major regulatory action and to develop specific recommendations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of regulatory agency activities. Directs the Office to provide assistance to any Congressional committee charged with overseeing any regulatory agency. Requires the Director of the Office to report annually to the Congress his recommendations to improve the efficiency of the regulatory process. States that the Board shall consist of twelve Members of Congress and the Director of the Office of Regulatory Policy Oversight. Lists the Director's responsibilities including: (1) determining the extent to which regulatory agencies are conforming to the purposes and intent of Congress as stated in the findings of this Act; and (2) reviewing agency regulations and recommending amendments to such regulations. Requires that each regulatory agency develop, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, a long-term plan for continuing implementation of the statutes, programs, and activities for which it is responsible. Requires the Director to investigate the qualifications and possible conflicts of interests of any person nominated to serve as a member of a regulatory agency. Prescribes criminal penalties for any person who without authorization makes public any information held by the Office pursuant to such investigation. Requires the Director to make public any information necessary to keep the public fully informed. Sets forth guidelines for protecting personal privacy and trade secrets while making such disclosures. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Restricts the maximum number of employees of the Office to 100. Title II: Congressional Oversight of Regulatory Activity - Defines the terms used in this Act. Requires all proposed rules by regulatory agencies which involve a significant question concerning the implementation of the law to be transmitted to the Congress for its consideration. Makes such rules effective 15 days after submission unless an appropriate committee recommends a review of such rule. Directs the Office to investigate all such rules submitted to Congress, when in the opinion of the Board such rule poses a substantial question of law or policy which merits the consideration of Congress. Stipulates that such investigation shall consider the probable effects of such rule including its effects on: (1) the economy; (2) other government programs; (3) State regulatory efforts; and (4) full employment and price stability. Directs the Office to recommend to the appropriate oversight committee approval, disapproval, or modification of the rule reviewed. Permits the President to make recommendations concerning such rules. Requires the Office to review the procedures of regulatory agencies and make appropriate recommendations on policy and procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1976
Honors Clarence M. Mitchell, Junior, for his contributions to the establishment of justice and equality in America. Expresses gratitude for his efforts to improve the quality of life for all Americans.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Energy Research and Development Free Enterprise Act - Title I: Findings, Definitions, and General Provisions - Declares that it is the policy of the Congress that small business concerns and individual inventors should be provided greater opportunities by the Federal Government in the development of energy resources and technology, with special emphasis on solar energy technology and to expand competition and reduce concentration in the energy industries of the Nation. Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to offer increased opportunities in Federal energy development programs to small business concerns and individual inventors. Title II: Energy Program Reorganization - Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to establish within the Energy Research and Development Administration five additional Assistant Administrators for: (1) small business concerns and individual inventors; (2) planning and analysis; (3) laboratory and field coordination; (4) administration; and (5) international officers. Requires that no less than 50 percent of the total amount of funds for solar energy technology programs and no less than 20 percent of the total amount of funds for all areas of energy technology be made available to small business concerns and individual inventors. Limits the awarding of energy program contracts in situations where the financial capabilities of non-Federal entities are inadequate to develop such technology without Federal assistance. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and each fiscal year thereafter to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration in order to provide consultation services for the preparation of contract proposals by small businesses and individual inventors. Title III: Encouragement of Competition in Energy Programs - Directs the Administrators of the Energy Research and Development and the Small Business Administrations to provide detailed information to potential participants in energy programs. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to refrain from awarding contracts which will have an adverse impact on industry or market competition. Directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to recommend criteria to the Administration upon which to make such a determination. Prohibits the entering into of any energy contract to any person who has an interest in delaying completion of the contract or altering any research findings in the performance of such contract. Requires the Administrator to transmit to the Attorney General a copy of the proposed contract if the profitmaking enterprise has gross assets exceeding $250,000,000. Prohibits the Administrator from awarding a contract to such an enterprise until the Attorney General's opinion is received. Establishes procedures and requirements for the disclosure of information relating to the awarding of contracts by the Administrator and by program participants. Imposes a fine of $20,000, or the amount of the contract, whichever is greater; and/or imprisonment of up to two years for participants who transmit false, fictitious, or fradulent information.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
National Food Stamp Reform Act - Deletes, under the Food Stamp Act, the prohibition against students receiving food stamps and makes them eligible under specified circumstances. Lowers the work registration age limit from 65 to 60. Revises the provisions related to employer housing, standard deductions, and Government vendor payments. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to formulate and administer the food stamp program so that eligible households are furnished with a coupon allotment sufficient to provide them with a nutritionally adequate diet, with the amount of such allotments adjusted semi-annually to reflect changes in the price of food. Provides that, where the Secretary determines that there has been gross negligence or fraud on the part of the State agency in the certification of applicant households, the State shall, upon request of the Secretary, deposit into a separate account of the Federal Treasury a sum equal to the face value of any coupon issued as a result of negligence or fraud, such funds to be available without fiscal year limitation for the redemption of coupons. Directs the Secretary to institute procedures whereby Federal, State, and local officials meet monthly to reconcile all records related to the disbursement of food stamp coupons. Requires the Secretary and State agencies to carry out an effective program of nutrition education and directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on progress in this area. Makes provision for retroactive benefits where food coupons are wrongfully denied and for bilingual assistance in areas where there are numerous potentially eligible, non-English speaking persons. Requires the issuance of food stamps at all Postal Service facilities where postage stamps are sold. Expands program notification requirements and opportunities to use food stamps for "meals on wheals" where members of eligible households are elderly or disabled. Grants the Secretary authority to carry out experimental projects designed to increase the program's efficiency. States that the amount of assets households may own and still be eligible for the program shall be adjusted annually to reflect cost changes in the Consumer Price Index. Provides for prompt certification of eligible applicant households.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Provides that a charitable organization shall be denied exemption from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code where amounts paid or incurred by such organization during each taxable year to influence legislation exceed specified sums of money, or where a significant portion of the activities of such organization consists of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. Designates charitable organizations to which this Act applies, and defines the term "influencing legislation". Disallows deductions to charitable organizations where the contribution is made for the purpose of influencing legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1975
Revises rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate in order to allow three members of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare to serve as ex officio members of the Committee on Appropriations when the annual appropriations bill making appropriations for specified organizations including the Department of Labor,the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the National Science Foundation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Legal Services Corporation is considered.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Rehabilitation Act Extension - Extends under the Rehabilitation Act the authorizations of appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation; (2) research and training; (3) grants for construction of rehabilitation facilities; (4) vocational training services for handicapped individuals; (5) special projects and demonstrations; (6) the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults; (7) program and project evaluations; (8) secretarial responsibilities; and (9) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 1975
Extends from two years to three years the period during which the President is authorized to call a White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals. Provides that funds appropriated for such purpose shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1978 (presently available only until June 30, 1977).
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to distribute funds in the amount of $925,000 to Recording for the Blind, Incorporated, to assist such corporation in carrying out specified projects. Requires that, prior to the receipt of such funds, the corporation provide satisfactory assurance that appropriate fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be adopted.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1975
Health Professions Education Amendments - Revises title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Extends through fiscal year 1979 the present authority to guarantee loans for the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, veternarians, optometrists, podiatrists, and professional public health personnel. Repeals the title VII authority to make grants for the construction of such facilities. Authorizes States, under title XVI of such Act, to use Federal formula allotments, loans, loan guarantees, and interest subsidies for modernization necessary to increase the primary care health manpower training capacity of hospitals and outpatient facilities affiliated with a medical, osteopathic, or dental school. Eliminates capitation for schools of pharmacy. Phases out capitation for schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry. Provides that the latter class of schools may agree to undertake efforts designed to address geographic and specialty maldistribution, thus making them eligible to receive National Priority Incentive grants in the amount of $1,500 per student in place of capitation phase-out grants. Stipulates that all schools receiving either National Priority Incentive grants or capitation phase-out grants must maintain enrollment at the academic year 1975-76 level and maintain the level of non-Federal funds spent. Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to waive this requirement in unusual circumstances. Authorizes appropriations of $126,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; $123,400,000 for fiscal year 1977; $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1978; and $118,200,000 for fiscal year 1979 for the National Priority Incentive Grants and capitation phase-out grants. Revises and consolidates the existing authorities for dispensing grants for special projects into special projects sections. Authorizes grants to support the following projects: (1) establishment and expansion of family medicine training programs; (2) establishment and expansion of training programs in general internal medicine, general pediatrics, general medicine, general dentistry, and pedodontics; (3) establishment of relationships between schools of optometry, podiatry, and pharmacy, and for other health training and service entities; improvement of aspects of curricula and training in those schools; and placement of graduates of those schools and veterinary schools in underserved areas; (4) provision of graduate training in important public health related fields; (5) improvement of allied health professions training; (6) provision for training of primary care physician extenders and expanded function dental auxiliaries; (7) undertaking of training activities designed to address geographic maldistribution of health professionals; (8) provision of financial and other assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to enable them to enter health professions careers; (9) provision for financial and other assistance to United States graduates of foreign medical schools to assist them to complete their medical or osteopathic education in the United States, and provision of intensive instruction to foreign medical graduates working in the United States; (10) provision of financial aid to those schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, or public health which are having serious accreditation problems, with amounts limited to 75 percent of any financial distress grant provided in the preceding fiscal year; (11) the utilization of innovative training methods in medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry likely to reduce the costs of medical, osteopathic, and dental training, and for assisting new schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentisty to primarily utilize such methods; (12) evaluating changes in admissions criteria, providing certain specialized kinds of training, providing interdisciplinary training, and demonstrating curriculum innovations. Phases out the present start-up authority. Permits the Secretary to utilize contracts as well as grants, except in cases of financial distress. Authorizes specified amounts to be appropriated for fiscal years 1976 - 1979. Replaces the present Public Health and National Health Service Corps with the Health Service Scholarship Program (HSSP), which is charged with providing scholarships to medical, osteopathic, and dental students in exchange for service in the Public Health Service, other Federal health service, or in a health manpower shortage area. Makes eligible students who agree to accept scholarships, if offered, when they apply for admission to a health professions school. Permits students to satisfy their committment by accepting a Defense Department scholarship. States that scholarships would be awarded for periods of two to fours years in an annual amount of $3,600, plus tuition and other reasonable education expenses. Requires upon completion of training, the scholarship recipient to perform one year of service for each year of assistance. Gives the individual, within limitation, the choice of: (1) serving as a commissioned officer or a civilian member of the Public Health Service or other Federal Health service; or (2) practicing his profession in a health manpower shortage area as a private practitioner. Grants the Secretary the final authority to choose the location and mode of service of participants, making such assignments on the basis of priorities extent at the time such participants became available for service. Requires all such individuals to engage full-time in patient care activities. Protects persons serving in health manpower shortage areas against income so low as to compromise the effectiveness of their practice by means of a minimum income provision. Requires a scholarship recipient who fails to perform his service responsibilities to repay twice the amount of the scholarship assistance tendered multiplied by the proportion of service not performed, plus interest. Authorizes specified appropriations for HSSP for fiscal years 1976 - 1979. Limits Federal capital contributions to health profession schools' loan funds. Provides that the money invested by the Federal government in schools' loan funds will remain available for re-loan by the schools as it is repaid by student borrowers, but future loans to students will be required to carry seven percent, rather than three percent, interest. Terminates the authority under which the Secretary repays any educational loans of individuals who go into practice in shortage areas, except in the case of students receiving loans prior to the enactment of these provisions. Phases out residual Federal responsibilities under the health professions education fund. Establishes, within the Public Health Service, the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education, to be composed of health services experts, students, health specialty body representatives, planners, third party payers, and consumers. Charges the Council with analyzing the distribution among specialties of physicians and medical students and evaluating alternative approaches to ensuring an appropriate balance. Directs the Council to offer recommendations to the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Dedicates the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park to Justice William O. Douglas in grateful recognition of his long and outstanding service to the people of the United States as a teacher, writer, jurist, and naturalist. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to have the words " Dedicated to Justice William O. Douglas" prominently displayed on all signs bearing the name of the park and to take other actions to call to the attention of the public the fact that such park has been so dedicated. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1975
Revises the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act to provide that with respect to Federal funds appropriated to the States for State commercial fisheries research and development projects, no State may receive an initial apportionment for any fiscal year of less than one-half of one percent of the funds or more than six percent of the funds. Directs that funds appropriated for such purpose but unobligated at the end of the year shall no longer be considered as apportioned to that State and shall remain available until expended to carry out the purposes of this Act (presently provides that such funds shall be returned to the treasury).
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 1975
New York City Seasonal Financing Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans to New York City or its financing agent. Requires that each loan fall due not later than the last day of the City's fiscal year. Sets the interest rate on such loans at one percent per annum above the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with remaining periods to maturity comparable to the maturities of such loans. Permits the Secretary to require the City, any financing agent, or if necessary, the State of New York, to provide such security for the loans as he deems appropriate. Allows the Secretary to enforce any claim the United States may have against the City by withholding any payments from the United States to the City, either directly or through the State, which may be or may become due pursuant to any other law. Requires that no loan be made unless the Secretary determines that there is a reasonable prospect of repayment. Empowers the Secretary to make such terms and conditions as he may deem appropriate to ensure repayment. Limits the maximum outstanding amount of loans made under this Act to $2,300,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from any sales of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act for the purpose of making any loan under this Act. Terminates the Secretary's authority to make loans under this Act on June 30, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Authorizes, under the Administrative Procedure Act, the awarding of reasonable attorney fees and other expenses for participation in proceedings before Federal regulatory agencies. Sets forth criteria governing the awarding of fees and expenses. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Title I: Short Title - Federal Drug and Devices Act. Title II: Definitions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Title III: Prohibited Acts and Penalties - Sets forth acts prohibited by this Act including: the adulteration or misbranding of any drug or device in interstate commerce; false guaranties, misrepresentation, or any act which renders a drug counterfeit as defined in this Act. States that the district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of this title. Provides that any person who violates a provision of this title shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000, or both and shall be subject to a fine of $10,000 or three years imprisonment or both for a second offense. Provides for the seizure of drugs and devices introduced into commerce in violation of the provisions of this Act. Establishes a civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation of this title. Title IV: Drugs and Devices - Sets forth the definition of an adulterated drug or device and a misbranded drug or device. Specifies substances which shall require a prescription. Directs that no person shall introduce into commerce any new drug, unless an application for approval is effective with respect to such drug. Sets forth investigative procedures which each new drug must be subjected to before approval is given. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Drug and Devices Administration to withdraw approval of an application with respect to any drug after notice and an opportunity to the applicant for a hearing. Specifies the conditions upon which the Commissioner may withdraw approval. Sets forth procedures to be followed by the Commissioner in the issuance of orders. Provides for an appeal by the applicant of an order of the Commissioner refusing or withdrawimg approval of an application. Directs the Commissioner to promulgate regulations exempting from the operation of this Act drugs intended solely for investigational use by qualified experts. Requires that in the case of any drug for which an approval of an application filed pursuant to this section is in effect, the applicant shall establish and maintain such records, conduct such post-market or post-approval studies as required by the Commissioner, and report to the Commissioner on data relating to clinical experience and information obtained by the applicant. Requires that such records be made available upon request of an officer or employee designated by the Commissioner. Provides that drugs in the final stage of investigation before either being approved or rejected by the Commissioner may be marketed subject to any conditions he may deem necessary. Directs the Commissioner to require that such drugs have approved labels. Requires that patients be warned that such drugs have not received final approval. States that the Commissioner shall design a system of registration numbers for such drugs which show the specialty and the nature of the practice of the physician prescribing such drugs. Directs that drugs not given final approval shall require an informed consent from patients receiving such drugs. Authorizes the Commissioner to designate an official name for any drug or device. Directs that such name shall be the only official name of that drug or device used in any official compendium published after such name has been prescribed. Provides that the Commissioner may review such names and make changes as he finds necessary. Requires that producers of drugs and devices register with the Commissioner. Authorizes the Commissioner to assign a registration number to producers registered in accordance with this Act. Makes the information filed with the Commission available to the public. Title V: New Animal Drugs - Establishes minimum safety standards for new animal drugs and feed containing such drugs. Requires persons to apply to the Commissioner for any intended use of such feed or drugs. Sets forth the information required to be given by each applicant. Directs the Commissioner to either approve the application or give the applicant notice of an opportunity for a hearing within a specified time. Allows the Commissioner to withdraw his approval of any such drug or feed upon a finding that the drug is unsafe. Requires applicants receiving approval of new animal drugs or feed containing such drugs to maintain records and make reports to the Commissioner of data relating to experience and other information about the drug obtained by the applicant. Title VI: Medical Devices - Directs the Commissioner to appoint classification panels of experts to review and classify devices intended for human use and to make recommendations to the Commissioner concerning the effectiveness and safety of such devices. Authorizes the Commissioner to promulgate for any device a performance standard relating to safety and effectiveness. Directs the Commissioner to consult with, and give appropriate weight to relevant standards published by other Federal agencies concerned with setting standards. Sets forth procedures for the promulgation of performance standards. Requires that persons interested in developing performance standards be invited to make offers to develop such standards as outlined by the Commissioner. Allows the Commissioner to use existing performance standards. Requires the Commissioner to review and evaluate on a continuing basis testing and other quality control programs carried out by the manufacturers of devices subject to performance standards. Authorizes the banning of devices which the Commissioner finds present an unreasonable risk of harm to the public. Requires producers to notify the Commissioner immediately of any defect in their devices. Authorizes the Commissioner to require the producer to provide adequate notification of the defect. Provides that the Commissioner may also require that the device be brought into conformity with the performance standards or repaired. Requires all producers of devices for human use to keep records and report to the Commissioner information relating to clinical experience and any other information obtained by such person with respect to such device. Authorizes the Commissioner to research the safety, development, improvement and proper use of such devices. Provides that standards promulgated by the Commissioner shall pre-empt the States' authority to establish or continue in effect any performance standard unless such requirements are identical to Federal requirements. Title VII: General Administrative Provisions - Gives the Commissioner authority to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of this Act. Sets forth the administrative procedures which shall be followed in issuing or amending any such regulation. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct examinations and investigations for the purposes of this Act through the Drug and Devices Administration. Gives officers of the Administration access to all records of carriers and persons receiving drugs or devices. Provides that officers designated by the Assistant Commissioner of Compliance and Monitoring shall have authority to enter factories and warehouses in which drugs or devices are manufactured or held for the purpose of inspecting all things therein. Sets forth minimum safety standards for color additives. Directs the Commissioner to provide for the separate listing of color additives for use in or on drugs. Lists those factors which shall be considered by the Commissioner in determining the safety of a color additive. Provides for the certification of color additives. Sets forth procedures for the issuance, amendment or repeal of regulations dealing with color additives. Title VIII: Drug and Devices Administration - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Drug and Devices Administration which shall be headed by the Commissioner of Drugs and Devices. Provides also for the establishment of the Drug and Devices Research and Development Review Bureau, the Research and Development Bureau, and the Compliance and Monitoring Bureau. Gives the Commissioner the authority necessary to carry out this Act. Title IX: National Drug Review Board - Authorizes the establishment of a non- profit corporation to be known as the National Drug Review Board. Provides that the Board shall advise the Commissioner as necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. Requires the Board to submit an annual report to Congress containing an analysis of drugs currently in use, the uses of such drugs, adverse and unanticipated reactions from such drugs and recommendations for legislation. Title X: Imports and Exports - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to destroy or to cause to be exported any imported drug or device which the Commissioner determines to be unsafe. Sets forth standards for drugs and devices intended for export. Title XI: Miscellaneous - Transfers from the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Commissioner specified powers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in cooperation with appropriate professional entities and individuals, shall establish within one year standards with respect to preventive health care for identifiable populations within health programs funded Under such Act. States that such standards shall be developed to identify populations in need and to maintain population-directed preventive health programs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1975
Title I: Short Title - Federal Food and Cosmetics Act. Title II: Definitions - Defines the terms as used in this Act. Title III: Prohibited Acts and Penalties - Sets forth acts prohibited by this Act including: the introduction into commerce of any food a cosmetic that is adulterated, misbranded or unsafe. Provides that any person who violates a provision of this Act shall be imprisoned for not more than one year and fined not more than $1,000, or both. States that second offenses shall be punishable by a fine of $10,000 or three years imprisonment, or both. Authorizes the seizure of any article of food or cosmetics that is adulterated or misbranded. Creates a civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation of this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Food and Cosmetics Administration (established by title VII) to initiate, defend, or appeal any court action arising as a result of the administration of this Act. Title IV: Food - Authorizes the Commissioner to promulgate regulations fixing and establishing for any food, under its common name, a reasonable definition and standard of identity, a reasonable standard of quality, and reasonable standards of of fill of container. Provides that a food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it bears or contains any deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health, or if any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom. Directs the Commissioner upon a finding that the distribution in commerce of any class of food may, be injurious to health by reason of contamination with micro-organisms during manufacture, processing, or packing, to issue to such handlers permits to which shall be attached conditions governing the manufacture, processing, or packing of such class of food for such period of time as may be necessary to protect the public health. Provides that where any deleterious substance is required or cannot be avoided in the production of dood, the Commissioner shall promulgate regulations limiting the quantity therein. Makes the provisions of this Act applicable to colored olemargarine or colored margarine which is sold in the same State or Territory in which it is produced. Directs that any poisonous or deleterious pesticide chemical added to a raw agricultural commodity, shall be deemed adulterated and, therefore, unsafe unless a tolerance for such pesticide has been prescribed or the pesticide has been exempted from the requirement of a tolerance by the Commissioner. Requires the Commissioner to promulgate regulations establishing tolerances with respect to the use in or on raw agricultural commodities of poisonous or deleterious pesticide chemicals. Sets forth guidelines for the establishment of such regulations. Provides guidelines for the regulation of food additivies pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Title V: Cosmetics - Provides that a cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) if it contains any deleterious substance which may render it injurious; (2) if it contains any filthy substance; (3) if it has been prepared or packed or held under unsanitary conditions; (4) if its container is composed of any deleterious substance, or if it is not a hair dye and it contains a color additive which is unsafe. States that a cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded if it has any of the characteristics specified in the Act including: (1) a misleading label or one which does not list all of the information required by this Act; or (2) a misleading container. Directs the Commissioner to promulgate regulations exempting from any labeling requirement of tis Act cosmetics which are to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial qualtities at establishments other than those originally processed or packed. Title VI: General Administrative Provisions - Provides that authority to promulgate regulations for the enforcement of this Act shall be vested in the Commissioner. States that any action for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any regulation of this Act shall be begun by the Commissioner on his initiative or by petition of any interested person showing reasonable grounds therefor. Establishes procedures whereby any person adversely affected by any order of the Commissioner, shall have an opportunity to have a hearing to consider the objections. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct examinations and investigations for purposes of this Act. Provides that upon application of any packer of seafood for shipment or sale within the jurisdiction of this Act the Commissioner may inspect such food. Directs that if the food complies with the requirements of this Act the applicant shall be required to make the food as provided by regulation to show compliance. Requires carriers engaged in commerce to permit officers, designated by the Commissioner, to have access to all records showing the movement in commerce of any food or cosmetic, or the holding thereof during or after such movement. Authorizes duly designated employees of the Commissioner to inspect establishments in which food or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held. Requires the Commissioner to publicize reports summarizing all judgments decrees and court orders rendered under this Act. States that color additives shall be deemed unsafe unless they conform to regulations issued pursuant to this Act. Provides that the Commissioner shall list by regulation, color additives for use in food, separately from color additives for use in or on cosmetics. Directs the Commissioner to refuse to list a color additive for a proposed use unless the data before him establishes that such use, will be safe as determined by guidelines provided in this Act. Title VII: Food and Cosmetics Administration - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare the Food and Cosmetics Administration to be headed by a Commissioner. Establishes within the agency a bureau to be known as the Compliance and Monitoring Bureau to be headed by an Assistant Commissioner. Provides that there shall be within the Administration a food and Cosmetic Research and Development Review Bureau. Specifies the duties of the Commissioner which include responsibility for the hiring and supervision of all personnel of the Administration; the appointment of advisory committees, the promulgation of regulations necessary to carry out the functions vested in him, to conduct public hearings, and to undertake such other activities as are necessary to the enforcement of the laws subject to his jurisdiction. Title VIII: Imports and Exports - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the Commissioner, upon request, samples of food and cosmetics, which are being imported the United States. Authorizes the destruction of such goods shown to be in violation of the standards established by this Act. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Transfers to the Commissioner the pertinent functions, powers, and duties vested in the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under specified Acts including the Filled Milk Act, the Tea Importation Act, the Federal Caustic Poison Act and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
States that the Senate commends Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger for his excellence in office, his intellectual honesty, personal integrity, courage and independence. Expresses a debt of gratitude to Secretary Schlesinger for his services and particularly for his determination to convey the truth to the American people.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1975
Education Amendments - Title I: Higher Education - Extends the Higher Education Act until October 1, 1982. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act until such date. Revises the provisions of the Act dealing with basic educational opportunity grants to provide that any amount paid under the Social Security Act to the student, which would not be paid if he were not a student, shall be considered as effective family income (formerly considered income to the student). Provides that in awarding student grants under the State student incentive grants program there shall be no differentiation between students based on whether the student pursues his study within the State or outside the State. Provides that loans insured or guaranteed under this Act may be released by a discharge in bankruptcy only if such discharge is granted after the five year period beginning on the date of commencement of the repayment period of such loan. Calls for regulations to provide for standards of financial responsibility for institutions of higher education receiving benefit from this Act. Provides for a fiscal audit of such institutions. Authorizes the suspension of payment to any such institution which violates regulations established pursuant to this Act. Repeals those sections of the Act which provide for attracting and qualifying teachers to meet teacher shortages. Title II: Vocational Education - Extends the Vocational Education Act until October 1, 1982. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of such Act until such date. Revises the Vocational Education Act to provide assistance to the States in improving planning in the use of all resources available to them for vocational education and manpower training in addition to the Federal Grants presently available to carry out such planning. Requires the establishment of a State board for vocational education in any State desiring to participate in the programs authorized by this Act. Provides that such board shall be the sole State agency responsible for development of policy with respect to such programs. Authorizes the appropriation of sufficient funds to pay one-half the cost of the planning activities of the State board. Retains the requirement that participating States establish advisory councils. Adds to the required membership on such councils representatives of private programs of vocational education, representatives familiar with vocational guidance and representatives of State correctional institutions. Provides that members of the council may not represent more that one of the categories which require representation. Establishes the requirement that there be appropriate representation of both sexes, racial and ethnic minorities, and the various geographic regions of the State. Requires each State board to submit to the Commissioner of education a comprehensive long- range plan for vocational education within the State. Directs that in developing such a plan the board shall assess among other things the needs for trained manpower and assess the capabilities for providing vocational education to meet such needs. Sets forth procedures to be followed by the States in applying for funds provided under the programs established by this Act. Requires that the application make assurances that the State will maintain fiscal control and that such funds shall supplement rather than replace State funds intended for such purposes. Lists applicants which shall be given priority. Requires that each State receiving funds pursuant to this Act submit to the Commissioner an annual program plan, as specified, for expenditure of such funds. Requires the States receiving funds to use a specified percentage of such funds to establish a special vocational education program for physically handicapped persons and for persons having academic or socioeconomic handicaps. Provides that each State must also allocate a portion of such funds to areas of high concentration of youth unemployment and school dropouts. Makes available to the States Federal assistance to enable them to develop and conduct vocational guidance and counseling programs and activities for individuals of all ages. Requires the States to set forth, in their annual program plan its proposed allotment of funds among eligible recipients for vocational development guidance and counseling programs and services. Provides training and retraining opportunities for persons serving or preparing to serve in vocational education programs. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to, and enter into contracts with States and educational institutions in order to develop and demonstrate innovative programs and projects designed to assist students in acquiring necessary skills for career success. Provides Federal assistance for the development and dissemination of curriculums for new and changing occupations. Establisher programs of work-study for vocational education students pursuant to requirements set forth in the Act. Enables the Commissioner to make grants to States for the establishment and expansion of programs of cooperative vocational education, involving alternate academic and vocational study and public or private employment. Provides emergency assistance to local educational agencies to provide vocational education designed to meet today's manpower needs. Assists such agencies in the modernization of facilities and equipment necessary to assure that they will be able to offer vocational education programs which give reasonable promise of employment. Maintain's the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education for the period for which appropriations are authorized under this Act. Sets forth new qualificiations for individuals chosen to serve on the Council. Provides that in addition to its advisory duties, the Council shall identify the vocational education and manpower needs of the Nation and access the extent to which programs in the field represent a consistent, coodinated approach to meeting the need. Title III: Extensions of other Related Education Programs - Extends until October 1, 1982: (1) the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act (2) the National Defense Education Act (3) the International Education Act and (4) the Allen J. Ellender Fellowship Program. Title IV: Education Administration - Creates within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Commissioner of Education. Provides that the Commissioner shall be the principal officer in the Department with responsibility for education programs (such responsibilities are presently held by the Assistant Secretary for Education). Directs that the Office of Education shall be headed by the Commissioner. Creates the position of Executive Deputy Commissioner who shall be responsible for the daily operation of the Office. Broadens the National Institute of Education to include an Institute of Elementary and Secondary Education, an Institute of Postsecondary Education, and an Institute of Vocational Education. Provides that the Director of the Institute shall be compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule (presently compensated at level V). Establishes within the Institute an Institute of Elementary and Secondary Education, an Institute for Postsecondary Education and an Institute for Vocational Education to improve those specific areas of education. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 5314)
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations which equates Zionism with racism. Opposes participation by the United States Government in the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. Calls for reconsideration of the Zionism resolution. Directs the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Foreign Relations to begin hearings immediately to reassess the United States' further participation in the United Nations General Assembly.
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1975
Revises the criteria for payment by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs for the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 641)
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act - Title I: National Consumer Cooperative Bank - Sets forth the findings of Congress that there is a need for the establishment of a National Consumer Cooperative Bank and a Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration which will make available necessary financial and technical assistance to cooperative self-help endeavors as a means of strengthening the Nation's economy. Establishes the National Consumer Cooperative Bank. States that the Bank shall: (1) encourage the development of new and existing cooperatives eligible for its assistance by providing specialized credit and technical assistance; (2) maintain broad-based control of the Bank by its voting stockholders; (3) encourage broad-based ownership, control and active participation by members in eligible cooperatives; (4) assure that the net savings from its operations and the operations of borrowers from the Bank, are made available or accounted for to the stockholders or members of the cooperative organization; and (5) assist in improving the quality and availability of goods and services to consumers. Authorizes the creation of no less than four nor more than twelve corporate regional banks. States that the Bank shall have the power to make and service loans, commitments for credit, guarantees, furnish financially related services, technical assistance, and issue obligations. Enumerates additional powers necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $250,000,000 per year for the United States to purchase class A preferred stock of the Bank. Requires the Bank to hold an annual meeting of stockholders. Permits the Bank to obtain funds through the public or private sale of its bonds, debentures, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness. Authorizes the Bank to make loans to eligible organizations which shall be repayable in not more than forty years. States that the objective of the Bank shall be to provide the the type of credit needed by eligible borrowers, at the lowest reasonable cost on a sound business basis, taking into account the cost of money to the Bank. Defines "eligible cooperatives" for purposes of assistance under this title as an organization chartered or operated on a cooperative, not for profit basis for producing or furnishing goods, services, facilities, or financing, primarily for the benefit of its members or voting stockholders who are ultimate consumers, if it meets specified criteria, or any other institution chartered or operated in such a way as to enhance competitive market forces or to reduce the price spread between producers and the ultimate consumers of products or services. Title II: Self-Help Development Fund - Establishes in the Treasury a Consumer Cooperative Self-Help Development Fund. Authorizes appropriations of $250,000,000 to be deposited in the Fund. Permits the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration to make a capital investment advance out of the Fund to any eligible cooperative if the Administration determines that the applicant's initial or supplemental capital requirements exceed its ability to obtain a Title I loan from the Bank or other sources, and the membership of the applicant consists substantially of low-income persons. Title III: Cooperative Technical Assistance - Directs the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration to make available information and services concerning the organization or reorganization of cooperatives to best achieve the objectives of this Act and to best provide the means through which various types of goods, services, and facilities can be made available to members and patrons. States that such assistance may include investigations, surveys, and director and management training and assistance. Authorizes appropriations to the Administration of sums necessary for the administration of this title. Title IV: The Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration and General Provisions - Establishes the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration. Directs the Administration to assure that the objectives of this Act are carried out. States that until the stock of the Bank held by the United States has been fully retired the Bank shall be exempt from any form of taxation. Requires the Administration and the Board to report annually to the appropriate committee of Congress on the activities of the Administration and on the Bank's capital, operations, financial condition, the self-help development fund, and to make recommendations for legistation to improve its services. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, in addition to appropriations specifically authorized.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Emergency Medical Services Amendment - Revises those provisions of the Public Health Services Act providing for Federal assistance for emergency medical service systems with respect to: (1) grants and contracts for the establishment and initial operation of such systems; (2) grants and contracts for the expansion and improvement of such systems; and (3) grants and contracts for research in emergency medical techniques. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,083,000 for the purpose of making grants and contracts to assist emergency medical service systems during the transitional quarter. Authorizes the appropriation of funds in specified amounts for the making of such grants and contracts through fiscal year 1979. Reduces from 75 percent to 60 percent the percentage of such appropriated funds available for assistance in the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical systems. Provides for the allocation of 15 percent of such funds to assistance for feasibility studies concerning such systems.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
Displaced Homemakers Equal Opportunity Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a maximum of 30 model program centers for outreach, counseling, information and referral, and other services for displaced homemakers, with at least 2 such centers in each of the 10 Federal geographic service regions of the United States. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an evaluation and study of the model program centers established by this Act; and (2) conduct a feasibility study with respect to participation by displaced homemakers in specified employment, unemployment, education, and health service programs. Authorizes to be appropriated specified sums for each of fiscal years 1976 and 1977 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1975
Reading Improvement Program Amendments - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to enter into national contracts with public agencies and private nonprofit organizations which have as their primary purposes motivating children to learn to read, to support and promote the establishment of reading motivational programs which include the distribution of inexpensive books to students. Authorizes the Commissioner to pay the Federal share of the cost of such programs. Sets forth conditions and standards to be met in each such national contract under this Act. Stipulates that the Commissioner shall make no payment of the Federal share of the cost of acquiring and distributing books pursuant to a contract unless he determines that the national contractor or the subcontractor, as the case may be, has made arrangements with book publishers or distributors to obtain books at discounts at least as favorable as discounts that are customarily given by such publisher or distributor for book purchases made under similar circumstances in the absence of Federal assistance. Defines terms used in this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums through September 30, 1978, to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Act - Establishes, under the Public Health Service Act, the President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavorial Research. Sets forth the powers and duties of the Commission. Directs the Commission to: (1) conduct an investigation to identify the ethical principles which should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects; (2) develop guidelines to be followed in such research; and (3) make recommendations to the appropriate agency or department for such administrative action as may be appropriate to apply such guidelines to biomedical and behavioral research conducted or supported under programs administered by the appropriate agency or department. Requires the Commission to identify the requirements for informed consent to participation in biomedical and behavorial research by children, prisoners, military personnel, and the institutionalized mentally infirm. Directs the Commission to conduct an investigation and study of the use of psychosurgery in the United States during the five-year period ending December 31, 1972, and determine the appropriateness of its use. States that the Commission shall undertake a comprehensive study of the ethical, social, and legal implications of advances in biomedical and behavioral research and technology, including an analysis and evaluation of the implications of such advances both for individuals and for society. Transfers the functions, powers, and duties of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research to the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Provides for the furnishing of outpatient rehabilitation services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Defines rehabilitation facilities, services, and outpatient rehabilitation services for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Interior to accept, as a gift, the Saint Pauls' Church, Eastchester, in Mount Vernon, New York. Directs that such property shall be preserved and administered by the Secretary acting through the National Park Service.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1975
Allied Services Act - Title I: Human Services Planning - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for developing the allied delivery of human services (services to help families in need to achieve the highest level of personal independence and self-sufficiency) within a State. Provides for the designation of State and local agencies to administer the development program in service areas designated by the Governor of the State. Requires such local agencies to develop for the service area a local plan which is designed to serve as a demonstration or evaluation of means to substantially improve the allying and consolidation of human services planning and delivery. States that, to be approved by the State agency, such plan must also: (1) specify the agencies and organizations which have agreed to participate in the local program for the allied delivery of human services within the service area; (2) contain a survey of the needs for human services within the service area and an inventory of resources available to meet those needs; (3) enumerate the human services programs which will be allied within the service area; (4) provide reasonable assurance that the agencies and organizations participating in the local plan will make progress toward allying their provision of services; (5) describe the progress which the local agency has made in achieving the objectives specified in any preceding local plan developed by the local agency pursuant to this Act; and (6) specify procedures found adequate by the Secretary to assure that interested agencies, organizations, and individuals will have their views taken into consideration with respect to the carrying out of the local plan. Provides requirements for the approval of State plans for the allied delivery of services. Provides that if the Secretary finds, after notice to a State and adequate opportunity for the State to respond, it is failing to comply substantially with the provisions of its approved allied delivery of services plan for any fiscal year (or that any local agency designated thereunder is failing to comply substantially with the provisions of its local plan which was incorporated into such State plan), then thereafter (during such year and until there is no longer any such failure to comply) no Federal funds may be consolidated or transferred, no requirements may be waived, and no payments of grants under this Act may be made. Provides for notice to the public of allied delivery of services plans and accept comments from the public. Title II: Administrative Support Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States which have in effect State plans approved under this Act or through such State or local agencies which have local plans approved by such States, to assist in meeting the initial costs of allying or consolidating administrative support services and management functions necessary to facilitate the allied delivery of human services where funds to cover such costs cannot be obtained from other sources. Provides that no State, office, or agency may receive grants under this title for more than three years. Title III: Special Authorities - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make single grants for human services. Authorizes transfer of Federal assistance available for expenditure under a human services program for use in another human services program. Authorizes waiver of program requirements certified by State or local agencies to be impeding the implementation of its plan. Authorizes $20,000,000 to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act for fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1975
Local Tax Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to pay overdue State and local real estate and personal property taxes by any railroad in reorganization. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides that this Act shall expire on December 31, 1978 without prejudice to the rights of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1975
Lobbying Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide for the disclosure to the Congress, the executive branch, and to all members of the public of the efforts of organizations and individuals who are paid to engage in efforts to influence issues before Congress or the executive branch, without intefering with the right of the people of the United States to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Defines terms used in this Act. States that the term "lobbying" means the making of "lobbying communications" or "lobbying solicitations", as such terms are defined in this Act. Defines the term "lobbyist" to mean any person or organization which receives any income other than personal travel expenses and other specified income: (1) to make or for making in any quarterly period one or more lobbying communications; or (2) to make or for making in any quarterly period one or more lobbying solicitations which refer to the same issue or issues before the Congress or the executive branch and which reach, or may reasonably be expected to reach, a total of five hundred or more persons. Makes a further definition of the term "lobbyist" to include any organization which conducts specified activities designed to affect the outcome of legislation. Requires each person to register with the Comptroller General of the United States not later than 15 days after becoming a lobbyist. States that such registration shall contain the identification of the lobbyist, and the identification of the subject matter of each category of issues before the Congress or executive branch, which the lobbyist expects to seek to influence. Requires each lobbyist to disclose each organization from which he received income during the 12-month period preceding the filing. Requires voluntary membership organizations to approximate the number of persons who are members of the organization, and to describe the methods which the organization expects to use. States that such registrations shall also include: (1) an identification of each person on whose behalf the lobbyist's services have been retained; (2) a description of the financial terms and conditions under which the lobbyist is retained by each such person; and (3) an identification of each individual to whom, as of the date of filing, the lobbyist expects to provide income (other than personal travel expenses) to make one or more lobbying communications. States that such registration shall be effective for 12 months. Requires each lobbyist and person retaining a lobbyist to maintain such financial and other records as the Comptroller General shall prescribe. States that such records shall be subject to examinations by the Comptroller General. Requires each lobbyist to file quarterly reports with the Comptroller General covering the lobbyist's activities during that period. Sets forth the information required to be included in such report. Enumerates the powers of the Comptroller General pursuant to the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Grants the Comptroller General the power to subpena witnesses and documentary evidence. Sets forth the duties of the Comptroller General pursuant to this Act. States that the Comptroller General shall make available to the public the information contained in the registration and reports filed by lobbyists under this Act. Directs the Comptroller General, in response to a written request by any person, to render an advisory opinion with respect to the recordkeeping, registration, or reporting requirements of this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to investigate any apparent violation of this Act when it appears that any person has engaged, or is about to engage in, any acts or practices which would constitute a violation of this Act. Authorizes the Comptroller General to correct such violations by informal means, or, that failing, by legal action. Sets forth rules of procedure with respect to legal actions brought to enforce the provisions of this Act. Establishes civil penalties consisting of fines of up to $10,000 per day for each day of violation of the provisions of this Act. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the President and to Congress annually with respect to its activities and functions under this Act. Repeals the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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