United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1975
Requires the continued application of the minimum nursing salary cost differential of 8 1/2 percent which is presently allowed in determining the reasonable cost of inpatient nursing care for purposes of reimbursement to providers under the Medicare program of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Bill of Rights Procedures Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to prohibit any interception of communication, other electronic surveillance, surreptitious entry, mail opening, or the inspection of and procuring of the records of telephone, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions, of any individual without a court order issued upon probable cause that a crime has been or is about to be committed, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Provides that whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the united States or any department or agency thereof, willfully: (1) searches any private dwelling used and occupied as a dwelling without a warrant directing such search or malicously and without reasonable cause searches any other building or property without a search warrant; (2) procures or inspects the records of telephone calls, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions of any individual without a search warrant or the consent of the individual; (3) opens any foreign or domestic mail not directed to him without a search warrant directing such opening or without the consent of the sender or addressee of such mail; or (4) intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept any wire or oral communication except as authorized by law; shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Requires that within 30 days after the date of an order authorizing or approving the intereception of a wire or oral communication (or each extension thereof) entered under authority of law, or the denial of an order approving an interecption, the person seeking such order shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives: (1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for; (2) the kind of order or extension applied for; (3) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied; (4) the period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; (5) the names of all parties to the intercepted communications; (6) the offense specified in the order or application; (7) the identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer and agency making the application and the person authorizing the application to be made; (8) a copy of the court order authorizing, approving, or denying such interception; and (9) the nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were intercepted. Specifies that reports be made within 90 days after the date of an order approving the interception of a wire or oral communication on the disposition of all records of any such interception and the identity of and action taken by all individual who had access to any such interception. Sets forth reporting requirements in the case of warrants issued authorizing the opening of mail.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Authorizes the Federal Financial Bank to purchase general obligation bonds of units of local government when such bonds are issued to satisfy existing liabilities of such units of government; when the maturity of such obligations does not exceed two years; and when such unit of government has submitted a plan to achieve a balanced budget within two years.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee any financing institution against loss of principal or interest on any loan to a unit of government for the purpose of assisting that unit of government to meet temporary and urgent financial needs which if not met (1) could seriously impair the ability of the unit of government to provide service for the public, and (2) could adversely and seriously affect the economy of the region surrounding the unit of government. Specifies circumstances under which such guarantees may be made including, (1) the loan is not otherwise available, and (2) there is reasonable assurance of repayment. Stipulates that the maximum obligation of the Secretary under any loan or loans made to any one borrower within any one year which is guaranteed under this Act shall not exceed $500,000,000, unless the Secretary submits a report to the Congress prior to the making of a larger guarantee. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a loan guarantee fund to be administered by the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated to the loan guarantee fund such amounts as may be necessary to provide requisite capital. Creates a Loan Guarantee Policy Board to establish general policies which shall govern the making of guarantees under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the operation of this Act and the need for the establishment of an Emergency Loan Guarantee Corporation to provide for the continuation of the program established by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Amendments - Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities for the transition period ending September 30, 1976, and for fiscal years 1977, 1978, and 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Title I: Amendments to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 - Provides that payment of emergency compensation for any week of unemployment beginning after December 31, 1975 shall be made to an individual only if his last employment prior to filing his initial claim for regular compensation under State law included at least five work-days in an area where an emergency compensation benefit period is in effect with respect to such week of unemployment. Provides that with respect to benefits for weeks ending after December 31, 1975, if the individual, except for the imposition of a disqualification in accordance with the State law, was otherwise eligible for a payment of emergency compensation under such Act with respect to a week of unemployment which began during an emergency benefit period, but did not exhaust entitlement to emergency compensation during such period, entitlement shall continue after the end of period, but no emergency compensation shall be paid under such Act for any week of unemployment that begins more than 13 weeks after the end of such period. Title II: Amendments to Title II of the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 - Provides that payment of special unemployment assistance for any week of unemployment ending after December 31, 1975, shall be made to an individual only if, prior to filing his initial claim for assistance or waiting period credit with respect to such week of unemployment, he was last employed for at least five workdays in an area where a special unemployment assistance period is in effect with respect to such week of unemployment. Provides that in the case of any individual who performed services for a school in an instructional, research or principal administrative capacity, special unemployment assistance shall not be payable for any week commencing during the period between two successive academic years (or, when the contract provides instead for a similar period between two regular but not successive terms, during such period) if the individual has a contract to perform service in any such capacity for any school for both of such academic years or both of such terms.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Provides that no procedures established pursuant to the collective bargaining agreements between postal workers and the Postal Service shall preclude employees from being represented in grievance by representatives of their own choosing. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 1206(b))
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Nation is grateful to all American servicemen who participated in the Southeast Asian conflict and their families. Pays tribute to veterans of the Vietnam era and of all wars.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Affairs Act - Title I: Arts and Humanities - Authorizes, under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts to make grants to the American Film Institute. Authorizes, under the same Act, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities to establish a grants-in-aid program for existing and developing humanities programs in the States which meet the standards set forth in such Act. Sets forth the requirements for applications by the States for such grants. Sets forth the policy by which funds will be allotted to the States under this Act. Establishes the minimum amount which will be allotted at $100,000. Provides for 100 percent funding of State programs in specified cases, and for grants to multi-State groups. Directs the chairman to withhold further grants or require repayment of grants already made when noncompliance by the State agency receiving such grants is discovered. Authorizes, under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act, the appropriation of $113,500,000 for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1979 and 1980 for programs of the National Endowment for the Arts. Authorizes, under the same Act, identical appropriations for programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Authorizes, under the same Act, the appropriation of up to $25,000,000 per year each to the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities for each year through fiscal year 1980, for the purpose of matching donations made to each endowment. Title II: Museum Services and Exhibitions - Museum Services Act - Establishes an Institute for the Improvement of Museum Services within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that such Institute shall consist of the Director of the Institute and a National Museum Services Board. States that the Board shall consist of 15 members appointed by the President by and with the consent of the Senate and eight ex officio members as set forth in this Act. States that the terms of office of the members of the Board. Provides that the Board shall have the responsibility for the general policies with respect to the powers, duties, and authorities vested in the Institute under this Act. States that the Director shall make available to the Board such information and assistance as may be necessary to enable the Board to carry out its functions. Provides that the Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the President and perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Board may prescribe. Enumerates the activities of the Institute. Authorizes the Director, subject to Board management, to make grants to museums to increase and improve museum services. Provides that grants under this Act may not exceed 75 percent of the cost of the program for which the grant is made. Gives the Institute the authority to accept in the name of the United States grants, gifts, or bequests of money for immediate disbursement in furtherance of the functions of the Institute. Authorizes to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $30,000,000 for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to October 1, 1978. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount equal to the amount contributed to the Institute under this Act during such time period. Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act - Authorizes the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities to indemnify works of art, printed matter, other artifacts and objects and motion pictures or recordings which have educational, cultural, historical or scientific value, and whose exhibition is certified by the Secretary of State as being in the national interest. Sets forth the procedures to be followed in applying to the Council for the indemnification of works as provided by this Act. Pledges the full faith and credit of the United States to pay any amount for which the Council becomes liable under any indemnification agreement. Limits the coverage under this Act to loss or damage in excess of the first $25,000 out of a single incident. Directs the Council to issue regulations providing for prompt adjustment of all claims arising under valid agreements of indemnification, including the arbitration of the dollar value of damage not amounting to total loss. Directs the Council to certify the validity of all claims to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary: (1) to enable the Council to carry out its functions under this Act; and (2) to pay certified claims. Directs the Council to report annually to Congress: (1) all claims paid during the preceding fiscal year; (2) claims pending as of the close of such period; and (3) the total face value of outstanding contracts at the close of such year.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Balanced Growth and Economic Planning Act - Establishes an Economic Planning Board in the Executive Office of the President. States that the objective of the Board shall be to develop a balanced economic growth plan. Directs that such plan shall include an appraisal of the Nation's economic needs, an evaluation of available national economic resources, assurances of an adequate supply of raw materials and energy, and an outline of economic goals. Directs the Board to acquire the views of all segments of the economy, evaluate the effectiveness of the economic plan and to review major programs and activities of the Federal Government to determine if such programs are consistent with the Board's plan. Authorizes the Board to hold hearings and hire such personnel as necessary to carry out this Act. Creates a Division of Economic Information within the Board for the purpose of gathering information necessary for policy decisions by the Board. States that there shall also be created a Council on Economic Planning whose function shall be to review and revise the growth plan and submit such to the President. Gives the Council responsibility for reviewing the progress made in implementing the plan. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Economic Planning. States that the Advisory Committee shall be composed of representatives of business, labor, and the public at large, who shall furnish advice to the Board in matters involved in formulating and implementing the growth plan. Authorizes the Advisory Committee to establish regional or industry subcommittees to furnish advice on the growth plan. Provides that not later than April 1, 1977 and biannually thereafter, the President shall transmit to Congress a proposed long-term balanced economic growth plan. States that the plan shall include economic objectives, a forecast of the level of production and investment, and recommendations for legislative and administrative actions necessary to achieve the objectives of the plan. Directs the President to submit to the Congress with the proposed plan a report prepared by the Board and approved by the Council which shall give an economic analysis and examination in support of recommendations made in the proposed plan. Requires the Board to seek widespread consultation with regional, State, and local planning agencies in preparation of the plan. Provides for Congressional review of the plan. Places the responsibility for such review with the Joint Economic Committee. Authorizes the appropriation to the Joint Committee of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this responsibility. Establishes within the Congressional Budget Office a Division of Balanced Growth and Economic Planning. Directs the Division to assist the Joint Economic Committee by supplying the Joint Committee with long-term economic analysis. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1975
Small Business Act Amendments - Authorizes the Small Business Administration to quarantee leases of personal property to small businessmen under the S.B.A. lease guarantee program. Authorizes the Administration to cancel the principal amount of disaster loans made to retired and low-income borrowers for home repairs upon the death of the borrower. Increases the maximum loan guarantee amount available through the S.B.A. Equal Opportunity Loan program from $50,000 to $100,000. Raises the local development company loan maximum from $350,000 to $500,000. Authorizes the Administration to render financial and other assistance to small businesses displaced by State and local urban renewal projects.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Volunteer End-of-Service Allowance Increase Act - Increases VISTA Volunteer stipends and Peace Corps Volunteer readjustment allowances. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to provide for such increases.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States (1) should propose an immediate suspension on underground nuclear testing to remain in effect so long as the Soviet Union abstains from underground testing, and (2) should set forth promptly a new proposal to the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and other nations for a permanent treaty to ban all nuclear tests.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1975
Grants a child adopted by a single United States citizen the same immigrant status as a child adopted by a United States citizen and his spouse. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1101 (b) (1)(F))
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act - Requires the licensing of all clinical laboratories, as defined by this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to issue such licenses. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate licensing authority to the States, providing the Secretary determines that State standards meet or exceed Federal standards. Sets forth the standards that must be met by clinical laboratories in order to receive and maintain the license required by this Act. Provides that such standards shall be designed to assure consistently accurate laboratory procedures and service. Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Clinical Laboratories. Declares that the purpose of such Office shall be to centralize the laboratory regulatory functions authorized by this Act and to assume responsibility for the laboratory component of other health programs administered and enforced by the Secretary. Creates an advisory council to advise the Office with respect to guidelines for laboratory licensing, personnel, and performance standards. Provides that no grant or reimbursement which the Secretary is authorized to make, or contract which he is authorized to award, whether to or for any health care facility, including but not limited to health maintenance organizations, hospitals, skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities, or in connection with the procurement and reimbursement for clinical laboratory services shall be entered into unless the laboratory meets the standards established by the Secretary. Provides for grants and technical assistance to those States which desire to establish State licensing procedures and regulations for development, administration, and enforcement purposes. Provides that any person who willfully violates any provision of this Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1975
Federal Railroad Employees Safety and Health Act - Title I: Transfer of Certain Railroad Safety Functions - Transfers to the Secretary of Labor the railroad safety functions currently performed by the Secretary of Transportation under specified provisions of law. Title II: The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission - Expands the membership of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from three to five. Requires the two additional members to be qualified in the field of a railroad safety and health. Authorizes the Commission to expedite proceedings held pursuant to the laws relating to the railroad safety functions transferred by this Act. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Establishes a Federal Railroad Safety and Health Administration in the Department of Labor. Directs the Secretary of Labor to carry out the functions transferred by this Act through such Administration. Abolishes the Federal Railroad Administration. Increases the penalties to be imposed upon railroads for violations of specified railroad safety requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
Emergency Rail Transportation Improvement and Employment Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to authorize the Secretary of Transportation in consultation with the Secretary of Labor to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants, for programs aimed at reducing unemployment and at repairing, rehabilitating, or improving essential railroad roadbeds and facilities. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to eligible applicants for projects that involve the repair, rehabilitation or improvement of railroad roadbeds and facilities that best fulfill specified objectives. Provides that such grants shall be expended for the payment of wages. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for materials and equipment assistance, upon assurances that other financing is not available. Sets forth guidelines and procedures for grant and other financial assistance applications. Sets forth employment priorities applicable to projects financed under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $600,000,000 for the payment of wages, $100,000,000 for materials and equipment assistance, and $7,000,000 for administrative expenses, to remain available for obligation until December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1975
Makes the following changes in title II of the Social Security Act (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) to: (1) eliminates the special dependency requirements for entitlement to husband's and widower's insurance benefits; (2) provides benefits for widowed fathers with minor children; (3) provides that benefits for husbands, widowers, and fathers will be payable on the same basis as benefits for wives, widows, and mothers; (4) permits the payment of benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record where that method of computation provides a higher combined benefit; and (5) provides eligibility for unmarried divorced husbands of insured individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975
National Tay-Sachs Disease Screening and Counseling Act - Provides that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program, under the Public Health Service Act, for voluntary Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1976 for making grants to public and nonprofit entities to establish and operate such screening programs. Sets forth the procedure for applications for and administration of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1975
National Genetic Diseases Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program to provide for basic and applied research, research training, testing, counseling, information, and education programs with respect to genetic diseases, including, but not limited to, sickle cell anemia, Cooley's anemia, Tay-Sachs disease, cystic fibrosis, dysautonomia, hemophilia, retinitis pigmentosa, Huntington's chorea, and muscular dystrophy. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and private nonprofit entities for the establishment and operation of: (1) genetic counseling and testing programs; (2) a genetic disease information and education program; and (3) a genetic disease research, development and diagnosis and treatment demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for such programs. Sets forth grant application requirements and procedures. Establishes a National Advisory Commission on Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects of Genetic Diseases. Makes it the duty of the Commission to undertake a comprehensive investigation and study of the ethical, social, and legal implications of genetics research.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1975
Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Amendments - Authorizes funds for the provision of emergency jobs under the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act for fiscal years 1976 and 1977, the amount of such funds to be reduced as the national rate of unemployment falls below specified levels for three consecutive months.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1975
Authorizes amounts available but not committed for military assistance to South Vietnam and Cambodia to be used for humanitarian assistance for refugees from South Vietnam and Cambodia.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Provides that priority for local lead elimination programs financed through the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act shall go to homes in which reside children with lead-based paint poisoning. Provides for the reduction of the amount of lead allowed in paint to 0.06 percent by weight. Authorizes appropriations for programs under such Act for fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Childhood Lead Based Paint Poisoning Advisory Board to advise the Secretary a policy relating to the administration by such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Indochina Resettlement and Humanitarian Assistance Act - Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for (1) assistance to States; (2) transportation to other countries; and (3) health, educational, and employment services in assisting the resettlement of refugees from South Vietnam and Cambodia who cannot return to such countries because of the danger of persecution for their race, religious, or political opinions.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall elect two Senators and the number of Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State. States that each Senator or Representative so elected shall be an inhabitant of the District and shall possess the same qualifications as to age and citizenship and have the same rights, privileges, and obligations as a Senator or Representative from a State.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1975
Electric Vehicle Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to demonstrate the commerical feasibility of electric vehicles for urban individual and business use, and to encourage research and development in new technologies for electric vehicles with wider applications, in order to promote long-range conservation of liquid fuel and reduce environmental pollution. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to initiate and provide for the conduct of research and development in areas related to electric vehicles. Directs the Administrator to enter into such contracts as may be necessary and appropriate: (1) for the production, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, of significant numbers of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which have electric propulsion systems on conventional chassis; and (2) for the production, within three years after such date, of significant number of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which are specifically designed for electric propulsion as the primary power source. Directs the United States Postal Service, the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Defense, and heads of other Federal agencies to arrange for the introduction of electric vehicles into their fleets as soon as possible. Authorizes $40,000,000 to be appropriated to the Administrator for each of the fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
Permits the Secretary of the Treasury under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act to withhold a percentage of the total entitlement payment for any period to insure sufficient funds for final allocation of funds among the State and local units of government. Appropriates to the State and Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust Fund: (1) $1,625,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; (2) $6,687,500,000 for fiscal year 1977; (3) $6,837,500,000 for fiscal year 1978; (4) $6,987,500,000 for fiscal year 1979; (5) $7,137,500,000 for fiscal year 1980; and (6) $7,287,500,000 for fiscal year 1981. Appropriates to the Fund as noncontiguous States adjustment: (1) $1,195,000 for fiscal year 1976; and (2) $4,780,000 for each of the fiscal years 1976 through 1981. Exempts amounts appropriated to the Fund from the provisions of the Congressional Budget Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a report with appropriate recommendations to the Congress no later than September 30, 1980, concerning the extension of such Act. Declares that if the entitlement of any Indian tribe or Alaskan native village is waived for any entitlement period, then the amount of such entitlement shall become part of the entitlement of the county government of the county in which such unit is located. Directs each State and local unit of government which receives funds under such Act to submit a report to the Secretary after the close of each entitlement period on the use of the funds received. Directs each unit of local government which expects to receive funds to submit a report to the Secretary on how it plans to use the funds it expects to receive. Empowers the Secretary whenever he determines that a unit of government has failed to comply with an applicable regulation to withhold all or a portion of the entitlement funds due such unit of government, to terminate the eligibility of such unit of government, and to require repayment of the entitlement funds expended. Requires units of government to provide an opportunity for citizens to give recommendations and views on the proposed expenditures of all funds distributed under such Act within such unit.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a board of trustees. Specifies the composition of the board, including: four members appointed by the President, and seven members appointed by the Librarian of Congress. Directs the Librarian to appoint a Director of the Center. Authorizes the Center to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, loans and scholarships to promote and support American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years, with specified exceptions. Provides that no former employee of the Federal government shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the Center to submit to the Librarian of Congress, for inclusion in his annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Center to carry out the provisions of this Act $167,750 for fiscal year 1976, $710,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $1,716,000 for fiscal year 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
States that the purpose of this Act is to eliminate the obstructions to the free flow of commerce in wine among the States resulting from acts of the States which impose discriminatory and unreasonable burdens upon such commerce. Prohibits any State which permits the transportation or importation of wine into that State from imposing, with respect to any wine produced outside the State, or from materials originating outside the State, any tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement which is not equally applicable with respect to wine of the same class: (1) produced in, or from materials originating in, the State imposing such tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement; or (2) produced outside the State, or produced from products produced outside the State. Stipulates that a State which permits the sale of wine within the State shall permit the transportation or importation of wine of the same class produced outside the State, or from materials originating outside the State into such State for sale therein upon terms and conditions equally applicable of all wine of the same class sold in the State. Declares that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, each State retains the right: (1) to engage in the purchase, sale, or distribution of wine; and (2) to exercise discretion in the selection and listing of wine to be purchased or sold by each such State. Provides for private civil actions to enforce this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1975
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Labor to change the name of the Wholesale Price Index to the Basic Price Index. Sets limitations upon the use of the term "wholesale" in data published by the Department of Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Provides that the policy behind the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 should be that of dealing with the problem on a continuing basis. Provides that the Director of the Office shall not hold any other office in any other department or agency of the United States, except in connection with his duties as Director. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of the Act for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Provides for coordination of Federal, State, and local drug abuse functions and for technical assistance from the Federal to State and local governments. States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, in making grants for drug abuse prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs, accord primary prevention a high priority. Provides that the Secretary shall provide funding for treatment of nonopiate abuse as well as opiate abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Amateur Athletic Union restore to the late Jim Thorpe the status of amateur athlete and that the International Olympic Committee should officially recognize Jim Thorpe's achievements during the 1912 Olympic Games.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1975
Provides for emergency loans under the Small Business Act for small businesses suffering economic injuries as the result of the disruption of operations and services of public utilities.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1975
Authorizes to be appropriated to the President for fiscal year 1975, to remain available until expended, $50,000,000 for the purpose of providing humanitarian assistance to refugees and other needy people who are victims of the conflict in Cambodia. Requires the President to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report describing fully and completely: (1) the amount of each type of economic assistance provided under this Act; (2) the expected recipients of such assistance; (3) the names of all organizations and agencies involved in the distribution of such assistance; and (4) the means with which such distribution is carried out.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Offender Employment and Training Act - Title I: Federal Penal or Correctional Institutions - Authorizes the National Institute of Corrections from a fund to be established called the Federal Employment and Training Fund, to make grants and loans to, or contract with qualified applicants, establish within or without any Federal penal or correctional institution projects for the purpose of training or employing offenders. Stipulates that no loan or grant shall be made unless the National Institute of Corrections first determines that: (1) offenders shall receive wages at a rate not less than similar workers in the locality; (2) any products or services may be sold just as if non-offenders provided them; (3) the offenders are likely by reason of their involvement in such projects to find employment following their release; (4) benefits, such as unemployment compensation, are available to offenders and non-offenders alike; and (5) deductions from gross wages shall not exceed 80 percent of gross wages. Authorizes annual appropriations to the fund to make its income not less than $10,000,000 in any fiscal year. Provides for the monitoring and evaluation of any project entered into pursuant to this Act by the Comptroller General of the National Institute of Corrections.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
National Health Education Policy and Development Act - Declares that the Congress finds that: (1) a number of health problems have their roots in the habits, lifestyles, attitudes, and beliefs of the American people; and (2) there is a need for the development of effective school health education programs. Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to develop a national health education policy and program, and to authorize financial assistance for the development and implementation of that policy. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Health Education Administration. Establishes a permanent Advisory Council for Health Education to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Administrator on matters relating to the administration of this Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study and submit a report to the Congress on specified subjects including: (1) the current status of health education in the United States; (2) areas of greatest potential impact for health education; and (3) opportunities to improve, by means of health education, the well being of ethnic groups with distinctive health problems. Authorizes the Administrator, upon recommendation of the Council, to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private entities for the purpose of: (1) developing specific educational and informational techniques for the dissemination of health information; (2) developing mutifaceted systems of health care education for a defined geographic area; and (3) providing the training for personnel to carry out health education programs. Requires the Administrator to submit an annual report to the Congress on the status of health education in the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this Act a sum not to exceed $5,000,000 for the first fiscal year after the enactment of this Act, $10,000,000 for the second such fiscal year, and $15,000,000 for the third such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Provides, under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that no citizen of the United States who is otherwise qualified to vote in any Federal election shall be denied the right to vote in such election on account of his having been convicted of any crime, if he has served the sentence imposed as punishment therefor, completed any term of parole imposed in connection with such conviction, and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the court with respect to such conviction.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Supplemental Security Income Amendments - Provides that: (1) charges by residential institutions in excess of those charges applicable to an individual under the supplemental security income provisions of the Social Security Act; and (2) assistance based on need provided by a tax-exempt organization shall not be counted as unearned income for the purposes of such Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish criteria for the determination of presumptive disability under the supplemental security income program. Provides that the assistance afforded under such program shall be coordinated with that of other assistance programs on both the Federal and State levels. Provides that the eligibility of households containing a recipient of supplemental security income benefits shall be determined on the basis of the uniform national eligibility standards for non-public assistance households. Repeals the requirement that such benefits be paid to a third party payee upon the certification of the chief medical officer at the facility where the recipient is undergoing treatment that payment directly to the recipient would be of significant therapeutic value and that there is substantial reason for believing that the funds would not be improperly used. Requires expedited action on applications for benefits and determinations regarding disability. Excludes from income, those education expenses paid for by grant, fellowship, or scholarship for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits. Revises the eligibility standards for residents of a principally residential facility not used as a health care facility, correctional institution, or school or training facility.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Requires that time spent on parole by Federal offenders be credited toward the running of such offenders' sentences if their parole is subsequently revoked.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1975
Requires that time spent on parole by District of Columbia offenders be credited toward the running of such offenders' sentences if their parole is subsequently revoked.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1975
Revises rule X of the Standing Rules of the Senate by setting aside two hours a week for a question and report period. States that in such period the heads of each department, agency, or independent instrumentality within the executive branch may be requested to answer questions posed by members of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975
Provides, under title XVIII (Medicare) and title II (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that qualified drugs requiring a physicians prescription or certification shall be included among the items and services covered under the hospital insurance program for the aged. States that the reasonable allowance for eligible drugs furnished an individual pursuant to any one prescription and purchased by such individual at any one time shall be reduced by an amount equal to the applicable prescription copayment obligator which shall be $1. Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a Formulary Committee to compile and publish a Formulary listing the drugs deemed qualified for benefits under this Act, together with maximum allowable costs and additional information concerning such drugs. Makes provisions for selecting drugs for the Formulary.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1975
Extends, under the Public Health Service Act, to commissioned officers of such Service all rights, benefits, and immunities of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1975
Provides that concerted activities on the part of labor organizations or laborers employed in the construction business shall be unfair labor practices within meaning of the National Labor Relations Act when directed at any of several employers on a construction site only if such acts would otherwise be unfair labor practices within the meaning of the Act. Requires ten days' notice to be given to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service of intent to strike a military installation engaged in specified activities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1975
National Domestic Development Bank Act - Creates the National Domestic Development Bank and provides that such bank shall have a board of directors which shall initially consist of members to be appointed by the President. Asserts that the management of the bank shall be vested in the President of the bank subject to the policies prescribed by the board of directors. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay initial organizing and operating expenses. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $500,000 for this purpose. Authorizes the bank to: (1) purchase, service, and sell any obligation of a State or local government issued wholly or partly to finance the construction of community facilities or public works; (2) make or guarantee loans to State or local governments to finance the construction of such facilities or public works; (3) make loans for the purpose of facilitating economic development in geographical areas designated by the Council of Economic Advisors as being low income, depressed or labor surplus areas; and (4) make loans for the purpose of financing continued operation of businesses in sectors in need of low cost capital in order to further the national public interest. Provides that the Bank's leading activity will be carried out through regional operating divisions supervised by a three- member panel appointed by the board of directors. Provides that each region will also have an advisory committee of 18 to 25 persons broadly representative of governments and economic groups within the region. Authorizes the Bank to assemble a staff to give technical and economic advice including preliminary assistance with applications to the Bank and general advice during the construction period. Provides for one class of common, voting stock with a $100 par value. Provides that dividends in any one year may not exceed six percent of the value of stock outstanding and must be paid out of net earnings. Capitalizes the Bank at $3,500,000,000 to be provided from the sale of common stock and, if necessary, by purchases by the Treasury Department of the Bank's obligations in yearly amounts of $300,000,000. Authorizes the Bank to sell bonds on the national market in an amount up to 50 times its stated capital to raise monies necessary to finance projects which are applied for by the users of the Bank. Authorizes annual Federal payments to the Bank in an amount sufficient to make up the difference between interest paid by the Bank on its obligations and the interest received from its loans to local governments. Provides for the Federal insurance of bank loans, by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 to establish a revolving fund for this purpose. Provides for an annual audit by the General Accounting Office and a yearly report by the General Accounting Office to the Congress. Excludes from gross income 50 percent of the amounts received as dividends by a stockholder during any taxable year pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. Provides that the United States is not liable for debts, defaults or actions of the Bank other than those specified in this Act. Requires an annual report be submitted to the President and the Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated without fiscal year limits such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1975
National Science Foundation Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for the National Science Foundation of $751,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $748,400,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes an additional $4,000,000 for each of fiscal year 1976 and 1977 for expenses of the National Science Foundation incurred outside the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1975
Expresses the sense of the Congress that during the Nation's present economic crisis, and so long as the national unemployment rate remains at 6 percent or more, emergency unemployment compensation programs should be extended to continue benefits for involuntarily unemployed individuals when 25 percent or more of workers entitled to compensation thereunder are unable to find jobs during the period for which they are eligible for benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1975
Disease Control Amendments Act - Extends the program of assistance for the control and prevention of communicable diseases under the Public Health Services Act to include other diseases or conditions which are determined by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to be of national significance and which are amenable to reduction through vaccination and other programs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1976 for specified grant programs, including (1) vaccine preventable disease control programs, (2) rodent and lead poisoning control programs, and (3) disease control programs other than those for which appropriations are specifically authorized.
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