United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Drug Abuse Office, Prevention, and Treatment Amendments - Amends the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act to extend authorizations of appropriations for programs under such Act through fiscal year 1979. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to transmit to the President and Congress an annual report on drug abuse in the United States, including an evaluation and description of the drug abuse functions carried on by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires the Secretary to submit a separate report to Congress on drug abuse in rural areas. Requires the National Drug Abuse Strategy developed by the Strategy Council established by the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act to include a mechanism to identify, provide for, and evaluate effective drug abuse prevention programs designed to discourage people from initial experimentation with drugs. Directs State drug abuse agencies to coordinate drug abuse prevention planning with local agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Adolescent Health, Services, and Pregnancy Prevention and Care Act - Makes findings concerning the health, social, and economic consequences of unwanted initial and repeat pregnancies among adolescents and declares the purpose of this Act to be the prevention of unwanted adolescent pregnancies and the provision of proper care to pregnant adolescents. Title I: Grant Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public and nonprofit private organizations (grantees) to coordinate their services for the purposes of preventing unwanted adolescent pregnancies and providing care for infants born to adolescents. Sets forth purposes for which grantees may use funds under this Act. Includes among such purposes: (1) the coordination of services aimed at preventing unwanted initial and repeat adolescent pregnancies; (2) the referral of pregnant adolescents or adolescent mothers to maternal health care services; and (3) the supplementation of inadequate local services and care designed to prevent unwanted adolescent pregnancies. Prohibits grantees from establishing income eligibility requirements for the receipt of services funded by this Act or from charging fees for such services, except pursuant to a fee schedule approved by the Secretary. Establishes priorities in choosing which organizations shall receive grants, based upon the incidence of adolescent pregnancies in a particular area served by an organization, the organization's ability to provide services, and other factors. Sets forth the information which a grant application must contain. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Title II: Improving Coordination of Federal and State Programs - Directs the Secretary to coordinate Federal policies and programs which provide services designed to prevent unwanted adolescent pregnancies. Sets forth measures which the Secretary is required to take to coordinate such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Amendments - Amends the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act to emphasize prevention of alcohol and drug abuse in stating congressional purpose and to expand the focus of the Act to include "approaches" to the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse rather than limiting the scope to curricula. Authorizes grants to State and local educational agencies and other nonprofit agencies to establish demonstration projects for determining the most effective methods of alcohol and drug abuse prevention. Requires that at least 25 percent of such grant money for demonstration projects be used for programs in rural areas. Establishes the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education within the Office of Education. Extends the Act for three years and authorizes appropriations to carry out programs under the Act. Requires that at least 25 percent of the sums appropriated for any fiscal year be used for programs in rural areas.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Condominium Act - Title I: Findings and Purposes - States that abuses in the condominium industry have created a need for the establishment of national standards for consumer protection. Title II - Defines the terms used in this Act. Exempts from the terms of this Act condominium projects in which the units are restricted to non-residential uses and projects sold by a governmental agency. Makes any developer or agent liable for any fraudulent acts he commits in connection with a sale or offer to sell a condominium unit. Voids any provision in existing or future leases or management agreements which require owners to reimburse the developer for attorney's fees or money judgments. Grants the purchaser of a unit the right to cancel the sales contract within 15 days after signing the contract or after receiving the disclosure material, whichever is later. Sets forth national standards for consumer protection which must be followed by condominium developers, including: (1) placing any deposit made in connection with a reservation or sale of a unit in a trust or escrow; (2) terminating the right to control the owners association within five years; (3) refraining from displaying any advertising which is inconsistent with the information in the disclosure statement; (4) providing a one year warranty on each unit and a three year warranty on the common elements; and (5) in the case of condominium conversions, giving tenants 120 days' notice to vacate and a 60 day exclusive option to buy. Establishes standards for disclosure by developers of all material circumstances or features affecting their projects. States that this Act does not limit State and local governments from enacting or enforcing laws which do not conflict with the terms of this Act. Allows unit owners to terminate certain contracts which had to be accepted or ratified by the purchasers as a condition of purchase, and were entered into during the period when the developer was in control of the owner's association. Allows owners to seek a judicial determination that any lease or portion thereof is unconscionable if: the lease is for 21 years or contains provisions for automatic renewal for a period of more than 21 years and contains either an automatic rent increase clause or subjects the units to foreclosure for the owner's failure to make payments and contains provisions that shift all obligations and liabilities associated with the maintenance and use of the property to the owners. Provides criminal penalties for violations of the terms of this Act and civil remedies for persons aggrieved by such violations. Makes provisions for the administration of this Act and authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to undertake research, education, information, and technical assistance activities designed to protect potential purchasers and owners of condominiums.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Venereal Disease Amendments - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for projects and programs for the prevention and control of venereal disease. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and maintain a corps of not less than 850 noncommissioned officers and employees of the United States to advise and otherwise engage in the conduct of programs and projects for the prevention and control of venereal disease.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
New York City Loan Guarantee Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee, under stated conditions, obligations of the City of New York or of its financing agent. Limits the total amount of guarantees that may be outstanding at any time to $2,000,000,000. Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Makes interest income received on any obligation guaranteed under Title I of this Act after the date of the enactment of this title taxable under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1978
Primary Health Care Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act: (1) to develop and promote a long-term strategy for addressing primary health care needs; and (2) to alleviate the shortage of health resources in both urban and rural medically underserved areas of the country. Establishes the Commission on National Primary Health Care Needs. Requires the Commission to issue a report to Congress on the national primary health care needs with special attention on the varying needs of both urban and rural areas. Directs the Commission to conduct a study to determine if the Department of Defense, the Veterans' Administration, and other Federal health facilities can be utilized to provide health care services in medically underserved areas. Defines the term "primary care" as first contact medical care services, including health promotion and disease prevention, and continuous patient management throughout secondary and tertiary treatment. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a plan to allow community health centers to retain earned income if the income is used to expand or improve the services of the center. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983: (1) to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for projects to plan and develop community health centers to serve medically underserved populations; and (2) to make grants for the costs of operation of public and nonprofit private community health centers which serve medically underserved populations. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) community hospital; (2) hospital-affiliated primary care center (primary care center); (3) primary care group practice; and (4) primary care resident. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to community hospitals for planning, developing, and operating primary care centers in medically underserved populations. Sets forth specified assurances which a community hospital must include in an application for such a grant. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1981. Requires the Secretary to establish a plan to allow migrant health centers to retain earned income if the income is used to expand or improve services of the centers. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for: (1) grants to plan and develop migrant health centers; and (2) to make grants for the cost of operation of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and contracts to demonstrate new, improved, or expanded primary health and dental care delivery mechanisms in the community setting for medically underserved populations. Defines, for purposes of the Public Health Service Act, the following terms: (1) "Medically underserved population; (2) "rural"; and (3) "urban."
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1978
Lee Metcalf Fair Employment Relations Resolution - Title I: Fair Employment Relations Board - Establishes as an office of the Senate, the Senate Fair Employment Relations Board to (1) establish and publish policies and guidelines for the implementation and enforcement of rule L of the Standing Rules of the Senate, (2) supervise the actions of the Director and the operations of the Senate Fair Employment Relations Office, and (3) hear and determine complaints. Title II: Senate Fair Employment Relations Office - Establishes as an office of the Senate, the Senate Fair Employment Relations Office which shall develop procedures to implement the policies of the Board, gather information relating to Senate employment practices, and review procedures for the hearing and settling of complaints. Title III: Complaints of Violations of Equal Employment Opportunity - Provides for counseling and assistance through the office, to any individual who believes that he or she has been discriminated against in violation of rule L. Sets forth the procedure for filing informal complaints based on employment discrimination, and for the informal settlement of such claims. Sets forth the procedure for filing formal complaints, and for conducting hearings on such claims. Provides for an appeal to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics from an adverse decision or order of the Board. Sets forth remedies available to individuals who have been discriminated against in violation of rule L.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Older Americans Act - Title I: Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require each Federal agency proposing to establish programs and services substantially related to the purposes of such Act to consult with the Administration on Aging prior to the establishment of such programs and services. Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the position of Counselor to the President on Aging to be appointed by the President. Sets forth the duties of the Counselor. Includes among such duties the representation of the interests of older Americans before the departments and agencies of the United States and to the general public. Declares it to be the purpose of Title III of such Act (Grants for State and Community Programs on Aging) to encourage and assist State and local agencies to concentrate resources to serve older persons by entering into new cooperative arrangements in each such State with State and local agencies, and with the providers of social services or nutrition services or multipurpose senior centers, for the planning for the provision of, and for the provision of, social services, nutrition services, or multipurpose senior centers. Declares it further to be the purpose of such Title to combine within a single authorization, the programs of such Title, Title V (Multipurpose Senior Centers), and Title VII (Nutrition Program for the Elderly). Sets forth the definitions used in such Title. Includes within the social services to be provided the services of an Ombudsman at the State level to receive, investigate, and act on complaints by older persons who are residents of nursing homes and to advocate the well-being of such persons. Defines "nutrition services" as any nutrition projects which, five or more days a week, provide at least one meal per day each of which assures a minimum of one-third of the daily recommended dietary allowances. Defines a "multipurpose senior center" as a community facility for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of social services (including provision of health, social, and educational services and provision of facilities for recreational activities) or nutrition services, or both, for older persons. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 and 1980 for grants approved under such Title. Requires each State, to be eligible to receive a grant under such Title, to designate a State agency as the sole State agency: (1) to develop and administer a State plan formulated pursuant to this Act; and (2) to divide the State into areas and to designate as a planning and service area any unit of general purpose local government which has a population aged 60 or over of 15,000 individuals or more which contains 15 percent or more of the State population aged 60 or over. Requires each such area agency on aging to prepare and develop an area plan. Sets forth specified material to be included in such plan. Requires each State, in order to be eligible for grants under such Title, to submit to the Commissioner on Aging a State plan. Sets forth specified material to be included in such plan. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to develop and operate statewide, regional, metropolitan area, county, city, or community model projects which show promise of expanding or improving social services or nutrition services or otherwise promote the well-being of older persons. Requires the Commissioner in making such grants to give special consideration to projects designed: (1) to assist in meeting the housing needs of older persons; (2) to provide continuing education to older persons; (3) to provide preretirement education information; (4) to provide services to assist in meeting the particular needs of physically and mentally impaired older persons; and (5) to assist older persons to remain within their communities and out of institutions. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to insure any mortgage for a multipurpose senior center in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act. Creates a Multipurpose Senior Center Insurance Fund to be used by the Secretary as a revolving fund for carrying out all insurance provisions with respect to such mortgages. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual interest grants to assist nonprofit private agencies in reducing the cost of borrowing from other sources for the acquisition, alteration, or renovation of facilities for multipurpose senior centers. Authorizes appropriations as necessary for each fiscal year prior to 1980 for training, research, and secretarial programs for personnel in the field of aging. Redesignates Title V of the Act "Community Service Employment for Older Americans." States that such Title may be cited as the Older American Community Service Employment Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to establish an older American community service employment program to foster and promote useful part-time opportunities in community service activities for unemployed low-income persons who are 55 years old and who have poor employment prospects. States that eligible individuals employed in such projects shall not be considered to be Federal employees. States that in awarding grants or contracts for such projects the Secretary shall give special consideration to national organizations owned or operated by members of minority groups which have a proven ability to provide older persons with employment. Sets forth definitions used in this Title. Title II: White House Conference on Aging - 1981 White House Conference on Aging Act - Declares it the policy of the Congress that the Federal Government should work with the States and citizens to develop recommendations and plans to meet the needs of older persons. Requires that programs developed under this Act place emphasis upon the right of older persons to free choice and self-help in planning their futures. Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Aging in 1981 to develop recommendations for research and action in the field of aging. Requires the Conference to include representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, professional and lay people working in the field of aging including older persons. Directs that a final report of the White House Conference, containing a comprehensive statement of a coherent national policy on aging and the recommendations of such Conference, be submitted to the President and Congress within a specified time. Sets forth the responsibilities and duties of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in administering this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to the Conference and such other technical committees as may be necessary to carry out such Conference. Title III: Study of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Programs for Older Americans - Directs the Commission on Civil Rights: (1) to undertake a comprehensive study of discrimination based on race or ethnic background in any federally assisted programs and activities which affect older persons; and (2) identify with particularity any such federally assisted program or activity in which evidence is found of persons or organizations who are otherwise qualified being, on the basis of race or ethnic background, excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, refused employment or contracts with, or subject to discrimination under, such program or activity.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1978
Amends the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to direct the Administrator of General Services, in conjuction with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the Chairmen of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endownment for the Humanities, to develop plans and a budget for the restoration of the Pension Building in the District of Columbia. Requires the Administrator to insure that such plans are consistent with the proposal prepared by the Committee for a National Museum of Building Arts, incorporated. Directs the Administrator to lease or assign the Pension Building to the Museum of the Building Arts within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Title II: The Museum of the Building Arts - Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Museum, including the development of educational programs, the financial support of research and documentation programs, the presentation of exhibitions, and the establishment of an information center and a Document Center. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a charitable deduction for contributions to any organization which, on or before May 26, 1969, and continuously thereafter to the close of the taxable year, operated and maintained as its principal functional purpose facilities for the long-term care, comfort, maintenance, or education of permanently and totally disabled persons; elderly persons; needy widows; or children.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce corporation tax rates by establishing a graduated scale ranging from a minimum of 18 percent for taxable income under $25,000 up to $64,500 plus 46 percent (diminished over five years to 42 percent) for income over $200,000.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 20 percent to 40 percent the permissable variance from the useful life of property established by the Secretary of the Treasury for depreciation purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the personal exemption, the zero bracket amount, the general tax credit, and the earned income credit. Sets forth new tax tables with lower rates.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the investment credit from 10 to 12 percent (and from 11 to 13 percent for the additional credit), to remove the January 1, 1981, termination date, and to make such credit permanent. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay each State, political subdivision thereof, and each tax-exempt organization investing in certain depreciable property a sum equal to 25 percent of the amount of the investment credit such tax-exempt entity would be allowed if liable for tax. Allows for years between December 31, 1978, and January 1, 1984, an investment credit for certain depreciable property including buildings and their structural components if such property is placed in service in a high-unemployment area.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Public Housing Security Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement a demonstration program to provide increased security for public housing projects. Directs the Secretary to survey and report to Congress on crime in public housing projects.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a credit against the individual income tax equal to ten percent of any social security taxes paid by that individual during the taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1978
Housing Act - Title I: Amendments to Provide Additional Relief To Owners and Tenants of Multifamily Projects and to Insure Fiscal Responsibility in Their Management - Provides financial relief for subsidized multifamily projects including: (1) additional monthly assistance payments to project owners for operating expenses; (2) payments to owners of subsidized multifamily projects under section eight of the United States Housing Act of 1937; (3) mortgage interest reduction payments to a mortgagee on behalf of a project owner who has obtained a supplemental loan for his multifamily project which is insured under the National Housing Act; and (4) deferment or extension of mortgage payments by a project owner. Reduces rent for very low-income persons who are tenants of subsidized multifamily projects by authorizing the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make annual payments to owners of projects subsidized under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965. Sets forth procedures for rent increases in multifamily projects and relating to the rights of tenants in such projects. Title II: HUD Ownership and Disposition of Subsidized Multifamily Rental Housing Projects - Directs the Secretary to make or cause to be made all repairs and improvements necessary to achieve decent, safe, and sanitary conditions in HUD-owned subsidized multifamily housing projects. Requires the Secretary to employ and train tenants of such projects to perform repair and maintenance to the maximum extent feasible. Provides relocation assistance for tenants displaced by repairs and maintenance. Sets eligibility requirements for tenancy in HUD-owned subsidized housing. Provides criteria for the selection of managers and purchasers of HUD-owned property. Sets forth methods by which such property may be disposed of including: sale at reduced prices to nonprofit cooperatives and other nonprofit organizations, and continued HUD ownership with the possibility of eventual acquisition by a nonprofit cooperative. Title III: Disposition of HUD-Owned Nonsubsidized Projects - Directs the Secretary to dispose of any HUD-owned nonsubsidized project if at the time of the acquisition by HUD a majority of tenants are persons of low-income or if a majority of units in the project are rented for not more than 80 percent of the fair market rent. States that persons residing in such housing at the time of acquisition by HUD shall be permitted to remain in occupancy following disposition. Title IV: General Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act. Directs the Secretary to study the desirability of the establishment by Congress of a body corporate within the Department of HUD to own and manage HUD-owned subsidized Multifamily projects and nonsubsidized projects which are, or may be converted to lower income housing projects.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Gifted and Talented Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a grant program for the education of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Authorizes appropriations for such program for fiscal years 1979-1983 and provides guidelines for the allocation and use of such funds. Directs the Commissioner of Education to designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to coordinate all programs under such Office for gifted and talented children.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to increase the participation by States, local communities, private nonprofit groups, and individual groups in efforts to prevent domestic violence and assist victims and dependents of victims of domestic violence. Requires each State, in order to obtain a grant under this Act, to establish a State citizen panel on domestic violence. Declares that such a panel shall be established to provide an opportunity for citizen participation in planning and developing efforts to prevent domestic violence and assist victims and dependents of victims of domestic violence, and provide citizens familiar with the problems of domestic violence an opportunity to make recommendations with respect to resolving such problems. Requires each panel: (1) to oversee within the State the implementation of Federal, State, and local projects under this Act; and (2) to study and make recommendations on matters relating to domestic violence. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States to assist them in supporting programs and projects to prevent incidents of domestic violence. Sets forth requirements for applications for such grants. Requires each State receiving a grant to submit to the Secretary a report providing specified information on the implementation of projects to prevent domestic violence. Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare the National Center on Domestic Violence. Declares the duties of the Director of such Center to be: (1) the coordination of all Federal programs with respect to domestic violence; and (2) the provision of a national information and resource clearinghouse for matters concerning domestic violence. Requires the Secretary, through the Director, to enter into contracts to provide for not less than one regional center for domestic violence to be located in each region of the United States as designated by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, through the Director, to conduct research activities with respect to domestic violence. Directs the Secretary, through the Director, to annually submit to Congress a report on the programs authorized by this Act. Directs that the records of any person concerning such person's treatment for drug abuse, in connection with any program assisted under this Act, be kept confidential. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress, not later than three years after the enactment of this Act, as to the effectiveness of programs administered pursuant to this Act. Requires the Director to give particular attention to the availability of VISTA volunteers with respect to programs on domestic violence prevention. Establishes an Interagency Domestic Violence Council to assist the Director in coordinating all Federal programs regarding the prevention of domestic violence. Requires the States, to be eligible for grants under this Act, to contribute to programs supported by this Act in amounts specified in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Drug Regulation Reform Act - Title I: Drug Regulation Reform - States the findings of Congress. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, export, or distribution of a drug entity or a drug product without the prior issuance by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare of a monograph containing a description of such drug and requirements and guidelines for the contents of information labeling for the forms of drug products eligible for licensing under such monograph. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to require, in a monograph, postmarketing surveillance of any drug, old or new, for a period of up to five years. Limits the issuance of such monographs to drugs determined safe and effective. Defines "safe" as meaning the health benefits of the drug entity or product clearly outweigh the risks it presents, taking into account pertinent standards and requirements. Defines "effective" to mean that a drug entity when incorporated into a drug product used in accordance with the use conditions set forth on the drug label, will have the effect represented. Provides for amendment, suspension, or revocation of a monograph under specified conditions. Authorizes the provisional issuance of a monograph (for a period not to exceed five years) for any drug entity intended to be used in treatment of a life-threatening or severely debilitating disease when: (1) no other effective methods of treatment exist; or (2) such drug entity offers a major advantage to patients compared to the benefits of alternative methods; and (3) delaying issuance would present significantly greater risks to patients affected by such disease. Requires significant evidence of effectiveness and safety for such provisional issuance. Establishes a monograph-petition review procedure requiring a public hearing on the issuance, amendment, or revocation of any monograph, followed by a review of the evidence and issues by a drug science advisory committee, whose recommendations shall be forwarded to the Secretary for his final decision. Authorizes judicial review of a final order of the Secretary by a United States Court of Appeal. Requires, with specified exceptions, the registration of domestic and foreign establishments engaged in the manufacture, import, export, or distribution of any drug entity or drug product. Prohibits for five years after the issuance date of a monograph the licensure of any drug product without: (1) written authorization from the monograph petitioner; or (2) data and information independent of the monograph which would support a determination that the monograph could be issued. Permits the licensure of a drug product, after the expiration of such five year period, without the making of necessary animal and clinical studies already made to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of the drug product under the original monograph. Requires registration of any drug to be used in a drug investigation, and revocation of registration if the human participants in the investigation are subject to unreasonable and significant risk of illness or injury. Specifies standards and requirements for such investigations. Requires the informed consent of participants in such investigations unless the immediate use of the drug product is, in the investigator's opinion, needed to preserve the participant's life and time is not sufficient to obtain either consent from either the participant or his legal representative. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) issue written guidelines regarding protocols and methods for conducting investigations; and (2) to review and advise, upon request, regarding specified aspects of a drug investigation. Requires unlicensed drug products and drug entities not subject to monographs to obtain permits for export to foreign countries. Specifies requirements for such exports. Exempts homeopathic drug entities and products from monograph, licensure, and investigational use requirements if manufactured or imported in accordance with import/export registration requirements of this Act. Requires: (1) patient information labeling in lay persons' language of the risks, benefits, side effects and so forth of any drug entity or product; and (2) practitioner information labeling that identifies the licensee, registrant, permittee and manufacturer of such drug. Directs the Secretary to prepare and publish a compendium of all prescription drugs eligible for licensing under issued monographs. Prohibits from the promotional labeling of any prescription drug product indications for use, comparisons with other drug products, or dosage recommendations not contained in the information labeling of such product. Prohibits drug product licensees and their agents from: (1) distributing sample prescription drug products without charge; and (2) providing services or transferring items to specified medical personnel or their families, if the value of the service or item is at least $5.00, and no charge is made. Requires disclosure of the sponsorship by a drug product licensee or distriutor of medical and scientific educational materials (other than labeling). Forbids the disclosure by pharmacists and their agents of prescriptions or information contained in prescriptions to anybody but the patient, the prescribing practitioner, or other specified persons. Prohibits licensees and their agents from obtaining or attempting to obtain such information. Prescribes civil, criminal, and administrative penalties, and subjects drug entities and products to seizure, for violations of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses in any matter relating to implementation or enforcement of this Title. Authorizes the Secretary to inspect drug manufacturing and distributing establishments to determine compliance with this Title. Title II: National Center for Clinical Pharmacology; Evaluation of the Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish, in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the National Center for Clinical Pharmacology to conduct and support, by grants: (1) research in clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmacy; and (2) an ongoing review and analysis of the use of drug products in the United States. Directs the Secretary to contract for an independent evaluation of Title I and its effect on: (1) protection of the public against adverse reactions from and misuse of drug products; (2) innovation in drug research; (3) the economics of the pharmaceutical industry; (4) the cost of drug products; (5) prescribing practices; and (6) the time required for the issuance of monographs. Requires a report on such evaluation to the appropriate Committees of Congress within seven years of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Condemns recent terrorism in Egypt, Israel, and Jordan. Extends Congressional condolences to victims of these attacks. Declares that the President should (1) intensify efforts of the executive branch to counter international terrorism, (2) report to Congress on the implementation of laws regarding terrorism; (3) report to Congress on the activities of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in New York; and (4) report to specified Congressional committees the names of nations which furnish assistance to such Organization.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Gifted and Talented Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a grant program for the education of gifted and talented children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Authorizes appropriations for such program for fiscal years 1979-1983 and provides guidelines for the allocation and use of such funds. Directs the Commissioner of Education to designate an administrative unit within the Office of Education to coordinate all programs under such Office for gifted and talented children.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Refugee and Displaced Persons Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to define refugee or displaced person for purposes of such Act. Authorizes the admission of up to 40,000 refugees or displaced persons per year as immigrants. Empowers the Secretary of State to recommend to the Attorney General that all or any portion of a group of refugees or displaced persons be admitted into the United States conditionally in certain circumstances. Authorizes the Attorney General to allow parole admission of aliens for humanitarian reasons. Increases from 20 per cent to 26 per cent of the number of additional visas that shall be allocated to spouses, and unmarried sons or daughters of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Consolidated Banking Regulation Act - Establishes a five-member independent regulatory commission to be known as the Federal Bank Commission to perform certain of the regulatory and administrative functions of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Reserve System which relate to the examination, supervision, and regulation of foreign and domestic banking. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Makes technical amendments to conform Federal law to the changes made by such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Education Consolidation Amendments - Amends Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act relating to libraries, learning resources, and educational innovation to extend the authorization of appropriations to 1983 for libraries and learning resources, and educational innovation and support. Establishes a formula for determining State guidance and testing grant allotments based on the number of children age five to 17 in each State. Stipulates that local educational agencies will have complete discretion regarding the use of such allotments. Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a program of grants to States for guidance, counseling, and testing. Authorizes the Commissioner to enter into contracts and make grants to State and local educational agencies, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations to design and conduct projects to improve the qualifications of guidance teachers and counselors. Directs the Commissioner to designate an administrative unit within the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out such program and other related activities.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Small Business Simplification Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer, in calculating depreciation allowances of property, to apply a 36-month useful life computed under the straight-line method for up to $100,000 of basis of property.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Urban Service Corps Act - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to authorize the Director of ACTION to establish volunteer Urban Service Corps programs through ACTION and through public agencies and nonprofit private organizations to provide services such as block security, housing renovation, park beautification, and sanitation, and generally assist in the solution of problems afflicting urban areas. Limits the assistance provided by the Director under this Act to areas afflicted by substantial unemployment and financial distress. Authorizes the Director to provide the same allowances, stipends, and support payments to Urban Service Corps volunteers as provided for VISTA volunteers.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Directs the Architect of the Capitol to study the feasibility of using solar energy for heating the hot water in the Phillip A. Hart Office Building now under construction. Directs the Architect to make cost comparisons between solar and conventional energy systems over specified periods of time and report such findings to the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1978
Housing Conservation Act - Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1979 and to set aside specified amounts for multifamily rehabilitation loans and for urban homesteading including under certain circumstances, local programs for homesteading locally held or acquired tax foreclosed land or vacant single family and multifamily properties. Lists conditions to be placed on the authorization of rehabilitation loans.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Amends the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 to specify the amount authorized for the operation and administration of river basin commissions in fiscal year 1979. Increases the annual authorization of the Water Resources Council. Specifies the amount authorized for the preparation of assessments and plans during fiscal year 1979. Reduces the amount authorized for grants to States in fiscal year 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Community Schools and Comprehensive Community Education Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of establishing community education programs. Defines "community education program" as a program operated by a local educational agency providing educational, recreational, health care, cultural, and other related services for the community. Establishes a Community Education Advisory Council to advise the National Institute of Education concerning community education programs.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Amends the Export Trade Act to redefine certain terms under such Act, including "association" and "export trade." Defines "antitrust laws" for purposes of such Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to promote the formation of export trade associations which are consistent with such Act and the antitrust laws. Requires the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General (1) to meet periodically to avoid conflicting oversight of such associations, and (2) to meet periodically with members of the private sector to review export trade policy.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that the President should (1) assist reconciliation in Rhodesia, (2) oppose efforts to undermine the objectives of the Rhodesian agreement on majority rule and minority rights, and (3) instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to lend his efforts to insuring United Nations consideration of the agreement. Declares it the sense of Congress (1) that the agreement should be considered by the United States and other governments, and (2) that the role of the United States should be to join with like-minded parties to bring about a peaceful solution.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1978
Congregate Housing Services Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into contracts with public housing agencies for the establishment of congregate housing projects which are supplemented by supportive services for frail and physically impaired residents. Requires assisted public housing authorities to maintain any financial effort they were making in furtherance of congregate services prior to contract authority approval, unless the Secretary waives such requirement. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to permit the provision of congregate services in existing public housing. Makes provisions for the administration of services and requires assisted public housing agencies to employ elderly and physically disabled residents to the maximum extent practicable. Sets forth application procedures, requirements for eligibility for services, and rules for the setting of fees for congregate services. Directs assisted public housing agencies to review this program with eligible residents and with the professional assessment committee within the 12 month period prior to the submission of an application for renewed funding.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1978
Small Business Reduction and Stimulation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide graduated income tax rates for corporations with a maximum rate of 46 percent on income in excess of $150,000 and a minimum rate of 15 percent on income not in excess of $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1978
Civil Service Reform Act - Title I: Merit System Principles - Enumerates the principles of the merit system in the Federal work force. Prohibits the taking of personnel actions to discriminate against a Federal employee on such bases as race, religion, sex, age, or handicapping condition. Prohibits, generally, taking or influencing personnel actions for political or other nonmerit reasons. Title II: Civil Service Functions; Performance Appraisal; Adverse Actions - Abolishes the Civil Service Commission. Establishes within the Executive Branch the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to which the President is authorized to delegate authority for personnel management functions, and which, in turn, is authorized to delegate such authority to the heads of Federal agencies. Establishes the Merit Systems Protection Board made up of members appointed to seven-year terms who may be removed only for cause (as contrasted with the present Civil Service Commissioners who serve at the will of the President). Grants to the Board the power to subpena witnesses and evidence. Authorizes the Special Counsel of the Board to investigate complaints concerning personnel practices which violate this Act. Authorizes the Board to discipline violators by requiring removal, demotion, suspension, a fine up to $1,000, or by issuing a reprimand or barring the violator from Federal employment for up to five years. Authorizes the Special Counsel to investigate incidents of reprisal against employees who have lawfully disclosed agency violations of laws. Establishes new procedures for the appraisal of the performance of employees covered by this Act. Entitles any employee to 30 days' notice, a hearing attended by counsel, and a written decision if he is to be removed, or have his grade reduced, or pay a specified amount. Permits specified adverse personnel actions to be appealed to the Board. Requires appeals from Board decisions to be taken to the Court of Claims or a United States court of appeals. Requires such courts to sustain the Board's decision if supported by substantial evidence. Title III: Staffing - Authorizes agencies to accept voluntary uncompensated service by a student who does not displace a Federal employee. Authorizes agencies to make noncompetitive appointments of any disabled veteran with a 50 percent or more disability or who is enrolled in or has completed a course of job related training prescribed by the Veterans' Administration. Limits the veterans' preference for employment to a maximum of ten years following military separation for nonretirees and to a maximum of three years for persons who retired from the military below the rank of major or lieutenant commander. Provides for no such preference for persons retiring at or above such rank. Changes the nature of the preference in connection with a Federal reduction-in-force. Authorizes specified employees to retire before they are affected by a major reorganization. Authorizes agencies to retrain for positions in other agencies those employees whose positions are eliminated by a reduction-in-force. Title IV: Senior Executive Service - Establishes a Senior Executive Service which includes government managers classified above GS-15 and below Executive Level III who are not Presidential appointees and Foreign Service Officers of equivalent rank, provided such managers supervise employees or are responsible for the success of programs. Permits the transfer of a career Senior Executive to any Government agency. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to encourage Senior Executives to improve their skills by serving in a variety of agencies and by accepting placements in State or local governments or in the private sector. Authorizes agencies to grant such persons a sabbatical period of up to 11 months to be taken not more than once in any ten-year period to study or engage in uncompensated work experience. Provides for the periodic appraisal of Senior Executives. Authorizes the removal of career Executives for any reason during the first year of appointment as a Senior Executive and for less than fully successful managerial performance or misconduct anytime thereafter. Grants persons removed for reasons other than misconduct to be appointed to a Federal position outside the Service. Requires a Senior Executive to serve at the pleasure of the appointing agency and states that removal from the Senior Executive Service for less than fully successful performance does not constitute a disciplinary action and is, therefore, not appealable. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to name no more than 15 percent of active duty members of the Service to the rank of Meritorious Executive and not more than one percent of such persons to the rank of Distinguished Executive. Entitles persons receiving the Meritorious rank to a five-year stipend of $2,500 per year and persons receiving the Distinguished rank to a five-year stipend of $5,000 per year in addition to their normal salary. Authorizes the appointing agency to establish the pay rate for each member of the Service in such agency at a rate not to exceed a specified maximum. Authorizes each agency to pay a lump-sum performance award to not more than half of all Senior Executives employed by such agency of an amount not exceeding 20 percent of such Executive's annual salary. Entitles persons serving presently in positions to be designated as Senior Executive Service positions when this Act becomes effective to choose to convert to a Senior Executive Service appointment or remain in such position under the current pay system. Title V: Merit Pay - Requires the OPM to establish a merit pay system applicable to all managerial or supervisory persons related at grades GS-13 through GS-15. Limits the pay for such grades to the minimum and maximum rates for each such grade. Requires the OPM to determine the extent to which the annual pay adjustments for other civil service employees shall be permitted for employees in the merit pay system. Makes sums attributable to the difference between such allotted adjustments and the increases in pay which would have been allowed had such employees been entitled to the entire adjustment permitted other civil servants to be made available to the agencies for merit pay raises. States that the award of such merit pay raises may be made on the basis of individual as well as organizational performance. Authorizes agency heads and the President to make cash awards to such employees of up to $25,000 for contributions to the efficiency of Government Operations. Title VI: Research, Demonstration, and Other Programs - Requires the OPM to establish and maintain research and development projects concerning Federal personnel management. Authorizes the OPM to conduct and evaluate demonstration projects relating to personnel management issues such as recruitment, promotion, and employee discipline pursuant to a plan which is agreeable to the agency involved in such project. Requires such plan to be published in the Federal Register and submitted to a public hearing. Limits the size of such demonstration project to the involvement of not more than 5,000 employees. Limits the life of such a project to not more than five years. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Makes technical and conforming amendments. States that the powers of the President not expressly limited by this Act shall remain unaffected by the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1978
WIC Amendments - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide the funds necessary to enable all States to operate or expand programs that provide supplemental nutrition and nutrition education to pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants, and children (WIC programs). Requires each State to publicize the availability of WIC program benefits, using bilingual material in areas where a substantial number of low-income households speak a language other than English. Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts for WIC programs through fiscal year 1982. States that 20 percent of the funds appropriated for WIC programs shall be made available for State and local agency operational costs. Requires each State to submit annual plans describing how WIC program funds will be used. Requires States to hold public hearings on such plans. Increases the membership of the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition from 15 to 20 members. Adds representatives from specified groups, among them, Indian WIC programs and migrant WIC programs. Directs the Secretary to require all States receiving funds under this Act to insure continuous availability of program benefits to eligible migrant agricultural workers as they move from State to State. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to prevent the dual receipt of benefits under the WIC program and the commodity supplemental food program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1978
Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to give any Governor the authority to disapprove VISTA programs proposed to be conducted in his State, except that the Director for ACTION is authorized to override such disapproval if he determines after reconsideration of the program that it is fully consistent with the purposes of VISTA. Authorizes the Director to make an advance payment of a volunteer's end-of-service stipend during the volunteer's period of service. Authorizes the payment of support for certain short-term part- time volunteers working in special volunteer programs. Declares that Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) volunteers shall not be considered employees of an ACTION agency or a local sponsoring agency for any purpose not consistent with the purpose of RSVP. Forbids the denial of any Government assistance to any volunteer who otherwise qualifies for such assistance by reason of the fact that such person refuses to seek or accept employment or training during the period of volunteer service in a Federal antipoverty program. Declares specified part-time antipoverty volunteers to be Federal employees for purposes of the Hatch Act, the Internal Revenue Code, the Social Security, Federal Tort Claims, and Federal Employees Compensation Acts. Makes the Federal Tort Claims Act the sole available remedy of an individual making a medical malpractice claim as a result of actions by a health care volunteer. Makes the policies and remedies of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Rehabilitation Act and Age Discrimination Act applicable to volunteers and applicants for volunteer services in any ACTION program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1978
Upper Delaware River Protection Act - Designates a specified segment of the Delaware River in New York and Pennsylvania as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop general guidelines for the land and water use control measures to be developed and implemented by appropriate State and Federal bodies. Requires the Secretary to provide for participation by all levels of State, county and local government as well as by private individuals and organizations in the development of such guidelines. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with and seek the advice of the Delaware River Basin Commission and the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council. Directs that interested State, Federal and private parties develop and submit a management plan to the Secretary within three years of the receipt of appropriations authorized by this Act. Specifies the components of such plan. Restricts the amount of land that may be acquired. Directs the Secretary to review all relevant local plans, laws, and ordinances to determine whether they substantially conform to the approved management plan. Requires the Secretary to give timely notice to the relevant parties concerning such review. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands managed in a manner not in conformance with the guidelines. Provides for the creation of an Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council to encourage the maximum public involvement in the development and implementation of the purposes of this Act. Directs the Council to report to the Secretary and the Commission concerning the development of the management plan. Specifies that the provisions of this Act will prevail where there is a conflict with any provision of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1978
Genetic Disease Amendments - Title I: Revision and Extension of Genetic Diseases - Amends the National Sickle Cell Anemia, Cooley's Anemia, Tay-Sachs, and Genetic Diseases Act to include genetic conditions, as well as genetic diseases, within the program of research, counseling, and education established by such Act. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such program for three fiscal years, through 1981. Title II: National Commission Amendment - Directs the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research to conduct a study of the ethical, social, and legal implications of voluntary testing, counseling, and information and education programs with respect to genetic diseases and conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1978
Comprehensive Employment and Training Amendments - Revises generally the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) of 1973. Consolidates the administrative provisions of such Act in a new title. Amends the definition of "prime sponsor" to include Native American entities. Requires State prime sponsors to allow subareas to assist in the planning and delivery of services within their respective jurisdictions. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to act as a prime sponsor for an area under any of the employment and training programs when there is no other prime sponsor for an area or when services are not being provided to an area due to a complaint about the prime sponsor or to disapproval of a comprehensive plan. Revises the procedures for a prime sponsor to become eligible for grants. Requires each prime sponsor to submit a comprehensive employment and training plan consisting of a prime sponsor agreement, annual comprehensive employment and training services program supplements, individual annual program supplements for any additional programs the prime sponsor wishes to conduct, and a single assurance that the prime sponsor will comply with the Act, the regulations, and the comprehensive employment and training plan. Sets forth the information to be included in the agreement and program supplements. Amends provisions regarding review of comprehensive plans and complaints about and sanctions against prime sponsors. Changes the composition and meeting requirements of prime sponsor planning councils and State employment and training councils. Consolidates various assurances presently required to be submitted by prime sponsors and redesignates them as program conditions. Sets out those conditions which are applicable to all programs and those which are applicable to the public service employment programs. Includes among the former a requirement that small and minority businesses be given maximum reasonable opportunity to compete for contracts. Includes among the latter a limitation that no public service employment last more than 78 weeks in a five-year period. Redefines "unemployed" and "underemployed" for purposes of the Act. Permits institutionalized persons to be designated as "underemployed." Defines "economically disadvantaged" for purposes of the Act. Directs that "areas of substantial unemployment" be determined on the basis of a year's rather than a quarter's data. Extends the general authorization for appropriations for activities under CETA. Makes specified changes in the comprehensive employment and training services programs. Restricts eligibility for participation, with certain exceptions, to individuals who are both (1) economically disadvantaged and (2) unemployed, underemployed, or in school. Adds provisions relative to job search assistance. Authorizes prime sponsors to conduct occupational upgrading programs through agreements with public and private employers. Makes eligible for the upgrading program employees of participating employers who are operating at less than their full skill potential, particularly persons in entry level or dead end positions. Authorizes, rather than requires, the Secretary of Labor to provide services to groups of persons with particular labor market disadvantages under the Special Federal Responsibilities title of CETA. Adds as new groups specifically designated as targets of activities under such title handicapped workers, single parents, displaced homemakers, and persons who became unemployed in a loss of jobs areas. Increases the allotment of funds for programs for Native Americans. Directs that programs for migrant and seasonal workers be focused primarily on assistance in preparing for and obtaining more stable employment. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out job search and relocation activities as an ongoing national program. Consolidates the youth employment demonstration programs, the youth summer employment program, and the Job Corps in a separate title. Makes uniform the basic eligibility requirements for all programs except the entitlement project as follows: (1) age 16 through 21 or, if authorized by the Secretary, 14 through 21; (2) economically disadvantaged; and (3) unemployed or in school. Deletes Job Corps provisions relative to background investigations of applicants, oaths of allegiance for members, sex-segregated centers, cost per enrollee limitations, and political activity and discrimination. Places Job Corps property under concurrent Federal-State criminal jurisdiction. Specifies that transactions of private-for-profit operators of Job Corps Centers are not to be considered as generating gross receipts. Changes the name of the National Commission for Manpower Policy to National Commission for Employment and Training Policy. Expands the Commission's membership. Combines the present public service employment programs and emergency unemployment programs into a single new program. Restricts, beginning in fiscal year 1980, public service employment funds to those prime sponsors serving areas with high unemployment unless the national unemployment rate exceeds 4.75 percent. Limits participation in the program to economically disadvantaged persons who have been unemployed for at least five weeks. States that, in determining whether an individual is economically disadvantaged for purposes of the public service employment program, family income for the three, rather than the six, preceding months shall be taken into account. Requires that all public service employment jobs be in entry level positions. Creates a new title designed to place individuals in private sector jobs by providing financial assistance to prime sponsors for private sector initiatives, including on-the-job training and related activities. Directs participating prime sponsors to establish private industry councils to assist in the development of initiative programs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1978
President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the President's Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavorial Research. Directs the Commission to issue a report every two years on the protection of human subjects of biomedical and behavioral research. Directs the Commission to complete any of the duties, and to periodically issue reports on this work of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, which remain unfinished on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Commission to study the ethical, social, and legal implications of: (1) advances in biomedical and behavioral research technology; and (2) resource allocation decisions concerning health care research and delivery. Directs the Commission to issue a report on such studies every three years. Directs the Commission to undertake studies: (1) to identify the requirements for informed consent by patients before they receive any medical treatment regardless of the setting of such treatment; (2) to investigate and study the matter of defining death including the advisability of developing a uniform definition of death; (3) to investigate and study the ethical, moral, social and legal implications of voluntary testing, counseling, and information and education programs with respect to genetic diseases and conditions; (4) to access and evaluate current procedures and mechanisms designed to safeguard the privacy of research subjects to ensure confidentiality of patient records, and to ensure appropriate access to information contained in such records by such patients; and (5) to investigate or study any other appropriate matter consistent with the purposes of this Act on its own initiative, at the request of the head of a department or agency, or at the request of a committee of the Congress. Directs the Commission to issue reports on such studies upon their completion. States that personal data collected by the Commission pursuant to this Act may not be disclosed to any person other than the individual who is the subject of the data. Authorizes each head of an executive or military department to establish an ethics advisory board to advise him or her on ethical and moral issues involving activities of the department.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1978
National Science Foundation Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations for specified activities of the National Science Foundation for fiscal years 1979 and 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1978
Women in Science and Technology Equal Opportunity Act - Title I: Statement of Findings, Purpose, and Policy - Sets forth the findings of Congress with respect to the employment of women in science and technological fields. Declares it the purpose of this Act to encourage the full participation of women in scientific, professional, and technical fields. Declares it the policy of the United States to assure equal opportunity for women in education, training, and employment in scientific and technical fields. Title II: Education - Directs the National Science Foundation to support activities to strengthen elementary and secondary school programs in science and mathematics to involve female students in such areas. Stipulates the areas which such support programs are to emphasize. Requires application to the Director of the National Science Foundation for grant and contract assistance for such programs. Directs the National Science Foundation to support programs in institutions of higher education (1) to increase the participation of women in scientific and technical studies, training and fellowship opportunities, and careers. Stipulates the areas which such support programs are to emphasize. Requires application to the Director of the National Science Foundation for grant and contract assistance for such programs. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to determine the amount of training and fellowship stipends awarded under this title. Directs the National Science Foundation to initiate a program of continuing education in science and engineering, emphasizing the participation of women. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to make grants to institutions of higherer education, other academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and private business firms to develop courses and curricula for such continuing education programs. Authorizes the Director to allocate continuing education fellowships under this title. Directs the Director to require programs under this title to develop and utilize standardized evaluation tools to determine the impact of programs authorized hereunder. Authorizes the Director to furnish technical assistance to the devleopment of activities authorized by this title. Title III: Public Understanding - Directs the National Science Foundation to establish a Clearinghouse on Women in Science to collect and disseminate public information concerning activities which encourage the participation of women in science and technology. Authorizes appropriations for the fiscal years 1980 through 1989 for such Clearinghouse. Directs the National Science Foundation to conduct a research program to increase understanding of the potential contribution of women in these fields and to facilitate the participation and advancement of women in science and technology careers. Directs the National Science Foundation to support projects to improve information concerning the importance of women in science and technology through the media. Specifies the factors to be used in determining funding priorities for such projects. Requires the National Science Foundation to identify books and instructional materials to encourage girls and young women to study science and mathematics and to pursue careers in science and technology. Authorizes the Foundation to support the development of books and instructional materials which support these goals. Directs the Foundation to support community outreach activities to attract substantial numbers of women to such careers. Requires the Foundation to make grants to nonprofit organizations which sponsor community activities to enable such organizations to include programs related to science and mathematics. Directs the Foundation to make grants to museums and science centers to encourage women to study such fields, to enter such careers, and to stress the importance of equal opportunity for women in science and technology. Establishes the President's Committee for Equal Opportunity in Science Awards to recommend to the President recipients of the annual Distinguished Achievement in the Advancement of Women in Science Award, established by this Act. Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to award annually the Mathematics and Science Incentive Awards, established by this Act, to schools which encourage the enrollment of women and girls in mathematics and science courses. Establishes the visiting women scientists program to enable women scientists to visit secondary schools and institutions of higher education to encourage girls and women to consider careers in these fields. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to select women to be visiting women scientists. Title IV: Equal Employment Opportunity - Directs the head of each Federal agency, national laboratory, and federally funded research and development center which supports research and development in science and technology, to (1) prevent discrimination against women in science and technology, (2) increase opportunities for the employment and advancement of women in these fields, and (3) to encourage the participation of minority and physically handicapped women in science and technology careers. Requires the head of each Federal agency which provides financial assistance for research and development in science and technology of at least $30,000,000 in any fiscal year, the head of each national laboratory, and federally funded research and development centers, to report annually to Congress concerning the employment status of women in such organizations. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to assess the participation and status of women in all disciplines and job categories of scientific and technological fields in the public sector, private enterprise, and academic institutions. Directs the Civil Service Commission to include in its training program for Federal officials information concerning the employment and encouragement of women in science and technology. Directs the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission to include in existing registers women qualified for and seeking scientific and technological positions, and to circulate such registers to each Federal agency, national laboratory, and federally funded research and development center. Directs the Clearinghouse on Women in Science to compile an employment register listing qualified women seeking such positions, and listing positions available in public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions. Directs the National Science Foundation to make grants to encourage the employment and advancement of women in science and technology through flexible work schedules, and other work-related arrangements. Title V: General Provisions - Specifies the authority of the Foundation to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1980 through 1990 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1978
College Opportunity Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise the standards for determining the family contribution with regard to basic educational opportunity grant amounts authorized by such Act. Removes the provision dealing with adjusted family income as an eligibility requirement for Federal interest payments on higher education student loans under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1978
Health Maintenance Organization Act Amendments - Amends the term used to describe the providers of basic health services in Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's) organized under the Public Health Service Act from "health professionals" to "physicians," thereby excluding from the services provided by a HMO the services of dentists, nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, and such other individuals engaged in the delivery of health services as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may designate. Increases the maximum amounts available for: (1) grants and guarantees of loans for initial development of HMO's; (2) loans made or guaranteed for initial operation costs of HMO's. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans and guarantees to nonfederal lenders of payment of principal and interest on loans made to equip, construct, acquire, or renovate ambulatory care facilities. Extends for five years, through fiscal year 1985, the period during which loans and loan guarantees may be made for initial operation costs of HMO's. Establishes in the Treasury a loan and loan guarantee fund which shall be available to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enable the Secretary to discharge his responsibilities under loans and loan guarantees for the establishment and renovation of ambulatory care facilities. Directs employers who are required to offer membership in a HMO to their employees to arrange, at the option of the employee, for payroll deductions from such employees' salary for membership in a qualified HMO. Extends the authorization of appropriations through fiscal year 1984 for feasibility surveys and planning and initial operating costs of HMO's. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Health Maintenance Organization Intern Program for the purpose of training qualified HMO administrators and managerial personnel. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1983 for this purpose. Requires each HMO to annually file with the Secretary specified financial information. Requires the Secretary to annually file a report with Congress based on the information gathered from such financial disclosures.
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