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United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1976
Recognizes the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of American commercial aviation. Requests that all concerned governmental agencies join in participating in appropriate national and local ceremonies celebrating such anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1976
Disapproves the proposed deferral of budget authority for the following: (1) National Cancer Institute; (2) National Heart and Lung Institute; (3) National Institute of Dental Research; (4) National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases; (5) National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; (6) National Institute of General Medical Sciences; (7) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; (8) Division of Research Resources; and (9) Social and Rehabilitation Service - Public Assistance. Disapproves in part the deferral request for: (1) Health Services Administration; and (2) the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1976
Sets forth the findings of Congress that marine fires are a major hazard to port populations and property and have resulted in substantial economic harm. States that the purposes of this Act are to: (1) provide for the adequate training of United States merchant seamen in marine fire prevention and onboard firefighting; (2) provide for the establishment of marine firefighting units which utilize the manpower and resources of local fire departments and are specially trained in shipboard firefighting techniques for purposes of training local fire departments and ship crews and providing on-the-scene emergency assistance for fighting marine fires; and (3) utilize the United States Coast Guard to coordinate and control marine firefighting activity by firefighting units established pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, to establish within the United States such number of marine firefighting regions as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the selection and establishment of regional and satellite firefighting units from each region. States that each unit shall, upon order by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, provide firefighting services at any marine fire in any region, and provide education and training in marine firefighting techniques to local fire departments and the crews of merchant vessels. Directs the Secretary to establish marine fire protection and firefighting training programs for members of regional and satellite units and for United States marine seamen. Permits the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with concerned States and local governmental agencies which set forth the responsibilities and functions which each party agrees to undertake in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Sets forth additional duties of the Secretary, including the responsibility for developing plans for each region relating to the utilization and pooling of marine firefighting resources. Stipulates that all seagoing vessels operating in the foreign or domestic commerce of the United States shall have on board a prefire plan for the vessel. States that such prefire plan must be prepared by, or prepared under the supervision of, a regional or satellite unit, or approved by the Secretary if prepared by an entity other than a regional or satellite unit. Authorizes appropriations of up to $1,000,000 as a contingency fund to meet the expenses incurred by regional units, satellite units, and other assisting firefighting organizations which have not been reimbursed by vessel owners or operators receiving their services. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1976
Disapproves the proposed deferral of budget authority (Deferral D/76-97) for Indian health facilities set forth in the special messages transmitted by the President to the Congress on January 23, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1976
Provides for the relief of Day's Sportswear, Inc.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1976
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. States that such funds shall not be used for reimbursement of the costs of firefighting on Federal property, or for the burn research and victim rehabilitation programs administered by the National Institutes of Health.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1976
Expresses the sense of the Congress that proposals to increase out-of-pocket payments for medicare beneficiaries should not be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Amends the Communications Act of 1934, to enable the Federal Communications Commission to authorize translator broadcast stations to originate limited amounts of local programming. Authorizes frequency modulation radio translator stations to operate unattended in the same manner as is now permitted for television broadcast translator stations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1976
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit any member of the Federal Communications Commission or person in its employ to be financially interested in, employed by, or have any official relation to any person engaged in radio broadcasting, communication by wire or radio, or any person engaged in the manufacture or sale of apparatus for wire or radio communication. Provides that the Act shall not preclude investment in mutual funds, holding companies, or other investment companies unless their investments are concentrated in radio broadcasting, communication by wire or radio, or the manufacture or sale of apparatus for such communication. Specifies that this Act shall not be construed to limit any authority given to the Commission to restrict further the financial interests or official relations of its employees. Affords the Commission the opportunity to waive provisions of this Act to avoid hardships which could arise in exceptional circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
International Investment Survey Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to provide clear and unambiguous authority to the Secretary of Commerce to collect information on foreign investment in the United States and United States investment abroad and to provide analysis of such information to the Congress, the Executive and the general public. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to periodically conduct comprehensive and timely studies of foreign direct and portfolio investments in the United States and of direct and portfolio investments overseas by United States investors. Provides that in carrying out such studies the Secretary shall conduct and secure information from representatives of industry, the financial community, foreign governments, international organizations and other groups. Specifies areas for such studies including investment activities in the United States and United States investments abroad, the reasons for such investments, and the scope and significance of foreign direct investment in acquisition and takeovers of existing American enterprises. Authorizes the Secretary to establish whatever rules he deems necessary to carry out his functions under this Act. Allows the Secretary to require any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to: (1) maintain records germane to such investment studies; and (2) to furnish under oath any report containing information the Secretary determines is necessary to carry out such studies. Provides for limited access to such reports given under oath and specifies those individuals who may have access to such information. Allows the Secretary to seek injunctive relief against any individual to comply with the provisions of this Act and imposes a $10,000 civil penalty for failure to provide required information or failure to comply with any regulation promulgated under this Act. States that any individual convicted of willfully failing to provide required information or willfully violating any regulation promulgated under this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 or be imprisoned for not more than one year or both. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Interstate Horseracing Act - Title I: Findings and Policy - Expresses the findings of Congress with regard to the significance of the horseracing industry and the effects of off-track betting on such industry. Declares that the policy of the Congress is to assure continued revenue flow from horseracing to the States and to protect the horseracing industry. Title II: Regulation of Interstate Off-Track Wagering - Prohibits the acceptance of a wager, placed or accepted in one State (termed the "off-track State") on the outcome of a horse race in another State. Subjects any State or person violating this Act to a civil action which may be brought by: (1) the host racing association; (2) the State in which the race is held (host State); or (3) any owner of any horse participating in a race which is the subject of an interstate off-track wager on behalf of the host racing association, the host State and owners of all horses participating in a race which is the subject of an interstate off-track wager, to enjoin further violations of this Act and to recover damages in an amount equal to three times the amount of that portion of the interstate off-track wagers which the host State, the host racing association, and the owners of horses participating in the race, would have received if such wagers had been placed at the track where the race was held. States that in the event that a wager accepted in violation of this Act is of a type not accepted at the host track damages shall be equal to three times the greater of the: (1) maximum takeout permitted for any type of parimutuel wager in the host State; or (2) maximum takeout permitted for any type of parimutuel wager in the off-track State. Defines "take-out" as that portion of a wager which is deducted from the parimutuel pool or which is not included in the parimutuel pool and which is distributed to persons or entities other than those placing wagers. Grants jurisdiction over an action under this Act to the United States District Court in the host State or State in which the off-track wager was alleged to have been made. Provides for damages awarded to be distributed to the host State, the host racing association, and the owners of the horses participating in the race upon which the interstate off-track wager was accepted.
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1975
Federal Pilotage Improvement Act - Directs the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard to establish eligibility requirements for the issuance of a license to pilot any steam vessel. Sets forth requirements which must be met before a person may be issued such a license. States that such requirements shall include a minimum age of 21 years, sound health, a demonstrated ability to pilot such a vessel, and adequate knowledge of the waters to be navigated. Provides that no license shall be valid for a term longer than three years. Authorizes the Commandant to revoke or suspend any such license upon evidence of specified acts including: negiligence, unskillfulness, and violation of applicable laws. Defines terms as used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1975
Dedicates the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park to Justice William O. Douglas in grateful recognition of his long and outstanding service to the people of the United States as a teacher, writer, jurist, and naturalist. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to have the words " Dedicated to Justice William O. Douglas" prominently displayed on all signs bearing the name of the park and to take other actions to call to the attention of the public the fact that such park has been so dedicated. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 1975
Revises the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act to provide that with respect to Federal funds appropriated to the States for State commercial fisheries research and development projects, no State may receive an initial apportionment for any fiscal year of less than one-half of one percent of the funds or more than six percent of the funds. Directs that funds appropriated for such purpose but unobligated at the end of the year shall no longer be considered as apportioned to that State and shall remain available until expended to carry out the purposes of this Act (presently provides that such funds shall be returned to the treasury).
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1975
Authorizes the financing of capital improvements on the Alaska Railroad by the Secretary of Transportation. Limits such financing to obligations of $150,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1975
Independent Safety Board Act Amendments - Directs the Independent Safety Board to prohibit disclosure of information obtained from an aircraft accident or incident investigation conducted by a foreign state, in accordance with the Chicago Convention, unless the state which conducted the investigation authorizes such disclosure. Authorizes appropriations for the Board for fiscal years 1977 and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
States that the appropriations of the Department of Commerce are authorized to be available without fiscal year limitation whenever so provided for in an appropriation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations which equates Zionism with racism. Opposes participation by the United States Government in the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. Calls for reconsideration of the Zionism resolution. Directs the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Foreign Relations to begin hearings immediately to reassess the United States' further participation in the United Nations General Assembly.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1975
Public Broadcasting Financing Act - Establishes a Public Broadcasting Fund in the Treasury and authorizes to be appropriated to such Fund for each of the fiscal years 1976 through 1980 an amount equal to forty percent of the total amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities during the fiscal year second preceding each such fiscal year, up to specified limits. Provides for specified portions of the Public Broadcasting Fund to be distributed among the licensees and permittees of noncommercial educational broadcast stations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exempt stocks, inventories, and products of endangered species from the export prohibitions of the Endangered Species Act if such stocks, inventories or products were lawfully held in the United States on December 28, 1973. Authorizes the arrest without warrant of persons violating provisions of such Act where agents of the Secretary have reasonable grounds to believe that persons to be arrested are committing the violations in the view or presence of such agents.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1975
Permanment Daylight Saving Time Act - Provides that daylight saving time shall be in effect from the second Sunday in February until the second Sunday in November each year.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Emergency Medical Services Amendment - Revises those provisions of the Public Health Services Act providing for Federal assistance for emergency medical service systems with respect to: (1) grants and contracts for the establishment and initial operation of such systems; (2) grants and contracts for the expansion and improvement of such systems; and (3) grants and contracts for research in emergency medical techniques. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,083,000 for the purpose of making grants and contracts to assist emergency medical service systems during the transitional quarter. Authorizes the appropriation of funds in specified amounts for the making of such grants and contracts through fiscal year 1979. Reduces from 75 percent to 60 percent the percentage of such appropriated funds available for assistance in the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical systems. Provides for the allocation of 15 percent of such funds to assistance for feasibility studies concerning such systems.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Defines "a substance other than convention oil" for purposes of the Intervention on the High Seas Act as meaning those oils, noxious substances, liquified gases, and radioactive substances enumerated in the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other than Oil or otherwise determined by the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating as being liable to create a hazard. States that for purposes of implementing the Act, in determining whether there is grave and imminent danger of major harmful consequences to the coast line or related interests of the United States, the Secretary shall consider the interests directly affected or threatened, including but not limited to human health, fish, shellfish, and other living marine resources, wildlife, coastal zone and estuarine activities, and public and private shorelines and beaches.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Aviation Act - Provides that an applicationn with respect to air transportation under the Federal Aviation Act shall be set for hearing within 60 days from the date the application is filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board, and provides for the expedition of the hearing procedure. Authorizes the Board to issue a certificate for interstate air transportation between any two cities not receiving nonstop scheduled air transportation by an air carrier holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity to an applicant if it finds the applicant is fit, willing, and able to perform such transportation properly. States that any air carrier that engages in interstate air transportation solely with aircraft having a capacity of less than fifty-six passengers or sixteen thousand pounds of property shall not be required to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity if that carrier conforms to such financial responsibility requirements as the Board may by regulation impose. States that the Board shall not impose close-door, single plane service, mandatory stop, long-haul restrictions, or similar restrictions, on any new certificate or amendment to any existing certificate and that by January 1, 1981, the Board shall reissue all certificates for interstate air transportation in the form of an unduplicated list of city pairs that each certificated air carrier is authorized to serve. Requires, by January 1, 1978, the Board to prepare an unduplicated list of city pairs that each interstate certificated air carrier will be authorized to serve on January 1, 1981. Provides that on or after January 1, 1981, each air carrier engaged in interstate scheduled air transportation may engage in nonstop scheduled air transportation without regard to any certificate limitations or other restrictions between any points in the United States named in its certificate or certificates on January 1, 1975. Prohibits consolidation, merger, or acquisition of control with respect to air carriers if such action would result in: (1) monopoly or be in furtherance of any combination or conspiracy to monopolize; or (2) the possibility of substantial lessening of competition or other restraint of trade. Provides that no air transportation rate above direct costs may be found to be unjust or unreasonable on the basis that it is too low, and the Board may not require an air carrier to charge, demand, collect, or receive compensation in excess of that air carrier's direct costs for the service at issue. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to undertake a study of the local service air carrier subsidy program and make recommendations to Congress for any necessary changes in the subsidy system within one year of the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to participate in the Upper Baker project, Baker River, Washington.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1975
Condemns the resolution adopted by the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly which equates Zionism with racism.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to provide for the construction of additional power generating facilities at the existing McNary Lock and Dam project, Columbia River, in the States of Oregon and Washington. Provides that such construction shall be at an estimated cost of $318,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1975
Animal Welfare Act Amendments - Provides, under the Federal Laboratory Animal Welfare Act, that no animals shall be delivered to any intermediate handler or common carrier for transportation in commerce unless the animals are accompanied by a veterinarian's certificate verifying that the animals are sound and healthy. States that specified animals shall not be delivered for transportation if they are less than eight weeks of age. Provides that no intermediate handler or common carrier shall participate in any practice under which the cost of such animal or its transportation is to be paid and collected upon delivery of the animal to the consignee. Imposes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Makes it unlawful to transport in interstate or foreign commerce any live dog or animal trained to participate in dog or animal fighting ventures.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority for emergency energy conservation services, as proposed by the President to Congress on July 26, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the Interior assist the State of Oregon in the preservation of the home of the late former Senator Wayne Morse.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that every person has a right to an adequate diet. Provides that recognition of this right should guide United States policy. Seeks to have all who are in need receive help through food assistance programs. Calls for this country to increase its assistance for self-help development among the world's poorest nations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1975
Extends from 18 to 24 months the period which the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating may interpose, at his discretion, between the date of issuance of a boating safety standard requiring major changes in the boat manufacturing industry and the effective date of such safety standard. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research, testing, and development necessary to carry out the purposes of the Federal Boat Safety Act. Extends through fiscal year 1978 the allocation of Federal funds to State boating safety programs. Authorizes through fiscal year 1978 the appropriation of funds for Federal assistance to State boating safety programs.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1975
Fair Financing for Local Government Act - Title I: Fair Finance Insurance Board - Establishes a Fair Finance Insurance Board with a Chairman and four members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Board to secure directly from any executive department or agency information, estimates, statistics, and technical assistance for the purpose of carrying out its functions under this Act. Directs such executive department or agency to furnish the information, estimates, statistics, and technical assistance directly to the Board upon its request. Title II: Functions of the Board - Authorizes the Board to offer to any insurers, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, reinsurance against 75 percent of losses resulting from the failure of any unit of local government to pay all or any part of scheduled municipal bond principal and interest payments on insured municipal bonds as such payments become due and payable. Authorizes the Board to enter into any contract, agreement, or other arrangement with any insurer for reinsurance coverage, pursuant to this title, in consideration of payment to the Board by the insurer of a premium which shall be determined by the Board, but which shall not exceed 1 percent of the total amount of the interest and principal amounts insured. Authorizes the Board to offer to the local assistance agency of any State, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, a guarantee of payment of 75 percent of the total amount of the interest and principle of bonds issued by such agency for the purpose of purchasing principle bonds issued by a unit of local government within such State. Title III: Special Study and Annual Reports - Directs the Board to conduct a study of the market for securities issued by local governmental units. Stipulates that such study shall include: (1) the availability, and present and potential sources of funds for the purchase of such securities; (2) influences upon, and developments in, interest rates for such securities; (3) suggested reforms in the financial structures and functioning, and in present methods of financing the activities of, units of local government; and (4) Federal and State efforts to assist in the marketing of such securities. Directs the Board to submit such local securities market study to the President for transmission to the Congress no later than 180 days subsequent to the enactment of this Act. Title IV: Advisory Committees - Authorizes the Board to establish special advisory committees which shall consult with the Board during the planning and implementation of its functions and shall provide advice and information to the Board concerning all aspects of its activities. Requires the advisory committees to provide for the representation of the following interests and such other interests as the Board may deem necessary or desirable: (1) city, county and State governments; (2) the labor movement; and (3) the financial community. Title V: Fair Finance Insurance Fund - Establishes a Fair Finance Insurance Fund which shall be available, without fiscal year limitations: (1) to make such payments as may, from time to time, be required under reinsurance or guarantee agreements entered into under this Act; and (2) to pay such administrative expenses as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Stipulates that in the event there are insufficient moneys in the Fund to meet obligations of the Board, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Fund such sums as may be necessary to fulfill such obligations. Authorizes Secretary of the Treasury to use, for the purpose of making any such transfer, the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1975
Empowers the Secretary of Commerce to authorize Department of Commerce employees who guard premises under the responsibility of the Secretary: (1) to carry firearms in the performance of their duties; and (2) to make arrests for offenses against the United States committed in their presence, or for which they have reasonable grounds to believe the person to be arrested is responsible.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1975
Increases from $1,000 to $2,000 the maximum fine which may be imposed on an individual under the Communications Act for each failure to observe the regulations of that Act with respect to licensed broadcast stations. Increases from $10,000 to $20,000 the maximum fine which the Federal Communications Commission may impose on any individual subject to its regulations for violations of such regulations. Establishes a maximum fine of $5,000 for violators which were not subject to the Commission by means of a license or through the conduct of interstate communications activities.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1975
Federal Taxpayers' Rights Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare pamphlets which set forth in nontechnical terms: (1) the rights and obligations of a taxpayer and the Service during an audit; (2) the procedures by which a taxpayer may appeal any adverse decision of the Service (including administrative and judicial appeals); (3) the procedures for prosecuting refund claims and filing of taxpayer complaints; and (4) the procedures which the Service may use in enforcing the internal revenue laws (including assessment, jeopardy assessment, levy and distraint, and enforcement of liens). Establishes within the Internal Revenue Service an office to be known as the Office of Taxpayer Services to be under the supervision and direction of an Assistant Commissioner of Internal Revenue who shall assist taxpayers in obtaining easily understandable tax information and answering questions on tax liability, among other functions. States that, upon application filed by a taxpayer with the Office of Taxpayer Services, in such form, manner, and at such time as the Secretary or his delegate shall by regulations prescribe, the Assistant Commissioner for Taxpayer Services may issue a Taxpayer Assistance Order if, in the determination of the Assistant Commissioner, the taxpayer is suffering from an unusual, unnecessary, or irreparable loss as a result of the manner in which the internal revenue laws are being administered by the Secretary or his delegate. Authorizes the President of the Legal Services Corporation to establish Taxpayer Representation Offices in four cities selected by such President for purposes of providing legal assistance to individuals in connection with: (1) any audit by the Service of any return made by or on behalf of the individual with respect to any tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or (2) an assessment or collection from any such individual of any tax imposed by such chapter. Provides for show cause hearings with respect to jeopardy assessments and termination of taxable years. Increases the monetary value of specified items to be exempt from levy. Provides criminal penalties (a fine of up to $10,000, or imprisonment for up to 2 years or both) for investigations into or surveillance over the beliefs, associations, or activities of any individual or organization which are not directly related to such revenue laws. Provides a civil cause of action for damages or an injunction, or both, for such violations. Prohibits inspection of tax returns pursuant to a criminal investigation unless a search warrant has issued upon probable cause to believe that no alternative source of necessary information is available. Provides rules for civil investigation related to: (1) payment of Social Security and Railroad Retirement taxes; (2) pension administration; (3) census information; (4) enforcement of taxpayers' rights under this Act; (5) inspection by States; (6) inspection by Committees of Congress; and (7) disclosure to persons having substantial interest (agents of partnerships and corporations, and shareholders of corporations). Provides a civil action for damages for unauthorized disclosure of tax information.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1975
Extends the appropriation authorization for the Endangered Species Act of 1973 through fiscal year 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1975
Fairness in Franchising Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a continuing review and study of the substantive and procedural law applicable to franchises and franchising. Provides that no franchisor who is doing business in or affecting interstate commerce shall cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise unless he furnishes prior notice of at least 90 days to each franchise affected thereby. States that a franchisor who is doing business in or affecting interstate commerce shall not cancel or terminate a franchise unless: (1) such franchisor has good cause for such cancellation or termination or (2) such franchisor is effecting a marketing area withdrawal. States that a franchisor who is doing business in or affecting interstate commerce shall not terminate a franchise by failure to renew unless: (1) such franchisor has good cause for such failure to renew; (2) such franchisor has a legitimate business reason for such failure to renew if the term of the agreement which is not being renewed was five years or more; or (3) such franchisor is effecting a marketing area withdrawal upon the expiration of the terms of the franchises outstanding in the area involved. Provides that a franchisor who fails to renew for a legitimate business reason shall pay to the franchise involved a reasonable compensation for the value to the latter's business, including, but not limited to, goodwill. Authorizes franchisees to maintain civil actions against franchisors for conduct prohibited under this Act. Authorizes Federal district courts to grant such equitable relief as is necessary to remedy the effects of conduct which it finds to exist and which is prohibited under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1975
Authorizes appropriations for the National Traffic and Motor Vehicles Safety Act of $13,000,000 for the fiscal year 1976 transitional period, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1975
Authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation designating Sunday, September 14, 1975, as "National Saint Elizabeth Seton Day."
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Provides for the relief of Anacleto Aboyabor Dotollo and Turtosa Acompanado Dotollo.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare should withdraw its proposed Consolidated Procedural Rules for Administration and Enforcement of the Department's statutory responsibilities. States that if additional positions are required for enforcement of Civil Rights laws such need should be brought to the attention of the Senate. Directs the Office of Civil Rights to continue to make efforts to detect systematic discrimination including those areas relating to discrimination based on sex and handicap.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Grants the Federal Power Commission emergency authority to exempt temporarily any activities or operations relating to the sale, transportation, transfer, or exchange in interstate commerce of natural gas or of commingled natural gas and synthetic natural gas, from the provisions of the Natural Gas Act, in order to alleviate the hardships caused by the natural gas shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the period from September 2, 1975, through September 8, 1975, as "National Schoolbus Safety Week." Calls upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate activities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1975
Directs that in computing the total number of civilian personnel authorized in any fiscal year for the Department of Defense or any military department thereof, there shall be excluded from such computation civilian personnel engaged in industrially funded activities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1975
Disapproves the proposed deferral of budget authority for the Second Bacon Siphon and Tunnel, Columbia Basin Irrigation Project, Washington, set forth in the special message transmitted by the President to the Congress on July 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act Amendments - Revises the definition of the term "interstate transmission facilities" to exclude any facility which transports gas from an interstate gas pipeline to a direct sales customer purchasing gas for its own consumption. Defines the term "intrastate pipeline transportation" to include such facilities. States that the provisions of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act shall not apply to intrastate pipeline transmission as defined in this Act when the safety standards applicable to such transmission are regulated by a State agency. Changes from March 17 to June 15 the date on which the Secretary of Transportation is required to present to the President an annual report on the administration of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act. Extends through fiscal year 1977 the authorization of appropriations for the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1975
Provides for the relief of Soledad G. Veniegas.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1975
Extends until September 7, 1980, the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to provide war risk insurance pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, at the request of the Secretary of Transportation, to invest or reinvest in public debt obligations any portion of the revolving fund which was established to provide war risk insurance pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that no State shall be required to administer individual means tests for provision of education, nutrition, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services provided thereunder to groups of low-income individuals aged sixty or older.