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United States · United States Congress · 11 November 1975
Commends those engaged in recreating the Second Canadian Regiment known as "Congress' Own Regiment".
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 1975
Veterans and Survivors Pension Reform Act - Title I: Reform of the Non-Service-Connected Pension Program for Veterans and Their Survivors - Creates a pension system within the Veterans' Administration applicable to all veterans, widows of veterans, and dependent parents who, subsequent to October 1, 1976, are or become eligible for a Veterans' Administration non-service-connected pension. Provides for a restructuring of the need-based pension program of the Veterans' Administration. Provides for a level of income for veterans and their survivors which is above the minimum subsistence level. Establishes a basic minimum level of income for all eligible veterans and dependents at $2,700 for single pensioners and $3,900 for pensioners with dependents. Provides for a method of computing a pension for those veterans with little or no income. Title II: Adjustments in Current Statutory Pension Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act. Revises the catagories of spouse, widow, and surviving spouse for purposes of the changes in rates in this Act. Presents a schedule by month for such rates. Title III: Reform of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Revises the schedule for determining dependency and indemnity compensation rates under the Veterans' Administration. Title IV: Adjustments in Current Statutory Provisions Relating to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Parents - Sets forth schedules for the payment of monthly dependency and indemnification compensation to the parents of veterans. Title V: Miscellaneous and Effective Dates - Makes the effective date of this Act October 1, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should seek to include as an item on the agenda of both the Economic Summit Conference and the Conference on International Economic Cooperation the issue of arms sales. States that the President should offer to voluntarily limit United States weapons sales during the next fiscal year, provided other major weapons suppliers join us in seeking multilateral limitations on international arms sales.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1975
Permits employees of the Government who are eligible for health insurance benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to receive coverage thereunder without regard to other health insurance plans.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1975
Authorizes advance disapproval by Congress of any increase in rates charged under health benefit plans authorized for Federal employees. Sets forth procedural provisions governing such disapproval by the Senate or the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1975
Requires the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts to establish in Washington, D.C. a National Center for American Handcrafts to provide facilities and assistance in promoting American handcrafts. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1975
Young Farmers' Homestead Act - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Agriculture the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. Authorizies the Corporation to purchase farm land in value of up to $200,000 per unit. Provides that the Corporation shall make such farms available for lease and subsequently for sale. Directs that the farms may be leased to an eligible applicant for a period of not less than two years nor more than seven years with specified restrictions upon the use of such land. Provides that the lessee may at any time within six months prior to the expiration of his lease make application to the board for purchase of such unit upon the expiration of such lease. States that the board shall approve such application if it determines that the lessee can successfully manage and operate such farm unit. Specifies a formula to be used in determining the selling price of each farm. Provides that a buyer may obtain financing through any available source, but if private financing is not available, the Farmers Home Administration shall furnish the financing at a specified rate. Requires the Corporation to file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture a complete report as to the business of the Corporation. Provides that the financial transactions of the Corporation shall be audited at least once each year by the General Accounting Office. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint an advisory council to advise the board regarding the administration of this Act. Provides that the Council's advice shall include recommendations on what the eligibility requirements should be for leasing farm units and what experience should be required for leasing a farm. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Specifies criminal provisions applicable to the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 657, 658, 1006, and 1014)
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make financial assistance available to agricultural producers who suffer losses as the result of having their agricultural commodities or livestock quarantined or condemned because such commodities or livestock have been found to contain toxic chemicals dangerous to the public health. Directs that the amount of each such loan shall be limited to $100,000. Provides that such loans shall not be available to any producer who has been fully compensated for the loss for which the loan is requested. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1975
Potomac River Historical Area - Establishes the Potomac River Historical Area. Defines the boundaries of the Area. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands, waters, and other interests within the historical Area. Permits the owners of property acquired by the Secretary for the Area to retain a right of use and occupancy for specified purposes. Directs the Secretary to formulate and transmit to Congress a master plan for the Area. States that such plan shall indicate the location and cost of public facilities and the projected need for additional facilities. States that the Area shall be administered in accordance with the laws applicable to the National Park System. Provides for the inclusion within the Area of the Cheseapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park and the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. States that each Park shall continue to be administered as it is now. Authorizes and directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to analyze the effect of existing activities within the Area on the quality and quantity of the Potomac River waters within the Area. Directs the Administrator to submit the Congress the results of such analysis. Establishes the Potomac River Historical Area Advisory Commission. Provides for representatives on the Commission from specified Virginia and West Virginia counties. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1975
Requests the President to inform the appropriate foreign countries of a declaration by the Congress calling for reduction and control of nuclear testing and non-proliferation of nuclear materials, including the embodiment of the Vladivostok Accord of 1974 in a treaty.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1975
Expresses Congressional disapproval of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1975
Provides for the relief of Pan Bok Lee.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1975
Provides for the relief of Evelina Irene Jara.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1975
Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior; Transportation; and Agriculture to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of bicycle trails along specified United States highways under the National Trails System Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1975
Establishes the Joint Congressional Task Force on Federal Small Business Impact to be composed of one majority and one minority Member from the House Small Business Committee, the Senate Select Committee on Small Business, and the Joint Economic Committee. Directs the task force to establish subject matter priorities and assignments for the committees of the House and Senate in order to coordinate and assign to such committees areas for investigations to be undertaken. Provides that such investigations shall examine Federal programs and laws that affect small business in America. Requires the task force, upon completion of such investigations, to prepare a report and make recommendations for legislation based upon information by the committees. Provides that expenses of the task force shall be apid from the contingent fund of the Senate and House. Authorizes the appropriation of no more than $50,000 for expenses incurred by any committee during such investigations.
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 · 24 September 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that income from specified public entertainment activities conducted by charitable or nonprofit organizations shall not be unrelated trade or business income and shall not affect the tax exemption of the organization.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1975
Subjects the surface use of mineral land locations within the National Park System to the regulation of the Secretary of the Interior. Repeals the application of mining laws to mining claims in specified national parks and monuments. Prohibits, for a three-year period, the disturbing of the surface of any national park land for mineral exploration or development. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to estimate the funds and manpower necessary to determine the validity of mining claims within the national parks and monuments with respect to which the mining laws are repealed by this Act.
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 · 5 September 1975
Emergency Petroleum Allocation Extension Act - Provides for the extension of the Emergency Allocation Act from August 31, 1975, to December 31, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Revises the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 so as to include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia as States with respect to the program of grants for educational research and training as established by such Act.
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 · 25 July 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to expand the boundaries of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park to include specified lands within the areas from North Branch to Cumberland, Maryland. Directs the Secretary to establish a visitors' center for the Park. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
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
Authorizes supplemental expenditures through February 1976 by the Select Committee To Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Agencies for an inquiry and investigation relating to the intelligence activities carried out by or on behalf of the Federal Government.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Expresses the disapproval of the United States Senate of attempts to expel Israel for the United Nations. States that if Israel is expelled the Senate will review United States commitments to the Third World nations involved in the expulsion and will consider the implication of continued membership in the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Increases the Federal excise tax, under the Internal Revenue Code, on gasoline. Provides a tax credit which is refundable without regard to liability for an amount equal to the amount of increased tax which would be paid on 350 gallons of gasoline per person.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Authorizes the issuance by the Secretary of the Treasury of two gold commemorative coins with the likenesses of Abigail Adams and Susan B. Anthony. Requires that each coin shall contain at least .667 fine. Limits quantities of such coins to no more than 60,000,000 each.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1975
Requires Members of Congress, Congressional employees, and candidates for Congress to file annually with the Comptroller General a report containing a full and complete statement of the sources of income and gifts, the value of each asset held, any business transaction which exceeds $5,000, and the amount of local, State and Federal taxes paid. States that such reports shall be maintained as public records. Provides for a criminal penalty of a fine of $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Prohibits the utilization of funds appropriated for the use of the Department of Defense for purposes of conducting any research, testing, or evaluation in which dogs are used if such research, testing, or evaluation is conducted for the purpose of developing or improving any radioactive, chemical, or biological warfare agent. Restricts Department of Defense appropriated funds use in the area of dog procurement. Directs the Department of Defense to develop new research methods for its research projects, where feasible, to complement or eliminate current methods involving the direct or indirect use of animals.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1975
Interstate Taxation Act - Title I: Sales and Use Taxes - Establishes uniform standards under which a State or a political subdivision of a State may exercise the power to impose a sales tax or to require a person to collect a sales or use tax with respect to an interstate sale of tangible personal property with a destination in the State or political subdivision. Authorizes a State to require an out-of-State seller to collect and remit a uniform combined State and local sales and use tax with respect to an interstate sale of tangible personal property. States that such a tax shall not be required of a business whose annual receipts from within the State levying such tax are less than $20,000. Precludes the imposition of separate State and local taxes when a combined tax is provided for by State law. Establishes criteria with respect to the authority of a State to require the collection and remittance of a uniform combined State and local sales and use tax by an out-of-State business. Limits the sales on which an out-of-State seller may be required to collect a sales or use tax of a political subdivision or a geographic area of a State to those interstate sales in which the seller has a business location or regularly makes deliveries other than by common carrier or United States Postal Service. Provides for the collection of a use tax by a State or political subdivision thereof with respect to property: (1) acquired in an interstate sale from an out-of- State seller who is not required to collect a uniform combined State and local sales and use tax with respect to such sale; or (2) acquired outside the State and brought into the State or political subdivision by such user or purchaser. Provides for an out-of-State seller to elect to become subject to the sales and use tax laws of a State or political subdivision thereof in lieu of collecting the uniform combined State and local sales and use tax. Requires States having a uniform combined State and local sales and use tax to establish a tax rate to be applied by out-of-State sellers in collecting such tax which is uniform throughout the State. Sets forth regulations to prevent the collection of excess or multiple taxes on the same goods. Provides for a refund of specified excess taxes. Enumerates exempt transactions and costs from the amount to which a sales or use tax rate may be applied. Title II: Net Income and Gross Receipts Taxes - Prohibits States and political subdivisions thereof from: (1) imposing a net income tax on a corporation unless the corporation has a business location in the State or political subdivision in the taxable year; or (2) imposing a gross receipts tax with respect to a sale of tangible personal property unless the seller has a business location in the State or political subdivision. Sets forth conditions by which it may be determined if a corporation is taxable in a State and if it is taxable in more than one State. Sets forth a formula by which may be determined that portion of the net income of a corporation taxable in more than one State. Defines the terms "property factor," "payroll factor," and "sales factors" as used in the formula. States that: (1) income from sources without the United States; and (2) certain corporate dividends shall be excluded from apportionable income. Title III: Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act. Prohibits the States from increasing sales or use taxes because of occurrences outside the State if the same occurrences within the State would not increase the tax. Clarifies regulations with respect to liability for unassessed sales, use, net income, and gross receipts taxes. Title IV: Jurisdiction of Federal Courts - Gives the United States Court of Claims the jurisdiction to review de novo any issues relating to a dispute arising under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1975
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating that week in November which includes Thanksgiving Day as "National Family Week".
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1975
Authorizes payment under the supplementary medical insurance program of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Secuirty Act for optometric and medical vision care.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1975
Ozone Preservation Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that the discharge of certain fluorocarbons into the atmosphere from aerosal spray containers threatens to deplete the protective layer of ozone in the earth's atmosphere thereby increasing the incidence of solar ultraviolet radiation and threatening human health and agricultural crops. States that one year and a half after the enactment of this Act the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, under the Clean Air Act, shall prohibit the sale and distribution of aerosol spray containers which use certain fluorocarbons. Directs the Administrator, at the same time, to issue regulations controlling other uses of flurocarbons and chlorofluoromethane compounds such as in air conditioning systems. Provides for the waiving of any such regulations if scientific information later determines that flurocarbon compounds do not pose a threat to the public health. Provides a civil penalty of a fine of up to $1,000 per day or one year of confinement, or both, for violation of regulations promulgated under this Act. Authorizes the appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, and for the transition period ending September 30, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1975
Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is 60 years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of a permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949, and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1975
Imposes, under the U.S. Tariff Schedules, higher rates of duty on products derived from petroleum. Distributes the revenue from such increased rates of duty to States which consume such products. Directs the President to establish a program to allocate among importers the amount of residual fuel oils and middle distillates which may be entered or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption free of duty. Provides that such procedure shall be carried out by the issuance of a license to each eligible importer. Directs that such license shall be issued to any person who, in the determination of the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administrator, is enduring severe hardship.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1975
Animal Welfare Improvement Act - Extends specified provisions of existing law relating to the care and treatment of animals to cover common carriers, airline terminals, retail pet stores, and intermediate handlers. Designates such provisions as the "Animal Welfare Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe standards for the humane treatment of animals which prohibit the transportation in commerce of dogs, cats, or other animals under eight weeks of age. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Transportation in establishing and enforcing humane standards for animals in transit. Authorizes the imposition of a civil penalty of $2,000 upon dealers, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, common carriers, and operators of auction sales for each knowing violation of the Animal Welfare Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1975
Equal Credit Opportunity Act Amendments - Prohibits creditors from discriminating against consumer applicants for credit on the basis of age, race, sex, religion, national origin, political affiliation, receipt of public assistance benefits, or the exercise of rights under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act or any other provision of law. Requires creditors to give each consumer applicant a statement of reasons for credit denial or termination. Authorizes the Attorney General to initiate enforcement actions under such Act on his own or at the request of other enforcement agencies. Changes the ceiling for private class action recoveries of punitive damages from the lesser of $100,000 or 1 percent of the creditors net worth to the greater of $50,000 or 1 percent of net worth.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1975
Makes the police force of the United States Supreme Court subject to the District of Columbia Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Makes it unlawful for any Executive Branch officer or any person acting under such officer's authority to require that any United States Government employee or any applicant for employment in the Executive Branch of the Government do any of the following: (1) disclose their race, religion, or national origin; (2) attend Government-sponsored meetings and lectures or participate in outside activities unrelated to their employment; (3) report on their outside activities or undertakings unrelated to their work; (4) submit to questioning about their religion, personal relationships or sexual attitudes through interviews, psychological tests, or polygraphs; or (5) support political candidates or attend political meetings. Permits inquiries into national origin when necessary for the national interest or overseas work. Allows agency officers to advise employees of charges of sexual misconduct as long as the employee has an opportunity to refute the charge. Makes it illegal to coerce an employee to buy bonds or make charitable contributions; or to require him to disclose his own personal assets, liabilities, or expenditures, or those of any member of his family unless they would show a conflict of interest. Provides a right to have a counsel or other person present, if the employee wishes, at an interview which may lead to disciplinary proceedings. Makes it unlawful for any Civil Service Commission officer to require any executive department or agency to do any prohibited act; or to require a person seeking to establish Civil Service status or employment in the executive branch to submit to interrogation, polygraph testing, or psychological testing designed to elicit views regarding religion, personal relationships, or sexual attitude. Accords the right to a civil action in a Federal court for violation or threatened violation of this Act. Directs the Attorney General to defend all persons sued who acted pursuant to an order or who, in his opinion, did not willfully violate this Act. Establishes a three-member Board on Employees' Rights with members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Grants the Board the authority and duty to receive and investigate written complaints from any person claiming to be aggrieved by any violation or threatened violation of this Act and to conduct a hearing on each such complaint. Grants the Board powers which will eliminate violation of this Act. Directs the Board to make an annual report of its activities to Congress. Excludes the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency from the provisions of this Act. Permits the establishment of agency grievance procedures to enforce this Act, but the existence of such procedures shall not preclude the use of other remedies.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Conversion of Abandoned Railroad Rights-of-Way Act - Declares the purpose of this Act is to modify the Interstate Commerce Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program for development of railroad rights-of-way for use of transportation by bicycle. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with Federal, State and local authorities, to identify those railroad rights- of-way, on which rail service has been permanently terminated, is scheduled for termination, or is likely of termination and which are potentially suitable for public recreational use. Describes recreational use to include: (1) inclusion in the National Trails System; (2) utilization by a State, regional, or local entity for use as a State administered bikeway, walkway, or similar facility. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance for the conversion of such railroad rights-of-ways to such recreational uses. Authorizes $25,000,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 1976 and the next two fiscal years to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Bill of Rights Procedures Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to prohibit any interception of communication, other electronic surveillance, surreptitious entry, mail opening, or the inspection of and procuring of the records of telephone, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions, of any individual without a court order issued upon probable cause that a crime has been or is about to be committed, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Provides that whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the united States or any department or agency thereof, willfully: (1) searches any private dwelling used and occupied as a dwelling without a warrant directing such search or malicously and without reasonable cause searches any other building or property without a search warrant; (2) procures or inspects the records of telephone calls, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions of any individual without a search warrant or the consent of the individual; (3) opens any foreign or domestic mail not directed to him without a search warrant directing such opening or without the consent of the sender or addressee of such mail; or (4) intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept any wire or oral communication except as authorized by law; shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Requires that within 30 days after the date of an order authorizing or approving the intereception of a wire or oral communication (or each extension thereof) entered under authority of law, or the denial of an order approving an interecption, the person seeking such order shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives: (1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for; (2) the kind of order or extension applied for; (3) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied; (4) the period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; (5) the names of all parties to the intercepted communications; (6) the offense specified in the order or application; (7) the identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer and agency making the application and the person authorizing the application to be made; (8) a copy of the court order authorizing, approving, or denying such interception; and (9) the nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were intercepted. Specifies that reports be made within 90 days after the date of an order approving the interception of a wire or oral communication on the disposition of all records of any such interception and the identity of and action taken by all individual who had access to any such interception. Sets forth reporting requirements in the case of warrants issued authorizing the opening of mail.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1975
Designates John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Strips Forever" as the national march of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1975
Requires, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, comprehensive State plans to include provisions for the prevention of crimes against the elderly.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1975
Authorizes the One Hundred and First Airborne Division Association to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia in commemoration of the men of the "Screaming Eagles". Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the National Commission on Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, to select a suitable site in the District of Columbia or its environs. Provides that all plans are subject to approval of the Secretary of Interior. States that neither the United States nor the District of Columbia shall be put to any expense in the erection of such monument. Directs that maintenance of the monument shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior or the District of Columbia if the memorial is erected upon public grounds under their jurisdiction.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1975
Makes it unlawful for any Government employee or officer or any person engaged in business or other activity affecting interstate commerce to: (1) require a polygraph test as a condition of employment; or (2) discharge or deny a promotion to an individual who refuses to submit to a polygraph test. Permits civil suits to enforce the provisions of this Act. Gives the U.S. district courts jurisdiction under this Act without regard to amount of pecuniary injury or exhaustion of administrative remedies.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1975
Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal year 1976 $7,843,000, and for each fiscal year thereafter through 1978, $10,500,000 for use by the United States Commission on Civil Rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Repeals the authority of the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to enforce traffic regulations for MacArthur Boulevard in the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1975
Provides for the relief of Ester Noemi Cuellar.