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Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD]

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Bill· SS. 911 (94th)referred

Open Windows Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1975

Open Windows Act - States the finding of the Congress that the projected demand for energy demonstrates the need for a national effort to conserve energy, yet air conditioning of buildings accounts for a substantial and rapidly growing consumption of energy, so that in order to conserve energy, buildings constructed by or for the Federal Government should be so designed and constructed as to permit the manual opening and closing of windows. Includes for purposes of this Act those buildings which are to be leased in whole or in part by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to prescribe such standards for the design, construction, and alteration of buildings as may be necessary to insure compliance with the provisions of this Act.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 94 (94th)passed

A resolution relating to food assistance for Cambodia.

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1975

Provides that not less than 50 percent of the food commodities budgeted for Cambodia shall be made available in Cambodia for humanitarian purposes. Directs that such food be administered by voluntary agencies already established in Cambodia.

Bill· SS. 897 (94th)referred

Energy Conservation Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1975

Energy Conservation Act - Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for the taxable year equal to 50 percent of the amount of energy-conserving residential improvement expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the taxable year. Limits such tax credit to not more than $500 for the taxable year. Allows a tax credit for the gasoline conservation tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits such tax credit to not more than $158 for the 1976 calendar year and $210 in succeeding fiscal years. Allows a deduction of up to $2,000 for the taxable year for energy-conserving residential improvement expenses. Sets a gasoline conservation tax on gasoline sold by the producer or importer. Sets forth the schedule for such tax. Provides for payments to individuals who purchase new automobiles with fuel economy standards corresponding to a schedule under this Act. Makes the maximum payment under such schedule $675 for the purchase of new automobile with a fuel consumption rate of over forty miles per gallon. Imposes an automobile energy consumption tax on each new automobile sold to a final purchaser. Establishes an Energy Conserving Residential Improvement Loan Program. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.

Law· SS. 824 (94th)open

Japan-United States Friendship Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975

Japan-United States Friendship Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide for the use of part of the sums to be paid by Japan to the United States in connection with the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese administration in order to enhance the understanding and support of the close friendship and mutuality of interest between our two nations. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund. Requires such amounts in the fund to be used for the promotion of scholarly, cultural, and artistic activities between Japan and the United States. Provides that amounts in the fund may also be used to pay administrative expenses of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. Establishes such Commission and authorizes it to develop and carry out programs for the promotion of scholarly, cultural and artistic activities by Japan and the United States, and to make grants to carry out such programs. Makes administrative provisions to enable the Commission to carry out its functions under this Act. States that the Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund shall consist of: (1) 10 percent of the funds paid to the United States pursuant to the agreement between Japan and the United States concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands; (2) any other amounts received by the fund by way of gifts and donations; and (3) interest and proceeds credited to it from portions of the fund invested by the Secretary of the Treasury. Provides that such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States.

Bill· SS. 840 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Funeral Transportation and Living Expenses Benefits Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 53) to also provide memorial transportation and living expense benefits to the families of deceased servicemen classified as prisoners of war or as missing in action.

United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1975

Authorizes, under the Funeral Transportation and Living Expense Benefits Act of 1974, memorial transportation and living expense benefits for the families of deceased servicemen classified as prisoners of war or as missing in action during the Vietnam conflict.

Law· SS. 811 (94th)open

Horse Protection Act Amendments of 1976

United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975

Horse Protection Act Amendments - Defines the terms used in the Act including the term "sore" to define the treatment of a horse made unlawful under the Act. Sets forth the Congressional findings as to the cruel, inhumane, and unfair practices to be eliminated with regard to the treatment of horses. Requires the management of a horse show or horse exhibition to disqualify any horse which is sore or which has any unsound limb from being shown or exhibited. Prohibits the sale or auction of any horse which is sore and provides for the appointing and retaining of a person qualified to detect and diagnose a sore horse and horse with any unsound limb (other than a person who has been disqualified by the Secretary) to inspect horses for purposes of the Horse Protection Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect any horse show, exhibition, public horse sale or auction and to inspect and copy all such records as are required to be kept under this Act. Prohibits the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, or receiving any horse which is sore (except a horse which is sore as a result of veterinary medicine treatment) where there is reason to believe that the horse may be shown, exhibited, or entered in a horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction. Prohibits the showing, exhibiting, or entering any horse in such an event for the purpose of showing, exhibiting, selling, or auctioning, if the horse is sore. Prohibits a horse being shown or exhibited by any person who has been advised that the horse has an unsound limb. Prohibits the management of a horse show, exhibition, sale, or auction to fail to disqualify any horse which is sore or which has an unsound limb from being shown or exhibited, to fail to prohibit the public sale or auction of any horse which is sore, and, in the case of management which appoints and retains a qualified expert to inspect horses, fail to disqualify or prohibit horses from beign shown, exhibited, sold, or auctioned upon the findings of such experts. Prohibits the failure to keep or submit to the Secretary, required records, notices, reports, and other materials; to refuse to permit Government inspection to determine compliance with this law; or to fail to provide adequate space or facilities for the Secretary of Agriculture to use to carry out his inspection and enforcement functions. Revises the enforcement and criminal provisions, civil penalties and other sanctions for noncompliance of the provisions of the Horse Protection Act. Makes it a crime to "knowingly" commit any of the prohibited acts defined in the Act. Authorizes the Secretary, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, to disqualify any person who is convicted of a criminal violation or found to have committed a civil violation of this Act or any regulation of this Act or any regulation thereunder from future horse shows, horse exhibitions, public horse sales and auctions for a period of up to one year for a first offense and not less than one year for each subsequent offense. Sets forth procedural requirements and authorities to enforce this Act including authority in the Secretary to require annual or special reports, to obtain witnesses, and to penalize failure to comply with procedures. Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports on enforcement actions taken under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for carrying out the provisions of the Act not to exceed $1,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, June 30, 1976, and June 30, 1977.

Bill· SS. 815 (94th)referred

Open Government Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1975

Open Government Act - Requires each lobbyist to file a notice of representation with the Federal Election Commission not later than fifteen days after becoming a lobbyist. States that the notice of representation shall be in such form and contain such information as the Commission shall prescribe, including: (1) an identification of the lobbyist; (2) an identification, so far as practicable of each person on whose behalf the lobbyist expects to perform services as a lobbyist; (3) a description of the financial terms and conditions, including contingent fee arrangements or other conditions, under which the lobbyist is employed or retained by any person, and the identification of that person; (4) each aspect of the policymaking process which the lobbyist expects to seek to influence, including any committee, department, or agency, or any Federal officer or employee, to whom a communication is to be made, the form of communication is to be used, and whether the communication is to be for or against a particular measure or action; and (5) an identification of each person who, as of the date filing, is expected to be acting for such lobbyist and to be engaged in lobbying. Requires each lobbyist to maintain such financial and other records of lobbying activity as the Commission shall prescribe. Provides that such records shall be preserved for a period of not less than two years after the date of the activity. Requires that such records shall be available to the Commission for inspection and shall include the following information: (1) the total income received by the lobbyist, and the amount of such income attributable to lobbying; (2) the identification of each person from whom income for lobbying is received and the amount received. Requires each lobbyist, not later than fifteen days after the last day of a quarterly filing period in which such lobbyist engaged in lobbying, to file a report with the Commission covering the lobbyist's activities during that period. Provides for the content of such reports. Grants powers to the Federal Election Commission. Provides that the Commission has the power for the purposes of this Act: (1) to require, by special or general orders, any person to submit in writing such reports, records, and answers to questions as the Commission may prescribe relating to the execution of its duties; and such submission shall be made within such a reasonable period of time and under oath or otherwise as the Commission may determine; (2) to administer oaths or affirmations; and (3) to require by subpena, signed by the chairman or the vice chairman, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence relating to the execution of its duties. Sets forth the duties of the Commission under this Act. Provides that any lobbyist who fails to comply with the notice and record-keeping requirements of this Act shall be fined not more than $1,000 and be required to fully comply, retroactively or otherwise, with such requirements. Provides that any lobbyist who knowingly and willfully violates such requirements of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years. Provides that any person who knowingly and willfully falsifies all or part of any notice of representation or report which he files with the Commission under this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. Directs the Commission to transmit reports to the President of the United States and to each House of the Congress no later than March 31 of each year. Requires that each such report shall contain a detailed statement with respect to the activities of the Commission in carrying out its duties under this Act, together with recommendations for such legislative or other action as the Commission considers appropriate. Repeals the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act.

Law· SS. 800 (94th)open

An Act to amend chapter 7, title 5, United States Code, with respect to procedure for judicial review of certain administrative agency action, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1975

Abolishes the defense of sovereign immunity with respect to actions in Federal courts seeking relief other than money damages and stating a claim against a Federal administrative agency or officer acting in an official capacity. Permits a plantiff in judicial review proceedings to name as defendant the United States, the agency, the appropriate officer, or any combination of them. Changes the venue requirements for such action. Eliminates the requirement that there be at least $10,000 in controversy for Federal question jurisdiction.

Bill· SS. 796 (94th)open

A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter II, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1975

Defines "rate making and cognate proceedings", and redefines "rule" for purposes of the Administrative Procedure Act. Makes specified Federal agency administrative hearing and appeal and cognate proceedings. Restricts the types of military or foreign affairs functions which are exempt from Federal agency rule making procedures. Makes matters relating to public property, loans, grants, benefits and contracts subject to such procedures. Authorizes Federal agencies to establish agency appeal boards to review the decisions of agency employees presiding at prior hearings. Requires Federal agencies to designate by rule the officers authorized to sign and issue subpenas. Authorizes such agencies to require by subpena the appearance of any person, or the production of any documents or tangible things, at agency hearings.

Bill· SS. 798 (94th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter II, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1975

Provides, under specified on-the-record-proceedings provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, that an employee engaged in the performance of investigative or prosecutive functions for an agency may not participate in the decision making process, except as witness or counsel, in the same or a factually related case. States that such bar, in specified proceedings, shall not extend to agency officials who have not personally been involved in the case but who have general supervisory responsibility over employees who have participated in the case.

Bill· SS. 797 (94th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter II, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1975

Provides, under specified on-the-record-proceedings provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, that an employee engaged in the performance of investigative or prosecutive functions for an agency may not participate in the decisionmaking process, except as witness or counsel, in the same or a factually related case.

Bill· SS. 799 (94th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 5, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1975

Provides that a Federal administrative agency may provide by rule that decisions, or catagories of decisions including agency appeal board decisions, become final, unless reviewed by the agency at its descretion. Provides for the establishment of a Committee on Uniform Rules to draft uniform procedural rules for Federal regulatory agencies. Authorizes the appropriation of $50,000 for fiscal year 1976, $100,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $100,000 for fiscal year 1978 for such proposes. Prohibits any agency, or member or employee of an agency, from making any written or oral public statement or release concerning an agency investigation or proceeding if the contents of the statement or release: (1) evidence prejudicial bias or prejudgemnt concerning facts in issue in the investigation or proceeding, or (2) may otherwise harm any person in his business, property or reputation, unless public benefit clearly exceeds such harm. Requires that when any agency makes such statement or release which may reasonably be expected to cause such harm, the agency shall: (1) notify the adversely affected person prior to such statement or release, except where impracticable, and (2) make public by the same means as the statement or release any further agency action or determination the publication of which may reasonably be expected to alleviate the harm to which the adversely affected person had been exposed. Provides for judicial relief for persons aggrieved by violations of this Act. Authorizes a reviewing court to set aside any agency action taken in an agency proceeding or enter such other order as it deems appropriate, if it finds that the provisions of this Act have been violated. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 551,554,556,557,575, and 576; adds 5 U.S.C. 560).

Bill· SS. 792 (94th)referred

Part-Time Career Opportunity Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1975

Part-Time Career Opportunity Act - Phases in, at the rate of 2 percent each year for five years up to a maximum of 10 percent, part-time jobs in the Federal Civil Service. Authorizes the Civil Service Commission to waive or reduce any such percentage minimum for a period not to exceed one year under specified circumstances. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· SS. 766 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 so as to increase from 13 to 26 the maximum number of weeks for which an individual may receive emergency compensation thereunder.

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975

Increases from thirteen to twenty-six the maximum number of weeks for which an individual may receive emergency compensation under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act. Requires that amounts established by States for individuals in emergency compensation accounts must equal the lesser of (1) 100 percent (presently 50 percent of the total amount of regular compensation payable to the individual with respect to the benefit year on the basis of which he most recently received regular compensation, or (2) 26 times (presently 13 times) his average weekly benefit amount for his benefit year. (Amends U.S.C. 3304m.)

Bill· SS. 767 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 so as to increase from 26 to 39 the maximum number of weeks for which an individual may receive unemployment assistance under the special unemployment assistance program established by title II of such act.

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1975

Increases from 26 to 39 the maximum number of weeks for which an individual may receive unemployment assistance under the special unemployment assistance program established by the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974. Requires States to make unemployment assistance payments in the manner prescribed by the special unemployment assistance program in order to be eligible to participate in such program.

Bill· SS. 765 (94th)referred

National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975

National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life Act - Title I: General Provisions - States that it is the purpose of this Act to consolidate in one governmental unit the responsibility to: (1) establish a national policy for short-term and long-term productivity growth and quality of working life in the United States; (2) correct those public and private structural imbalances which impede productivity, growth, improved quality of working life, and the effective performance of society and the economy; (3) identify ways and means for more effective collaborative joint efforts by labor and management to effect growth in productivity and improved quality of working life; (4) identify, encourage, and support development and implementation of all useful technologies, systems, incentives, methods, and techniques for enhancing growth of productivity and improving work quality in the public and private sectors of the United States; (5) maximize the contributions of the Federal Government to productivity growth and improved work quality in both the private and public sector, including the Federal Establishment; (6) increase public understanding of productivity and the quality of working life the ways in which productivity and the quality of working life can be improved, and the urgency of such improvement in all sectors of the economy; and (7) identify ways to eliminate or minimize the human costs of productivity change. Title II: National Center and Advisory Council for Productivity and Quality of Working Life - Establishes as an independent establishment of the executive branch the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life to be under the general direction of a board of directors. Specifies the functions of the Center consonant with the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Executive Director of the Center to enter into contracts for research and demonstration programs or projects to effectuate the achievement of the purposes of this Act. Specifies limitations to be placed on the authority to make grants and contracts under this Act. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Productivity and the Quality of Working Life. Directs the National Council to, on a continuing basis, review and evaluate the administration, operation and performance of the Center in carrying out the functions and duties established pursuant to this title, including its effectiveness in improving the growth of productivity and the quality of working life. Directs the National Council to make recommendations for the improvement of this title and its administration and operation. Sets forth functions of the Center under this title. Establishes in the Department of Labor and in the Department of Commerce an Office of Productivity and Quality of Working Life. Makes each such office responsible for: (1) integrating, coordinating and centralizing all research and activities in its respective Department which pertain to matters of productivity organizational effectiveness, and the quality of working life; and (2) providing liaison with the Center in the formulation of new policies and programs pursuant to this Act, and consistent with the policy of the Center, so that programs developed by the Departments and the Center shall be mutually facilitating. Directs the Office of Productivity and Quality of Working Life in the Department of Labor to develop and apply a set of indicators of quality of working life in order to collect such data as may be required by the Secretary of Labor to analyze and evaluate the health, safety and general well-being of American workers and the quality of working life in America. Directs the Office of Productivity and Quality of Working Life in the Department of Commerce to be chiefly responsible for developing indicators of economic and organizational effectiveness and productivity in order to collect such data as may be required by the Secretary of Commerce and the Center to identify economic blocks to American productivity and to analyze and evaluate proposals for improving productivity. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides that the duties, functions, and personnel of the National Commission on Productivity and Work Quality are transferred to the Center, and the Commission is abolished. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act specified sums for fiscal years 1976 through 1980.

Bill· SS. 667 (94th)referred

Historic Structures Tax Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 February 1975

Historic Structures Tax Act - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic structures by allowing a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the amortization of the amortizable basis of any certified historic structure based on a period of 60 months. Specifies that no deduction shall be allowed for any expense or loss incurred as a result of the destruction of a certified historic structure. Limits deductions on structures erected upon a site wich was occupied by a certified historic structure which was demolished or substantially altered. Allows the taxpayer to compute the depreciation deduction attributable to substantially rehabilitated property as though the original use of such property commenced with him. Permits deductions for transfer of the remainder or partial interests in property for conservation purposes.

Bill· SS. 609 (94th)referred

Emergency Public Service Employment Extension Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975

Emergency Public Service Employment Extension Act - Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 1976 to carry out the emergency jobs program under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.

Bill· SS. 660 (94th)referred

Homeowners' Loan Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1975

Homeowners' Loan Act - Establishes the Homeowner's Loan Corporation. Requires the Board of Directors of the Corporation to determine the minimum amount of capital stock of the Corporation and to increase such capital stock from time to time in such amounts as may be necessary. Authorizes the Corporation to issue bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000,000 which may be sold by the Corporation to obtain funds for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Directs the Corporation during such period to make assistance payments to individuals and families who have incurred substantial losses of income as a result of unemployment. Directs that such payments be sufficient to enable such individuals and families to meet home mortgage payments. Stipulates that such payments not be made for a period in excess of eighteen months with respect to any mortgagor. Prohibits such payments unless the Corporation determines that such mortgagor will be able to avoid or cure a default on the mortgage. Authorizes the Corporation for a period of three years, but only during any three calendar quarters beginning with one in which the Federal Home Loan Bank Board determines that the foreclosure rate exceeds one-half of 1 percent, to acquire home mortgages and other obligations and liens secured by real estate. States that each home mortgage or other obligation or lien so acquired shall be carried as a first lien or refinanced as a home mortgage by the Corporation on the basis of the price paid therefor by the Corporation, and shall be amortized by means of monthly payments sufficient to retire the interest and principal within a period of not to exceed thirty years. Requires that the aggregate amount of payments with respect to any mortgagor be secured by a lien on the mortgaged property. Directs the Board to issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary, including rules and regulations providing for the appraisal of the property on which loans are made under this section so as to accomplish the purposes of this Act. States that whoever makes any statement, knowing it to be false, or whoever willfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Homeowners' Loan Corporation of the Board upon any application, advance, discount, purchase, or repurchase agreement, or loan under this Act, or any extension thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.

Law· SS. 586 (94th)open

Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 1976

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments - Redefines "costal zone" under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and defines, under such Act, "Outer continental shelf energy activity," "energy facilities," and "coastal energy activity. Makes changes in the Management Act, by adding the following requirements for the coastal zone management program which a State is to develop and maintain under the Act: (1) the program is to include a general plan for the protection of, and access to, public beaches and other coastal areas of environmental, recreational and historical, esthetic, ecological, and cultural value; and (2) the State coastal zone management program is to include a process for the planning for energy facilities likely to be located in the coastal zone and for the planning for, and management of, the anticipated impacts from any energy facility. Increases the maximum Federal share of the costs of the development phase of a coastal zone management program to 80 percent from the present 66 2/3 percent and extends, by one year, the time during which a coastal State may receive such grants for development of a program before it must have an approved program in order to continue to receive grants under the Act. Extends from June 30, 1977 to September 30, 1979, the authority to make such grants. Increases the maximum Federal share for administrative costs of the ongoing State program operation to 80 percent from the present 66 2/3 percent. Requires a coastal State to establish an effective coordination and consultative mechanism between a designated State coastal zone agency and local governments within such State. Requires States to consider any applicable interstate energy plans or programs in the planning for and siting of energy facilities in the coastal zone of such States. Requires each Federal lease to be submitted to each State with, an approved coastal zone management program for a determination by that State as to whether or not the lease is consistent with such State's program. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Executive Office of the President, to mediate the difference between a Federal agency and a State in the implementation of an approved State management program, in cases of serious disagreement. Requires such differences to be resolved through public hearings in the area concerned. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to administer and coordinate a coastal energy impact program. Requires pursuant to this program the provision of financial assistance to meet the needs of coastal States and local governments. Provides for formula grants to coastal States. Specifies the purposes for which such grants may be used. Requires the Secretary to make such grants if the Secretary finds that the coastal zone of such State is being, or is likely to be, significantly affected by the siting, construction, expansion, or operation of new or expended energy facilities. Requires the making of loans to assist any State or local unit of government to provide new or improved public facilities or public services required by coastal energy activity. Directs each coastal State to apportion any financial assistance granted to such State to units of local government on a basis of need. Establishes the Coastal Energy Impact Fund for the purpose of making payments under the coastal energy impact program. Encourages the coastal States to coordinate coastal zone planning in areas which are contiguous to areas within the coastal zone of other States and to study, plan, and/or implement unified coastal zone policies for such areas. Provides the coastal States with the consent of Congress to negotiate, and enter into interstate agreements and compacts for the development and administration of coordinated coastal zone planning, policies, and programs. Encourages, and provides for, Federal-State consultation procedures by the parties to interstate agreements and compacts and the Federal Government. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a program of research study and training to support development and implementation of State coastal receiving grants under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any coastal State to assist such State in carrying out research, studies, and training required in support of coastal zone management up to 80 percent of the cost. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to coastal States for up to 50 percent of the cost of acquisition of access to public coastal areas. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appointment within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of an Associate Administrator for Coastal Zone Management to implement and administer the Coastal Zone Management Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive review of the molluscan shellfish industry and to evaluate the impact upon such industry of Federal law concerning quality. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress the finding of this study. Coastal Zone Environment Act - Provides, under the Coastal Zone Management Act, that any applicant for a required license, lease, or permit for the development or production of energy resources in a coastal zone shall certify that the proposed activity complies with any approved State management program. Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Coastal Impact Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make 100 percent annual grants from the Fund to those coastal States which the Secretary determines are likely to be significantly or adversely impacted by the development or energy resources or by the siting of energy facilities. Directs the Secretary to establish requirements for grant eligibility and lists circumstances under which the regulations shall provide that a State is eligible. States that the authorization of Congress is given two or more States to negotiate and enter into the interstate agreements for the purpose of study, planning, and implementation of unified coastal zone policies and for the coordination of such policies. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants for such purposes, provided they do not exceed 90 percent of the cost. Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance to the coastal States to develop a capability for carrying out short-term research, studies, and training required in support of coastal zone management. Requires the Secretary to submit additional information each year to the President for transmittal to Congress including: (1) a general description of the economic, environmental, and social impacts of the development or production of energy resources or the siting of energy facilities affecting the coastal zone; and (2) a description and evaluation of interstate and regional planning mechanisms developed by the coastal States. Extends until 1980 the authority of the Secretary to make grants to the coastal States for the development of land and water resources management programs. Authorizes to be appropriated $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for grants made from the Coastal Impact Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal years 1976-79 such sums, not to exceed $5,000,000 for interstate coordination grants to the coastal States. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal years 1976-79 such sums, not to exceed $5,000,000 for coastal research assistance grants to the coastal States. Includes "islands" and "beach" within the definition of coastal zone under the Coastal Zone Management Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make annual grants to any coastal State for the purpose of assisting in the development of a management program, including plans for the protection of access to public beaches and other coastal areas.

Law· SS. 584 (94th)open

An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to correct certain inequities in the crediting of National Guard technician service in connection with civil service retirement, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Removes the requirement of service on or after the effective date of the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 as a prerequisite for creditable service for civil service retirement purposes for National Guard technicians. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8332(b))

Bill· SS. 565 (94th)referred

Bilingual Courts Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Bilingual Courts Act - Provides for bilingual proceedings in all district courts of the United States in both civil and criminal actions where it is determined that a party to the action or one of his witnesses does not understand the English language. Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Judiciary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· SS. 562 (94th)referred

International Humanitarian Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

International Humanitarian Assistance Act - Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to foreign countries, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in the case of disasters that require large-scale relief and rehabilitation efforts. Provides that such assistance shall be distributed to the maximum extent practicable under the auspices and direction of the United Nations, other international organizations, multilateral institutions, or private voluntary agencies. Requires the President to submit to specified individuals and committees in Congress a report describing the dsiposition and use of funds made available by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the President to carry out the purposes of this Act such sums, not in excess of $50,000,000 in any fiscal year, as may be necessary for relief in any country, and for fiscal year 1975, $50,000,000 for specified relief in Bangladesh, Cyprus, and various African countries.

Bill· SS. 564 (94th)referred

Congressional Election Financing Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Congressional Election Financing Act - Adds to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 a Title V: Public Financing of Congressional Elections. Sets forth the definitions of terms to be used in this Act. States that to be eligible to receive payments under this title, a candidate for election to Federal Office shall agree: (1) to obtain and to furnish to the Commission any evidence it may request about his campaign expenditures and contributions; (2) to keep and to furnish to the Commission information it may request; (3) to permit an audit and examination by the Commission and to pay any amounts required; and (4) to furnish statements of campaign expenditures and proposed campaign expenditures. Enumerates the eligibility certification requirements to be met by every candidate prior to receiving payments under this Act. Provides that every eligible candidate is entitled to payments in connection with his primary election campaign in an amount which is equal to the amount of contributions he accepts for that campaign. Describes the amounts which major party and minor party candidates are entitled to receive. Requires th Secretary of the Treasury to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund a separate account to be known as the Congressional Election Account. Directs the Secretary to deposit in the Account the amount available after payments for Presidential elections and nominating conventions have been set aside plus such additional amounts as may be authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary to pay to candidates from this Account the amounts certified by the Federal Elections Commission. Requires that, after each congressional election, the Commission shall conduct a thorough examination and audit of the campaign expenditures of all candidates who received payments under this title. Provides for repayment of funds to the Account in the case of excess payments, the failure to make expenditures of any portion of the payments received, or the expenditure of such payments for purposes other than campaign expenses. Directs every candidate to furnish a detailed statement of expenditures and proposed expenditures whenever the Commission so requires, and directs the Commission to make available for public inspection summaries of all such statements. Requires the Commission to submit an annual report to Congress setting forth the expenditures of each candidate who received payments, the amounts certified for payment to each, and any amount required to be returned by a candidate. States that each such report submitted shall be printed as a Senate document. Imposes for violation of this title a fine of not more than $50,000, or not more than five years imprisonment, or both.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 60 (94th)passed

A resolution authorizing additional assistants in the Senate.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Authorizes each Senator serving on a committee to hire staff to assist him in his duties as a member of each committee on which such Senator serves. Allows each Senator serving as chairman of any subcommittee or ranking minority member of any subcommittee to hire staff to assist him in his duties. States that individuals so appointed shall be in addition to employees otherwise authorized.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 59 (94th)passed

A resolution to aid in energy conservation.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975

Requests the President to proclaim the period from February 16 to March 15, 1975, as "Energy Conservation Month". Directs the President to publicize the need for energy conservation. Requests the President to report to Congress by March 31, 1975, steps taken to promote energy conservation and recommendations for a continuing program. Directs the President to report monthly to the American people and Congress the state of energy resources.

Bill· SS. 509 (94th)referred

A bill to revise retirement benefits for certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service not entitled to Indian preference, provide greater opportunity for advancement and employment of Indians, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975

Provides retirement benefits for employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service who have completed 20 years of service, served continuously from June 17, 1974, and are not entitled to Indian preference. Provides a formula based on length of service for computing the amount of such retirement benefits.

Bill· SS. 472 (94th)referred

Full Employment and Job Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975

Full Employment and Job Development Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide for the implementation of a full employment policy. Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch of the Government a Federal Full Employment Board, to consist of five members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Board to perform specified functions, including the following: (1) recommend to the President and the Congress by January 20 of each year (beginning January 20, 1976) a program to achieve full employment in each fiscal year and alternative means of attaining that objective; (2) review and make recommendations with respect to monetary, fiscal, income, and other governmental policies in terms of the impact of such policies upon achieving full employment; (3) review and make recommendations with respect to decisions made by public and private employers and establish appropriate procedures for the collection of information, from such employers, necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the powers and authority of the Board. Directs the Board to transmit annually to the Congress a report, to be known as the Full Employment Report, setting forth a program to achieve full employment for the following fiscal year, and alternative means of attaining that objective, as required under the provisions of this Act, together with a statement of the Board's activities for the following fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years for the activities of the Board.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 20 (94th)referred

A joint resolution to authorize the establishment of the Tule Elk National Wildlife Refuge and the establishment of a Federal-State management program for the conservation, protection, and enhancement of Tule elk and other species.

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975

Authorizes the establishment of the Tule Elk National Wildlife Refuge in California. Establishes a Federal-State management program for the conservation, protection, and enhancement of tule elk and other species. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 7 (94th)referred

A concurrent resolution concerning the imposition of economic controls.

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975

Expresses the sense of the Congress that in the event that economic controls are imposed, business concerns who, on or after January 1, 1975, lowered prices shall not be penalized in the establishment of any base price pursuant to those controls.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 39 (94th)referred

A resolution providing for radio and television coverage of Senate proceedings.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975

Directs the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to provide for radio and television coverage of proceedings in the Senate Chamber during the first session of the Ninety-fourth Congress, except for closed-door sessions. Requires video tapes of such broadcasts to be kept and made available to commercial broadcast stations. Provides for monitors of such broadcasts in various offices and for audio monitors in members' offices, if desired.

Bill· SS. 426 (94th)referred

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments - Title I: Purposes, Definitions, and National Policy for Managing the Resources of the Outer Continental Shelf - States that the purposes of this Act are to: (1) establish policies and procedures for managing the oil and natural gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf in order to achieve national economic goals; (2) preserve, protect, and develop oil and natural gas resources in the Outer Continental Shelf; (3) encourage development of new and improved technology for energy resource production that will increase human safety and eliminate or reduce risk of evnironmental damage; and (4) assure that coastal States which are directly impacted by oil and natural gas exploration and development are provided with an opportunity to take part in policy and planning decisions. Title II: Amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act - Revises bidding and lease administration under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Provides for the orderly development of oil and gas leases and requires that no geological and geophysical exploration shall take place in the Outer Continental Shelf without a permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive exploratory program designed to obtain sufficient data to evaluate the extent, location, and potential for developing the oil and gas resources in the Outer Continental Shelf. States that the Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for determining the areas to be considered for exploratory drilling and potential leasing. Authorizes to be appropriated for such purposes $200,000,000 during fiscal years 1976 and 1977. Requires the Secretary to transmit a leasing and development plan to Congress at least 90 calendar days prior to announcing the invitation to bid on each tract in which oil or gas is found in commercial quantities. Provides that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be considered the "lead agency" for purpose of complying with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act as such Act pertains to the implementation of this Act. Requires that the environmental impact statements include such information as: (1) the probable impact of the proposed exploration or development on the marine and coastal environments; and (2) any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources that would be involved in the proposed exploration or development. Makes provisions for the development, promulgation, and enforcement of safety regulations for operations in the Outer Continental Shelf. Requires that the Coast Guard make regular inspections and strictly enforce the safety regulations. States that any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $100,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Allows citizen suits by persons having an interest which is, or may be, adversely affected. Permits civil actions against any person, including the United States, and against the Secretary of the Interior where there is alleged a failure of the Secretary to perform any act or duty under this Act which is not discretionary. Provides that any person in charge of any oil and gas operations in the Outer Continental Shelf shall be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for mot more than one year, or both, for failure to immediately notify an appropriate agency of the U.S. Government of a discharge or spillage of oil. Authorizes, for the purpose of removing a discharge or spilling, the withdrawal of money available in the Offshore Oil Pollution Settlements Fund established pursuant to this Act. Imposes on each barrel of oil produced pursuant to any lease issued or maintained under this Act a fee of two and a half cents per barrel to pay costs of administration of this Act. Provides that collection of amounts for the fund shall cease when $100,000,000 has been accumulated, but shall be renewed when the accumulation in the fund falls below $85,000,000. Provides that immediately upon the date of enactment of this Act, there shall cease any additional leasing of tracts for the purpose of developing oil and gas under the authority of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in all regions and areas where there has been no previous development of oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf or other areas where geological or environmental conditions make such development hazardous. States that such moratorium shall continue until a specified time. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires that the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and publish a report with recommendations for achieving an equitable system of lease sales while maximizing production and revenues from the leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands. Provides that the Secretary shall study the most appropriate means of developing a National Strategic Energy Reserve.