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United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Extends the best wishes of the Senate to Senator Dewey F. Bartlett upon his retirement from the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1978
Comprehensive Liquefied Energy Gas Siting Safety and Liability Act - Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 to establish a safety program for liquefied energy gas facilities. Title I: Siting and Safety of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities - Defines "liquefied natural gas" and "LNG" as natural gas in a liquid, semisolid, or solid state. Makes additional definitions for the purposes of this Act. Prohibits the construction of new LNG facilities and the operation of existing LNG facilities without the approval of the Secretary of Transportation. Directs the Secretary to publish compliance standards for such facilities. Sets forth criteria to be included in such standards. Provides that construction permits and operating licenses shall only be issued with the approval of the Governor or appropriate State agency in any affected State. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations governing annual Federal inspections of new LNG facilities in operation after the effective date of the above compliance standards. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for the violation of siting and safety standards. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Liability and Compensation Fund - Amends the Ports and Waterways Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to seek the development of international safety rules and regulations relating to the construction and operation of offshore liquefied energy gas facilities and vessels. Establishes in the United States Treasury a Liquefied Gas Incident Liability and Compensation Fund to provide for the payment of claims for damages arising out of an incident or accident involving the transportation, storage, or transfer of LNG. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to collect fees from owners of LNG facilities and liquefied petroleum gas importation facilities, based on the volume of gas received at such facilities. Sets a limit on the amount of fees to be accumulated in such fund. Imposes strict liability on the owner or operator of any LNG vessel or facility for damages arising out of incidents or accidents involving the transportation, storage, or transfer of LNG. Limits such liability to $100,000,000 except in cases of gross negligence or violations of applicable Federal standards. Waives strict liability upon a showing that the harm resulted from an act of war, specified natural phenomena, or the neglect or intentional acts of a claimant. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue notes or other obligations in the event the Fund cannot satisfy claims made upon it. Provides that any person, including the Fund, who pays for compensable losses under this title shall be subrogated to the rights of any claimant under this title. Requires a showing of financial responsibility by each owner or operator of liquefied energy gas facilities or vessels sufficient to satisfy the maximum amount of liability to which such owner or operator could be exposed. Requires owners and operators to notify the Secretary of Transportation immediately upon learning of an incident or accident. Sets forth procedures for making claims for damages resulting from such occurrences. Provides for judicial review of decisions made with respect to an award or denial of compensation for such damages. Authorizes the award of attorneys' fees and court costs to a claimant if a decision in his favor is affirmed. Requires contributors to the Fund to maintain and furnish, upon request of the Secretary or the Comptroller General of the United States, such records and other information as prescribed by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to the Congress an annual report of the administration, management, and enforcement activities relating to the Fund. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as are necessary to administer the Fund. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study existing admiralty law and insurance practices related to coverage of vessels carrying liquefied gases. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Establishes criminal penalties for the willful destruction or attempted destruction of interstate pipeline or liquefied gas facilities. Sets standards for citizen civil actions relating to compliance with the provisions of this Act. Permits the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, by regulation, to include within the meaning of "pipeline facility" any storage facility or category of such facility which is physically connected to any pipeline facility used for the transportation or distribution of liquefied petroleum gas provided such facility has a storage capacity of 30,000 gallons or more or such inclusion would further the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to adopt interim minimum Federal safety standards for pipeline facilities and pipeline transportation prior to enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to enforce safety regulations for facilities, other than pipelines, that are used for the storage or transportation on land of gas or liquefied petroleum gas, in interstate or foreign commerce. Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to prohibit the ownership, design, construction, or operation of an offshore liquefied natural gas facility except in accordance with a license issued pursuant to this Act. Sets forth the procedures for applying for such licenses. Directs the Secretary to prescribe safety standards for the location, design, construction, and operation of offshore liquefied natural gas facilities. Requires the Secretary to promulgate environmental standards for offshore facilities. States that regulations governing the location of such facilities shall include standards: (1) for their location at a safe distance from other facilities or operations which might be a hazard to the facility or increase the damage caused by a liquefied natural gas incident; (2) for natural hazards, such as meteorological or geological conditions; (3) for incident prevention and control facilities; (4) for the safe navigation of liquefied natural gas vessels into such facilities; and (5) for considering the effect of such facilities on the marine environment. Directs the Secretary to require that the best available technology be used in the design and construction of such facilities by prescribing minimum standards for materials and for methods and techniques of design and construction. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the operation of liquefied natural gas facilities. States that such regulations shall include standards: (1) for the use of Coast Guard-certified tankermen in the handling and transfer of liquefied natural gas from vessels to facilities, and for the training of other personnel; (2) for the availability and use of incident prevention and control equipment; (3) for the use of security measures at such facilities for protection against intentional acts which might cause incidents; (4) for the maintenance of facilities and equipment and periodic Coast Guard inspections; and (5) for vessel safety, including the establishment of safety zones around offshore facilities. Establishes Federal jurisdiction over offshore facilities licensed under this subtitle. Extends such jurisdiction to foreign vessels located within the safety zone of a facility. Directs the Secretary of State to see effective international action and cooperation in support of the policy and purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1978
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President take necessary steps to: (1) assure domestic tanners of adequate supplies of cattle hides; (2) enlarge export possibilities to Japan for shoes and tanned leather; and (3) maintain favorable export opportunities of hides for domestic cattle producers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1978
Amends the National Housing Act to extend specified Federal Housing Administration insurance programs for 30 days. Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to extend for 30 days the authority for financial assistance to community development programs. Extends for 30 days the authority for the purchase of mortgages under the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act to extend the authority: (1) to enter into new flood insurance contracts; and (2) to provide subsidized flood insurance in emergencies. Extends the authority for rural housing programs under the Housing Act of 1949. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the Federal riot reinsurance program and the Federal crime insurance program for 30 days.
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1978
National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act - Establishes the National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility to provide funds to meet the liquidity needs of credit unions. Vests management of the Facility in the National Credit Union Administration. Declares the initial capitalization of the Facility shall be by stock subscription consisting of shares having par value of $50 each. Entitles any member of the Facility to apply on a form prescribed by regulations for advances. Authorizes the Administration to deny or grant any application upon such terms as it may prescribe by regulations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to lend the Facility up to $500,000,000 to enable it to meet the obligations arising under this Act. Directs the Administration to prepare and submit to the President and to the Congress annually a full report on the activities of the Facility for the previous year. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the Central Liquidity Facility.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1978
Extends the authority of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to regulate interest rates on deposits and share accounts in depository institutions from December 15, 1980. Prohibits the establishment, by State or Federal law, of interest rate differentials between: (1) banks, other than savings banks, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and (2) savings and loan, building and loan, or homestead associations (including cooperative banks) the deposits of which are insured by the FSLIC, or mutual savings banks, on savings deposits or accounts from which transfers to the depository institution itself, or to a demand or other deposit account of the same depositor or account holder may be made automatically or as a normal practice pursuant to the authorization of such a depositor or account holder.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1978
Jobs Credit Extension Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the existing tax credit for the employment of new employees through December 31, 1980. Revises the credit to permit a taxpayer election to offset against tax liability 35 percent of the excess of unemployment wages paid during a calendar year over the amount of such wages paid during the previous year. Eliminates the requirements that the credit not exceed 50 percent of the increase in unemployment wages during a calendar year over 105 percent of the wages paid in the previous year and that the credit apply to unemployment wages paid during the calendar year which exced 102 percent of the wages paid in the preceding year. Limits the amount of the tax credit to $25,000. Allows an additional ten percent credit for the employment of physically or mentally handicapped individuals. Extends eligibility for the credit to the maritime industry.
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Community Mental Health Assistance Act - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include among the services provided under such Title: (1) outpatient services by community mental health centers for up to ten visits per year; and (2) partial hospitalization services by a community mental health center for up to 60 visits per year. Stipulates that the 190 days of inpatient psychiatric hospital services to which an individual is entitled under Title XVIII during a lifetime shall be reduced by one day for every three partial hospitalization visits to a community mental health center. Sets forth the conditions of and limitations on payments for community health center services, including criteria for utilization review plans of community mental health centers and transfer agreements between hospitals and community mental health centers. Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to include among the benefits which may be provided under such Act partial hospitalization services and outpatient services furnished by a community mental health center.
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Congressional Award Program Act - Establishes the Congressional Award Program in the United States and its territories to recognize and promote youth leadership and excellence in the areas of expedition fitness, personal creative development, and public service. Creates a Congressional Award Board with a Director to supervise such program. Authorizes the appointment of State award directors under this Act. Creates three Congressional Award Medals to be awarded under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a one-time tax exclusion of up to $100,000 of the gain from the sale or exchange of a property used by a taxpayer as his principal residence for at least two years during the three year period prior to the date of the sale or exchange.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1978
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide transportation to the Girl Scouts of the United States to international world friendship events or troops on foreign soil meetings which occur outside the United States. Requires the Girl Scouts to reimburse the Government for the actual cost of such transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1978
Petroleum Marketing Moratorium Act - Imposes a moratorium on the further acquisition or control of retail petroleum marketing outlets by major petroleum producers, refiners, and those engaged in the transportation of petroleum products. Sets forth criminal penalties for any person who knowingly violates this Act, and states that a violation by a corporation also constitutes a violation by the individual officers, directors, receivers, trustees, or agents of such corporations involved in authorizing, ordering or doing any acts constituting the violation by the corporation. Establishes civil penalties for each day during which such violation continues. Authorizes the Attorney General of the United States to bring actions to prevent or to remedy any violation of this Act. Permits any person injured as a result of violation of this Act to bring an action to enforce compliance with the Act, and for any damages suffered as a result of such violation.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1978
Expresses the support of the Senate for the nomination of the Public Groups to Promote Observance of the Helsinki Agreement in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1978
Expresses the sense of the Congress that (1) the trials of Antoly Shcharansky, Viktoras Petkus, and Aleksandr Ilyich Ginzburg are matters of deep concern to the American people that adversely affect Soviet-American relations; and (2) the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet should seek a humanitarian resolution to these cases and work toward improving such relations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1978
Declares two individuals to have a certain priority date, on the fifth preference foreign state limitation for a specified country, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer a single election to exclude from gross income the gain from the sale or exchange of the taxpayer's principal residence provided that the taxpayer has owned and used the property as his principal residence for at least 12 months. Eliminates the requirement that the taxpayer reach age 65 before the date of the sale or exchange.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
Federal Information Centers Act - Requires the General Services Administration to establish a nationwide network of Federal Information Centers for the purpose of informing the public of programs and procedures of the Federal Government and for other appropriate and related purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to exclude from an individual's income, for the purpose of determining such individual's eligibility for the supplemental security income program, interest income received by an individual from a negotiated order of withdrawal account, on which interest payments are made more frequently than quarterly.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978
Domestic Petroleum Supply and Security Act - Amends the Export Administration Act to prohibit the exportation of domestically produced petroleum products as defined in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Allows such petroleum products to be temporarily exported for refining or processing if such products reenter and are consumed in the United States. Sets forth criteria which must be met for domestically produced petroleum products to be exported under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1978
Disapproves the determination of the Secretary of the Treasury, under the Tariff Act of 1930, transmitted to the Congress on June 13, 1978 (waives the imposition of countervailing duties on Canadian fish).
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1978
Expresses Senate disapproval of the proposed Internal Revenue Service reorganization of certain IRS district offices.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1978
Hidden Tax Reduction Act - Title I: Elimination of Unnecessary Reports to Congress - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to require the Comptroller General to submit to each Congress within four months of its start a list of such recurring reporting requirements imposed by law or administrative requirements which are transmitted to either or both Houses of Congress which have been determined to be no longer useful, together with recommendation for elimination, or modification thereof. Requires the Comptroller General to identify any reports from the public which could be discontinued if the report to the Congress is eliminated or modified. Title II: Paperwork Assessments of Legislation - Directs that each public bill or joint resolution reported by any committee of the House or Senate shall contain: (1) a determination of the amount of additional paperwork that will result from the regulations to be promulgated pursuant to the bill or joint resolution; or (2) in lieu of such evaluation, a statement of the reasons why compliance by the committee with the requirements in paragraph (1) is impracticable. Requires departments and agencies, in commenting on bills relating to their respective areas of responsibility, to include in their comments the determinations required by this Act. Title III: Central Management and Control Responsibility - Directs the Office of Management and Budget to have Government-wide responsibility for setting policies and coordinating procedures governing the budgeting, management, and control of Federal information management activities and of costs imposed by Federal programs on individuals, organizations, and other institutions. Directs the Office to annually review the paperwork reduction activities of each Federal agency to ascertain their adequacy. Directs the Office to publish such regulations and guidance relating to program organization, operations, and information activities as it deems necessary to simplify Federal programs, to make such programs more responsive and understandable, and to eliminate unnecessary costs and burdens on others resulting from Federal programs. Directs such Office to exercise Government-wide controls over Federal information requests under such regulations as it may establish. Requires the Office of the Federal Register, General Services Administration, to set minimum readability standards and issue such guidelines on the development of readable regulations as it deems appropriate to assure that Federal regulations are understandable to those who must comply. Establishes within the Office of Management and Budget an Office of Privacy and Confidentiality Review. States that such Office shall be responsible for developing and recommending to the President and the Congress policies and standards on information disclosure, confidentiality, and safeguarding the security of information collected or maintained by Federal agencies or in conjunction with Federal programs. Directs each Federal agency to establish a regulatory review program to provide planning and oversight of the regulatory activities of the agency in the interest of developing simpler, less costly, and more understandable regulations. Amends the Records Management Act of 1950 to authorize and direct the National Archives and Records Service to conduct studies and promulgate standards, procedures, and guidelines with respect to records retention requirements imposed on the public by Federal agencies. Title IV: Regulatory Flexibility - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish guidelines and regulations to provide for: (1) less costly reporting and recordkeeping requirements on persons and organizations with a record of regulatory compliance or achievement of program objectives; and (2) less costly regulatory requirements for small business, small local governments, other small organizations, individuals, and small transactions where such requirements would allow the accomplishing of Federal objectives without unnecessarily burdening such organizations, persons, or transactions. Title V: Elimination of Unnecessary Duplication - Establishes a Federal Information Locator System composed of an information locator, a data element dictionary, and an information referral service. Directs the System to serve as the authoritative register of all public use reports. Establishes within the General Services Administration a Federal Information Locator Office. Requires the Director of such Locator Office to: (1) prepare a data profile for each public use report; and (2) register all approved new reports and other information holdings in the Federal Information Locator System. Requires data profiles for planned new requirements to be matched against existing profiles in the information locator. Directs the results of such matching to be made available to Federal agencies and the general public. Requires the Director to establish procedures and to insure that at a minimum all data items in public-use reports are registered in the Federal Locator System. Requires the Director to insure that no actual data is contained within the locator system, except descriptive data profiles necessary to identify duplicative data or to locate information. Requires that any information holding which contains a data element of a personal or proprietary nature within the meaning of the Privacy Act of 1974 be identified as such and restricted in access and use. Title VI: Improving Federal, State, Local Government Regulations - State and Local Government Paperwork Relief Act - Requires the President to appoint an officer to be responsible for advising the President on matters affecting Federal, State, and local relations and overseeing the resolution of such issues. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to: (1) monitor proposed legislation and regulations to determine how Federal, State, and local operations may be coordinated and simplified; (2) propose administrative reform plans; (3) establish cognizant or head agencies in program areas to reduce administrative overlap and confusion; and (4) establish administrative guidelines and regulations which Federal agencies follow, and void agency requirements not in accord with such regulations. Authorizes and directs the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to prepare a report with recommendations for criteria to establish the degree of Federal involvement and imposed cost appropriate in State and local assistance. Title VII: Administrative Reform - Authorizes the President, upon the request of an agency head, to issue an Executive order delaying for a period not to exceed one year the effective date required by law for the promulgation of rules or regulations or nonsubstantive administrative provisions of law. Requires such order to include a finding that the effective date or administrative provisions by law are impracticable. Title VIII: Improving the Rulemaking Process - Declares it to be the policy of Congress that existing and future regulations of departments and agencies shall be as simple and clear as possible. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to insure that departments and agencies adopt procedures to achieve such goals. Requires that upon publication in the Federal Register of proposed rulemaking such notification shall include an estimate of the projected paperwork burden on all affected parties involved in complying with the rule. Title IX: Improving Government Responsiveness to Citizens - Authorizes and directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish a program and set agency responsibilities to provide the public with information about Federal programs and procedures, to set standards for the handling by Federal agencies of public complaints and suggestions, to coordinate the handling of complaints or suggestions involving more than one agency, and to monitor executive branch responsiveness. Title X: Federal Information Centers - Federal Information Centers Act - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Administrator of General Services Administration to establish a nationwide network of Federal Information Centers to provide the public with information about the programs and procedures of the Federal Government. Title XI: Miscellaneous Provisions - States that if any provision of this Act is held invalid, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected thereby.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
Designates the weekend of or preceding April 29 of each year as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust."
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for increases in the cost of refined petroleum products due to the imposition of duties or fees on such products by the President pursuant to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Limits eligibility for such credit to residential users, hospitals, churches, and educational institutions. Limits the amount of allowable credit to $75 for an individual taxpayer. Reduces the amount of allowable credit by 75 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of such individual exceeds $20,000. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to refund in advance one-fourth of the taxpayer's tentative credit under this Act for the taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Susan B. Anthony Dollar Coin Act - Amends the Coinage Act of 1965 to change the size and weight of the one-dollar coin and to require that the obverse side of such coin bear the likeness of Susan B. Anthony.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1978
Commends Lee Williams for his long, faithful, and exemplary service to the United States Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Older Americans Act Amendments - Title I: Amendments to the Older Americans Act of 1965 - Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for the National Information and Resource Clearing House for the Aging. Authorizes a recipient of a grant under the Older Americans Act of 1965 to enter into an agreement with a profitmaking organization to carry out the provisions of such Act. Declares it to be the purpose of Title III of such Act (Grants for State and Community Programs on Aging) to encourage and assist State and local agencies to concentrate resources to serve older persons by entering into new cooperative arrangements with providers of social or nutrition services, multipurpose senior centers, or legal services, for the planning and provision of social services, nutrition services, multipurpose senior centers, or legal services. Defines terms used in such Title. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1979, 1980, and 1981 for grants approved under such Title. Requires each State, to be eligible to receive a grant under such Title, to designate a State agency as the sole State agency: (1) to develop and administer a State plan formulated pursuant to this Act; and (2) to divide the State into areas and to designate as a planning and service area any unit of general purpose local government which has a population of 50,000 or more individuals aged 60 or over which contains 15 percent or more of the State population aged 60 or over. Requires each such area agency on aging to prepare and develop an area plan. Sets forth specified material to be included in such plan. Requires each State, in order to be eligible for grants under such Title, to submit to the Commissioner on Aging a State plan. Sets forth specified material to be included in such plan. Requires the Commissioner to make grants to States for any of the following social services: (1) health, continuing education, welfare, informational, recreational, homemaker, counseling, or referral services; (2) transportation services to facilitate access to social services or nutrition services, or both; (3) services to assist older persons to use the services available to them; (4) services to assist older persons to obtain adequate housing; including residential repair and renovation projects; (5) services designed to assist older persons in avoiding institutionalization, including preinstitution evaluation and screening and home health services, homemaker services, shopping services, escort services, reader services, letter writing services, and other services to assist independent living in a home environment; (6) services to provide legal and counseling assistance; (7) services to enable older persons to attain and maintain physical and mental well-being through programs of regular physical activity; or (8) any other services meeting standards prescribed by the Commissioner and necessary for the general welfare of older persons. Requires the Commissioner to make grants to States for: (1) the establishment and operation of nutrition projects for older persons which, five or more days a week, provides, in a congregate setting, at least one meal per day each of which assures a minimum of one- third of the daily recommended dietary allowances; (2) the establishment and operation of multipurpose senior centers for the organization and provision of a broad spectrum of social services or nutrition services, or both, for older persons; (3) the provision of legal services for the elderly; and (4) the conduct of projects under which a State long-term care ombudsman receives and investigates complaints made by or on behalf of older persons who are residents of long-term care facilities relating to administrative action which may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of such residents. Declares that, under the Act, a national manpower policy shall be developed for the field of aging which will reflect the present and future needs for training personnel in all programs serving the elderly. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants for the purpose of conducting studies on: (1) the utilization of services under this Act and other programs for the elderly, with special attention to accessibility to low-income and minority elderly; (2) the problems of State and area agencies on aging and other service providers in operating transportation services, (3) the impact of this Act and other programs in meeting the long-range needs of the elderly population; and (4) the differences in unit costs, service delivery and access between rural areas and urban areas for services assisted under this Act and the special needs of the elderly residing in rural areas. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to develop and operate statewide, regional, metropolitan area, county, city, or community model projects which will demonstrate methods to expand or improve social services and promote the well-being of older persons. Requires the Commissioner in making such grants to give special consideration to projects designed: (1) to assist in meeting the housing needs of older persons; (2) to provide continuing education to older persons; (3) to provide preretirement education information; (4) to provide services to assist in meeting the particular needs of physically and mentally impaired older persons; (5) to meet the special needs of, and improve the delivery of services to older persons who are not receiving adequate services under other provisions of this Act; and (6) to assist older persons to remain within their communities and out of institutions. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to and enter into contracts with appropriate bodies to support programs of legal services and ombudsman programs established under provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to support the development of comprehensive, coordinated systems of community long-term care for older persons. Requires such grants to be used for the development of programs which provide a full continuum of services supporting alternatives to institutional living, including: (1) adult day health; (2) individual assessment of need, service plan development, monitoring, and evaluation of service effectiveness; (3) supported living in public and private, nonprofit housing; (4) family respite services; (5) preventative health services; (6) home health, homemaker, and other rehabilitative and maintenance in-home services; (7) geriatric health maintenance organizations; and (8) other services which the Commissioner determines are appropriate. Redesignates Title IV (Training and Research) of the Act "Training, Research, and Demonstration. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1981 for multidisciplinary centers of gerontology. Redesignates Title V of the Act "Grants for Indian Tribes. Authorizes the Commissioner, under the Act, to make grants to eligible tribal organizations, as defined in this Act, to pay all of the costs for the delivery of social and nutritional services for Indians who are older persons. Sets forth criteria for applications for such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to delegate to the Secretary of the Interior or to the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs any functions under this title. Redesignates Title VI of the Act "Community Service Employment for Older Americans." States that such Title may be cited as the Older American Community Service Employment Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to estabLish an older American community service employment program to promote part-time opportunities in community service activities for unemployed, low-income persons 55 years old who have poor employment prospects. States that eligible individuals employed in such projects shall not be considered to be Federal employees. Provides that in awarding grants or contracts for such projects the Secretary shall give special consideration to national organizations which have a proven ability to provide older persons with employment. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Title. Title II: White House Conference on Aging - States that this Title may be cited as the 1981 White House Conference on Aging Act. Declares it the policy of the Congress that the Federal Government should work with the States and citizens to develop recommendations and plans to meet the needs of older persons. Requires that programs developed under this Act place emphasis upon the right of older persons to free choice and self-help in planning their futures. Authorizes the President of the United States to call a White House Conference on Aging in 1981 to develop recommendations for research and action in the field of aging. Requires the Conference to include representatives of Federal, State, and local governments, professional and lay people working in the field of aging including older persons. Directs that a final report of the White House Conference, containing a comprehensive statement of a coherent national policy on aging and the recommendations of such Conference, be submitted to the President and Congress within a specified time. Sets forth the responsibilities and duties of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in administering this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to the Conference and such other technical committees as may be necessary to carry out such Conference. Title III: Study of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Programs for Older Americans - Directs the Commission on Civil Rights: (1) to undertake a comprehensive study of discrimination based on race or ethnic background in any federally assisted programs and activities which affect older persons; and (2) to identify any federally assisted activity in which persons or organizations who are otherwise qualified being, on the basis of race or ethnic background, excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, refused employment or contracts with, or subject to discrimination under, such activity.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1978
Eliminates the requirement that States have a program of matching the Federal amounts of veterans' accelerated educational assistance payments in order for a veteran to be eligible for such accelerated payments. Increases the rate at which such accelerated assistance payments may be paid per school term.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include specified textiles and textile products in the articles reserved from tariff reduction or elimination negotiations by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Declares that certain proposed regulations of the Department of the Treasury regarding centralized firearms sales recordkeeping and other firearms control measures exceed the Department's authority, and directs that the regulations be withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1978
Bilingual Education Equitable Distribution Act - Amends the Bilingual Education Act to give priority in the funding of new applications for demonstration grants to geographic areas and groups which have historically been underserved by such programs, and to allocate funds appropriated in proportion to the geographic distribution of children of limited English language proficiency throughout the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1978
Designates the month of April as "Fair Housing Month."
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that the President should not impose an import fee on oil as a means of reducing crude oil imports.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
PCP Criminal Laws and Procedures Act - Sets forth penalties for the manufacture, distribution, or possession with intent to manufacture or distribute phencyclidine (PCP) and its salts. Requires, with respect to each transfer of piperidine, that the seller report certain information about the buyer to the Attorney General and that the buyer present positive identification. Requires importers to report each shipment of piperidine received. Specifies guidelines for searches of sellers' premises. Prescribes and sets forth penalties for certain other piperidine-related transactions including sales to minors, or sales to or by fugitives or mental defectives, and commerce in stolen piperidine.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to study energy strategies and to transmit a final report to Congress of such study within 18 months of the passage of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Small Business Simplification Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer, in calculating depreciation allowances of property, to apply a 36-month useful life computed under the straight-line method for up to $100,000 of basis of property.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Amends the Small Business Act to provide "energy independence loan," under specified conditions to individuals or firms that provide energy conservation or solar energy related services or that manfacture, distribute, retail, or install energy conservation or solar energy products or measures.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Solar Energy Transition Act - Directs each Federal agency to use and encourage the use of solar energy technologies. Requires each agency to review the programs, projects, and policies it is administering, and assess the feasibility of alternative approaches utilizing solar energy technologies. Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop guidelines and otherwise assist the Federal agencies in the review required by this Act. Establishes the National Solar Energy Advisory Council to advise the Secretary in the performance of his duties under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report to the President and Congress annually starting April 20, 1980 on the progress of the Federal Government and the nation in converting to solar energy.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Solar Global Marketing Survey Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to conduct a global market survey to determine which foreign countries might serve as markets for solar energy equipment manufactured in the United States. Requires such survey be completed by September 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1978
Solar Energy Bank Act - Creates a Government corporation to be known as the Solar Energy Development Bank to make long-term, low-interest loans to encourage the use of solar energy in commercial and residential structures. Prohibits conflicts of interests on the part of officers or employees of the Bank. Prohibits the Bank or its employees from utilizing the Solar Bank to finance political activities. Imposes criminal penalties for the furnishing of false or misleading information by applicants for loans under this Act. Allows the Solar Bank to make loans directly, or through lending institutions which are entitled to reasonable fees for their services. Sets the annual interest rates on such loans at not more than three percent and limits the loans to a maximum of 30 years duration. Permits the Solar Bank to develop standards for certifying that the solar energy equipment, installation and related costs will result in a meaningful reduction in the conventional energy dependence of the year. Requires the Solar Bank to establish guidelines for the distribution of its loans among commercial and residential uses and requires that at least 60 percent of such monies loaned be for residential purposes. Establishes procedures govering the processing and approval of loan applications by the Bank. Provides penalties for the violation of the loan contract or for fraud in the obtaining of such loan. Exempts the Solar Bank and its assets from taxation, except that the real and tangible personal property of the Bank shall be subject to Federal, State, and local taxation to the same extent as that of private corporations. Directs the General Accounting Office (GAO) to audit the financial transactions of the Bank, and grants the GAO access to all its books, records, and accounts. Establishes a Solar Energy Fund in the Treasury of the United States to pay the expenses of the Bank. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000,000 to the Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1978
Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Amendments - Exempts the following transactions from the terms of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: (1) sale or lease of any improved land on which there is a condominium; (2) sale or lease of real estate by a developer who is engaged in a sales operation which is predominantly intrastate in nature; and (3) the sale or lease of real estate by a developer who has fulfilled specified conditions to the resident of another State when the principal residence of the purchaser is within a radius of 100 miles from the property. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct all actions brought under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1978
Title I: Lending and Investment Powers - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 to authorize federal savings and loan associations to invest in cooperative housing. Removes the limitation on the percentage of its assets which a savings and loan association may invest in the following: (1) commercial real estate loans; (2) loans for home improvement and mobile homes; and (3) State and local government bonds to raise revenue for the rehabilitation, financing, or construction of residential real estate.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1978
Small Business Reduction and Stimulation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide graduated income tax rates for corporations with a maximum rate of 46 percent on income in excess of $150,000 and a minimum rate of 15 percent on income not in excess of $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1978
Encourages Federal departments and agencies to channel their additional funds into accounts in minority-owned commercial banks.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1978
Federal Reserve System Services Act - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prepare and publish a schedule of fees for its services and a set of pricing principles no later than July 1, 1979, and to put a fee schedule into effect no later than July 1, 1980. Permits the Board to reduce the amount of reserves required from member banks in order to implement the pricing of its services. Authorizes the offering of Federal Reserve services to any depository institution under certain conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1978
SS Life Act - Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to LIFE International for 15 years the hospital ship U.S.S. Sanctuary (AH-17) to furnish health care to developing nations. Renames such ship the "SS LIFE". Authorizes the appropriation of $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 for modification of such ship and for maintenance and operation $494,000 for fiscal year 1979, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1978
Social Security Refinancing Act - Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to finance the payment of disability insurance benefits and hospital insurance benefits through general tax revenues, rather than through employment and self-employment tax revenues. Reduces employment and self-employment tax rates below the rates established by the Social Security Financing Amendments of 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1978
Rural Health Needs Planning Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to include in the national guidelines for health planning separate guidelines for nonurbanized areas. Requires to be included on the National Council on Health Planning and Development consumers of health care who are representative of nonmetropolitan areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to health systems agencies on the basis of square mileage served by the agency, for the development and operation of subarea councils and requires health systems agencies to consider the views of such councils. Changes the formula by which the size of grants to health systems agencies shall be determined. Requires the inclusion of members from nonmetropolitan areas on Statewide Health Coordinating Councils. Requires centers for health planning to disseminate to health systems agencies planning approaches and methodologies with special emphasis on the needs of medically underserved populations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1978
Designates May 3, 1978, as "Sun Day."
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1978
Authorizes and directs the President to designate 1978 as the "Franco-American Friendship Year."