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United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1977
Soft Drink Anti-Monopoly Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit the ownership or control of soft drink bottling or canning establishments by national manufacturers of soft drink syrups or concentrates.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1977
Small Business Administration Authorization Act - Title I: Authorizations and Limitations - Eliminates administrative expenses as items which can be financed from the disaster loan fund and the business loan and investment fund established by the Small Business Act. Repeals the aggregate amount restriction for small business loans and disaster loan fund authorizations. Makes authorizations for specified programs authorized by the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act. Amends the Small Business Investment Act to eliminate appropriations to the revolving funds for lease guarantees and surety bond guarantees and the requirement that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration pay specified sums from the funds into the Treasury. Title II: Moratoriums - Authorizes the Administration to assume or suspend a small business concern's obligation to make payments on a direct loan made by the Administration under the Small Business Act. Specifies conditions which must be met before the loan may be suspended or assumed. Title III: Certificate of Competency - Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit government procurement officers from denying a contract to a Small Business concern which has been certified to perform such contract by the Administration without referring the matter for final disposition to the Administration. Dictates procedures to be followed if such officer finds that such concern may be ineligible due to requirements of the Walsh-Healey Act. Title IV: Procurement Assistance - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administration to give priority in awarding contracts to concerns which shall perform a substantial proportion of the production of those contracts within areas of concentrated unemployment or under employment or within labor surplus areas.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1977
Customs Paperwork Simplification Act - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to raise the resident tariff exemption on items imported for personal use or gifts to $300. Raises to $500 the value of merchandise which can be imported by mail.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1977
Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require the President to transmit certain information to Congress with respect to any proposed major arms sale to a non-NATO country. Prohibits the issuance of any letter of offer for such sale if the Congress disapproves such letter by concurrent resolution, within the first period of 30 days of continuous Congressional session after receipt of Presidential certification of such offer.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1977
Amends the Arms Export Control Act, with respect to approval for the transfer of defense articles, training, or services under that Act, to delay the effective date of such approval until the end of the first period of 30 days of continuous Congressional session after the President has certified the proposed transfer to Congress, unless Congress disapproves such transfer by concurrent resolution within that period. Permits such proposed transfer to become effective immediately if the President certifies to Congress that a state of emergency exists which requires such transfer in the national security interests of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977
Authorizes the Senate Select Committee on Small Business to make expenditures, not to exceed $174,500, for hearings and investigations from the contingent fund of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977
Career Education Implementation Incentive Act - Authorizes the appropriation of specified sums for each of the fiscal years 1979 through 1983 for the purpose of providing Federal incentives to State and local educational agencies and institutions to develop and implement career education programs for individuals of all ages. Directs the Commissioner of Education to reserve certain funds appropriated under this Act to (1) support model programs and other special or demonstration projects and (2) allocate among specified territories of the United States. Sets forth a formula for the distribution of funds to each State. Requires an annual application containing specified assurances, to be submitted by each State desiring to receive funds under this Act. Directs each State to file with the Commissioner a State plan for the utilization of funds received under this Act. Sets for the factors each such plan must contain. Specifies the activities which may be funded by a State with money received under this Act including (1) providing State leadership career education through institutes, training programs, studies, and conferences; and (2) making grants to local educational agencies and to public and private nonprofit institutions of postsecondary education for the purpose of (a) improving career awareness, (b) developing and implementing career guidance services, (c) training of local career education coordinators and (d) establishing and operating career education resource centers. Directs that State grants to local educational agencies and institutions be made in as equitable a manner as possible, having due regard for the special needs of agencies and institutions serving large numbers of disadvantaged students. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants directly to State and local educational agencies and institutions for the purpose of developing career education model programs. Directs the Commissioner to provide for (1) the maintenance and dissemination of career information; (2) the continuous analysis of career trends and options; (3) the publication of periodic reports containing career education information; and (4) the conduct of seminars, workshops, and career information sessions. Directs the Commissioner, to the extent practicable, to (1) utilize existing offices and research capabilities; (2) coordinate offices, centers and research facilities in carrying out his information responsibilities; and (3) use the career information capabilities of the education division. Sets forth the procedure and requirements to be followed by the Commissioner and each State when granting or receiving funds under this Act. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities under this Act of (1) The Office of Career Education; (2) The National Advisory Council on Career Education and (3) The National Institute of Education. Revises The National Advisory Council on Career Education membership requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1977
Requires that no writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of a person in State custody, or motion attacking sentence on behalf of a person in Federal custody shall be denied because of an earlier failure to assert the claim upon which the writ or motion is based unless the person deliberately and knowingly forwent the opportunity to do so.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977
Legal Services Corporation Act Amendments - Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to require that at least three persons appointed to fill vacancies occurring between January 1, 1977, and July 30, 1978, on the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation be person eligible to be clients thereunder. Requires that at least one-third of the governing body of an organization formed solely for the purpose of providing legal assistance under such Act be composed of eligible clients. Subjects meetings of the Board of Directors, of executive committees thereof, and of any advisory council established under the Legal Services Corporation Act to Government in the Sunshine Act provisions relative to open meetings. Empowers the Corporation to undertake research and assistance activities with respect to the delivery of legal services by means of contract or grant. Directs that a court provide compensation for an attorney employed by a recipient organization and appointed to provide legal assistance, unless such appointment is made pursuant to a statute or practice applied generally to attorneys practicing before the court. Repeals restrictions on political activities unrelated to legal assistance with respect to attorneys receiving more than one-half their professional income from an organization established for the sole purpose of providing assistance under the Legal Services Corporation Act. Revises guidelines regarding eligibility for, and priorities relative to, such assistance. Revises the limitations on the use of funds made available by the Corporation to (1) permit the provision of legal assistance with respect to criminal matters where a person is charged with an offense involving hunting, fishing, trapping, or gathering fruit of the land, a defense asserted involves rights arising from an Indian treaty, or a person is charged with a misdemeanor or lesser offense in an Indian tribal court; (2) eliminate prohibitions against providing legal assistance to un-emancipated persons less than 18 years of age and in connection with selective service violations, and (3) revise prohibitions relative to formation of associations and military offenses. Authorizes the Corporation to make grants or enter into contracts to pay all or part of the cost of developing and/or operating model projects to expand or improve the delivery of legal services to segments of the population of eligible clients with special legal problems or special difficulties of access to legal services. Authorizes the appointment of independent hearing examiners to preside over hearings to suspend or terminate assistance under the Legal Services Corporation Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1977
Designates the month of April as Fair Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1977
Youth Employment and Training Act - Amends the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 to establish a National Young Adult Conservation Corps, to be administered by the Secretary of Labor through interagency agreements with the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, for the purpose of carrying out projects on Federal or non-Federal public lands or waters. Qualifies for work on such projects United States citizens and lawfully admitted persons who have either (1) attained age 14 but not age 16, (2) attained age 16 but not age 19 and have left school, or (3) have attained age 22 but not age 24. Stipulates that no qualified individual may enroll in the Corps for a total of more than 12 months. Directs the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture, as appropriate, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, to determine the location of each residential and nonresidential campsite. Lists type of projects which may be performed by the Corps including (1) silvicultural measures, (2) erosion control, (3) wildlife habitat and range management improvements, (4) recreation development, (5) forest insect and disease prevention and control, and (6) general sanitation. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements with prime sponsors under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and with Indian tribes, bands and groups to pay the cost of community improvement projects to be carried out exclusively by persons age 16-21 and certain persons age 14-15 or 22-23. Directs persons seeking to conduct community improvement projects to submit applications containing specified information to entities eligible to enter into agreements with the Secretary. Directs those entities desiring funds to submit a proposed agreement to the Secretary, each such proposed agreement to include project applications approved by the entity's planning council or like organization. Authorizes the Secretary, in reviewing proposed agreements, to approve or deny project applications on an individual basis. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide financial assistance to prime sponsors under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and Indian tribes, groups, and bands for the provision of employment opportunities and appropriate training and supportive services to unemployed youths and young adults who are members of low-income households. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to establish innovative and experimental programs to test new approaches for dealing with the unemployment problems of youth. Sets forth standards relative to the selection of activities to be funded under this Act and the allocation of funds.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose, upon written request, mailing addresses of taxpayers to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for the purposes of conducting of health and safety studies of worker populations and of referring sick and injured workers for medical care.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1977
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to increase the authorization for land acquisition for the Upper St. Croix River in Minnesota and Wisconsin, from $11,768,550 to $12,768,550. Exempts the Upper St. Croix River from the 50 percent limitation on the use of condemnation authority.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1977
Small Business Emergency Drought Disaster Loan Act - Authorizes the Small Business Administration to provide emergency drought assistance loans, at five percent interest per annum for a period up to 30 years, to assist small business concerns to overcome the effects of actual or prospective substantial economic injury resulting from the 1976-1977 drought. Requires an actual or expected decrease in business activity of at least 20 percent below normal levels as a condition of eligibility. Allows provisions of this Act to apply to an area newly designated as an emergency droughts impact area by the Administrator.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1977
Endangered American Wilderness Act - Designates specified lands in the following national forests as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Inyo and Sequoia National Forests, California; (2) Los Padres National Forest, California; (3) Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado; (4) Cibola National Forest, New Mexico; (5) Willamette National Forest, Oregon; (6) Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon; and (7) Umatilla National Forest, Washington and Oregon. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to review the feasibility and suitability of designating a wilderness specified lands in the following national forests: (1) Coronado National Forest, Arizona; (2) Rio Grande and Gunnison National Forests, Colorado; (3) Lolo and Kootenal National Forests, Montana; (4) Santa Fe and Carson National Forests, New Mexico; and (5) Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Includes specified lands in the Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon, in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1977
Federal Aid in Nongame Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to State nongame fish and wildlife conservation programs. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer personnel, equipment, and scientific information to carry out this Act. Sets forth the formula for the apportionment of revenue to the States and limitations upon administrative expenses of the Secretary and the States chargeable to the Nongame Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fund. Permits any amount apportioned to a State but not expended or obligated after two fiscal years to be used by the Secretary to assist such programs in other States. Permits any such amount not paid or obligated by the Secretary at the end of two fiscal years to be made available for any nongame fish and wildlife resource project of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Directs all Federal departments and agencies to coordinate their programs with nongame fish and wildlife conservation projects administered by the States. Directs each Federal department and agency with management authority over land and water resources (1) to determine which programs under its authority may be extended to include conservation of nongame fish and wildlife species, (2) to notify the appropriate State agency of any such affirmative determination, and (3) to cooperate with the establishment of conservation agreements with State agencies for such efforts. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a certain corporation in settlement of such corporation's claims against the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit the sale, offering for sale, or distribution, of certain detergents containing excessive amounts of phosphorous for use within the Great Lakes Region. Defines the Great Lakes Region to include the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Stipulates that the maximum allowable amounts of phosphorous in such detergents shall not exceed (1) 0.5 percent in the case of machine laundry detergents and household cleanings agents; (2) 11 percent in the case of machine dishwashing detergents; and (3) 20 percent in the case of chemical water conditioners for machine laundry use. Authorizes the Administrator to exempt certain cleaning or water conditioning agents where compliance in deemed unreasonable, impractical, or not feasible. Imposes civil penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation of the prohibitions contained in this Act. Stipulates that illegal agents or conditioners shall be liable to be proceeded against and condemned in United States district courts. Establishes procedures for condemnation and disposal of such illegal products. Authorizes the Administrator to make inspections within reasonable limits in order to enforce the provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator to study the feasibility of applying such regulations on a nationwide basis.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Designates the week of May 22 through May 28, 1977, as "Small Business Week."
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1977
National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act - Title I: National Consumer Cooperative Bank - Establishes the National Consumer Cooperative Bank. States that the Bank shall (1) encourage the development of new and existing cooperatives eligible for its assistance by providing specialized credit and technical assistance; (2) maintain broad-based control of the Bank by its voting stockholders; (3) encourage broad-based ownership, control and active participation by members in eligible cooperatives; (4) assure that the net savings from its operations and the operations of borrowers from the Bank are made available or accounted for to the stockholders or members of the cooperative organization; and (5) assist in improving the quality and availability of goods and service to consumers. Authorizes the creation of no less than four nor more than 12 corporate regional banks. States that the Bank shall have the power to make and service loans, commitments for credit, guarantees, furnish financially related services, technical assistance, and issue obligations. Enumerates additional powers necessary to carry out its powers and duties under this Act. Requires the Bank to hold an annual meeting of stockholders. Permits the Bank to obtain funds through the public or private sale of its bonds, debentures, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness. Authorizes the Bank to make loans to eligible organizations which shall be repayable in not more than 40 years. States that the objective of the Bank shall be to provide the type of credit needed by eligible borrowers, at the lowest reasonable cost on a sound business basis, taking into account the cost of money to the Bank. Defines "eligible cooperatives" for purposes of assistance under this title. Title II: Self-Help Development Fund - Establishes in the Treasury a Consumer Cooperative Self-Help Development Fund. Permits the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration to make a capital investment advance out of the Fund to any eligible cooperative if the Administration determines that the applicants' initial or supplemental capital requirements exceed its ability to obtain a Title I Loan from the Bank or other sources, and the membership of the applicant consists substantially of low-income persons. Title III: Cooperative Technical Assistance - Directs the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration to make available information and services concerning the organization or reorganization of cooperatives to best achieve the objectives of this Act and to best provide the means through which various types of goods, services, and facilities can be made available to members and patrons. States that such assistance may include investigations, surveys, and director and management training and assistance. Authorizes appropriations to the Administration of sums necessary for the administration of this title. Title IV: The Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration and General Provisions - Establishes the Cooperative Bank and Assistance Administration. Directs the Administration to assure that the objectives of this Act are carried out. States that until the stock of the Bank held by the United States has been fully retired the Bank shall be exempt from any form of taxation. Requires the Administration and the Board to report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress on the activities of the Administration and on the Bank's capital, operations, financial condition, the self-help development fund, and to make recommendations for legislation to improve its services.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1977
Small Business Development Center Act - Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make grants to universities to assist them in developing centers to provide small businesses with a broad range of advice, information, and assistance. Limits the amount of such grant to no more than 75 percent of the cost of eligible activities in the operation or development of the center, except for grants to regional centers assisting State centers in research or other high cost activities. Establishes a Small Business Management and Technical Assistance Division within the Small Business Administration to administer the Small Business Development Center program through a Deputy Associate Administrator. Establishes a Small Business Development Center Advisory Board composed of 14 members to advise and confer with the Deputy Associate Administrator for Management and Technical Assistance. Authorizes the Administration to make grants to universities, organizations, and business concerns to support research to solve problems which affect small business concerns.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1977
Title I: Code of Official Conduct - Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate to replace the rules regarding outside business activities, contributions, political fund activity, and financial disclosure with the Senate Code of Official Conduct. Requires each Senator, candidate for the Senate, officer or employee of the Senate who is compensated in excess of $25,000 per year, and certain individuals who handle campaign funds, to file with the Secretary of the Senate an annual financial statement in such form and manner as prescribed by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. Sets forth the required content of such statement. Requires each individual required to make such financial report to cause such statement to be filed as a public document with the Secretary of State of the State which the Senator represents. Requires the select committee to review all such financial statements, and the Comptroller General to audit such statements. Specifies that each individual required to file such financial statement must file with the Comptroller General a report containing tax returns and certain other documents. Gives the select Committee access to such report. Prohibits any Member, officer, or employee of the Senate from soliciting or accepting any gift which will, might tend to, or is intended to affect the performance of that individual's official duties. Prohibits such individuals, their spouses, or dependents from accepting any gifts having an aggregate value exceeding $100 during a calendar year from any person or entity having a direct interest in legislation, or from any foreign national. Restricts outside earned income which results from personal services actually rendered by a Senator, or an officer or employee of the Senate compensated at a rate exceeding $35,000 a year, during the period of service in a calendar year, to 15 percent of the salary of such officer or employee, and in the case of a Senator, 15 percent of the base salary paid to Senators. Sets limitations on honoraria received by such individuals. Prohibits Members, officers, or employees of the Senate from receiving compensation as a result of improperly exerting the influence of their official positions. Limits the participation by such individuals in outside business and professional activity or employment. Restricts such persons from using their positions to influence legislation, a principal purpose of which is to further the individual pecuniary interest of such persons or of their family members. Requires certain committee staff members to divest themselves of any holdings which may be affected by the actions of their committee. Sets limitations on Members or employees who become registered lobbyists following their service in the Senate. Prohibits Members from maintaining unofficial office accounts. Specifies that no contribution shall be converted to the personal use of any Member who is defeated for reelection or does not seek reelection. Prohibits the receipt of funds from the United States Government for the purpose of foreign travel by Members who have not been reelected. Restricts the use of foreign travel allowances, and claims for reimbursement. Limits the pre-election use of franked mail by Senators and candidates for the Senate. Requires Senators to register mass franked mailings annually with the Secretary of the Senate. Prohibits the use of Senate computer facilities to process lists or produce mailing labels for partisan purposes. Restricts the pre-election use of the radio and television studios of the Senate or the House of Representatives by Senators or candidates for the Senate. Prohibits any officer or employee of the Senate from receiving, soliciting, maintaining custody of, or distributing any funds in connection with any campaign of any individual for election to the Senate or any other Federal office with the exception of one assistants to a Senator in the District of Columbia, and one in the Senator's home State. Prohibits Senate officers and employees from contributing to the campaign funds of their supervisors, and prohibits Members from soliciting such contributions. Requires that Senate officers and employees who are substantially engaged in campaign activities not remain on the payroll of the Senate. Prohibits employment discrimination by Members, officers, or employees of the Senate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or physical handicap. Title II: -Provisions Relating to the Select Committee on Ethics - Requires the Select Committee to receive complaints and investigate violations of the Senate Code of Official Conduct, and to publish regulations necessary to implement such Code. Sets forth the procedures for conducting such investigations. Requires the Select Committee to render and publish in the Congressional Record advisory opinions requested by specified individuals. Title III: Miscellaneous; Effective Dates - Requires the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs to conduct specified studies with respect to certain matters regulated by the Senate Code of Official Conduct. Sets forth the effective dates of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1977
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit aerial spraying using the chemical dioxin in the national forests.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Transfers from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of the Interior the authority, real property, project authorization, and unexpended appropriations for the Tocks Island Reservoir Project, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Terminates authorization of the Project as part of the Delaware River Basin project under the Flood Control Act of 1962. Stipulates the priorities of the Secretary of the Interior in administration of the project.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1977
Requests the President of the United States to convene a White House Conference on Small Business with the help of the Senate Small Business Committee to develop recommendations, including suggestions for joint legislative and executive action, for revitalizing and maintaining the economic viability of the small business infrastructure.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Conservation and Solar Energy - Federal Buildings Act - Directs the Federal Energy Administrator to establish methods of determining the life cycle cost effectiveness for buildings, considering the life cycle fuel and energy requirements for such buildings. Requires that all Federal buildings be life cycle cost effective and that such determination serve as a basis for the awarding of contracts in the procurement and leasing of new Federal buildings. Directs the Administrator to promote the use of life cycle cost effective methods in all buildings. Directs the Administrator to establish energy performance targets for existing buildings which are compatible with new building performance standards developed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Requires all Federal agencies to conduct an energy audit of existing buildings within their jurisdiction. Requires that a specified percentage of the gross square footage of building space be selected by each agency for retrofitting with appropriate energy conservation measures.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1977
Health Services Research, Health Statistics, Medical Libraries, Biomedical Research and Research Training Extension Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 1978 for: health services, research, evaluation, and demonstration activities supported by such Act; health statistics medical libraries; cancer control programs; the National Cancer Institute; heart, blood, lung, and blood disease prevention and control programs; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; and National Research Service Awards.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1977
Young Farmers' Homestead Act - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Agriculture the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to purchase farm land in value of up to $200,000 per unit. Provides that the Corporation shall make such farms available for lease and subsequently for sale. Directs that the farms may be leased to an eligible applicant for a period of not less than two years nor more than seven years with specified restrictions upon the use of such land. Provides that the lessee may at any time within six months prior to the expiration of his lease make application to the Board of Directors of the Corporation for purchase of such unit upon the expiration of such lease. States that the Board shall approve such application if it determines that the lessee can successfully manage and operate such farm unit. Specifies a formula to be used in determining the selling price of each farm. Provides that a buyer may obtain financing through an available source, but if private financing is not available, the Farmers Home Administration shall furnish the financing at a specified rate. Requires the Corporation to file annually with the Secretary of Agriculture a complete report as to the business of the Corporation. Provides that the financial transactions of the Corporation shall be audited at least once each year by the General Accounting Office. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint an advisory council to advise the Board regarding the administration of this Act. Provides that the Council's advice shall include recommendations on what the eligibility requirements should be for leasing farm units and what experience should be required for leasing a farm. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Specifies criminal provisions applicable to the Federal Farm Assistance Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1977
Health Services, Hemophilia and Health Planning and Development Extension Act - Title I: Amendments to the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend through fiscal year 1978 the assistance programs for comprehensive public health services, migrant health, community health centers, hemophilia programs, and national health planning and development and health resources development. Repeals the provision of the Public Health Service Act which authorizes project grants to public and nonprofit private agencies for training, studies, and demonstrations for developing comprehensive health plans. Title II: Amendments to the Community Mental Health Centers Act - Amends the Community Mental Health Centers Act to extend through fiscal year 1978 grants for community mental health centers planning and operations. Extends the time period during which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare must act on an application for a grant to plan a community mental health center to 120 days after the date of submission of the application.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act - Title I: Franchise Protection - Prohibits a franchisor from terminating or failing to renew a franchise unless specified conditions exist. Enumerates the basis upon which a franchisor may terminate or fail to renew a franchise. Exempts trial franchises from the requirements of this Act. Requires that 90 days advance notice of termination or nonrenewal be made in writing and delivered to the franchisee. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration to publish in the Federal Register a summary of this Act. Authorizes civil actions in a United States district court against any franchisor who violates any requirement of this Act. Provides for the preemption of State laws unless such law is the same as the applicable provisions of this Act. Title II: Octane Disclosure - Requires the Federal Trade Commission to: (1) establish testing procedures for the determination of the octane rating of automotive gasoline; (2) establish requirements applicable to refiners with respect to the testing of automotive gasoline; (3) establish a certification procedure applicable to the distribution of automotive gasoline; and (4) establish requirements applicable to retailers of gasoline with respect to display of the octane rating of automotive gasoline at the point of sale. Prohibits any person who distributes automotive gasoline from making representations respecting the octane rating of gasoline unless the gasoline has been tested in accordance with the procedures established by the Federal Trade Commission. Grants to the Commission the procedural, investigative, and enforcement powers necessary to make effective the rules required to be prescribed. Makes it an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act to violate the rules prescribed by this Act. Authorizes judicial review of the rules prescribed under this Act. Title III: Prohibition on Certain Unfair Practices in the Marketing of Automotive Gasoline - Prohibits dual distribution marketers of automotive gasoline (defined in this Act as a person who markets automotive gasoline at both wholesale and retail) in or affecting commerce from establishing or maintaining retail prices which do not recover the cost of gasoline transferred to, or purchased by, retail outlets controlled by such marketer plus the cost of operating such retail outlets. Defines terms for purposes of this Title. Disallows any person engaged in the marketing or distribution of automotive gasoline in or affecting commerce from selling at retail as a loss leader unless such person operates as a franchisee through a single retail outlet. Requires gasoline marketers to maintain books and records, consistent with sound accounting principles, prescribed by the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration. Sets fines for violations of this Title and authorizes injunctions of illegal acts under specified circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1977
Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act - Title I: Amendments to the General Provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 - Amends the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to extend the applicability of the provisions of such Act to mines other than coal mines. Transfers the functions of the Secretary of the Interior in developing health and safety standards to the Secretary of Labor. Title II: Mine Safety and Health Standard Amendments - Amends the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to establish the duty of: (1) each mine operator and miner to comply with the health and safety standards of the Act, and (2) each mine operator to furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to promulgate, modify, or revoke mine health and safety standards in accordance with prescribed criteria and procedures. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize advisory committees in the development of standards. Requires the Secretary to act within 60 days upon recommendations from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Authorizes the Secretary, or the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare: (1) to enter any mine subject to this Act; and (2) to make reasonable inspections and investigations and to question privately employers, owners, operators, agents, or employees. Requires inspections of underground mines at least four times a year. Stipulates that no advance notice of inspections shall be given. Requires the maintenance of records by mine operators with regard to work-related deaths, injuries, illness, miner exposure to toxic substances, and mine accidents. Authorizes special inspections of mines by the Secretary upon request by any miners or representatives of miners where any violation of standards or imminent danger is alleged to exist. Establishes procedures for review of decisions of the Secretary with respect to establishment and enforcement of standards. Establishes procedures for the enforcement of mine health and safety standards through issuance of citations, imposition of civil and criminal penalties, and injunctive relief. Establishes special procedures to counteract imminently dangerous conditions. Requires that copies of all notices, orders, and decisions affecting mine safety in a particular mine be conspicuously posted at such mine site. Stipulates that, in the event of mine closures by orders issued pursuant to this Act, that miners idled as a result of any such order shall be entitled to full compensation for the period they are idled within prescribed limits. Establishes a Federal Mine Safety and Health Commission to supervise the activities of administrative law judges in proceedings brought under the Act. Requires that mine operators establish safety training programs for new miners and for all miners in accordance with prescribed criteria. Directs the Secretary to require that mine rescue teams comprised of Federal mine inspectors be maintained at district and field offices. Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish procedures for measuring concentrations of respirable dust. Repeals provisions allowing for modifications of or exceptions from mandatory safety standards for underground mines. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Transfers functions of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to mine health and safety to the Secretary of Labor and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Commission. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish an advisory committee to review all standards previously promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior. Establishes a Mine Safety and Health Administration in the Department of Labor to carry out mine safety and health functions assigned to the Secretary of Labor. Establishes qualifications and criteria for selection of individuals as mine inspectors. Stipulates that the National Mine Health and Safety Academy shall be maintained as an agency of the Department of the Interior to assist in the training of mine inspectors and other personnel. Repeals the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 1966.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1977
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promulgate national standards for clinical laboratories. Defines the terms "laboratory" and "clinical laboratory" for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to develop job-related proficiency and practical examinations for clinical laboratory personnel, and to develop mechanisms designed to assure the continued competence of such personnel. Directs the development of standards for the proficiency testing of clinical laboratories. Applies such standards to: (1) clinical laboratories engaged in business in interstate commerce; and (2) any other clinical laboratories located in States which do not have primary enforcement responsibility as provided for by this Act for the regulation of such laboratories. Delegates to States the responsibility for primary enforcement of the national standards over clinical laboratories not engaged in interstate commerce and those that are engaged in interstate commerce and located or doing business within the State when responsibility is specifically delegated by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish a system for the licensure of clinical laboratories subject to the national standards promulgated by the Secretary. States that such licenses shall specify the categories of tests and procedures which such laboratory may perform and shall be valid for a period not to exceed 24 months. Sets forth the requirements for issuance, renewal, and revocation of a license. Provides judicial review for any person aggrieved by the revocation of the license of his laboratory. Applies the national standards to Federal clinical laboratories under the jurisdiction of the Secretary and to all other such laboratories, except those under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces or the Veterans' Administration or those under any agency which has in effect equally stringent standards. Prohibits the solicitation or acceptance of specimens for laboratory tests or procedures by a clinical laboratory which is required to be licensed by the Secretary and which either does not have such a license or is not permitted under such license to perform the planned test or procedure. Establishes a penalty consisting of a fine or imprisonment or both for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits false or fraudulent billing practices in connection with services provided under the Social Security Act. Establishes a penalty consisting of a fine or imprisonment or both for the violation of such prohibition. Prohibits an employer from taking action against an employee who has assisted or participated in an investigation of such employer pursuant to this Act. Establishes a procedure for investigating and correcting employers' retaliatory actions against employees. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants and technical assistance to States to assist in meeting the cost of enforcing the standards established for the regulation of clinical laboratories. Establishes an advisory council on clinical laboratories in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to advise the Secretary with respect to national standards promulgated under this Act, the implementation and administration of clinical laboratory regulation, and coordination between Federal and State regulatory programs. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Clinical Laboratories. States that the purpose of such Office shall be: (1) to establish a uniform regulatory policy for the administration of the functions authorized by this Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Medicaid and Medicare programs of the Social Security Act; and (2) to provide guidance for the laboratory components of other health programs administered and enforced by the Secretary. Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit reimbursement under the Medicare, Medicaid or Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Childrens' Services programs for any portion of the cost of a clinical laboratory service which represents a commission, finders fee, or rent which is above the market value of the facility. Prohibits the making of any grant or reimbursement by the Secretary, or the award of any contract under the Medicare or Medicaid programs of the Social Security Act, including but not limited to grants to or contracts with hospitals, or skilled nursing facilities, or in connection with the procurement and reimbursement for clinical laboratory services, unless the laboratory meets the licensing requirements established by the Secretary. Raises the status of the offense of defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs from that of a misdemeanor to that of a felony. Increases the maximum fine for such offenses from $10,000 to $25,000. Increases the maximum term of imprisonment from one to five years. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of existing regulations governing the qualifications of clinical laboratory supervisors, technologists, and technicians, and of the regulatory bodies established to develop and enforce such regulations. Requires such study: (1) to assess the need for national standards for certifying laboratory technical personnel and certifying entities; (2) to project the numbers of laboratory personnel who will be needed in 1980, 1985, and 1990; and (3) to analyze the costs to laboratories of compliance with such national standards should they be promulgated as a result of such study. Directs the Secretary to study the financial arrangements entered into by hospitals, reimbursed for the provision of health services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, for the provision of clinical laboratory services by persons who provide such services in such hospitals. Directs the Secretary to report the findings of such study to Congress within six months, and that the study include recommendations for such corrective legislation as the Secretary determines to be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Federal Drug Compendium Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prepare and publish a drug compendium and distribute it to all practitioners licensed to prescribe and administer drugs. States that the compendium shall list all drugs by established name and requires such listing to include adequate and reliable prescribing information for each drug. Directs the Secretary to list the proprietary names of all listed drugs and the names of suppliers from whom such drugs may be obtained. Allows the Secretary to issue a price information supplement to the compendium. Permits the Secretary to exclude any drug of questionable safety from the compendium. Establishes procedures to insure due process of law for any person adversely affected by a decision of the Secretary to include or exclude a drug from the compendium. Allows the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on matters pertaining to the compendium. Authorizes the Secretary to require persons engaged in manufacturing, preparing, distributing, or importing drugs to furnish any available information to the Secretary. Empowers the Secretary to receive and maintain of records of clinical experience and other such data relevant to such drugs. Permits the Secretary to waive certain package insert requirements established by regulation. Deems a drug misbranded if it has labeling or advertising inconsistent with the compendium description, except a drug shall not be deemed misbranded solely by reason of such inconsistency if it is in full conformity with labeling regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Drug Amendments Act - Eliminates certain exceptions from the definition of the term "new drug" as used in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides that any drug which is a new drug as defined by such Act is subject to all requirements of such Act without regard to: (1) the dates upon which such drug was ever commercially used or sold in the United States; (2) whether or not a new drug application was in effect on or before October 9, 1962; (3) whether or not such drug was a new drug on or before October 9, 1962 as then defined by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; and (4) whether or not such drug is intended solely for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in labeling with respect to such drug prior to October 9, 1962. Provides that labeling, advertising, or promotional material for an article is deemed to be misleading if the representation made or suggested by statement, word, design, device, or any combination thereof relate to, concern, or otherwise bear upon: (1) the safety or effectiveness of use of a drug or device, unless such representations are based upon adequate and well controlled investigations; and (2) any attributes, characteristics, or qualities of the article, or any matter relating thereto, unless such representations are based on data, upon which experts qualified in the evaluation of such data, could fairly and responsibly conclude that the representations made for the article in its labeling, advertising, or promotional material are fully supported. States that no publisher, radio broadcast licensee, or agency medium for the dissemination of advertising or promotional material, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which the false advertisement related, shall be liable under this Act for the dissemination of any false advertisement or promotional material unless he has refused, after the request of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, to furnish the name and post office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or advertising agency residing in the United States who caused him to disseminate such advertisement or promotional material. Removes the inspection restrictions, for purposes of enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, of research data with respect to drugs. Provides that the Secretary may require by subpena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence bearing on whether any food, drug, device or cosmetic is in violation of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose certain restrictions on oral representations about drugs made to practitioners or pharmacists by persons involved in the manufacture, preparation, processing, or distribution of such drugs. Prohibits advertising of any drug or device unless the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has first approved such advertising. Specifies the criteria for such approval. Requires any publication intended for health professionals to identify the source of financial support for the author and the research of such publication.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Title I: Federal Drug Compendium - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prepare and publish a drug compendium and distribute it to all practitioners licensed to prescribe and administer drugs. States that the compendium shall list all drugs by established name and requires such listing to include adequate and reliable prescribing information for each drug. Directs the Secretary to list the proprietary names of all listed drugs and the names of suppliers from whom such drugs may be obtained. Allows the Secretary to issue a price information supplement to the compendium. Permits the Secretary to exclude any drug of questionable safety from the compendium. Establishes procedures to insure due process of law for any person adversely affected by a decision of the Secretary to include or exclude a drug from the compendium. Allows the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on matters pertaining to the compendium. Authorizes the Secretary to require persons engaged in manufacturing, preparing, distributing, or importing drugs to furnish any available information relating to such to the Secretary. Empowers the Secretary to require the maintenance of records of clinical experience and other such data relevant to such drugs. Permits the Secretary to waive certain package insert requirements established by regulation. Deems a drug misbranded if it has labeling or advertising inconsistent with the compendium description, except a drug shall not be deemed misbranded solely by reason of such inconsistency if it is in full conformity with labeling regulations. Title II: Drug Certification - Permits the Secretary to require batch-by-batch certification of any drug intended for human use if he determines protection of the public health requires such certification. Requires the certification of any batch of drugs meeting the requirements established by the Secretary. Grants to the Secretary the power to exempt any drug from such certification requirements if in his judgment such certification is no longer necessary to protect the public. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations exempting from such certification requirements drugs: (1) processed or packed at a place other than where manufactured, provided such drugs are subsequently certified; (2) used to manufacture other drugs; and (3) used for investigational purposes only. Requires every person manufacturing, compounding, or processing any drug to keep such records and make such reports as the Secretary may require. Permits the Secretary to ban any drug he has found, after holding a hearing, presents an unreasonable risk of illness, injury, or deception and the public cannot be adequately protected by regulation. Title III: Drug labeling - Requires any drug whose effectiveness or potency diminishes over time to bear a label specifying the date beyond which such drug should not be used. Requires any prescription drug intended for human use and determined to be potentially dangerous when taken as directed to carry a clear warning of such fact on its label. Imposes specific labeling requirements on any drug containing only one active ingredient. Requires the Secretary to designate an official name for any new drug and permits the Secretary to designate an official name for any other drug. Title IV: Administration and Enforcement - Redefines the term "new drug" to delete the exception granted to drugs subject to the Food and Drug Act of 1906. Subjects all new drugs intended for human or animal use to the full requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. States that misleading advertising or promotional material shall be considered in determining whether an article is misbranded. Deems advertising, labeling, or promotional material misleading if the representations made or suggested by such material bear upon: (1) the safety or effectiveness of a drug and such representations cannot be supported by scientific investigation; or (2) any aspect of a drug and such representations cannot be supported by appropriate data. Exempts specified members of the communication media from the penalties imposed for the dissemination of any false or misleading advertisement or promotional material unless such member refuses a request of the Secretary to furnish the name and address of the party causing such member to disseminate such false advertising or promotional material. Exempts an advertising agency from the penalties imposed for having caused the dissemination of any false advertisement or promotional material unless such agency has refused a request of the Secretary for the name and address of such party causing such agency to disseminate such false advertisement or promotional material. Excludes from the operation of any restraining order or injunction directed against such false advertising or promotional material any issue of a regularly published publication whenever it appears: (1) the regular delivery of such issue would be delayed; and (2) such delay is due to the method of publication and is not a device to avoid such injunction or restraining order. Declares a food or cosmetic misbranded if the advertising or promotional material for such food or cosmetic is misleading. Permits the Secretary to withdraw approval for a new drug if the advertising or promotional material for such drug: (1) suggests such drug will have an effect that is unsupported by evidence; and (2) is false or misleading and was not corrected after notice. Grants to the Secretary certain powers contained in the Federal Trade Commission Act. Includes within the coverage of the inspection and subpena powers of the Secretary; (1) consulting laboratories; and (2) the financial, sales, pricing, and personnel data of any party subject to this Act to the extent that such data relates to representations made in advertising or promotional material. Specifies the term inspection shall include the taking of photographs and the copying of documentary materials. Authorizes the Secretary to require by subpena the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence. Grants use immunity to any person compelled to attend a hearing or produce documentary evidence.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Amends the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate an official name for any prescription drugs within the preview of such Act. Deems such a prescription drug misbranded if its labeling or advertising bears any name other than such official name. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt such a prescription drug from this labeling and advertising requirement for up to one year in order to avoid confusion and permit the orderly transition of labeling and advertising names.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Amends the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to permit the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to provide for batch-by-batch certification of a drug within the purview of such Act intended for human use. Establishes the criteria for such certification. Permits the Secretary to issue a release, in lieu of certification, for any batch manufactured prior to the effective date of such certification if the Secretary judges such batch safe. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt certain drugs or categories of drugs from this Act. Permits any interested party to file a petition proposing the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any regulation issued under this Act. Requires the Secretary to publish notice of such proposal; afford all interested parties an opportunity to present their views; make public his action on such proposals; hold public hearings if objections are made to such action; and make public his action on such objections. Requires every person engaged in the manufacture, compounding, or processing, of any drug within the purview of such Act to maintain records and make such reports relating to clinical experiences as the Secretary determines necessary to assure compliance with such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the labeling of certain drugs, whose safety, effectiveness, or potency becomes diminished after storage, with the date beyond which the drug should not be used.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that 180 days after enactment of this Act labels of prescription drugs manufactured in final dosage form show the name and place of business of the manufacturer and, if different, the name and place of business of the packer or distributor.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
National Drug Testing and Evaluation Act - Establishes a National Drug Testing and Evaluation Center which shall be operated and maintained as a part of the Food and Drug Administration subject to the supervision and control of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that the Secretary of the Health, Education, and Welfare shall be responsible for conducting all tests for investigations on new drugs submitted to him for approval in order to determine whether such new drugs should be approved for commercial distribution, and shall be responsible for conducting tests or investigations on drugs which have been approved to determine whether or not approval of such drugs should be withdrawn. Authorizes the Secretary to contract out such studies to qualified individuals, organizations, or institutions and makes it his responsibility to insure that the testing or investigation of any drug is conducted by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to investigate the safety and effectiveness of drugs. Directs that the sponsor of any drug submitted to the Secretary for testing and investigation shall, upon request, be provided with a report every sixty days on the results of the testing or investigation. Establishes a three-member drugs testing review panel to review, upon request of the sponsor, any facet of the investigation to which the sponsor objects. Provides that the sponsor or any new drugs submitted to the Secretary for testing or investigation shall be liable for the expenses incurred, including a proportionate share of the cost of staffing, maintaining and equipping the center. Establishes a National Drug Testing Evaluation Center Fund which shall be available to the Secretary for the purpose of establishing the National Drug Testing Evaluation Center, for the purpose of furnishing initial working capital, and for other specified purposes. States that nothing in this Act prohibits the sponsor of any drug from conducting tests or investigations on such drug in accordance with other provisions of the Food and Drug Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Sample Drug Regulation Act - Deems a sample prescription drug to be misbranded, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, if at any time its label fails to bear the statement "Sample Drug" or if any dispenser charges a price or fee for such drug. Limits the distribution of sample drugs. Requires persons legally engaged in manufacturing, compounding, processing, distributing, or dispensing drugs for introduction into interstate commerce to maintain accurate records which shall be accessible to investigation by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Drug Quality Control and Formulary Act - Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a formulary committee, a majority of whose members shall be physicians and which shall consist of two officials of such department designated by the Secretary, and of seven individuals who are of recognized professional standing and distinction in the fields of medicine, pharmacology and pharmacy. Sets forth the terms of office of the members of such committee. Directs the Committee to compile, publish, and make available to all interested persons a formulary of the United States. States that the formulary shall contain an alphabetically arranged listing, by established name, of those drugs which the committee finds are necessary for good medical practice. Requires the formulary committee to establish such procedures as may be necessary to determine the propriety of the inclusion or exclusion, in the formulary, of any drug, including such data and testing as it may require of a proponent of a drug. Makes provisions for a hearing prior to the final determination by the formulary committee to remove a drug from the formulary. Declares that no department of agency of the Government shall purchase any drug not listed in the formulary and shall not reimburse or otherwise pay, under any program administered by it, for any drug listed in the formulary.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the export of any drug from the United States unless it complies with all applicable provisions of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to permit the export of a drug if the Secretary finds that such export: (1) is for health purposes; and (2) has the approval of the receiving country, even though it does not comply with such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a statement of: (1) biological criteria relating to therapeutic effectiveness and safety; and (2) performance data relating to such biological criteria, as part of the application for approval of a new drug under such Act. Requires that such information also be on the labeling of drugs approved for marketing.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Public Health Price Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, whenever it appears in the case of any drug that: (1) its continued availability by reason of its general use by the medical profession may be in the public interest; (2) the usage and price levels of such drugs are such that the volume of commerce therein may not be insubstantial; and (3) either there are fewer than four producers of such drug in the United States or the average price of such drug to the consumer is five times the direct cost to the producer, to immediately so certify to the Federal Trade Commission. Stipulates that if the Commission finds that the existence of a patent relating to the manufacture, use, or sale of such drug has constituted a substantial contributing factor to the high price of such drug, it shall institute a public rulemaking proceeding to determine whether such patent should be subject to mandatory licensing. Specifies procedures for the formulation of rules by the Commission in determining a proper price and licensing procedure. Imposes a civil penalty for violation of mandatory licensing rules. Provides for judicial review of such rules.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Amends the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require any drug that the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare determines to be potentially dangerous to carry a warning on the label. Requires the label to carry additional information if the Secretary determines such information would be in the public interest. Establishes labeling criteria for drugs with: (1) one active ingredient; and (2) those with more than one active ingredient prescribed by either trade or established name. Requires the Secretary to designate an official name of any new drug approved under the Federal Food, and Cosmetic Act, and continues the authority of the Secretary to designate an official name for any other drug or combination of drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1977
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to condition or limit the distribution or prescription of drugs. Empowers the Secretary to immediately suspend the marketing of such drugs upon a finding of inadequate compliance with such conditions or limitations. Requires a new drug or antibiotic with such imposed conditions or limitations to include a statement directed to the ultimate user indicating such drug has a limited marketing approval and possible but as undiscovered health hazards.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Marihuana Control Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to decriminalize (1) the possession of not more than one ounce of marihuana; and (2) the transfer of such amount without profit and for private use. Imposes a civil fine of not more than $100 for such transfer or possession. Permits the Attorney General of the United States to serve a written notice or warning instead of initiating proceedings for violation of this Act if he believes such warning will adequately serve the public interest. Permits involuntary marihuana intoxication to be raised as a defense to a violation of any Federal law, but not voluntary intoxication.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
Family Farm Energy Conversion Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of anaerobic digesters. Defines "anaerobic digester" as any combination of machines, devices, and structures whose combined functions include anaerobic digestion and are to receive, process, monitor, and control the input of organic waste to the anaerobic digester, to receive, process, monitor and control the output of products from anaerobic digestion, to store such products in a useful form and to recycle such products as may be required for efficient performance. Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit a report regarding the results of such study to the President and the Congress; (2) have printed and make available to the public a brief pamphlet describing no fewer than two models of anaerobic digesters which he considers efficient and safe for operation; (3) institute a pilot project to demonstrate the field performance of optimum anaerobic digesters in at least 100 farms throughout the United States; and (4) issue a report summarizing the results of such trials which shall be presented to the appropriate congressional committees and made available to the public. Authorizes the Secretary, if a pilot project has proved an anaerobic digester to be cost effective and safe, to make grants to farmers owning farms of 640 acres or less for the construction of such digesters. Directs the Director of the Agricultural Research Service to train Soil Conservation Service field personnel in the operation and maintenance of digester systems in order that such field personnel may more effectively assist farmers on their projects. Requires the Secretary to consult with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration at least every six months to determine whether the grant program under this Act is working to the benefit of the small business community.