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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 · 10 October 1978
Declares a certain individual lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1978
Authorizes the United States Navy Memorial Foundation to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs in commemoration of the men and women of the United States Navy who have served their country in war and peace.
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation specified land and land interests and buildings in the city of Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, and to establish such area as the Fort Scott National Historic Site.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1978
International Air Transportation Competition Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board to consider competition in international air transportation and the need to provide domestic route authority to United States international carriers as being in the public interest. Directs the Board to permit air carriers to organize charter trips in foreign air transportation and to sell them directly to the public. Establishes a graduated permissible level of such trips over a three-year period. Allows specified air carriers holding certificates authorizing supplemental air transportation to obtain certificates to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation in up to five nonstop city-pair markets. Removes the requirement that the Board conduct public hearings when issuing permits authorizing foreign air carriers to engage in foreign air transportation. Creates a rebuttable presumption that any consolidation or merger of an air carrier and a supplemental air carrier is in the public interest. Prohibits the Board from approving any agreement affecting foreign air transportation which limits the level of capacity among air carriers and foreign air carriers in markets in which they compete or which fixes rates between air carriers and foreign air carriers. Requires the Board to submit any proposed order which suspends, rejects, or cancels a rate, fare, or charge for foreign air transportation by a foreign air carrier before its publication to the President. Gives the President ten days in which to disapprove such an order and stipulates that such disapproval must be on national defense or foreign policy grounds. Establishes within the Executive Office of the President an Office of International Aviation Negotiations. Stipulates that the Director of such Office shall be the chief representative of the United States in all negotiations dealing with international aviation. Authorizes appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary to the Office to carry out its functions. Stipulates that the international aviation negotiation policy of the United States shall be coordinated by a permanent Aviation Policy Committee to be chaired by the Director of the Office. Requires the Committee to consult regularly with the International Aviation Advisory Council which shall be comprised of individuals representing a wide spectrum of views and interests. Declares the intent of Congress that the Aviation Policy Committee should develop a negotiating position which emphasizes the greatest degree of competition that is compatible with a well-functioning international air transportation system.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1978
Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require the export, for sale, donation, or barter, of a minimum aggregate quantity of 7,000,000 metric tons of United States farm commodities each fiscal year from 1979 through 1982, unless: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture determines that export supplies are not available; or (2) the food needs of developing countries, as gaged by specified factors, do not merit such quantity. Requires the President to report to the appropriate committees of Congress the specific reasons for any shortfall should less than the minimum quantities required by this Act be exported.
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 · 28 June 1978
Declares a certain individual, his wife, and three children, lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, notwithstanding specified restrictions of such Act pertaining to such individual's occupation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
Provides that the descendants of certain Delaware Indians residing in Kansas and Idaho, who were omitted from funds awarded by the Indian Claims Commission, will be recompensed for the amount they would have received had they not been excluded.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1978
Establishes a National Agricultural Cost of Production Board to review, and advise the Secretary of Agriculture concerning, the adequacy and accuracy of the cost-of-production formulas used by the Department of Agriculture in connection with the administration of its price support programs.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Aircraft and Airport Noise Reduction Act - Title I: Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a single system of measuring noise and the impact of noise on individuals to be used to measure noise at airports and their surrounding areas and to establish land uses for such areas which are compatible with such noise levels. Allows airport operators to submit noise impact maps to the Secretary setting forth the noncompatible uses in each area of the map, a description of the projected aircraft operations during 1985, and the ways in which such operations will affect such map. Requires the revision of such maps when changes in airports operations would create any new noncompatible use in areas surrounding an airport. Amends the Airport and Airway Development Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to qualified airports for noise compatibility planning. Defines "noise compatibility planning" as the preparation of noise impact maps and noise compatibility programs under this Act. Sets forth limitation regarding the amounts which may be obligated through such grant program. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and beyond to carry out such grant program. Stipulates that noise compatibility programs filed with the Secretary pursuant to this Act shall include measures proposed by airport operators for the reduction of existing noncompatible uses and the prevention of the introduction of additional noncompatible uses with the area covered by the operator's noise impact map. Sets forth factors which the Secretary is to rely on in approving noise compatibility programs. Stipulates that the Federal share of an approved program shall be 80 percent of its cost. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1979 and 1980 to carry out such grant program. Requires the Secretary to prepare noise impact maps and noise compatibility programs for specified airports near the District of Columbia. Places additional legal proof requirements on a person suing for damages as a result of airport noise. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the effectiveness of such airport noise compatibility planning. Title II: Increases specified appropriations authorized for fiscal years 1979 and 1980 under the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970. Increases from 80 to 90 percent the Federal share of approved projects under such Act for fiscal years 1979 and 1980. Requires prior approval by any incorporated village located within five miles of any general aviation airport located astride a line separating two counties within a single State before the Secretary may approve any runway construction or extension project for such airport. Title III: Directs the Secretary to publish a list of operators of United States civil subsonic turbojet powered aircraft above a specified weight which do not comply with noise standards prescribed for new subsonic aircraft in regulations issued by the Secretary and in effect on January 1, 1977. Requires such operators to submit to the Secretary a statement that such aircraft will comply with such standards, the methods by which such compliance shall be attained, either by retrofitting or replacement. Authorizes the Secretary to guarantee loans to eligible air carriers for the purchase of new replacement aircraft in order to comply with specified noise level requirements. Specifies certain restrictions on such loan guarantees. Stipulates that no such guarantees will be made after January 1, 1990. Prohibits any noncomplying aircraft from operating in the United States after January 1, 1985. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such operation deadline for certain noncomplying aircraft. Sets aside $1,000,000,000 in the Airport and Airway Trust Fund in the United States Treasury to be used for such aircraft loan guarantee program.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1978
Declares it the sense of the Senate that efforts should be made to increase the agricultural exports of the United States. Declares it the sense of the Senate that the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations increase its expertise in international agricultural trade.
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 · 25 April 1978
Sugar Stabilization Act - Sets forth the policy of the Congress with respect to foreign trade in sugar. Title I: International Sugar Agreement - Authorizes the President to prohibit the importation of sugar from any country not a member of the International Sugar Organization, and to otherwise regulate foreign trade in sugar to implement the International Sugar Agreement. Establishes civil penalties for the violation of such regulations. Requires the President to submit to Congress an annual report on the Agreement. Title II: Domestic Sugar Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make an annual estimate of the sugar consumption needs of the United States. Establishes a formula for determining the price objectives of domestic sugar. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a quota for the importation of sugar, and to adjust such quota. Authorizes the Secretary to impose an import fee in order to attain the price objective for sugar. Prohibits the established quota from being filled by direct-consumption sugar, except in specified circumstances. Permits the Secretary to suspend such quota and fees under specified circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a quota on the importation of "sugar-containing products. Prohibits the importation of sugar, liquid sugar, or "sugar-containing products" after the import quotas have been filled. Prohibits the importation of certain sugar or liquid sugar into the Virgin Islands in excess of 100 pounds annually. Prohibits the exportation of certain sugar from the United States. Regulates the exportation of sugar. Sets forth items to which the sugar quota shall not apply. Title III: General Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations to carry out this Act. Establishes penalties for the violation of such regulations. Requires certain information to be furnished to the Secretary by persons engaged in the manufacture, marketing, transport, or industrial use, of sugar. Prohibits officials engaged in the administration of this Act to invest in sugar. Establishes penalties for the violation of such prohibition. Authorizes the President to suspend the operation of Title II of this Act in a national emergency. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (1) to conduct surveys and investigations to carry out this Act, and (2) to announce a "daily spot price" for raw sugar in specified circumstances. Terminates the authority of the Secretary under this Act on December 31, 1982.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to increase the established price for the 1978 crop of wheat from $3.05 to $3.50.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1978
Rural Community Development Bank Act - Establishes the Rural Community Development Bank to provide financial, technical, and planning assistance to private and public entities in nonmetropolitan areas. Makes provisions for the management and capitalization of such bank.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1978
Amateur Sports Act - Title I: Declaration of Policy - Makes findings and states that the policy of Congress is to promote amateur athletics and protect the right of amateur athletes to participate in athletic competition. Title II: Olympic Committee Reorganization - Amends the corporate charter of the Olympic Committee to (1) provide for a principal place of business of the United States Olympic Committee (Corporation); (2) set forth the objectives and purposes of the Corporation; (3) set forth the powers of the Corporation; and (4) subject to civil liability any person who uses an Olympic designation without authority to promote a private financial interest. Permits contributors or suppliers of goods or services to use the name of the United States Olympic Committee or its designation to advertise that such goods or services have been furnished to, approved, or selected by the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to establish in its constitution and bylaws provisions for the resolution of disputes involving the opportunity of an amateur athlete or other specified individuals to participate in sanctioned athletic competitions. Authorizes the Corporation to recognize as a national governing body any amateur sports organization (but only one for each sport) which submits an application for recognition and complies with eligibility requirements. Sets forth such eligibility requirements. Sets forth the duties and powers of a national governing body and the requirements which an amateur sports organization must meet to hold an athletic competition sanctioned by a national governing body. Grants to the Corporation the power of review over the actions of any national governing body and invests a United States district court with jurisdiction to enjoin any action of a national governing body inconsistent with the terms of the Corporate charter. Sets forth procedures for the Corporation in (1) processing a complaint against a national governing body by an individual athlete or an amateur sports organization; (2) revoking recognition of a national governing body; and (3) replacing an incumbent national governing body. Provides for arbitration of a determination of the Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to lend financial assistance to the Corporation in developing amateur athletics in the United States. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the work of the national governing bodies.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1978
Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981 to carry out the purposes of the Standard Reference Data Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1978
Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the Food and Drug Administration should not promulgate any rules or restrictions on the use and distributions of penicillin and tetracycline products in animal feeds at low levels until a well-designed epidemiological study and a thorough benefit-risk determination are made concerning the safety of such products.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1978
Authorizes appropriations for specified programs to promote the tourist trade within the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1978
Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act - Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1979 for: (1) vessel construction or reconditioning; (2) the payment of obligations incurred for the operating - differential subsidy; (3) research and development expenses; (4) operating expenses including reserve fleet expenses; (5) financial assistance to State marine schools; and (6) the Merchant Marine Academy.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1978
National Intelligence Reorganization and Reform Act - Title I: National Intelligence - National Intelligence Act - Authorizes the national intelligence community (but only the intelligence community as defined in this Act) to conduct national intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities under the direction and control of the National Security Council. Authorizes the President to determine what activities, in addition to those enumerated in this Act shall constitute "national intelligence activities. Establishes within the Executive Branch an Office of the Director of National Intelligence headed by a Director who shall serve under the direction and control of the National Security Council. Makes the Director responsible for the coordination of national intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities conducted abroad by the intelligence community and for review of all ongoing and proposed intelligence activities to assure their effectiveness, efficiency, and legality; and requires such Director to serve, additionally, as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (unless such office is held by the Deputy Director of National Intelligence). Makes the Director responsible for the preparation and approval of the national intelligence budget. Sets forth requirements relating to appropriations for national intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities. Provides for audits and reviews of such appropriated funds by the Comptroller General. Directs the President to establish standards and procedures by which activities involving the clandestine collection of foreign intelligence shall be reviewed and approved. Requires such standards to be submitted to Congress. Prohibits the conduct of any activity abroad to further United States programs in such a manner that the role of the United States is not apparent (not including counterintelligence or counterterrorism activities) without prior presidential approval. Requires an annual review of such activities by the National Security Council. Limits such activity to the CIA or, in times of war, to the armed forces. Prohibits payment to specified persons to engage in intelligence activities including: clergy, promoters of education, the arts, humanities, or cultural affairs, and journalists. Prohibits the maintenance of cover for any United States agent with any United States religious organization, academic institution, the Peace Corps, or any Government program promoting education, the arts, humanities, or cultural affairs through international exchanges. Prohibits the use of any nonmilitary United States person by the intelligence community as a combatant in any foreign country, except pursuant to a declaration of war by Congress. Makes it a crime for any person within the United States and any employee of the United States anywhere in the world to conspire to assassinate any foreign official. Prohibits the use of specified activities including: support of international terrorists activities; creation of food or water shortages or floods; creation of epidemics of diseases; and torture of individuals. Permits the President to waive specified restrictions of this Act in time of war. Requires the National Security Council to manage counterintelligence and counterterrorism activities of the United States. Requires, generally, the Attorney General to notify Congress of the initiation of specified counterintelligence or counterterrorism activities prior to such initiation. Directs the President to establish an Intelligence Oversight Board which shall discover and report to the Attorney General any intelligence activity which the Board believes raises a question of legality and report to the President, and where appropriate, to the Director any such activity the Board believes raises a serious question of propriety. Provides for congressional oversight of all national intelligence activities. Title II: Intelligence Activities and Constitutional Rights - Intelligence Activities and Constitutional Rights Act - Directs the Attorney General to participate in the National Security Council, with the Director of National Intelligence, the Intelligence Oversight Board, and the heads of branches of the intelligence community, to ensure that intelligence activities conform to the Constitution and laws of the United States. Prohibits collection of information regarding any person for foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, or counterterrorism purposes, except in conformity with specified standards. Permits the collection of information with the consent of the person in question. Permits the collection of publicly available information related to an authorized function of the collecting agency. Requires information to be collected by the least intrusive means possible. Directs the head of each entity of the intelligence community to designate those officials who are entitled to authorize information collection, and to issue other regulations pertaining to information collections. Sets forth standards under which the collection of intelligence information is authorized with respect to any United States person who is reasonably believed to be engaged in espionage or clandestine intelligence activities. Permits the utilization of certain intelligence gathering techniques only in exigent circumstances or upon a finding by the Attorney General that such techniques are reasonable and necessary. Includes among such techniques: (1) the examination of tax records; (2) physical surveillance; (3) mail covers; and (4) electronic surveillance. Limits the validity of the approval of intelligence collection to 90 days, renewable for an additional 90 days. Stipulates the findings which must be made prior to approval of such information collection. Permits information collection for up to 180 days concerning targets of foreign intelligence services or international terrorists. Requires that such targets be informed of the risks posed to them by foreign intelligence or international terrorists activities, except in certain circumstances. Specifies the circumstances under which foreign intelligence in the possession of a United States person may be collected without such persons's consent. Authorizes information collection for 90 days concerning a United States person who is reasonably believed to have contact with any person engaged in espionage or clandestine intelligence activity, in order to identify such United States person and to determine the access of such person to information the disclosure of which would be harmful to the United States. Authorizes information collection for 90 days concerning a United States person who is reasonably believed to be a potential source of information or operational assistance. Specifies the circumstances under which such collection may occur without the consent of the person concerned. Authorizes information collection concerning a United States person within, on the grounds of, or in the immediate vicinity of the installations of any entity of the intelligence community. Stipulates the limitations upon such collection. Requires the matter to be referred to the appropriate law enforcement agency if a clear threat to the physical safety of the installation is posed. Permits information collection concerning any employee or contractor of any entity of the intelligence community to determine if such person has violated security regulations. Stipulates the techniques which require prior approval when used in collection for this purpose. Authorizes information collection concerning a foreign person in the United States in certain circumstances. Stipulates the conditions under which nonpublic information collected for intelligences purposes may be retained by any department or agency without the consent of the person who is the subject of such information. Permits retention or dissemination of information collected through electronic means only in accordance with title III of this Act. Permits intraagency dissemination of collected information only to persons who require such information for the discharge of authorized governmental responsibilities. Stipulates the circumstances under which private information may be disseminated outside the collecting agency. Permits the retention or dissemination of information collected in violation of this Act only for purposes of redress. Prohibits destruction of such information if the collecting agency is on notice of a related administrative or judicial proceeding. Declares that the limitation upon retention or dissemination of collected information are not to be construed to limit Congressional access to such information, or to prevent the retention or dissemination of information in a manner which clearly would not identify the person concerned. Prohibits any intelligence activity to be directed against any United States person solely because such person exercised any Constitutional right. Prohibits any intelligence activity from interfering with the exercise of any Constitutional right by any United States person. Prohibits the dissemination anonymously or under a false identity of intelligence information concerning any United States person without such person's consent except in certain circumstances. Prohibits any person on behalf of an entity of the intelligence community from instigating or committing a violation of the criminal statutes of the United States unless: (1) approved by the Attorney General; (2) acts of violence are not involved; (3) this Act is not violated; and (4) the violation is necessary to prevent espionage, sabotage, terrorism, or assassination. Restricts undisclosed participation in United States organizations on behalf of an entity of the intelligence community. Stipulates the circumstances under which the head of such entity may approve such undisclosed participation. Prohibits entities of the intelligence community, other than the Department of Justice or Treasury, from assisting the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration or State or local police organizations or activities. Permits such entities to cooperate with law enforcement authorities with respect to protecting against espionage, activities and other related, stipulated functions. Directs the Attorney General to review any such provision of equipment, information, or personnel. Prohibits any entity of the intelligence community from conducting research on any human subject except in accordance with applicable guidelines issued by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Grants the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research jurisdiction to monitor such research. Title III: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Establishes a Special Court of the United States whose main task shall be to rule on applications for approval of certain domestic and foreign surveillance and intelligence activities in accordance with standards and procedures set forth in this title. Establishes a Special Court of Appeals with jurisdiction to hear appeals from decisions of the Special Court. Requires each application for any order approving domestic electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes to be approved by the Attorney General and to include among other information: (1) the identity of the officer making the application; (2) the approval of the Attorney General to make the application; (3) the identity of the subject of the surveillance; (4) the fact and circumstances justifying belief that the target of surveillance is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power; (5) a description of the type of information sought and a certification by one of specified Federal officers that such information is foreign intelligence information that cannot feasibly be obtained by normal investigative techniques; (6) a statement of the period of time for which the surveillance is required; and (7) a statement of procedures to be taken to minimize intrusion into the privacy of United States persons. Directs the judge to enter an ex parte order as requested or as modified approving the electronic surveillance if he finds that the criteria specified have been met. States that orders so issued may approve surveillance within the United States for a maximum of 90 days where the target is not a foreign power or a maximum of one year, reviewable every 90 days, where the target is a foreign power. Establishes procedures for obtaining extensions of surveillance orders. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon a reasonable determination that an emergency situation exists, to authorize the emergency employment of electronic surveillance if the appropriate judge is informed by the Attorney General of such authorization at the time it is made and if an application for judicial approval is made as soon as practicable but not more than 24 hours after authorization. Requires, in the absence of a judicial order, that surveillance terminate when the information sought is obtained, when the application for an order is denied, or 24 hours after authorization, whichever is earliest. Allows information acquired from electronic surveillance conducted pursuant to this Act to be used and disclosed only for designated purposes or for the enforcement of the criminal law. Requires the Attorney General to submit an annual report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to Congress, of the number of applications made for orders and extensions of orders approving electronic surveillance and the number of such orders and extensions granted, modified and denied. Restricts foreign electronic or signals intelligence activities targeted against a person other than a United States person with respect to treatment of any resultant information regarding a United States person. Prohibits, except in accordance with this Act, any intelligence entity from intentionally attempting to acquire information concerning a particular United States person or persons by means of foreign electronic or signals intelligence under circumstances where a reasonable expectation of privacy exists or where a warrant for law enforcement purposes within the United States would be required. Sets forth procedures for judicial approval of such activities substantially similar to those procedures set forth for domestic electronic surveillance. Allows the senior United States official of an agency authorized by the President or by statute to conduct electronic or signals intelligence activities in a foreign country, the head of such agency, or the appropriate United States chief of mission to authorize such activities on an emergency basis provided judicial authorization is sought within 72 hours. Bars an intelligence entity from conducting unconsented physical searches within the United States or unconsented physical searches of United States persons abroad except where searches comply with constitutional guidelines for law enforcement activities, or judicial authorization, based on standards for domestic or foreign surveillance promulgated in this Act, is granted. Imposes similar restrictions on mail openings by intelligence entities. Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - Central Intelligence Agency Act - Enumerates the functions of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Authorizes the collection of foreign intelligence abroad and from foreign persons domestically by using publicly available sources and clandestine means. Authorizes the conduct of counterintelligence and counterterrorism activities domestically and abroad, but limits such domestic activities to those integrally related to CIA activities abroad. Lists general and special authorities of the CIA including procurement powers and authorization to loan CIA employees to other Federal agencies. Provides procedures for, but does not require, the liquidation of any CIA-owned business entity the net value of which exceeds $50,000. Authorizes the entry of any alien and his family for permanent residence where such entrance is in the interest of national security. Establishes the General Counsel of the Agency to serve as the principal legal advisor to the Director of the CIA. Establishes an Inspector General of the Agency with responsibility to determine in what respects the CIA may more effectively perform its lawful functions and to determine the facts and circumstances of any alleged wrongdoing. Establishes criminal penalties for disposition of a CIA-owned business by any former CIA employee on his own behalf or as an agent for anyone other than the United States without written permission from the CIA; misuse of the name, initials, or seal of the CIA; and unauthorized disclosure of the identity of secret agents. Provides for the payment of travel and other expenses of and the retirement system for CIA personnel. Title V: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Federal Bureau of Investigation Intelligence Activities Act - Restricts all activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to those related to the intelligence functions authorized in this title. Requires the Attorney General to review such activities at least annually to assure that they are conducted in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the FBI to collect counterintelligence and counterterrorism intelligence within the United States and abroad but only with the approval of the Attorney General and the written approval of the CIA. Makes the FBI responsible for approving requests by any other entity of the intelligence community to conduct counterintelligence or counterterrorism intelligence collection activities within the United States, except with respect to such activities conducted by the military services solely against members of such military service. Title VI: National Security Agency - National Security Agency Act - Enumerates the duties of the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) which are, generally, to manage intelligence signals and cryptologic personnel, resources, and programs. Requires the General Counsel of the Agency, as principal legal advisor to the Director, to review NSA activities and regulations to assure conformity with the laws of the United States. Requires the NSA to maintain an Inspector General of the Agency to investigate NSA activities and report wrongdoing to the General Counsel. Lists general, special, and other authorities of the NSA. Limits access to signals intelligence information obtained by the NSA to those persons authorized by the President. Permits the NSA to keep secret patents and inventions useful to the security of data transmission. Provides for travel and other expenses of, use of commissary and mess services and recreation facilities by, and a retirement system for NSA employees. Title VII: Miscellaneous Amendments and Effective Date - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to declare that it is the duty of the National Security Counsel to provide guidance for and an ongoing review of the conduct of all Federal intelligence, counterintelligence, and counterterrorism activities and to coordinate domestic, foreign, and military intelligence policies. Repeals the CIA's exemption from the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1978
Air Transportation Regulatory Reform Act - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Civil Aeronautics Board in the performance of its duties with respect to interstate and overseas air transportation to consider competition in the provision of air transportation and the maintenance of a system to provide airline service to small communities as being consistent with the public convenience and necessity. Expresses the Congressional intent that the provisions of this Act shall not have a deleterious effect on the standards of safety currently attained in the air transportation industry. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a continuous review of the effects of this Act on the standard of safety in air transportation, and, based on such study, to take such steps as may be necessary to insure that such safety standards are maintained. Revises the standard which the Board is to apply in issuing certificates of public convenience and necessity for scheduled overseas or interstate air transportation. Directs the Board to issue such a certificate upon a finding that the air transportation applied for is consistent with the public convenience and necessity (under the present standard such service would have to be required by the public convenience and necessity). Requires air carriers which propose to terminate, suspend, or reduce air transportation to give at least 90 days notice to the Board, the Community affected, and the agency of the State in which such community is located. Directs the Board to make every reasonable effort to secure another air carrier to provide the essential air transportation being terminated, reduced, or suspended. Authorizes the Board to permit an air carrier to suspend air services being provided by it, without notice, if such action is in the public interest and so long as essential air transportation is maintained. Prohibits the Board from authorizing a suspension for more than 30 days without a hearing if requested by the community affected. Authorizes any air carrier to petition the Board to have granted to it the authority of another air carrier to provide nonstop scheduled interstate or overseas air transportation between two points. Requires the Board to grant such authority upon a determination that the authority sought has not been exercised by the present carrier up to a specified amount. Requires the Board to act upon such petitions within a specified period of time. Prohibits the Board from including a closed-door restriction in any certificate issued on or after January 1, 1978. Stipulates that on such date any present closed-door restriction on an existing certificate shall be null and void. Exempts from such prohibition closed-door restrictions between points within the State of Hawaii and those restrictions which resulted from the sale, transfer, or exchange by one air carrier of its authority to provide air transportation in any market to another air carrier. Establishes an automatic market entry program under which specified air carriers may enter into new routes automatically and without review by the Board. Stipulates that during 1979 and 1980 such carriers may select one segment for scheduled nonstop air service and two segments per year thereafter for automatic market entry so long as cumulative statute miles in any one year does not exceed 3,000 miles. Establishes limitations on the routes which may be chosen for such automatic entry for a five year period. Requires the Board beginning on March 1, 1980, to submit annual reports to Congress regarding the automatic market entry program. Requires the Board to submit a comprehensive evaluation report on the operation of such program by March 1, 1983. Authorizes the Board, on an emergency basis, to modify the automatic market entry program in order to avert substantial public harm to the national air transportation system. Authorizes air carriers holding certificates for scheduled air transportation to engage in charter air transportation. Stipulates that: a carrier with more than 200,000,000 scheduled aircraft miles may operate no more than two percent of its total system scheduled miles in off-route charter trips; a carrier with less than 200,000,000 but more than 60,000,000 such miles may operate no more than five percent of such miles in off-route charter trips; and a charter with less than 60,000,000 such miles may operate no more than ten percent of such miles in off-route charter trips. Directs the Board, in determining the compensation to be paid for local air mail service, to disregard a carrier's revenues other than the revenue received from the service for which the compensation is being paid until January 1, 1983. Stipulates that such subsidy payments may be made only to carriers entitled to receive compensation for the performance of service during the 12 months ending June 30, 1977. Terminates all such payments after January 1, 1986. Requires the Board to notify the Secretary of Transportation and the Attorney General of any application for approval of air carrier mergers or the acquisition of control transactions. Prohibits the Board from approving transactions which would result in, or be in furtherance of, a conspiracy or combination to monopolize the business of air transportation in the United States. Prohibits the Board from approving such a transaction which would have the effect of substantially lessening competition in any region of the United States or which would tend to create a monopoly unless the Board finds that the anticompetitive effects of such a transaction are outweighed by the public interest. Sets forth time limits during which the Board must act on such applications for approval. Authorizes the Board to act on applications not involving an air carrier directly engaged in the operation of aircraft without a hearing under specified circumstances. Allows air carriers to file agreements or requests for authority to discuss agreements or cooperative working arrangements with the Board. Establishes procedures which the Board is to follow in acting upon such agreements or requests. Enumerates factors and conditions which the Board is to take into account in approving or disapproving such agreements or requests. Immunizes individuals from the operation of the antitrust laws insofar as is necessary to enable such a person to engage in air transportation activities specifically approved by the Board. Authorizes the Board to exempt any person or class of persons from air carrier economic regulation if such an exemption is consistent with the public interest. States that air carriers which engage in interstate or overseas air transportation exclusively with aircraft with a seating capacity of 36 or less and a maximum certificated gross takeoff weight of 40,000 pounds or less shall not be required to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity under specified circumstances. Authorizes the Board to exempt foreign air carriers not directly engaged in the operation of aircraft in foreign air transportation from the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 if such exemption is in the public interest. Authorizes the Board to determine fair and reasonable amounts of compensation for, and to make payments of such compensation to, eligible air carriers which provides or will provide essential air transportation to eligible points. Establishes criteria for the Board to consider in determining the points eligible for such subsidies. Authorizes air carriers to compete for such subsidized service to eligible points. Directs the Board to insure that essential air transportation is provided to eligible points until January 18, 1979. Establishes procedures the Board is to follow to insure such service when an air carrier serving such a point notifies the Board that its service is to be suspended, terminated, or reduced below the level determined by the Board to be essential. Authorizes the Board to issue a new type of certificate for local air transportation. Stipulates that, in order to be eligible for such certification, the air carrier must provide such service with aircraft having a seating capacity of 36 passengers or less and a maximum certificated gross takeoff weight of 40,000 pounds or less. Precludes the Board from designating the geographic area or the terminal or intermediate points within or between which local air transportation is to be provided. Exempts such carriers from specified provisions of such Act. Authorizes the Board to issue certificates to engage in interstate or overseas charter air transportation. Establishes eligibility requirements for such certification. Prohibits the Board from authorizing charter air transportation between points within the State of Alaska unless the Board determines that such transportation is required by public convenience and necessity. Prohibits direct air carriers or foreign air carriers from entering into interlocking relationships with persons who sell or organize charters in interstate or overseas air transportation or in U.S. originating foreign air transportation. Requires all certificated air carriers with such regulations or orders issued by the Board governing the filing and approval of policies of insurance or plans for self- insurance. Prohibits carriers from carrying charter and scheduled passengers on the same flight in interstate or overseas air transportation. Stipulates that Board regulations shall not restrict the marketability, flexibility, accessibility, or variety of charter trips except to the extent required by the public interest and shall in no event be more restrictive than those charter regulations in effect on July 1, 1977. Prohibits any State from regulating air carriers certificated by the Board. Removes the Board's present power to specify the fares to be charged by a carrier and stipulates that the Board may only set forth the lawful maximum or minimum fare to be charged if it determines that the existing or proposed fare is unreasonable. Establishes a zone of fares which the Board may not find as unreasonable based on fares in effect on July 1, 1977. Establishes time limits during which the Board is to act on applications, complaints, or petitions regarding interstate or overseas air transportation. Authorizes the Board to make such determinations without a hearing under specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make monthly payments to eligible airline employees who have been deprived of employment or who have been adversely affected with respect to compensation as a result of the changes in the air transportation regulatory structure encompassed in this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish guidelines to determine the amount of such assistance. Requires air carriers, in hiring employees, to give preference to the terminated or furloughed employees of another carrier. Establishes the Airline Employees Protective Account within the Treasury of the United States in order to make such assistance payments. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make loan guarantees to lenders who make loans to air carriers holding a certificate to engage in local air transportation and to carriers holding certificates of public convenience and necessity for local or regional air service. Increases the total face value of eligible loans from $30,000,000 to $100,000,000
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1978
Flexible Parity Act - Title I: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 crop of wheat a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from $3.00 per bushel for a 20 percent set-aside up to $5.04 per bushel for a 50 percent set-aside. Title II: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 crop of feed grains a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from $2.10 for a ten percent set-aside up to $3.45 for a 50 percent set-aside. Title III: Upland Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for the 1978 crop of upland cotton a sliding-scale of established prices, keyed to voluntary five percent increments above the required acreage set-aside level, ranging from 54 cents per pound for a 20 percent set-aside up to 84 cents per point for a 50 percent set-aside. Title IV: Grain Release Prices - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949: (1) to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from providing for the redemption of stored wheat and feed grains loans unless the market price for such commodities is not less than parity; (2) to prohibit the Secretary from calling such loans until the market price for wheat and feed grains is at least 105 percent of parity; and (3) to prohibit the Commodity Credit Corporation from selling its stocks of wheat and feed grains for less than the parity price of such commodities.
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