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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
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 · 21 February 1978
Authorizes appropriations for specified programs to promote the tourist trade within the United States.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Agricultural Trade Expansion Act - Amends the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to permit the Commodity Credit Corporation to finance export sales of agricultural commodities on credit terms in excess of three years, but not more than ten years. Exempts such sales from the requirement that exports be transported on privately owned United States - flag commercial vessels.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1977
Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to exempt common or contract carriers or freight forwarders from the provisions of such Act where such regulation would serve little or no useful public purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1977
Public Broadcasting Financing Act - Title I: Construction and Planning of Facilities - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish new procedures for the planning and construction of public telecommunications facilities. Sets forth new requirements for the application to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for construction grants. States that such applications must include a five-year plan outlining the applicant's projected facilities requirements and must contain assurance that the planned facilities will be used only for educational or cultural purposes. Title II: Telecommunications Demonstrations - Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 to be available to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for disbursement as grants for demonstration projects in the improvement of public telecommunications services. Title III: Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Subjects the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to the requirements of Title VI (Equal Employment Opportunities) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Title IX (prohibition of discrimination in education because of sex or blindness) of the Education Amendments of 1972. Adds to the 15 member Presidentially-appointed board of directors of the Corporation, four members appointed by organizations representing public radio and television licensees. Provides for the reduction of such board by attrition to 15 members, 11 of whom shall be Presidentially-appointed. Terminates the provision for Presidential designation of the chairman of such board. States that the chairman shall be elected from the board membership. Establishes the Public Broadcasting Fund in the Treasury. Authorizes a initial appropriation of funds to such Fund and provides for annual contributions of public moneys to the Fund based on the amount of non-Federal financial support received by public broadcasting entities. Sets forth regulations governing the use of the Fund. Title IV: General Provisions - Defines terms used in this Act and amends existing definitions to conform to the amendments made by this Act to the Communications Act of 1934.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1977
Designates the South Portal Federal Office Building of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare at 200 Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, D. C., as the "Hubert H. Humphrey Building."
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1977
Tuition Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against an individual's income tax in an amount equal to 50 percent of the sum of the amounts paid by him to educational institutions as tuition (though no more than $500 for any single individual) for the attendance of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any of his dependents with respect to whom he is entitled to a personal exemption.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1977
National Helium Conservation Policy Act - Title I: Helium Act Amendments - Amends the Helium Act to declare that the purpose of such Act is to develop a national helium conservation policy designed to encourage and facilitate, the conservation and storage of the Nations' helium reserves. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make all reasonable and necessary arrangements to insure that the helium which could be extracted by existing private and Government facilities is saved and not wasted into the atmosphere or reinjected into natural gas streams. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations for the licensing of sales and transportation of helium in interstate commerce after extraction from helium-bearing natural gas or helium-gas mixtures, when the President determines that the national interest so requires. Directs Federal agencies to purchase all major requirements of helium from non-Federal sources, to the extent supplies are readily available at reasonable prices, terms, and conditions. Directs the Secretary to store and conserve helium produced by Government owned facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to sell such amounts of helium as determined necessary for essential Federal, medical, scientific, military or commercial uses, under certain circumstances. Requires that the Secretary maintain the Government inventory of helium in storage, until determined it is in the national interest to sell stockpiled helium. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the activities conducted pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Department of Energy to report to Congress annually on the effectiveness of the national helium conservation policy. Authorizes the appropriation of $240,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, to remain available until expended. Title II: Helium Inventory Deduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to deduct certain helium production and storage expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1977
Expresses the greetings and warm wishes of the Senate to Alf Landon upon the occasion of his ninetieth birthday on September 9, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1977
National Climate Program Act - Directs the President to establish a National Climate Program to develop and operate a comprehensive climate research, monitoring, analysis, and data management program, improve the reliability of predictive capability and the dissemination of climatological information and alerts, and develop a global climate monitoring system. Requires the Director of the Program to establish Program policies, priorities, and Federal agency involvement. Directs the Director to establish a National Climate Program Interagency Advisory Committee to assist in such duties. Authorizes the Director to establish other advisory committees to assist in carrying out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Department of Commerce a National Climate Program Office to administer the program. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to the States for State climate programs. Requires the State Climate Programs to provide the National Climate Program with specified climate-related information. Requires the Director and the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of State in participating in climate-related international conferences and in coordinating the activities of the Program with climate programs of other nations. Authorizes appropriations of the Program with climate programs of other nations. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1977
Regulatory Flexibility Act - Requires Federal agencies to: (1) assess the costs of private information collection and compliance which are or would be imposed by existing or proposed agency rules; (2) compare such impositions with the importance of the public policy achieved or to be achieved by such rules; and (3) determine whether such rules should apply to the same extent to individuals, and organizations of various sizes and resources. Requires, in the event that it is determined that such proposed rules, will have a substantial effect on any significant number of small businesses, that such rules be submitted to the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Requires such Office to comment on the impact of such proposed rules on smaller enterprises. Requires such comments to be made public and available to Federal personnel responsible for reviewing such rules. Directs that proposed rules be issued in two or more parts when the analysis of such rules indicates the desirability of applying varying requirements for performance or reporting depending on the resources of the organization or individual required to comply with such rules.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1977
Rural Transportation Act - Title I: Small Community Air Service Improvements - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish criteria to be used by the Civil Aeronautics Board in determining the compensation for the carriage of mail during the seven year period beginning on July 1, 1978. Directs the Board to establish the rates of compensation and to pay such amount to eligible air carriers providing essential air transportation to small communities and isolated areas. Specifies criteria for the Board to use in determining which points may be eligible for such assistance. Sets forth procedures, limitations, and eligibility requirements for the issuance of a certificate to engage in local air transportation under this Act. Stipulates that air carriers holding such a certificate shall not furnish local air transportation using aircraft above a specified takeoff weight or passenger capacity. Title II: Rural Road and Bridge System Improvements - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976 to increase the authorization for appropriations for the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas for fiscal year 1978. Authorizes appropriations of $600,000,000 for fiscal year 1979 and $600,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 for such system. Increases the authorization for safety projects on off-system roads for fiscal year 1978. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose for fiscal years 1979 and 1980. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve Federal participation in projects to repair or replace unsafe highway bridges. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund of $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1978 through 1990. Title III: Extension of Highway Trust Fund and Certain Related Provisions - Amends the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 to extend appropriations under such Act for the Highway Trust Fund through fiscal year 1990. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to extend such fund through fiscal year 1990. Postpones specified excise tax reductions under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Title IV: Improvements to the Local Rail Service Assistance Program - Amends the Department of Transportation Act to revise the periods during which Federal financial assistance shall be available for rail freight assistance programs. Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to establish the time periods during which Federal assistance shall be available for the rehabilitation and maintenance of rail properties. Revises the formula for computing State entitlements for rail service assistance funds under the Department of Transportation Act. Amends the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to revise the formula for computing State entitlements to rail service continuation funds under such Act. Makes rail lines "potentially subject to abandonment" for which a carrier plans to submit an application for a certificate of abandonment or discontinuance, or lines for which an application is pending eligible for rail service assistance under the Department of Transportation Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from withholding approval of State rail freight projects under the Department of Transportation Act or the Regional Rail Reorganization Act solely on the ground that the State initiated the program without the Secretary's prior approval. Stipulates that, out of the funds authorized to be appropriated for rail service assistance programs under the Department of Transportation Act, up to $10,000,000 shall be available for planning grants for each of the fiscal years 1977 through 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1977
National Crude Oil Supply and Transportation Act - Expresses the intent of Congress that the continuation of a transportation system to deliver Alaskan crude oil to Northern Tier or inland States be accomplished through expedited administrative procedures. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a time schedule for the completion of required environmental impact statements in order to select a crude oil transportation system by February 1, 1978. Establishes criteria to be considered by the Secretary in selecting a transportation route. Directs the Secretary and other appropriate Federal officials to take all actions necessary to provide rights of way, permits, leases, and other authorizations necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the transportation system approved under this Act. Declares that the actions of Federal officers and agencies under this Act shall not be subject to judicial review by the courts. Allows for claims that: (1) actions under this Act will deny Constitutional rights; and (2) actions taken are beyond the scope of authority conferred by this Act, provided that such claims are filed within 60 days following the date of the challenged action. Vests exclusive jurisdiction to hear such claims in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, acting as a special court. Stipulates that any judicial proceedings should be completed at the earliest possible date. Declares that nothing in this Act shall authorize or imply an exemption from provisions of the antitrust laws.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1977
Establishes the George W. Norris Home National Historic Site in the State of Nebraska.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Amends the Natural Gas Act to prohibit curtailment of supplies to specified high priority users.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1977
Postal Reorganization Act Amendments - Changes the organizational structure of the United States Postal Service by: (1) naming the Postmaster General chief executive officer and vesting in the Postmaster General the powers formerly held by the Board of Governors; (2) revising the procedures for adjustment of rates and services whereby the Postal Service is authorized to request the Congress to authorize appropriations to defray the estimated costs of the Postal Service for the fiscal year, to request a recommended decision of the Postal Rate Commission, or to propose a change in the nature of postal services; (3) requiring that all proposed capital investments by the Postal Service be reviewed by the Post Office and Civil Service Committee of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (4) requiring the Postal Rate Commission to submit to the President annually a separate budget for its operating expenses. Prohibits reducing the frequency of mail delivery service below the frequency which was in effect on April 21, 1977. Prohibits the closing of any post office which provided regular mail service on April 21, 1977, unless written consent is obtained by a majority of the regular patrons of such office who are at least 18 years of age or unless there is a vacancy in the office of the postmaster of such office.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1977
Extends the special pay benefits for physicians and dentists in the uniformed services through fiscal year 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1977
Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to permit the use of the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund to repair and replace electrical or telephone lines or facilities damaged or destroyed in rural areas of the United States by natural disasters. Limits such assistance to public or private nonprofit utility or telephone companies or cooperatives serving rural areas, and only for the purpose of restoring electric power or telephone service to such areas. Requires the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration to make such assistance available to the States when he determines that assistance under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 is inadequate or unavailable.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1977
Declares it the sense of the Senate that the actions of Uganda deserve condemnation by the world community and by the Organization of African Unity. Urges nations to halt deliveries of arms to Uganda. Declares it the sense of the Senate that the United States Ambassador to the United Nations request an investigation of the situation in Uganda by the appropriate United Nations agency.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1977
Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the incidental taking of certain marine mammals in commercial fishing, and the issuance of permits therefor subject to specified regulations. Restricts the number of eastern stock spinner dolphin and whitebelly spinner dolphin which may be taken, injured, or pursued during calendar year 1977. Requires that the incidental mortality and service injury of marine mammals be progressively reduced to insignificant levels approaching zero by the establishment of annual quota for affected species. Limits the total incidental mortality and serious injury authorized for calendar year 1980 and thereafter. Sets forth the procedure by which the holder of or a applicant for a permit to take marine mammals may petition for extraordinary relief to increase quota limitations. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to ban the importation of commercial fish and products from fish which have been caught with commercial fishing technology which results in the incidental taking or injury of ocean mammals in excess of United States standards. Authorizes the placement of an authorized Federal agent aboard vessels which the Secretary of the department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is operating has reasonable cause to believe will engage in the incidental taking of marine mammals. Permits the Secretary to pay the cost of quartering and maintaining such agents. Authorizes the Secretary to place observers aboard foreign commercial fishing vessels to monitor compliance with United States standards. Requires that certain commercial fishing vessels authorized to take marine mammals incidental to commercial tuna fishing be accompanied by authorized agents of the Secretary until December 31, 1978. Directs the Secretary to establish fees for permits to take marine mammals. Requires certain vessels, seeking approval of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to registration as vessels of the United States, or seeking approval to transfer shipping facilities during national emergency, to agree to comply with United States standards for incidental killing and serious injuring of marine mammals. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is operating and the Secretary of State to negotiate with certain foreign governments and within the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission to effect compliance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Interim Regulatory Reform Act - Civil Aeronautics Board - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board to submit to the Congress a proposal setting forth a recodification of all the rules which the Board has issued and which are presently in effect or proposed. Requires the Board to submit with each recodification proposal economic, paperwork, and judicial impact analyses of the probable consequences of each rule proposed to be recodified. Requires that each recodification proposal be published in the Federal Register. Requires the Board to either grant or deny petitions from persons for the commencement of proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any order, rule, or regulation under the jurisdiction of the Board within 120 days after the receipt of such petition. Stipulates that if such a petition is denied or no action is taken on such petition within the 120 day period the Board shall publish in the Federal Register its reasons for such denial or inaction. States that if the Board fails to act or denies a petition the petitioner may commence a civil action in an appropriate United States Court of Appeals for an order directing the Board to institute proceedings regarding such petition. Sets forth standards for the Court to follow regarding such civil actions. Requires the Board, when submitting any budget estimates, requests, or information or any legislative recommendations testimony or comments on legislation to the President or the Office of Management and Budget, to transmit a copy to the Congress. Directs the Board, whenever a duly authorized committee of the Congress which has responsibility for the authorization of appropriations for the Board makes a written request for documents in the possession or subject to the control of the Board, to submit such documents to the Committee. Requires the Board to notify such committee if the documents cannot be made available during such period. Stipulates that in the event the documents are not in the possession of the Board, the Board shall notify such committee as to why it does not have such documents and inform the Committee of where the documents might be located. Authorizes the Board to commence, defend, or intervene in civil actions within its jurisdiction in its own name if prior to such action the Board has notified the Attorney General fails to commence, defend, or intervene in such action within 45 days after such notification. Prohibits any Board member from engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment while serving as a Board member. Prohibits members or employees of the Board at a GS-15 level or above from representing any person in a professional capacity in matters before the Board for a period of two years after the termination of service with the Commission. States that the appointment of the Chairman of the Board by the President requires the confirmation of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Interim Regulatory Reform Act - Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Product Safety Commission. Title I: Federal Trade Commission - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to direct the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to submit to the Congress a proposal setting forth a recodification of all the rules which the Commission has issued and which are presently in effect or proposed. Requires the Commission to submit with each recodification proposal economic, paperwork, and judicial impact analyses of the probable consequences of each rule proposed to be recodified. Requires that each recodification proposal be published in the Federal Register. Requires the Commission to either grant or deny petitions from persons for the commencement of proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any order, rule, or regulation under the jurisdiction of the Commission within 120 days after the receipt of such petition. Stipulates that if such a petition is denied or no action is taken on such petition within the 120 day period the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register its reasons for such denial or inaction. States that if the Commission fails to act or denies a petition the petitioner may commence a civil action in an appropriate United States Court of Appeals for an order directing the Commission to institute proceedings regarding such petition. Sets forth standards for the Court to follow regarding such civil actions. Requires the Commission, when submitting any budget estimates, requests, or information or any legislative recommendations testimony or comments on legislation to the President or the Office of Management and Budget, to transmit a copy to the Congress. Directs the Commission, whenever a duly authorized committee of the Congress which has responsibility for the authorization of appropriations for the Commission makes a written request for documents in the possession or subject to the control of the Commission to submit such documents to the Committee. Requires the Commission to notify such committee if the documents cannot be made available during such period. Stipulates that in the event the documents are not in the possession of the Commission, the Commission shall notify such committee as to why it does not have such documents and inform the Committee of where the documents might be located. Prohibits any Commissioner from engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment while serving as a Commissioner. Prohibits Commissioners or employees of the Commission at a GS-15 level or above from representing any person in a professional capacity in matters before the Commission for a period of two years after the termination of service with the Commission. States that the appointment of the Chairman of the Commission by the President requires the confirmation of the Senate. Title II: Consumer Product Safety Commission - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Commission Act to direct the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to submit to the Congress a proposal setting forth a recodification of all the rules which the Commission has issued and which are presently in effect or proposed. Requires the Commission to submit with each recodification proposal economic, paperwork, and judicial impact analyses of the probable consequences of each rule proposed to be recodified. Requires that each recodification proposal be published in the Federal Register. Requires the Commission when submitting any budget estimates, request or information or any legislative recommendations, testimony or comments on legislation to the President or the Office of Management and Budget to transmit a copy to the Congress. Directs the Commission, whenever a duly authorized committee of the Congress which has responsibility for the authorization of appropriations for the Commission makes a written request for documents in the possession or subject to the control of the Commission, to submit such documents to the Committee. Requires the Commission to notify such committee if the documents cannot be made available during such period. Stipulates that, in the event the documents are not in the possession of the Commission, the Commission shall notify such committee as to why it does not have such documents and inform them of where such documents might be located. Prohibits any Commissioner from engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment while serving as a Commissioner. Prohibits Commissioners or employees of the Commission at a GS-15 level or above from representing any person in a professional capacity in matters before the Commission for a period of two years after the termination of service with the Commission. States that the Chairman of the Commission shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Interim Regulatory Reform Act - Federal Maritime Commission - Amends the Reorganization Plan Numbered 7 of 1961 to direct the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission to submit to the Congress a proposal setting forth a recodification of all the rules which the Commission has issued and which are presently in effect or proposed. Requires the Commission to submit with each recodification proposal economic, paperwork, and judicial impact analyses of the probable consequences of each rule proposed to be recodified. Requires that each recodification proposal be published in the Federal Register. Requires the Commission to either grant or deny petitions from persons for the commencement of proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any order, rule, or regulation under the jurisdiction of the Commission within 120 days after the receipt of such petition. Stipulates that if such a petition is denied or no action is taken on such petition within the 120-day period the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register its reasons for such denial or inaction. States that if the Commission fails to act or denies a petition the petitioner may commence a civil action in an appropriate United States Court of Appeals for an order directing the Commission to institute proceedings regarding such petition. Sets forth standards for the Court to follow regarding such civil actions. Requires the Commission, when submitting any budget estimates, requests, or information or any legislative recommendations, testimony or comments on legislation to the President or the Office of Management and Budget, to transmit a copy to the Congress. Directs the Commission whenever a duly authorized committee of the Congress which has responsibility for the authorization of appropriations for the Commission makes a written request for documents in the possession or subject to the control of the Commission to submit such documents to the Committee. Requires the Commission to notify such committee if the documents cannot be made available during such period. Stipulates that, in the event the documents are not in the possession of the Commission, the Commission shall notify such committee as to why it does not have such documents and inform them of where the documents might be located. Authorizes the Commission to commence, defend, or intervene in civil action within its jurisdiction in its own name if prior to such action the Commission has notified the Attorney General of such action and the Attorney General fails to commence, defend, or intervene in such action within 45 days after such notification. Prohibits any Commissioner from engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment while serving as a Commissioner. Prohibits Commissioners or employees of the Commission at a GS-15 level or above from representing any person in a professional capacity in matters before the Commission for a period of two years after the termination of service with the Commission. States that the appointment of the Chairman of the Commission by the President requires the confirmation of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Interim Regulatory Reform Act - Federal Power Commission Improvement - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission to submit to the Congress a proposal setting forth a recodification of all the rules which the Commission has issued and which are presently in effect or proposed. Requires the Commission to submit along with each recodification proposal economic, paperwork, and judicial impact analyses of the probable consequences of each rule proposed to be recodified. Requires that each recodification proposal be published in the Federal Register. Requires the Commission to either grant or deny petitions from persons for the commencement of proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any order, rule, or regulation under the jurisdiction of the Commission within 120 days after the receipt of such petition. Stipulates that if such a petition is denied or no action is taken on such petition within the 120 day period the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register its reasons for such denial or inaction. States that if the Commission fails to act or denies a petition the petitioner may commence a civil action in an appropriate United States Court of Appeals for an order directing the Commission to institute proceedings regarding such petition. Sets forth standards for the Court to follow regarding such civil actions. Requires the Commission, when submitting any budget estimates, requests, or information or any legislative recommendations testimony or comments on legislation to the President or the Office of Management and Budget, to transmit a copy to the Congress. Directs the Commission, whenever a duly authorized committee of the Congress which has responsibility for the authorization of appropriations for the Commission makes a written request for documents in the possession or subject to the control of the Commission, to submit such documents to the Committee. Requires the Commission to notify such committee if the documents cannot be made available during such period. Stipulates that in the event the documents are not in the possession of the Commission, the Commission shall notify such committee as to why it does not have such documents and inform the Committee of where the documents might be located. Authorizes the Commission to commence, defend, or intervene in civil actions within its jurisdiction in its own name if prior to such action the Commission has notified the Attorney General fails to commence, defend, or intervene in such action within 45 days after such notification. Prohibits any Commission member from engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment while serving as a Commission member. Prohibits members or employees of the Commission at a GS-15 level or above from representing any person in a professional capacity in matters before the Commission for a period of two years after the termination of service with the Commission. States that the appointment of the Chairman of the Commission by the President requires the confirmation of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Interim Regulatory Reform Act - Federal Communications Commission - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to submit to the Congress a proposal setting forth a recodification of all the rules which the Commission has issued and which are presently in effect or proposed. Requires the Commission to submit with each recodification proposal economic, paperwork, and judicial impact analyses of the probable consequences of each rule proposed to be recodified. Requires that each recodification proposal be published in the Federal Register. Requires the Commission to either grant or deny petitions from persons for the commencement of proceedings for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any order, rule, or regulation under the jurisdiction of the Commission within 120 days after the receipt of such petition. Stipulates that if such a petition is denied or no action is taken on such petition within the 120 day period the Commission shall publish in the Federal Register its reasons for such denial or inaction. States that if the Commission fails to act or denies a petition the petitioner may commence a civil action in an appropriate United States Court of Appeals for an order directing the Commission to institute proceedings regarding such petition. Sets forth standards for the Court to follow regarding such civil actions. Requires the Commission, when submitting any budget estimates, requests, or information or any legislative recommendations, testimony or comments on legislation to the President or the Office of Management and Budget, to transmit a copy to the Congress. Directs the Commission, whenever a duly authorized committee of the Congress which has responsibility for the authorization of appropriations for the Commission makes a written request for documents in the possession or subject to the control of the Commission, to submit such documents to the Committee. Requires the Commission to notify such committee if the documents cannot be made available during such period. Stipulates that, in the event the documents are not in the possession of the Commission, the Commission shall notify such committee as to why it does not have such documents and inform the Committee of where the documents might be located. Authorizes the Commission to commence, defend, or intervene in civil action within its jurisdiction in its own name if prior to such action the Commission has notified the Attorney General of such action and the Attorney General fails to commence, defend, or intervene in such action within 45 days after such notification. Prohibits any Commissioner from engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment while serving as a Commissioner. Prohibits Commissioners or employees of the Commission at a GS-15 level or above from representing any person in a professional capacity in matters before the Commission for a period of two years after the termination of service with the Commission. States that the appointment of the Chairman of the Commission by the President requires the confirmation of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1977
Interim Regulatory Reform Act - Interstate Commerce Commission - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to direct the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission to submit to the Congress a proposal setting forth a recodification of all the rules which the Commission has issued and which are presently in effect or proposed. Requires the Commission to submit with each recodification proposal economic, paperwork, and judicial impact analyses of the probable consequences of each rule proposed to be recodified. Requires that each recodification proposal be published in the Federal Register. Requires the Commission when submitting any budget estimates, requests or information or any legislative recommendations, testimony or comments on legislation to the President or the Office of Management and Budget to transmit a copy to the Congress. Directs the Commission whenever a duly authorized committee of the Congress which has responsibility for the authorization of appropriations for the Commission makes a written request for documents in the possession or subject to the control of the Commission, to submit such documents to the Committee. Requires the Commission to notify such committee if the documents cannot be made available during such period. Stipulates that, in the event the documents are not in the possession of the Commission, the Commission shall notify such committee as to why it does not such documents and inform the Committee of where the documents might be located. Authorizes the Commission to commence, defend, or intervene in civil actions within its jurisdiction in its own name if prior to such action the Commission has notified the Attorney General of such action and the Attorney General fails to commence, defend, or intervene in such action within 45 days after such notification. Authorizes the Commission to represent itself in its own name in specified civil suits and before the Supreme Court in the absence of a disapproval by the Attorney General. Reduces the membership of the Commission from eleven to seven. Prohibits any Commissioner from engaging in any other business, vocation, profession, or employment while serving as a Commissioner. Prohibits Commissioners or persons employed by the Commission at a GS-15 level or above from representing any person in a professional capacity in matters before the Commission for a period of the years after the termination of such service with the Commission. States that the appointment of the Chairman requires the confirmation of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1977
Emergency Rail Transportation Improvement and Employment Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to eligible applicants for projects involving the repair, rehabilitation, or improvement of railroad roadbeds and facilities. Stipulates that the purposes of such grant program are to: (1) reduce unemployment in areas of substantial unemployment; (2) improve severely deteriorated roadbeds and facilities which are a risk to public safety or seriously inhibit freight and passenger service; and (3) improve roadbeds and facilities which meet transportation needs and policies. Sets forth the information which must be included in applications for such assistance. Stipulates that the funds provided under this Act shall be used solely to pay the wages and benefits earned by individuals employed in programs funded by this Act and not for administrative expenses. Establishes a priority system for hiring individuals for jobs created pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish rules and procedures for referring eligible individuals for employment to applicants receiving funds under this Act. Sets forth criteria for determining which roadbeds and facilities are eligible for project grants under this Act. Sets forth goals to be achieved with respect to such projects. Stipulates that projects must be structured and administered to achieve such goals in order to be eligible for funding. Sets forth restrictions regarding subcontracts for such work on such projects. Sets forth measures relating to labor protection and wages and benefits for employees. Requires recipients of Federal funds under this Act to keep such records as the Secretary of Transportation may prescribe. Directs the Secretary to submit periodic reports to the President and the Congress regarding actions taken pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $750,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1977
Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the ocean dumping permit program for fiscal years 1978 and 1979.