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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
Prohibits the President from taking any action that would affect the validity of any post-World War II security and mutual defense treaties without the advice and consent of the Senate, or the approval of both Houses of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1978
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute any offenses against the United States arising out of illegal activity relating to the General Services Administration. Sets forth the authority and duties of the special prosecutor.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject to capital gains taxation the gain from the sale or exchange of farming property and undeveloped real property by a nonresident alien.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1978
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery (to be part of the National Cemetery System) on the Delmarva Peninsula, and to acquire such lands in Delaware, Maryland, or Virginia, as may be required for such national cemetery.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1978
States that the President should, pending removal of Cuban military forces from Africa, (1) recall the United States Interests Section from Cuba and expel the Cuban Interests Section from the United States, (2) deny any license for commercial trade with or export to Cuba under the Export Administration Act of 1969, (3) reverse any other action toward the normalization of relations with Cuba, and (4) defer any further official actions toward normalization of United States relations with Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1978
Investment Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore part of the pre-1969 tax treatment of capital gains by repealing the capital gains item of tax preference for the minimum tax; lowering the corporate alternative tax to 25 percent of net capital gain; and lowering the alternative individual tax to 25 percent of net capital gain.
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 · 17 April 1978
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include specified textiles and textile products in the articles reserved from tariff reduction or elimination negotiations by the President.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1978
Declares that certain proposed regulations of the Department of the Treasury regarding centralized firearms sales recordkeeping and other firearms control measures exceed the Department's authority, and directs that the regulations be withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to reduce the total number of visas available to natives of any foreign state in each fiscal year by the number of aliens paroled into the United States for temporary entry during such fiscal year. Prohibits the Attorney General without the prior consent of Congress from paroling into the United States in any fiscal year a total number of aliens from any foreign state in excess of the number of visas available to each such foreign state under such Act. Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, or aircraft used to illegally transport aliens into the United States. Prohibits the employment or referral for employment in the United States of any alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence, unless such employment is authorized by the Attorney General. Establishes civil penalties for any employer, agent, or referrer who violates such employment provision. Directs the Secretary of Labor to compile data and publish a quarterly report concerning the employment of illegal aliens. Stipulates that illegal aliens shall be ineligible for assistance under the Food Stamp Act and certain programs under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1978
Expresses disapproval of the standards promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for determining whether the refusal of a recipient of aid under Title IV, part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of the Social Security Act to cooperate with a State agency in obtaining child support payments has been made in good faith.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1978
Journalists' Freedom of Choice Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to state that, notwithstanding provisions which declare bargaining representatives chosen by a majority of employees in a bargaining unit to be exclusive representatives, any individual who is employed as a columnist, broadcast journalist, commentator, or critic on public issues shall have the right to bargain, present grievances, and contract without the participation of or intervention of bargaining representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1977
Amends the Flood Control Act of 1965 to terminate the authorization for the Delaware Bay to Cape Charles Intra-Coastal Waterway.
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 July 1977
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission to enforce the requirement of objectivity and balance imposed on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with respect to the funding of programs of a controversial nature to be produced by such Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1977
Disapproves the Federal motor vehicle safety standard transmitted to Congress on June 30, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1977
Federal Officials' Antidefamation Act - Renders a person who with actual malice, makes a false and defamatory communication concerning a Federal official liable for damages in a Federal court defamation suit.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Increases from three to six years the term for which a license to operate a radio broadcasting station may be issued, and for which such licenses may be renewed under the Communications Act of 1934. Requires each broadcasting station licensee to file an annual report with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on how the operation of the station has served the public interest, convenience, and necessity during the preceding year. Directs the FCC to review its rules relating to the broadcast license renewal process to determine whether the paper work required of each licensee can be reduced and consolidated.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1977
Declares it the sense of the Senate that there should be no diplomatic recognition of Cuba or lifting of the trade embargo against Cuba until Congress has determined that Cuba has (1) made compensation for United States property expropriated in 1959 (2) released and repatriated United States prisoners held on political charges, (3) demonstrated progress toward the observance of human rights, (4) withdrawn Cuban troops and military advisors from Africa, and (5) assured the United States of cooperation in hijacking situations, and (6) assured the United States of the security of the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1977
Requires that a separate sentencing hearing be held when a defendant is found guilty of, or pleads guilty to, an offense for which one of the possible sentences is death. Sets forth procedures for such hearings. Directs imposition of the death sentence where the jury or, upon approval by the court and the Government of a defense motion, the court alone finds that aggravating circumstances exist and outweigh any mitigating factors. Includes among mitigating factors (1) significant impairment of capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of the conduct constituting the offense or to conform to the requirements of law; (2) youthfulness; and (3) substantial duress. Includes among aggravating factors (1) commission of the offense during the commission or attempted commission of one of enumerated crimes; (2) previous conviction of a Federal offense or of one of certain State offenses for which a sentence of life imprisonment or of death is authorized; (3) previous conviction of two or more violent felonies; (4) commission of the offense in any usually cruel manner or for consideration, and (5) commission of the offense against one of specified Federal or foreign officials. Prohibits the carrying out of a death sentence on a pregnant woman. Authorizes the imposition of a death sentence upon a person for gathering or delivering defense information to aid a foreign government only when specified weapon or defense systems are involved. Sets forth procedures and standards for court of appeal review of death sentences. Excludes from the procedures set forth in this Act prosecutions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1977
Amends the Small Business Act to reduce to three percent per year the interest rate on the Small Business Administration's share of any loan made with respect to a major disaster occurring on or after April 1, 1977, and prior to June 6, 1977. Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to grant to the recipient of a disaster loan up to $5,000 to provide immediate relief from the effects of such disaster. Allows cancellation of loans made with respect to disasters occurring on or after April, 1977, and prior to June 6, 1977, according to provisions of the Small Business Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1977
Increases the number of students enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs at specified educational institutions who may receive financial assistance from the military department concerned.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977
Denies veterans' benefits to an individual whose discharge from military service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions is administratively upgraded, under temporarily revised standards, to discharge under honorable conditions; but only when such veteran's claim for benefits is based solely on such upgraded discharge.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Amends provisions specifying additional penalties for commission of a Federal felony with the use of, or while illegally possessing, a firearm to (1) eliminate felonies while illegally possessing a firearm; (2) include State felonies committed with a firearm transported in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, (3) revise the penalty for second and subsequent convictions, and (4) prohibit a suspended or probationary sentence with respect to a first conviction.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits prayer in public buildings.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1977
Food Additives Amendment - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow the use of a food additive if the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines that such additive does not present a significant risk to human health. Directs the Secretary to consider certain factors in making such a determination. Prohibits the Secretary from banning an additive which has induced cancer in animals until a determination as defined in this Act has been made, unless the Secretary determines it is in the immediate public interest to prohibit such additive.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1977
Authorizes the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating May 13 of each year as "American Business Day."
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1977
Permits Federal employees to participate in partisan political activity on a State or local level including campaigning for and holding any elective office on such levels or in any local political party. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 7326. Repeals 5 U.S.C. 7327)
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Reserves to the States the power to regulate abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from considering the application of any person for a license for broadcast facilities while the application for renewal of the license of the current license is being considered. Allows the Commission to consider other applications for broadcast licenses for the broadcast service previously licensed only after it has refused to renew the previous license.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the property in Stafford County, Virginia, known as Ferry Farm for the establishment of the George Washington Boyhood Home National Historic Site.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual an income tax credit for 20 percent of the expenses incurred by himself and his immediate family for home energy-reduction improvements. Limits the lifetime credit for any individual or family to $100.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of any inferior court established by Congress from holding office for more than ten years after (1) taking office, (2) the Senate last consented to his continuance in office, or (3) the ratification of this amendment, whichever last occurs, unless the President nominates and the Senate consents to a continuance in office.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Authorizes and requests the President of the United States to designate the week beginning on the Sunday preceding the fourth Thursday in November of each year as "National Family Week."
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to review Government revenues and expenditures at specified times and to determine a surtax rate when expenditures exceed revenues to insure that receipts will equal outlays. Authorizes a suspension of such measures in the case of a grave national emergency declared by Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1977
Regulatory Reform Act - Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan recommending reforms with respect to the regulation of: (1) energy, the environment, housing, and occupational health and safety by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1979; (2) transportation and communications by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1981; (3) banking and finance, international trade, and Government procurement by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1983; and (4) food, consumer health and safety, economic trade practices, and labor- management concerns by specified Federal agencies by April 30, 1985. States that each such plan shall include recommendations for reform of such specified agencies and shall report on the cumulative impact of all Government regulatory activity reviewed, up to that date, on specific industry groupings. States that if the President fails to submit such plans by the specified dates, the Senate and House Committees on Government Operations shall draft their own plans to be submitted to Congress for action. Requires the Comptroller General and the Congressional Budget Office, contemporaneously with the development of the President's plan, to submit a report assessing the purpose, effects, efficiency, and cost effectiveness of each agency included in the plans submitted by the President. States that if no comprehensive regulatory reform legislation is enacted by August 1 of the year following the year in which a comprehensive plan has been submitted by the President, then all agencies affected thereby shall have no authority to issue any new rules not essential for preserving the public health and safety; if such reform is not enacted by October 1 of such year, such agency shall have no authority to enforce any rule not essential for preserving the public health and safety; if no such reform is enacted by December 31 of such year, such agency shall be terminated on such date. States that all rules of such terminated agency essential for preserving the public health and safety shall remain effective and shall be enforced by the Department of Justice. Requires the President to submit subsequent plans in the manner and in the order and frequency set forth by this Act every ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1977
Excludes from eligibility for food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 any household whose head-of-household is on strike against his employer as the result of a labor dispute. Excepts from this exclusion any household which was eligible for participation in the food stamp program before its head-of-household went out on strike, or whose head-of-household is not working because of an employer lockout.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Makes a person who is constitutionally ineligible for the Office of President ineligible for the Office of Vice President. Requires the voters of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for voters of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, unless such legislative prescribes lesser qualifications with respect to residence therein. Authorizes Congress to prescribe voter qualifications for voters in the District of Columbia. Continues electoral vote allotments to States and the District of Columbia. Grants to the District of Columbia the number of electoral votes equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which such District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State. Directs the official custodian of the election returns of each State, within 45 days after the election, to make lists of all persons to whom votes were cast, number of votes last, and the total vote cast by the voters. Requires that each person for whom votes were cast in each State receive such proportion of the electoral votes as he received of the total vote cast in such state. Declares the person receiving the greatest aggregate number of electoral votes, if at least 40 percent of the total, to be President. Requires in case of a tie or no one receiving 40 percent or more of the votes that the Senate and House of Representatives choose,by ballot, the President and Vice President from the two highest electoral vote getters. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Congress may choose as President or Vice President whenever the right of choice has fallen upon the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1977
Makes it unlawful for any individual or entity to solicit to enroll or enroll any member of the armed forces in any labor organization or for any member to encourage others to join or to actively support any military labor organization. Sets forth penalties for violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1977
Recognizes the outstanding contributions made by President Ford to this Nation and commends him for the manner and integrity with which he carried out his responsibilities.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1977
Natural Gas Act Amendments - Amends the Natural Gas Act to terminate Federal Power Commission authority to regulate sales of new natural gas in interstate commerce. Stipulates that emergency sales of natural gas to curtailed customers who qualify as essential users shall not affect such exempt status. Stipulates that contractual provisions prohibiting sales to such customers shall be suspended and unenforceable for the duration of such emergency sale. Stipulates that prices for offshore sales of new natural gas shall not exceed the ceiling price for sales of new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands. Stipulates that prices paid for natural gas in transactions between a natural gas company and its affiliates shall not exceed prices paid in comparable sales by persons not affiliated with any natural gas company. Directs the Federal Power Commission to conduct studies and make reports regarding the nature and availability of natural gas reserves. Requires that the Commission keep current information available relating to the estimated natural gas reserves for individual fields. Establishes procedures for the establishment of ceiling prices for new natural gas produced from offshore Federal lands through December 31, 1982. Authorizes the Commission to grant exemptions to price ceilings within high-cost production areas. Establishes procedures for adjustments to price ceilings established pursuant to this Act. Directs the Commission to prohibit the curtailment of adequate supplies of natural gas for essential agricultural purposes. Directs the Commission to prohibit the use of natural gas as boiler fuel where adequate alternatives are available. Authorizes exemptions from such prohibition where necessary to comply with pollution control or environmental protection and safety standards. Stipulates that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall extend to synthetic natural gas.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, additional district court judges to specified judicial districts of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the application of the Tax Reform Act's elimination of the sick pay exclusion for persons who have not retired on total disability, to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1976
Expresses the Senate's gratitude to Mike Mansfield of Montana for his participation in the Government and his service on behalf of the Nation's people.
United States · United States Congress · 27 August 1976
Designates the extension of the Senate Office Building presently under construction pursuant to the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973, as the "Philip A. Hart Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1976
Federal Officials' Anti-Defamation Act - Stipulates that any person who with actual malice makes any false and defamatory communication concerning a Federal official which results or tends to result in pecuniary or nonpecuniary loss to such individual shall be liable for damages sustained. Charges the plaintiff in such actions with the burden of proof. Entitles the plaintiff to recover punitive damages if the defendant is guilty of gross abuse, outrageous conduct, or oppression resulting in aggravated injury sustained by the plaintiff. Prohibits the use of the defense that the false and defamatory communication in issue was reprinted or in any manner repeated from another source. Grants Federal district courts original jurisdiction over civil actions brought under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 May 1976
Expresses the congratulations of Congress to the Congressional Country Club upon being selected to host the 58th PGA Championship.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1976
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any franchise agreement, or any trademark licensing contract or agreement, for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of a trademarked soft drink product shall not be deemed unlawful, provided: (1) that such product is in substantial and effective competition with products of the same general class distributed or sold by others; (2) the licensee is in substantial and effective competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act of 1946.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1976
Voting Rights Act Repealer Amendments Act - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to repeal the prohibitions against voting qualifications, prerequisites, tests, or devices which abridge the right of a citizen to vote who is a member of a language minority. Repeals the requirement that States and other political subdivisions make available registration and voting materials, and voting assistance in languages other than English in areas where (1) more than five percent of the citizens belong to a single language minority, and (2) the illiteracy rate of such minority exceeds the national rate.