United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1978
Amends the Small Business Act to establish in the Small Business Administration a Small Business extension service which shall develop and implement a comprehensive program for the identification, development, and practical demonstration of management techniques suitable for use by small business concerns.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code by providing graduated corporate income tax rates ranging, over seven brackets, from a 16 percent rate on a corporation's first $25,000 income to a 45 percent rate on income over $150,000.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Amends the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to include within the definition of fishing under such Act fish processing at sea. Defines the terms United States fish processors and United States harvested fish for purposes of this Act Provides that United States harvested fish transferred to foreign ships for processing at sea shall be considered as part of the total allowable level of foreign fishing in any fishery subject to the exclusive fishery control of the United States. Includes certain tariffs on fish and fish products imposed by a foreign nation as a factor to be considered in determining the individual foreign fishing allocations in such United States' fisheries. Revises certain fishing permit requirements for specified foreign fish processing ships at sea in certain United States' fisheries. Permits the transfer of United states harvested fish to any foreign ship, within the United States' fishery conservation zone, having the fishing permit required by such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
Port Safety and Tank Vessel Safety Act - Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to remove specified limitations on the conditions under which vessel traffic may be controlled by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Authorizes the Secretary to order any vessel to operate or anchor in a specified manner if there is reasonable cause to believe the vessel does not comply with regulations or other applicable law or treaties, if the vessel does not satisfy conditions for port entry or if hazardous conditions warrant such an action. Directs the Secretary to designate necessary fairways and traffic separation schemes for vessels operating in the territorial sea of the United States and in high seas approaches to United States' ports. Places limitations on the Secretary's power to make such designations. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the needs for such a designation and to reconcile the needs for such a designation with all other reasonable uses of the area involved before taking such action. Exempts from the provisions of this Act foreign vessels passing through United States territorial waters or through the navigable waters of the United States which form part of an international strait and which are not destined for, or departing from, a port under United States jurisdiction. Specifies vessel safety and environmental considerations to be taken into account by the Secretary in making designations pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to protect structures on or in navigable waters or land structures or shore areas adjacent to such waters and to protect the navigable waters and the resources therein from vessel or structure damage. Specifies actions which the Secretary may take including: (1) establishing procedures for the handling of dangerous articles (including oil) on waterfront structures; (2) prescribing minimum safety equipment requirements for such structures; and (3) establishing water or waterfront safety zones. Stipulates that the National Transportation Safety Board shall, upon its request, be made a party to investigations by the Secretary of incidents causing damage or loss to any structure subject to such Act. Sets forth conditions for the entry of vessels into United States' navigable waters. Prohibits the entry of vessels which do not meet specified manning requirements, which have a history of accidents or pollution incidents which creates reason to believe the vessel is unsafe or may threaten the marine environment, which discharges oil or hazardous material illegally, or which fails to meet regulations or other applicable laws or treaties. Directs the Secretary to transmit, via the Secretary of State, to appropriate international bodies or forums, any regulations issued under this Act, for consideration as international standards. Encourages the President to enter into negotiations with neighboring nations to establish compatible vessel standards and traffic services and to establish international vessel traffic services in areas of mutual concern and to enter into negotiations through international bodies to establish vessel traffic services in appropriate areas of the high seas. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act or regulations issued pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to study possible shore-station systems for monitoring vessels within the Fishery Conservation Zone and to report the findings of such study to Congress. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1979 and 1980 for such purpose. Directs the Secretary to establish eligibility requirements for the issuance of a Federal license to pilot any steam vessel. Establishes minimum eligibility requirements to receive such a license. Stipulates that such licenses shall be renewable every five years. Amends existing law relating to the regulation of steam vessels to include vessels carrying oil or hazardous material in residue. Exempts from such regulation cannery tenders, fishing tenders, and fishing vessels of not more than 500 tons used exclusively in the salmon or crab fisheries of the States of Oregon, Washington or Alaska. Establishes minimum equipment requirements for new crude oil tankers, new product carriers, and old oil tankers and product carriers. Directs the Secretary in prescribing additional requirements to apply standards which are consistent with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, and the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as modified by the respective Protocols of 1978. Prohibits foreign vessels subject to this Act from operating in the navigable waters of the United States unless such a vessel has been issued a certificate of compliance by the Secretary indicating that the vessel has been inspected and found to be in compliance with appropriate regulations. Authorizes the Secretary to accept certificates issued by foreign nations pursuant to any treaty or other international agreement to which the United States is a party as a basis for issuance of a Certificate of Compliance. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards for the manning of United States' vessels and the duties, qualifications, and training of the ships' crews and officers. Requires that a specified number of tankermen be aboard United States' vessels carrying oil or hazardous material in bulk as cargo or in residue and requires that a specified number of tankermen be aboard foreign vessels when such vessel transfers oil or hazardous materials in any port or place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Directs the Secretary to prescribe qualifications for the issuance of tankerman certificates. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations for the control and verification of manning, training, qualification, and watchkeeping standards promulgated by the certificating state of foreign vessels operating in United States' navigable waters and which transfer oil or hazardous materials in United States' jurisdictions. Specifies regulations which the Secretary is to establish. Sets forth a marine safety information system with regard to vessels subject to this Act which operate in the navigable waters of the United States or which transfer oil or hazardous materials in a United States' jurisdiction. Prohibits the transfer of oil or hazardous materials from one vessel to another in the navigable waters or in the marine environment unless the transfer is in accordance with applicable regulations and both vessels have on board a Certificate of Inspection or a Certificate of Compliance. Directs the Secretary to establish minimum requirements for the transfer of oil or hazardous materials in the navigable waters or marine environment when such cargo is destined for United States' ports. Prohibits vessels from transferring cargo in United States' ports if the vessel has discharged tank washings containing oil or hazardous materials in violation of any law of the United States or in a manner or quantities inconsistent with the provisions of any treaty to which the United States is a party, in preparation for loading cargo in any port or place under United States' jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary to establish control and supervisory measures to implement such prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
Medicare Home Health Amendments - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the 100 visit limitation presently applicable to home health care services under such Title. Eliminates prior hospitalization as a condition of eligibility for home health care services under part A (Hospital Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Eliminates confinement to home as a requirement for receiving home health care services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of such Title. Includes "periodic chore services" within those home health services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals to compute the amount of the deduction for retirement savings on the basis of the earned income of their spouses.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1978
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the levels of total budget outlay and new budget authority for any fiscal year from exceeding the corresponding level for the previous year by a percentage greater than the average annual percentage increase of the gross national product during the three calendar years immediately preceeding the beginning of the applicable fiscal year. Provides an exception to the restriction established by this Act in time of war or national emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1978
Agricultural Foreign Investment Recording Act - Requires annual reporting to the Secretary of Agriculture by foreign persons and agents of purchases of agricultural lands with a cumulative acreage in excess of 25 acres or a cumulative purchase price in excess of $25,000. Specifies reporting requirements and provides for imposition of civil penalties for reporting violations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1978
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the date this article is ratified. Sets forth a schedule for repayment of the national debt.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1978
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, at the request of any Member, to prepare for certain public bills and resolutions an estimate of the additional costs to State and local governments of carrying out any additional requirements imposed by such legislation. Prohibits the consideration by either House of any bill or resolution for which such estimate predicts such additional costs to State or local governments, unless such bill or resolution authorizes new budget authority for payment of such costs by the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1978
Polar Living Marine Resources Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a comprehensive program for the study, monitoring, and assessment of polar living marine resources and the marine environment of the Arctic and Southern Oceans. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts to obtain assistance in carrying out such program. Requires the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies with responsibilities for polar living marine resources research and protection to ensure that the study and assessment under this Act is coordinated and that the program is consistent with international conventions or treaties. Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Congress and the President concerning this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1978
Small Business Contracting Equity Act - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require the payment of interest on contract payments which are overdue under Federal contracts with small business.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1978
Naval Petroleum Reserves Authorization Act - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Energy $199,005,000 for fiscal year 1979 for conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum reserves and naval oil shale reserves. Title II: Amendments to Chapter 641 of Title 10, United States Code - Amends the provisions of federal law to direct the Secretary of the Energy in administering Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3 to further develop such reserves to a capacity to produce at a maximum efficient rate for purposes of national defense. Directs the Secretary, during the period ending April 5, 1982, to produce naval reserves 1 and 3 at the lowest rate sufficient to support the costs of exploration, development, operation, and acquisitions of the naval petroleum reserves. Removes the time limitation for pipelines and facilities for Petroleum Reserve Number 1 to accommodate not less than 350,000 barrels of oil per day. Changes the date when the Secretary is authorized to exercise the authority for condemnation over certain privately owned lands within Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1. Makes certain technical amendments relating to the Naval Petroleum Reserves, including making the Secretary of Energy (presently Secretary of the Navy) responsible for the administration of the Reserves.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Naval Petroleum Reserves Authorization Act - Title I: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Energy $199,005,000 for fiscal year 1979 for conservation, development, and use of naval petroleum reserves and naval oil shale reserves. Title II: Amendments to Chapter 641 of Title 10, United States Code - Amends the provisions of Federal law to direct the Secretary of the Energy in administering Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3 to further develop such reserves to a capacity to produce at a maximum efficient rate for purposes of national defense. Directs the Secretary, during the period ending April 5, 1982, to produce naval reserves 1 and 3 at the lowest rate sufficient to support the cost of exploration, development, operation, and acquisitions of the naval petroleum reserves. Removes the time limitation for pipelines and facilities for Petroleum Reserve Number 1 to accommodate not less than 350,000 barrels of oil per day. Changes the date when the Secretary is authorized to exercise the authority for condemnation over certain privately owned lands within Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1. Makes certain technical amendments relating to the Naval Petroleum Reserves, including making the Secretary of Energy (presently Secretary of the Navy) responsible for the administration of the reserves.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1978
Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to require Federal agencies to prepare and publish in the Federal Register an economic impact analysis of all proposed and final rules subject to the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow active participants in a retirement plan an income tax deduction for contributions to an individual retirement account in taxable years prior to the vesting of the individual's rights under the retirement plan.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1978
Individual Housing Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals an income tax deduction of up to $2,500 annually and $10,000 in a lifetime for contributions to an individual housing account. Makes such accounts tax exempt and allows distributions from such an account to be tax free if such distributions are used exclusively for the purchase of a principal residence for the distributee.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
States that the preconversion salary level of a Federal employee whose position is converted to a General Schedule position shall include the night differential which was received on a regular basis during the one-year period immediately preceeding such conversion even if such employee was not regularly receiving such differential at the time of such conversion (thus the basic pay of such position under the General Schedule will reflect the preconversion base pay plus the differential which was received by an employee in such position prior to such conversion).
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals to compute the amount of the deduction for retirement savings on the basis of the earned income of their spouses.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals an income tax credit for a portion of the expenses incurred for the residential installations of insulation, solar and other renewable energy equipment, heating improvements and energy-conserving components between April 20, 1977, and January 1, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations corresponding to the principles set forth in a certain private letter ruling relating to the exclusion from gross income of amounts deferred by participants in public deferred compensation plans.
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply the same tax rates to married persons filing separate returns as are presently applicable to unmarried individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1978
Provides for a study of the financial status of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by the National Commission on Social Security under the Social Security Amendments of 1977. States that such study shall include the causes of, remedies for, and ways to prevent any deficit in such fund.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1978
Amends the National Trails System Act by requiring the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating the Overmountain Men Victory Trail in the States of Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina, as a national scenic trail.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1978
Urges the Secretary of Defense not to include within the competitive rate program (under which services are procured for the movement of the household goods of Department of Defense employees) the movement of household goods of Department personnel who are being transferred between the continental United States and Alaska or Hawaii.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1978
Amends the Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967 to extend for three years the program furnishing insurance for losses incurred through the seizure of fishing vessels by foreign governments.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1978
Amends the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 to authorize the appropriation of $3,000,000 annually for the operations of the Office of Environmental Quality and the Council on Environmental Quality during fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1978
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude from admission into, and provides for the deportation from, the United States of any alien who engaged or assisted in, or incited or directed others to engage in, the persecution of others on the basis of religion, race, or national origin under the direction of the Nazi government of Germany between March 23, 1933, and May 8, 1945.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1978
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction of up to $1,500 for household expenses to any taxpayer who maintains a household in which a dependent aged 65 or over resides.
United States · United States Congress · 2 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 · 2 February 1978
Confers jurisdiction upon Federal district courts to enforce a State child custody order against a parent who, in violation of such order, took the child to another State.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1978
Agriculture Refinance Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit insured loans of up to $1,000,000 to farm owners and operators for refinancing existing indebtedness incurred between January 1, 1973, and December 31, 1977. Allows a repayment period for refinancing loans of 40 years for real estate loans, 12 years for equipment loans, and five years for operating loans. Defers the first payment for the interest and principal of such loans for five years for real estate loans, for three years for equipment loans, and for two years for operating loans.
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1978
Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act during fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1978
Small Business Tax Reform Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace the corporate income tax rates with a graduated, five-tier rate schedule, imposing the uppermost (48 percent) marginal rate upon income in excess of $100,000.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Requires recomputation at a specified rate of the retired pay of any person who completed service as a sergeant major of the Marine Corps before December 16, 1967.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Allows enlised members (regular and reserve) of the Army and the Air Force to retire after 20 years of service. Stipulates that at such time regular enlisted members shall become members of the reserve until their total creditable years of service equals 30.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Revises the method of computing the retired or retainer pay for members of the armed forces who were called to active duty after October 1, 1963, served on such active duty for a continuous period of at least two years and who were released from such duty before October 1, 1973.
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