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Bill· SS. 208 (95th)passed

National Mass Transportation Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 January 1977

National Mass Transportation Assistance Act - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations for urban transportation programs under such Act through fiscal year 1982. Establishes restrictions on the use of Federal funds available under such Act for these programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve as a project eligible for grants under such Act the: (1) payment of capital or operating expenses to carry out new or specialized mass transit service; (2) the payment of operating expenses related to regional commuter rail service; and (3) the payment of funds related to operating performance and the achievement of operating results under criteria established by the Secretary. Authorizes the use of funds under such Act for the payment of operating subsidies in areas other than urbanized areas. Removes the limitation that grants for management training programs under such Act be available only to students pursuing a graduate course of study. Directs the Secretary to convert specified equipment and facilities loans under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 and the Housing Amendments of 1955 to grants under specified conditions. Requires the Secretary to make a report to Congress before February 1, 1980, setting forth a detailed estimate of the cost of urban mass transportation grants. Directs the Secretary to require that projects, as a condition to receiving Federal financial assistance under such Act, be planned and operated to allow effective utilization of mass transportation services by elderly and handicapped persons. Stipulates that a specified portion of Federal monies made available under such Act for research, development, and demonstration projects may be set aside and used exclusively to increase the information and technology necessary to provide improved transportation services for the handicapped and elderly. Directs that local advisory committees be established immediately for drawing up a timetable to carry out the provisions of this Act requiring access to mass transportation systems by such individuals. Requires that at least half the members of such a committee be elderly or handicapped persons. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Council on Mass Transportation for Elderly and Handicapped to advise and consult with the Secretary of Health Education, and Welfare and the Secretary of Transportation on all matters relating to mass transportation for elderly and handicapped persons. Requires that at least half the members of such Council be elderly or handicapped persons. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, on or before October 1, 1978, to submit a comprehensive report to Congress on the mass transportation needs of elderly and handicapped persons.

Bill· SS. 185 (95th)referred

A bill to amend the Social Security Act to roll back the deductible and coinsurance charges under part A of medicare to the 1976 levels.

United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977

Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase the inpatient deductible from $40 to $104 in the case of any spell of illness beginning before 1978. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to roll back the time period considered for the purpose of determining the rate of hospital insurance tax on employees, employers, and the self-employed.

Bill· SS. 169 (95th)referred

Mobile Teachers Retirement Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977

Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Establishes a Federal-State program to permit teachers to perform out-of-State educational service without loss of retirement benefits for such service. Entitles a qualified State retirement system, which credits a teacher for out-of-State service to Federal aid of 50 percent of the total cost to the system of such out-of-State credit. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet in order to qualify for Federal aid under this program. Limits the amount of the Federal aid to a State retirement system to an amount providing not more than ten years of out-of-State service credit. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a grant to each qualified State retirement system of an amount equal to two percent of such system's Federal aid received under this Act for the costs of administration.

Bill· SS. 92 (95th)referred

Export Administration and Foreign Boycott Amendments Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Export Administration and Foreign Boycott Amendments Act - Title I: Export Administration Improvements and Extension - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to extend the authority granted by such Act to September 30, 1977. Requires that appropriations to carry out the Export Administration Act of 1969 be specifically authorized by Congress for each fiscal year after October 1, 1977. Revises the criteria for imposition of export controls for national security purposes. Eliminates the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to assign priority to such controls. Revises the authority of the President to impose export controls for national security purposes without regard to the availability of the controlled articles from sources other than the United States in order to require the President to predicate the imposition of controls on articles available from other sources upon a determination that absence of such a control would be detrimental to the national security of the United States. Revises the policy for control of exports for national security purposes under such Act to redefine "controlled country" as a country to which exports are restricted for national security or foreign policy purposes, rather than as a Communist country. Amends such Act to permit agricultural commodities purchased by or for a foreign country to remain in the United States free of quantitative limitations on exports relating to domestic supply and inflationary impact, upon approval by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, and under regulations for such export which the Secretary of Commerce is herein authorized to issue. Permits Congressional disapproval of any action by the President under such regulations to prohibit or curtail agricultural exports. Specifies that any export license application under such Act shall be deemed approved within 90 days of its receipt unless disapproved or unless the applicant is notified that additional time is required for the decision. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to require persons agreeing to transfer technical data or other information to any controlled country to furnish information with respect to such agreement to the Secretary of Commerce, under regulations promulgated to monitor the effects of such transfers. Directs the Secretary to study technical data exports and their effects upon the national security or foreign policy of the United States, and to submit a report of such study to Congress. Amends such Act to exclude petroleum products refined in United States Foreign-Trade Zones, or Guam, from foreign crude oil export controls to prevent excessive drain of scarce materials except if the Secretary of Commerce finds that such products are in short supply and issues regulations herein authorized to limit such exports. Prohibits the exportation of horses by sea for slaughter. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to account for technical assistance and technical advisory committees in semiannual reports to Congress under such Act. Requires the Secretary to review regulations under such Act in order to report to Congress on simplification of such regulations. Increases the terms of persons on such committees. Increases the fine for violations of such Act to $25,000 for the first offense and to $50,000 for a subsequent offense. Increases the fine for prohibited exports to Communist-dominated nations to $50,000. Increases the civil penalty for such violation of such Act to $10,000. Permits suspension of the payment of export licensing penalties for a probationary period. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to stipulate that such Act shall not be construed as authority for withholding information from Congress. Requires the President to make every reasonable effort to reduce aid to international terrorists before resorting to export controls for that purpose. Amends the requirements for reports to Congress and to the President under such Act by appropriate departments or agencies to specify information to be included in such reports and to require semiannual rather than quarterly reports. Requires a special report to Congress by the President on multilateral export controls, and a special report to Congress by the Secretary of Commerce with respect to modification of unilateral and multilateral export control lists. Requires any employee of the Department of Commerce performing functions under the Export Administration Act to disclose interests affected by such Act. Imposes civil penalties for violation of this requirement. Title II: Foreign Boycotts - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to direct the President to promulgate regulations: (1) to prohibit any United States person from supporting any boycott by a foreign country against any country friendly to the United States; and (2) to require the reporting of requests for such compliance to the Secretary of Commerce. Permits the suspension or revocation of the authority of any United States person to export as a penalty for violation of such regulations. Title III: Exports of Nuclear Material and Technology - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to regulate the export of nuclear material, equipment, and devices. Requires any agreement for such export to meet specified criteria with respect to reprocessing provisions and inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Directs the Secretary of State to seek inclusion of such requirements in agreements made prior to this Act and to seek periodic reports on the status of inventories of plutonium, U233, and enriched uranium possessed under such agreements by non-nuclear weapons parties which are not subject to International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. Prohibits issuance of nuclear export licenses unless the recipient country has agreed that such export will not be used for any nuclear explosive device. Specifies conditions under which nuclear materials, exported under such agreements, may be reprocessed. Declares it the sense of Congress that the President should seek international agreements regulating the use and transfer of nuclear materials. Requires the President to study the extent to which United States training of foreign nationals in nuclear engineering and related fields contributes to nuclear proliferation. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the construction, operation, or supply of nuclear powerplants.

Bill· SS. 50 (95th)passed

Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act - Title I: Establishment of Goals, Planning, and General Economic Policies - Amends the Employment Act of 1946 to declare that all adult Americans able, willing, and seeking work have the right to useful paid employment at fair rates of compensation. States that, in moving toward the goal of full employment, it shall be an objective to maintain trends in the ratio of private employment to civilian public employment and that the first priority is to expand conventional private jobs through policies made available under this Act. Directs the President in each annual Economic Report to recommend numerical goals for employment, production, and purchasing power, as well as policies to support these goals and achieve balanced growth and full employment. Requires the preparation of a Full Employment and Balanced Growth Plan, prepared with the assistance of Economic Advisers and in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget. Requires that such plan set forth foreseeable social and economic goals; provide estimates of unmet social and economic needs; identify available and needed resources; and contain long-term economic goals including: (1) full employment goals set at the number of jobs to be provided in order to reduce unemployment to the minimum level of functional unemployment consistent with efficient job search and labor mobility, (2) full production goals set at levels of output estimated to be yielded by achievement of full employment goals, and (3) full purchasing power goals set at levels estimated to be necessary for attaining and maintaining full employment and production while contributing to an equitable distribution of purchasing power. States that in achieving such goals the President shall include the objective of holding the annual rate of price increases to levels consistent with reasonable price stability. Requires the full employment goal to be consistent with an adult unemployment rate not in excess of three percent. Requires that the plan propose priority policies and programs to support full employment and balanced growth and enumerates sectors of the economy to be included in such policies and programs. Directs the President to submit proposals improving the efficiency and economy of the Federal Government. Requires the Presidents' Budget and Economic Report to set forth the level and composition of Federal expenditures, tax policy, and monetary policy consistent with and in promotion of the goals and policies contained in this Act. Directs the Federal Reserve Board to report to the President and Congress, identifying the extent to which the Federal Reserve will support the economic goals recommended by the President. Stipulates that each Economic Report contain a comprehensive set of anti-inflation policies to supplement monetary and fiscal policy. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Full Employment and Balanced Growth to advise and assist the Council of Economic Advisers. Directs the Council of Economic Advisers to prepare the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Plan and to consult with the Advisory Committee. Title II: Countercyclical, Structural, and Youth Employment Policies - Directs the President to transmit to Congress within 90 days after the enactment of this Act a proposal, together with necessary legislation, establishing permanent supplementary employment policies and programs required to reduce high unemployment arising from cyclical movements in the economy. Specifies types of programs which should be considered by the President in establishing component parts of such proposal and the means to be utilized in coordinating them. Requires the President to transmit to Congress within such period legislation creating a permanent grant program related to the stabilization and needed growth of State and local budgets. Directs the President to transmit to Congress within 180 days after the enactment of this Act (1) a comprehensive regional and structural employment proposal designed to reduce chronic underutilization of human and capital resources in certain areas of the country and in groups within the labor force, and (2) legislation providing institutional means to encourage public and private investment in areas with substantial unemployment and to provide an alternative source of capital funds for local and State governments to finance public facilities. Directs the President to transmit to Congress legislation creating a comprehensive youth employment program which utilizes existing resources and facilities and provides additional employment programs. Directs the President to provide job opportunities through reservoirs of federally operated public employment projects and approved private nonprofit employment projects to the extent that willing, able adults are not otherwise provided job opportunities. Establishes, within the Department of Labor, a Full Employment Office to assist in creating such employment opportunities. Directs the President to transmit to Congress a proposal, together with such legislation as is necessary, on how the income maintenance and employment policies can be integrated to insure that employment is substituted for income maintenance to the maximum extent feasible. Title III: Policies and Procedures for Congressional Review - Requires the Joint Economic Committee to carry out overall review of executive branch policies under this Act. Requires the Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives to review the fiscal policy, economy in government policies, and Federal budget priorities recommended by the President. Requires the Joint Economic Committee to review and make recommendations to Congress on annual numerical goals for employment, production, and purchasing power proposed by the President. Provides for Congressional review of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Plan, including reports to the Joint Economic Committee from the standing committees of Congress on matters that relate to the plan, public hearings before the Joint Economic Committee, and consideration of State and local views on the plan. Establishes a Division of Full Employment and Balanced Growth within the Congressional Budget Office to assist the Joint Economic Committee in the discharge of its duties under this Act. Provides that the provisions of this title, with specified exceptions, be incorporated into the rules of the House of Representatives and Senate, respectively. Title IV: General Provisions - Makes general provisions with respect to nondiscrimination, labor standards, and authorizations of appropriations.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 1 (95th)reported

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States, and the District of Columbia, shall elect the President and Vice President. Requires each elector to cast a single vote for two persons who shall have consented to the joining of their names as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President. Requires the electors of President and Vice President in each State to have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature, except that for electors of President and Vice President, the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive residence qualifications and for electors of President and Vice President the Congress may establish uniform residence qualifications. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole number of votes cast for such offices. Provides that if no pair of persons has such number, a runoff election shall be held in which the choice of President and Vice President shall be made from the two pairs of persons who received the highest numbers of votes. Requires the days for such elections to be determined by Congress and to be uniform throughout the United States. Requires Congress to prescribe by law the time, place, and manner in which the results for such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Allows Congress to provide for the case of the death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before a President and Vice President have been elected, and for the case of the death of both the President-elect and Vice President-elect.

Bill· SS. 13 (95th)referred

A bill to amend chapter 13 of title 38, United States Code, to make eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation widows of veterans who die of non-service-connected causes but who were at the time of death totally disabled as the result of one or more service-connected disabilities.

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Extends eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation to widows of veterans who die of non-service-connected causes but who were at the time of death totally disabled as the result of one or more service-connected disabilities. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 410,411)

Bill· SS. 32 (95th)referred

Continuing Education in Science and Engineering Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 January 1977

Continuing Education in Science and Engineering Act - Authorizes the National Science Foundation to initiate a program of continuing education for individuals with scientific and engineering training who (1) have been engaged in their careers for at least three years; or (2) have had their careers interrupted for at least three years. Requires such program to be designed to provide such persons: (1) with new knowledge and abilities in their special fields; or (2) with knowledge and abilities in other fields enabling them to make a more valuable contribution to the nation. Directs such program to include but not be limited to: (1) the development of special curriculums and education techniques; and (2) the awarding of fellowships to enable persons with scientific and technical training to pursue continued education. Establishes guidelines for the allocation of fellowships. Authorizes the Foundation to contract for the development of courses and curriculums specially designed for its continuing education program.

Bill· SS. 3895 (94th)referred

Urban National Parks and Recreation Areas Transportation Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1976

Urban National Parks and Recreation Areas Transportation Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) implement a mass transportation program for each urban national park and recreation area for involving modes of transport other than personal motor vehicles; and (2) conduct a comprehensive study of transportation problems and opportunities throughout the National Park System. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 573 (94th)referred

A resolution relating to helping the deaf and hearing-impaired enjoy television.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1976

Expresses Senate support of the Public Broadcasting Service's petition to the Federal Communications Commission which requests reservation of vertical line twenty-one for television transmission of captioning information for use by hearing impaired individuals.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 215 (94th)referred

A joint resolution to establish a Compact of Permanent Union between Puerto Rico and the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1976

Establishes a Compact of Permanent Union between Puerto Rico and the United States. Delineates the legal and political framework for this union. Recognizes the right of the people of Puerto Rico to govern themselves according to their own Constitution and laws, and the right of the United States Government to exercise authority and powers specified in the Compact. Reserves all other political and governmental authority to Puerto Rico or to the people of Puerto Rico. Recognizes the Supreme Court of the United States as the final adjudicator of this Compact, including the decision as to whether the laws of the United States or of Puerto Rico conform to this compact and applicable provisions of the Constitution of the United States. Grants the United States responsibility for foreign affairs and defense affecting Puerto Rico. Provides that Puerto Rico may conclude educational, cultural, health, sporting, professional, industrial, agricultural, financial, commercial, scientific, and technical agreements with foreign countries and may participate in specialized agencies of international organizations dealing in these matters. Makes all persons born in Puerto Rico citizens of the United States with all attenuant rights, privileges, and immunities, as well as duties. Grants United States citizens residing in Puerto Rico the same rights, privileges and immunities as well as duties established by the Constitution and laws of Puerto Rico. States that the currency of the United States shall be the exclusive currency of Puerto Rico, and all United States law relating to currency, coinage, gold, and silver are applicable to Puerto Rico. Directs that economic, trade, and commercial relations between the United States and Puerto Rico shall be conducted within the framework of the common market between the two entities. Prohibits tariffs, customs, or duties on trade between the two countries and makes provisions for regulating proceeds of customs, duties, licenses and tariffs collected in or in respect to imports into Puerto Rico from other countries. Directs the United States to take into account Puerto Rico's stage of economic development in all international trade negotiations, and to protect and promote Puerto Rico's economic interests. Makes all property acquired in Puerto Rico by the United States under the cession of Spain in the treaty of peace of December 10, 1898, and not subsequently disposed of, the property of Puerto Rico. Permits the United States to use for public purposes all property which is now being used for such purposes. Allows the President of the United States to convey from time to time to Puerto Rico any lands, buildings, or interests in lands or other property of the United States within the territorial limits of Puerto Rico which are deemed no longer necessary for the purposes of the United States. Limits the applicability of United States income tax laws to residents of Puerto Rico to that income derived from United States or foreign sources. Establishes full reciprocity between the United States and Puerto Rico and other bodies politic of the United States. Establishes a voting Representative from Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives who shall be elected according to the laws of Puerto Rico. Declares that such a Representative shall have all rights, privileges and immunities of such members as are compatible with the Constitution of the United States and as provided by the House of Representatives. Applies all Federal laws to Puerto Rico which are presently applicable. Sets forth methods for objecting to and denying applicability of future legislation which affects Puerto Rico. Permits the assignment of Federal functions to Puerto Rico which would otherwise be vested in the Government of the United States by law. Sets forth the procedures through which such transfers may occur. Places the primary responsibility for protecting and improving the environmental quality of Puerto Rico with Puerto Rico. States that environmental regulations promulgated by Puerto Rico shall be presumptively valid, and not disapproved or superceded by Federal regulations unless they are determined to be clearly injurious to the health and safety of the Puerto Rican people. Creates a Joint Commission on United States-Puerto Rico Relations to assist in bringing the legal and administrative relations between the United States and Puerto Rico into further conformity with the fundamental objectives of this Compact. Enumerates tasks of the Joint Commission, including: (1) to study desirability of retaining, modifying or eliminating application of specified Federal laws to Puerto Rico, and methods of implementing Commission policy decisions; (2) to study other possible transfers of Federal functions to agencies of Puerto Rico, and methods of implementing such transfers; and (3) to study the desirability of recommending a system of contributory payments from the Government of Puerto Rico to the Treasury of the United States in such ways as to not impede the socio-economic development of Puerto Rico. Establishes a United States district court for Puerto Rico and grants this court the same powers as other U.S. district court. Sets forth the procedures and jurisdiction of the U.S. district court for Puerto Rico in general. Applies all immigration laws, rules, regulations, and procedures of the United States to Puerto Rico. States that in order to become effective, this Compact must be approved by the Congress of the United States and by the electorate of Puerto Rico in a special referendum called for that purpose by the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. Establishes an amending procedure to this Compact, which may be modified only by mutual agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of Puerto Rico with the approval of the electorate of Puerto Rico.

Bill· SS. 3836 (94th)referred

Sludge Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1976

Sludge Control Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations (1) identifying sludge which requires specialized management practices; (2) establishing criteria for acceptable methods of sludge management; and (3) establishing requirements applicable to generators of such sludge. Stipulates that no person shall, after two years after the enactment of this Act, transport, treat, store, or dispose of any sludge without a permit for such activity. Establishes minimum criteria for issuance of such permits. Authorizes States to develop sludge permit programs equivalent to the Federal program. Directs the Administrator to establish a plan for the removal of sludge which poses a danger to public health or the environment. Imposes strict liability upon owners and operators of vessels for the costs in removing sludge. Imposes criminal penalties of fines between $2,500 and $25,000 per day of violation and/or imprisonment of up to one year for violation of this Act. Increases the maximum penalty to $50,000 per day of violation and two years' imprisonment for second offenders. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct a special demonstration project relating to the feasibility of ocean disposal sites for sludge and similar substances beyond the Outer Continental Shelf. Directs the Administrator to study the feasibility and practicality of a single comprehensive ecosystem approach to the management and control of sludge and other solid wastes.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 553 (94th)passed

A resolution honoring Mike Mansfield of Montana.

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.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 213 (94th)referred

An original joint resolution to provide temporary authority for qualified individuals to hear and determine claims under title IV of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1976

Amends the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to make the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act relating to the adjudication and processing of claims for benefits applicable to claims for benefits under Part C of the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to utilize hearing officers not appointed pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3105 in the adjudication of black lung claims until December 31, 1977. Makes the provisions of this resolution effective July 1, 1973.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 547 (94th)reported

A resolution relating to the consideration of S. 1302 and H.R. 13555.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1976

Waives application of the Congressional Budget Act requirement that new budget authority be reported to Congress before May 15th in order to permit consideration of H.R. 13555 and S. 1302 (Scotia mine disaster bills.) Explains that such waiver is necessary because the investigation of the Scotia mine disaster in March, 1976 was delayed and timely reporting of S. 1302 and H.R. 13555 was also delayed so as to include preliminary results of the Scotia study in committee consideration of the measure.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 544 (94th)passed

A resolution authorizing additional printing.

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1976

Authorizes printing 1,900 additional copies of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare committee print, "Rehabilitation and Developmental Disabilities Legislation."

Bill· SS. 3801 (94th)referred

Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1976

Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud Act - Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Office of Central Fraud and Abuse Control. Provides that such Office shall have the overall responsibility for directing and establishing policies with respect to the undertaking of activities which are designed to deal with fraud and abuse in the Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services, Medicare and Medicaid. Specifies that the Office shall also have responsibility for investigating alleged fraud or abuse in any such program, and assisting State agencies, at their request, in the establishment and operation of State antifraud and abuse activities. Directs that no payment for Medicare service may be made to a person claiming such payment under an assignment, including a power of attorney, but may be made to an agent of the person furnishing such service. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or the Comptroller General to require providers or suppliers of items or services, with respect to which payment is claimed under one of the programs within the jurisdiction of the Office, to furnish specified information including the following: (1) the identity of persons having ownership interest in such entity; and (2) a consolidated certified costs report with respect to its costs and charges, including costs and charges of related organizations. Specifies sanctions which shall be imposed upon entities which fail to comply with requests for information. Increases the penalties for defrauding the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Provides that it shall be a felony (presently misdemeanor) punishable by imprisonment of up to five years for such an offense. States that where a Professional Standards Review Organization is found competent by the Secretary to assume review responsibility with respect to specified types of health care services or specified providers or practitioners of such services and is performing such reviews, such reviews shall constitute the conclusive determination on those issues for purposes of payment under this Act.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 525 (94th)passed

Designation of the Philip A. Hart Office Building.

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."

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 524 (94th)passed

A resolution regarding the recent terrorist attack at Istanbul Airport.

United States · United States Congress · 26 August 1976

Urges the President to direct United States Ambassadors abroad to seek the consideration by foreign governments of suspension of their air service to any foreign nation aiding or abetting terrorism. States that the President should undertake international discussions and negotiations which would strengthen the current minimum safety standards established pursuant to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Urges the President to end air transportation between the United States and any foreign nation which violates such act; services violating nations; or does not maintain transportation security sufficient to meet the minimum security standards established pursuant to the Convention.

Bill· SS. 3766 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1969 to prohibit the export of horses from the United States for purposes of slaughter.

United States · United States Congress · 24 August 1976

Amends the Export Administration Act of 1969 to prohibit the exportation from the United States of any horse by vessel after December 31, 1976, unless exported under waivers provided under regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, which permit special consignments of not more than ten horses and which are in conformance with human standards. Prohibits transatlantic exportation by vessel of horses intended for slaughter. Prohibits exportation of horses by vessel from November 1 to March 31 inclusive.

Law· SS. 3735 (94th)open

National Swine Flu Immunization Program of 1976

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1976

National Influenza Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, conduct, and support activities necessary to carry out a national influenza immunization program. Directs the Secretary to make quarterly reports to Congress on the administration of such activities. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the scope and extent of liability for personal injuries arising out of immunization programs and of alternative approaches to providing protection against such liability and compensation for such injuries. Requires the Secretary to report the results of such study, along with legislative recommendations, to Congress within one year of enactment of these provisions. Makes the United States liable with respect to claims for personal injury or death resulting from the administration of vaccine under the immunization program. Establishes procedures under which all such claims will be asserted directly against the United States and makes such procedures the exclusive legal remedy.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 502 (94th)referred

A resolution of disapproval of budget authority for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1976

Disapproves the deferral of budget authority for operating grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as reported by the Comptroller General of the United States to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in his letter dated July 29, 1976.

Bill· SS. 3662 (94th)reported

A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to the computation of annuity amounts in certain cases.

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1976

Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 respecting the computation of annuity benefits for railroad employees and spouses of deceased employees. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon request by the Railroad Retirement Board, to transfer funds from the Railroad Retirement Account in the U.S. Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Supplemental Account if the amounts in the supplemental account are insufficient to pay the annuities due from it. Requires the transfer of any excess amounts in the supplemental account to the retirement account. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from the definition of compensation paid to railroad employees, for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Tax, amounts paid to, or on behalf of, an employee or any of his dependents, under a plan or system established by an employer which provides for his employees generally or for a class or classes of his employees on account of sickness or accident disability or medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with such sickness or disability.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 483 (94th)passed

A resolution authorizing the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare to inspect and receive tax returns, and tax related matters, of the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund under section 6103 and 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1976

Authorizes the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate to exercise oversight jurisdiction over the investigation of the Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, to inspect and receive any tax return, or tax related matter, held by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to such fund and any other tax return or tax related matter held by the Secretary of the Treasury which is demonstrated to contain information directly relating to its study and oversight proceedings.

Bill· SS. 3624 (94th)referred

Commercial Fisheries Improvement Fund Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1976

Commercial Fisheries Improvement Fund Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make long-term, low interest, incentive loans for investment in fisheries shoreside facilities for underutilized fisheries and fishing vessels for underutilized fisheries. Sets forth the terms for such loans. Requires the Secretary, before approving a loan for the purchase of a new or used vessel, to determine that the applicant's comtemplated operation of such vessel in a fishery will not cause economic hardship or injury to efficient vessels already operating in that fishery. Directs that loans pursuant to this Act shall be made only to citizens or nationals of the United States. Provides that no corporation, partnership, or association organized under the laws of American Samoa shall be deemed a national of the United States unless 75 percent of the interest therein is owned by nationals or citizens of the United States. Establishes in the U.S. Treasury a Commercial Fisheries Improvement Fund which shall be used by the Secretary as a fund from which to make loans under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $250,000,000 to provide initial capital for all loans under this Act. Repeals provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 which provide loans for financing or refinancing of the cost of purchasing, constructing, equipping, maintaining, repairing, or operating commercial fishing vessels or gear. Directs that any outstanding loans made under such provisions shall be handled in accordance with this Act.

Bill· SS. 3539 (94th)referred

National Energy Center Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1976

National Energy Center Act - Establishes a National Energy Center in the Energy Research and Development Administration to formulate and implement policies relating to energy technology implementation and to evaluate socioeconomic aspects of such technology development. Establishes in the Center an Energy Conservation Service to implement programs for the utilization of energy conserving practices by agricultural, industrial, governmental, educational, commercial, and residential sectors. Directs the Service to establish extension offices to assist in providing energy conservation information to groups and individuals at the local level. Establishes in the Center an Office for Energy Research and Policy Analysis to improve coordination of energy research programs and policymaking, taking into consideration the economic, social, environmental, health, and other related areas. Establishes a Central Energy Research Facility for coordination of energy research activities. Establishes a Central Energy Research Facility Site Selection Board, and requires the Board to transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report on its site selection with justification.

Bill· SS. 3482 (94th)referred

A bill to amend section 4942(g) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1976

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the requirement that amounts set-aside by a private foundation for a specific project receive the approval of the Internal Revenue Service in order to be treated as qualifying distributions by the foundation making the set-aside.

Bill· SS. 3474 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to make more equitable the provisions relating to deductions from benefits on account of noncovered remunerative activity outside the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1976

Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that no deduction shall be made from any individual's insurance benefit under such Title for any month on account of work done by the individual eligible for such benefit outside the United States, on an hourly basis, such work amounting to less than 48 hours in the month.

Bill· SS. 3440 (94th)passed

Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Affairs Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1976

Arts, Humanities, and Cultural Affairs Act - Title I: Arts and Humanities - Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to permit under the National Endowment for the Arts a grants-in-aid program grants and contracts with respect to international activities provided that the primary purpose of such grants and contracts is to support the arts in the United States. Restricts use of allotments made to States with approved plans to not more than 50 percent of the total cost of any project or production. Requires Senate approval of Presidential appointment of members to the National Council on the Arts and the National Council on the Humanities. Authorizes the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities to establish a grants- in-aid program to assist States in developing and promoting the humanities. Sets forth standards relating to program administration for plans submitted by States seeking assistance. Specifies a formula for alloting funds appropriated for grants-in-aid. Authorizes the appropriation to the National Endowment for the Arts and to the National Endowment for the Humanities of specified sums for fiscal years 1977 and 1978 and such funds as may be necessary for fiscal years 1979 and 1980. Revises the maximum amount which may be appropriated to such Endownments as grants of matching amounts received through donation, bequest, and devise. Title II: Museum Services Program - Museum Services Act- Establishes within the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities an Institute for the Improvement of Museum Services, consisting of a National Museum Services Board and a Director of the Institute. Authorizes the Director, subject to the management of the Board, to make grants to museums to increase and improve museum services. Confers authority upon the Institute to accept grants, gifts, or bequests of money for immediate disbursement in furtherance of the functions of the Institute. Authorizes the appropriation of funds for grants by the Institute for fiscal years 1977 through 1980. Title III: Cultural Challenge Program - Authorizes the Chairman of the National Endownment for the Arts, with the advice of the National Council on the Arts, to establish a program of contracts with, or grants-in-aid to, public agencies and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of assisting cultural organizations and institutions and promoting citizen involvement with such bodies. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1980 to carry out such program. Title IV: Arts Education Program - Authorizes the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, with the advice of the National Council on the Arts, to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, appropriate public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of developing in-service training and retraining programs for arts education personnel and conducting demonstration projects of achievements in arts education. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1980 to carry out such program. Title V: - Authorizes the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, with the advice of the National Council on the Humanities, to make grants and enter into contracts pursuant to a Bicentennial Challenge Grant program designed to: (1) encourage citizen participation in democratic processes and institutions; (2) develop new approaches to solving problems of a social, political, and economic nature; and (3) develop new approaches for citizen involvement in the decision making process. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1980 to carry out such program. Establishes an American Bicentennial Photography and Film Project under which assistance is to be provided (1) to State art agencies to suppor qualified photography and film projects and (2) directly to applicants for film or photography projects of special merit.

Bill· SS. 3340 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code to require the Postal Rate Commission to consider matters in its rate-making procedures, to provide for the treatment of certain mail matters as certain classes of mail, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1976

Amends the Postal Reorganization Act to include among the factors to be considered by the Postal Rate Commission in making a recommended decision on a request for changes in rates, fees or service the educational, cultural, scientific, and informational value to the recipient of mail matters involved. Includes as "periodical publications", for the purpose of qualifying as second class mail, legal and public policy looseleaf reporting service materials. Entitles (1) national and State committees of national political parties and (2) one State conservation publication in each State to preferential rates. Permits books, films, and similar educational materials to be mailed from a publisher or distributor to a school, college, university, or library at the same rate as that charged schools, libraries, and nonprofit organizations for mailing such matter.

Bill· SS. 3262 (94th)referred

Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1976

Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments - Title I: Amendments to Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 - States that for purposes of determining emergency Federal unemployment benefits there shall be an "emergency on" indicator in a State for a week if the rate of insured unemployment in the State for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks equaled or exceeded five percent; or the rate of insured unemployment for all States for such period equaled or exceeded four and one-half percent. Stipulates that there is an "emergency off" indicator in a State for a week if there is no "emergency on" indicator and if at the end of such week the emergency benefit period on the State has lasted for at least 13 weeks. Extends the emergency assistance program authorized by the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1974 until 1978. Authorizes additional compensation to individuals enrolled in approved training programs after exhaustion of the maximum amount of emergency compensation otherwise payable to the individual. States that such compensation shall be limited to the lesser of a maximum of 13 consecutive weeks, or the weeks the individual is participating and making satisfactory progress in the training program. Permits the Secretary of Labor to prescribe rules and regulations to implement this Act. Title II: Special Unemployment Assistance Amendments - Extends the emergency assistance program authorized under the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974 through the week ending March 31, 1978. Permits individuals participating in approved training programs to receive assistance after the maximum amount of assistance otherwise payable to such individual is exhausted. States that such assistance shall be limited to the lesser of a maximum of 13 weeks or the weeks the individual is participating and progressing satisfactorily in the training program. Establishes a special unemployment assistance program for public service employees. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe rules and regulations governing the program. Title III: Amendments to Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 - Sets forth a new formula for deriving the rate of insured employment under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.

Bill· SS. 3254 (94th)referred

A bill to amend the act to encourage domestic travel in order to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to provide certain assistance to projects carrying out the purpose of such act.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1976

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants available, on a matching basis with non-Federal funds, to States or subdivisions thereof, or private or public nonprofit organizations or associations, for the purpose of encouraging and promoting travel within the United States and its territories.

Bill· SS. 3248 (94th)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish eligibility for husband's benefits based on having a child in care, and to provide benefits for widowed fathers with minor children.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1976

Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act: (1) to grant eligibility for husband's insurance benefits to any husband of an individual entitled to old-age or disability insurance benefits, although such husband is under the age of 62, if such husband has in his care a child entitled to child's insurance benefits on the basis of the wife's eligibility; and (2) to provide benefits under Title II for widowed fathers with minor children on the same basis as benefits for widowed mothers with minor children.

Bill· SS. 3239 (94th)passed

Health Professions Educational Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1976

Health Professions Educational Assistance Act - Title I: Extension of Current Authorities Through Fiscal Year 1977 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend appropriation authorizations for specified medical training and education programs through fiscal year 1977. Title II: General Provisions - Requires any entity providing health services to an area where large segments of the population are of limited English-speaking ability to emphasize the recruitment of health personnel speaking the language predominantly spoken by such segments of the population as a prerequisite to receiving assistance under such Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to encourage the development of cooperative interdisciplinary training among health professions schools, emphasizing the use of the team approach to the delivery of health services and the training and utilization of auxiliary personnel. Title III: Student Assistance - Limits student medical education loans, in each academic year, to the cost of tuition for that year and $2,500. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a program of student loan insurance for students in eligible health professions schools. Establishes ceilings on the total principal amount of new loans made and installments paid pursuant to lines of credit to students covered by Federal loan insurance in fiscal years 1978 through 1980. Sets forth annual insurable limits per student based on the kind of medical school attended. Stipulates conditions student borrowers must meet to be eligible for federally insured student loans and sets forth the terms of such loans. Allows eligible lenders to apply to the Secretary for a certificate of insurance covering a medical education loan made by such lender to an eligible student and setting forth the amount and terms of the insurance. Directs an insurance beneficiary to notify the Secretary promptly of any default by a student borrower. Authorizes the Secretary, upon request or the Secretary's own motion, to pay to the beneficiary the amount of the loss sustained by the insured upon the student loan. Authorizes the Secretary to reduce payment for health services to borrowers who are practicing their professions but have defaulted on their loans in amounts up to the remaining balance of such loans. Establishes a student loan insurance fund to be available to the Secretary for the purpose of making payments in connection with the default of student loans. Stipulates that the Secretary may sue and be sued in any appropriate Federal or State court in any civil action arising in connection with student medical education loans without regard to the amount in controversy. Grants Federal credit unions the power to make insured medical education loans to student members in accordance with these provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or nonprofit private health professions schools for scholarships to be awarded by such schools to students who are of exceptional financial need and who are in their first year of postbaccalaureate study. Title IV: National Health Service Corps - Directs the Secretary to designate annually areas, population groups, and medical or public facilities, as health manpower shortage areas. Authorizes the Secretary to assign members of the National Health Service Corps to provide health services to such areas upon approval of an application by an appropriate entity for such assignment. Requires as a condition to approval that the entity enter into a cost sharing agreement for a specific assignment period. Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report on specified aspects of the Corp's activities and the cost sharing and health services operations. Directs the Secretary to establish the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program to assure an adequate supply of health professionals for the National Health Service Corps. Lists conditions of eligibility for such Program. Requires each participant to serve in the Corps for a period of one year for each year a scholarship is received under such Program. Allows the Secretary to release an individual from such obligation if such individual applies for release and enters into a written agreement with the Secretary to engage in a full-time private clinical practice in an area which has been designated as a health manpower shortage area for a period of one year for each year a scholarship was received under the Program. Requires participants in such Program to enter into a written contract with the Secretary. Entitles the United States to recover damages in the event of a breach of the participant's contractual obligations, such damages to be computed according to the formula specified. Title V: Postgraduate Physician Training - Establishes in the Public Health Service the National Council on Postgraduate Physician Training to conduct studies and other activities relevant to postgraduate training of physicians, including assessments of: (1) physician specialty distribution in the United States; (2) the need for financial support for postgraduate physician training; (3) the service needs of hospitals and other health institutions; (4) the educational component of postgraduate physician training programs; and (5) the impact of practice in the United States by graduates of foreign medical schools. Directs the Secretary to divide the United States into ten regions, establishing in each a Regional Council on Postgraduate Training within the region served by such Council. Directs the Secretary, upon the recommendation of each regional council, to certify annual postgraduate physician training positions in entities which directly provide such training within the region served by the regional council. Prohibits any entity which maintains uncertified postgraduate training positions from receiving financial assistance under the Public Health Service Act, or the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963. Makes it unlawful for any person subject to these provisions to knowingly establish or maintain residency training positions contrary to such provisions. Subjects violators to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation. Title VI: Foreign Medical Graduates - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make specified preference immigrant aliens who graduate from a medical school and are coming to the United States principally to perform services as members of the medical profession ineligible to receive visas or to be admitted into the United States. Increases restrictions on granting immigrant visas to foreign medical professionals who were previously granted educational visitor status while attending a health professions school in the United States. Title VII: Standards for State Licensure of Physicians or Dentists - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) develop and establish model standards for State licensure of physicians and dentists; (2) prepare examinations for licensing and procedures for relicensing of physicians and dentists; and (3) develop appropriate standards for continuing education programs for physicians and dentists. Requires the Secretary to submit a report no later than October 1, 1978, jointly to the Committee of Labor and PUblic Welfare of the Senate and to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives on minimum standards for State licensure of physicians and dentists. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State agencies to assist in the establishment of State systems for the initial licensure and subsequent renewals of licensure for physicians and dentists. Title VIII: Grants for Schools of Medicine, Osteopathy, and Dentistry - Revises the method of calculating the amount of annual capitation grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry to support their educational programs. Prohibits such grants unless the applicant for aid gives assurances that student enrollment and the level of non-Federal aid will not be less than in the previous year. Requires medical schools receiving grants to reserve a specified percentage of places for full-time students who have applied for scholarships under such Act. Requires such schools to reserve a specified percentage of their filled residencies in family practice, primary internal medicine, primary pediatrics, primary obstetrics, and gynecology. Requires dental schools receiving grants to develop, establish, and operate a Training in Expanded Auxiliary Management program (T.E.A.M.) to train dental students in the organization and management of multiple auxiliary dental-team practice. Title IX: Grants for Schools of Veterinary Medicine, Optometry, Pharmacy, and Podiatry - Directs the Secretary to make annual grants to schools of veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry to support their educational programs. Sets forth the method of calculating the amount of such annual grants. Requires schools of pharmacy to include in their applications the assurance that they will provide each student with a training program in clinical pharmacy. Requires schools of veterinary medicine to include in their applications the assurance that their clinical training will emphasize predominantly care to food and fibre producing animals. Title X: Public Health and Health Care Administration - Directs the Secretary to make annual capitation grants to schools of public health for the support of their educational programs. Directs the Secretary to make annual grants to public or nonprofit private entities (except schools of public health) to support their graduate educational programs in health administration and health planning, including schools of social work). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist schools of public health and specified other public nonprofit educational entities in meeting the costs of special projects in: (1) biostatistics or epidemiology; (2) health administration, health planning, or health policy analysis and planning; and (3) environmental or occupational health. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to such schools and entities for traineeships. Title XI: Allied Health Personnel - Directs the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts to assist eligible entities in meeting the costs of activities undertaken with respect to: (1) methods of regional coordination and management of education and training for allied health personnel within and among educational institutions and their clinical affiliates; (2) methods for retraining allied health personnel; (3) meaningful career ladders for practicing allied health personnel; and (4) new or improved methods of credentialing allied health personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for traineeships provided by such entities for the advanced training programs for such personnel or for service in administrative or supervisory positions. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of allied health and specified other entities to assist in meeting the costs of aiding students or potential students who are financially or otherwise disadvantaged. Title XII: Special Project Grants and Contracts - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts with any public or nonprofit entity to carry out special projects related to: (1) programs for physician assistance and expanded functional auxiliaries; (2) educational assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; (3) start up grants; (4) area health education center programs; (5) financial distress assistance to medical schools; (6) grants for training, traineeships, and fellowships in primary internal medicine and primary pediatrics; (7) human behavior and psychiatry in medical and dental practice; (8) speech pathology and audiology; (9) humanism in health care; (10) biomedical educational programs; (11) education of U.S. citizens returning from foreign medical schools; (12) grants for bilingual health clinical training centers; (13) projects grants and contracts for schools of optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry; (14) grants to schools of social work in health care; (15) health manpower development grants and contracts; (16) health professions data; (17) environmental health educational grants; (18) health problems relating to women; (19) regional health professions schools; (20) primary dental care development; (21) U.S. citizens who have completed medical training abroad; (22) psychology training programs; (23) implications of advances in biomedical research; (24) dietetic residencies; and (25) regional systems of continuing education. Title XIII: Occupational Health Training and Education Centers - Directs the Secretary to make grants to assist public nonprofit colleges or universities to establish and operate occupational health training and education centers through cooperative arrangements between schools of medicine and schools of public health. Title XIV: Assistance for Construction of Primary Health Care Teaching Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to a public or nonprofit private entity to assist in the construction of ambulatory care teaching facilities for the training of physicians and dentists. Title XV: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private schools of nursing and other private entities to establish and operate programs to train and educate nurse practitioners, pediatric nurses, and physician assistants who are residents of urban or rural underserved areas. Authorizes the appropriation of specified amounts in fiscal years 1978 through 1980 to carry out the purposes of this Act.