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Bill· HRH.R. 9322 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1975
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the amount of expenses paid for higher education in the taxable year for education above the twelfth grade paid for by the taxpayer for himself or any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Defines expenses of higher education as: (1) tuition and fees required for the enrollment or attendance of a student at a level above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education; and (2) fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction above the twelfth grade at an institution of higher education. Provides that the amount of higher education expenses taken into consideration shall be reduced by any amounts received as a scholarship or fellowship grant or as veterans' benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 9319 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to make visits to the work place of any employer, upon the request of the employer, to consult with and advise the employer concerning the obligations of the employer under such Act States that the Secretary shall give priority to small businesses and hazardous workplaces. Stipulates that no consultative visit made under this Act may serve as an inspection or investigation as otherwise provided for by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, except: (1) in the case of an employer who fails to eliminate a danger disclosed during such a vist; or (2) if conditions are found during such a vist which indicate the probability that death or serious harm could result to employees therefrom, the Secretary may notify the employer of such conditions and afford him a reasonable time to eliminate such conditions. Prohibits the transmission of information obtained during a consultative visit to representatives of the Secretary engaged in enforcement. Directs the Secretary to establish education programs to inform employers and employees of the hazards in particular industries. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1978 for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9315 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 September 1975
Sets forth standards, relating to the rights of patients under the General Provisions of the Social Security Act, to be met by intermediate care facilities participating in programs under title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Provides that the statement of rights required to be adopted by such facilities shall include guarantees: (1) that the patient's civil and religious liberties will not be infringed; (2) that the patient has the right to private communications with his physician, attorney, or any other person; and (3) that the patient has the right to have privacy in treatment and in caring for personal needs and confidentiality in the treatment of personal and medical records.
Bill· SS. 2275 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Revises the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 so as to include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia as States with respect to the program of grants for educational research and training as established by such Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 235 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare should withdraw its proposed Consolidated Procedural Rules for Administration and Enforcement of the Department's statutory responsibilities. States that if additional positions are required for enforcement of Civil Rights laws such need should be brought to the attention of the Senate. Directs the Office of Civil Rights to continue to make efforts to detect systematic discrimination including those areas relating to discrimination based on sex and handicap.
Bill· HRH.R. 9249 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Provides additional financial assistance (70 percent of the duties collected under the customs laws on fishery products) for consumer education and market research and development programs pertaining to United States fisheries, and for purchase of surplus fishery products.
Bill· HRH.R. 9266 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Establishes the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that the Inspector General Shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Inspector General shall investigate each program administered by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in order to determine if such program is administered in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and to recommend corrections of deficiencies in such program. Requires the Inspector General to report annually to Congress and the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Provides that the Inspector General may secure any information that he deems necessary from any agency of the Federal Government. Gives the Inspector the power to hold hearings and issue subpenas as necessary to gather information. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9280 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Provides that no State shall be required to administer individual means tests for the provision of education, nutrition, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services provided under the Social Security Act to groups of low-income individuals aged sixty or older. Limits to 6 months the frequency of recertifications of eligibility for services under such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9242 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
National Nutrition Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provisions of nutrition education programs in the classroom and lunchrooms of elementary and secondary schools by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive nutrition education programs. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State education agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of nutrition education programs in schools. Authorizes specified appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local education agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies, institutions, or organizations to pay the cost of pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to nutrition education and nutrition-related problems. Authorizes special appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State education agencies to pay the Federal share of the cost of developing and carrying out nutrition education programs in elementary and secondary schools within each State. Authorizes specified appropriations for such grants for fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978. Sets forth application requirements for the grants authorized to be made by this Act. Establishes within the Office of Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a National Nutrition Education Resource Center. Makes it the function of the Center to provide training and information relating to nutrition education. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the center not to exceed $2,000,000 in any fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 9228 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Authorizes appropriations, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, for purposes of educational research and training for fiscal years 1977 and 1978, of such sums as are necessary to increase the allotments to States to the level of funding those States received for fiscal year 1974 for the programs consolidated under title IV (Educational Research and Training) of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9195 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1975
Establishes, under the Higher Education Act, a National Student Financial Assistance Data Bank in the office of Education to assist individuals enrolled in institutions of higher education by identifying the public and private sources of financial assistance available for students at such institutions.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 119 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
National Commission on School Busing Act - Establishes a fifteen-member commission to be known as the National Commission on School Busing. Provides that the members be appointed by the President from representatives of concerned parents and from the field of education and law. Directs the Commission to make an investigation with respect to school busing compelled by order of the court or by a plan approved by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires the Commission to submit a final report to the President and Congress not later than March 1, 1976. Calls upon the Commission to consider the feasibility of a constitutional amendment to prohibit compulsory school busing, a modification of court orders and plans formulated by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and alternatives to achieving quality education. Authorizes the Commission to hold hearings and issue subpenas as necessary to carry out this resolution. Provides for the appointment of and compensation for the members and their staff. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums, but not to exceed $1,000,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 60 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that compulsory school busing be discontinued until such time as an adequate study of the effects of such busing and alternatives to it is completed.
Bill· HRH.R. 9122 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Department of Education Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be headed by a Secretary of Education appointed by the President. States that it shall be the principal function of the Department to improve the quality of education throughout the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) advise the President with respect to the progress of education; (2) develop and recommend to the President appropriate policies and programs to foster the orderly growth and development of the Nation's educational facilities and resources especially in the light of long-range requirements; (3) exercise leadership at the direction of the President in coordinating Federal activities affecting education; (4) conduct continuing comprehensive surveys, collect, analyze, and disseminate relevant information concerning education in the United States; (5) provide information and such other assistance as may be authorized by the Congress to aid in the maintenance of efficient school, college, and university systems; and (6) encourage comprehensive long-range planning by State and local governments, especially with respect to coordinating Federal, State, and community educational activities at the local level. Transfers the education functions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Department of Education. Transfers various specified education functions of other executive departments to the Department of Education. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to study and recommend such actions as may be necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Establishes a National Advisory Commission on Education of specified membership and qualification to review and make recommendations with respect to the administration, regulation, and operation of Federal education programs. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9139 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
Entitles a locally recruited teacher for a school operated by the Department of Defense in an overseas area to the same overseas differentials and allowances as a domestically recruited teacher upon completion of 90 days of satisfactory service. Provides that the classifying and assigning of teachers and teaching positions in salary classes and groups, and the determination of basic compensation for teachers in such schools shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1965.
Bill· HRH.R. 9112 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 9037 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1975
Schoolchildren's Assistance Act - Authorizes a two-year program of financial assistance for all elementary and secondary school children. Declares that it is the intent of Congress to: guarantee the right of the parent to have his child educated in a school of his own choosing; perpetuate freedom of choice on all levels of education; continue the pluralistic system of education presently operative in the United States; avoid direct or indirect contravention of education; provide equal opportunity to all children. Prohibits Federal Government officers or employees administering this Act from exercising direction or control over the policy determination, personnel, curriculum, or administration of any school. Authorizes appropriations, without any condition inconsistent with this Act being placed on such appropriations, of $6,000,000 for fiscal years 1977 and 1978. Provides that the sum of $120 shall be allotted annually to each school pupil for the purposes of defraying the costs of his education. Asserts that if a parent or legal guardian declares to the Commissioner of Education his intention to have his ward attend private school, the allotment may be granted to such private school by the Commissioner who has the power to promulgate the rules to protect the interests of the child and of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 9064 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 9038 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1975
Stipulates that provisions of the Education Amendments of 1972 relating to discrimination based on sex shall not apply with respect to any scholarship or other financial assistance awarded to an individual by an institution of higher education as a result of a pageant, program, contest, or competition in which participation is limited to individuals of one sex only and the award is based, in whole or in part, upon the personal achievement, poise, or talent of such individual.
Bill· HRH.R. 9048 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1975
Authorizes the Commission of Education to contract with a nonprofit or public organization, whose main aim is to motivate children to read, to pay to a publisher or local book distributor 50 percent of the cost to the organization for books for school children in that locality. Authorizes to be appropriated specified sums for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 656 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1975
Disapproves the deferral of budget authority relating to higher education-aid to land-grant colleges (deferral numbered D76-43) which was proposed by the President in his special message of July 25, 1975, transmitted under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 9001 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1975
Directs that applications for assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for bilingual education programs be developed in consultation with both parents of English-speaking children and parents of children of limited English-speaking ability.
Bill· HRH.R. 9010 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1975
Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be headed by a Secretary appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Declares that the purpose of the Department is to promote the cause and advancement of education throughtout the Nation. Enumerates the responsibilities of the Secretary, including; (1) to advise the President with respect to the progress of education; (2) to develop and recommend to the President appropriate policies and programs to foster the orderly growth and development of the Nation's educational facilities and resources; (3) to conduct continuing and comprehensive surveys, collect data, and make available findings, on the progress of education; and (4) to provide information and such other assistance as may be authorized by the Congress to aid in the maintenance of efficient school systems. Grants to the Secretary the appropriate administrative powers to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the orderly transfer of the Education Division from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Department of Education. Requires the Secretary to make an annual report to the President and the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding calendar year. Establishes a Federal Interagency Commission on Education to study and recommend such actions as may be necessary to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Authorizies to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8999 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 8995 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1975
National Health Education and Promotion Act - Title I: National Center for Health Education and Promotion - Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the National Center for Health Education and Promotion to consist of not less than the following four divisions: the division for research in health education and preventive medicine; the division for community health education programs; the division for communications in health education; and the division of Federal programs. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Center, to develop a national health policy, including (1) formulation of a national strategy and national goals with respect to health education, health promotion, and preventive medicine; (2) incorporation of appropriate health education components into every facet of our society, especially into all aspects of health care and educational programming; and (3) increasing the application of health knowledge, skills, and practices by the general population in their patterns of daily living. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct specific programs consonant with the purposes of this Act upon determination of relative research needs. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for continuing surveys of such needs. Specifies application requirements for health care facilties for grants, contracts, or payments under the Public Health Service Act, the Community Health Centers Act, and the Social Security Act to insure that programs under such Acts provide consumer health education. Provides for dissemination of data on health information and education programs through the division for communications in health education. Establishes an interdepartmental committee on health education and promotion to coordinate Federal activities relating to health education and promotion. Establishes the Health Education and Promotion Advisory Council to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary on matters of general policy with respect to the functions of the Center. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the activities and policy recommendations of the divisions of the Center. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to carry out this title. Title II: Institution for Health Education and Promotion - Authorizes to be established a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Institution for Health Education and Promotion with the following functions the purposes of which are to facilitate the development of a health education and promotion strategy for the Nation: (1) consensus building and policy determination; (2) national strategy design; (3) health education advocacy; (4) technical assistance to national, state, and local health education groups; and (5) evaluation, testing, and demonstration of health education programs and technologies. Directs the Institution to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for the expenses of the Institution for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.
Bill· HRH.R. 8966 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 8949 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975
Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1976 and 1977 for educational programs, services, and activities for Indochinese refugee children in the schools of the local educational agencies of that State. States the form of and required information to be contained in an application by a State educational agency for assistance under this Act. Provides that the amount of the grant for each fiscal year to which a State educational agency is entitled under this Act shall be $300 for each Indochinese refugee child in that State. Authorizes to be appropriated to make the grants authorized by this Act $57,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $14,500,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and $29,000,000 for fiscal year 1977.
Bill· HRH.R. 8950 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975
Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for fiscal years 1976 and 1977 for educational programs, services, and activities for Indochinese refugee children in the schools of the local educational agencies of that State. States the form of and required information to be contained in an application by a State educational agency for assistance under this Act. Provides that the amount of the grant for each fiscal year to which a State educational agency is entitled under this Act shall be $300 for each Indochinese refugee child in that State. Authorizes to be appropriated to make the grants authorized by this Act $57,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $14,500,000 for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, and $29,000,000 for fiscal year 1977.
Bill· HRH.R. 8952 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· HRH.R. 8922 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1975
Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that no State shall be required to administer individual means tests for provision of education, nutrition, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services provided thereunder to groups of low-income individuals aged sixty or older.
Bill· HRH.R. 8889 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1975
Provides that qualified publications of institutions of higher education continue to qualify as second-class mail. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
Bill· HRH.R. 8890 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1975
Provides that children of parents employed on Federal property who attend school in a State contiguous to the State in which such property is situated may be counted for purposes of determining the aid entitlement of the local educational agency having jurisdiction over such school.
Bill· HRH.R. 8851 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· SS. 2157 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that no State shall be required to administer individual means tests for provision of education, nutrition, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services provided thereunder to groups of low-income individuals aged sixty or older.
Bill· HRH.R. 8813 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to make visits to the work place of any employer, upon the request of the employer, to consult with and advise the employer concerning the obligations of the employer under such Act States that the Secretary shall give priority to small businesses and hazardous workplaces. Stipulates that no consultative visit made under this Act may serve as an inspection or investigation as otherwise provided for by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, except: (1) in the case of an employer who fails to eliminate a danger disclosed during such a vist; or (2) if conditions are found during such a vist which indicate the probability that death or serious harm could result to employees therefrom, the Secretary may notify the employer of such conditions and afford him a reasonable time to eliminate such conditions. Prohibits the transmission of information obtained during a consultative visit to representatives of the Secretary engaged in enforcement. Directs the Secretary to establish education programs to inform employers and employees of the hazards in particular industries. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1978 for the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8814 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Defines the term "periodical publications" for purposes of postal rate application. Authorizes the mailing of catalogs and course listings issued by institutions of higher education at second-class mail rates. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)
Bill· HRH.R. 8804 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1975
Education for all Handicapped Children Act - Extends through 1976 specified provisions of the Education Amendments of 1974. Makes available to all handicapped children a free appropriate public education. Provides that during the period beginning October 1, 1976 and ending September 30, 1979, the Commissioner of Education shall make payments to State educational agencies for grants to assist States in providing full educational opportunity to all handicapped children. Sets forth limits upon the amount and guidelines for the allocation of such grants. Requires that each State, in order to be eligible for such grants, must follow a policy that assures all handicapped children the right to free education. States that each State must also develop a plan to carry out such policy. Directs that all handicapped children within the State must be identified, located, and evaluated in order for the State to be eligible. Authorizes the Commissioner to withhold payments, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing, when there is a failure to comply substantially with the requirements of this Act. Directs the Commissioner to evaluate the effectiveness of State plans. Requires an annual report by the Commissioner, to the appropriate committee of Congress, with respect to the activities carried out under this Act. Specifies amounts to be spent for the implementation of each provision of this Act. Sets limits upon the total amount to be allocated to each State. Requires that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare insure that each recipient of assistance take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified handicapped individuals.
Bill· SS. 2146 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1975
Equal Educational Opportunity Amendments - Specifies that the provisions of the Education Amendments relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex shall apply only to education programs and activities which directly receive financial assistance from the Federal Government. Prohibits any agency or department of the Federal Government from preparing, publishing, or enforcing any orders, rules, or regulations relating to voluntary athletic programs on the marital or parental status of any student at any educational institution. Permits educational institutions to adopt tests or other standards governing admission, provided such standards are reasonably related to a proper educational purpose, without violating the provisions of the Education Amendments.
Bill· HRH.R. 8733 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1975
Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct an annual audit of each hospital, nursing home, and other institutional facility participating in the medicaid program of the Social Security Act and each State or local agency distributing medicaid funds. Requires annual audits of providers of services under the medicare program of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8740 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to make visits to the work place of any employer, upon the request of the employer, to consult with and advise the employer concerning the obligations of the employer under such Act States that the Secretary shall give priority to small businesses and hazardous workplaces. Stipulates that no consultative visit made under this Act may serve as an inspection or investigation as otherwise provided for by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, except: (1) in the case of an employer who fails to eliminate a danger disclosed during such a vist; or (2) if conditions are found during such a vist which indicate the probability that death or serious harm could result to employees therefrom, the Secretary may notify the employer of such conditions and afford him a reasonable time to eliminate such conditions. Prohibits the transmission of information obtained during a consultative visit to representatives of the Secretary engaged in enforcement. Directs the Secretary to establish education programs to inform employers and employees of the hazards in particular industries. Authorizes the appropriation of funds through fiscal year 1978 for the purposes of this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 614 (94th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1975
Provides that upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 7217) to amend the Education of the Handicapped Act to provide educational assistance to all handicapped children, and for other purposes. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Directs that it shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. States that, at the conclusion of such consideration, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. Provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Directs that after the passage of H.R. 7217, the Committee on Education and Labor shall be discharged from the further consideration of the bill S. 6, and it shall then be in order in the House to move to strike out all after the enacting clause of the said Senate bill and insert in lieu thereof the provisions contained in H.R. 7217 as passed by the House.
Bill· HRH.R. 8723 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1975
Makes specified siblings eligible for war orphans' and widows' educational assistance if the veteran concerned has no spouse or children, or does not leave a widower or widow. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1701(a), 1712)
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 52 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
States that the Congress finds that sections 86.37 (c) and 86.41 of the regulations of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare relating to non-discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving Federal fianancial assistance exceed the authority conferred by title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Disapproves such sections of such regulations in that they seek to regulate athletic programs and activities which receive no Federal financial assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 8689 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
National Health Education and Disease Prevention Act - Title I: Health Information, Education, and Promotion - National Health Information, Education, and Promotion Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to formulate under the Public Health Service Act national goals, and a strategy to achieve such goals, with respect to health information, education, and promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of medical care. Directs the Secretary to undertake research and demonstration projects, and training programs, to achieve such goals. Authorizes the Secretary to make recommendations to the Congress and to reorganize and coordinate health information, education, and promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of medical care. Provides that no payment may be made under the Medicaid program of the Social Security Act unless the recipients provide health education in a form and a manner which meets the standards developed under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of health information, education, and preventive health services. Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the National Institute for Health Information, Education, and Promotion to be headed by a Director. Authorizes to be appropriated a total of $150,000,000 for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to the Institute for research programs, community programs, and information programs designed to carry out the purposes of this Act. Establishes the National Council on Health Information, Education, and Promotion and specifies the membership of the Council. Directs the Council to provide advice and recommendations for the consideration of the Secretary on matters of general policy with respect to the functions of the Institute. Title II: Disease Prevention and Control - Disease Prevention and Control Amendments. Authorizes to be appropriated $120,000,000 in total for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for grants to States and public and nonprofit private entities to assist them in meeting the costs of disease prevention and control programs (including administrative costs and the costs of demonstrations and evaluations of such programs). Directs the Secretary to develop a program under which personnel, equipment, medical supplies, and other resources of the Public Health Service may be used to effectively control epidemics of any disease. Title III: Miscellaneous Amendment - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Public Health Service Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8671 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1975
States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not regulate the potency or combinations of vitamins or minerals in food under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act except under specified provisions of such Act or in the case of children or pregnant or lactating women. Requires prominent disclosure of ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals in foods for special dietary use. Provides that a libel for condemnation of misbranded foods may be instituted against the retailer of such food if he is generally responsible for its advertising.
Bill· SS. 2106 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Provides that title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, relating to discrimination, shall not apply to an intercollegiate athletic activity insofar as such activity provides to the institution gross receipts or donations required by such institution to support that activity.
Bill· HRH.R. 8649 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Provides under title XX of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Services) that none of the limitations on payments to States shall apply with respect to expenditures made by a State for the provision of education, transportation, recreation, socialization, or associated services, if such services are provided consistent with the State plan approved under the Older Americans Act or the State law relating to multipurpose senior centers.
Bill· HRH.R. 8645 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Provides additional financial assistance (70 percent of the duties collected under the customs laws on fishery products) for consumer education and market research and development programs pertaining to United States fisheries, and for purchase of surplus fishery products.
Bill· HRH.R. 8655 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to local educational agencies or to the States to assist in the cost of providing education and occupational training and retraining to Cambodian and Vietnamese children and adults who are refugees as defined in the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1976, 1977 and 1978 for such grants.
Bill· HRH.R. 8648 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1975
Defines the term "periodical publications" for purposes of postal rate application. Authorizes the mailing of catalogs and course listings issued by institutions of higher education at second-class mail rates. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3626)