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Bill· SS. 1324 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate an official name for any new drug subject to prescription sale and for all drugs presently subject to such sale, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that drugs labeled or advertised by any name other than the official name shall be deemed to be misbranded. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt drugs from carrying the official name for one year in order to avoid confusion or to permit the orderly transition to revised labeling. Requires that drug labels be printed in type which is conspicuous.
Bill· HRH.R. 5387 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1975
Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, that the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall be responsible to the Assistant Secretary for Health of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. States that the Director shall not delegate any of his functions to any other officer who is not directly responsible to him.
Bill· SS. 1287 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Extends appropriations authorizations for that portion of the Vocational Educational Act of 1963 relating to bilingual vocational training through fiscal year 1977.
Bill· HRH.R. 5341 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Transfers all functions of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires such transfer to be implemented in accordance with such procedures and regulations as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe.
Bill· HRH.R. 5347 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1975
Student Financial Aid Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide basic and supplemental educational opportunity grants to eligible students for postsecondary education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to pay to each student enrolled in an institution of higher education a basic educational opportunity grant in an amount up to $600, determined by the expected family contributions to the student's higher education. Sets forth criteria for determining the expected family contribution, including the amount of family income and the number of dependents. Requires the Commissioner to carry out a program of supplemental grants to financially needy students who demonstrate outstanding academic performance or clear promise of such performance. Authorizes appropriations for supplemental grants of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each succeeding fiscal year prior to September 30, 1980. States that supplemental grants shall be equal to the full cost of tuition, fees, books and other direct instructional costs at the institution attended by such student, together with a cost-of-living allowance. Requires students receiving supplemental grants to maintain satisfactory academic progress. Establishes a program of incentive grants to the States to assist them in providing grants to eligible students in attendance at institutions of higher education, in providing work-study programs, or in providing additional capacity for enrollment of students at public institutions of higher education which do not charge tuition or fees. Permits the States to determine how such grants shall be utilized. Authorizes appropriations of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to September 30, 1980, for incentive grants to States. Sets forth a formula for determining each State's allotment. Directs the Commissioner to carry out a program designed to identify qualified students from low income families and veterans, to prepare them for a program of postsecondary education, and to provide special services for them. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions for such services, including (1) "Talent Search" programs to identify such individuals with exceptional potential, (2) "Upward Bound" programs, (3) "Special Services for Disadvantaged Students" programs, and (4) a program for paying up to 75 percent of the cost of establishing and operating Educational Opportunity Centers. Authorizes appropriations for incentive grants of $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to September 30, 1980. Establishes a federal loan insurance program to encourage States and nonprofit private institutions and organizations to provide adequate loan programs for students in eligible institutions. States that the total of loans made to a student in any academic year covered by Federal loan insurance may not exceed $1,000 for the first year of postsecondary education and $1,500 in subsequent years. Sets forth criteria governing the eligibility of student borrowers and the terms of federally insured student loans. Limits the interest rate on such loans to 7 percent. Authorizes the Commissioner to pay to each holder of loans insured under this Act a special allowance equal to a specified percentage of the average unpaid balance of disbursed principal of all such loans held by such holder. Permits any State or any nonprofit institution or organization to enter into an agreement with the Commissioner for the purpose of entitling students who receive loans which are insured under a student loan insurance program of that State, institution, or organization to have made on their behalf the payments provided for by this Act if the Commissioner determines that the student loan insurance program meets the requirements of this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to issue certificates of Federal loan insurance to eligible applicants. Requires the Commissioner to pay beneficiaries of loan insurance the amount of the unpaid balance of the principal plus interest whenever a student borrower defaults on such loan. Establishes a student loan insurance fund for making payments in connection with the default of insured loans. Directs the Commissioner to repay loans of student borrowers who die or become permanently disabled. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the student loan program. Establishes a student loan marketing association to serve as a secondary market and warehousing facility for insured student loans. States that such Association will be financed by private capital. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of $5,000,000 for making advances for the purpose of establishing the Association. Permits the Association to make advances on the security of, purchase, service, or sale of insured student loans. Directs the Association to report annually to the President and Congress on its operations and activities. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1969 through 1980 for student work-study programs. Directs the Commissioner to enter into agreements with eligible institutions for the making of grants to such institutions for work-study programs. Sets forth provisions and conditions governing such agreements. Requires institutions to provide matching funds. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to institutions to pay for the costs of establishing a program under which such institutions will, in cooperation with other employers in the localities of such institutions, find and create jobs for students enrolled at such institutions which are suitable to the scheduling and other needs of such students. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher education for the planning, establishment, expansion, or carrying out by such institutions of programs of cooperative education that alternate periods of full-time academic study with periods of full-time public or private employment. Provides that institutions which establish and maintain a student loan fund and meet other specified criteria are eligible for capital contributions to such fund by the Federal government. Sets forth conditions governing loans to students from such fund. States that such loans shall be cancelled if the student engages in specified public service activities. Defines the terms used in this Act. Requires that students receiving assistance from loans, grants, or loan guarantees must file an affidavit with the institution he is attending stating that the money received will be used solely for educational purposes.
Bill· SS. 1256 (94th)open
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Extends through fiscal year 1976 the program of financial assistance to States, under the Education of the Handicapped Act, for initiating, expanding, and improving programs and projects for the education of handicapped children at preschool, elementary, and secondary school levels.
Bill· SS. 1273 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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. 1264 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Education of the Handicapped Amendments - Sets the authorized ceiling on appropriations for programs to provide educational assistance to handicapped children, as established by the Education of the Handicapped Act, at the fiscal year 1975 level.
Bill· HRH.R. 5296 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Declares ineligible for purposes of federally assisted student loans, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, any institution of higher education or vocational school which does not have a policy of refunding an appropriate portion of tuition and fees to a student who withdraws from a course of study during the academic year. Requires educational institutions to disclose such policies to their students before the payment of fees. Directs the Commissioner of Education to prescribe regulations for determining the appropriate portion of fees to be refunded and for determining whether institutions have complied with the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5302 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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. 5303 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 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. 5240 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Requires the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of financial assistance to local educational agencies during fiscal years 1976 through 1978 for the construction of public elementary and secondary schools for the purpose of alleviating educational service deficiencies in low-income family areas. Authorizes to be appropriated not more than $2,500,000 to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5234 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1975
Postsecondary Education Consumer Protection Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide protection for students, consumers, and legitimate postsecondary educational institutions against substandard or fraudulent practices. Defines the term "federally recognized approving entity" as an entity relied upon by any Federal officer or agency in connection with a program: (1) of Federal assistance to postsecondary educational institutions by way of grants or contracts, loans, or loan insurance or guarantee; (2) of Federal assistance to students at postsecondary educational institutions by way of grants; loans, loan insurance or guarantee, or work programs; or (3) under which continuation of Federal payment is conditioned on attendance at a postsecondary educational institution approved or accredited by an approving entity. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, through the Advisory Committee on Accreditation and Institutional Eligibility, to conduct a study of the operation and effectiveness of the various federally recognized approving entities. Requires the Secretary to make such interim reports of his activities, findings, and recommendations as he may deem appropriate and to make a final report to the President and the Congress not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act. States that, upon completion of the study conducted under this Act, the Secretary shall revise the criteria to be met by federally recognized approving entities. Stipulates that whenever an officer or agency of the United States receives notification from the Secretary that a federally recognized approving entity fails to meet the criteria set by the Secretary, he shall discontinue reliance on such entity's approval or accreditation of postsecondary educational institutions or programs. Directs the Secretary to publish biannually in the Federal Register a list showing the following: (1) the approving entities which currently meet the criteria established by the Secretary pursuant to this Act; (2) the postsecondary educational institutions which are approved or accredited by such approving entities including a particularization of the departments or courses of study which are approved or accredited at the institutions; and (3) the institutions which have lost approval or accreditation and those whose applications for approval or accreditation were not accepted.
Bill· SS. 1249 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1975
Allows as a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code the amounts paid by the taxpayer as tuition and fees at an eligible educational institution for the taxpayer, his spouse, or a dependent. Limits such deduction to not more than $2,000 for each individual. Prohibits such deduction unless the individual claimed has been a full time student above the secondary level during each of four calendar months. Prohibits such deduction with respect to a spouse unless such spouse is claimed as an exemption, or unless a joint return is filed. Prohibits such deduction with respect to personal or living expenses. Reduces such deduction by the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $23,500. Reduces the amount of educational expenses qualifying for the deduction by the amounts received as scholarship or veterans' benefits.
Bill· SS. 1242 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1975
Public School Jurisdiction Act - Provides a uniform definition of unitary school systems for uniform court enforcement of the Civil Rights Act by requiring school systems to maintain constitutionally required racial balance as determined by prior court order and as required pursuant to a formula propounded under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5223 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1975
Vocational Education Amendments - Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and each suceeding fiscal year for basic grants under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Authorizes the appropriation of $100,000,000 for each fiscal year through fiscal year 1982 for special programs for the disadvantaged under such Act. Extends for seven years in the case of each such program the present authorizations under such Act for the exemplary programs and projects, for residential vocational education demonstration schools, for cooperative vocational education programs, for work-study programs, and for curriculum development in vocational and technical education.
Bill· HRH.R. 5181 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1975
Delays from fiscal year 1975 to fiscal year 1976 implementation of provisions of the Education Amendments of 1974 relating to: (1) State plans designed to equalize expenditures among local educational agencies; and (2) aid to federally impacted school districts. Revises the procedure for determining the amount of the entitlement of a local education agency with respect to special programs designed to meet the needs of handicapped children.
Bill· SS. 1229 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Student Loan Amendments - Provides for the elimination of the defense of infancy with respect to non-payment of federally insured student loans made pursuant to the Higher Education Act of 1965. Authorizes students who have elected to repay student loans in less than 5 years to, at any time prior to completion of repayment, extend the repayment period to 5 years. Provides for a minimum annual payment of $360 for married couples both of whom have loans outstanding. Provides that lenders may be paid interest on the aggregate amount of multiple disbursements to a student from the time the first disbursement is made for the particular period of enrollment. Mandates the availability to eligible educational institutions of the latest known address of the student borrower. Provides that defaulting students shall be ineligible for future student assistance. Eliminates proprietary institutions as eligible lenders under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Provides that educational loans be dischargeable in bankruptcy.
Bill· HRH.R. 5122 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Permits eligible veterans pursuing full-time programs of education to elect to receive increased monthly educational assistance allowances and have their period of entitlement reduced proportionally. States that such increase may not be more than twice the normal entitlement. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682(d)).
Bill· HRH.R. 5114 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Provides for the payment of educational assistance allowances to veterans enrolled in vocational education courses.
Bill· HRH.R. 5072 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Provides for a credit under the Internal Revenue Code for 20 percent of the amounts deposited by the taxpayer in an educational savings plan for himself or a dependent. Sets limitations on the amount of such credit, dependent upon the nature of the account. Defines "educational savings plan" and other terms used in this Act. Provides for the recapture of any such credit allocable to nonqualified noneducational uses or for failure to use the account. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 42)
Bill· HRH.R. 5078 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1975
Education for Exceptional Children Act - Defines "exceptional children" as handicapped children, children with specific learning disabilities, and particularly gifted children. Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a National Clearinghouse on Exceptional Children which shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and for each of the four succeeding years for the establishment and operation of the clearinghouse. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants pursuant to this Act for the purpose of assisting the States in providing free appropriate educations for children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Sets forth the basis on which funds will be allocated to the States. Provides that in order to receive funds under this Act a State must submit to the Commissioner of Education a State plan detailing the State program for free appropriate education for exceptional children. Provides that the State plan must contain such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Sets forth the criteria needed to be met by a State in order to obtain approval of its plan. Authorizes the Commissioner to withhold payments under this Act from any State when it is found that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision of this Act. Provides a method for judicial review of the Commissioner's decision. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to provide training for personnel engaged or preparing to engage in educating exceptional children. Authorizies the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher learning to provide training for leadership personnel for the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct research relating to the education of exceptional children and to make grants to States, educational agencies, institutions of higher learning and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies for such research. Directs the Commissioner to establish standards and procedures to determine which children are "exceptional children" within the meaning of this Act, such standards and procedures to be applied uniformly by all States submitting plans pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriation for fiscal year 1974 and for each of the four secceeding fiscal years of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· SS. 1191 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975
Lister Hill Scholarship Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for additional medical scholarships to be known as Lister Hill Scholarships for award to those who agree to practice family medicine in depressed urban or rural areas. Authorizes appropriations for such scholarships.
Bill· HRH.R. 5020 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975
Eliminates the time period in which a veteran has to use his educational benefits. Extends the months of eligibility for such educational benefits, from thirty-six to forty-five months.
Bill· HRH.R. 5013 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1975
Gifted and Talented Children's Educational Assistance Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to Assist State and local educational agencies to develop special educationa programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall designate an administrative unit with in the Office of Education to administer the programs and projects authorized by this Act and to coordinate all Federal programs for gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes the Commissioner to establish independently or locate in an existing clearinghouse the National Clearinghouse on Gifted and Talented Children and Youth. States that the clearinghouse shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of such youth. Authorizes to be appropriated for the establishment and operation of the clearing house $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to assist the States in the initiation, expansion, and imporvement of programs and projects for the education of such youth at the preschool, elementary and secondary scholl levels. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purpose of making such grants $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Provides that three percent of the amounts appropriated for such grants shall be allotted among Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust territory of the Pacific according to their respective needs. States that eithty-two percent of the amounts appropriated shall be allotted to the States according to a formual set forth in this Act, except that no State shall be allotted less than $50,000. Provides that fifteen percent of such funds shall be used for special project grants. Provides that any State which desire to receive such grants shall submit a State plan through its State educational agency to the Commissioner. Sets forth requirements that each such plan shall contain. Provides for judicial review of the Commissioner's final action with respect to the approval of State plans under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to assist them in establishing or maintaining a program for training personnel engaged in or preparing to engage in educating gifted and talented children and youth. Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Provides that at least fifty percent of such funds but not more than seventy-five percent shall be expended for the training of such personnel. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct or make grants to or enter into contracts with States or other organizations set forth in this Act for research and related purposes, relating to education of gifted and talented youth. Authorizes to be appropriated $14,000,000 for fiscal 1974 and $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 4981 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1975
Authorizes, under the Higher Education Act, each member of the House of Representatives to hire one additional employee, to be known as a "cooperative education student", who shall be a student at an institution of higher education who is participating in a cooperative education program. Provides that each member shall have available for payment of such student a gross allowance of $6,000 per annum a the gross rate of $500 per month. States that this Act shall effect on September 1, 1976.
Bill· HRH.R. 4983 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1975
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to study the feasibility of broadening the purposes of the uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to train civilian physicians to serve in medically underserved areas.
Bill· HRH.R. 4950 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 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· HRH.R. 4947 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1975
New Americans Education and Employment Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants each fiscal year to each State, and to each gateway city, on such terms and conditions as he shall establish, for programs in education, job training, counseling (including health counseling), orientation, and other similar activities for the benefit of immigrants. Defines "gateway city" as meaning any city or unit of local government having a population of fifty thousand or more, 5 percent of such population being immigrants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants of up to $250 to each immigrant arriving in the United States not more than one year prior to the making of the grant, to enable such immigrant to travel for the purpose of changing residence from any gateway city to any State other than that in which such gateway city is located, if an employer in the place to which such immigrant is to travel under the grant certifies that such employer will employ that immigrant. Permits the Secretary to make additional discretionary grants to gateway cities to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for new immigrant grants and such sums as are necessary for the purposes of grants to States and gateway cities.
Bill· HRH.R. 4919 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Energy Materials Conservation Education Act - Establishes within the Office of Education the Council on the Conservation and Nonuse of Energy-Materials, the members of which shall broadly represent the public and private sectors. Directs the Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on programs established under this Act. States that funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this Act shall be available for (but not limited to) such activities as: (1) community education programs concerning the conservation and nonuse of energy and materials, including special programs for adults; (2) dissemination of information to public and private nonprofit preschool, elementary, secondary, higher, adult, and community education programs; (3) research, development, and dissemination of curriculums, texts and materials, tests, and programs for adequate vocational and technical education and career counseling for persons in the field of energy-materials conservation and nonuse; and (4) programs and projects to recruit, train, organize, and employ professional and other persons, and to organize and participate in energy-materials conservation and nonuse educational programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and other institutions for planning and carrying out community-oriented education programs or projects on the conservation and nonuse of energy materials in American society for the benefit of interested and concerned adults, young persons, ethnic and cultural groups, community, labor and business leaders, and other individuals and groups within a community. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4849 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct a survey of the various Federal-State programs of aid to families with dependent children inorder to determine whether the work requirements of such programs are being properly enforced, so as to insure that persons who are subject to those requirements are in fact being required to accept and perform work which is available to them and which they are capable of performing. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within 60 days after enactment on the results of his survey.
Bill· HRH.R. 4844 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against the income tax the expenses of elementary or secondary education paid by an individual during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for a dependent. Limits such credit to the lesser of 100 percent of the expenses or $300. Reduces such credit by an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $22,500.
Bill· HRH.R. 4863 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Provides that no institution of higher education which is in serious financial distress and applies to the Commissioner of Education shall be required to make payments of accrued interest and principal on educational facilities loans during such period of financial distress.
Bill· HRH.R. 4843 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against the income tax amounts paid by an individual during the taxable year for the expenses of higher education for himself or any other individual. Limits such credit to 100 percent of the first $200 of such educational expenses, 25 percent of the next $300, and 5 percent of the next $1000 of such expenses. Reduces such credit by 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $22,500. Reduces the amount of educational expenses otherwise recognized by this Act by the amounts received as scholarships, fellowships, and veterans benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 4835 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1975
Provides that Federal entitlements to local education agencies based on the number of people who reside or work on Federal property shall be phased out after September 30, 1978. States that the U.S. Commissioner of Education shall, beginning with fiscal year 1976 and ending with fiscal year 1978, reduce by 25, 50, and 75 percent respectively the number of children counted for entitlements with respect to any local educational agencies.
Bill· SS. 1157 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist schools of medicine in the establishment and operation, within such schools, of continuing education programs for physicians in geriatrics.
Bill· HRH.R. 4797 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Postsecondary Vocational Education Act - Redefines the term "vocational education" for purposes of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 by stipulating that such term does not include training, retraining, guidance, counseling, instruction, and education of individuals who are sixteen years of age or older and who have graduated from or have left elementary or secondary school. Defines the terms "postsecondary occupational education" and "postsecondary occupational education institution" for purposes of such Act. Requires States to establish separate allotments for vocational education and for postsecondary occupational education in order to be eligible for grants under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Sets forth the information required on applications by States for funds under such Act. Authorizes States to appeal denials of such applications in accordance with specified procedures. Prohibits States from using such grants to provide vocational education programs for those that have left or completed high school, or for persons who have already entered the labor market. Stipulates that a State may use its postsecondary occupational educational allotment only for postsecondary occupational education programs. Stipulates that 10 percent of such allotment may be used only for programs to benefit handicapped persons, and 15 percent for programs to benefit persons who have academic or socioeconomic handicaps. Requires the State commission which administers the distribution of such State's postsecondary education allotment to undertake a continuous program of statewide planning for postsecondary occupational education. Sets forth the factors required to be considered by such commissions with respect to such planning programs. Requires such commissions to prepare, with the advice of the State advisory council on vocational and occupational education, an annual State plan, which shall serve as the basis for disbursement of the State's allotment for that year by the State agency designated in accordance with this Act. Specifies the content required of such annual plans. Requires States to establish programs designed to promote access to postsecondary occupational education. Requires the Commissioner of Education to evaluate various means of promoting access to postsecondary occupational education programs to assist the Congress in its oversight responsibilities. Redesignates the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education as the National Advisory Council on Vocational and Postsecondary Occupational Education. Expands the duties of the Council to include advice, review, and evaluation with respect to postsecondary occupational education. Requires State advisory councils to include in their representatives of postsecondary occupational education institutions. Authorizes to be appropriated for planning grants for programs under this Act such sums as may be necessary for the period beginning July 1, 1975 and ending September 30, 1976. Requires any State which desires to receive assistance after September 30, 1976 for any program authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965 for purposes of postsecondary education to submit a plan containing specified information before August 1, 1976. Authorizes States to appeal denials of such assistance in accordance with specified procedures. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to any State to improve the quality and to broaden the scope of comprehensive statewide planning for postsecondary education by such State in order to promote efficient and effective use of all the postsecondary education resources of the State. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 4792 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662)
Bill· HRH.R. 4794 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Postsecondary Vocational Education Act - Establishes a division of funds between secondary vocational and postsecondary occupational education in allotments to States under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds granted to States for occupational education may be used for: (1) strengthening State Advisory Councils on Vocational Education in order that they may effectively carry out the additional functions imposed by this Act; and (2) enabling the States to initiate and conduct a program of planning, including the development of a long-range strategy for placing occupational education on an equal footing with traditional academic education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to the States for specific projects relating to the design, establishment, and conduct of post secondary occupational education programs. Directs any State desiring to receive the amount of its occupational education allotment for a fiscal year to submit a State plan for occupational education at such time, in such detail, and containing such information as the Commissioner of Education may prescribe. Sets forth criteria to be met for approval of State plans by the Commissioner. Provides that the Commission shall pay, from the State's occupational education allotment for a fiscal year, an amount equal to 50 percent of the total expenditures made in carrying out the State's approved plan. Directs each State to establish a local coordinating committee for each locality in the State. Provides that each local coordinating committee shall make a continuing study of the needs in its locality for vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs. States that on the basis of the information derived from such study, the local coordinating committee shall develop and propose a strategy which will present a coherent, integrated, and comprehensive set of vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs designed to meet such needs. Stipulates that aggregate expenditures for administration may not exceed 5 percent and guidance, counseling, and technical assistance may not exceed 15 percent of the State's vocational education allotment for that year. Provides for the consolidation, under the Vocational Education Act, of programs for research and training, exemplary programs, and project and curriculum development. Sets forth provisions governing how appropriated sums shall be divided by the Commissioner among specific projects. Authorizes appropriations of $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for the improvement of vocational and occupational education programs pursuant to this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4778 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist schools of medicine in the establishment and operation, within such schools, of conintuing education programs in geriatrics for physicians.
Bill· HRH.R. 4770 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code to an individual for tuition paid by him to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of any dependent. Provides that the amount allowable for the taxable year with respect to any dependent shall not exceed the lesser of: (1) 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for the elementary or secondary education of such dependent, or (2) $500. Reduces the aggregate amount which would be allowable by an amount equal to $1 for each full $20 contained in the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer (or, if the taxpayer is married, the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer and his spouse) for the taxable year exceeds $25,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 4737 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Postsecondary Vocational Education Act - Establishes a division of funds between secondary vocational and postsecondary occupational education in allotments to States under the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Provides that funds granted to States for occupational education may be used for: (1) strengthening State Advisory Councils on Vocational Education in order that they may effectively carry out the additional functions imposed by this Act; and (2) enabling the States to initiate and conduct a program of planning, including the development of a long-range strategy for placing occupational education on an equal footing with traditional academic education. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make grants to the States for specific projects relating to the design, establishment, and conduct of post secondary occupational education programs. Directs any State desiring to receive the amount of its occupational education allotment for a fiscal year to submit a State plan for occupational education at such time, in such detail, and containing such information as the Commissioner of Education may prescribe. Sets forth criteria to be met for approval of State plans by the Commissioner. Provides that the Commission shall pay, from the State's occupational education allotment for a fiscal year, an amount equal to 50 percent of the total expenditures made in carrying out the State's approved plan. Directs each State to establish a local coordinating committee for each locality in the State. Provides that each local coordinating committee shall make a continuing study of the needs in its locality for vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs. States that on the basis of the information derived from such study, the local coordinating committee shall develop and propose a strategy which will present a coherent, integrated, and comprehensive set of vocational education, occupational education, and manpower training programs designed to meet such needs. Stipulates that aggregate expenditures for administration may not exceed 5 percent and guidance, counseling, and technical assistance may not exceed 15 percent of the State's vocational education allotment for that year. Provides for the consolidation, under the Vocational Education Act, of programs for research and training, exemplary programs, and project and curriculum development. Sets forth provisions governing how appropriated sums shall be divided by the Commissioner among specific projects. Authorizes appropriations of $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years for the improvement of vocational and occupational education programs pursuant to this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4755 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for carrying out the programs authorized under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, including (1) comprehensive manpower services, (2) public employment programs, and (3) Job Corps.
Bill· HRH.R. 4717 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Comprehensive Health Professions Education Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees for Construction For Replacement Or Remodeling Of Teaching Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to assist eligible nonprofit private entities in carrying out approved projects for the construction of teaching facilities of private nonprofit schools of medicine, nursing, osteopathy, veterinary medicine, optometry, or podiatry, other than the construction of new buildings or the expansion of existing buildings, during the period beginning July 1, 1974, and ending with the close of September 30, 1977, by guaranteeing to any non-Federal lender that makes a loan to an eligible entity, for that project, payment when due of the principal of and interest on that loan. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such loan guarantees. Terminates loan guarantees for the construction of new teaching facilities and the expansion of existing teaching facilities. Terminates interest subsidy payments on such loan guarantees. Title II: Capitation Grants, Start-Up Assistance And National Priority Incentive Awards - Directs the Secretary to make annual grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, and veterinary medicine for the support of the education programs of those schools, for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Reduces the amount of such grants for each such fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for each such fiscal year. Limits start-up assistance grants to schools that have received a start-up grant for fiscal year 1974. Establishes a program of National Priority Incentive Awards to each school of medicine and osteopathy in an amount equal to $2000 for each of its graduates who enters a residency in the practice of family medicine, and to award grants to pay part of the cost of planning, developing, and operating for an initial period, not to exceed three years, programs of graduate or specialized education or training in family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, and other health care shortage fields. Title III: Special Projects, Health Manpower Education Incentative Awards, And Financial Distress Grants Expands the health manpower special projects authority to include assistance presently authorized under existing comparable special project authority contained in the nursing, allied health, and public health professions portions of the Public Health Service Act. Consolidates the authorizations of appropriations for the special project grants for the health professions and the health professions Health Manpower Education Incentative Awards into a single provision of law. Authorizes appropriations for both programs for an additional three years. Authorizes appropriations for the health professions financial distress grant program for an additional three years. Makes schools of pharmacy ineligible for such grants. Limits the financial distress grant to any school for a fiscal year to 75 percent of the financial distress grant awarded for the previous fiscal year. Title IV: Student Assistance - Authorizes the payment to eligible disadvantaged individuals of stipends, with allowances for travel and for dependents, for post-secondary education or training required to qualify such individual for admission to a school providing health training, or to assist such individual in undergoing that training. Authorizes appropriations for the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to assign participants in the program to any civilian or uniformed Federal health service. Raises the interest rate on health professions and nursing student loans supported by the Federal Government from 3 to 7 percent. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date with respect to the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4727 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against the income tax amounts paid by an individual during the taxable year for the expenses of higher education for himself or any other individual. Limits such credit to 100 percent of the first $300 of such educational expenses, 50 percent of the next $300, and 10 percent of the next $400 of such expenses. Reduces such credit by 2 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceeds $20,000. Reduces the amount of educational expenses otherwise recognized by this Act by the amounts received as scholarships, fellowships, and veterans benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 4719 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Comprehensive Health Professions Education Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees for Construction For Replacement Or Remodeling Of Teaching Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to assist eligible nonprofit private entities in carrying out approved projects for the construction of teaching facilities of private nonprofit schools of medicine, nursing, osteopathy, veterinary medicine, optometry, or podiatry, other than the construction of new buildings or the expansion of existing buildings, during the period beginning July 1, 1974, and ending with the close of September 30, 1977, by guaranteeing to any non-Federal lender that makes a loan to an eligible entity, for that project, payment when due of the principal of and interest on that loan. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such loan guarantees. Terminates loan guarantees for the construction of new teaching facilities and the expansion of existing teaching facilities. Terminates interest subsidy payments on such loan guarantees. Title II: Capitation Grants, Start-Up Assistance And National Priority Incentive Awards - Directs the Secretary to make annual grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, and veterinary medicine for the support of the education programs of those schools, for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Reduces the amount of such grants for each such fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for each such fiscal year. Limits start-up assistance grants to schools that have received a start-up grant for fiscal year 1974. Establishes a program of National Priority Incentive Awards to each school of medicine and osteopathy in an amount equal to $2000 for each of its graduates who enters a residency in the practice of family medicine, and to award grants to pay part of the cost of planning, developing, and operating for an initial period, not to exceed three years, programs of graduate or specialized education or training in family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, and other health care shortage fields. Title III: Special Projects, Health Manpower Education Incentative Awards, And Financial Distress Grants Expands the health manpower special projects authority to include assistance presently authorized under existing comparable special project authority contained in the nursing, allied health, and public health professions portions of the Public Health Service Act. Consolidates the authorizations of appropriations for the special project grants for the health professions and the health professions Health Manpower Education Incentative Awards into a single provision of law. Authorizes appropriations for both programs for an additional three years. Authorizes appropriations for the health professions financial distress grant program for an additional three years. Makes schools of pharmacy ineligible for such grants. Limits the financial distress grant to any school for a fiscal year to 75 percent of the financial distress grant awarded for the previous fiscal year. Title IV: Student Assistance - Authorizes the payment to eligible disadvantaged individuals of stipends, with allowances for travel and for dependents, for post-secondary education or training required to qualify such individual for admission to a school providing health training, or to assist such individual in undergoing that training. Authorizes appropriations for the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to assign participants in the program to any civilian or uniformed Federal health service. Raises the interest rate on health professions and nursing student loans supported by the Federal Government from 3 to 7 percent. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date with respect to the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4671 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1975
Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, that the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall be responsible to the Assistant Secretary for Health of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. States that the Director shall not delegate any of his functions to any other officer who is not directly responsible to him.
Bill· HRH.R. 4641 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1975
Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for carrying out the programs authorized under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, including (1) comprehensive manpower services, (2) public employment programs, and (3) Job Corps.
Bill· SS. 996 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Comprehensive Health Professions Education Act - Title I: Loan Guarantees for Construction For Replacement Or Remodeling Of Teaching Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to assist eligible nonprofit private entities in carrying out approved projects for the construction of teaching facilities of private nonprofit schools of medicine, nursing, osteopathy, veterinary medicine, optometry, or podiatry, other than the construction of new buildings or the expansion of existing buildings, during the period beginning July 1, 1974, and ending with the close of September 30, 1977, by guaranteeing to any non-Federal lender that makes a loan to an eligible entity, for that project, payment when due of the principal of and interest on that loan. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such loan guarantees. Terminates loan guarantees for the construction of new teaching facilities and the expansion of existing teaching facilities. Terminates interest subsidy payments on such loan guarantees. Title II: Capitation Grants, Start-Up Assistance And National Priority Incentive Awards - Directs the Secretary to make annual grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, and veterinary medicine for the support of the education programs of those schools, for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Reduces the amount of such grants for each such fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for each such fiscal year. Limits start-up assistance grants to schools that have received a start-up grant for fiscal year 1974. Establishes a program of National Priority Incentive Awards to each school of medicine and osteopathy in an amount equal to $2,000 for each of its graduates who enters a residency in the practice of family medicine, and to award grants to pay part of the cost of planning, developing, and operating for an initial period, not to exceed three years, programs of graduate or specialized education or training in family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, and other health care shortage fields. Title III: Special Projects, Health Manpower Education Incentive Awards, And Financial Distress Grants - Expands the health manpower special projects authority to include assistance presently authorized under existing comparable special project authority contained in the nursing, allied health, and public health professions portions of the Public Health Service Act. Consolidates the authorizations of appropriations for the special project grants for the health professions and the health professions Health Manpower Education Incentative Awards into a single provision of law. Authorizes appropriations for both programs for an additional three years. Authorizes appropriations for the health professions financial distress grant program for an additional three years. Makes schools of pharmacy ineligible for such grants. Limits the financial distress grant to any school for a fiscal year to 75 percent of the financial distress grant awarded for the previous fiscal year. Title IV: Student Assistance - Authorizes the payment to eligible disadvantaged individuals of stipends, with allowances for travel and for dependents, for post-secondary education or training required to qualify such individual for admission to a school providing health training, or to assist such individual in undergoing that training. Authorizes appropriations for the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to assign participants in the program to any civilian or uniformed Federal health service. Raises the interest rate on health professions and nursing student loans supported by the Federal Government from 3 to 7 percent. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date with respect to the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4430 (94th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Declares ineligible for purposes of federally assisted student loans, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, any institution of higher education or vocational school which does not have a policy of refunding an appropriate portion of tuition and fees to a student who withdraws from a course of study during the academic year. Requires educational institutions to disclose such policies to their students before the payment of fees. Directs the Commissioner of Education to prescribe regulations for determining the appropriate portion of fees to be refunded and for determining whether institutions have complied with the provisions of this Act.