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Bill· SS. 3618 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 October 1978
Citizenship Education Act - Declares the purpose of such Act to be to: (1) assist in conducting research and other activities related to citizenship education; and (2) encourage the improvement of citizenship education in schools and communities. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to establish a National Center for Citizen Education. Directs such Center, with regard to citizenship education, to: (1) formulate policy; (2) develop educational programs and curriculums; (3) disseminate information; (4) train teachers; and (5) develop a model State plan. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States to assist them in carrying out such plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 14329 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 October 1978
Establishes the National Commission on the Use of Computers in Education to study the future use of computers in education and any effects on lifestyles, school financing and taxes, and teacher training. Requires the Commission to make a final report to the Congress and the President not later than one year after the date the Executive Director is appointed. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the submission of its final report.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1425 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1978
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 11274 (Higher Education Act of 1965 amendments).
Bill· HRH.R. 14260 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1978
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in the administration of Title XVIII (Medicare) and Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to utilize to the maximum extent possible a uniform system of medical terminology which is based on the standard system of medical terminology utilized by the medical profession.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 574 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1978
Waives certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 857 (Education programs for Native Hawaiians).
Bill· HRH.R. 14218 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1978
Provides for the designation of certain State-supported institutions of higher education as Federal depository libraries.
Bill· HRH.R. 14219 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1978
Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a $12,000,000 grant to the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, for the purpose of constructing a building in memory of General Daniel James to be named the "Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education."
Bill· HRH.R. 14214 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1978
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, from taking any action under the Wholesome Meat Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or any other law to prohibit the sale, distribution, or use of nitrites as a food preservative solely on the basis of any carcinogenic effect in humans that nitrites may be represented to have, unless validated evidence is made available to the Secretaries which proves beyond a reasonable doubt that nitrites as a food preservative have a significant carcinogenic effect on humans. States that such prohibition shall not apply if the Secretaries determine, and publish in the Federal Register, that a food preservative is commercially available: (1) which may be used in the place of nitrites; (2) which is effective in the protection of public health from botulism and other forms of food poisoning; and (3) the use of which is economically feasible for meat processors and the consumer. Requires the Secretaries to conduct or support (by grant or contract) research and development activities for a food preservative alternative to nitrites.
Bill· HRH.R. 14203 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1978
Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare) to set and pay a reasonable attorneys fee in any claim before the Secretary for benefits under that Title where the claimant is successful, represented by an attorney, and entitled to past-due benefits. Provides that whenever a court renders a judgment favorable to a claimant under Title XVI the court may determine and allow a reasonable attorneys fee where the claimant was represented by an attorney. Sets forth criminal penalties for any attorney charging any fee in excess of that allowed by the court.
Bill· HRH.R. 14147 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1978
Capital Availability for Higher Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) raise from $2,500 to $3,500 the limit per academic year on federally insured loans to undergraduate students; (2) raise from $7,500 to $10,500 the total amount of such loans per undergraduate student; and (3) remove the $15,000 loan ceiling for graduate students. Authorizes eligible lenders to elect to have such loans collected by the Federal Government through the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Education. Establishes guidelines and requirements for such program, including the deduction and withholding of wages by employers of student borrowers. Establishes the Guaranteed Student Loan Fund in the United States Treasury to repay funds withheld from the wages borrowers to lenders. Establishes an advisory panel to consider questions relating to such federally insured higher education loans.
Bill· HRH.R. 14121 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1978
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, from taking any action under the Wholesome Meat Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or any other law to prohibit the sale, distribution, or use of nitrites as a food preservative solely on the basis of any carcinogenic effect in humans that nitrites may be represented to have, unless validated evidence is made available to the Secretaries which proves beyond a reasonable doubt that nitrites as a food preservative have a significant carcinogenic effect on humans. States that such prohibition shall not apply if the Secretaries determine, and publish in the Federal Register, that a food preservative is commercially available: (1) which may be used in the place of nitrites; (2) which is effective in the protection of public health from botulism and other forms of food poisoning; and (3) the use of which is economically feasible for meat processors and the consumer. Requires the Secretaries to conduct or support (by grant or contract) research and development activities for a food preservative alternative to nitrites.
Bill· HRH.R. 14120 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1978
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, from taking any action under the Wholesome Meat Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or any other law to prohibit the sale, distribution, or use of nitrites as a food preservative solely on the basis of any carcinogenic effect in humans that nitrites may be represented to have, unless validated evidence is made available to the Secretaries which proves beyond a reasonable doubt that nitrites as a food preservative have a significant carcinogenic effect on humans. States that such prohibition shall not apply if the Secretaries determine, and publish in the Federal Register, that a food preservative is commercially available: (1) which may be used in the place of nitrites; (2) which is effective in the protection of public health from botulism and other forms of food poisoning; and (3) the use of which is economically feasible for meat processors and the consumer. Requires the Secretaries to conduct or support (by grant or contract) research and development activities for a food preservative alternative to nitrites.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1355 (95th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1978
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 13778 (Department of Education).
Bill· HRH.R. 14099 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1978
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, from taking any action under the Wholesome Meat Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or any other law to prohibit the sale, distribution, or use of nitrites as a food preservative solely on the basis of any carcinogenic effect in humans that nitrites may be represented to have, unless validated evidence is made available to the Secretaries which proves beyond a reasonable doubt that nitrites as a food preservative have a significant carcinogenic effect on humans. States that such prohibition shall not apply if the Secretaries determine, and publish in the Federal Register, that a food preservative is commercially available: (1) which may be used in the place of nitrites; (2) which is effective in the protection of public health from botulism and other forms of food poisoning; and (3) the use of which is economically feasible for meat processors and the consumer. Requires the Secretaries to conduct or support (by grant or contract) research and development activities for a food preservative alternative to nitrites.
Bill· HRH.R. 14083 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1978
Amends the Indochina Refugee Children Assistance Act of 1976 to authorize appropriations for the educational programs under such Act for fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 1982.
Bill· HRH.R. 14067 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1978
Department of Education Organization Act - Title I: Findings and Purpose - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to establish an executive department to administer Federal education laws. Provides that no Federal control shall be exercised over curriculum, program of instruction, school personnel, accrediting agencies, or over the selection of library resources, textbooks or other instructional materials. Title II: Establishment of the Department - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education, with a Secretary of Education as its head. Provides for the appointment by the President with the consent of the Senate of 13 principal officers of such Department. States their functions to include (1) intergovernmental relations; (2) congressional relations; (3) public information; (4) management and budgeting; (5) planning and policy development; and (6) monitoring and assisting public involvement in the development and implementation of departmental programs. Establishes within such department: (1) an Office of Inspector General; (2) a General Counsel; (3) a Research and Development Office; (4) an Elementary and Secondary Education Office; (5) a Postsecondary Education Office; (6) an Office for Civil Rights; (7) a special education and rehabilitation services office; and (8) an overseas dependents office. Establishes an Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education. Directs such Council to conduct studies and make recommendations for improving the intergovernmental system for developing and carrying out educational policies. Directs that such council shall remain in existence until terminated by Act of Congress. Title III: Transfers of Functions - Transfers to the Secretary from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1) all functions vested in the Assistant Secretary for Education or in the Education Division of such Department; (2) specified educational functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; (3) specified functions administered through the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Randolph-Shepard Act, and all functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under certain sections of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; (4) authority for any advisory committee established by statute under such Department primarily concerned with education; (5) all functions vested in the Institute of Museum Services in such Department; and (6) all functions vested in the Advisory Council on Education Statistics. Transfers to the Secretary of Education all functions of the (1) Secretary of Defense or the Department of Defense regarding schools for overseas dependents of Defense Department personnel; (2) Attorney General, the Department of Justice, or the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration regarding certain student loan and grant programs authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; and (3) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding college housing loans under the Housing Act of 1950. States that the effect of any transfer of a function or program from an officer or an agency to the Secretary of Education or the Department of Education under this Act includes any aspect of such function or program vested in a subordinate of such officer or in a component of such agency. Title IV: Administrative Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to appoint and fix the salary for the Department's employees in accordance with the civil service laws. Allows certain higher level appointments to be made by the Secretary without Civil Service Commission approval if the individual so appointed is transferred to the Department in connection with a transfer of functions under this Act. Provides that personnel working in schools for overseas dependents of Defense Department personnel shall be treated as if employed by such Department for access to Defense Department services and facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to employ the services of experts and consultants as needed. Grants rulemaking authority to the Secretary. Requires such rules to be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and specified provisions of the General Education Provisions Act. Requires that each proposed rule of the Department be accompanied by an economic impact statement containing (1) the cost impact of the rule; (2) its effect on productivity, efficiency, and economy; (3) its effect on the improvement of education; (4) the estimated cost of its implementation; (5) its unavoidable adverse economic impact; and (6) alternatives to the proposed rule. Authorizes the Secretary to (1) enter into contracts with public agencies and private persons and organizations; (2) maintain, alter, or discontinue field offices; (3) construct or acquire schools (to the extent operation of schools is authorized by this Act), laboratories, and related facilities, to contract for eating and related facilities, and to provide day care centers; (4) provide and maintain various facilities for employees and their dependents at remote locations; (5) utilize, with their consent, Federal, State, local, or foreign facilities; (6) rent out departmental real property; (7) acquire necessary copyrights and patents; (8) accept and utilize gifts and bequests of real and personal property; (9) transfer funds within the Department if so authorized in an appropriation; and (10) provide technical advice to participants or potential participants in Departmental programs. Authorizes the establishment of a working capital fund without fiscal year limitation for the operation of common administrative services. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the President. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Provides that except where inconsistent with provisions of this Act the General Education Provisions Act shall apply to functions transferred by this Act. Title V: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Title VI: Effective Date and Interim Appointments - Provides that this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1979. Authorizes the President to make initial interim appointments to the Department of Education under specified conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 14064 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1978
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish an effective means of obtaining from States and political subdivisions of States records as to deaths and of reviewing such records to prevent illegal payments under the Social Security Act to or on behalf of persons who have died.
Bill· HRH.R. 14059 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1978
Authorizes the appropriation of funds necessary for the Inspector General of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to: (1) carry out investigations of fraud and abuse of HEW programs including Medicaid and Medicare; (2) perform other prescribed duties of the Office of Inspector General; and (3) conduct and submit to Congress a study on fraud and abuse in the areas of drug purchases, respiratory therapy, and student financial aid programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 13985 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1978
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, from taking any action under the Wholesome Meat Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or any other law to prohibit the sale, distribution, or use of nitrites as a food preservative solely on the basis of any carcinogenic effect in humans that nitrites may be represented to have, unless validated evidence is made available to the Secretaries which proves beyond a reasonable doubt that nitrites as a food preservative have a significant carcinogenic effect on humans. States that such prohibition shall not apply if the Secretaries determine, and publish in the Federal Register, that a food preservative is commercially available: (1) which may be used in the place of nitrites; (2) which is effective in the protection of public health from botulism and other forms of food poisoning; and (3) the use of which is economically feasible for meat processors and the consumer. Requires the Secretaries to conduct or support (by grant or contract) research and development activities for a food preservative alternative to nitrites.
Bill· SS. 3428 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Capital Availability for Higher Education Amendments - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to raise the limit from $2,500 to $3,500 on federally insured loans per academic year to undergraduate students, and to raise from $7,500 to $10,500 the total amount of such loans per undergraduate student. Authorizes eligible lenders to elect to have such loans collected by the Federal Government through the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Education. Establishes guidelines and requirements for such program, including the deduction and withholding of wages by employers of student borrowers. Establishes the Guaranteed Student Loan Fund in the United States Treasury to repay to lenders funds withheld from the wages of borrowers. Establishes an advisory panel to consider questions relating to such federally insured higher education loans.
Bill· HRH.R. 13942 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 August 1978
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture under the Wholesome Meat Act, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or any other law, to ban the sale, distribution, or use of nitrites as a food preservative solely on the basis of any carcinogenic effect they may be represented to have in humans, until three months after the submission of the results of the study required by the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 13890 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Tuition Advance Fund Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Commissioner of Education to establish a system of undergraduate tuition advances to be repaid as an income tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Establishes a trust fund in the United States Treasury for such tuition advance program.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1320 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 August 1978
Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare should take no action to prohibit the sale, distribution, or use of nitrites as a food preservative solely on the basis of any carcinogenic effect they may be represented to have in humans, until three months after the submission of the results of the study required by the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 13853 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1978
Surplus School Conservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to local agencies to pay the costs of renovating closed school buildings so they may be converted for other educational and social purposes. Suggests purposes for which conversion grants may be extended, including: (1) community centers; (2) senior citizen centers; (3) day care centers; (4) vocational schools; (5) medical facilities; and (6) recreational centers. Sets forth application requirements which local agencies must complete including: (1) structuring a plan for renovation of the closed school building; (2) estimating costs of such renovation; and (3) demonstrating to the Secretary's satisfaction sufficient financial ability to carry out the provisions of such plan. States that the amount of a grant under this Act shall be 80 percent of the estimated cost of renovation. Requires local agencies which receive a grant for more than the actual cost of renovation to return such surplus money to the Secretary. Sets priorities to be followed by the Secretary in approving applications for grants under this Act including: (1) an application for renovating a closed school building in a school district whose current school enrollments have decreased by ten percent or more from the enrollments of the previous school year, and (2) an application for renovating a closed school building which is not being utilized for any educational or social service purpose at the time of application. Directs the Secretary to serve as a national clearinghouse to local agencies by providing information on feasible alternative uses for closed school buildings. Prohibits the distribution of more than ten percent of the funds appropriated by Congress for the program for grants in any fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and Congress: (1) a yearly report listing local agencies which received grants and the purposes for which such grants were made; and (2) a detailed evaluation of the effectiveness of the program based on cost analysis and a survey of school closure problems to be submitted at the end of three years.
Bill· SS. 3403 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1978
National Student Loan Bank Act - Establishes the National Student Loan Bank as a nonprofit corporation of the District of Columbia. States that it shall be the function of such Bank to extend loans not exceeding the cost of attendance to any student who has been accepted for enrollment in an eligible institution and is carrying at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. Requires such loans to be evidenced by a written agreement, made without security and without endorsement, providing for repayment of such loans in accordance with provisions of this Act. Stipulates that repayment shall begin no later than one year after the borrower ceases to carry at an eligible institution at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload. States that delinquent accounts shall be treated in the same manner as delinquent Federal taxes. Directs the Bank to establish offices easily accessible to students in all parts of the country. Authorizes the Bank to issue and have outstanding obligations, guaranteed by the Secretary of the Treasury, having such maturities and rates of interest as determined by the bank with the approval of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and collect fees for guarantees. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a revolving fund to provide for the payment of any liabilities incurred as a result of such guarantees. Directs the Bank to require borrowers, as a condition of receiving a loan, to purchase certificates of participation in the Bank equal to a minimum of ten percent of the principal of the loan. Authorizes the use of funds obtained under this Act to finance the purchase of such certificates. Sets forth the general powers of the bank. Requires the General Accounting Office to audit the financial transacions of the Bank. Requires the Comptroller General to report annually to the Congress and the President concerning such audit. Exempts the Bank from all Federal, State, and local taxes. Authorizes all obligations issued by the Bank to be accepted as security for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment of which shall be under the authority of the United States. Requires the Bank to report annually to the President and Congress. Prohibits the making, insuring, or guaranteeing of student loans under specified programs of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the Bank such amounts as necessary to reimburse the Bank for nonpayments. Defines the terms used in this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 13843 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1978
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish an effective means of obtaining from States and political subdivisions of States records as to deaths and of reviewing such records to prevent illegal payments under the Social Security Act to or on behalf of persons who have died.
Bill· HRH.R. 13840 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1978
Authorizes the appropriation of funds necessary for the Inspector General of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to: (1) carry out investigations of fraud and abuse of HEW programs including Medicaid and Medicare; (2) perform other prescribed duties of the Office of Inspector General; and (3) conduct and submit to Congress a study on fraud and abuse in the areas of drug purchases, respiratory therapy, and student financial aid programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 13778 (95th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Department of Education Organization Act - Title I: Findings and Purpose - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to: (1) promote the quality of education; (2) enable the Federal Government to more effectively coordinate its education activities; and (3) prohibit Federal control of education. Title II: Establishment of the Department - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education, with a Secretary of Education as its head. Establishes within such Department: (1) an Office of Inspector General; (2) a General Counsel; (3) a research and development office; (4) an elementary and secondary education office; (5) a postsecondary education office; (6) an Office for Civil Rights; and (7) an overseas dependents office. Establishes an Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Title III: Transfers of Functions - Transfers to the Secretary of Education specified functions of the (1) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; (2) Department of Defense; (3) Department of Justice; and (4) Department of Housing and Urban Development. Title IV: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth the authority of the Secretary of Education. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title V: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Title VI: Effective Date and Interim Appointments - Sets out the effective date of this Act. Authorizes the President of the United States to make initial interim appointments to the Department of Education under specified conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 13783 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of General Services to permit the distribution of certain surplus Federal property to tax-supported or non-profit organizations providing educational and recreational activities for young girls and boys.
Bill· HRH.R. 13788 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Mobile Teachers' Retirement Assistance Act - Establishes a Federal-State program to permit teachers to perform out-of-State educational service without loss of retirement benefits for such service. Entitles a qualified State retirement system, which credits a teacher for out-of-State service, to Federal aid of 50 percent of the total cost to the system of such out-of-State credit. Specifies the requirements which a State retirement system must meet in order to qualify for Federal aid under this program. Limits the amount of the Federal aid to a State retirement system to provide not more than ten years of out-of-State service credit. Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a grant to each qualified State retirement system of an amount equal to two percent of such system's Federal aid received under this Act for the costs of administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 13780 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1978
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a deferal of up to three years on the repayment of principal or interest of a federally insured student loan during a period of termporary total disability of the student borrower.
Bill· HRH.R. 13639 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1978
Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private nonprofit agencies for the Federal share of the cost of specified educational programs for criminal offenders. Limits the Federal share to a maximum of 90 percent of such cost. Authorizes the appropriation for the grant program of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and of $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1980 through 1983.
Bill· HRH.R. 13617 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1978
Department of Education Organization Act - Title I: Findings and Purpose - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to promote the quality of education and enable the Federal government to more effectively coordinate its education activities. Title II: Establishment of the Department - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education, with a Secretary of Education as its head. Establishes within such Department: (1) an Office of Inspector General; (2) a General Counsel; (3) a research and development office; (4) an elementary and secondary education office; (5) an office of education and rehabilitation of the handicapped; (6) a postsecondary education office; (7) an Office for Civil Rights; (8) a child nutrition office; (9 an Indian, Alaskan Natives, and Aleut office; and (10) an overseas dependents office. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Title III: Transfers of Functions - Transfers to the Secretary of Education specified functions of the: (1) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; (2) Department of Defense; (3) Department of Agriculture; (4) Department of the Interior; (5) National Science Foundation; (6) Department of Justice; (7) Department of Housing and Urban Development; and (8) Veterans' Administration. Title IV: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth the authority of the Secretary of Education. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title V: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act to authorize the Secretary to enter into contracts with tribal organizations to carry out functions transferred to the Secretary from the Department of the Interior under this Act. Title VI: Effective Date and Interim Appointments - Sets out the effective date of this Act. Authorizes the President of the United States to make initial interim appointments to the Department of Education under specified conditions.
Bill· SS. 3346 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1978
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt full-time students serving as resident assistants and resident counselors in a dormitory of an institution of higher education from the provisions of such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 13399 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1978
Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make a $12,000,000 grant to the Board of Trustees of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, for the purpose of constructing a building in memory of General Daniel James to be named the "Daniel James Memorial Center for Preventive Health Education."
Bill· HRH.R. 13374 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Department of Education Act - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education to be administered by a Secretary of Education. States that the principal function of such Department is to promote the cause and advance of education throughout the United States. Transfers to the Secretary specified functions of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and the Commissioner of Education and various educational responsibilities of other Federal agencies and instrumentalities. Creates the Federal Interagency Committee on Education, the National Advisory Commission on Education, and the Office of the Inspector General within the Department of Education. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary of such Department as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health and Welfare.
Bill· HRH.R. 13343 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1978
Department of Education Organization Act - Title I: Findings and Purpose - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to promote the quality of education and to enable the Federal Government to more effectively coordinate its education activities. Title II: Establishment of the Department - Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Education, with a Secretary of Education as its head. Establishes within such Department: (1) an Office of Inspector General; (2) a General Counsel; (3) a research and development office; (4) an elementary and secondary education office; (5) a postsecondary education office; (6) an Office for Civil Rights; (7) a child nutrition office; (8) an Indian, Alaskan Natives, and Aleut office; and (9) an overseas dependents office. Establishes an Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education. Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Education to assure effective coordination of Federal programs affecting education. Title III: Transfers of Functions - Transfers to the Secretary of Education specified functions of the: (1) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; (2) Department of Defense; (3) National Science Foundation; (4) Department of Justice; and (5) Department of Housing and Urban Development. Title IV: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth the authority of the Secretary of Education. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title V: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Health and Welfare, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Secretary of Health and Welfare. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to enter into contracts with tribal organizations to carry out functions transferred to the Secretary from the Department of the Interior under this Act. Title VI: Effective Date and Interim Appointments - Sets out the effective date of this Act. Authorizes the President of the United States to make initial interim appointments to the Department of Education under specified conditions.
Bill· HRH.R. 13328 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
Increase the amounts allocated to State and local governments under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 by ten percent if such State and local governments fund public education from sources other than property taxes.
Bill· HRH.R. 13312 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1978
Authorizes the Commandant of the Cost Guard to contract with the Boston Educational Marine Exchange to establish aboard the Coast Guard cutter Chautaqua an exhibition and education center in order to: (1) educate the public regarding the present and future mission of the Coast Guard; and (2) conduct classes for the public related to seamanship and marine sciences.
Bill· SS. 3219 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1978
Authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to enter into a contract with the Boston Educational Marine Exchange or any other private or public nonprofit organization to utilize the Coast Guard cutter Chautaque for the purposes of establishing an exhibit to educate the public regarding the mission of the Coast Guard and to use space and facilities abroad the vessel for marine education activities.
Bill· SS. 3170 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1978
Federal Correctional Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private nonprofit agencies for the Federal share of the cost of specified educational programs for criminal offenders. Limits the Federal share to a maximum of 90 percent of such cost. Authorizes the appropriation for the grant program of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and of $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1980 through 1983.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1220 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1978
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 12929 (Appropriations for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare and for related agencies).
Bill· HRH.R. 12969 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1978
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit facilities constructed or renovated with assistance under such Act to be used for religious worship, sectarian activities, or for a school or department of divinity.
Law· HRH.R. 12929 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1978
Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations Act - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1979 - Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for the following: Employment and Training Administration; Labor-Management Services Administration; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Employment Standards Administration; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Mine Safety and Health Administration; Bureau of Labor Statistics and Departmental Management. Title II: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act - Appropriates funds for fiscal year 1979 for the followiing: Health Services Administration; Center for Disease Control; National Institutes of Health; Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; Health Resources Administration; Assistant Secretary of Health; Health Care Financing Administration; Education Division for the Office of Education; the National Institute of Education; and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education; Social Security Administration; Special Institutions; Assistant Secretary for Human Development; and Departmental Management. Title III: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations to the following for fiscal year 1979: Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Railroad Retirement Board, and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Title IV: General Provisions - States that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Places limitations on the utilization of funds appropriated by this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1208 (95th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1978
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 15 (Education program extension).
Bill· HRH.R. 12807 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1978
Freestone Peach Research and Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a plan for financing and carrying out a research and education program with respect to freestone peaches. Requires that such plan: (1) establish a National Freestone Peach Research and Education Board to administer it; (2) fix the rate of assessments levied upon producers of freestone peaches (and collected for the Board by handlers) for research and education programs; (3) provide for the prorata return of up to 50 percent of the net proceeds of such assessments to the States, for State projects; and (4) permit any freestone peach producer not in favor of the programs so supported to receive a refund of his or her assessment. Prescribes civil penalties for handlers who violate this Act. Grants investigative and subpena powers to the Secretary for the enforcement of any plan the Secretary issues. Requires the Secretary to conduct a referendum of producers to ascertain approval of the plan issued. Denies effect to such plan if it fails to receive the approval of at least two-thirds of the producers voting in such a referendum, provided at least 50 percent of the registered producers cast votes. Provides a procedure for the suspension or termination of such a plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 12795 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1978
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Amendments - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to delete the name of a student from the definition of directory information which may be released without a student's consent. Authorizes educational institutions to release names of students to an individual or organization without a student's consent provided that such requests designate whole class membership rolls of students at the same chronological level of progression, or graduates of a particular year.
Bill· SS. 3104 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1978
National Institute for Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Public Health Service Act, to establish in the Public Health Service the National Institute for Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine for the conduct and support of research in the area of physical fitness and sports medicine. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Institute, to make grants to States for the establishment in the office of each Governor, a State Council on Physical Fitness. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into contracts to conduct research and establish model projects with regard to the improvement of physical fitness. Requires each project to conduct a nutrition impact study. Establishes in the Institute a National Physical Fitness Advisory Council. Authorizes the Council to advise and assist the Director of the Institute with respect to programs authorized in the Act. Requires the Secretary to establish a program of formula grants, administered by the State councils to: (1) support the training of individuals in the field of sports medicine and athletic training and placement of these individuals; (2) explore personnel sharing arrangements for specialists in sports medicine and athletic training; and (3) conduct research in each State into the problem of athletic injuries in interscholastic and intrascholastic sports. Requires the Institute to establish a program of project grants to: (1) conduct research into training and conditioning techniques; and (2) conduct research into athletic protective equipment.
Bill· HRH.R. 12756 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1978
Capital Availability for Higher Education Amendments - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to raise the limit from $2,500 to $3,500 on federally insured loans per academic year to undergraduate students, and to raise from $7,500 to $10,500 the total amount of such loans per undergraduate student. Authorizes eligible lenders to elect to have such loans collected by the Federal Government through the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Education. Establishes guidelines and requirements for such program, including the deduction and withholding of wages by employers of student borrowers. Establishes the Guaranteed Student Loan Fund in the United States Treasury to repay to lenders funds withheld from the wages of borrowers. Establishes an advisory panel to consider questions relating to such federally insured higher education loans.
Law· SS. 3085 (95th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1978
Child Nutrition Amendments - Amends the National School Lunch Act to extend the child care food program through 1982. States formulae for reimbursement assistance to States for meals served to children in institutions, other than family and group day care home sponsoring organizations, based on the percentage in an institution of children from families that satisfy specified income standards for free and reduced-price meals. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish maximum per meal reimbursement rates for each such percentage category. States that reimbursement for administrative expenses shall include start-up funds for institutions to initiate successful operation under the program. Requires the Secretary to make administrative cost, food cost, and menu choice studies, and studies of the licensing problems of institutions and group and family day care homes. Increases from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000 the amount of appropriated funds earmarked for food service equipment assistance. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to extend through 1982 the existing special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC). Directs the Secretary to establish income eligibility standards in accordance with the nonfarm poverty income guidelines of the Office of Management and Budget. Requires each State agency to assure the provision of nutrition education to all participants in the WIC program. Specifies contents of State agency plans of operation and administration required to be submitted to the Secretary for approval. Specifies formulae for the allocation and distribution of administrative funds. Requires an annual report to the National Advisory Council on Maternal, Infant, and Fetal Nutrition describing plans to ensure continual participation in the program by migrants as they move among the States. Requires the adjustment of the reimbursement assistance rate according to a Department of Agriculture Wholesale Price Index for Food Used in Schools and Institutions, instead of the Consumer Price Index. Specifies the components of the Wholesale Price Index. Permits combined allocation and accounting of funds under the school lunch and breakfast programs. Increases from $40,000,000 to $75,000,000 the amount of food service equipment appropriations authorized for fiscal years after 1975 under the Child Nutrition Act. Assigns as allocation priority (50 percent) of funds to schools that do not serve both breakfasts and lunches but that will use food service equipment to initiate the service of breakfasts or lunches.