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51 records in US in 1977
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits any State to allow, prohibit, or regulate abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President. Returns an electoral vote system, in which each congressional district established under this Article is entitled to one electoral vote, to be used when no pair of Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates receives a majority of the popular vote.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits any State to regulate or prohibit abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits discrimination based upon race, color, creed, national ancestry, sex, age, or physical handicap.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Requires a petition signed by at least eight percent of the whole number of people in each of at least three-fourths of the States to place such an issue on the ballot and a majority vote in each of at least three-fourths of the States to pass it.
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1977
Federal Constitution Convention Amendment Act - Sets forth procedures for Federal constitutional conventions with respect to: (1) applications, (2) calling, (3) delegates, (4) convening, (5) operation, (6) congressional approval, and (7) ratification.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1977
Constitutional Amendment -- Provides for popular enactment and repeal of laws, except those with respect to declaring war and similar matters. Requires a petition signed by a number of persons equalling at least three percent of the total number of persons voting in the last Presidential election both in each of at least ten States and nationwide to place such an issue on the ballot and a nationwide majority of votes cast to pass it.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the District of Columbia be treated as a State for purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and Article V of the Constitution of the United States. Repeals the provisions of the twenty-third amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the District of Columbia be treated as a State for purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and Article V of the Constitution of the United States. Repeals the provisions of the twenty-third amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 1977
States that any State legislature which rescinds its ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States shall not be considered to have ratified the amendment, if the amendment has not, before the date of the enactment of this Act, been adopted as part of the Constitution, and if any period within which the ratification of the amendment is required by the Congress to be completed has not expired.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1977
Constitutional Amendment- Increases to four years the terms of members of the House of Representatives. Restricts the eligibility of a Member of a House of Congress for election as a Member of the other House.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1977
Increases the term of office for Members of the House of Representatives to four years.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Requires a petition signed by at least eight percent of the whole number of people in each of at least three-fourths of the States to place such an issue on the ballot and a majority vote in each of at least three-fourths of the States to pass it.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total expenditures shall not exceed net revenue. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or by a concurrent resolution passed by the Senate and the House stating that a national emergency requires such suspension.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Deems every human being to be a person from the moment of fertilization.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person," with respect to due process and equal protection, applicable to human beings irrespective of age, health, function or condition of dependency, including the unborn. Prohibits the deprivation of life of an unborn person, with the exception of medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1977
Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in any United States district court for the relief of any institutionalized person in a State or local facility whenever the Attorney General has cause to believe that the constitutional rights of such person are being violated pursuant to a pattern or practice of such violations. Requires the Attorney General to give the officials of the institution a reasonable time to correct such violation. Permits the Attorney General to intervene in such private suits upon certification that the case is of general public importance. Directs the Attorney General to promulgate minimum standards for prisoner grievance procedures. Authorizes a court to continue for up to 90 days any action filed by an imprisoned adult under certain Civil Rights Acts actions so that administrative remedies may be pursued.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Includes the unborn within the term "person." Permits abortion: (1) to prevent the death or physical impairment of the mother, and; (2) in certain cases of rape.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Includes the unborn within the term "person." Permits abortion (1) to prevent the death or physical impairment of the mother, and (2) in certain cases of rape.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. States that by the fourth fiscal year after the ratification of this amendment the budget shall be balanced. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of declared emergency, but states that such expenditures shall never exceed receipts by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 19 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to five percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth year fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that total appropriations shall not exceed estimated revenues. Authorizes the suspension of such prohibition in time of war or by a concurrent resolution passed by the Senate and the House stating that a national emergency requires such suspension.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President to annually compute the gross national product of the United States. Limits the expenditures of the Government in any year to 20 percent of the gross national product of the preceeding year. Requires the United States to maintain a balanced budget each year. Permits such limitations to be suspended during a period of grave national emergency or time of war by a concurrent resolution agreed to by two-thirds of the authorized membership of each House of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits religious observances in governmental institutions and public places. Permits reference to a supreme being in a governmental or public document, activity, place, or on money. Declares that this amendment shall not constitute establishment of religion.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to assure that the total outlays of the Government, during any fiscal year, do not exceed the total receipts of the Government during such fiscal year. States that by the fourth fiscal year after the ratification of this amendment the budget shall be balanced. Permits expenditures to exceed national revenues in time of declared emergency, but states that such expenditures shall never exceed receipts by more than ten percent. Provides that during the fifth fiscal year beginning after the ratification of this amendment and for the next 19 succeeding fiscal years thereafter, the total receipts of the Government shall exceed outlays by an amount equal to five percent of the Federal indebtedness at the beginning of the fifth year fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Declares the term "person", with respect to due process and equal protections, applicable to human beings irrespective of age, health, function or condition of dependency, including the unborn. Prohibits the deprivation of life of an unborn person, except under law permitting medical procedures required to prevent the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1977
Calls for the convening of a constitutional convention. Sets forth the procedures for such convention and for ratification of resultant amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Requires a petition signed by at least eight percent of the whole number of people in each of at least three-fourths of the States to place such an issue on the ballot and a majority vote in each of at least three-fourths of the States to pass it.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the District of Columbia be treated as a State for purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and Article V of the Constitution of the United States. Repeals the provisions of the twenty-third amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Anatoly Scharansky from custody and permit him to emigrate.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Anatoly Scharansky from custody and permit him to emigrate.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Anatoly Scharansky from custody and permit him to emigrate.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1977
Limits the power of any United States court to issue school transportation orders based on race, color, or national origin. Stipulates that only a three judge district court may issue a school assignment order based on race, color, or national origin. Requires the holding of a special hearing where specific findings in relation to such a constitutional violation must be made before a school assignment order may issue. Stays such school assignment orders until all appeals have been exhausted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1977
Limits the power of any United States court to issue school transportation orders based on race, color, or national origin. Stipulates that only a three judge district court may issue a school assignment order based on race, color, or national origin. Requires the holding of a special hearing where specific findings in relation to such a constitutional violation must be made before a school assignment order may issue. Stays such school assignment orders until all appeals have been exhausted.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits compelling a criminal defendant to testify against himself in open court. Restricts introduction of prior criminal convictions except where they constitute an element of the offense charged. Requires that a defendant be informed of the evidence against him.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1977
Federal Constitution Convention Amendment Act - Sets forth procedures for Federal constitutional conventions with respect to: (1) applications, (2) calling, (3) delegates, (4) convening, (5) operation, (6) congressional approval, and (7) ratification.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits persons lawfully assembled in public buildings to observe a moment of silence.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the District of Columbia be treated as a State for purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and Article V of the Constitution of the United States. Repeals the provisions of the twenty-third amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Restricts the tenure of a Federal judge or a Supreme Court justice to a term not to exceed ten years, unless the Senate consents to another such term.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1977
Declares it the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should release Anatoly Scharansky from custody and permit him to emigrate.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Federal judges to retire from regular active service within 30 days of attaining age 70.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for periodic reconfirmation of United States district court judges by popular vote of the inhabitants of their respective judicial districts.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1977
Makes it unlawful for any Federal official or employee, with the exception of employees of the Central Intelligence Agency or the National Security Agency, to require or request any other employee or any person seeking employment to take a polygraph test. Makes it unlawful for any person engaged in any business in commerce to require or request an employee or applicant to take a polygraph test or to use such a test unless fully consented to by an employee. Permits aggrieved persons to seek injunctive relief in Federal courts.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for enactment and repeal of laws by popular vote. Requires a petition signed by at least eight percent of the whole number of people in each of at least three-fourths of the States to place such an issue on the ballot and a majority vote in each of at least three-fourths of the States to pass it.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the length of service of a Representative, Supreme Court Justice, or Federal judge to ten years during any 12-year period. Limits the length of service of a Senator to 12 years during any 14-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for proposal of laws, other than those relating to certain aspects of the armed forces, by petition, and enactment of such laws by popular vote.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Limits to 12 the number of years which Representatives and Senators may serve in Congress. Limits to 18 the total number of years of service of a person who holds the office of Representative and who at another time holds the office of Senator.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the term of office of Members of the House of Representatives shall be four years. Divides the seats of the Representatives into two equal classes so that one half of the Members are chosen every second year. Limits to three the number of terms which a Member may serve. Limits the length of service of Senators to two complete terms. Repeals the clause of the Constitution relating to the length of terms of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Permits compelling a criminal defendant to testify against himself in open court. Restricts introduction of prior criminal convictions except where they constitute an element of the offense charged. Requires that a defendant be informed of the evidence against him.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1977
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the representation of the District of Columbia in the Congress. Authorizes the election of two Senators and the number of Representatives in the House to which the District would be entitled if it were a State. Provides that this Amendment shall have no effect upon the present system for selecting the number of electors for President and Vice President to be appointed for the District.