January 21 – Carter urges fuel conservation across the United States alongside an order to government buildings for the cutting back on heating of oil, gas and coal, stating his confidence in the ability of Americans to respond effectively to his wishes.[4]
January 23 – President Carter attends the swearing-in of twelve cabinet members during a White House ceremony.[6]
January 23 – White House CounselRobert Lipshutz says he has resigned from an unnamed club due to its past affiliation with discrimination toward blacks and some non-Jewish members.[7]
January 24 – President Carter orders the Federal Energy Administration rescind regulation amendments exempting motor gasoline within the prices of FEA and allocating controls by the following March 1.[8]
January 25 – Director of the Office of Management and Budget Lance says President Carter's economic program may include a 50 dollar rebate for every American.[9]
January 25 – Agriculture Secretary Bergland says he will visit the orange groves of Florida the following week to get a look at the 250 million in damages reported from the record freeze of the previous week.[10]
January 25 – Director of the Office of Management and BudgetBert Lance says President Carter's economic program may include a 50 dollar payment for each American including non-taxpayers and these payments would come in the form of a tax rebate for each personal exemption claimed by taxpayers during the previous year of 1976.[12]
January 27 – President Carter delivers an address at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in the International Ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel during the morning.[13]
January 28 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4484, designating the week beginning in the following two days as "International Clergy Week in the United States."[14]
January 29 – President Carter holds a meeting with his cabinet in the Cabinet Room and addresses the energy shortage to reporters during the afternoon.[15]
January 30 – President Carter tours the Westinghouse Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to emphasize the American energy crisis. Carter pledges a comprehensive energy policy by April 20.[16][17]
January 30 – President Carter delivers an address on his recent proposals to Congress over emergency legislation to assist with natural gas shortages in the South Portico at the White House during the afternoon.[18]
January 31 – President Carter sends Congress a message outlining his proposal for an economic recovery package.[19]
January 31 – U.N. Ambassador Young makes his first formal appearance at the U.N. headquarters. Young says the US will play a supporting role during the negotiations over solving the racial issues in South Africa and admits the difficulty behind the US attempting to "assume responsibility for the problems of Africa."[20]
January 31 – In a vote of 91 to 2, the Senate votes to give Carter the emergency authority so he can respond to the natural gas crisis. The sole senators to vote against the legislation are James Abourezk and John Tower. Senate leaders warned modifications would damage the legislation, leading to withdrawal of proposals.[21]
January 31 – President Carter issues Executive Order 11968.[22]
February 1 – President Carter announces his nomination of John O'Leary for Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration.[23]
February 2 – President Carter announces his nomination of Paul C. Warnke for Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and special SALT negotiator.[24]
February 2 – President Carter signs the Emergency Natural Gas Act of 1977 into law during an Oval Office signing ceremony. President Carter says the legislation authorizes emergency powers and action on the part of the president to address natural gas emergencies.[25]
February 2 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4485, declaring the existence of a natural gas emergency.[26]
February 2 – President Carter issues Executive Order 11969, creating an administration in conjunction with the Emergency Natural Gas Act.[27]
February 3 – President Carter announces his request of Clark Clifford that the latter "undertake a special mission to Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus as his personal emissary."[28]
February 4 – President Carter and Vice President Mondale address participants of the United States Senate Youth Program in the State Dining Room of the White House.[29]
February 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard B. Parker for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Lebanon.[30]
February 4 – In a message to Congress, President Carter transmits proposed legislation that if enacted will allow the president to submit reorganization plans to the Congress.[31]
February 4 – President Carter addresses reporters on his submitting of the proposed reorganization plan legislation to Congress in the Briefing Room.[32]
February 4 – President Carter announces four nominations for positions in the Transportation Department.[33]
February 4 – President Carter transmits the Annual Report of the Railroad Retirement Board for fiscal year 1976 in a message to Congress.[34]
February 8 – President Carter holds his first press conference since taking office in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building, answering questions from reporters on foreign arm sales, his office's veto power, Paul Warnke, standards of conduct for public officials, nuclear arms reduction, SALT negotiations, public works expenditures, federal pay raise, the oil energy, relations with Congress, Douglas Robinson, Democratic congressional leadership, and the Soviet Union.[37]
February 8 – President Carter announces the designation of Sol M. Linowitz for part-time co-negotiator of the Panama Canal negotiations.[38]
February 9 – President Carter announces the nomination of Evan S. Dobelle for rank of Ambassador while serving as Chief of Protocol for the White House.[39]
February 9 – President Carter delivers an address in the auditorium at the Department of Labor, answering questions on daycare centers, government flexi-time, the energy rebate proposal, fiscal policy, zero-base budgeting, reorganization of the Labor Department, federal regulations, the naming of a new director of OSHA, and relations between the federal and state governments.[40]
February 9 – President Carter delivers an address to members of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute in the Family Theater in the White House.[41]
February 10 – In a statement, President Carter notes the formation of the Alliance To Save Energy and his request of Vice President Mondale to serve as Honorary Cochairman of the non-profit.[42]
February 10 – President Carter delivers an address on priorities of his administration in the Cash Room of the Treasury Department and answers questions on his department visits, government reorganization, federal regulations, tax reform, and government responsiveness.[43]
February 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Daniel J. Meador for Assistant Attorney General.[44]
February 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of Thomas B. Ross for Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs).[45]
February 16 – President Carter announces the nomination of James T. McIntyre, Jr. for Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.[46]
February 16 – President Carter announces the nominations of Douglas M. Costle and Barbara Blum for Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.[47]
February 16 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership in regards to a reduction of reports required on the part of Americans.[48]
February 21 – President Carter announces the nomination of R. James Woolsey for Under Secretary of the Navy.[49]
February 21 – President Carter sends a message to Congress pertaining to water resource projects. He notes his support for "a prudent and responsible use of the taxpayers' money and to protection of the environment" during his presidential campaign and his instructing of "Secretary of the Interior Andrus and Secretary of the Army Alexander, working together with the Office of Management and Budget and the Council on Environmental Quality, to carry out a complete evaluation of these 19 projects and of all other water resource projects and to develop comprehensive policy reforms in this critical area."[50]
February 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Gerald P. Dinneen for Assistant Secretary of Defense.[51]
February 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of David E. McGiffert for Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs).[52]
February 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jerry J. Jasinowski for Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Policy).[53]
February 25 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4489, designating March 1977 as "Red Cross Month".[54]
February 25 – In a memorandum to department and agency heads, President Carter notes the proclamation designating the following month as Red Cross Month and the role of the federal government in commemorating the time period.[55]
February 25 – President Carter issues Executive Order 11974, imposing an amendment the generalized system of preferences.[56]
February 25 – President Carter issues a memorandum to agency and department heads on state and local officials having a role in Carter administration policies and programs.[57]
February 28 – President Carter sends a message to Congress transmitting the United States-Canada Reciprocal Fisheries Agreement.[58]
March 1 – President Carter delivers an address outlining legislation to create a department concerning energy in the Briefing Room.[59]
March 1 – President Carter issues a message to Congress on the proposed legislation to create an energy department.[60]
March 1 – President Carter answers questions from reporters on the administration's policies, military unionization, military pay and retirement systems, New York City, civil service and job discrimination, federal employees, selective service pardons, and armed forces reserves at the Inner Court at the Pentagon.[61]
March 1 – President Carter attends the National Governors' Conference in the State Dining Room.[62]
March 1 – President Carter issues a memorandum to agency and department heads on limited hiring in the federal government.[63]
March 2 – President Carter attends the swearing in ceremony of the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, the Director of ACTION, and the Chief of Protocol in the Oval Office.[64]
March 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Guy R. Martin for Assistant Secretary of Interior (Land and Water Resources).[65]
March 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert L. Herbst for Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Fish, Wildlife and Parks).[66]
March 3 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jay Janis for Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.[67]
March 3 – President Carter announces the nomination of Bette B. Anderson for Under Secretary of the Treasury.[68]
March 3 – President Carter announces the nomination of Gene Godley for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Legislative Affairs).[69]
March 3 – President Carter announces George H. Aldrich being accorded the personal rank of Ambassador amid his leadership of the United States delegation that will be representing the country at the Fourth Session of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts.[70]
March 7 – President Carter meets with Prime Minister of IsraelYitzak Rabin, assuring him that his view of an overall Middle East settlement contains borders for Israel. Rabin tells reporters he is satisfied with Carter's remarks, though Secretary of State Vance insists the remarks do not indicate a change in American policy.[71]
March 9 – President Carter says he is easing restrictions on traveling to Vietnam, Cuba, Cambodia, and North Korea during a televised press conference.[72]
March 10 – In an act that is noted as the opposite of President Carter's agenda, the Senate votes 65 to 24 to spend all appropriated funds for water development projects.[73]
March 10 – President Carter attends the Ad Hoc Coalition for Women in the Family Theater.[74]
March 10 – President Carter transmits a report to Congress concerning the American Mushroom Industry.[75]
March 11 – President Carter issues Executive Order 11976, an amendment to Executive Order 11861 that would modify the executive schedule.[76]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Francis X. Burkhardt for Assistant Secretary of Labor (Labor-Management Relations).[77]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Eula Bingham for Assistant Secretary of Labor (Occupational Safety and Health).[78]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Arnold H. Packer for Assistant Secretary of Labor (Policy, Evaluation and Research).[79]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Alexis M. Herman for Director of the Women's Bureau in the Department of Labor.[80]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Lawrence B. Simons for Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Housing).[81]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert C. Embry, Jr. for Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Community Development and Planning).[82]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nominations of Harry R. Van Cleve and William F. McQuillen for membership on the Renegotiation Board.[83]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Howard W. Hjort for membership on the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.[84]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of William J. Perry for Director of Defense Research and Engineering in the Department of Defense.[85]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Frank Peter S. Libassi for General Counsel of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[86]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard D. Warden for Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (Legislation).[87]
March 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert S. Strauss for Special Representative for Trade Negotiations.[88]
March 11 – President Carter attends the swearing in ceremony of the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Deputy Director of ACTION, and the Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the Rose Garden.[89]
March 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of Daniel H. Brill for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Economic Policy).[90]
March 24 – President Carter announces the nomination of Dale E. Hathaway for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (International Affairs and Commodity Programs) and for membership on the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.[91]
March 24 – President Carter holds his fourth news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building, answering questions from reporters on the program to reduce inflation, the Soviet Union, American negotiations, Vietnam, water resource projects, third world debt, relations between the US and the Soviet Union, and organized crime.[92]
March 24 – President Carter issues a letter in accordance with the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 updating members of Congress on Cambodia and South Vietnam refugees.[93]
March 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert H. Meyer of Brawley for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (Marketing Services) and for membership on the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.[94]
March 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of James F. Leonard, Jr. for the Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations.[95]
March 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Chester C. McGuire, Jr. for Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity).[96]
March 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Geno C. Baroni for Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Neighborhood and Consumer Affairs).[97]
March 30 – President Carter sends the Senate a message transmitting the United States-Canada Transit Pipeline Agreement.[98]
March 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Alex P. Mercure for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (Rural Development) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.[99]
March 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joan M. Davenport for Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Energy and Minerals).[100]
March 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of John L. Moore, Jr. for President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.[101]
March 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Langhorne M. Bond for Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.[102]
March 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Quentin S. Taylor for Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.[103]
March 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Harold M. Williams for membership on the Securities and Exchange Commission.[104]
March 30 – President Carter addresses reporters in the Briefing Room. He begins the session with developments in regards to ongoing negotiations over the SALT treaty with the Soviet Union and then answers questions.[105]
March 30 – President Carter attends a reception for members of the National Women's Political Caucus at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.[106]
March 31 – President Carter delivers remarks in the Rose Garden for the 1977 Cherry Blossom Festival.[107]
March 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joseph Laitin for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Public Affairs).[108]
March 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of David J. Bardin for Deputy Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration.[109]
March 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of William M. Cox for Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.[110]
March 31 – President Carter issues a message to the Senate on the Sockeye Salmon Fisheries Convention.[111]
April 1 – President Carter announces the appointments of Michael Blumenthal, Juanita Kreps, and Bert Lance to membership on the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.[112]
April 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Deanne C. Siemer for General Counsel of the Department of Defense.[113]
April 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Russell Murray II for Assistant Secretary of Defense.[114]
April 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Edward Hidalgo for Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Logistics).[115]
April 1 – In a statement, President Carter addresses administration decisions responding to the non-rubber footwear industry and his intent to "recommend to Congress within 90 days any legislation which may be needed to provide" a number of differences in the current system such as the development of new production methods, ways of finding new marketing opportunities, aid to workers and communities afflicted, assistance with promotion and marketing, and financial aid for the entirety of the initiatives.[116]
April 1 – In a message to Congress, President Carter transmits a report on the American non-rubber footwear industry stating actions that will be taken by the administration.[117]
April 1 – President Carter issues a memorandum on the administration's actions toward the American non-rubber footwear industry.[118]
April 1 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency heads on the administration's actions toward the American non-rubber footwear industry.[119]
April 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jordan J. Baruch for Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Science and Technology).[120]
April 5 – President Carter announces the designation of A. Daniel O'Neal as Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission.[121]
April 6 – President Carter signs the Reorganization Act of 1977 into law during a morning ceremony in the Oval Office. President Carter says the legislation gives him the authority to work with Congress in reorganizing the federal government.[122]
April 6 – President Carter submits a message to Congress on consumer protection legislation, stating his desire to create a consumer advocacy agency and the principles he is in favor of seeing it convey.[123]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of William J. White for membership on the Board of Directors of the New Community Development Corporation.[124]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ruth T. Prokop for General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.[125]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of nine individuals for Ambassadors with the distinction of having been chosen based on the recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Board on Ambassadorial Appointments.[126]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Philip H. Alston, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Australia.[127]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Kingman Brewster, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.[128]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Anne Cox Chambers for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Belgium.[129]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert F. Goheen for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to India.[130]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Wilbert J. Le Melle for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Kenya and to the Republic of Seychelles.[131]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Samuel W. Lewis for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Israel.[132]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Mike Mansfield for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Japan.[133]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of William H. Sullivan for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Iran.[134]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of George S. Vest for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Pakistan.[135]
April 7 – President Carter answers questions from reporters on the economic stimulus package, nuclear power policy, fuel reprocessing centers, and foreign nuclear weapon capability while in the Briefing Room.[136]
April 7 – In a statement, President Carter announces several new moves being taken by the administration to deal with nuclear power in the wake of a review.[137]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Patrick J. Lucey for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Mexico.[138]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joel W. (Jay) Solomon for Administrator of the General Services Administration.[139]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. for United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North American Treaty Organization with both the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.[140]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Leonel Castillo for Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the Department of Justice.[141]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Leslie J. Goldman for Assistant Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration.[142]
April 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of John H. Dalton for President of the Government National Mortgage Association.[143]
April 13 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4500, designating the upcoming May 20 as "National Defense Transportation Day" and the week beginning with May 15 as "National Transportation Week".[144]
April 14 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4501, designating the week beginning with the upcoming May 22 as "Small Business Week".[145]
April 15 – President Carter holds a news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building during the morning.[146]
April 25 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4504 designating Memorial Day as "a day of prayer for permanent peace".[147] President Carter calls on Congress to review both healthcare proposals in a message.[148] President Carter delivers an address on the two healthcare proposals he sent to Congress in the Briefing Room at the White House during the afternoon.[149]
April 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ulric S. Haynes, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria.[150]
April 27 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership regarding his request of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget issuing guidelines regarding the use of zero-based budgeting in the Executive Branch.[151]
April 27 – President Carter sends a message to Congress on nuclear non-proliferation and his "submitting to the Congress a bill which would establish for the United States a strong and effective non-proliferation policy."[152]
April 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Charles W. Bray III for Deputy Director of the United States Information Agency.[153]
April 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr. for Deputy Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.[154]
April 27 – President Carter transmits the third report on the United States Sinai Support Mission in a message to Congress.[155]
April 28 – First Lady Carter undergoes surgery to remove a nonmalignant breast tumor.[156]
April 29 – In a vote of 73 to 7, a tax cut bill is passed by the Senate.[157]
April 29 – President Carter issues a statement on the national energy plan, saying the crisis has been decades in the making and will take the same amount of time to solve in its entirety before speaking favorably of the plan.[158]
April 29 – President Carter issues a statement on the incoming observance of Better Hearing and Speech Month.[159]
April 29 – President Carter issues Executive Order 11982, an amendment to Executive Order 11971 extending the reporting time for the Committee on Selection of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[160]
May 3 – President Carter announces the nomination of L. Douglas Heck for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Kingdom of Nepal.[162]
May 3 – President Carter announces the nomination of Rozanne L. Ridgway for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Finland.[163]
May 3 – President Carter announces the formation of the Presidential Task Force on the District of Columbia, "designed as an intergovernmental working group on District problems, will consist of representatives of Congress, the District government, and the executive branch."[164]
May 3 – In a message to Congress, President Carter submits the Ethics in Government Act of 1977 which he insists "will establish far-reaching safeguards against conflicts of interest and abuse of the public trust by government officials."[165]
May 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jule M. Sugarman for Civil Service Commissioner, indicating that Sugarman would serve as Vice Chairman of the Commission.[166]
May 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ersa H. Poston for Civil Service Commissioner.[167]
May 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Alan W. Wolff for Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations.[168]
May 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Lester E. Edmond for United States Director of the Asian Development Bank.[169]
May 4 – President Carter announces the nominations of Ralph A. Dungan and E. Jay Finkel for United States Executive Director and Alternate U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank.[170]
May 4 – President Carter signs Executive Order 11983, an amendment to Executive Order 11861 deleting and revising sections.[171]
May 4 – President Carter announces steps by the administration to maintain a viable domestic sugar industry.[172]
May 4 – President Carter issues a memorandum to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations concerning the American sugar industry. President Carter notes his directing of "the Secretary of Agriculture to institute an Income support program for sugar producers, effective with the 1977 crop, offering supplemental payments of up to 2 cents per pound, whenever the market price falls beneath 13.5 cents a pound."[173]
May 4 – In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Bergland, President Carter notes his decision earlier that day that import relief was not in the national economic interest of the U.S. and requests Bergland "institute, pursuant to Section 301 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1949, a program for sugar producers, effective with the 1977 crop, offering supplemental payments of up to two cents a pound, whenever the market price falls beneath 13.5 cents per pound, for the interim period, until an International Sugar Agreement is successfully negotiated and implemented."[174]
May 4 – President Carter addresses the administration's position on the sugar industry in letters to Speaker O'Neill and Vice President Mondale.[175]
May 4 – President Carter signs Executive Order 11984, abolishing the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.[176]
May 5 – President Carter announces the appointments of Thomas L. Farmer, William Scranton, and Al Gore, Sr. as members of the important Intelligence Oversight Board.[177]
May 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of John M. Harmon for Assistant Attorney General.[178]
May 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of James W. Moorman for Assistant Attorney General.[179]
May 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Stuart Evan Seigel for Assistant General Counsel in the Treasury Department with the role of acting Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service.[180]
May 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of John H. Sullivan for Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Bureau of Asia).[181]
May 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Sander Martin Levin for Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development.[182]
May 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of George S. Vest for Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs.[183]
May 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert H. Mendelsohn for Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Management, Program Development and Budget).[184]
May 7 – Carter administration sources report their intent to bolster the Social Security system will urge higher taxes on Social Security recipients and a new use of general tax funds.[185]
May 7 – The U.S. government notifies South Africa of U.N. Ambassador Young's intention to visit the country.[186]
Jimmy Carter waving from Air Force One, 17 May 1977
May 17 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard K. Fox, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.[187]
May 17 – President Carter transmits Congress the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and Cuba in a message.[188]
May 17 – President Carter delivers an address at the United Auto Workers Convention to Yorty Hall at the Los Angeles Convention Center.[189]
May 17 – President Carter delivers an address at Fresno Airport on issues relating to California.[190]
May 18 – President Carter makes a joint appearance in the Rose Garden with Attorney General Bell and various representatives and senators the concerning foreign surveillance legislation.[191]
May 24 – President Carter signs Executive Order 11993, amending the third section of Executive Order 11972.[192]
May 24 – President Carter issues a memorandum to executive department and agency leadership on the subject of the Advisory Committee Review.[193]
May 25 – President Carter attends the Democratic Congressional Dinner in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel.[194]
May 26 – President Carter holds his eighth news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter delivers an address on the administration's relations with Congress and answers questions on the SALT treaty negotiations, the termination of employment of General Singlaub, pending legislation, the Middle East, military installations, financial benefits of the presidency, foreign policy, welfare reform, and Menachem Begin.[195]
May 26 – President Carter announces the nomination of Thomas B.C. Leddy for Alternate U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund.[196]
May 26 – President Carter announces the nomination of John G. Heimann for Comptroller of the Currency.[197]
May 26 – President Carter announces the nomination of Marvin L. Warner for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Switzerland.[198]
May 26 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert W. Scott for Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission.[199]
May 26 – President Carter signs Protocol l of the Treaty of Tlatelolco during an afternoon appearance in the Rose Garden.[200]
May 26 – President Carter signs H.R. 5562, establishing the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site.[201]
May 26 – President Carter signs H.J. Res. 424 into law, allowing "the Administrator of General Services to accept on behalf of the people of the United States a generous gift of land, buildings, and equipment from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library to be located in Boston." President Carter notes the signing is taking place on the sixtieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's birth.[202]
May 27 – President Carter issues a statement on the International Labour Organization where he says the questions of its relations with the United States is "a matter of high priority and will remain under continuing review by a Cabinet-level committee where, we hope, the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce will continue to play active roles."[203]
May 27 – President Carter delivers remarks and answers questions on the dock at Port Canaveral.[204]
May 30 – President Carter answers questions from reporters on Cuba and his "optimism and Brezhnev's pessimism on SALT" during an appearance at the Brunswick Golden Isles Glynco Jetport.[205]
May 31 – President Carter answers questions on First Lady Carter's trip to Jamaica, problems of the Plains Baptist Church, and Cuba while at the depot.[206]
June 6 – President Carter addresses members of the Capitol Page School in the State Dining Room, answering questions on life in Washington and his relationships with both family members and those in Congress.[207]
June 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joseph C. Wheeler for Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Near East).[208]
June 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of Roland R. Mora for Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment.[209]
June 6 – President Carter submits the United States-United Kingdom Taxation Convention Message to the Senate.[210]
June 6 – President Carter announces the designation of Nelson Cruikshank for Chairman of the Federal Council on the Aging.[211]
June 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of Edward R. Fried for United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[212]
June 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Azie T. Morton for Treasurer of the United States.[213]
June 11 – Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd says President Carter is demonstrating a lack of knowledge about how Congress work in his charges that special interest caused the House to vote to scuttle parts of the administration's energy plan.[214]
Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale at a ceremony welcoming Mrs. Carter back from her Latin American trip, 12 June 1977
June 12 – First Lady Carter addresses her trip to Latin America at Andrews Air Force Base. President Carter confirms the administration has "received a comprehensive report on Rosalynn's visit with the foreign ministers and with the heads of state" daily.[215]
June 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard S. Page for Administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.[216]
June 13 – President Carter delivers a speech over the telephone to the Tucson, Arizona United States Conference of Mayors while in the Oval Office during the afternoon.[217]
June 13 – President Carter holds the ninth news conference of his presidency in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building during the afternoon.[218]
President Carter with Andy Warhol at a reception for inaugural portfolio artists, 14 June 1977
June 14 – President Carter issues Executive Order 11996 in what he calls "a mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Tom C. Clark".[219] The U.S. and the Republic of China jointly sign an Orderly Marketing Agreement on shoe imports.[220]
June 21 – President Carter signs H.R. 6197 into law. President Carter says that while he favors the part of the legislation which extends the Disaster Relief Act, "the provisions which expand the Army Corps of Engineers' authority to provide emergency water supplies are subject to abuse and, to be effective, must be closely coordinated with the several drought programs already in operation."[221]
June 22 – President Carter announces the nomination of Blandina Cardenas for Chief of the Children's Bureau in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[222]
June 22 – President Carter announces the nomination of Philip M. Kaiser for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Hungary.[223]
June 22 – President Carter addresses members of the Advertising Council, Inc. in the East Room. President Carter answers questions on the energy surplus, coal production, administration priories, and his views on the presidency.[224]
June 23 – President Carter announces the nomination of William E. Schaufele, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Greece.[225]
June 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Walter B. LaBerge for Under Secretary of the Army.[226]
June 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Sar A. Levitan for membership on the National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics.[227]
June 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of William Drayton, Jr. for Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Planning and Management).[228]
June 27 – President Carter announces the appointment of Koryne Horbal for the Representative of the United States on the Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.[229]
June 27 – President Carter signs Executive Order 11998, establishing the President's Commission on Military Compensation.[230]
June 29 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on the subject of a federal law enforcement review.[231]
June 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Charles F. C. Ruff for Deputy Inspector General in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[232]
June 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard A. Frank for Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.[233]
June 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of W. Howard Wriggins for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Sri Lanka and to the Republic of Maldives.[234]
June 30 – President Carter holds his tenth news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter begins the conference with an address on the Rockwell B-1 Lancer and answers questions from reporters on it as well as relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, the cruise missile capability of the US, the human rights policy of his administration, the Middle East, support from the Democratic Party, SALT negotiations, Panama Canal negotiations, OPEC oil prices, relations between the United States and China, his tax return, the American postal service, staff morals, and his presidential papers.[235]
June 30 – President Carter orders the halting of the B1 bomber program. He states that a strategic force that was both "effective and flexible" could be maintained without the B1.[236]
June 30 – The Carter administration proposes legislation allowing the Environmental Protection Agency to withhold some funding from sewage plants should cities fail to reduce their water usage by fifteen percent.[237]
Jimmy Carter at his desk in his private study, 1 July 1977
July 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Louis A. Lerner for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Norway.[238]
July 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Lawrence A. Pezzullo for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Uruguay.[239]
July 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Elizabeth E. Bailey for membership on the Civil Aeronautics Board.[240]
July 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of David B. Bolen for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the German Democratic Republic.[241]
July 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of John R. Burke for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.[242]
July 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Mauricio Solaun for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Nicaragua.[243]
July 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Raymond L. Garthoff for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Bulgaria.[244]
July 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Barry P. Bosworth for Director of the Council on Wage and Price Stability.[245]
July 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of John D. Negroponte for the rank of Ambassador during Negroponte's representation of the United States at international conferences and meetings on fish and wildlife matters.[246]
July 9 – President Carter attends a conference with a majority of US governors "on the subject of energy, the interrelationship between the Federal and State governments, and the major responsibilities that fall on the shoulders of Governors." President Carter and Florida Governor Reubin Askew hold a joint appearance in the Briefing Room discussing the contents of the meeting shortly afterward.[247]
July 11 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4512, designating the period of July 16 to July 24, 1977 as "United States Space Observance."[248]
July 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ray V. Fitzgerald for membership on the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.[249]
July 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jean M. Wilkowski for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure as coordinator of United States preparations for the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development.[250]
July 12 – President Carter holds his eleventh news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter answers questions from reporters on arms and weapons, the minimum wage, atomic weapons, foreign eavesdropping on telephone conversations, stock market investments, relations between the United States and Soviet Union, the Middle East, abortion, relations with Congress, and the FBI Director nominees.[251]
July 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Earl Oliver for membership on the Railroad Retirement Board.[252]
July 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Forrest J. Gerard for Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.[253]
July 12 – President Carter announces the designation of Joseph M. Henritie as Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.[254]
July 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Peter A. Bradford for membership on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.[255]
July 26 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard J. Daschbach for Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission.[256]
July 26 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on affirmative action in the executive branch.[257]
July 27 – President Carter announces the designation of Lloyd N. Cutler as his special representative for maritime boundary and resource negotiations with Canada. Cutler is also given the personal rank of Ambassador.[258]
July 28 – President Carter holds his twelfth press conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. Carter begins the conference by addressing nuclear test ban negotiations and financing for election campaigns before answering questions from reporters on Israel settlements, foreign arm sales, oil imports, the Middle East, Prime Minister Begin, his views on his presidency so far, welfare programs, discrimination, social programs, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[259]
July 28 – President Carter signs the International Navigational Rules Act of 1977 into law. The legislation implements the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea for United States vessels. Carter notes his "serious constitutional reservations" with section 3(b), raising concern that it may be in violation of Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution.[260]
July 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert C. Marshall for both membership and President of the Mississippi River Commission.[261]
July 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Eloise A. Woods for Chairman of the National Credit Union Board.[262]
July 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Marshall D. Shulman for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure as Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Soviet Affairs.[263]
July 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Lawrence Connell, Jr. for Administrator of the National Credit Union Administration.[264]
July 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of William P. Dixon for U.S. Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[265]
July 28 – The White House announces that President Carter will withdraw the sale notification of the AWACS to Iran and resubmit it when Congress reconvenes in September.[266]
July 28 – President Carter sends a letter to members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation urging a haste in passing a bill that would reduce regulation of the airline industry.[267]
July 29 – President Carter announces the appointment of Arthur C. Upton for Director of the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[268]
July 29 – The Carter administration announces a survey directed toward congressional members to see which issues afflict the daily lives of their constituents, its results slated to "be used in pinpointing targets for President Carter's Government reorganization program."[269]
July 29 – President Carter announces the nominations of Charles B. Curtis and Georgiana Sheldon for membership on the Federal Power Commission.[270]
July 29 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12006, giving G. Joseph Minetti exemption from the mandatory requirement age as a result of what Carter terms "public interest".[271]
July 29 – President Carter delivers an address on current programs being undertaken by the administration including welfare reform and answers questions on Cuba, dereglation of natural gas and oil, oil location and production, energy conservation, government reorganization, inner cities, Israel settlements in occupied lands, power failure in New York, his openness with the American public, and the Russell Dam during an afternoon appearance in the Cabinet Room.[272]
August 1 – In a statement, President Carter says H.R. 2502 will extend 17 Federal oil and gas leases in Wyoming for four years and its purpose "is to permit the lessees the additional time needed to drill an ultradeep well. Technological problems have prevented the lessees from drilling that well to date."[273]
August 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Roberta S. Karmel for membership on the Securities and Exchange Commission.[274]
August 1 – President Carter announces that "a proposal for establishing the Agency for Consumer Protection entirely from existing resources was sent to Congress by Bert Lance".[275]
August 1 – President Carter issues a statement on the National Energy Plan, thanking various members of Congress for their involvement in advancing the plan and urging the House of Representatives "to retain the natural gas pricing program which I proposed and which has been adopted by the Commerce Committee and by the Ad Hoc Committee."[276]
August 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Edward Marks for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and to the Republic of Cape Verde.[277]
August 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joseph D. Duffey for Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.[278]
August 2 – President Carter delivers an address on his "sending Congress a message which expresses my strong concern about the crime and sickness and death caused by the abuse of drugs, including barbiturates and alcohol" in the Briefing Room. President Carter states the intent of the administration to deal with the influx of heroin on an international level.[279]
August 2 – In a message to Congress, President Carter details the effects of drugs internationally and his aim to discourage their use domestically, this being followed by an outline of his actions responding to the issue.[280]
August 2 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership stating his act of having directed the administration's "Reorganization Project staff at the Office of Management and Budget to review the organization of all Federal responsibilities for managing natural resources and protecting the environment."[281]
August 2 – President Carter announces the appointment of William M. Schreiber for Commissioner of the United States on the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada.[282]
August 2 – President Carter issues a memorandum to the Assistant Secretaries of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, the Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration responding favorably to their July 27 letter describing steps the "four agencies are taking to develop a common, coordinated approach in regulating toxic and hazardous substances."[283]
August 3 – President Carter signs the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 into law during a morning ceremony in the Rose Garden. President Carter states his discontent with parts of the legislation but expresses satisfaction with the leadership of Senator Henry Jackson and Congressman Mo Udall.[284]
August 3 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Makarios III, referring to him as a great statesman who the US mourns the loss of.[285]
August 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of Frank Jones for Assistant Director for Legal Affairs and General Counsel of the Community Services Administration.[289]
August 6 – Secretary of State Vance says the US will have to amplify its abilities to be a mediating force in the event a peace conference on the Middle East is held during the remaining months of the year.[290]
August 6 – President Carter asks Congress to remove the welfare system and in its place implement a plan of 34 billion that requires able-bodied recipients to get jobs while providing money for those unable to work.[291]
August 8 – President Carter answers questions from reporters on developments in the Middle East and the prospects of a Geneva conference in October at the Carter Warehouse in Plains, Georgia.[292]
August 8 – President Carter signs the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 into law. President Carter says the legislation amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to form monetary penalties equal to the cost of cleanup.[293]
August 8 – President Carter signs H.R. 7553, a bill intended to reverse the authorization of deleted projects, continue close scrutiny of all projects, and institute lasting reforms in water policy.[294]
August 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert C. Marshall for Federal Representative and non-voting Chairman of the Red River Compact Commission.[295]
August 11 – President Carter issues a memorandum to agency and department leadership on government reorganization, stating his commitment to accomplishing the endeavor "with a minimum of hardship to employees" and his actions pertaining to the goal.[296]
August 12 – President Carter delivers an address on Panama Canal negotiations in the Briefing Room. President Carter says the negotiations sought by his three immediate predecessors will be completed during his tenure and the treaty will bestow the US "operating control and the right to protect and defend the Panama Canal with our own military forces until the end of this century."[297]
August 12 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency heads praising the services of the Combined Federal Campaign.[298]
Jimmy Carter seated in the Oval Office, 15 August 1977
August 15 – President Carter announces the designation of Daniel E. Leach as Vice Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.[299]
August 15 – President Carter announces the nomination of Maurice D. Bean for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.[300]
August 15 – President Carter announces the nomination of Mari-Luci Jaramillo for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Honduras.[301]
August 15 – President Carter announces the nomination of William B. Schwartz, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.[302]
August 15 – President Carter announces the nomination of George C. Pimentel for Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation.[303]
August 15 – President Carter sends Congress the twenty-sixth annual report on the National Science Foundation in a message.[304]
August 15 – President Carter issues a statement on the observance of High Holy Days.[305]
August 15 – President Carter announces the addition of six individuals to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.[306]
August 16 – President Carter announces the appointment of Arthur I. Blaustein to membership in addition to being Chairman of the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity.[307]
August 16 – In a message to Congress, President Carter reports on the budget deferral of the Energy Research and Development Administration's Intense Neutron Source Facility.[308]
August 17 – President Carter releases a statement on the death of Elvis Presley who he recalls "burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled."[309]
August 18 – President Carter signs H.R. 6370 into law, an authorization of "FY 1978 appropriations of $11,522,000 for the International Trade Commission" and bestows the president the power to appoint a chairman to the six member commission beginning in June 1978.[311]
August 18 – President Carter signs H.R. 6179 into law, adding "a new section 37 to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, declaring the sense of the Congress that adequate verification of compliance should be an indispensable part of any international arms control agreement."[312]
August 23 – President Carter holds his fourteenth news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building, answering questions from reporters on the Panama Canal, Israel, and Bert Lance.[313]
August 25 – President Carter signs an executive order establishing the Presidential Management Intern Program during a morning signing ceremony in the Rose Garden. President Carter states the program will enlist 250 individuals of both genders for two years with the government and the likelihood of the program expanding in the future.[314]
August 25 – President Carter announces the nominations of individuals for Representative and Alternate Representatives of the United States to the 21st session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA.[315]
August 27 – President Carter sends a letter to President of the Atlantic Treaty Association Karl Mommer requesting a conference to reassess the state of their alliance.[316]
August 29 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4516 designating the week beginning on September 1, 1977 as "National Hispanic Heritage Week".[317]
August 30 – President Carter delivers an address on the progress of the Panama Canal Treaty during a briefing with officials in the State Dining Room.[318]
August 31 – President Carter issues a statement calling on Americans to comply with the 55 mile per hour speed limit, reporting on the drop in highway fatalities that have occurred since the lowered speed limit was imposed three years prior.[319]
August 31 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4518, a designation of "the week of September 18 through 24, 1977, as National Lupus Week and calling for its appropriate observance."[320]
August 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of Charles N. Van Doren for Assistant Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA).[321]
August 31 – President Carter announces the members of the Committee on Selection of Federal Judicial Officers.[322]
August 31 – President Carter announces the designation of Timothy F. Cleary for Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.[323]
August 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of John B. Slaughter for Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation.[324]
September 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Thomas Garrett for Deputy U.S. Commissioner on the International Whaling Commission.[325]
September 2 – Government sources report the Carter administration is weighing having the Concorde supersonic airliner land in ten additional cities in spite of the controversy surrounding the aircraft's noise.[326]
September 3 – An administration source says President Carter is expected to announce major reforms on paperwork with the intent of easing the exasperation of state and local applicants as well as saving hundreds of millions of dollars.[327]
September 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of Frank J. Devine for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to El Salvador.[328]
Jimmy Carter escorts Ladybird Johnson to the Panama Canal Treaty Dinner, 7 September 1977
September 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Esteban E. Torres for an Ambassador rank amid his assignment as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris.[329]
September 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Carolyn R. Payton for Associate Director of ACTION.[330]
September 7 – President Carter announces the appointments of Douglas Fraser and Lloyd McBride for membership on the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations.[331]
September 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Bertram R. Cottine for membership on the Occupational Health and Safety Review Commission.[332]
September 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Arthur J. Goldberg for the position of Ambassador at Large and U.S. Representative to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and Chairman of the U.S. delegation to the CSCE.[333]
September 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of William E. Read for membership on the Mississippi River Commission.[334]
September 7 – The Torrijos–Carter Treaties are signed in the Hall of the Americas at the headquarters of the Organization of American States.[335]
September 7 – President Carter attends the Panama Canal Treaty Dinner in the State Dining Room.[336]
September 8 – President Carter and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau issue a joint statement on the United States-Canada Agreement on a Natural Gas Pipeline.[337]
September 8 – President Carter and Prime Minister Trudeau make a joint appearance before reporters in the Briefing Room to announce the Natural Gas Pipeline.[338]
September 8 – President Carter addresses his meeting with President of BoliviaHugo Suarez while speaking to reporters on the South Grounds.[339]
September 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Donald M. O'Shei for membership on the California Debris Commission.[340]
September 10 – President Carter attends a rally at the corner of Butler and Hudson Streets in the Chambersburg area in Trenton, New Jersey.[341]
September 12 – In a statement, President Carter addresses minority business enterprise, stating his intent "to rely on the Interagency Council, chaired by Sidney Harman, the Under Secretary of Commerce, to promote, coordinate, and monitor Federal programs relating to minority business enterprise."[342]
September 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Charles D. Ferris for membership on the Federal Communications Commission.[343]
September 12 – President Carter announces the according of David H. Popper for the personal rank of Ambassador during his tenure as deputy to Ambassador at Large Ellsworth Bunker for Panama Canal Treaty Affairs.[344]
September 13 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12009, designating October 1 as the start date for the Department of Energy.[345]
September 13 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4519, requesting Americans to observe October 24, 1977 as "Veterans Day".[346]
September 13 – President Carter announces the appointment of Elizabeth Miller for membership on the President's Cancer Panel.[347]
September 14 – President Carter announces the appointments of James E. Baker as Deputy Representative of the United States on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and Ruth S. Morgenthau as Representative of the United States on the Commission for Social Development of that Council.[348]
September 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of George W. Landau for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Chile.[349]
September 14 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on the subject of the Presidential Domestic Policy Review System.[350]
September 22 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert R. Humphreys for Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration.[351]
September 23 – President Carter announces the nominations of Lynn R. Coleman for General Counsel of the Department of Energy,[352] and Diego C. Asencio for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Colombia.[353]
September 23 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4524 designating October 9, 1977, as "Leif Erikson Day".[354]
September 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Barry M. Blechman for Assistant Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.[355]
September 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of John J. Boyle for Public Printer.[356]
September 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Don S. Smith for Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.[357]
September 28 – President Carter issues a statement on the forthcoming Country Music Month. He reflects on his childhood of listening to the musical genre.[358]
September 28 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12010, an adjustment to the wages of employees in the government and military.[359]
September 29 – President Carter signs the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 during a morning signing ceremony in the Rose Garden. President Carter calls the act "one of the most progressive and far-reaching pieces of legislation that has come before me."[360]
September 29 – President Carter sends a message to Congress "on the comparability adjustment I am ordering for the Federal statutory pay systems in October 1977." This is accompanied by a copy of the executive order he issued to implement the increase in pay rates.[361]
September 30 – In a 50 to 44 vote, the Senate rejects setting aside a plan for federal controls on gas prices to be lifted. This marks the second time that the Carter administration-backed gas proposal was defeated in the Senate.[362]
September 30 – The United States and Soviet Union reach a consensus to making an effort toward forming a Middle East peace conference before the year is over.[363]
September 30 – Through a meeting with Edvard Kardelj, President Carter receives a message from North Korea offering a meeting between American and North Korean officials.[364]
October 3 – President Carter signs H.R. 6111 into law, a three year extension of the Runaway Youth Act during a morning Rose Garden ceremony.[365]
October 3 – President Carter signs H.R. 1862 into law, providing "a 6.6 percent increase in compensation payments for over 2 million disabled veterans and their survivors."[366]
October 3 – President Carter announces the nominations of Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Gillian M. Sorensen for membership on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.[367]
October 3 – President Carter announces the nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.[368]
October 3 – President Carter sends a report to Congress on "42 deferrals of fiscal year J 978 funds totalling $1,480.6 million" in a message.[369]
October 3 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12012, an amendment of Executive Order 11183.[370]
October 4 – President Carter delivers a morning address to the United Nations in General Assembly Hall.[371]
October 4 – President Carter delivers an address to officials of the African nations at the headquarters of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York City.[372]
October 4 – President Carter delivers an address to members of the American delegation and American officials of the United Nations Secretariat in the United Nations Building in New York City.[373]
October 4 – President Carter attends the working dinner for Western and Eastern European nations officials at the U.S. Mission headquarters to the United Nations in New York City.[374]
October 4 – President Carter sends a letter "on the status of refugees from Cambodia, Laos, and South Vietnam" to congressional chairmen.[375]
October 5 – In a joint statement, the U.S. and Israel state their agreement "that Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 remain the agreed basis for the resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference and that all the understandings and agreements between them on this subject remain in force."[376]
October 5 – President Carter addresses reporters at the U.N. Plaza Hotel. He states that he has directed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Harris "to work closely with the Interior Department in putting down some plans along with the city and State for recreation areas and park areas in regions where buildings need to be destroyed."[377]
October 5 – President Carter releases a statement containing a list "of the new fiscal and economic assistance provided to New York this year".[378]
October 7 – President Carter delivers an address to the Democratic National Committee in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel.[379]
October 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Theodore M. Hesburgh for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure as Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development.[380]
October 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Donald E. Stingel for membership on the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank.[381]
October 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Mortimer L. Downey III for Assistant Secretary of Transportation.[382]
October 7 – President Carter transmits a governing international fishery agreement between the United States and Mexico to Congress in a message.[383]
October 7 – President Carter sends the Senate the Reciprocal Fisheries Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for ratification.[384]
October 7 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12013, an amendment of Executive Orders 11541, 10253, 10033, and 11961 substituting the Secretary of Commerce with prior provisions of the orders.[385]
October 8 – President Carter signs S. 1307 into law. President Carter says the legislation will provide "standards for discharge review and benefit eligibility for those persons whose discharge is upgraded by the Department of Defense under the Special Discharge Review Program and for certain other veterans."[386]
October 8 – The White House announces membership of a three member group to become involved with trying to solve the Maine Indian land dispute.[387]
October 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert E. White for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Paraguay.[388]
October 11 – President Carter announces the appointments of Gerald V. Howard and Wymberly DeR. Coerr as Commissioners on the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.[389]
October 11 – President Carter sends Congress the second Reorganization Plan of 1977 in a message.[390]
October 11 – President Carter sends Congress the tenth quarterly report of the Council on Wage and Price Stability in a message.[391]
October 11 – President Carter signs the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 into law during a morning Rose Garden ceremony. President Carter says the legislation "takes a giant step forward and gives me and the administration, the lending institutions, private developers, local and State officials, a framework within which we can make great improvements in the housing of our people."[392]
October 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Gerald L. Klerman for Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration.[393]
October 12 – President Carter announces the appointment of John E. Downs as Representative of the United States on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.[394]
October 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of George A. Peapples for Assistant Secretary of the Navy.[395]
October 12 – President Carter announces his appointment of P. Michael Timpane as Deputy Director of the National Institute of Education.[396]
October 12 – President Carter announces the nominations of the individuals on the National Museum Services Board.[397]
October 13 – President Carter holds his seventeenth news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter begins with an address on the ongoing energy crisis which he says is going to be the most important domestic issue during his tenure and answers questions from reporters on Senate action regarding energy legislation, tax reform, reduction on oil consumption, relations with the Senate on energy, oil company divestiture, urban policy, Panama General Torrijos, the Humphrey-Hawkins bill, Panama Canal treaties, energy legislation, American steel industry, energy shortage, domestic policy proposals, and Robert H. Mendelsohn.[398]
October 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of Oliver S. Crosby for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Guinea.[399]
October 13 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4532, a proclamation of December 15, 1977, as "National Day of Prayer."[400]
October 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of Tyrone Brown for membership on the Federal Communications Commission.[401]
October 21 – President Carter announces the nomination of Samuel D. Zagoria for membership on the Federal Election Commission.[402]
October 21 – President Carter announces the nomination of Audrey A. Kaslow for Commissioner of the U.S. Parole Commission.[403]
October 21 – President Carter signs S. 1372 into law. The legislation establishes the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and announces the nomination of William J. Perry for the post.[404]
October 21 – President Carter attends a forum in the Ballroom at the Veterans Memorial Building in Detroit, Michigan. President Carter begins the conference with remarks on his own history with Detroit and the city's declining unemployment rate and answers questions on unemployment, migrant workers, neighborhood revitalization, senior citizens, youth unemployment, community action programs, Appalachian migrants, urban programs in Detroit, role of urban programs for women, job programs, senior citizens, utility assurance program, rising costs of energy, community action programs, special education programs, social service agencies, and citizen participation in community programs.[405]
October 21 – President Carter arrives at Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, Iowa. President Carter delivers an address on domestic issues such the energy crisis and foreign policy such as exports and the threat of nuclear weapons.[406]
October 21 – President Carter attends the Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Des Moines.[407]
October 27 – President Carter holds a news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building during the afternoon.[408]
November 1 – President Carter signs H.R. 3744 into law during a morning signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, establishing "a Minimum Wage Study Commission to make sure that in the future, when minimum wage legislation is considered, that the overall impact will be beneficial, that the direct effect on the inflation rate, possible unemployment, will be very carefully considered and that we won't play the drop-far-behind/ catchup game in the future." President Carter notes the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and that Jennings Randolph was present for that signing as well as this one.[409]
November 1 – President Carter submits the thirty-first annual report on the principal activities of the United States in the United Nations and its constituent organizations during 1976 to Congress.[410]
November 1 – President Carter states that he has directed the US to withdraw from its membership with the International Labour Organization as a result of the ILO not changing in compliance with the conditions stipulated by the United States two years prior.[411]
November 1 – President Carter submits a message to Congress transmitting the amendments to Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977.[412]
November 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of John A. Hewitt, Jr. for Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.[413]
November 2 – President Carter is presented with the Nahum Goldmann Medal at the Capital Hilton Hotel. President Carter delivers an address on the contributions of the World Jewish Congress as well as its origins.[414]
November 3 – President Carter transmits the annual World Weather Plan describing "significant activities and accomplishments and outlines the planned participation of Federal agencies for the coming fiscal year" to Congress in a message.[415]
Breakfast meeting with Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Walter Mondale and Cyrus Vance, 4 November 1977
November 4 – President Carter signs H.R. 2817 and H.R. 4297 into law during a morning ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room of the Old Executive Office Building. H.R. 2817 authorizes both the expansion and completion of the Tinicum National Environmental Center while H.R. 4297 regulates the dumping of municipal and other wastes into the oceans.[416]
November 4 – President Carter announces the appointments of seven individuals to the Strategy Council.[417]
November 4 – President Carter transmits a report "concerning the extent to which the Republic of Korea is cooperating with the Department of Justice investigation into allegations of improper activity in the United States by agents of the Republic of Korea."[418]
November 5 – President Carter vetoes the Department of Energy Authorization Act of 1978--Civilian Applications. President Carter charges the bill with creating an unnecessarily expensive project through the mandate funding for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Demonstration Plant that "would be technically obsolete and economically unsound", and imposing limitations on the Department of Energy and himself.[419]
November 5 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4535, a designation of the week starting on November 6 as "Emergency Medical Services Week".[420]
November 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of William M. Isaac for membership on the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.[421]
November 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Stephen J. Gage for Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).[422]
November 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Thibaut de Saint Phalle for membership on the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.[423]
November 7 – President Carter attends a meeting of the Strategy Council in the Cabinet Room. President Carter addresses changes in statistics as it relates to drugs.[424]
November 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of David T. Schneider for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.[425]
November 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Thomas J. Corcoran for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Burundi.[426]
November 8 – President Carter signs H.J. Res. 621 into law during an afternoon signing ceremony in the Cabinet Room. The joint resolution approves the construction of a natural gas pipeline from Alaska through Canada and is said by President Carter to be "a very important demonstration of our Nation's commitment to provide adequate energy supplies in the future, to protect the quality of the environment in our two nations, to work harmoniously in one of the most complicated and most expensive engineering projects ever undertaken by human beings."[427]
November 8 – President Carter delivers an evening address from the Oval Office on the energy crisis. His remarks primarily cover the National Energy Plan as well as proposals on the part of Congress and the effects the crisis is having on the US.[428]
Thea Muldoon, Rosalynn Carter, New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon and Jimmy Carter during at welcoming ceremony for the Prime Minister, 9 November 1977
November 10 – President Carter holds a news conference, the nineteenth of his presidency, in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building during the morning.[429]
November 10 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ernest Ambler for Director of the National Bureau of Standards.[430]
November 14 – President Carter announces the appointments of Theodore Bikel, Maureen Dees, and Jacob Lawrence for membership on the National Council on the Arts.[431]
November 14 – President Carter announces the nominations of Rita E. Hauser and Frank Markoe, Jr. for membership on the Board for International Broadcasting.[432]
November 14 – The White House announces the appointment of Rita Elway for membership on the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year.[433]
November 20 – President Carter answers questions from reporters on the Middle East including opposition by the Syrians.[434]
November 22 – President Carter attends the presentation ceremony for the National Medal of Science in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building.[435]
November 23 – President Carter announces the nomination of Lincoln E. Moses for Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.[436]
November 28 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Senator John L. McClellan and praises him as someone who "persistently spoke out for a strong national defense and upheld integrity in the operations of Government."[437]
November 30 – President Carter holds a televised and radio broadcast news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building during the morning.[438] President Carter signs Executive Order 12021 into law, effectively amending the civil service rules for the exemption of some positions within career service.[439]
December 2 – President Cater delivers a speech honoring Senator Hubert Humphrey in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the evening.[441]
December 5 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12026, reinstating rights to certain employees within the Energy Department.[443] President Carter announces his nomination of William P. Adams for membership on the Railroad Retirement Board.[444]
December 9 – President Carter signs H.J. Res. 662 into law. President Carter says the legislation "incorporates the FY 1978 appropriations for the Department of Labor, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Community Services Administration, and other agencies."[446]
December 9 – President Carter holds an afternoon interview with news directors and editors.[447]
December 12 – The White House announces Interior Secretary Cecil D. Andrus will chair a Cabinet-level study of non-fuel minerals policy.[448] President Carter announces the appointment of Cecila D. Esquer, Steven L. Engelberg, Hillary Rodham, Richard A. Trudell, and Josephine Worthy for membership on the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.[449]
December 13 – President Carter signs the Rural Health Clinic Services bill into law.[450]
December 14 – President Carter announces his nomination of Alvin H. Gandal for Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission.[451]
December 15 – President Carter holds his twenty-first news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter begins the conference with delivering remarks on international human rights practices and answers questions from reporters on the Middle East, legislative accomplishments, Social Security legislation, the Soviet Union, policies on agriculture, his foreign travel, and tax reduction.[452]
December 17 – President Carter participates in a morning interview with Jeff Thompson from the Fayetteville, North Carolina home of his sister Ruth Carter.[453]
December 19 – President Carter announces the appointment of fifteen individuals for membership on the National Commission on Neighborhoods.[454]
December 20 – President Carter delivers an address on amendments to the Social Security Act while in the Indian Treaty Room at the Old Executive Office Building during the morning.[455] President Carter signs S. 305, amending the Social Security Act, Carter noting the provisions fulfill his campaign promises.[456]
December 21 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12031 into law, exempting Jerome K. Kuykendall "from mandatory retirement until September 30, 1978."[457]
December 24 – President Carter issues a message celebrating the holiday season.[459]
December 25 – President Carter speaks with reporters at the home of his uncle Alton Carter on Christmas Day during the afternoon.[460]
December 26 – President Carter speaks to reporters and answers questions at Warner Robins Air Force Base during the morning.[461]
December 28 – President Carter sits down with four television interviewers for a discussion in the White House reflecting on his first year in office and the contents of his Europe trip.[462]
December 28 – President Carter signs the Clean Water Act of 1977, amending the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, into law.[463]
December 29–31 – President Carter visits Poland at the invitation of the Polish People's Republic's highest authorities.[464]
December 29 – President Carter delivers a short address on what his objectives will be in the next 9 days on a foreign trip while in the South Lawn of the White House during the morning.[465]
Jimmy Carter and First Secretary of Poland Edward Gierek, 30 December 1977
December 30 – President Carter holds a news conference in the Grand Ballroom at the Victoria Hotel in Warsaw, Poland during the evening.[466]
January 6 – While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, President Carter states his most recent tour has advanced the image of the United States as standing for "what is right and decent and good".[467]
January 15 – The Congressional Budget Office says it is mandatory that the United States spend 6 to 7 billion "for additional tanks, planes and supplies if it wants to use three extra divisions to reinforce NATO in a European war".[468]
January 20 – President Carter signs an Economic Report during a signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room.[469]
January 20 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12035, an amendment of the first section of Executive Order 11861.[471]
January 20 – President Carter sends a report describing progression made during the previous sixty days on negotiations in regards to Cyprus to Congress in a message.[472]
January 20 – President Carter transmits the ninth annual report on the National Science Board in a message to Congress, saying the "data and indicators presented herein should prove useful to anyone needing an authoritative source of information on various aspects of the scientific enterprise in this country."[473]
January 20 – President Carter submits his annual economic message to Congress. He states his intent to collaborate with Congress on the development of a program intended to address both short and long term needs in the American economy in addition to his proposals of tax reductions alongside reforms "to continue our strong economic recovery, to encourage increased investment by American businesses, and to create a simpler and fairer tax system."[474]
January 20 – President Carter announces that starting the following day, "all imported sugar will be subject to fixed fees of 2.7 cents per pound for raw sugar and 3.22 cents per pound for refined sugar, not to exceed 50 percent of the value of imported sugar" and that directions have been administered to the International Trade Commission for an expanded investigation of import sugar intended to "determine whether sugar-containing products are being or will be imported in quantities and under conditions that will result in national interference to the sugar price support operations being conducted by the Department of Agriculture."[475]
January 24 – President Carter announces his issuing of an executive order "concerning the organization and control of United States foreign intelligence activities" that is intended to begin the process of developing "a foundation for the drafting of statutory charters".[476]
January 24 – President Carter announces the appointment of Charles H. Pillard for Vice Chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.[477]
January 24 – President Carter announces the reappointment of Dennis A. Grotting for Commissioner of the United States Section of the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission.[478]
January 24 – President Carter transmits the 1976 Annual Report of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee to Congress in a message.[479]
January 24 – President Carter announces the nominations of thirteen individuals for membership on the General Advisory Committee to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.[480]
January 24 – President Carter announces the appointment of eighteen individuals for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere.[481]
January 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Omi G. Walden for Assistant Secretary of Energy.[482]
January 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert B. Lagather for Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.[483]
January 25 – President Carter announces the appointment of Johnnie W. Prothro for membership on the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development.[484]
January 25 – President Carter transmits the International Sugar Agreement to the Senate in a message, saying the agreement "seeks to stabilize sugar prices to meet both our domestic interests as a major consumer and producer of sugar, and our international interests as the world's largest importer of sugar."[485]
January 25 – President Carter meets with head of the delegation of parliamentarians of the Supreme Soviet visiting the United States Boris Ponomarev during the afternoon.[486]
January 26 – President Carter transmits proposed legislation that he says "will significantly improve the organization and operation of the Federal government's highway and transit programs" in a message to Congress.[487]
January 26 – President Carter announces the nomination of Frank Gregg for Director of the Bureau of Land Management in the Interior Department.[488]
January 26 – President Carter announces the nomination of Elwood T. Driver for membership on the National Transportation Safety Board.[489]
January 27 – President Carter reports three proposals over the rescinding of a total of $55.3 million in budget authority Congress previously provided in a message to Congress.[490]
January 27 – President Carter issues a statement in observance of Black History Month, calling on Americans to pay "attention to the contributions of black people to our overall progress and development, the month of February thus serves to build goodwill and understanding between all people."[491]
January 29 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the tenth anniversary of Ford's Theatre in the East Room.[492]
January 30 – President Carter holds his twenty-fourth news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter begins a conference with an address on domestic programs and the Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, and answers questions on arms sales in the Middle East, American attorney David Marston, the Middle East, the Coal Strike, the nuclear-powered satellite, Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, illegal immigrants, satelite capabilities of the Soviet Union, the Nazi demonstration in Skokie, Illinois, domestic surveillance, farmers parity, and tax reduction and reform.[493]
January 30 – President Carter announces the renominations of Theodore Bikel, Maureen Dees, and Jacob Lawrence for membership on the National Council on the Arts.[494]
January 31 – President Carter transmits the eleventh quarterly report of the Council on Wage and Price Stability in a message to Congress.[495]
January 31 – President Carter signs Proclamation 4548, designating May 19, 1978, as "National Defense Transportation Day" in addition to the week beginning May 14, 1978, as "National Transportation Week."[496]
January 31 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12037, exempting Civil Aeronautics Board member G. Joseph Minetti from mandatory retirement until May 1, 1978 out of his belief that Minetti's continued service represents the best interest of the US.[497]
January 31 – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John C. Stennis announces his opposition to the Panama Canal treaties, citing their causing the US to withdrawal from the Canal Zone too rapidly, a move that he furthered would leave the US "highly uncertain what is going to happen down there".[498]
February 1 – President Carter delivers an evening address in defense of the Panama Canal treaties from the Family Library of the White House. He says the only reason the treaties need approval is due to they're being "in the highest national interest of the United States" and would keep the US from involvement in a Panama jungles war.[499]
February 9 – President Carter transmits the Agreement between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency in a message to the Senate for ratification.[500]
February 9 – In a statement, the White House says President Carter "fulfilled a 10-year United States pledge for nuclear safeguards by submitting to the Senate for ratification a treaty with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."[501]
February 9 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert M. Sayre for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Brazil.[502]
February 9 – President Carter announces the nomination of Galen L. Stone, of Washington, D.C., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Cyprus.[503]
February 9 – President Carter announces the appointment of James P. Grant for U.S. Representative on the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund.[504]
February 10 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the Board of Directors of the National Education Association in the State Dining Room.[505]
February 10 – President Carter announces the nomination of Gloria Cusumano Jimenez for Federal Insurance Administrator.[506]
February 17 – President Carter holds his twenty-fifth news conference in the Ballroom at the Cranston Hilton Hotel. Carter begins the conference with an address on the Coal strike and American economy, answering questions from reporters on the arm sales in the Middle East, disaster assistance for New England, nuclear power plant construction, Lincoln Almond, the Humphrey-Hawkins bill, and Indian land claims.[507]
February 17 – President Carter attends a fundraising dinner for Senator William D. Hathaway at the Penobscot Valley Country Club.[509]
February 17 – During a town hall in Bangor, Maine, President Carter delivers an address on energy and answers questions on regulations of business, government contracts, national health insurance, mental health care, aid to Parochial schools, the Democratic Party, Indiana land claims, wood energy sources, the Education Department, women in positions of decision making, the board of the Federal Reserve, the Loring Air Force Base, abortion, Indian land claims, individual importance, student loan defaults, handicapped individuals, arm sales in the Middle East, malpractice insurance, Cyprus, the Equal Rights Amendment, and the oil suppliers.[510]
February 18 – While in the gymnasium at the Nashua Senior High School in Nashua, New Hampshire, President Carter answers questions on the coal strike, federal civil service reduction, Middle East arm sales, tax reductions and the budget, national health care, his campaign promises, nuclear power plants, government standards, national energy plan, the coal strike, his religious beliefs, foreign assistance, education, his participation in town meetings, Governor Thompson, tuition tax credits, and the Panama Canal treaties.[511]
February 18 – President Carter declares the existence of "a regional energy emergency" in Kentucky and states that its severity may require the effects of a temporary suspension of certain particulate and sulfur dioxide control regulations.[512]
February 20 – President Carter signs S. 1360 into law which he says "provides the Secretary of Agriculture broad flexibility in determining bidding methods to be used in the sale of National Forest timber."[513]
February 20 – President Carter attends a fundraising dinner for Senator Joe Biden in the Gold Ballroom at the Hotel Dupont.[514]
February 20 – President Carter attends a Delaware Democratic Committee dinner at the Padua Academy in Wilmington, Delaware.[515]
February 21 – President Carter meets with Prime Minister of DenmarkAnker Jorgensen in the White House for reviews on "economic trends in their two countries, in the West generally, and in the world."[516]
February 21 – President Carter announces the nomination of Manuel A. Sanchez, Jr. for Superintendent of the United States Assay Office at New York.[517]
February 22 – President Carter attends a White House dinner for retiring members of Congress in the East Room.[519]
February 23 – President Carter transmits four human rights treaties to the Senate for ratification. President Carter notes the United States is one of few countries that has not entered any of the three human rights treaties of the United Nations and a continued failure to do so "increasingly reflects upon our attainments, and prejudices United States participation in the development of the international law of human rights."[520]
February 23 – President Carter announces the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 in the East Room, stating his belief that it is "the single most important action to improve civil rights in the last decade" and says it will establish the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to enforce equal employment opportunity.[522]
February 23 – President Carter submits Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 to Congress. Carter says the plan's enactment would make the enforcement of fair employment primarily done by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and would set "the foundation of a unified, coherent Federal structure to combat job discrimination in all its forms."[523]
February 23 – In a message to Congress, President Carter reports "a new Department of Commerce deferral of Maritime Administration funds totalling $122 million in budget authority and a new deferral of $0.4 million in outlays for the Antirecession financial assistance fund in the Department of the Treasury."[524]
February 23 – President Carter announces the appointment of seven individuals for membership on the President's Committee on Mental Retardation.[525]
February 23 – President Carter announces the nomination of H. William Menard for Director of the Geological Survey.[526]
February 23 – President Carter announces the nomination of Shallie M. Bey, Jr. for Superintendent of the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia.[527]
February 23 – President Carter announces the appointment of five individuals for membership the Board of Foreign Scholarships.[528]
February 23 – President Carter announces the appointment of Leila L. Botts for Chairman of the Great Lakes Basin Commission.[529]
February 23 – President Carter announces the appointments of five individuals for membership on the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped.[530]
February 24 – President Carter signs the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 into law during a signing ceremony in the Cabinet Room. Carter says the legislation "will add about 1.3 million acres in 10 Western States to the wilderness areas of our country, expanding 4 existing wilderness areas and adding 13 new areas at this time" in addition to representing "the largest single addition to the wilderness areas of our country since the original enactment of the wilderness act in 1964".[531]
February 24 – In a statement, President Carter declares the existence of "a regional energy emergency" and states the possible necessity of a temporary suspension of certain particulate and sulfur dioxide control regulations under the Pennsylvania Air Quality Implementation Plan as well as admitting the potential inadequacies of other ways of responding to the energy emergency.[532]
February 24 – President Carter announces the appointment of seven individuals for membership on the Federal Service Impasses Panel.[533]
February 24 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12040, regarding environmental evaluation functions.[534]
February 24 – During an evening Briefing Room appearance, President Carter announces "the United Mine Workers and the coal operators have agreed to a negotiated settlement of their contrast dispute."[535]
February 24 – President Carter attends a White House reception for acquaintances from New Hampshire in the East Room.[536]
February 25 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12041, an amendment to the generalized system of preferences.[537]
February 27 – President Carter announces the appointment of Abraham D. Beame as Chairman of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.[538]
February 27 – President Carter transmits the twelfth quarterly report of the Council on Wage and Price Stability to Congress in a message.[539]
February 28 – During an appearance in the Briefing Room, Carter states his asking of Congress to assist with the creation of an education department, his proposal for "a plan to Congress that would make financial help available each year to 2 million more college students than are now eligible", and his sending of legislative proposals to reshape elementary and secondary education programs.[540]
February 28 – President Carter transmits administration proposals on major elementary and secondary education programs, saying they "seek to enhance the primary role of the states and local communities in educating our Nation's children and reaffirm the need for a strong and supportive Federal commitment to education."[541]
February 28 – President Carter transmits the Agreement between the United States of America and the Italian Republic on the Matter of Social Security to Congress in a message.[542]
February 28 – President Carter transmits a report on the Council on Environmental Quality to Congress in a message.[543]
February 28 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the National Governors' Conference in the East Room.[544]
March 1 – National Security AdvisorZbigniew Brzezinski warns "unwanted intrusion" in the conflict between Ethiopia and Somalia would impose complications to a new US and Soviet Union arms treaty and it potentially being ratified in the Senate.[545]
March 1 – President Carter signs legislation enabling coals miners to have eligibility for payments on black lungs during a White House ceremony.[546]
March 10 – President Carter signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 into law during a morning ceremony in the Cabinet Room. President Carter says the legislation "will give guidance to me, to the Congress, to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and to the Department of Energy and other agencies in our Federal Government who deal with this very sensitive subject."[547]
March 10 – President Carter reports a deferral from the Department of Agriculture of Forest Service funds that total $4.5 million in budget authority in a message to Congress.[548]
March 10 – President Carter meets with Defense Minister of Israel Ezer Weizman during the afternoon "for an exchange of views on the security situation in the Middle East and the status of the current peace negotiations."[549]
March 13 – In a statement, President Carter declares the existence of "a regional energy emergency" in Ohio of enough severity to warrant the temporary suspension of various particulate control regulations under the Ohio Air Quality Implementation Plan.[550]
March 16 – In a vote of 68 to 32, the Senate narrowly votes to ratify the Carter administration-backed Panama Canal neutrality treaty. President Carter addresses the vote during an appearance in the White House Press Room, stating his confidence that the Senate will vote the following month to approve the canal being turned over to the Panama.[551]
March 27 – President Carter signs H.R. 3813 into law. President Carter says the legislation serves as an expansion of Redwood National Park boundaries in California and it sees the fruition of a part of his environmental message to Congress the previous year.[552]
March 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of George S. Benton for Associate Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).[553]
March 27 – President Carter transmits the 1975 Annual Report of Health Activities under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to Congress in a message.[554]
March 27 – President Carter transmits the sixth annual report on the status of Advisory Committees to Congress in a message.[555]
March 27 – President Carter transmits his proposal for a comprehensive national urban policy to Congress in a message, saying its implementation "will build a New Partnership involving all levels of government, the private sector, and neighborhood and voluntary organizations in a major effort to make America's cities better places in which to live and work."[556]
March 27 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on the subject of defense economic adjustment programs, stating his commitment to "a reduction in Defense costs, but the burden should not be borne solely by the citizens who happen to reside or work in an impacted area" and "the implementation of these changes in a manner that reflects my genuine concern for those individuals and communities that are directly affected."[557]
March 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Anita M. Miller for membership on the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation.[558]
March 27 – President Carter issues a memorandum to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations on the subject of citizens band (CB) radio transceivers.[559]
March 27 – President Carter issues a statement declaring his belief in the existence of "a regional energy emergency" in Pennsylvania that warrants temporary suspension of various particulate and sulfur dioxide control regulations by the Pennsylvania Air Quality Implementation Plan may be of necessity.[560]
March 28 – In a statement, President Carter says his signing of Executive Order 12046 was intended to "implement the portion of my Executive Office reorganization plan that abolishes the Office of Telecommunications Policy" and concurrently reduces "the size of the Executive Office, this reorganization will enhance the administration's ability to exercise leadership in communications policy."[561]
March 28 – President Carter announces "the number of Federal advisory committees dropped last year to 875, the lowest since the Government started keeping close track of such groups."[562]
March 29-31 – President Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter tour Brazil in what is said by the White House to be a testimony to the desires of both President Carter and President of BrazilErnesto Geisel "to increase their mutual understanding and build on the broad areas of agreement that exist between the two Governments."[563]
March 29 – President Carter attends his welcoming ceremony at the Aeroporto Militar in Brasilia.[564]
March 30 – President Carter holds his twenty-eighth news conference in the Ballroom of the Hotel Nacional in Brasilla, answering questions on relations between the United States and Brazil, the Middle East, American commercial bank loans to Brazil, free enterprise and human rights, Namibia, nuclear energy and proliferation, Prime Minister Menachem Begin, his future meetings in Brazil, inflation, General Figueiredo, steel prices, Brazilian political process and human rights, and Middle East visit possibilities.[565]
March 30 – President Carter delivers an address to the Brazilian Congress in the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress in Brasilia, Brazil.[566]
April 1 – President Carter attends a welcoming ceremony at Dodan Barracks in Lagos, Nigeria.[567]
April 1 – President Carter delivers remarks at the National Arts Theatre in Lagos on relations between the United States and Nigeria.[568]
April 2 – President Carter answers questions on South Africa policy, American investments and assistance to Nigeria, embargoes against South Africa, cooperation between the US and Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Namibia meetings, value of the dollar, and human rights at the State House Marina in Laos.[569]
April 3 – Secretary of State Vance answers questions from reporters on international issues while boarding Air Force One.[570]
April 3 – President Carter attends a welcoming ceremony at Roberts International Airport in Monrovia, Liberia.[571]
April 3 – President Carter attends a working luncheon in the Presidential Dining Room at the Executive Mansion in Monrovia.[572]
April 3 – President Carter and Vice President Mondale make a joint appearance on the South Lawn and address President Carter's Latin America and Africa trips.[573]
April 4 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12050, establishing a National Advisory Committee for Women "in order to promote equality for women in the cultural, social, economic and political life of this Nation".[574]
April 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert J. Sugarman for Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission—United States and Canada.[575]
April 4 – In a statement, President Carter notes the ten years that have passed since the passage of the National Fair Housing Law and calling "upon those in Federal, State and local government-and all who are directly involved in the housing industry and real estate profession-to intensify those efforts that promote fair housing."[576]
April 5 – President Carter signs Proclamation 4559, modifying the process of importing alloy tool steel into the United States.[577]
April 5 – President Carter announces the nominations of David C. Jones for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lew Allen, Jr. as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, and Thomas B. Hayward as Chief of Naval Operations.[578]
April 5 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the Communications Workers of America in the East Room.[579]
April 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of William E. Albers for Alternate Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission.[580]
April 5 – President Carter participates in an interview for Black Perspective in the Map Room, answering questions on his trip to Africa, national urban policy, support from African-Americans, his views on the presidency, reverse discrimination, the Humphrey-Hawkins bill, administration programs, foreign relations of the United States, and human rights.[581]
April 5 – In a letter to Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, President Carter states his intent "to call a White House Conference on Small Business, as suggested by Senate Resolution 105 which you authored."[582]
April 6 – President Carter announces the appointments of twenty-six individuals for membership on the Commission on Presidential Scholars.[583]
April 6 – President Carter announces the appointment of four individuals for membership on the National Commission for Manpower Policy.[584]
April 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of Margaret A. Brewer for appointment to the grade of brigadier general.[585]
April 27 – The Carter administration releases a report on areas of waste along with inefficiency regarding the $500 million spent on these programs annually in addition to an announcement of steps on increasing the effectiveness of expenditures.[586]
April 27 – President Carter presents the President's Environmental Youth Awards during a Cabinet Room ceremony.[587]
April 27 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on the subject of his move "strengthening the White House Office of Consumer Affairs and increasing its responsibilities."[588]
April 27 – President Carter transmits "an Executive Order authorizing the export of 7,638 Kgs. of low-enriched uranium to India for use in the fueling of its Tarapur Atomic Power Station" to Congress in a message.[589]
April 27 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12055, authorizing the export of special nuclear material to India.[590]
April 28 – President Carter attends a planting ceremony for one of the Cedars of Lebanon at the Southwest Jefferson Mound on the South Grounds.[591]
April 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Francis H. McAdams for reappointment to membership on the National Transportation Safety Board.[592]
April 28 – President Carter transmits a proposed constitution for the Territory of Guam to Congress in a message.[593]
April 28 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the National Federation of Democratic Women in the East Room.[594]
April 28 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12056, granting Civil Aeronautics Board member G. Joseph Minetti exemption from mandatory requirement.[595]
April 28 – Secretary of State Vance announces the Carter administration is sending Congress a "formal notification of proposals to sell aircraft to Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia" and adds they are essential to the administration's attempts to secure peace in the Middle East.[596]
April 28 – President Carter delivers an address on administration policies and answers questions on timber production, his trip to Colorado, arm sales in the Middle East, the United States Navy budget, the energy shortage, Japan oil sales, and his relationship with Western states and his trips there during a Cabinet Room appearance.[597]
May 1 – President Carter transmits the Reciprocal Fisheries Agreement for 1978 between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada to Congress in a message.[598]
May 2 – President Carter transmits the annual report of the Federal Council on Aging in accordance with Section 205 (f) of the Older Americans Act (P.L. 93-29) to Congress in a message.[599]
May 2 – President Carter attends the National Small Business Person of the Year award ceremony in the Rose Garden.[600]
May 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard F. Kneip for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Singapore.[601]
May 2 – President Carter announces the appointment of John R. Ehrenfeld for Chairman of the New England River Basins Commission.[602]
May 2 – President Carter issues a statement on the observance of Better Hearing and Speech Month, saying he wants "to take the opportunity to applaud the individuals and groups who are involved in community activities relating to improved health, rehabilitation and social care for those with communicative disorders."[603]
May 2 – President Carter issues a statement on the observance of National Nursing Home Week, expressing his interest in paying tribute to individuals providing service in nursing homes.[604]
May 3 – President Carter announces the reappointment of Jerome M. Rosow for Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay.[605]
May 3 – President Carter signs the White House Conferences on the Arts and Humanities Act into law. In expressing his reservations to portions of the bill, Carter says "conducting separate conferences in arts and humanities would involve unnecessary expense and duplication and would miss an opportunity for a far more productive exchange of views and experiences among persons deeply concerned with our cultural life."[606]
May 3 – President Carter tours Solar Energy Research Institute on South Table Mountain in Golden, Colorado.[607]
May 4 – President Carter attends the Governor's Annual Prayer Breakfast at the Currigan Exhibition Center in Denver.[609]
May 4 – President Carter attends a morning meeting with environmental, community, and governmental leaders in the Broadway Arms Room at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Denver.[610]
May 4 – President Carter delivers an address to the Senior Citizens Nutrition Center of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee at the Bradley Multi-Purpose Center in Los Angeles.[612]
May 4 – President Carter holds his thirty-first news conference in the Ballroom of the Portland Hilton Hotel in Portland, Oregon. President Carter begins the conference with an address on federal civil service reform and answers questions on timber production, forest service personnel, his income taxes, nuclear wastes disposal, nuclear power plant siting, his campaigning for Democrats, the national water policy, arm sales in the Middle East, inflation, Indian land claims, Angola, his popularity in polls, and strategic arms limitation.[613]
May 4 – President Carter attends a reception for community leaders in the Pavilion Room at the Portland Hilton Hotel in Portland.[614]
May 5 – President Carter attends the dedication ceremony for the Riverfront Park in Spokane, Washington.[615]
May 5 – At a town hall at the Spokane Convention Center, President Carter delivers an address on administration policies and answers questions on tax reduction and reform, peace negotiations and arm sales in the Middle East, the Social Security system, tuition tax credits, solar energy, home ownership, Soviet involvement in Africa, criminal justice system, enhanced radiation weapons, national health care, oil surpluses, mental health programs, and Canada.[616]
May 5 – President Carter issues a statement on the anniversary of the 1862 victory at Puebla, Mexico against the French, requesting "all Americans to join me in extending to our fellow citizens of Mexican heritage warmest greetings for a joyous and festive cinco de mayo!"[617]
May 6 – In a statement, President Carter announces "the reorganization plan I submitted in February goes into effect today" and touts that it "will improve enforcement of equal employment opportunities and reduce the burden of equal employment enforcement on business by consolidating the number of agencies involved in this area."[618]
May 8 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12057, an expansion in membership of the National Advisory Committee for Women.[619]
May 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Duane C. Sewell for Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs.[620]
May 17 – President Carter announces the nominations of individuals for Representatives and Alternate Representatives of the United States to the 10th Special Session of the United Nations Devoted to Disarmament.[622]
May 17 – President Carter announces the nominations of three individuals for membership on the Federal Farm Credit Board.[623]
May 18 – President Carter meets with senior representatives of the departments and agencies who are slated to assist Administrator of the Agency for International Development John Gilligan in coordination of all foreign aid programs.[624]
May 19 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4572, a designation of May 29 as "Memorial Day" and that "the hour beginning in each locality at 11 o'clock on the morning of that day as the appropriate time for the American people to unite in prayer."[625]
May 19 – In a statement, President Carter says he is "seriously concerned about events surrounding the election in the Dominican Republic" and confirms his communication with Presidents of neighboring countries in Latin American as well as the Secretary General for discussions on election procedures.[626]
May 19 – In a letter to the National Association of Theater Owners, President Carter expresses the willingness of the Washington-based National Architectural and Transportation Compliance Board to give both information and tips on increasing the accessibility of theaters to the physically handicapped.[627]
May 19 – President Carter delivers an address on administration policies and answers questions on the trial of Yuri Orlov, nuclear power, the Equal Rights Amendment, Cuban and Soviet involvement in Africa, natural gas deregulation, the Dominican Republic, China, relations with Congress, and soil and water conservation while in the Cabinet Room.[628]
May 20 – President Carter attends the White House reception for members of Congress and their families on the South Grounds.[629]
May 21 – President Carter answers questions on the Zaire operation at Peterson Field in Plains.[630]
May 22 – President Carter delivers an address to Tennessee Valley Authority employees in the auditorium of the Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee.[631]
May 22 – President Carter delivers remarks on the environment to Oak Ridge National Laboratory Scientists in the Central Auditorium at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Headquarters.[632]
May 23 – President Carter presents the 1977 Presidential Management Improvement Awards in the Rose Garden.[633]
May 23 – President Carter submits another part of the administration's proposal at Federal personnel management system reform through Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 to Congress in a message.[634]
May 23 – President Carter issues a memorandum to the Secretary of State on the subject of authorizing the obligation of $750,000 of funds allowed for availability by the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.[635]
May 23 – President Carter attends a White House meeting on the Private Sector Initiative Program in the East Room.[636]
May 23 – In a letter to members of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, President Carter writes that the "most important immediate step this Nation can take to hold down the intolerable rise in health costs is to pass legislation containing hospital costs" and urges the committee "to help bring spiralling health care costs back in line with the rest of the economy by passing that legislation at your forthcoming markup."[637]
May 24 – President Carter transmits the Additional Protocol I to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America to the Senate for ratification in a message.[638]
May 24 – In a letter to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, President Carter transmits a bill intended to establish a National Commission on the International Year of the Child.[639]
May 24 – President and First Lady Carter attend the unveiling ceremony for the official portraits of former President Gerald Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford in the East Room.[640]
May 24 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the United Service Organizations in the East Room.[641]
May 24 – In a statement, President Carter announces "that the congressional energy conferees, after 6 months of arduous work, have reached final agreement on natural gas legislation."[642]
May 25 – President Carter announces the appointment of seven individuals for membership on the President's Commission on Personnel Interchange.[643]
May 25 – President Carter attends the presentation ceremony for the 1978 Presidential Scholars Medallions in the Rose Garden.[644]
May 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert Pitofsky for membership on the Federal Trade Commission.[645]
May 25 – President Carter announces three individuals for membership on the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.[646]
May 25 – President Carter holds his thirty-second news conference in the Crystal Ballroom at the Blackstone Hotel. President Carter begins with an address on American foreign assistance programs and answers questions from reporters on the Humphrey-Hawkins bill, the Soviet Union and SALT negotiations, military installations in Illinois, his relationship with Illinois Democrats, canal fees, inflation, communism and Africa, and views on his presidency.[647]
May 25 – President Carter attends the 1978 Cook County Democratic Dinner in Chicago Illinois.[648]
May 26 – In the house chamber at the State Capitol Building, President Carter delivers an address on administration policies and answers questions on labor law reform, the social security system, relations between the United States and Israel, labor law reform, and urban unemployment.[649]
May 26 – President Carter attends a fundraising breakfast for gubernatorial candidate Michael Bakalis in the Lincoln Room at the Holiday Inn East in Springfield, Illinois.[650]
May 26 – President Carter attends a fundraising reception for West Virginia Senator Jennings Randolph in the West Virginia Room at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia.[651]
May 26 – President Carter announces the establishment of the President's Commission on the Coal Industry in the Little Theater at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia.[652]
May 26 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12062, intended to establish "a balanced forum to review the state of the Nation's coal industry".[653]
May 26 – President Carter announces the nomination of Warren D. Manshel for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Denmark.[654]
May 26 – President Carter meets with President of FranceGiscard d'Estaing during the evening for discussions on "international issues affecting their two countries, including East-West relations, the forthcoming seven-nation summit in Bonn this July, and the Middle East."[655]
May 30 – President Carter signs a joint resolution affirming American commitment to the North Atlantic Alliance.[658]
May 30 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4573, calling on Americans to observe "Flag Day" on June 14, 1978 and "National Flag Week" during the week beginning June 11, 1978 in addition to directing "the appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag on all Government buildings during that week and ask the American people to display our flag at their homes and other suitable places for the same period."[659]
May 30 – President Carter attends a Rose Garden dinner honoring the heads of the delegation to the North Atlantic Alliance Summit.[661]
May 31 – President Carter meets with Prime Minister of TurkeyBulent Ecevit during the morning for an hour long discussion on international issues including Turkey's place in the NATO alliance.[662]
May 31 – President Carter holds a morning meeting with Prime Minister of ItalyGiulio Andreotti for discussions on "certain world issues, Alliance questions, and recent developments in both countries" in addition to a review on "joint initiatives to enhance the relationship between Italy and the United States decided upon during the Prime Minister's visit to Washington in July 1977."[663]
May 31 – President Carter delivers remarks to the North Atlantic Alliance Summit on the subject of NATO defense policy in the Loy Henderson Conference Room at the State Department.[664]
May 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of Adolph Dubs for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Afghanistan.[666]
May 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of Frederic L. Chapin for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Ethiopia.[667]
May 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of William H. Gleysteen, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Korea.[668]
May 31 – In a statement, President Carter urges the public to give feedback on the effectiveness of "the new procedures" introduced in Executive Order 12044.[669]
May 31 – President Carter delivers an address on the contents of the discussions of the North Atlantic Alliance Summit to reporters assembled in the Dean Acheson Room at the State Department.[670]
May 31 – President Carter meets with Prime Minister of GreeceConstantine Caramanlis at the White House for an hour long discussion on the "entire range of issues regarding Greek-U.S. relations, the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, and NATO."[671]
June 1 – President Carter announces the appointment of the 1978–79 White House Fellows.[672]
June 1 – President Carter attends the dedication ceremonies for the East Building of the National Gallery of Art.[673]
June 2 – President Carter delivers remarks on strategic arms limitations to reporters in the Oval Office.[674]
June 2 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Alabama Senator James B. Allen who he calls "one of the great masters of parliamentary procedure in the long tradition of Southern Senators."[675]
June 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Raymond E. Gonzalez for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Ecuador.[676]
June 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Morton I. Abramowitz for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Thailand.[677]
June 2 – President Carter announces the appointments of three individuals for membership on the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiation.[678]
June 2 – President Carter transmits the Occupational Safety and Health Activities in the Federal Government report to Congress in a message.[679]
June 6 – President Carter releases a statement on the observance of the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.[680]
June 7 – President Carter delivers an address at the United States Naval Academy during commencement exercises in the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.[681]
June 7 – In a statement, President Carter notes the day will see "the members of the House Commerce Committee will make their most important anti-inflation decision of this congressional session—whether to vote for a bill which will contain skyrocketing hospital costs" and calls for them to approve the measure.[682]
June 8 – President Carter attends a White House meeting of the Community Investment Fund Program in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building.[683]
June 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Viron P. Vaky for Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.[684]
June 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of James W. Haas for membership on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.[685]
June 8 – President Carter delivers an address on the administration's anti-inflation policy while speaking to reporters in the Briefing Room.[686]
June 9 – President Carter delivers an address at the National Council of Senior Citizens Convention in the International Ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel.[687]
June 9 – President Carter signs Proclamation 4574, requesting the observation of Father's Day on June 18, 1978 in addition to directing "Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day and I urge all citizens to display the flag at their homes and other suitable places."[688]
June 9 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on the subject of the Government in the Sunshine Act, noting that in his attempts to comply with the act, he has "asked the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to record the number of meetings subject to the Act, to note whether those meetings are open or closed, and if closed, to state the reason for closing them."[689]
June 9 – President Carter announces the nomination of Bruce P. Johnson for membership on the United States Metric Board.[690]
June 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Oliver J. Keller, Jr. for Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission.[691]
June 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of James P. Wade, Jr. for Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee to the Department of Energy.[692]
June 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of Geri M. Joseph for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to The Netherlands.[693]
June 18 – In a statement, President Carter expresses content with the House of Representatives voting in favor of guarantee legislation to meet the financial needs of New York City.[694]
June 19 – President Carter transmits the Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 to Congress in a message, saying the plan will improve federal emergency management and assistance as well as reduce "duplicative administrative costs and strengthens our ability to deal effectively with emergencies."[695]
June 19 – President Carter vetoes H.R. 3161, citing his discontent with the bill being due to the measure's reduction on the work week of firefighters without reducing the premium pay intended for a longer standby schedule in addition to charging it with impairing "the ability of agency heads to manage the work force and regulate the work week" and the requirement of the Defense Department to hire another 4,600 employees to keep up with protection from fires.[696]
June 20 – President Carter announces the appointment of forty individuals for membership on the National Advisory Committee for Women in addition to Bella Abzug and Carmen Votaw serving as Cochairpersons of the Committee and Judy Carter as Honorary Chairperson.[697]
June 21 - President Carter issues a statement on the observance of Independence Day.[698]
June 21 - President Carter announces the appointment of the twenty-two individuals for membership on the National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures.[699]
June 21 - President Carter delivers an address to members of the National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures in the Rose Garden.[700]
June 21 - President Carter delivers remarks at the opening session of the eighth general assembly of the Organization of American States in the Hall of the Americas at the Pan American Union Building.[701]
June 21 - President Carter sends Congress a message on the history and implementation of the legislative veto.[702]
June 21 - President Carter attends a White House reception for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in the East Room.[703]
June 22 - President Carter transmits a plan for a National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program to Congress in a message, saying it deals with "predicting and preparing for earthquakes; ways in which government, industry, and the public can apply knowledge of seismic risk when making land-use decisions; and achieving earthquake-resistant design and construction."[704]
June 23 - President Carter sends a report to Congress on progress made toward obtaining a negotiated settlement in Cyprus in a message.[705]
June 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Edward S. Smith for Associate Judge of the United States Court of Claims.[706]
June 30 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12070, amending the suspension of applicable requirements and administrative matters for the purpose of authorizing "the temporary restoration of the cost of living allowance to certain employees".[708]
June 30 – President Carter signs Proclamation 4576, a proclamation of July 1, 1978, as "Free Enterprise Day".[709]
June 30 – President Carter participates in an interview in the Cabinet Room, beginning with an address on various administration policies and answers questions on the Middle East, his accessibility to the public, tax reduction, capital gains taxation, affirmative action programs, nuclear power, human rights, and inflation.[710]
June 30 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on ways they can support the Combined Federal Campaign and the positive ramifications of doing so.[712]
July 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Stanley R. Resor for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.[713]
July 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of George M. Lane for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Yemen Arab Republic.[714]
July 12 – President Carter announces the appointment of George Chaplin for United States Alternate Representative on the South Pacific Commission.[715]
July 12 – In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee, President Carter notes the upcoming Judiciary Committee vote on H.J. Res. 638, which would lengthen the time for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. President Carter states his "strong support for an extension of the deadline beyond March 22, 1979."[716]
July 13 – President Carter and Vice President Mondale deliver remarks on the former's trip to Germany on the South Grounds.[717]
July 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ruth C. Clusen for Assistant Secretary of Energy.[718]
July 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of Roger A. Markle for Director of the Bureau of Mines at the Interior Department.[719]
July 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of William K. Smith for Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Railway Association.[720]
July 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of Gloria Schaffer for membership on the Civil Aeronautics Board.[721]
July 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jane Hurt Yarn for membership on the Council on Environmental Quality.[722]
July 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard V. Backley for membership on the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.[723]
November 1 - President Carter signs Executive Order 12093, establishing the President's Commission on the Holocaust.[725]
November 1 - President Carter announces the appointment of John P. White for Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.[726]
November 1 - President Carter signs the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 into law. President Carter says the legislation "will provide a much more logical and flexible means of resolving contract disputes. It should lead to savings for Federal agencies and their contractors."[727]
November 1 - President Carter signs Executive Order 12094, regarding the special pay for sea duty.[728]
November 2 - President Carter signs Executive Order 12095, establishing "a board of three members to be appointed by the President to investigate" to dispute between the Wien Air Alaska, Inc. and the Air Line Pilots Association.[729]
November 2 - President Carter signs Executive Order 12096, fixing compensation for officials in the Commerce Department.[730]
November 2 - In a memorandum, President Carter states his reasons for vetoing the Navajo and Hopi Relocation Amendments of 1978. Carter states his disapproval of the measure centers on the provision in section 4 providing a one house veto of the relocation plan which is finally adopted by the Relocation Commission.[731]
November 20 - In the Briefing Room, Press Secretary Jody Powell says President Carter "wishes to express his deepest condolences to the families of Don Harris and Robert Brown, of the National Broadcasting Corporation, and Gregory Robinson, of the San Francisco Examiner" in the wake of their deaths.[732]
November 22 - President Carter announces the appointment of Wayne E. Glenn for membership on the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations.[734]
November 22 - President Carter announces the appointment of two individuals for membership on the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped.[735]
November 22 - President Carter announces the appointment of Thomas H. Wyman for membership on the Presidential Commission on World Hunger.[736]
November 22 - President Carter announces the appointment of six individuals for membership on the President's Commission on Mental Retardation.[737]
November 22 - President Carter attends a White House dinner in observance of National Bible Week in the East Room.[738]
November 22 - In a letter to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, President Carter submits a report detailing his "determination that import relief for the U.S. Artificial Bait and Flies Industry is not in the national economic interest and explaining the reasons for my decision."[739]
November 22 - In a memorandum to department and agency leadership, President Carter says he has determined "that import relief would not be in the national economic interest."[740]
November 24 - In a statement, President Carter announces his acceptance of the resignation of Carolyn R. Payton as Director of the Peace Corps.[741]
November 27 - President Carter attends the National League of Cities' 1978 Congress of Cities in Monsanto Hall at the Cervantes Convention Center during the morning.[742]
November 27 - President Carter attends a briefing on the Budget for the Board of Directors of the National League of Cities in Room 122 at the Cervantes Convention Center in St. Louis, Missouri, delivering remarks on the evolution of the relationship between the administration and members of the board and answering questions from those in attendance.[743]
November 27 - President Carter receives the Family Unity Award at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah and delivers remarks.[744]
November 27 - President Carter issues a statement on the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.[745]
November 27 - In a statement, President Carter says he has been asked by Governor of UtahScott M. Matheson "to review the findings of earlier Federal studies in Utah on the effects of exposure to radioactive particles on health and to determine whether or not a more comprehensive study is indicated."[746]
November 27 - President Carter announces the appointment of nine individuals for membership on the American Battle Monuments Commission.[747]
November 28 - President Carter signs Proclamation 4609, proclaiming December 10, 1978, as "Human Rights Day" and December 15, 1978, as "Bill of Rights Day".[748]
November 29 - President Carter attends a White House briefing for the Democratic National Committee's Executive Committee and State Chairpersons in the East Room.[750]
November 29 - In a statement on conventional arms transfer restraint, President Carter announces "for the first time a set of quantitative and qualitative standards by which arms transfer requests considered by this Government would be judged" and the American government "has kept its pledge to take the leadership in restraining arms sales."[751]
November 30 - President Carter proposes "rescission of $75,000 in unneeded funds appropriated to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission" in a message to Congress.[752]
November 30 - President Carter holds his fortieth news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter answers questions from reporters on inflation, defense spending and weapon systems, China, the tax reduction bill, former President Richard Nixon, religious cults, peace negotiations between Egypt and Israel, the American economy, Soviet MIG's in Cuba, Iran, the Energy Department, Civil Service Reorganization, and the activities of intelligence agencies.[753]
November 30 - President Carter sends a report to Congress on the progression of the negotiations to the Cyprus issue in a message. President Carter reports the development of "a growing awareness, especially among the parties directly concerned, that the time is now ripe for determined action designed to break the Cyprus deadlock."[754]
November 30 - President Carter signs Proclamation 4610, a modification of quotas on various sugars, syrups, and molasses.[755]
December 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jesse Hill, Jr. and Joan F. Tobin for membership on the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation.[756]
December 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Dale E. Hathaway to be the inaugural holder of the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs.[757]
December 4 – President Carter announces the appointment of William J. Stibravy for Deputy Representative of the United States on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.[758]
December 4 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Congressman William A. Steiger, who he says the "energy, independence, and good humor" of will be missed among his Wisconsin constituents and various colleagues.[759]
December 5 – President Carter attends a White House meeting of the Hubert H. Humphrey North-South Scholarship Program in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building.[760]
December 20 – President Carter announces the appointment of Rodney E. Leonard for Deputy Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs.[761]
December 21 – President Carter announces the appointment of Billy M. Mills for membership on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.[762]
December 28 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12110, granting multiple advisory committees continued existence until December 31, 1980.[763]
December 30 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on the subject of American relations with Taiwan. He gives a multitude of orders on the matter and states his intent to "submit to the Congress a request for legislation relative to non-governmental relationships between the American people and the people on Taiwan."[764]
January 1 – In a statement, President Carter announces the day marks the beginning of diplomatic relations between the United States and China.[765]
January 2 – President Carter holds an hour long Cabinet Room meeting with Prime Minister of AustraliaMalcolm Fraser, being said to have discussed "a broad range of global and regional topics of importance to Australia and the United States, including developments in Iran and the Middle East, the need for cooperation among the developed nations to combat inflation and restore economic health and stability throughout the world, and the recent United States decision to normalize relations with the People's Republic of China."[766]
January 2 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12111, deleting Assistant to the Secretary and Land Utilization Adviser in the Department of the Interior and replacing it with Counselor on Labor Management Relations in the Department of Commerce.[767]
January 4 – President Carter issues a memorandum on a program concerning federal pay and anti-inflation.[768]
January 4 – President Carter issues a memorandum to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations on the subject of international trade agreements.[769]
January 4 – President Carter announces the immediate joining of the White House staff by William Simpson, who will take the position of Deputy Assistant to the President.[770]
January 4 – President Carter, First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and their youngest child Amy fly into Guadeloupe for two days of talks at a foundation summit. They arrive at Le Raizet Airport during the afternoon.[772]
January 5 – Government sources report that the Defense Department has drafted a new strategic policy intended to prevent or counter a Soviet nuclear strike.[773]
January 7 – Prime Minister of IsraelMenachem Begin says Israel and Egypt are ready to negotiate again to continue the progression toward a peace treaty and were waiting for Washington to invite them back for talks while speaking to reporters. He insists the US government must take the initiative to bring the two countries together and states his hope that this will occur soon.[774]
January 7 – During a CBS appearance, United States Secretary of EnergyJames Schlesinger states the likelihood of a six to seven percent increase in gas prices that year and the possibility of Iranian oil stoppage leading to either rationing or government allocations of supplies in the event that it lasts longer than three months.[775]
January 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of K. Mathea Falco for Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters.[776]
January 10 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4633, a proclamation of the month of February 1979 as "American Heart Month".[777]
January 11 – President Carter calls on Americans in a public statement to rededicate themselves to the principles of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the fiftieth anniversary of his birth.[778]
January 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Gordon Vickery for Administrator of the United States Fire Administration.[779]
January 22 – President Carter announces the nomination of Stephen W. Bosworth for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Tunisia.[780]
January 26 – President Carter holds his forty-third news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter answers questions from reporters on China and Taiwan, strategic arms limitation, Iran, federal judge selection, his potential re-election campaign, relations between the US and the Soviet Union, and minority education programs.[781]
January 27 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Nelson Rockefeller who he credits with "helping to reassure the Nation with his own integrity and vigorous optimism."[782]
Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter at the arrival ceremony for the Vice Premier of China, 29 January 1977
January 29 – In a letter to Speaker of the House of RepresentativesTip O'Neill and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Frank Church, President Carter submits a report "on progress made during the past 60 days toward the conclusion of a negotiated solution of the Cyprus problem."[784]
January 29 – President Carter attends a state dinner for Xiaoping in the State Dining Room.[785]
January 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Michael Kasha for membership on the National Science Board.[787]
January 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Sidney A. Diamond for Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.[788]
January 30 – President Carter announces the nominations of three individuals for membership on the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.[789]
January 31 – In a message to Congress, President Carter reports "ten proposals to rescind a total of $914.6 million in budget authority previously provided by the Congress."[790]
January 31 – President Carter and Xiaoping sign three exchange agreements in the East Room, providing Chinese consular offices in San Francisco and Houston in exchange for American consular offices in Shanghai and Canton, a joint commission on science and technology, and cultural exchanges in journalism, sports, arts, and humanities.[791]
January 31 – Energy Secretary Schlesinger says the Carter administration has to decide by April 1 on enforcing mandatory constraints on gas consumption and oil due to the oil imports halt from Iran.[792]
January 31 – In a vote of 11 to 2, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes to approve the nomination of George M. Seignious for Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.[793]
February 1 – President Carter announces the appointment of Orville L. Freeman for membership on the Presidential Commission on World Hunger.[794]
February 1 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4636, designating March 1979 as "Red Cross Month".[795]
February 1 – President Carter issues a memorandum to agency heads instructing them on can be done by the federal government to address Red Cross Month.[796]
February 1 – President Carter announces the nominations of Richard R. Allen and George W. Camp for Governors of the United States Postal Service.[797]
February 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joan M. Clark for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Malta.[798]
February 2 – President Carter announces his according of Herbert F. York as Ambassador while York heads the American delegation to the Comprehensive Test Ban Negotiations.[799]
February 2 – President Carter issues a memorandum directing agency and department leadership on what actions he recommends be taken to conserve energy.[800]
February 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Loren E. Lawrence for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Jamaica.[801]
February 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of John P. Lewis for the rank of Minister amid his tenure as Chairman of the Development Assistance Committee of the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).[802]
February 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of A.D. Frazier, Jr. for membership on the National Council on the Humanities.[803]
February 8 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4638, designating the week of March 18 as "National Poison Prevention Week".[804]
Mexican president José López Portillo (left) and U.S. President Jimmy Carter (right), 14 February 1979
February 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jesse Hill, Jr. for membership on the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation.[805]
February 14 – President Carter announces the appointments of members of the President's Commission on Pension Policy.[806]
February 14 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12120, ordering the US flag to be flown at half staff at all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels of the federal government in honor of Adolph Dubs.[807]
February 14 – President Carter and Mexican President José López Portillo deliver joint remarks at the welcoming ceremony for President Carter at Licenciado Benito Juarez International Airport.[808]
February 14 – President Carter attends a dinner in his honor in the Banquet Room at the Foreign Ministry Building.[809]
February 28 – President Carter announces the appointment of Bernard W. Rogers as Supreme Allied Commander by the Defense Planning Committee of the North Atlantic Council.[810]
February 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Dick Clark for Ambassador at Large and United States Coordinator for Refugee Affairs.[811]
February 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of June Gibbs Brown for Inspector General of the Interior Department.[812]
February 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Charles L. Dempsey for Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.[813]
February 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Marjorie Fine Knowles for Inspector General of the Department of Labor.[814]
February 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Thomas F. McBride for Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture.[815]
February 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Allan L. Reynolds for Inspector General of the Veterans Administration.[816]
February 28 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12124, an amendment to the generalized system of preferences.[817]
February 28 – President Carter attends the swearing-in ceremony for the membership of the Small Business Conference Commission during an afternoon East Room ceremony.[818]
March 1 – President Carter sends a message to Congress on the subject of the energy conservation contingency plans Emergency Weekend Gasoline Sales Restrictions, Emergency Building Temperature Restrictions, and Advertising Lighting Restrictions.[819]
March 1 – President Carter transmits a Standby Gasoline Rationing Plan to Congress in a message. He says the plan, if enacted alongside the three energy conservation contingency plans he submitted the same day, will "help mitigate the impact of a severe energy supply interruption."[820]
March 1 – President Carter meets with Israeli Prime Minister Begin in the former's office during the evening. The two agree afterward that their discussion was "a useful prelude to the extensive talks they will be having over the next days."[821]
March 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of James H. Duffy for Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission.[822]
March 2 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Senator Dewey Bartlett, who he credits with having "already established himself as a strong conservative voice in the Senate with an abiding concern for solving our Nation's energy problems" in spite of his Senate career being ended by his illness.[823]
March 2 – In a statement, President Carter notes that the following day will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States Geological Survey. President Carter mentions its origins and praises it with having provided "vital information upon which we make critical decisions and important national policy."[824]
March 2 – President Carter meets with Israel Prime Minister Begin in the Cabinet Room during the morning for "a serious, wide-ranging, and useful discussion of the situation in the region and the problems of building peace there."[825]
March 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of William M. Burkhalter for membership on the Renegotiation Board.[826]
March 3 – President Carter has lunch with Prime Minister of CanadaPierre Trudeau where the two discuss "international and bilateral issues concerning the economy" as well as energy and resolved to deep their collaborations. Carter and Trudeau make a joint appearance on the South Lawn during the afternoon.[827]
March 4 – President Carter meets with Israeli Prime Minister Begin for an hour and half with advisors. President Carter puts forward "suggestions designed to help resolve some of the outstanding differences between Egypt and Israel", which Begin states his intent to study these suggestions.[828]
March 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Francis J. Meehan for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.[829]
March 6 – President Carter submits the Hospital Cost Containment Act of 1979 to Congress in a message. He says the legislation is "one of the most critical anti-inflation" proposals ever considered by Congress.[830]
March 6 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4643, a designation of April 1979 as "Cancer Control Month".[831]
March 6 – In a statement, President Carter notes the upcoming March 14 will mark the centennial of the birth of Albert Einstein. Carter hails Einstein's achievements during life and his lasting legacy.[832]
March 6 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership regarding "Senior Executive Service Conversion Rights of Career Appointees to Presidential Appointments".[833]
March 7 – President Carter sends the sixteenth quarterly report of the Council on Wage and Price Stability to Congress in a message, containing a description of the Council's activities during 1978's third quarter.[834]
March 7 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on the subject of the SES Pay Schedule.[835]
March 7 – President Carter discusses U.S. economic policies affecting developing countries in a message to Congress. President Carter notes his proposal to create an International Development Cooperation Administration and states what purpose it would function in the event of its enactment and several other steps he has currently taken that he believes "will substantially strengthen the coordination of U.S. policies affecting the developing world, and will lead to a more coherent strategy of development and the more effective use of the various bilateral and multilateral instruments by which the U.S. can encourage the growth of developing economies."[837]
March 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Lawrence Connell, Jr. for membership on the National Credit Union Administration Board.[838]
March 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of M. Athalie Range for membership on the Board of Directors of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.[839]
March 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Mary P. Bass for Inspector General of the Department of Commerce.[840]
March 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Frank S. Sato for Inspector General of the Department of Transportation.[841]
March 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Eldon D. Taylor for Inspector General of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.[842]
March 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Paul R. Boucher for Inspector General of the Small Business Administration.[843]
March 8 – President Carter announces the appointment of Lois K. Sharpe for membership on the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.[844]
March 14 – In a statement, President Carter says he has been informed by Israeli Prime Minister Begin that the Israeli Cabinet approved the two remaining proposals of their discussions, stating his satisfaction with their decision and the act "means that all of the outstanding issues in the negotiations between Egypt and Israel have now been successfully resolved."[845]
March 14 – In a letter to Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini, President Carter states his confidence in Energy Secretary Schlesinger while admitting the Energy Department can always be improved.[846]
March 15 – President Carter announces the appointment of Harold F. Cary for a U.S. Commissioner on the International Commission.[847]
March 16 – President Carter announces the nomination of Patricia A. Goldman for membership on the National Transportation Safety Board.[848]
March 16 – President Carter announces the appointment of Rebecca R. Polland for membership on the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development.[849]
March 16 – President Carter announces the nomination of Dale R. Babione for membership on the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped.[850]
March 20 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the Recording Industry Association of America in the East Room.[851]
March 21 – President Carter accepts the resignation of Administrator of General Services Joel Solomon in a letter, lauding his leadership with having caused "decades of waste and corruption at the GSA are now being exposed, and those who have betrayed the public trust are being identified and punished."[852]
March 21 – President Carter announces the appointment of nine individuals for membership on the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science.[853]
March 21 – In a statement, President Carter says the vote of the Israeli Knesset in approving the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt "affirms the deep and long-felt desire of the people of Israel for peace with their neighbors" and better relations between those two countries "will strengthen even more our relations with these two partners in peace and help move toward a stable, cooperative, and peaceful future for all the peoples of the Middle East."[854]
March 22 – President Carter transmits the Protocol Relating to an Amendment to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and the Protocol on the Authentic Quadrilingual Text of the Convention on International Civil Aviation to the Senate in a message.[855]
March 22 – President Carter transmits the Treaty of Extradition Between the United States of America and the United Mexican States to the Senate for ratification in a message.[856]
March 22 – President Carter announces the appointments of four individuals for membership on the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy.[857]
March 23 – President Carter transmits the seventh annual report on the status of Federal advisory committees in a message to Congress.[859]
March 23 – President Carter announces the appointment of Richard W. Riley for membership on the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.[860]
March 23 – President Carter announces the appointments of Harold J. Russell, Judith E. Heumann, and Robert G. Sampson for membership on the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.[861]
March 23 – President Carter announces the membership on the Advisory Committee on the Arts.[862]
March 23 – President Carter announces the nomination of Rowland G. Freeman III for Administrator of the General Services Administration.[863]
March 24 – At Elk City High School gymnasium in Elk City, Oklahoma, President Carter delivers an address on administration policies and then answers questions from reporters on the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, reinstatement of the draft, his religious beliefs, the Equal Rights Amendment, his Elk City farmers meeting, corporate profits, federal regulations, beef price controls, his views on the presidency, his role as peacemaker, voluntary wage guidelines, families with two incomes, abortion, utility bills, food stamp program, and the speed limit.[864]
March 25 – President Carter holds his forty-sixth news conference at the Dallas Convention Center. President Carter begins the conference with remarks on broadcasting, concluding that it will "bring to the entire world a truly historic sight" of Prime Ministers Begin and Sadat signing a peace treaty and answers questions from reporters on regulatory reforms, renewable energy sources, broadcast industry deregulation, First Amendment privileges, inflation, a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, taxation of commercial broadcasters, and inflation.[865]
March 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Janet L. Norwood for Commissioner of Labor Statistics at the Labor Department.[866]
March 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of H. Stephan Gordon for General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.[867]
March 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Lewis M. Branscomb for membership on the National Science Board.[868]
March 27 – President Carter transmits a message to Congress on the subject of science and technology.[869]
March 27 – President Carter attends the US-Egypt Business Council dinner honoring Egyptian President Sadat in the Hall of Flags at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.[870]
March 28 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4650, a declaration of the week beginning on May 4, 1979, as "Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week."[871]
March 29 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4651, a designation of May 28, 1979, "as a day of prayer for permanent peace".[872]
March 29 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard F. Celeste for Director of the Peace Corps.[873]
March 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Timothy F. Cleary for reappointment as a member and Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.[874]
March 31 – President Carter announces the appointment of Gordon Vickery for Acting Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.[876]
March 31 – President Carter issues a statement on the murder of Airey Neave.[877]
March 31 – President Carter attends a fundraising reception for David R. Obey in the Newman High School gymnasium in Wausau, Wisconsin.[878]
March 31 – President Carter delivers an address at the Milwaukee Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[879]
March 31 – President Carter delivers an address at Wisconsin Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in the East Hall of the Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena.[880]
April 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert P. Smith for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Liberia.[882]
April 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of William L. Swing for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the People's Republic of the Congo.[883]
April 2 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4652, a designation of the upcoming April 28 and April 29 as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust."[884]
April 2 – President Carter submits Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1979 to Congress in a message. He says the plan will "create the Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System and establish the position of Federal Inspector."[885]
April 3 – President Carter announces the nomination of Read P. Dunn, Jr. for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.[886]
April 4 – President Carter announces the appointment of Marilyn W. Black for membership on the Commission on Presidential Scholars.[887]
April 4 – President Carter transmits the Treaty of Extradition Between the United States of America and Japan to the Senate for ratification.[888]
April 4 – President Carter announces the appointment of Gloria C. Jimenez for Acting Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).[889]
April 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of George C. Eads for membership on the Council of Economic Advisers.[890]
April 4 – President Carter reports two budget authority deferrals that had totaled to 109.8 million.[892]
April 4 – President Carter delivers an address on hospital cost containment legislation to a group of civic and community leaders assembled in the East Room during a White House briefing.[893]
April 4 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12128, authorizing a representative of the Federal Labor Relations Authority "to participate in labor-relations decisions affecting Foreign Service employees".[894]
April 5 – President Carter announces the appointment of Fred J. Krumholtz for Chairman of the Ohio River Basin Commission.[895]
April 5 – President Carter announces the withdrawal of the nomination of John P. Millhone for membership on the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences. The request is made by Millhone after he had accepted a position as Director of the Office of Buildings and Community Systems of the Conservation and Solar Applications Office at the Department of Energy following being nominated.[896]
April 5 – President Carter submits the Annual Report of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for FY 1978 to Congress in a message. He lauds the corporation for once again having "prepared a thoughtful report which highlights its efforts for the past fiscal year" and articulating the accomplishments of public broadcasting.[897]
April 5 – President Carter delivers an evening address on the energy crisis from the Oval Office. President Carter says he will receive a report in 60 days "on ways to encourage greater use of coal" from the three federal agencies regulating the coal industry and states his intent to "set targets for our 50 States to reduce gasoline consumption and ask each State to meet its target"[898]
April 5 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12129, imposing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish a Critical Energy Facility Program, "make recommendations to the President as to which nonnuclear facilities should be included in the Program", "provide for appropriate interagency mechanisms for the conduct of multiple agency reviews", "assist participating Executive agencies with the establishment of joint Federal and State and local agency reviews", "keep the President informed on agency performance in meeting scheduled decision deadlines", and "coordinate the procedures established herein with those procedures adopted by the Council on Environmental Quality pursuant to Executive Order No. 11991".[899]
April 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard B. Lowe III for Deputy Inspector General at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[900]
April 6 – President Carter signs Proclamation 4654, a proclamation of the week beginning on the upcoming May 20 as "World Trade Week" and requesting cooperation of all forms of government in observing that week.[901]
April 6 – President Carter signs Proclamation 4655, a revising of national policy on petroleum imports and petroleum products.[902]
April 6 – In a statement, President Carter declares "a regional energy emergency exists in the State of Florida of such severity that a temporary suspension of certain particulate and opacity control regulations which apply to fossil-fuel fired electric generating plants under the Florida Air Quality Implementation Plan may be necessary, and that other means of responding to the energy emergency may be inadequate."[903]
April 7 – President Carter attends the Virginia Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in the Virginia Room in Richmond, Virginia.[904]
April 9 – In a letter to Speaker O'Neill, President Carter sends a bill that if enacted would "authorize supplemental international security assistance for the fiscal year 1979 in support of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel and related agreements".[905]
April 10 – President Carter signs the Taiwan Relations Act into law. President Carter says the legislation will "enable the American people and the people on Taiwan to maintain commercial, cultural, and other relations without official Government representation and without diplomatic relations."[906]
April 25 – President Carter attends the Annual Convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association in the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, New York.[907]
April 25 – President Carter delivers an address on administration policies and then answers questions on amendments to the Clean Water Act, safety in nuclear power plants, negotiations for peace in the Middle East, inflation, gasoline and oil supplies, nuclear power plant safety, interest rates, impact and funding, education programs, federal mortgage programs, his daughter Amy, the proposal for an Education Department, federal aid for college students, space technology, and nuclear power plants at Portsmouth Senior High School auditorium in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.[908]
April 25 – President Carter attends a Democratic Party fundraising dinner in the Sheraton Wayfarer Hotel Convention Center in Bedford, New Hampshire.[910]
April 27 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership on the subject of the Interdepartmental Committee on Domestic Violence. In response to the three to six million acts of violence committed in American homes, Carter says he is "asking the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to chair an Interdepartmental Committee on Domestic Violence to coordinate a review of federal programs which currently provide or could provide assistance to victims of domestic violence, and to formulate a work plan by June 15 to guide our future actions. Please designate a policy-level member of your department or agency to serve as a member of this committee with Secretary Califano."[911]
April 27 – President Carter announces the nominations of John Hope Franklin, Lewis Manilow, Olin C. Robison, Neil C. Sherburne, Leonard L. Silverstein, and Mae Sue Talley for membership on the United States Advisory Commission on International Communication, Cultural and Educational Affairs.[912]
April 27 – President Carter announces the appointments of Pastora San Juan Cafferty and Walter J. Leonard as members of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy.[913]
April 27 – In a statement, President Carter says the House Science and Technology committee vote to continue construction of the liquid metal fast breeder nuclear reactor at Clinch River "was a significant setback to a rational and responsible nuclear energy policy."[914]
April 27 – President Carter commutes the sentences of Valdik Enger and Rudolf Chernyayev in accordance with arrangements worked out by the US and Soviet Union governments.[915]
April 28 – President Carter attends the annual dinner for the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education in the Crystal Ballroom at. the Washington Hilton Hotel.[916]
April 30 – President Carter announces the appointment of Helen Meyer for membership on the Advisory Committee of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services.[918]
April 30 – President Carter announces the appointment of Paul J. Mishkin for membership on the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise.[919]
April 30 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4659, requesting June 17, 1979, be observed as "Father's Day".[920]
April 30 – President Carter holds his forty-eighth news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter begins the conference with an address on congressional action over the standby gasoline rationing plan and answers questions from reporters on oil price decontrol, U.S. trade with the Soviet Union and China, strategic arms limitation, soviet dissidents, James Fallows, price and wage guidelines, windfall profits tax, energy, food, and housing prices, Israeli settlement policy, and Rhodesia.[921]
April 30 – In a statement, President Carter expresses satisfaction with the Senate vote on the Education Department which he says will "bring tighter management" to over a 100 federal programs, end the current "bureaucratic duplication necessitated by the current organizational structure", cut redtape for those dealing with federal education programs, and "make one Cabinet official responsible full-time for the effective, economical management of programs which cost the American taxpayer $13 billion annually."[922]
May 1 – In conformity with Section 4 of Public Law 94-110, President Carter transmits the seventh report of the United States Sinai Support Mission to Congress in a message.[923]
May 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Thomas E. Harris and Frank P. Reiche for membership on the Federal Election Commission.[924]
May 1 – President Carter attends a White House reception in the East Room.[925]
May 1 – President Carter transmits regulations pertaining to the personnel system of the Agency for International Development to Congress in a message.[926]
May 3 – President Carter announces the John W. Macy, Jr. for Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).[928]
May 3 – President Carter announces the appointment of Phyllis R. Spielman for membership on the Advisory Committee to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.[929]
May 3 – President Carter announces the appointment of Jay P. Altmayer for membership on the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.[930]
May 3 – Senator Abraham Ribicoff announces he will not seek a fourth term.[931] President Carter releases a statement responding to the retirement announcement, lauding Ribicoff for having "compiled a distinguished career of public service that can serve as a model of decency, compassion, and ability" and crediting him with having "helped to pave the way for peace between Israel and Egypt."[932]
May 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Luther H. Hodges, Jr. for Under Secretary of Commerce.[933]
May 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Frank V. Ortiz, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Guatemala.[934]
May 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of William M. Landau for membership on the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.[935]
May 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Leon B. Applewhaite for membership on the Federal Labor Relations Authority.[936]
May 4 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12131, extending the membership of the President's Export Council.[937]
May 4 – President Carter delivers an address on domestic issues such as inflation, the oil industry, American purchases of Mexico exports, gasohol, wood products, and natural gas extracting to the Iowa State Association of Counties in the Grand Ballroom at the Airport Hilton Inn in Des Moines, Iowa.[938]
May 4 – President Carter holds his forty-ninth news conference in the Lower Monterey Room at the Des Moines Hyatt House. President Carter begins the conference with an address in opposition to congressional approval of the Clinch River breeder reactor and answers questions from reporters on inflation, energy conservation, American prisoners in Israel, his candidacy in the 1980 Presidential election, nuclear power, gasohol, gasoline shortages, a wood-burning stove for the White House, oil price controls, exchanges of agricultural products for oil, oil company profits, and fuel supplies for agriculture.[939]
May 4 – President Carter attends a reception for the Iowa Democratic Party in Monterey Rooms 3 and 4 at the Des Moines Hyatt House in Des Moines. President Carter delivers remarks on the ratification of SALT, a national American energy policy, and farm income.[940]
May 5 – In a statement, President Carter notes the possible causes for the gasoline shortage in California and states his directing "Secretary Schlesinger to immediately determine the facts of this situation, in consultation with State and local government and private leaders" and "the Department of Energy to move immediately to ensure that recent changes in the allocation program to provide additional gasoline to high-use areas, such as southern California, are strictly enforced." Carter requests that Californians resist urges to retain full takes at all times, citing this as only increasing the issue amid "a great need to avoid all nonessential use of gasoline."[942]
May 5 – President Carter attends the dedication ceremony of the Placita de Dolores in Los Angeles, California.[943]
May 7 – President Carter transmits an amendment to the Standby Gasoline Rationing Plan to Congress in a message. Carter says the enactment of the amendment will provide each state "an expanded State Ration Reserve of eight percent not only to provide for the needs of the handicapped and hardship applicants as already provided in the plan, but to provide additional flexibility to the states in dispensing supplemental ration allotments to citizens with special needs."[944]
May 7 – President Carter transmits the seventeenth quarterly report of the Council on Wage and Price Stability in a message to Congress. The report is said to contain information on the activities of the Council during 1978's fourth quarter "in monitoring both prices and wages in the private sector and various Federal Government activities that may lead to higher costs and prices without creating commensurate benefits" as well as the Council's discussions on "reports, analyses, and filings before Federal regulatory agencies and the Council's role in the anti-inflation program."[945]
May 7 – President Carter announces the membership of the U.S. delegation to the 32d World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization.[946]
May 7 – President Carter transmits the second National Energy Plan to Congress in a message. President Carter reflects on the first National Energy Plan he unveiled as well as the steps he mentioned during his latest energy address to the nation and how the second plan "shows how these programs relate to our overall energy problem, and to the other policies and programs which we must carry forward."[947]
May 7 – President Carter issues a memorandum to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on his view that a regional energy emergency exists in the State of Florida, advocating for "a temporary suspension of certain particulate and opacity control regulations which apply to fossil-fuel fired electric generating plants under the Florida Air Quality Implementation Plan be necessary, and that other means of responding to the energy emergency may be inadequate, I hereby extend that determination from May 5 to June 4, 1979."[948]
May 8 – President Carter signs Proclamation 4660, designating the week starting on the upcoming June 10 "as National Flag Week" and calling for government officials to adhere to this proclamation by displaying the flag on all government buildings throughout the week.[949]
May 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Alfred L. Atherton, Jr. for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Arab Republic of Egypt.[950]
May 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of Arthur L. Nims III as Judge of the U.S. Tax Court.[951]
May 8 – President Carter submits an amendment to the Standby Gasoline Rationing Plan to Congress in a message, which he says will provide each state "with an expanded State Ration Reserve of eight percent not only to provide for the needs of the handicapped and hardship applicants as already provided in the plan, but to provide additional flexibility to the states in dispensing supplemental ration allotments to citizens with special needs."[952]
May 9 – President Carter transmits the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion to the Senate for ratification in a message.[953]
May 9 – President Carter transmits the Treaty of Friendship between the United States of America and Tuvalu to the Senate for ratification in a message, which he writes "will further United States foreign policy interest in promoting peace, security and development of the region and assure nondiscriminatory access to the region by the United States fishing fleet and other vessels contributing to the American Samoan economy."[954]
May 9 – In a statement, President Carter applauds the Senate for their approval of the Standby Gasoline Rationing Plan, which he says "creates a national ration reserve to deal with critical national emergencies", and calls on the House to copy the Senate by placing "the national interest above narrower interests".[955]
May 23 – President Carter announces the appointment of John C. Rouillard for membership on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.[956]
May 23 – President Carter participates in a question and answer session with the National Cable Television Association from the Map Room of the White House, beginning with an address on national goals and answering questions on strategic arms limitations, inflation, and energy.[957]
May 23 – President Carter submits the Social Welfare Reform Amendments of 1979 and the Work and Training Opportunities Act of 1979 to Congress in a message as part of his welfare reform program. He insists that the enactment of both programs "will be an important step in addressing the key failings of the present welfare system-promoting efficiency, improving incentives and opportunities to work, and substantially improving the incomes of millions of poor people."[958]
May 23 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12139, authorizing the Attorney General "to approve electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information without a court order, but only if the Attorney General makes the certifications required by that Section" and "approve applications to the court having jurisdiction under Section 103 of that Act to obtain orders for electronic surveillance for the purpose of obtaining foreign intelligence information." It also serves an amendment to Executive Order 12036.[959]
May 23 – In a statement, President Carter notes the importance of the hearings on sunset legislation by the House Rules Committee and he says leading sunset bill H.R. 2 "will double the proportion of the Federal budget that is subject to periodic review" and "ensure that we take a hard look at most Federal programs at least once a decade."[960]
May 24 – President Carter announces the appointments of 27 individuals for membership on the President's Export Council.[961]
May 24 – President Carter attends the swearing-in ceremony for the chairman and membership of the President's Export Council during a Roosevelt Room ceremony.[962]
May 24 – President Carter announces his decision to send a team of top officials from several federal agencies on a trip to Kansas City the following day for meetings with Midwestern Governors and their representatives regarding diesel fuel shortage problems.[963]
May 24 – In a statement, President Carter says Congress, through its approval of the first budget resolution, "has joined the administration in recognizing the urgency of fiscal restraint, while still providing for critical national needs. I congratulate the Congress and, in particular, Chairmen Muskie and Giaimo, who guided the resolution through their respective Houses."[964]
May 25 – President Carter announces the appointments of nine individuals for membership on the National Commission on Employment Policy.[965]
May 25 – President Carter attends the spring meeting of the Democratic National Committee in the Park Ballroom at the Sheraton-Park Hotel, delivering an address on the history of the Democratic Party and answers questions on the accomplishments of his administration, oil price decontrols, and the 1980 Democratic National Convention.[966]
May 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of John Mark Deutch for Under Secretary of Energy.[967]
May 26 – President Carter signs S. 631 into law. The bill authorizes "the presentation of a specially struck gold medal to John Wayne."[968]
May 29 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of U.S. District Judge John II. Wood, Jr., calling his assassination "an assault on our very system of justice."[969]
May 29 – President Carter holds his fiftieth news conference in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. President Carter delivers an address on Executive Order 12140 along with production of oil and answers questions from reporters on oil supplies and prices, tax reductions, wage and price guidelines, his leadership responsibility, relations with Congress, the organization of petroleum exporting countries, his fishing trips, Rhodesia, Soviet dissidents and their families being released, his support within the Democratic Party, strategic arms and the MX missile, the Middle East, and Bert Lance.[970]
May 29 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12140, granting American governors "the authority to establish a system of end-user allocation for motor gasoline, subject to the terms and conditions as set forth below" and supply gasoline to vehicles meeting a set of prerequisites.[971]
May 29 – President Carter attends the 30th Annual Brotherhood Citation dinner of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel.[972]
May 30 – President Carter attends a White House reception for Vietnam Veterans Week in the East Room.[973]
May 30 – President Carter issues a memorandum to department and agency leadership regarding the Economic Policy Group as well as coordination in economic policy-making, stating which procedures that will be implemented immediately in order to "assure efficient coordination of economic policymaking".[974]
May 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of Alan A. Parker for an Assistant Attorney General.[975]
May 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of Maurice Rosenberg for an Assistant Attorney General.[976]
May 31 – President Carter announces the nomination of 19 public members and 6 Government representatives to the President's Commission on Executive Exchange.[977]
June 1 – President Carter transmits his recommendation on the authority to waive subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 be extended for a further period of twelve months in a message to Congress.[978]
June 1 – President Carter issues a memorandum to the Secretary of State on the subject of trade with Romania and Hungary.[979]
June 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of James Keough Bishop for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Niger.[980]
June 1 – President Carter announces the appointment of Sally Angela Shelton as United States Special Representative to the States of Antigua, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and Saint Vincent.[981]
June 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Daniel Marcus for General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.[982]
June 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Truman A. Morrison III to the vacancy on the District of Columbia Superior Court.[983]
June 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Vincent P. Barabba for Director of the Bureau of the Census.[984]
June 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Andrew A. DiPrete for membership on the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.[985]
June 2 – President Carter delivers an address on the role Indiana played in his election to the presidency and the SALT treaty to dinner guests in Convention Hall C at the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.[986]
June 2 – President Carter attends the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner of the Indiana Democratic Party in Convention Hall B at the Indianapolis Convention Center.[987]
June 3 – President Carter attends a memorial service for A. Philip Randolph at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church.[988]
June 4 – In a letter to Speaker O'Neill and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Church, Carter submits a report "on progress made during the past sixty days toward the conclusion of a negotiated solution of the Cyprus problem."[989]
June 4 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4664, a designation of July 18 as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day".[990]
June 5 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12141, an attempt to provide "an orderly implementation of the independent review of Federal water resource programs and projects".[991]
June 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Walter J. McDonald for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.[992]
June 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard I. Beattie for General Counsel of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[993]
June 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Michael R. Kelley for membership on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.[994]
June 5 – President Carter announces the appointment of four individuals for Commissioners of the United States Section of the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission.[995]
June 6 – President Carter submits legislation intended reform the Federal civilian employee compensation system to Congress in a message, saying the proposals "will insure that Federal employees are rewarded fairly for their work and that taxpayers' dollars for such compensation are well spent" while being part of his "continuing efforts to make the operation of the Federal government more efficient, effective and equitable."[996]
June 6 – President Carter and Chancellor of GermanyHelmut Schmidt meet for discussions on the Tokyo summit and energy crisis, agreeing on the importance of the SALT II agreement for both the US and Europe.[997]
June 6 – President Carter and Chancellor Schmidt make a joint public appearance on the South Grounds.[998]
June 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of G. H. Patrick Bursley for membership on the National Transportation Safety Board.[999]
June 6 – President Carter announces the appointment of seven individuals for public membership on the National Alcohol Fuels Commission.[1,000]
June 7 – President Carter addresses the founding convention of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union in the Sheraton-Park Ballroom at the Sheraton-Park Hotel. His address includes a national health program and the SALT treaty.[1,001]
June 7 – President Carter announces the United States will not be lifting Zimbabwe-Rhodesian sanctions, saying it is not in the best interest of the US or the people of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.[1,002]
June 7 – President Carter attends a White House dinner honoring the Black Music Association on the South Grounds.[1,003]
June 8 – Deputy Press Secretary Rex Granum announces President Carter has determined the US will pursue a full-scale MX and that "the decision will continue the longstanding U.S. policy of maintaining a triad of three survivable strategic force components: intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and heavy bombers."[1,004]
June 8 – President Carter announces the nomination of John T. Rhett for Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System.[1,005]
June 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Tyrone Brown for reappointment to membership on the Federal Communications Commission.[1,006]
June 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of John R. Evans for reappointment to membership on the Securities and Exchange Commission.[1,007]
June 11 – President Carter announced the appointment of four individuals for membership on the National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education.[1,008]
June 11 – President Carter meets with Vice President of EgyptHusni Mubarak in the Oval Office for a review of the status of cooperation between Egypt and the United States in various areas.[1,009]
June 12 – President Carter announces his proposal to Congress of a national health plan which he says "will meet the most urgent needs in health care of the American people in a practical, cost-efficient, and fiscally responsible manner" through providing millions of Americans with health care and protecting them against costs for illnesses.[1,010]
June 12 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of John Wayne, who he calls "a symbol of many of the most basic qualities that made America great. The ruggedness, the tough independence, the sense of personal conviction and courage—on and off the screen—reflected the best of our national character."[1,011]
June 12 – President Carter issues a memorandum for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency declaring "a regional energy emergency no longer exists in Florida".[1,012]
June 12 – President Carter announces the appointments of two individuals for membership of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.[1,013]
June 12 – President Carter announces the appointments of three individuals for membership of the Commission on Presidential Scholars.[1,014]
June 13 – In a letter to Speaker O'Neill and President of the Senate Mondale, President Carter transmits legislation to form "a comprehensive program with the financial responsibility shared by Federal, State and local governments as well as industry" that is said to establish "a comprehensive and uniform system of notification, emergency response, enforcement, liability and limited economic compensation for such incidents."[1,015]
June 13 – President Carter signs S. 613 into law, "authorizing that a special gold medal be struck in recognition of Hubert Humphrey's distinguished career".[1,016]
June 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of John Howard Moxley III for Assistant Secretary of Defense.[1,017]
June 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of Samuel B. Nemirow for Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs.[1,018]
June 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jean McKee for membership on the United States Advisory Commission on International Communication, Cultural and Educational Affairs.[1,019]
June 14 – President Carter delivers an address on the summit in Vienna and SALT II treaty on the South Lawn.[1,020]
June 14 – President Carter signs Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1979 into law. President Carter says the legislation will enable the United States Department of Veterans Affairs "provide special readjustment counseling for Vietnam era veterans and their families" and "establish a 5-year pilot program for the treatment and rehabilitation of veterans with alcohol or drug dependence or abuse problems."[1,021]
June 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of Anne Clark Martindell for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to New Zealand and to Western Samoa.[1,022]
June 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of Louis F. Moret for Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact at the Energy Department.[1,023]
June 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of Stuart M. Statler for Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.[1,024]
June 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of P. A. Mack, Jr. for membership on the National Credit Union Administration Board.[1,025]
June 14 – President Carter announces the nomination of Frankie M. Freeman for Inspector General of the Community Services Administration.[1,026]
June 15 – President Carter announces the nomination of Charles J. Chamberlain for reappointment for membership on the Railroad Retirement Board.[1,027]
June 18 – President Carter delivers an address to a joint session of Congress at the Vienna Summit in the House Chamber of the Capitol. The remarks primarily endorse the ratification of SALT II and the effect it will have on relations between the United States and Soviet Union.[1,028]
June 19 – President Carter transmits the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 to Congress in a message. President Carter endorses the legislation as implementing "domestic law as required or appropriate to implement the Geneva agreements, and fulfill our international commitment" as well as offering opportunities to Americans through involvement with the international community.[1,029]
June 20 – During a dedication ceremony, President Carter announces his intention to send Congress "legislative recommendations for a new solar strategy that will move our Nation toward true energy security and abundant, readily available energy supplies."[1,030]
June 26 – President Carter answers questions from reporters on refugees, discussions he may have had on relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, Japanese concern over American presence in North Asia and other Asian countries, and the upcoming summit meeting outside the American ambassador's residence in Tokyo.[1,031]
June 26 – President Carter attends a reception with members of the Japanese diet at the residence of Hirokichi Nada in Tokyo.[1,032]
June 30 – President Carter delivers remarks at Robertson Memorial Field on the role the Signal Corps plays to the executive branch and reflects on his own military career.[1,033]
July 1 – President Carter delivers remarks at a reception in the Officer's Club of Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii.[1,034]
July 2 – President Carter announces the nominations of six public members and five Government members on the Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank.[1,035]
July 3 – President Carter announces the nomination of Jane McGrew for General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.[1,036]
July 5 – White House Press Secretary Jody Powell announces President Carter "intends to propose at an early date a series of strong measures to restrain United States demand for imported oil" and "is in the process of assessing major domestic issues which he believes are important to the country and which include, but go beyond, the question of energy."[1,037]
July 6 – President Carter issues a memorandum to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on the subject of Florida energy emergency.[1,038]
July 9 – President Carter says he has "received a personal commitment from Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia to increase substantially crude oil production for a significant and specific period of time" while speaking to members of Congress at Camp David.[1,039]
July 10 – President Carter announces the appointment of Abbi Fisher for membership on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.[1,040]
July 10 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Arthur Fiedler, who he credits with introducing "millions to the infinite variety and pleasures of music."[1,041]
July 10 – President Carter sends a message to Congress on the subject of the national energy supply shortage.[1,042]
July 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Harvey J. Feldman for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Papua New Guinea and to the Solomon Islands.[1,043]
July 11 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4665, "an extension for the period of June 14, 1979 through February 13, 1980, of the temporary quantitative limitations imposed by Proclamation 4445".[1,044]
July 11 – In a statement, President Carter says the House approval of the Education Department legislation "will streamline administration of more than 150 Federal education programs, saving tax dollars and cutting redtape" as well as cause better management for health and human services programs by the federal government.[1,045]
July 16 – President Carter attends the Annual Convention of the National Association of Counties in the H. Roe Bartle Convention Center ballroom in Kansas City, Missouri.[1,046]
July 17 – President Carter announces the nomination of William P. Hobgood for Assistant Secretary of Labor for labor-management relations.[1,047]
July 23 – President Carter announces the nomination of James W. Spain for Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations.[1,048]
July 23 – President Carter announces the nomination of Harold Alonza Black for membership on the National Credit Union Administration Board.[1,049]
July 24 – President Carter submits a 6.2 million deferral in budget authority for the Bureau of Prisons in the Department of Justice to Congress in a message.[1,050]
July 24 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert Joseph Brown for membership on the National Mediation Board.[1,051]
July 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of William D. Wolle for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the United Arab Emirates.[1,052]
July 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Paul A. Volcker for Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.[1,053]
July 25 – Press Secretary Jody Powell says President Carter has requested "Hedley Donovan to serve as a Senior Adviser to the President", a request that Donovan is confirmed to have accepted.[1,054]
July 25 – In a letter to Speaker O'Neill and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Church, President Carter submits a "report on progress made during the past sixty days toward the conclusion of a negotiated solution of the Cyprus problem."[1,055]
July 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ronald P. Wertheim for membership on the Merit Systems Protection Board.[1,056]
July 25 – President Carter holds his fifty-first news conference in the East Room, beginning the conference with an address on notional goals of his administration such as American energy security, and answers questions from reporters on the federal budget, changes to his cabinet as well as his potential re-election campaign, his health, the selection of Charles Duncan as Energy Secretary, Hamilton Jordan, relations with the news media, the value of the dollar, Nicaragua, the US economy, the windfall profits tax, his support of United States Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentPatricia Roberts Harris, and the House of Representatives' amending of a standby rationing plan bill earlier in the day.[1,057]
July 26 – President Carter signs the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 into law during a morning ceremony in the Rose Garden. President Carter says the legislation "strengthens and solidifies America's position in the international trade community" through its revising the rules of international trade for what he calls "a fairer and more equitable and more open environment for world trade."[1,058]
July 27 – President Carter transmits the text of the proposed Agreement Between the United States and Australia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy in a message to Congress.[1,059]
July 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Moon Landrieu for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.[1,060]
July 27 – In a letter to Speaker O'Neill and President of the Senate Mondale, Carter transmits legislation for a proposed Solar Energy Development Bank which he says if enacted "provides for incentives which can, in conjunction with other governmental actions to be undertaken as part of the Administration's program, stimulate the installation of solar energy systems in residential and commercial properties on a significant scale."[1,061]
July 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of William A. Clement, Jr. and Graciela Olivarez for membership on the Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank.[1,063]
July 31 – President Carter announces his nomination of Jay Janis for membership on the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.[1,064]
July 31 – President Carter delivers remarks outside the Cane Run facility in Louisville, Kentucky on energy security legislation and the current developments pertaining to it potentially being passed.[1,065]
July 31 – In the Bardstown High School gymnasium in Bardstown, Kentucky, President Carter delivers remarks on the subject of the energy crisis and answers questions on standby gasoline rationing plan, telephone service, volunteer armed forces, the Education Department, oil industry rights, goals of his administration, coal and the environment, regulatory reform, Indochina refugees, American foreign policy, health programs, strategic arms limitation, and hazardous waste disposal.[1,066]
September 3 – President Carter attends a Labor Day White House picnic on the South Lawn.[1,067]
September 4 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12154, placing several positions are placed in level IV of the Executive Schedule.[1,068]
September 6 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4679, designating the first Sunday following Labor Day as "National Grandparents Day".[1,069]
September 6 – President Carter commutes the sentences of Oscar Collazo, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irving Flores Rodriguez, and Lolita Lebron.[1,070]
September 6 – President Carter attends a reception for the World Conference on Religion and Peace in the East Room.[1,071]
September 12 – President Carter announces his low income energy assistance program which he says if enacted "would provide $1.6 billion in aid this winter, and $2.4 billion per year thereafter" as well as address the need of "alleviating the impact of higher energy prices on those who are suffering most from higher energy prices."[1,072]
September 12 – President Carter makes an appearance at the Steubenville High School auditorium in Steubenville, Ohio. President Carter begins with an address on administration policies relating to the steel industry, and answers questions on energy prices, fuel supplies, energy programs, coal supplies, employment in the coal industry, nuclear energy, coal and environmental standards, coal production, renewable energy supplies, and energy efficient automobiles.[1,073]
September 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of George M. Fumich, Jr. for Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy.[1,074]
September 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ruth M. Davis for Assistant Secretary of Energy for Resource Applications.[1,075]
September 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of John C. Sawhill for Deputy Secretary of Energy.[1,076]
September 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of William Walker Lewis for Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and Evaluation.[1,077]
September 27 – President Carter reports four new deferrals of budget authority of 861.9 million as well as a revision to deferral that had been transmitted earlier, increasing the amount deferred by $3.8 million, in a message to Congress.[1,078]
September 27 – President Carter delivers remarks on receiving the final report from the President's Commission on the Holocaust at the Rose Garden ceremony.[1,079]
September 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert W. Komer for Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.[1,080]
September 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of William E. Hallett for Commissioner of Indian Affairs.[1,081]
September 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of William B. Welsh for an Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.[1,082]
September 27 – President Carter announces the appointments of twelve individuals for membership on the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.[1,083]
September 27 – In a statement, President Carter lauds the House vote on the Education Department legislation as "a significant milestone in my effort to make the Federal Government more efficient" and thanks Chairman Jack Brooks and Speaker O'Neill for their leadership in securing its passage.[1,084]
September 27 – President Carter signs the Panama Canal Act of 1979 into law. The legislation implements the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty and insures the United States continues operating the Panama Canal through the Panama Canal Commission until 1999.[1,085]
September 28 – During an appearance in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building, President Carter announces his administration "has achieved a new national accord with the broadest possible impact in order to fight against inflation." The accord establishes a Pay Advisory Committee and a Price Advisory Committee.[1,086]
September 28 – In a message to Congress, President Carter reports "a routine revision to a previously transmitted deferral" for the Transportation Department.[1,087]
September 28 – President Carter issues a memorandum to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development on the subject of procuring grain in Nicaragua.[1,088]
October 2 – President Carter sends a message to Congress on the subject of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers and National Trails Systems.[1,093]
October 2 – In a message to Congress, President Carter transmits his "recommendations and proposals with respect to the designation of the Tuolumne River in California."[1,094]
October 4 – President Carter signs the Health Planning and Resources Development Amendments of 1979 into law. The legislation is said by Carter to be an extension of the health planning program and states his disappointment that the bill "contains amendments which may weaken the authority of planning agencies to control unnecessary spending and continues unneeded construction authorities."[1,095]
October 4 – In a statement, President Carter says approval by the Senate of an energy mobilization board "represents a major step forward in the joint effort of the Congress and my administration to achieve energy security for our Nation."[1,096]
October 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Barbara W. Newell for the position of Ambassador during her tenure in Paris as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).[1,097]
October 4 – President Carter announces the designation of McGeorge Bundy as Chairman of the General Advisory Committee to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.[1,098]
October 4 – President Carter announces the designation of Harold Howe as Chairman of the National Council on Educational Research.[1,099]
October 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Billy M. Wise for Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.[1,100]
October 10 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert B. Oakley for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Zaire.[1,101]
October 10 – President Carter announces the nomination of Anne Forrester Holloway for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Mali.[1,102]
October 10 – President Carter signs the Federal Magistrate Act of 1979 into law. President Carter says the legislation "will expand the jurisdiction of United States magistrates in both civil and criminal cases, and will ensure that magistrates are appointed on merit" and "improve the capabilities and efficiency of the Federal court system, while at the same time preserving parties' rights and reducing the expense of litigation."[1,103]
October 10 – President Carter signs S. 756 into law, an authorization of appropriations for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy for fiscal years 1980 through 1983.[1,104]
October 17 – In a statement, President Carter notes the fifteenth anniversary of the beginning of Job Corps and its contributions to society.[1,106]
October 17 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joan Zeldes Bernstein for General Counsel of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[1,107]
October 17 – President Carter announces the nomination of William G. Bowdler for Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.[1,108]
October 17 – President Carter announces the nomination of Frederick A. Rody, Jr. for Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration in the Department of Justice.[1,109]
October 17 – President Carter announces the appointment of two individuals for membership on the Board of Directors of the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., in the Department of Justice.[1,110]
October 17 – President Carter announces the nomination of N. Jerold Cohen for Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service in the Department of the Treasury.[1,111]
October 30 – President Carter speaks on his receiving of the final report by the commission investigating the Three Mile Island accident during a morning appearance in the Briefing Room.[1,112]
October 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of George W. Cunningham for Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy.[1,114]
October 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Thomas E. Stelson for Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Solar Applications.[1,115]
October 30 – President Carter announces the reappointment of Stephen I. Danzansky for a four year term of membership on the District of Columbia Law Revision Commission.[1,116]
October 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert Hormats for Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations.[1,117]
October 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Patricia M. Byrne for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.[1,118]
October 30 – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee votes in favor of the Alaska lands bill. In a statement, President Carter thanks Senators Jackson and Tsongas in particular for their support of the measure.[1,119]
October 31 – President Carter delivers a Briefing Room address in which he announces steps being taken by the administration to further industrial innovation in the US "and more generally with similar types of economic problems that will be facing our country in the 1980's."[1,120]
October 31 – In a message to Congress, President Carter addresses industrial innovation and announces measures he writes "will help ensure our country's continued role as the world's leader in industrial innovation."[1,121]
October 31 – President Carter issues a memorandum on the Small Business Administration.[1,122]
November 1 – President Carter announces the appointment of Fernando Manfredo as Deputy Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission.[1,123]
November 1 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of Mamie Eisenhower, calling her a "warm and gracious First Lady".[1,124]
November 1 – President Carter presents the President's Environmental Youth Awards in the Rose Garden.[1,125]
November 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert H. Harris for membership on the Council on Environmental Quality.[1,126]
November 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Angler Biddle Duke, of New York City, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Kingdom of Morocco.[1,127]
November 1 – President Carter announces the nomination of Victor Marrero for Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.[1,128]
November 2 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4698, designating November 4, 1979 as "Will Rogers Day".[1,129]
November 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Togo D. West, Jr. for General Counsel of the Department of Defense.[1,130]
November 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of William A. Lubbers for General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).[1,131]
November 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Michael J. Calhoun for membership on the United States International Trade Commission.[1,132]
November 28 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert E. Baldwin for membership on the United States International Trade Commission.[1,133]
November 28 – President Carter holds his fifty-third news conference in the East Room. President Carter answers questions on Iran, the American political climate, embassy security, Henry Kissinger, American relations with Islamic nations, the Iran hostage crisis, and the Shah investigation.[1,134]
November 29 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12173, instating a continuation of existing Panama Canal regulations.[1,135]
November 29 – President Carter announces the nomination of Sanford M. Litvack for Assistant Attorney General.[1,136]
November 29 – President Carter announces the nomination of Marvin S. Cohen for reappointment for membership on the Civil Aeronautics Board.[1,137]
November 30 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12174 during a morning appearance in the Cabinet Room. The legislation sets a limit on paperwork budget which can only be overlooked by federal agencies with the president's approval.[1,138]
November 30 – During a morning appearance in the Briefing Room, Press Secretary Powell announces President Carter "intends to nominate Victor Palmieri as Ambassador at Large, with special responsibilities for coordinating refugee affairs."[1,139]
November 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Ira M. Schwartz for Associate Administrator of Law Enforcement Assistance.[1,140]
November 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Leslie J. Goldman for Assistant Secretary of Energy.[1,141]
November 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of John A. Calhoun III for Chief of the Children's Bureau at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[1,142]
November 30 – President Carter releases a statement on the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe affirming the commitment of the US to human rights both domestic and abroad.[1,143]
November 30 – President Carter signs H.R. 4440 into law. The legislation serves to fund the Interstate Commerce Commission, the commission's regulation of trucking and railroads being said by President Carter to be "a top item on the regulatory reform agenda for 1980."[1,144]
December 2 – In a statement, President Carter says the Shah will be cared for in "a secure convalescent facility where he can recuperate pending further travel plans" courtesy of an agreement by the American government.[1,145]
December 4 – President Carter announces the appointment of eleven members to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.[1,146]
December 4 – President Carter announces his re-election campaign in the East Room. The speech states his intentions over the course of running for a second term and reflects on his tenure.[1,147]
December 7 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12176, extending the time the President's Commission on the Coal Industry has to complete its report.[1,148]
December 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Deane R. Hinton for Assistant Secretary of State.[1,149]
December 7 – President Carter delivers remarks on the Iran hostage crisis in the lobby at the State Department, reaffirming his commitment to resolving the dispute without "any military action that would cause bloodshed or arouse the unstable captors of our hostages to attack them or to punish them".[1,150]
December 9 – President Carter attends a fundraising dinner for the O'Neill Chair at Boston College in the Regency Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.[1,151]
December 10 – The five members of the Federal Council on the Aging are sworn in during an afternoon ceremony in the Cabinet Room.[1,152]
December 10 – President Carter announces the nomination of John H. Dalton for membership on the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.[1,153]
December 10 – President Carter announces the nomination of Sidney Anders Rand for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Norway.[1,154]
December 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Homer E. Moyer, Jr. for General Counsel of the Commerce Department.[1,155]
December 12 – President Carter addresses members of the Business Council on the administration's defense policy during an afternoon appearance in the East Room.[1,156]
December 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Albert P. Smith for Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission.[1,157]
December 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joseph A. Doyle for Assistant Secretary of the Navy.[1,158]
December 13 – President Carter signs S. 239 into law. President Carter says the legislation reauthorizes "funding for the domestic volunteer service programs administered by the ACTION agency."[1,159]
December 13 – President Carter announces the nomination of James W. Spain for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Turkey.[1,160]
December 13 – Press Secretary Jody Powell responds to the reports of international observers being allowed to see those captive in the Iran hostage crisis during a White House briefing.[1,161]
December 13 – President Carter attends a session of a White House briefing with Gannett newspaper and broadcast executives in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building.[1,162]
December 13 – President Carter attends the Christmas Pageant of Peace on the Ellipse.[1,163]
December 14 – In a message to Congress, President Carter transmits "the attached study of the feasibility of adding the Cahaba River in Alabama to the national Wild and Scenic Rivers system."[1,164]
December 14 – President Carter announces the three individuals being appointed to the Emergency Board to investigate the Long Island railroad dispute.[1,165]
December 14 – President Carter issues a memorandum on international trade negotiations between the US and other regions.[1,166]
December 17 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12184, establishing the President's Special Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.[1,168]
December 17 – The White House releases a statement confirming that a settlement has been reached in the Rhodesjan settlement.[1,169]
December 17 – President Carter attends the lighting of the National Menorah at Lafayette Square.[1,170]
December 19 – President Carter announces the nomination of Colbert I. King for United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[1,171]
December 19 – President Carter announces the nomination of David S. King for U.S. Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[1,172]
December 19 – President Carter accepts the resignation of George M. Seignious as Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. President Carter announces the nomination Ralph Earle III to succeed Seignious as Director.[1,173]
December 19 – President Carter announces the nomination of Matthew Nimetz for Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology.[1,174]
December 19 – President Carter announces the nomination of Rozanne L. Ridgway for the position of Counselor to the Department of State.[1,175]
December 19 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joseph Charles Zengerle III for Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.[1,176]
December 20 – President Carter transmits the treaty between the United States of America and Peru on the execution of penal sentences to the Senate in a message.[1,177]
December 28 – President Carter meets with Israeli Minister of Defense Ezer Weizman.[1,178]
December 29 – President Carter signs the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980 into law. The legislation authorizes appropriations for the national security programs of the Energy Department in the 1980 fiscal year and "the creation of a facility to demonstrate the feasibility of storing certain nuclear wastes from defense activities."[1,179]
December 31 – In a statement, President Carter notes his satisfaction with signing H.R. 5079, authorizing American participation in Energy-Expo '82, the International Energy Exposition to be held in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1982.[1,180]
December 31 – President Carter signs the Meat Import Act of 1979 into law. President Carter says the legislation "provides that at least 1.25 billion pounds of imported beef will be available each year."[1,181]
January 1 – President Carter designates April 22, 1980 as "Earth Day".[1,182]
January 2 – President Carter signs Executive Order 12188, a trade reorganization, in the East Room of the White House during the afternoon.[1,183] President Carter holds an afternoon meeting with the National Security Council and other senior advisers in relation to the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet–Afghan War.[1,184]
January 3 – President Carter announces the recess appointment of William Joseph Driver for Commissioner of Social Security.[1,185] President Carter signs the National Capital Transportation Amendments of 1979, providing an authorization of additional federal funding to see to the completion of the full Washington metropolitan area rapid transit system.[1,186]
January 4 – President Carter delivers an address on the Soviet–Afghan War in the Oval Office during the evening.[1,187]
January 7 – President Carter issues a memorandum on agricultural commodities shipments to the Soviet Union.[1,189] President Carter signs the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act of 1979, allowing the federal government "to guarantee $1 1/2 billion in loans to Chrysler from private sources, provided an additional $2 billion in commitments or concessions can be arranged by Chrysler for the financing of its operations."[1,190]
January 10 – President Carter announces the nomination of David Bronheim for Associate Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency.[1,191] President Carter delivers a speech on energy conversion in the State Dining Room at the White House during the morning.[1,192]
January 11 – President Carter delivers an address on regulatory reform in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building during the afternoon.[1,193]
January 12 – President Carter meets with Pakistan Minister of Foreign AffairsAgha Shahi in the Oval Office for discussions on international peace and potential American involvement with the current affairs of Pakistan during the afternoon.[1,194]
January 13 – President Carter issues a memorandum over the federal procurement policy of his administration to heads of departments and agencies.[1,195] President Carter delivers an address to the first White House Conference on Small Business in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the evening.[1,196]
January 14 – President Carter submits a message to Congress over his administration's plans for the economy.[1,197] President Carter releases a statement in response to the Soviet Union's veto of the United Nations Security Council resolution pertaining to Iran exposes.[1,198] President Carter meets with Prime Minister of SpainAdolfo Suarez to discuss international issues in the Cabinet Room.[1,199] President Carter delivers a speech at the presentation ceremony for the National Medal of Science in the East Room at the White House during the morning.[1,200]
January 15 – President Carter announces the appointment of Edward B. Cohen for Deputy Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs.[1,201] President Carter announces the receipts of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service.[1,202]
January 16 – President Carter announces the designation of Thomas F. Murphy for Acting Chairman of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.[1,203] President Carter issues Executive Order 12189, amending the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 "to provide that certain oil is exempt from price controls on and after August 17, 1979, and that other oil is exempt on and after December 21, 1979".[1,204]
January 18 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4714, imposing a temporary duty increase on anhydrous ammonia from the U.S.S.R. being imported into the United States.[1,206]
January 19 – President Carter releases a statement on the death of William O. Douglas.[1,207] President Carter issues Proclamation 4715, ordering the American flag be flown at half-staff in honor of Douglas on all buildings, grounds and naval vessels pertaining to the federal government in "the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until his interment."[1,208]
January 20 – President Carter participates in an interview with Meet the Press during the afternoon.[1,209]
January 21 – President Carter delivers an address at the annual convention for the National Religious Broadcasters Association in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the evening.[1,210] President Carter wins the Iowa caucuses in the Democratic presidential primary.[1,211]
January 22 – President Carter announces the nomination of Robert E. White for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to El Salvador.[1,212] President Carter meets with Federal Republic of Germany Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Vice President Mondale, Secretary of State Vance, and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Zbigniew Brzezinski for discussions on foreign policy as it relates to the Soviet-Afghan War during the morning.[1,213]
January 24 – President Carter announces the nomination of John B. Gabusi for Assistant Secretary of Education for Management.[1,215]
January 27 – President Carter delivers an address at the Annual Hubert H. Humphrey Award Dinner in the Presidential Ballroom at the Capital Hilton Hotel during the evening.[1,216]
January 30 – President Carter announces the nomination of Herta Lande Seidman for Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development.[1,219]
January 31 – President Carter announces the appointment of six individuals for membership on the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children.[1,220]
February 1 – President Carter delivers an address to the National Conference on Physical Fitness and Sports in the Regency Ballroom at the Shoreham Americana Hotel during the morning.[1,221] President Carter transmits a message to Congress on the United States-Switzerland Agreement on Social Security.[1,222] President Carter signs Executive Order 12190, establishing the creation of "an advisory committee for certain purposes".[1,223] President Carter issues Proclamtion 4720, enacting a modification on types of sugars, syrups, and molasses.[1,224]
February 4 – President Carter announces the appointments of Joan D. Manley, Dwight W. Mize, Julia M. Walsh, and Emily H. Womach to the President's Commission on Executive Exchange.[1,225]
February 5 – President Carter transmits a report to Congress on the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity.[1,226] The House of Representatives passes the Water Resources Development Act of 1979. A statement is released indicating President Carter's dissatisfaction with the passage of the law and his wishes for "the Senate to correct these problems by adopting a bill in accord with sound water policy."[1,227]
February 7 – President Carter attends the annual National Prayer Breakfast in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the morning.[1,228] President Carter delivers a speech at the annual conference of the Consumer Federation of America in the Presidential Ballroom of the Capitol Hilton Hotel during the morning.[1,229]
February 8 – President Carter announces the nominations of Homer F. Broome, Jr. for Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration,[1,230] and Marvin Weissman for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Bolivia.[1,231]
February 10 – President Carter wins the Maine caucuses in the Democratic presidential primary.[1,232]
February 11 – President Carter announces the nomination of Guy Feliz Erb for Deputy Director of the International Development Cooperation Agency,[1,233] and the nominations of James R. Mills and Frank H. Neel for membership on the Board of Directors of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.[1,234]
February 12 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12192, forming "an advisory committee on radioactive waste management".[1,235] President Carter submits a message to Congress in regards to radioactive waste management.[1,236]
February 21 – President Carter delivers a speech on energy and national security during a White House briefing in the East Room of the White House during the afternoon.[1,239]
February 22 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the champion teams for both basketball and football in the East Room during the afternoon.[1,240] President Carter announces the nomination of Karen Hastie Williams for Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in the Office of Management and Budget.[1,241]
February 25 – President Carter delivers an address at the welcoming ceremony for the American hockey team in the 1980 Winter Games in the South Lawn of the White House. President Carter and First Lady Carter host the athletes in the State Dining Room.[1,242]
February 26 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12196, concerning safety and health programs for employees of the federal government.[1,243] President Carter announces the nomination of Stephen Berger for Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Railway Association.[1,244]
February 27 – President Carter announces the nomination of James Eugene Goodby for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Finland.[1,245]
February 28 – President Carter releases a statement on National Women's History Week.[1,246] President Carter delivers an address on law enforcement in the East Room at the White House during the afternoon.[1,247]
February 29 – President Carter announces the nomination of Lyle E. Gramley for membership on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to replace the term-expired Philip Coldwell.[1,248] It is announced that an inter-agency review of non-rubber footwear imports aligned with President Carter's import relief program "has led to the conclusion that imports are expected to fall significantly below 1979 levels toward presurge levels and that import surges such as were experienced last year will not recur."[1,249]
March 3 – President Carter announces the nominations of F. James Rutherford for Assistant Secretary of Education for Research and Improvement,[1,250] Thomas Kendall Minter for Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education,[1,251] and Albert H. Bowker for Assistant Secretary of Education for Postsecondary Education.[1,252]
March 4 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joseph C. Wheeler for Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development.[1,253]
March 5 – The White House releases a statement on the tenth anniversary of the enacting of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.[1,254] President Carter signs H.R. 3757, establishing the Channel Islands National Park.[1,255] President Carter issues Executive Order 12197, conforming the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System to a number of amendments within the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System.[1,256]
March 7 – President Carter announces the nomination of Charles William Snodgrass for Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.[1,257] President Carter issues Proclamation 4731, designating the month of April 1980 as "Cancer Control Month".[1,258]
March 10 – President Carter issues Proclamation 4732, designating the upcoming April 14 as "Pan American Day" and the week starting with April 13 as "Pan American Week".[1,259]
March 11 – President Carter announces his nomination of William C. Gardner for the District of Columbia Superior Court.[1,260]
March 12 – President Carter delivers a speech commemorating the fifteenth anniversary of the Head Start program in the East Room at the White House during the afternoon.[1,261] President Carter issues Executive Order 12198, imposing amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial United States, 1969.[1,262] President Carter signs H.R. 3756, a territories bill that authorizes "appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes."[1,263]
March 14 – President Carter signs H.R. 4337 into law, the bill both a reorganization of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission as well as an abolition of the Annual Assay Commission, the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Commission, and the Low-Emission Vehicle Certification Board.[1,264] President Carter delivers a televised and radio broadcast address on the current status of inflation within the United States in the East Room at the White House during the afternoon.[1,265] President Carter holds the fifty-fifth news conference of his tenure in the East Room during the evening.[1,266] President Carter issues Executive Order 12201, imposing regulations on credit for the prevention of inflation "generated by the extension of credit in an excessive volume".[1,267]
March 17 – President Carter delivers an address at the Annual Congressional-City Conference in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the afternoon.[1,268] President Carter commemorates St. Patrick's Day with an address in the East Room at the White House during the evening.[1,269]
March 18 – President Carter signs the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1980, an amendment of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977,[1,270] and the Refugee Act of 1980, revising American provisions on refugee admissions and assistance,[1,271] into law. President Carter issues Executive Order 12202, establishing the Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee.[1,272]
March 19 – President Carter announces the nominations of eleven members on the President's Commission on United States-Liberian Relations,[1,273] John J. Sheehan for membership on the National Commission on Air Quality,[1,274] and Robert E. Nederlander for membership on the National Council on Educational Research.[1,275] President Carter transmits the eighth report on the status of federal advisory committees to Congress.[1,276]
March 20 – President Carter announces the nomination of Joan F. Tobin for reappointment as a member of the Board of Directors of the Communication Satellite Corporation.[1,277]
March 21 – President Carter delivers an address to the 1980 Summer Olympics United States teams representatives in the East Room at the White House,[1,278] and meets with small business leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House for their participation in his anti-inflation program during the afternoon.[1,279]
March 22 – President Carter wins the Virginia Democratic caucus in his party's presidential primary. The White House releases a statement in response to the win.[1,280]
March 23 – President Carter delivers an address on the anniversary of the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in the East Room of the White House during the afternoon.[1,281]
March 24 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of American economist Arthur M. Okun.[1,282]
March 25 – President Carter issues a statement on the assassination of Óscar Romero the previous day.[1,283]
March 26 – President Carter delivers an address at the White House Conference on Aging reception in the East Room of the White House during the afternoon.[1,284]
March 27 – President Carter sends Congress a message on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.[1,285] President Carter issues Executive Order 12204, instating an amendment to the generalized system of preferences.[1,286]
March 29 – President Carter announces the nomination of James E. Jones, Jr. for Chairman of the Special Panel.[1,287]
April 1 – President Carter answers questions from reporters pertaining to the Iran hostage crisis in the Oval Office during the morning.[1,288] President Carter delivers an address in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the afternoon.[1,289] President Carter wins the Democratic presidential primaries in Wisconsin and Kansas. Press Secretary Jody Powell says President Carter is appreciative of those who worked for his wins in the two states.[1,290]
April 2 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the National Conference of Artists in the East Room at the White House during the afternoon.[1,291]
April 3 – President Carter announces the nominations for three members of the Commission on Civil Rights.[1,292]
April 8 – President Carter signs H.R. 6585, an extension of the Reorganization Act of 1977, into law.[1,294]
April 9 – President Carter and President Sadat make a joint appearance on the South Grounds during the morning.[1,295]
April 10 – President Carter announces the nominations of Thomas G. Allison for General Counsel of the Department of Transportation,[1,296] and Gordon R. Beyer for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Uganda.[1,297] President Carter delivers a praising speech on Frances Perkins on the steps of the Frances Perkins Building during the morning.[1,298]
April 11 – President Carter issues a statement on the following day marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Polio vaccine field trial announcement.[1,299] President Carter meets with Mayor of West BerlinDietrich Stobbe to talk about foreign policy during the morning.[1,300] President Carter delivers a speech on a variety of issues in the East Room during the afternoon.[1,301] President Carter announces the appointment of Alfred H. Moses for Special Adviser to the President.[1,302]
April 12 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12207, instating an emergency board for the investigation of a dispute between "the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation and certain of its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada."[1,303] President Carter announces the creation of the dispute emergency board.[1,304] President Carter answers questions pertaining to his administration's foreign policy in the Oval Office during the morning.[1,305] Vice President Mondale states that President Carter and Congress will remain supportive of the United States Olympic Committee House of Delegates in its attempt to strengthen its financial position.[1,306]
April 17 – President Carter holds a news conference, the sixty-fifth of his presidency, in the East Room during the afternoon.[1,307]
April 21 – President Carter delivers remarks from the Oval Office during the afternoon.[1,308]
April 22 – President Carter announces the nominations of Sheldon V. Ekman and Edna Gaynell Parker as judges for the United States Tax Court.[1,309]
April 23 – Press Secretary Powell makes a statement favorable of the European Community supporting added sanctions to Iran while in the Briefing Room during the afternoon.[1,310] President Carter announces the nomination of Edwin W. Martin, Jr. for Assistant Secretary of Education for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.[1,311]
April 24 – President Carter announces the nominations of Richard John Rios for Director of the Community Services Administration,[1,312] and Cynthia G. Brown for Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights.[1,313] President Carter signs H.R. 6464, a bill that he says will expedite the transfer of "the Army Missile Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, from the Army, which will have no further use for it in just a few months, to the organization in Michigan, the Michigan Job Development Authority, responsible for employment and for jobs that are productive and helpful."[1,314]
April 25 – The White House releases a statement on Operation Eagle Crew stating the sequence of events and President Carter's regrets toward the deaths.[1,315] President Carter delivers an evening Oval Office address on Operation Eagle Claw.[1,316]
May 1 – President Carter announces the nominations of fourteen individuals for membership on the National Council on the Handicapped,[1,317] three individuals for membership on the President's Advisory Committee for Women,[1,318] and John David Hughes for membership on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.[1,319] President Carter attends and delivers an address at the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped annual meeting in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the morning.[1,320]
May 2 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12213, having to do with the organization of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.[1,321] The White House announces further actions being taken by the federal government in response to actions by the Cuban government.[1,322]
May 5 – President Carter answers questions at the League of Women Voters Biennial National Convention in the Sheraton Washington Hotel during the morning.[1,324] President Carter announces the nomination of Martha Elizabeth Keys for Assistant Secretary of Education for Legislation.[1,325]
May 7 – The White House announces Fort Chaffee, Arkansas will be the site of temporary housing for Cuban refugees during their awaiting of resettlement.[1,326] President Carter announces the appointment of five members to the Nuclear Safety Oversight Committee,[1,327] and five members of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.[1,328]
May 8 – President Carter attends a White House reception for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement in the East Room during the afternoon.[1,329]Edmund Muskie is sworn in as the 58th United States Secretary of State in the East Room during the evening.[1,330]
May 9 – President Carter announces the nomination of George William Ashworth for Assistant Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.[1,331] President Carter attends and delivers an address at the memorial service for the American service members killed during Operation Eagle Claw in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery during the morning.[1,332]
May 13 – President Carter announces the nominations of Francis J. McNeil for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Costa Rica,[1,333] and Theresa Ann Healy for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Sierra Leone.[1,334] President Carter issues a statement on Comptroller General Elmer Staats' first annual evaluation of the implementation of the Civil Service Reform Act by the federal government.[1,335]
May 14 – President Carter announces the appointments of six individuals for membership on the National Cancer Advisory Board,[1,336] and five individuals for membership on the Board of Directors of the Federal National Mortgage Association.[1,337]
May 19 – President Carter announces the nominations of three individuals for Governors of the United States Postal Service,[1,338] and two individuals for the membership on the United States Metric Board.[1,339]
May 20 – President Carter announces the White House Fellows for the 1980 to 1981 year appointments.[1,340]
May 21 – President Carter announces the appointment of two individuals for membership on the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.[1,341]
May 27 – President Carter announces the nominations of Michael T. Blouin for Assistant Director of the Community Services Administration,[1,342] and Janet Dempsey Steiger for Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission.[1,343] President Carter delivers a speech in the East Room during the afternoon.[1,344]
May 29 – President Carter issues a statement on the shooting of Vernon Jordan.[1,345] President Carter announces the nomination of Richard Lee McCall, Jr. for Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.[1,346] President Carter attends a fundraising dinner in the Grand Ballroom at the Cleveland Plaza Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio during the evening.[1,347]
June 1 – President Carter visits Vernon Jordan at Fort Wayne Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana and answers questions there during the afternoon.[1,348]
June 2 – President Carter announces the nomination of Donald N. Langenberg for Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation.[1,349] President Carter announces the appointment of Paul Bock for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere.[1,350]
June 3 – President Carter delivers a speech at a party for his re-election campaign at Liberty Plaza during the evening.[1,351] The White House releases a statement on the bombing of the home of Vladimir Sindjelic indicating President Carter's condemnation of the act.[1,352]
June 4 – President Carter announces the nominations of Frances D. Cook for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Burundi,[1,353] and Jerrold Martin North for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Djibouti.[1,354]
June 5 – President Carter delivers an address at the opening session of the White House Conference on Families at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland during the afternoon.[1,355] President Carter issues a statement on the transportation of Cuban refugees to the US outlining guidelines and provisions on how the process will be carried out.[1,356]
June 6 – President Carter announces the nomination of Kennon V. Rothchild for reappointment for membership on the Board of Directors of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships.[1,357] President Carter announces the appointment of appointment of two individuals for membership on the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Institution.[1,358]
June 9 – President Carter delivers a speech at the Annual Convention of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America in the Grand Ballroom at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida during the afternoon.[1,359] President Carter announces the nominations of Patricia P. Bailey for reappointment as a Federal Trade Commissioner,[1,360] and Lindsay D. Norman, Jr. for Director of the Bureau of Mines.[1,361]
June 10 – President Carter gives a speech to the Annual Conference of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in the Grand Ballroom at the Olympic Hotel during the morning.[1,362] President Carter delivers an address to the National Mental Health Association in the Regency Ballroom at the Shoreham Hotel during the evening.[1,363]
June 11 – President Carter addresses the National Neighborhood Commission during an afternoon appearance in the Rose Garden.[1,364] President Carter announces the nomination of Jack R. Borsting for Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).[1,365]
June 12 – President Carter announces the nominations of William J. Dyess for Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs,[1,366] and James Bert Thomas, Jr. for Inspector General of the Department of Education.[1,367] President Carter announces the appointment of seven individuals for membership on the National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.[1,368]
June 13 – President Carter announces the nominations of Peter Adams Sutherland for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the State of Bahrain,[1,369] and Hume Alexander Horan for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the United Republic of Cameroon and to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.[1,370]
June 17 – President Carter signs the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, legislation that he says provides "important protections for children and their families".[1,371] President Carter issues a statement on Independence Day.[1,372] President Carter announces the nomination of Ethel Bent Walsh for reappointment as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.[1,373]
June 23 – President Carter participates in an interview at the Venice Economic Summit Conference in the Cipriani Hotel during the evening.[1,374]
June 24 – President Carter speaks with reporters on the Coliseum during the afternoon.[1,375]
June 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Thomas R. Donahue for membership on the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation.[1,376]
June 26 – President Carter delivers a speech at the Chancery at the Embassy the Madrid, Spain during the morning.[1,377]
July 1 – President Carter approves the transportation of immediate U.S. airlift of military equipment to Thailand.[1,378] President Carter issues Executive Order 12224, resulting in the implementation of the International Sugar Agreement.[1,379] President Carter transmits a report of the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Programs to Congress.[1,380]
July 2 – President Carter signs the Small Business Development Act of 1980 in the Cabinet Room during the afternoon.[1,381]
July 28 – President Carter announces the appointment of 20 individuals for membership on the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education.[1,382]
July 29 – President Carter delivers an address to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe during an afternoon ceremony commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Helsinki Accords.[1,383] President Carter announces the nomination of Barbara S. Thomas for membership on the Securities and Exchange Commission.[1,384] President Carter announces his designation of Alfred J. McGuire for Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.[1,385]
August 4 – President Carter signs the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 into law.[1,386] President Carter announces the nomination of Henry L. Kimelman for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Haiti.[1,387] President Carter issues Executive Order 12231, an attempt to meet "the goals and requirements for the strategic petroleum reserve".[1,388]
August 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Richard B. Lowe III for Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.[1,389]
August 6 – President Carter delivers an address to the Annual Conference of the National Urban League in the Grand Ballroom at the New York Hilton Hotel during the morning.[1,390]
August 15 – President Carter answers questions from reporters on his re-election campaign in the Museum of Modern Art during the morning.[1,391] President Carter delivers an address to a meeting of the Democratic National Committee in the Terrace Ballroom at the New York Statler Hotel during the morning.[1,392]
August 18 – President Carter sends a report to Congress on the subject of the Trade Agreements Program for 1979.[1,393] President Carter sends Congress a report on the Railroad Retirement System.[1,394]
August 19 – President Carter announces the appointment of Frank E. Maestrone for Special Representative and Director of the U.S. Sinai Support Mission.[1,395] President Carter releases a statement expressing his favor toward the Senate's decision to approve the Alaska lands bill.[1,396]
August 21 – President Carter makes a joint appearance with Senator Ted Kennedy at the Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts during the morning.[1,397] President Carter delivers an address to the Annual Convention of the American Legion in the John B. Hynes Veterans Auditorium during the morning.[1,398]
August 22 – President Carter gives a speech to the Annual Conference of the American Federation of Teachers in the Renaissance Ballroom at the Detroit Plaza Hotel in Detroit, Michigan during the morning.[1,399]
August 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Anne Thorsen Truax for membership on the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs.[1,400]
August 28 – The White House announces the appointments of Dennis K. Rhoades for Executive Director of the Veterans Federal Coordinating Committee and Paul Weston for Deputy Director.[1,401]
August 29 – President Carter announces the nominations of six individuals for membership on the National Institute,[1,402] and Francis Leon Jung for reappointment for membership on the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States.[1,403]
September 12 – President Carter announces the nomination of five individuals for Delegates and five individuals to serve as Alternates during the U.S. Delegation to the 21 st General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.[1,404]
September 15 – President Carter gives a speech during his attending of a Democratic National Committee fundraising reception in Roswell, Georgia during the evening.[1,405] President Carter announces the nomination of Carolyn Antonides Williams for membership on the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research.[1,406] President Carter signs H.R. 2538, which he states will implement the bettering of "the Coast Guard's ability to enforce laws aimed at stopping illegal drug trafficking on the high seas."[1,407]
September 16 – President Carter delivers a speech at a fundraising dinner for the Democratic National Committee in Cleveland, Ohio during the evening.[1,408]
September 17 – During an afternoon Briefing Room appearance, Press Secretary Powell reiterate the Carter administration's request for Republican presidential nominee Reagan "to state his position on and to support the fair housing bill which is now in the Senate."[1,409] President Carter makes a joint appearance with Vice Premier of the People's Republic of ChinaBo Yibo in the Rose Garden at the signing ceremony for the United States-People's Republic of China Agreements during the afternoon.[1,410]
November 1 – President Carter gives a speech in the front lawn of Gorgas Hall at Texas Southmost College during the morning.[1,411] President Carter delivers a speech in the New Orleans Room located within the Red Carpet Inn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the evening.[1,412]
November 2 – President Carter meets with reporters and answers questions in the Briefing Room at the White House during the evening.[1,413]
November 18 – President Carter announces the appointment of two individuals for membership on the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[1,418] President Carter sends a report to Congress on federal civility and military pay increases.[1,419]
November 19 – President Carter announces the appointment of Roger Gettys Hill for membership on the President's Export Council.[1,420] President Carter delivers an address at the tenth regular session of the General Assembly in the main auditorium at the Organization of American States Building during the morning.[1,421]
November 20 – President Carter meets with President-elect Reagan at the Oval Office to discuss the transition of power between the presidents.[1,422] President Carter meets with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)Helmut Schmidt for a discussion on a "wide range of political, security, and economic issues of mutual interest to the two countries."[1,423]
November 24 – President Carter issues a statement on the death of John Pennington.[1,425]
November 25 – President Carter announces the nomination of Kelly E. Taggart for Director of the Commissioned Officer Corps, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,[1,426] and the appointment of James A. Bradley for Federal Representative and Chairman of the Canadian River Commission.[1,427]
November 26 – President Carter accepts the resignation of Counsel to the President Lloyd Cutler.[1,428]
December 2 – President Carter attends a dinner in honor Lane Kirkland in the International Ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the evening.[1,429]
December 4 – President Carter announces the appointment of Dayton L. Alverson for Commissioner of the United States Section of the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission.[1,430]
December 5 – President Carter announces the nomination of Wallace Nathaniel Hyde for membership on the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service.[1,431]
December 23 – President Carter signs H.R. 8195, a bill that he says will provide "cost-of-living increase in the industry pension benefits of retired rail workers next year" along with directing "rail labor and management to report jointly their recommendations for sound longterm financing of their pension system by March 1, 1981."[1,432]
December 25 – President Carter speaks with reporters outside the home of his mother-in-law Allie Smith during the morning.[1,433]
December 26 – President Carter confirms to a reporter that he saw the Christmas tape of the Iran hostages and says the State Department will watch the longer version of the tape during an exchange with a reporter outside the Carters Warehouse during the morning.[1,434]
December 31 – President Carter issues Executive Order 12258, a continuation of federal advisory committees.[1,435] President Carter signs Executive Order 12259, directed toward federal program fair housing.[1,436] President Carter signs Executive Order 12260, an agreement on government procurement, into law.[1,437] President Carter announces the appointment of Austin H. Middleton for membership on the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy.[1,438]
January 20 – President Carter finishes his time in office and departs the White House with the First Lady Rosalynn Carter. His successor, Ronald Reagan, was inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States, at noon EST.