United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Energy Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Energy Information - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Energy Information to be a main line component of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, coequal with the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to perform the duties conferred upon the Bureau by this title or delegate any of them. Provides that the Bureau shall be headed by a Director of Energy Information to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the principal function of the Bureau shall be to operate, maintain, and improve the National Energy Information System established by Title II of this Act. Enumerates the work priorities of the Bureau. Title II: National Energy Information System - Establishes a National Energy Information System, to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Directs that the components of the System shall be: (1) a public library of energy information; (2) a confidential library of energy information for restricted governmental use; and (3) a secret library of energy information for use only in preparing anonymous statistics. Specifies the characteristics of the System. States that the purpose of the public library is to make available to the general public promptly and conveniently as much of the information in the System as can be released consistently with national security and reasonable competitive equities. States that the purpose of the secret library is to serve the Nation's need for accurate statistical information on mineral fuel reserves, natural energy resources, and energy industries. Directs the Director to place in the secret library information obtained under authority of this Act for which either the national security or reasonable competitive equities require that the information be wholly suppressed or be published only in statistical aggregations of a size and type sufficient to prevent any person from learning or inferring the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual. Prescribes the priorities for entry of information into the System. Enumerates the standards for entry of information into the public, confidential, and secret libraries. Imposes penalties on any employee of the Bureau or other employee who, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, publishes or communicates, without the written authority of the Secretary or the Director, any information coming into his possession by reason of his employment from or for entry in the confidential library or the secret library of the System. Penalizes refusal or neglect to provide information, and the providing of false information, under this Act. Title III: Energy Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile, maintain, and keep current on not less than an annual basis an inventory of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources in the public lands of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Specifies the content of such compilation. Title IV: Information on Mineral Fuel Reserves and Natural Energy Resources - Makes it the duty of every substantial energy resources company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce to report annually to the Director full and complete details of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources which it, together with its affiliates, owns or controls anywhere in the world. Provides that all reports required by this title and title V shall be entered by the Director, immediately upon receipt, into one of the three libraries of the System. Title V: Information on the Energy Industries - Makes it the duty of every major energy company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce, to report annually to the Director on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Specifies the content of such reports. Authorizes the requiring of additional reports, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce or the Director. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to review and evaluate the procedures and activities of the Bureau. Title VII: Conformance of and with Other Statutes - Provides that whenever any of the information obtained from any major energy company under this Act is contained in any other report of such company, such report having been filed prior to the effective date of this Act, the Director may excuse such company from filing a report with him, containing the same information. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Reports Act. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof is held invalid the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior such amounts, as may be requisite to full and efficient performance of the duties imposed upon such Departments by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
States that all returns made with respect to taxes imposed under the Internal Revenue Code are confidential and private records; but they may be opened to inspection by the following persons at such times and in such manner as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue by regulation may prescribe: (1) the taxpayer for whom the return was made or his attorney in fact; (2) officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice for tax administration and economic stabilization purposes; (3) shareholders of record owning 1 percent or more of the outstanding stock of any corporation; (4) tax officials of the States; (5) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Finance Committee of the Senate, and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue and Taxation; (6) the Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, and United States attorneys; and (7) officers and employees of executive departments and other establishments of the Federal Government upon written request of the head of such department or establishment naming the taxpayer whose return is to be inspected and provided that the inspection is necessary in the enforcement of Federal statutes. States that whenever a return is open to the inspection of any person, a certified copy thereof shall, upon request, be furnished to such person under regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue who may prescribe a reasonable fee for furnishing such copy. Provides that all regulations issued by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue pursuant to this Act must have written approval of the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. States that this Act shall be effective upon enactment. Allows the Commissioner of Internal Revenue a period of ninety days after enactment to issue the regulations required herein.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) A world without war is possible; (2) In such a world nations will rely for their external protection on world institutions strong enough to stop any nation from making war, capable of assuring peaceful and just settlements of international disputes, and reliable enough to be entrusted with such power; and (3) it is the policy of the United States to initiate and to implement with other nations practical steps consistent with our commitment to the United Nations for the expeditious realization of such institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Provides for the establishment of a National Office for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, with responsibility for the coordinated administration of all of the programs of that Department serving migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Sets forth the functions of such Office. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to appoint a special task force on migrant and seasonal farmworkers which shall conduct a continuing study and investigation of the needs and problems of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States and of methods for meeting those needs and solving those problems, giving particular emphasis to the early development of a single comprehensive Federal program designed to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Requires the Secretary of Defense to take such action as is necessary to insure that any member of the Armed Forces who is discharged shall receive a discharge certificate which shall indicate that such member was so discharged and which shall not bear any indication of the conditions under which such separation occured. States that the reason why such member was so separated (other than by reason of discharged dismissal pursuant to a sentence of a general or special court-martial) and all other records or documents pertaining to such reason or reasons shall be treated as confidential and shall not be made known to or otherwise released to any private person or any public agency (whether Federal, State, or local) without the prior written consent of the member concerned. Sets forth the conditions under which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces may be discharged under other than honorable conditions. Establishes procedures for military review panels in considering the dishonorable discharge of enlisted personnel. Requires military review panels to conduct hearings which afford the enlisted member concerned an opportunity to: (1) appear before the panel and present evidence in his own behalf; (2) be represented by counsel; (3) confront the witnesses against him; and (4) examine documentary and real evidence against him. States that the recommendation of a review panel appointed under the provisions of this Act for separation under other than honorable conditions may be appealed to an appeal board established by the Judge Advocate General concerned, or the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate. Authorizes the Secretaries concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretaries concerned, after consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to establish such number (but not less than ten) of regional boards of review throughout the United States. States that the function of the regional boards shall be to reveiw the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by a general or special court-martial) of any former member of an Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the military department concerned. Provides that if a request for the review of a discharge or dismissal of any person who was discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces within the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this subsection was filed before such effective date and such review resulted in no change to the discharge or dismissal, or no new discharge was issued, another request for review of that discharge or dismissal pursuant to this section may be filed and such review shall be acted upon without prejudice, if such request for reveiw is filed with the appropriate regional board of review within the one-year period immediately following such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Revises the Freedom of Information Act by requiring each United States government agency to publish and distribute copies of (1) final opinions made in the adjudication of cases, (2) those statements of policy and interpretations which have been adopted by the agency and are not published in the Federal Register, and (3) administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect a member of the public. Requires each agency, upon receipt of any request for records under this Act, to (1) acknowledge such receipt within five days, (2) determine whether to comply within ten days and immediately inform the requestor of his right to appeal to the agency head any adverse determination, and (3) make a determination with respect to such appeal within twenty days. Exempts from requests under the Freedom of Information Act matter authorized under Executive order or statute to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy. Prescribes reporting requirements for agencies to Congress with respect to requests made under this Act. Defines the term agency as any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the Executive branch (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1973
Freedom of Information Act Security Classification Amendments - Sets forth statutory provisions governing the administration of the Security Classsification System under the Freedom of Information Act. Establishes an independent Classification Review Commission, with regulatory and quasi-adjudicatory authority over the administration of the Security Classification System. Provides the Commission with responsibility for settling disputes between the Congress and the Executive branch over access to classified information requested by a majority of either House of Congress, by Congressional committees, or by the Comptroller General of the United States. States that decisions of the Commission in this field are subject to judicial review. Limits the authority of executive departments, agencies, and officials to classify documents. Provides for automatic declassification after 15 years of national defense information previously classified. Limits the classification period for "Top Secret" documents and information to three years, except for a category of highly sensitive national defense information. Provides for enforcement mechanisms to prevent classification of documents to hide incompetence, inefficiency, wrong doing, or embarrassment. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 552(d))
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Public Transit Commuter's Tax Credit Act - Allows an income tax credit equal to the total of all amounts paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for public transit transportation to and from work.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1973
Energy Reorganization Act - Title I: Energy Research and Development Administration - Establishes the Energy Research and Development Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President. Describes the functions of the Administrator as including: (1) exercising central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all energy sources; (2) undertaking research and development in the extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources; (3) participating in and supporting cooperative research and development projects which may involve contributions by public or private persons or agencies, of financial or other resources to the performance of the work; (4) developing, collecting, distributing, and making available for distribution, scientific and technical information concerning the manufacture or development of energy and its efficient extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization. Transfers to the Administrator all functions of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Chairman and members of the Commission, and the officers and components of the Commission, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Transfers to the Administration the General Advisory Committee, the Patent Compensation Board, and the Divisions of Military Application and Naval Reactors, as established pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and officers and components of such department: (1) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Coal Research; and (2) as relate to or are utilized in connection with fossil fuel energy research and development programs and related activities conducted by the Bureau of Mines. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the National Science Foundations as relate to or are utilized in connection with: (1) solar heating and cooling development; and (2) geothermal power development. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Environment Protection Agency and the officers and components thereof as relate to or are utilized in connection with the development and demonstration of alternative automotive power systems. Title II: Nuclear Energy Commission - Provides that the Atomic Energy Commission is renamed the Nuclear Energy Commission and shall continue to perform the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Chairman and members of the Commission, the general counsel, and other officers and components, and personnel are excepted from the transfer to the Administrator by this Act. Grants the Nuclear Energy Commission licensing authority as to the following facilities of the Administration: (1) demonstration liquid metal fast breeder reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system; (2) other demonstration nuclear reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system, except those in existence, under construction or authorized or appropriated for by the Congress on the date this part becomes effective; or (3) facilities used primarily for the receipt and storage of high level radioactive wastes resulting from activities licensed under such Act. Allows the Nuclear Energy Commission to engage in or contract for research which the Commission deems necessary for the discharge of its licensing and regulatory functions. Title III: Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions - Provides that except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever all of the functions or programs of an agency, or other body, or any component thereof, affected by this Act, have been transferred from that agency, or other body, or component, the agency, or other body, or component shall lapse.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Directs that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in prescribing standards for skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities under the Social Security Act, shall require that such facilities adopt and make public a statement of the rights and responsibilities of the patients in such facilities and treat their patients in accordance with the provisions of such public statement. Enumerates the guarantees of rights which must be included in such statements. Provides that each facility make available a copy of the statement to each patient and provide appropriate staff training to implement each patient's right included in the statement.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
Expresses the judgement of the House of Representatives that President Richard Nixon should resign from office. States that prior to resignation the President should send to the House of Representatives a candidate other than Gerald Ford to be considered as a nominee to suceed him as President upon confirmation by both the House and the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973
Emergency National Maximum Highway Speed Limit Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to refuse approval of Federal funding of specified projects in any State which has (1) a maximum speed limit on any public highway within its jurisdiction in excess of 55-miles-per-hour, and (2) a speed limit other than 55-miles-per-hour on any portion of any public highway within its jurisdiction which had a speed limit of 55 miles, or more, per hour on November 1, 1973, and (3) maximum speed limits which are not uniformly applicable to all types of motor vehicles using a highway, except that a different speed limit may be established for any vehicle operating under a special permit because of any weight or dimension of such vehicle, including any load thereon.
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1973
Freedom of Access for the Elderly and Handicapped Act - Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code, a deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 189)
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1973
Directs the Administrator of General Services to insure that design criteria for new Federally funded buildings provide for the best practicable use and conservation of energy. Provides that the Administrator shall consider: (1) features that make use of sunlight; (2) insulation and elimination of excessive fenestration; (3) energy expended in the manufacture and transportation of building materials; and (4) new techniques for energy supply, generation, and transmission. Provides that the Administrator of General Services shall examine existing buildings to determine what improvements can be made to insure the conservation of energy. Authorizes appropriations of $1,500,000 for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Geneva Protocal of 1925 should be immediately ratified and that a comprehensive review of this Nation's national security and international policies regarding chemical warfare should be undertaken.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Emergency Mass Transportation Fuel Conservation Act - Directs the President to develop and implement federally sponsored incentives for the use of mass transportation, including: (1) a prohibition on the increase of any fare for any public or private mass transportation system; (2) Federal subsidies for additional expenses incurred due to increased services; (3) priority rationing of fuel for mass transportation; and (4) Federal subsidies for State and local public bodies and agencies and private mass transportation operating agencies to provide for the inability by any such body or agency to meet operating expenses. Authorizes appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that the executive branch of the American government continue its efforts to insure that the International Red Cross be allowed to visit Israeli prisoners of war in Egypt and Syria as required by the Geneva Convention of August 12, 1949; and that the Governments of Egypt and Syria immediately release all seriously sick prisoners of war and an immediate exchange of prisoners between Israel, Egypt and Syria be negotiated.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Confers jurisdiction upon the District Courts for the District of Columbia over civil actions brought by the Congress or its committees enforcing a declaration concerning the validity of any subpoena or order issued by Congress or its committees to any executive employee, including the President and Vice-President. (Adds 28 U.S.C. 1364)
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Provides that the Secretary of State shall make compensatory payments to States and political subdivisions with respect to United Nations property tax exemptions in such States or political subdivisions.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1973
Provides that whenever the duties of the President devolve to someone other than the Vice-President, if that devolution is permanent and not due to a temporary disability, and if the event shall occur more than one hundred and twenty days before the expiration of the Presidents term in office, the executive of each State shall be notified and that electors of a President and Vice-President shall be appointed for the purpose of choosing a President and Vice-President to fill the remainder of the four-year term.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Requires, under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the advice and consent of the Senate for future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Athletic Care Act - Requires that elementary, secondary schools and schools of higher education which engage in interscholastic athletic competition must employ at least one certified athletic trainer. Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall carry out a program of certifying persons as athletic trainers and shall make grants to institutions of higher education to assist them in meeting the costs of establishing and maintaining programs to provide the education and training necessary to qualify persons for certification.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should reappoint Archibald Cox as Special Prosecutor, and renominate Elliot Richardson as Attorney General, and renominate William Ruchelshaus as Deputy Attorney General.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000, $175,000,000, and $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively for the nutrition program for the aged under title VII of the Older American Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1973
Establishes within the Congress the Office of Congressional Legal Counsel, under the direction of the Congressional Legal Counsel who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate from among recommendations submitted by the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Makes it the duty of the Congressional Legal Counsel: (1) to render, upon request of either House of Congress, a joint committee of Congress, any committee of either House of Congress, at least three Senators, or twelve Members of the House of Representatives, legal opinions upon questions arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States; (2) to advise with parties bringing civil actions against officers and employees of the executive branch of the United States Government or any agency or department thereof, with respect to their execution of the laws, and the Constitution of the United States; (3) to intervene or appear as amicus curiae on behalf of persons making such request; (4) to represent, upon request, either House of Congress, a joint committee of Congress, any committee of either House of Congress, a Member of Congress, or any officer, employee, office, or agency of the Congress in specified legal actions; and (5) if an opinon has been rendered, and upon request, to bring civil actions, without regard to the sum or value of the matter in controversy, in a court of the United States to require an officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States Government, or any agency or department thereof, to act in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the United States as interpreted in such opinion. States that the Congressional Legal Counsel, or any attorney of his office designated by him for that purpose, shall be entitled for the purpose of performing duties imposed upon him pursuant to this Act to enter an appearance in any such proceeding before any court of the United States without compliance with any requirement for admission to practice before such court, except the Supreme Court. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Office of the Congressional Legal Counsel such sums as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Congressional Legal Counsel under this Act. Provides that amounts so appropriated shall be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate on vouchers approved by the Congressional Legal Counsel.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1973
Provides that President Richard M. Nixon be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors under Article 2, section 4 of the Constitution. Sets forth articles maintaining the impeachment against him, including: (1) that he has defied an order of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to produce for inspection of the court certain tapes, documents, and other materials requested by Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox; (2) that he has invaded the first amendment rights of citizens of the United States by establishing within the White House a personal secret police, operating outside the restraints of the Law, which engaged in criminal acts including burglaries, wiretaps, espionage, and perjury; and (3) that he was either fully aware of or criminally negligent about violations of Federal law in the collection and illegal use of campaign funds to insure his reelection in November, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a National Office for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers for the purpose of meeting more effectively the needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Directs the Secretary to appoint a special task force on migrant and seasonal farmworkers to conduct a continuing study and investigation of the needs and problems of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Transfers all functions, powers, and duties under Federal laws and programs within the jurisdiction of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare which relate to migrant and seasonal farmworkers to the Office. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Special Prosecution Conservancy Act - Vests the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia with supervisory jurisdiction to issue and enforce all orders necessary and appropriate to insure the integrity and inviolability of all files, notes, correspondence, memoranda, documents, physical evidence, and other records and work product compiled, obtained, or otherwise produced and maintained by the office of Special Prosecutor from the date of assumption of that office on May 24, 1973, until the appointment of a successor Special Prosecutor pursuant to this Act. Vests the Chief Judge of the United States District Court with authority to appoint a Special Prosecutor for the purposes and with the powers set forth in this Act, and to replace such officer only for extraordinary improprieties in the exercise of his responsibilities. Sets forth the authority and responsibilities of the Special Prosecutor. States that the prosecutor shall have exclusive authority to conduct all grand jury presentments and all other criminal proceedings arising from the following acts or transactions: (1) offenses arising out of the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate; (2) offenses arising out of the 1972 Presidential election; (3) allegations of criminal offenses involving the President, members of the White House Staff, or other Presidential appointees; and (4) such other matters as bear a relation to the foregoing and which the Special Prosecutor consents to accept. Sets forth powers of the Special Prosecutor, including: (1) the power to determine whether and how far to contest the assertion of executive privilege or any other testimonial or evidentiary privilege, and (2) the power to decide whether or not to prosecute any person and how to conduct and argue any appeals or petitions arising out of his prosecutorial activities. Authorizes the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to extend the term of the Grand Jury of that Court which was impaneled on June 5, 1972, for additional periods of six months, until the court determines that the business of that Grand Jury has been completed. Authorizes to be appropriated to the office of the Special Prosecutor such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Directs the House Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into the commencement of impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States, and to transmit to the House within 30 days following enactment of this resolution its judgment and recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Directs the Committee on the judiciary to undertake an investigation of the activities of Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, in order to ascertain all facts concerning the possible commission of high crimes and misdeameanors, and to report to the House its recommendations with respect thereto, including, if the committee so determines, a resolution of impeachment.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Provides that President Richard M. Nixon be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors under Article 2, section 4 of the Constitution. Sets forth articles maintaining the impeachment against him, including: (1) that he has defied an order of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to produce for inspection of the court certain tapes, documents, and other materials requested by Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox; (2) that he has invaded the first amendment rights of citizens of the United States by establishing within the White House a personal secret police, operating outside the restraints of the Law, which engaged in criminal acts including burglaries, wiretaps, espionage, and perjury; and (3) that he was either fully aware of or criminally negligent about violations of Federal law in the collection and illegal use of campaign funds to insure his reelection in November, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Provides that a committee be appointed to go before the Senate and impeach President Richard Nixon of high crimes and misdemeanors. Sets forth articles in maintenance and support of such impeachment, including the following: (1) that he has not complied with an order by the U.S. Court of Appeals to relinguish custody of certain tapes, documents, and other materials; and (2) that with the intent to obstruct the process of justice he ordered Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox removed from his position.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Directs the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire into and investigate whether grounds exist for the impeachment of Richard M. Nixon, and to report its findings to the House with such resolutions or articles of impeachment deemed proper.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
States that, 90 days following enactment of this Act, amounts deposited in financial institutions in tax and loan accounts shall bear interest at the Federal funds interest rate.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
States that the increases in the monthly benefits and lump sum death payments under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act shall be increased by 7 percent beginning January 1974 (presently increased by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for June 1973 exceeds that for June 1972, beginning April 1974.)
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Declares it to be the sense of the House that the President, acting in accordance with the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength, and under existing authority, should continue to transfer to Israel the Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the attack and to offset the military equipment and supplies furnished to the Arab States by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Commerce to study applications of solar energy. Establishes a system of grants for solar energy research. Establishes the Solar Energy Data Bank which shall: (1) compile a repository of technical information, including unpublished or otherwise unreported information, on the development and use of solar energy; and (2) distribute information on various aspects of the development and use of solar energy. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
States that the President of the United States should seek to end U.S. dependence on imported oil through reducing gasoline consumption by means of tax measures, and by encouraging less driving, reduced highway speeds, and the development of smaller, more efficient automobile engines. Provides that the President should emphasize research programs to assure the United States of sufficient energy from domestic sources not currently utilized.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Congressional Districting Act - Directs each State to establish a redistricting commission composed of 5 members appointed as follows: the majority and minority leaders of each house of the State legislature shall each appoint one member and the highest court in the State shall apoint one member. Directs each commission to formulate a plan for Congressional redistricting within 180 days of appointment of the commission. Calls for public hearings, publication of the plan in the Federal Register, adoption of the plan 60 days after publication, and appliciability of the plan until the next census. Provides that no district shall contain a number of persons which differs by more than one percent from the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the number of representatives to which the State is entitled. Directs the Commission to provide for fair representation for all peoples, take cognizance of communities of interest, strive for district representation for the city, suburban and rural areas, and follow existing political subdivision boundaries to the maximum extent practicable. Provides for judicial review of commission decisions in the federal district courts. (Amends 2 U.S.C. 2)
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
National Homestead Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to compile a catalog of all unoccupied single-family dwellings in urban and other areas within the Unites States which are owned by him or his Department, and which would be suitable for occupancy and rehabilitation by qualified low and moderate-income families. Requires the Secretary to take such steps as may be necessary to assure that the residents of each community or area in which any such dwelling is located will be fully and currently informed of the existence, nature, and location of such dwellings. States that an applicant is qualified, for the purposes of participation in the program under this Act with respect to any dwelling, only if he or she (1) is eighteen years of age or older, (2) is the head of his or her household, (3) is a citizen of the United States, (4) has not previously participated in the program, (5) is not the owner of any other real property, and (6) possesses the financial, technical, and other resources which are necessary to rehabilitate such dwelling. Requires each applicant to enter into an agreement that, among other things, he or she will reside in the dwelling for a period of at least five years and will during such period rehabilitate and maintain the dwelling so that it satisfies all of the requirements of applicable State and local law. States that the conveyance of any dwelling to an applicant under this Act shall be made on a conditional basis, in return for the payment by such applicant of $1 and the execution by such applicant of the aforementioned agreement. Provides that upon any material failure by the applicant to carry out his or her agreement entered into under this Act the conditional conveyance of title to such applicant shall be revoked. States that after the applicant has resided in the dwelling for the required five-year period and has rehabilitated and maintained it and otherwise complied with the terms of his or her agreement throughout such period, he shall be granted a fee simple title to such property.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
Vietnam Era Veterans and Dependents Psychological Readjustment Assistance Act - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to initiate and carry out a special psychiatric, psychological, and counseling program for veterans of the Vietnam era, especially former prisoners of war and their dependents who are experiencing psychological problems as the result of the military service performed by such veterans. Provides that the participation of any veteran or dependent in such program shall be wholly voluntary and shall not be a prerequisite to eligibility for any other service or assistance. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 620A).
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that discharge certificates issued to members of the Armed Forces shall not bear any letter or number or other indicator of any kind whatsoever which discloses any reason why such member was discharged or separated from service; and no information indicating or relating to any reason why any former member of the Armed Forces was discharged or separated from service may be made available to any private person or entity by any officer or employee of any military department or agency. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975)
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Federal Election Campaign Fund Act - Sets forth the definitions of the terms used in this Act as it applies to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, a candidate of a political party in a federal election shall, in writing, agree to: (1) obtain and furnish to the Comptroller General such evidence as he may request of the qualified campaign expenses with respect to which payment is sought; (2) keep and furnish to the Comptroller General such records and books; (3) an audit; and (4) furnish statements of qualified campaign expenses. Prescribes additional requirements to be fulfilled and agreed to prior to eligibility of major and minor party candidates to receive payments from the fund. Sets forth the amounts to which eligible candidates are entitled. Provides that, on the basis of information furnished by the eligible candidates of a political party, the Comptroller General shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the payments to which candidates are entitled. Establishes a special fund to be known as the "Federal Election Campaign Fund." Directs the Secretary to transfer to the fund a specified amount, and such additional sums as Congress may appropriate. States that, after each federal election, the Comptroller General shall conduct a thorough examination and audit of the qualified campaign expenses of the candidates of each political party for federal office. Requires repayment of campaign expenses upon specified findings of the Comptroller General. States that if the Comptroller General determines that any amount of any payment made to an eligible candidate of a political party was used for any purpose other than: (1) to defray the qqualified campaign expenses with respect to which such payment was made, or (2) to repay loans the proceeds of which were used, or otherwise to restore funds, he shall notify such candidate of the amount so used, and such candidate shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to such amount. Requires a candidate of a political party for federal office in a federal election to furnish to the Comptroller General a detailed statement of the qualified campaign expenses incurred by him and the expenses which he and his authorized committees propose to incur. Directs the Comptroller General to, as soon as practicable after each federal election, submit a full report to the Senate and House of Representatives setting forth enumerated items. Authorizes the Comptroller General to appear in and defend against any action filed pursuant to this Act by attorneys employed in his office or by counsel whom he may appoint. Provides for judicial review of any certification, determination or other action by the Comptroller General taken pursuant to the provisions of this Act by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Collumbia upon petition filed in such court by any interested person. Makes it unlawful for an eligible candidate of a political party for federal office in a federal election or any of his authorized committees knowingly and willfully to incur qualified campaign expenses in excess of the aggregate payments to which the eligible candidates of a major party are entitled. Provides criminal penalties for violations of this Act, including: (1) the unlawful use of payments; (2) false statements to the Comptroller General; (3) kickbacks and illegal payments; (4) unauthorized expenditures and contributions; and (5) unauthorized disclosure of information. Establishes an Advisory board to be known as the Federal Election Campaign Fund Advisory Board to Counsel and assist the Comptroller General in the performance of the duties and functions imposed on him under the Federal Election Campaign Fund Act. Sets forth the composition and compensation of the board members. Provides procedures for designation of inccome tax payments to the Federal Election Campaign Fund. States that every individual whose adjusted gross income for the taxable year is $2 or more may designate that $2 shall be paid over to the Federal Election Campaign Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Export Priorities Act - Title I: General Provisions - Makes technical amendments to the Export Administration Act of 1969. Title II: Agricultural Export Controls - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with thirty days after the beginning of the crop year for any agricultural commodity, to determine the quantity of the crop of such commodity, if any, that will be available for export and inform the Secretary of commerce thereof, who shall publicly announce such determination. States that no agricultural commodity may be exported to any foreign country unless the person exporting has been issued a license or unless the commodity has been exempted. States that the quantity of any commodity available for export shall be allocated among foreign countries by the Secretary. Specifies the basis for determining such allocation. Provides that the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of a commodity for export in order to meet unexpected foreign demand resulting from natural disaster, crop failure, and changes in existing trading patterns in that commodity. Prescribes the procedures for: (1) issuance of export licenses; (2) administrative revision of quantities available for export; and (3) exports to developing countries. Confers authority on the Secretary to issue such rules or regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provision of this Act. States that fees collected by the Secretary on export licenses shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall be available to carry out the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Food Stamp Act and the commondity distribution program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, with specified exceptions.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Export Priorities Act - Title I: General Provisions - Makes technical amendments to the Export Administration Act of 1969. Title II: Agricultural Export Controls - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with thirty days after the beginning of the crop year for any agricultural commodity, to determine the quantity of the crop of such commodity, if any, that will be available for export and inform the Secretary of commerce thereof, who shall publicly announce such determination. States that no agricultural commodity may be exported to any foreign country unless the person exporting has been issued a license or unless the commodity has been exempted. States that the quantity of any commodity available for export shall be allocated among foreign countries by the Secretary. Specifies the basis for determining such allocation. Provides that the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of a commodity for export in order to meet unexpected foreign demand resulting from natural disaster, crop failure, and changes in existing trading patterns in that commodity. Prescribes the procedures for: (1) issuance of export licenses; (2) administrative revision of quantities available for export; and (3) exports to developing countries. Confers authority on the Secretary to issue such rules or regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provision of this Act. States that fees collected by the Secretary on export licenses shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall be available to carry out the National School Lunch Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Food Stamp Act and the commondity distribution program of the Agricultural Act of 1949, with specified exceptions.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Federal Election Campaign Fund Act - Sets forth the definitions of the terms used in this Act as it applies to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, a candidate of a political party in a federal election shall, in writing, agree to: (1) obtain and furnish to the Comptroller General such evidence as he may request of the qualified campaign expenses with respect to which payment is sought; (2) keep and furnish to the Comptroller General such records and books; (3) an audit; and (4) furnish statements of qualified campaign expenses. Prescribes additional requirements to be fulfilled and agreed to prior to eligibility of major and minor party candidates to receive payments from the fund. Sets forth the amounts to which eligible candidates are entitled. Provides that, on the basis of information furnished by the eligible candidates of a political party, the Comptroller General shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the payments to which candidates are entitled. Establishes a special fund to be known as the "Federal Election Campaign Fund." Directs the Secretary to transfer to the fund a specified amount, and such additional sums as Congress may appropriate. States that, after each federal election, the Comptroller General shall conduct a thorough examination and audit of the qualified campaign expenses of the candidates of each political party for federal office. Requires repayment of campaign expenses upon specified findings of the Comptroller General. States that if the Comptroller General determines that any amount of any payment made to an eligible candidate of a political party was used for any purpose other than: (1) to defray the qqualified campaign expenses with respect to which such payment was made, or (2) to repay loans the proceeds of which were used, or otherwise to restore funds, he shall notify such candidate of the amount so used, and such candidate shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to such amount. Requires a candidate of a political party for federal office in a federal election to furnish to the Comptroller General a detailed statement of the qualified campaign expenses incurred by him and the expenses which he and his authorized committees propose to incur. Directs the Comptroller General to, as soon as practicable after each federal election, submit a full report to the Senate and House of Representatives setting forth enumerated items. Authorizes the Comptroller General to appear in and defend against any action filed pursuant to this Act by attorneys employed in his office or by counsel whom he may appoint. Provides for judicial review of any certification, determination or other action by the Comptroller General taken pursuant to the provisions of this Act by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Collumbia upon petition filed in such court by any interested person. Makes it unlawful for an eligible candidate of a political party for federal office in a federal election or any of his authorized committees knowingly and willfully to incur qualified campaign expenses in excess of the aggregate payments to which the eligible candidates of a major party are entitled. Provides criminal penalties for violations of this Act, including: (1) the unlawful use of payments; (2) false statements to the Comptroller General; (3) kickbacks and illegal payments; (4) unauthorized expenditures and contributions; and (5) unauthorized disclosure of information. Establishes an Advisory board to be known as the Federal Election Campaign Fund Advisory Board to Counsel and assist the Comptroller General in the performance of the duties and functions imposed on him under the Federal Election Campaign Fund Act. Sets forth the composition and compensation of the board members. Provides procedures for designation of inccome tax payments to the Federal Election Campaign Fund. States that every individual whose adjusted gross income for the taxable year is $2 or more may designate that $2 shall be paid over to the Federal Election Campaign Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should request the Government of Chile to protect the human rights of all individuals in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international legal instruments.
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