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United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Guana River National Park in the State of Florida. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides for the preservation of historical and archeological data. Extends coverage to all Federal and federally assisted or licensed programs which alter the terrain and potentially cause loss of scientific, prehistorical, historical or archeological data. Directs Federal agencies to notify the Secretary of the Interior if in their operations archeological or other scientific data is revealed or threatened. Provides that whenever any Federal agency finds or is made aware by a responsible authority that its operations in connection with any Federal, federally assisted, or federally licensed activity or program affects or may affect adversely significant scientific, prehistorical, historical, or archeological data, such agency may request the Secretary to undertake protection measures, or may itself expend program or activity funds for the recovery, protection, and preservation of such data (including preliminary survey, analysis, and publication) and shall provide the Secretary with appropriate information concerning the project and the investigation. Provides that the Secretary shall keep the responsible agency notified at all times of the progress of any survey or other investigation made under this Act, or of any work undertaken as a result of such survey, in order that there will be as little disruption or delay as possible in the carrying out of the functions of such agency. Provides that the Secretary in the administration of this Act shall: (1) accept and utilize funds transferred to him by any Federal agency; (2) enter into contracts or make cooperative agreements with any Federal or State agency, any educational or scientific organization, or any institution, corporation, association, or qualified individual; (3) obtain the services of experts and consultants or organizations thereof; and (4) accept and utilize funds made available for salvage archeological purposes by any private person or corporation. Authorizes such appropriations as necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Uniformed Services Special Pay Act - Provides that an officer of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corps, an officer of the Air Force who is designated as a medical or dental officer, or a medical or dental officer of the Public Health Service, who is on active duty for a period of more than thirty days is entitled, in addition to any other pay or allowances, to special pay at the following rates: (1) $100 a month for each month of active duty if he has not completed two years of active duty in a category named above; or (2) $350 a month for each month of active duty if he has completed two years of active duty. Provides that a member of a uniformed service who: (1) has completed at least twenty-one months of active duty (other than for training); (2) is designated as having a critical military skill; and (3) reenlists or voluntarily extends his enlistment in a regular component of the service concerned for a period of at least three years; may be paid a sum of money, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years or the monthly fractions thereof, of additional obligated service, not to exceed six years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. States that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least three years or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to a total of at least three years, may under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, be paid an amount prescribed by the Secretary concerned but not more than $3,000. Provides for special pay for officers of the armed forces in health professions who execute active duty agreements. States that upon acceptance of such agreement by the Secretary concerned such officer is entitled to an amount not to exceed $12,000 for each year of the active duty agreement. Provides that such officer must be qualified in a critical health profession and qualified, as determined by a board composed of officers in his profession, to enter into such an agreement. Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit a written report each year to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the operation of this program. Provides that an officer of an armed force who is designated by the Secretary concerned as an officer possessing skills in a critical shortage specialty and whose retention on, or voluntary recall to, active duty would be of benefit to the United States, and who executes an agreement to serve on continuous active duty in that specialty for a period of not less than one year, but not more than six years, in addition to any other period of active duty for which he is obligated, may be paid, in addition to all other compensation, a sum of money not to exceed $4,000 for each year of such agreement. Provides special pay for participation in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. States that the amount of special pay for those persons possessing critical military skills as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard shall be: (1) up to $2,200 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment or extension of the enlistment period; or (2) for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period, ten percent of the total for one year, twenty-two percent of the total for two years, thirty-seven percent of the total for three years, fifty-four percent of the total for four years, or seventy-five percent of the total for five years. States that the amount of such pay for persons not possessing such critical skills shall be: (1) up to $1,100 for a six-year enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period; or (2) an amount as determined by the above formula for a lesser enlistment, reenlistment or extension of enlistment period.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Social Security Act Amendments - Removes the limitation on earnings for purposes of entitlement to benefits under titles II (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Permits benefit payments to a widower, parent, or child upon annulment of marriage or remarriage. Allows an individual to have his military service excluded in the computation of his benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program so that he may use such service in computing his civil service retirement annuity. Extends OASDI coverage for specified teachers. Provides for the payment of prorated benefits for the month in which a beneficiary of the insured individual dies. Permits State agreements under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for hospital insurance coverage for the aged and disabled. Provides supplementary medical insurance coverage for home services furnished under Medicare by a medical technician or registered nurse.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, within the period January 20 to March 1 annually, to investigate and hold hearings on the then current budgetary and fiscal situation of the Federal Government. Provides that each Committee shall report to its respective House a simple resolution containing the determinations of the Committee with respect to: the anticipated gross national product in the following full fiscal year; the estimated national total of all personal, corporate and other business income in that fiscal year; the estimated situation of the United States with respect to its balance of payments with foreign nations in that fiscal year; the estimated revenues of the Federal Government in that fiscal year under existing authority; and methods by which such estimated revenues may be increased or decreased, as necessary. Requires the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, within the period January 20 to March 15 annually, to investigate and hold hearings on the entire appropriations program and policies of the Federal Government. Provides that each Committee shall report to its respective House a simple resolution containing the determinations of the Committee with respect to: the total anticipated appropriations of the Congress and of the President in the following full fiscal year; the total anticipated objective of lending programs; the total anticipated allocations with respect to the costs of foreign exchange for programs in the following full fiscal year; and estimated monetary allocations of the budget dollar for the respective activities of the Federal Government listed in the principal categories of national defense, aid to education, urban renewal, social security, agriculture, and transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Health Care Insurance Act - States it to be the purpose of this Act to make it possible for every individual to obtain comprehensive medical and hospitalization insurance of his choice designed to protect against ordinary and catastrophic expenses of illness regardless of prior medical history and on a guaranteed renewable basis. Creates a new title to the Social Security Act: Title XX: Federal Financing of Voluntary Health Insurance. Establishes for eligible beneficiaries and their dependents a program for the issuance of health insurance certificates of entitlement which shall operate to reduce or eliminate the cost to any individual of protection under a qualified health care insurance policy or plan of his choice. Provides that eligible beneficiaries under this title include: (1) a husband and his wife, both under age 65, living together; and (2) any person, under age 65, other than a married person living with his or her spouse where both are under age 65, who is not a dependent beneficiary. Defines a dependent beneficiary as any child or step-child of an eligible beneficiary who, during the base year of such eligible beneficiary, receives more than 50 percent of his support from such eligible beneficiary, and who at the close of such year has not attainted the age of twenty-one, or, if he is a full-time student, has not attained the age of twenty-three. Provides that every individual who is an eligible beneficiary shall be eligible to receive a health insurance certificate of entitlement, which shall be applicable in full or part payment of allowable premiums on a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. States that the value to be assigned to the health insurance certificate of entitlement shall be the sum of: (1) the allowable premiums for qualified health care insurance paid for basic coverage for the beneficiary's benefit year, multiplied by the applicable percentage factor ranging from 100 percent for persons with an income tax liability of $0 to 10 percent for persons with an income tax liability of $891 or over; and (2) 100 percent of the allowable premiums paid for the catastrophic expense coverage for the beneficiary's benefit year. Provides that the allowable premium which shall be taken into account in the assignment of value to a health insurance certificate of entitlement shall be that portion of the aggregate amount of premiums paid or payable by an eligible beneficiary for one or more qualified health care insurance policies or plans providing coverage for such eligible beneficiary and his dependent beneficiaries for a twelve-month period that represents the cost of the protection required in a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Provides that a health insurance certificate of entitlement means a certificate issued by the Secretary to an eligible beneficiary to apply toward payment of premium on a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Defines a "qualified health care insurance policy or plan" as a contractual agreement specifying benefits under a program offered by a qualified carrier, which carrier and program have been registered by the State insurance department or by such other agency as may be authorized by the State, and which provides: (1) basic coverage providing for all expenses incurred for institutional care, emergency and outpatient services, medical care, dental or oral surgery, and ambulance services; and (2) catastrophic expense coverage. Provides that hospital and medical benefits under the basic coverage shall be subject to payment by the beneficiary of: (1) $50 for costs incurred during each stay in the hospital or extended care facility as an inpatient; (2) 20 percent coinsurance on the first $500 of expenses incurred during the twelve-month policy period for the eligible beneficiary and his dependent beneficiaries combined for emergency room or outpatient services in the hospital; and (3) 20 percent coinsurance on the first $500 of medical expenses and the expenses of dental or oral surgery and ambulance services incurred during such policy period for the eligible beneficiary and his dependent beneficiaries combined. Provides that benefits payable under the catastrophic expense coverage in a qualified health care insurance policy or plan shall be subject to reduction for the twelve-month policy period. Establishes a Health Insurance Advisory Board to: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this title; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this title; and (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan and develop programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care, and the effective utilization of available financial resources, health manpower, and facilities, through utilization review, peer review, and other means which provide for the participation of the insurance carriers and the providers of services. Sets forth the qualifications of carriers under this Act. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated, from time to time out of moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the fund an amount equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this title through the redemption of health insurance certificates issued pursuant to this Act. Provides that sums authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this section shall be considered premiums payable under this Act and deposited in such fund. Provides that certificates upon presentation to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall be redeemed through payments from the fund.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Correctional Services Improvement Act - Title I: Correctional Centers and Services - Authorizes the Attorney General to construct and operate correctional centers for specified criminal offenders, providing such services and correctional programs as educational, vocational, and recreational programs, medical, psychiatric, and dental care, and counseling. Specifies such centers as: (1) demonstration community treatment centers for the commitment or treatment of certain persons confined and awaiting trial, of persons sentenced to terms of more than one year, and of persons on probation or parole; (2) regional youth correctional centers for the commitment and treatment of youths and young adults sentenced pursuant to the Federal Youth Corrections Act; and (3) demonstration correctional centers for special offender groups of persons sentenced to terms in excess of one year or committed for an undetermined period, including such offender groups as the mentally ill or defective, the violent and dangerous, and women. Authorizes the Attorney General to contract with State and local authorities of the region in which a center is constructed for the use of the center's facilities, and to transfer title of such center to a State, without payment to the United States, after construction of the center and a determination that the center is operating efficiently and that the facilities will be available on a contractual basis for Federal offenders or other transferring States. Requires the center to be operated as such for at least twenty years after the transfer, and gives the United States the right of reverter in the event of breach of conditions of transfer. Creates a Federal Prison Review Board to: (1) prescribe minimum standards concerning the construction, operation, personnel training, and programs of jails and of correctional services owned or operated by a State or political subdivision in which persons accused or convicted under laws of the United States are confined or treated; (2) conduct subsequent periodic public hearings to review the extent of compliance with existing standards and the need for new standards; and (3) periodically inspect correctional facilities for the purpose of determining compliance with existing standards and the need for new standards. Authorizes the Attorney General to contract with appropriate State or local officials to pay the annual costs of implementing the prescribed standards, including capital expenditures for improvements and innovations in facilities. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the construction and improvement of centers as prescribed by this title. Title II: Coordination of Federal Correctional Activities - Creates a Federal Corrections Coordinating Council, and specifies as its functions: (1) to issue guidelines for the operation of the Bureau of Prisons, the Board of Parole, the Youth Division of the Board of Parole, and the Division of Probation of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to improve the administration of criminal justice and assure coordination of policies respecting the disposition, treatment, and correction of all persons convicted of crime; (2) to consider measures and suggest studies to promote the prevention of crime, delinquency and criminal recidivism; and (3) to establish a program of continuous research and experimentation to develop more effective methods for the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders. Provides that a court may require a person as conditions of probation, and that the Board of Parole may require a parolee, to reside in and participate in the program of a residential community treatment center, and to pay such costs incident to residence as deemed appropriate. Title III: Federal Corrections Institute - Establishes a Federal Corrections Institute to provide a coordinating center for the collection and dissemination of useful data regarding the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders and to provide training for representatives of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers, judges and judicial personnel, probation and parole personnel, correctional personnel, welfare workers, and other persons, including lay personnel, connected with the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders. Authorizes the Institute: (a) to serve as an information bank by collecting systematically the data obtained from studies and research by public and private agencies on criminal behavior and recidivism, including, but not limited to, programs for prevention of crime and recidivism, training of corrections personnel, and rehabilitation and treatment of criminal offenders; (b) to publish data in forms useful to individuals, agencies, and organizations concerned with the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders; (c) to disseminate pertinent data and studies to individuals, agencies, and organizations concerned with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other criminal offenders; (d) to devise and conduct in various geographical locations, seminars and workshops providing continuing studies for persons engaged in working directly with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other criminal offenders; (e) to devise and conduct a training program of short-term instruction in the latest methods of treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders and prevention of recidivism for law envorcement officers, judges and judicial personnel, probation and parole personnel, correctional personnel, welfare workers, and other persons, including lay personnel, connected with the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders; and (f) to develop technical training teams to aid in the development of training programs within the several States and with the State and local agencies which work directly with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other offenders. Places the overall supervision with regard to the policy and operations of the Institute in an Advisory Commission. Title IV: Commitment of Dangerous Persons Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity - Provides that, whenever any person is found not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the commission of the offense, the United States attorney, if he has reasonable cause to believe that such person if released unconditionally would constitute a danger to himself or others because of his mental condition, shall move for a judicial determination of the dangerousness of such person in the court in which the criminal proceedings were conducted. Makes provisions for this judicial determination, and for the commitment or release under custody of the Surgeon General of such person. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 4021-4025; 5041-5048; 4249; Amends 18 U.S.C. 5002, 3651, 4203)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act - Provides for the disclosure of the activities and resources of persons seeking to influence the legislative process to Congress, to the President and to the public. Subjects to the coverage of this Act the following persons: (1) anyone acting as a legislative agent, which is a person whom, for any consideration, is retained or engages himself to influence legislation, either in person or through another, by means of direct communication; (2) any person who employs or retains a legislative agent; (3) any officer or employee of a person, if such officer or employee attempts to influence legislation on behalf of such person; (4) anyone affecting the solicitation of other persons to influence legislation, while granting or promising such persons any consideration; and (5) any person who spends more than $500 in a year for the purpose of influencing legislation. Exempts from coverage of the Act the following activities: (1) the publication or dissemination, in the ordinary course of business, of news items, advertising, editorials, or other comments, except for certain House organs; (2) acts of a public official in his official capacity; (3) activities subject to Federal statutes on campaign fund reporting for Federal elective office; and (4) certain appearances by any person before a public session of a Congressional committee. Requires every legislative agent prior to direct communication aimed at influencing legislation to register and file a signed notice of representation with the Comptroller General. Directs the filing of a complete report with the Comptroller General by any registrant scheduled to receive a contingent fee. Requires persons subject to this Act to: (1) keep a detailed record of income received to influence legislation; (2) keep a detailed record of expenditures of $25 or more to influence legislation; and (3) preserve the records required to be kept for 2 years after their filing with the Comptroller General. Requires all persons subjected to the coverage of this Act to file a signed report with the Comptroller General. Vests the administration of the Act in the Comptroller General. Sets forth both criminal and civil penalties for violations of the Act. Repeals the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act. (Repeals 2 U.S.C. 261)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Pension Plan Reform Act - Title I: General Provisions - Declares it to be the policy of this Act to protect interstate commerce, the Federal taxing power, and the interests of participants in private pension plans and their beneficiaries by improving the equitable character and the soundness of such plans by requiring them to vest the accrued benefits of employees with significant periods of service, to meet minimum standards of funding, and to protect the vested rights of participants against losses due to involuntary plan termination through the establishment of vested liability insurance. Title II: Vesting - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee pension benefit plan: (1) if it is established or maintained by employees engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce or by such employer together with any employee organization representing employees engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce; (2) if such plan is established or maintained by any employer or by any employer together with any employee organization and if, in the course of its activities, such plan, directly or indirectly, uses any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or the mails; and (3) such plan is established or maintained by a State, a political subdivision of a State, or an agency or instrumentality of either. Provides that every pension plan subject to this title shall provide for nonforfeitable rights to regular retirement benefits when the plan has been in effect for five years or more, as follows: (1) every pension plan created before the date of enactment of this Act shall provide, with certain alternatives, that the rights of employees to receive benefits are nonforfeitable; (2) every pension plan created on or after the date of enactment of this Act shall provide that the rights of the employees to receive benefits shall be nonforfeitable; (3) with respect to a pension plan created or operated under a collective bargaining agreement in existence as of the date of enactment of this Act but due to expire after the effective date of this title, the provisions of this title shall apply after the expiration date of such collective bargaining agreement but in no event later than one year after the effective date of this title; (4) no otherwise nonforfeitable benefit shall be forfeited or impaired by any plan provision which would impose a condition subsequent to the receipt of such benefit, and nothing contained in this title shall be construed to disallow any plan provision adopted pursuant to regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate to preclude discrimination in the event of early termination of a plan; and (5) no pension plan subject to this title to which employees contribute shall provide for forfeiture of benefits which are accrued during participation in the plan by the employee and which were attributable to employer contributions, solely because of withdrawal by such employee of amounts attributable to his own contributions. Title III: Funding - Provides that this title shall apply to pension plans covered by title II. Sets forth a schedule for funding pension plans subject to this title, including a minimum ratio of assets to vested liabilities to be maintained in such plans. Requires the administrators of plans covered by this title to file periodic statements with the Secretary of Labor containing the following information: (1) the amount of normal cost since inception of the plan plus interest on any unfunded past service costs; (2) the total amount of the plan's vested liabilities at the close of its preceding fiscal year; (3) the assets held by the plan as of the close of its preceding fiscal year valued at market value or by any other method approved by the Secretary pursuant to regulation; (4) the number of years the plan has been in effect; (5) a statement of the amount, if any, by which the assets held by the plan either exceed or fall below the amount of assets required in order for the plan to meet the funding ratio required under this title; and (6) such other information determined by the Secretary by regulation to be necessary for adequate disclosure of a plan's funding status. Provides that when the contributions to a pension plan full below amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this title, the Secretary shall require by order that the administrator take such steps as the Secretary shall find necessary to guarantee that the rights of each participant to benefits accrued to the date of such failure to make appropriate contributions, or the rights of each participant to the amounts credited to his account at such time are nonforfeitable in the event of the participant's termination. Provides that when a pension plans ratio of assets to vested liabilities falls below the funding ratio required for five consecutive years the Secretary shall require by order that the administrator take such steps as the Secretary shall find necessary to suspend further accumulation of vested liabilities until such time as the funding deficiency has been removed. Title IV: Vested Liability Insurance - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee benefit pension plan to which title III applies. Provides that every pension plan required to meet a specified funding ratio in accordance with this Act shall obtain insurance covering unfunded vested liabilities to protect participants and beneficiaries against possible loss of vested benefits arising from an essentially involuntary termination of the plan. Sets forth the requirements for paying premiums and making claims under such insurance. Title V: Pension Benefit Insurance Corporation - Creates a Pension Benefit Insurance Corporation which shall insure the vested liabilities of pension plans subject to title IV. Establishes within the United States Treasury a separate fund for pension benefit insurance which shall be available to the Corporation without fiscal year limitation for the purposes of this title. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to provide capital for the fund. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Provides that the Secretary on his own motion or after having received the petition of an administrator may, after giving interested persons an opportunity to be heard, prescribe an alternative method for satisfying the requirements of titles II or III, or both, with respect to any pension plan or any type of pension plan subject to titles II or III. Provides that whenever it shall appear to the Secretary that any person is engaged or about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of titles II, III, or VI or of any regulation, variation, or order issued thereunder, he may in his discretion bring an action in the proper district court of the United States or United States to enjoin such acts or practices, and upon a proper showing a permanent or temporary injunction or restraining order shall be granted. Prescribes penalties of up to $10,000 and/or imprisonment for five years for listed violations of this Act. Provides that a fine imposed for a violation of this Act by a person not an individual shall not exceed $200,000. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out his functions and duties under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Permits stepmothers and adoptive mothers to be members of the American War Mothers, Incorporated. (Amends 36 U.S.C. 97)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to utilize personnel in his Department to ascertain all person seriously suffering from hunger in the United States, its possessions, and its trust dependencies and in Puerto Rico and to provide them with the food necessary for their welfare.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Military Justice Act - Establishes an independent courts-martial command composed of four divisions: defense, prosecution, judicial, and administration. Grants a number of powers to military judges: (1) the power to "issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of . . ." their jurisdiction as provided in the "All Writs" Act now applicable to all Federal judges; (2) the same contempt power as is now possessed by the Federal judiciary; and (3) the power to authorize searches and issue arrest warrants. Extends to servicemen certain basic rights, such as: (1) the right to appointment of an independent defense counsel upon request immediately following arrest; (2) the right to a formal hearing before an independent military judge within 24 hours of arrest, to determine whether there is probable cause to hold him for trial; (3) the right to obtain subpoenas from an independent military judge (prosecutor now holds sole power to issue subpoenas); (4) the right to protection against trial by court-martial after trial in a State court for the same act, and vice-versa; and (5) the right of military defense attorneys to seek collateral relief for their clients in civilian courts when appropriate (relief currently available only if the accused serviceman has civilian counsel). Reclassifies the types of court-martial to upper courts-martial and lower courts-martial, and sets forth the composition and jurisdiction of each. Eliminates summary courts-martial. Establishes a system of random selection for members of special and general courts-martial, and abolishes the requirements that two-thirds of the members of such courts-martial must be officers. Transfers from the commanding officers to the independent military judges the power to release an accused serviceman pending trial or pending appeal. Grants complete credit for pretrial confinement towards any ultimate sentence. Eliminates the power of the convening authority to review sentences and findings. Transfers the sentencing power, with the added power to suspend sentences, from the members of the court (the "jury") to the military judges in all cases. Permits all confined servicemen including those awaiting trial or appeal to participate in work, exercise and rehabilitation programs wherever adequate facilities are available. Directs an existing code review committee to study and suggest revisions in the current table of maximum punishments. Permits the Judge Advocate General of each service to review cases not automatically reviewable by the Court of Military Review. Empowers the Supreme Court to issue writs of certiorari to the Court of Military Appeals. Enlarges the Court of Military Appeals from three to nine judges and authorizes it to sit in panels of three judges each. Directs the existing Code review committee to study and, within one year, to recommend solutions in areas: (1) the desirability of transferring jurisdiction over some offenses to the Federal courts; (2) additional methods of eliminating delays in the appellate process; and (3) means of dealing with prisoners who complete the service of their sentence to confinement prior to the completion of appellate review.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that while serving as a permanent professor at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy, or as a member of the permanent commissioned teaching staff at the United States Coast Guard Academy, an officer who has over thirty one years of service, in addition to the pay and allowances to which he is otherwise entitled, shall be entitled to additional pay in the amount of $250 a month. Provides that an officer while serving as a permanent professor, who has over thirty-six years of service, is entitled to total additional pay in the amount of $500 a month. States that the additional pay provided by this Act shall not be used in the computation of retired pay. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 203(b))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
States that any individual receiving welfare assistance, financed in part with Federal funds under the Social Security Act, shall not, because of earned income, have his welfare payments reduced by a greater percentage than $1 reduction for every $2 earned.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to accept gifts of money for the enhancement of the Capitol Building and Grounds.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
World War I Pension Act - Establishes a monthly pension for qualified World War I veterans of $135 if unmarried and with no children, or $150 if married and living with or contributing to the support of a spouse or with children. Provides an additional monthly payment of $50 if the veteran is permanently homebound, or $125 if he is in need of regular aid and attendance. Provides that no pension shall be paid to a veteran who has income in excess of $3,000 if unmarried or $4,200 if married. Provides that a veteran entitled to another pension shall receive whichever amount is greater. Establishes for widows of qualified World War I veterans a monthly Pension of $100 if there is no child or $125 if there is one child, with an additional $20 for each additional child. Provides that no pension shall be paid if the total annual income of the widow with children exceeds $3,000 or $4,200 in the case of a widow with children. Establishes a monthly pension for the children of qualified World War I veterans when there is no widow. Sets such pension at $45 for the first child and $18 for each additional child. Requires each pension to be equally distributed among the eligible children and makes any child with an annual income, excluding earned income, in excess of $2,000 ineligible for a pension. Exempts increases in Social Security benefits, railroad retirement annuities or pensions, or Federal government employee annuities from the determination of annual income. Gives priority for hospital care to those veterans receiving a pension under the Act. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 513-515; Amends 38 U.S.C. 503, 610)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Permits the Governor of a State which has completed its portion of the Interstate System to elect to use funds from the Highway Trust Fund for urban mass transportation projects. Sets forth the procedures for such election. Increases to 90% (previously 2/3) the percentage of the Federal share for the cost of specified urban mass transportation system projects.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Defines the term "military service" for the purpose of civil service retirement to include active duty for training in the National Guard while receiving Federal pay and allowances, whether in the course of active duty in the service of the United States or otherwise. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8331(13)) Provides for crediting service under the Civil Service Retirement Act for service by National Guard technicians. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8332(b), 8334(c), 8339(e))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Permits the President to restrict travel by citizens and nationals of the United States to, in, or through any country or area whose military forces are engaged in armed conflict with the military forces of the United States. Provides that travel to such restricted country or area by any person may be authorized by the President when he deems such travel to be in the national interest. Makes it unlawful for any citizen or national of the United States to willfully and without authorization to travel to such restricted country or area.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that the retired pay of any member or former member of the Armed Forces who was on active duty or in an active status on or before May 31, 1958, and who became or will become entitled to receive retired pay based upon age, length of service, or physical disability under provisions of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, shall be computed at current active duty pay rates and increased to reflect later changes in applicable pay rates.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Permits a summary court-martial, special court martial without a military judge, provost court or military commission to punish for contempt any person who disturbs its proceedings. Allows a military judge to punish by a $100 fine, 30 days in jail or both, any misbehavior that obstructs the administration of justice, misbehavior of court officers or disobedience of any order of the judge. Limits punishment for an offense to that established by the President for that offense. Provides that any period of confinement included in a sentence begins when adjudged by the court martial, but periods when confinement is suspended or deferred shall be excluded in computing the term of confinement. Provides that all other sentences are effective on the date ordered executed. Allows the deferment of confinement when the sentence has not been ordered executed or is under review. Provides that after trial by court-martial the record shall be sent to the convening authority for action with respect to the sentence. Directs the convening authority to refer the record of each general court martial to his staff judge advocate or legal officer who shall submit his opinion upon the appropriateness of sentence. Provides for review of decisions in a court-martial dismissing specifications without a finding of not guilty or prohibiting the admission of evidence or confessions or any ruling seriously impeding prosecutions of the case. Allows revisions proceedings where there is an apparent error in the record or where the record shows improper action by the court-martial with respect to a finding or sentence which can be rectified without material prejudice to the substantial rights of the accused. Prohibits the use of revision proceedings to reconsider a finding of not guilty or to increase the severity of a sentence unless the sentence prescribed is mandatory. Provides that at any time after a trial record has been prepared, and before sentencing has occurred, the military judge may, except where there is lack of sufficient evidence in the record to support the findings, set aside the findings or sentence or both and authorize a rehearing. Permits the convening authority to approve or disapprove the sentence. Provides that, in any case reviewed by it, the Court of Military Appeals may act only with respect to the findings of the court-martial and the sentence as approved by the convening authority and as affirmed or set aside as incorrect in law by the Court of Military Review. Requires approval by the President of sentences involving a general or flag-officer or death, before execution of the sentence. Requires approval by the appropriate Secretary before execution of any sentence calling for dismissal or suspension of a commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman. Requires affirmation by the Court of Military Review for sentences involving bad conduct or dishonorable discharges.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a national cemetery in Duval County, Florida. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to construct a Veterans' Administration general medical and surgical hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, and to secure the cooperation of the University of Florida College of Medicine in its training and education of medical students in Jacksonville.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires the Secretary of Labor, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, to recognize the difference in hazards to employees between the heavy construction industry and the light residential construction industry in promulgating health and safety standards. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 655)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires, under title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act, that political committees and candidates report all political contributions and expenditures regardless of amount.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Foreign Crimes Act - Provides that any citizen of the United States who commits a crime outside the United States while serving with or working for the Armed Forces shall, if the crime was committed during the performance of official duties on Armed Forces property or against a U.S. citizen, be guilty of a like offense against the United States and be subject to a like punishment as that provided for offenses occurring within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the U.S. Provides that this provision will not deprive military courts of concurrent jurisdiction with respect to those offenders and offenses that may be tried in a military court. Allows the apprehension of a U.S. citizen accompanying the Armed Forces outside the country if there is probable cause to believe that he has committed an offense against the laws of the U.S. or of the country in which he is staying, or if the country requests that he be apprehended and delivered to them for trial. Allows the restraint of any person so apprehended. Allows the removal of any U.S. citizen from a foreign country to a place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States if, after hearing, it is found that there is probable cause to believe that he has committed an offense against the laws of this country. Provides that any U.S. citizen may be delivered to foreign authorities for trial for offenses against their laws. Authorizes military judges to issue search warrants for property stolen or embezzled in violation of U.S. law or which is designed or intended for use or which has been used by a U.S. citizen in committing an offense while accompanying the Armed Forces in a foreign country. Provides that only a military judge may issue warrants for the apprehension of persons and search warrants and issue orders for removal, delivery or confinement of any such person. Allows any provost marshal, military or air policeman, shore patrolman or other member of the armed services assigned to like duties to serve warrants for the apprehension of persons, apprehend persons without a warrant or execute a search warrant. Provides any U.S. citizen subject to these provisions with the right of counsel of choice or to have counsel appointed for him. Limits the time of confinement under arrest to 72 hours except in cases of removal in which case the limit will be ten days. Provides that the provisions of this act are subject to any treaty arrangements to which the United States is a party or to any accepted rule of customary international law. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 16, 17; 10 U.S.C. 981-990)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Revises the computation methods and effect of grade at retirement of members of the Armed Forces, for purposes of disability severance pay. Provides that a member of the Armed Forces who is retired for physical disability is entitled to retired pay for the highest grade in which he served satisfactorily on active duty. Defines active duty for purposes of this Act. Extends health benefits to dependents of veterans who died of a compensable disability, or who have a service-connected total disability. Allows medical benefits to children who are under the legal guardianship of members of the Armed Forces. Makes reservists eligible for retired pay who performed active duty service between April 5, 1917, and November 12, 1918; September 8, 1940, January 1, 1947; and between June 26, 1950, and July 28, 1953.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides for cremation sites at national cemetaries. Directs the Secretary of the Army to set aside all of the area of Arlington National Cemetery usable for burial plots on the effective date of this Act to be used exclusively for the burial of qualified deceased military personnel. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 1489)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Political Broadcasting Spending Reform Act - Provides, under the Communications Act of 1934, that no license may make any charge for the use of a broadcasting station by any legally qualified candidate for the office of President of the United States on behalf of his candidacy or for use of such station by any other person on behalf of the candidacy of such candidate. Directs each license of a broadcasting station to provide to each major presidential candidate and to each minor presidential candidate (as defined by this Act) broadcast time on such station without charge as follows: (1) each major presidential candidate shall be provided in the aggregate at least four hours of broadcast time; and (2) each minor presidential candidate shall be provided in the aggregate at least two hours of broadcast time. States that a licensee of a broadcasting station may provide to each major presidential candidate and to each minor presidential candidate broadcast time in addition to the time provided under this Act, but if any such presidential candidate is offered such additional time, all of such candidates shall be offered broadcast time by such licensee. Authorizes the Federal Communications Commission to exempt the licensee of a broadcast station from the requirements of this Act if it determines that the licensee would suffer unfair financial hardship if it had to meet such requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to assist elementary and secondary schools to carry on programs to teach moral and ethical princples. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1972, and for each of the two succeeding years, to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Makes available to the veterans of the Vietnam War all benefits available to World War II and Korean conflict veterans. Entitles veterans of the Vietnam era to veterans' home, farm, and business loan benefits, except that such entitlement may not be in addition to benefits derived by the Vietnam veteran because of World War II or Korean conflict service. Provides that entitlement to benefits will expire as follows: 10 years from the date of discharge or release from the last period of active duty of the veteran after August 5, 1964, except that 1 additional year will be granted for each 3 months that the veteran spent in active duty; and 20 years from the date of release for service-connected disability from active duty occurring after August 5, 1964. Specifies that direct loans shall not be made after January 31, 1980. Provides for the payment of a fee by each veteran obtaining a guaranteed loan. Permits certain Vietnam veterans to obtain life insurance from the United States without meeting any requirement of good health, so long as application for such insurance is made within the specified time. Prescribes the plans on which the insurance may be issued and allows the conversion or exchange of an insurance policy for any other type insurance issued under these provisions. Sets forth the terms and conditions under which the insurance will be issued. Permits any person in the active military, naval, or air service to surrender his insurance contract for its cash value. Creates in the Treasury a permanent trust fund known as the Vietnam era vetrans' life insurance fund, wherein all premiums paid for Vietnam veterans' insurance will be deposited.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Prohibits a judge, including each Supreme Court Justice, in regular active service from accepting compensation of any kind, whether in the form of loans, gifts, gratuities, honoraria, or otherwise, for services performed by him except that provided by law for the performance of his judicial duties. Permits the acceptance of compensation for the performance of services determined by the judicial council of the circuit to be in the public interest or to be justified by exceptional circumstances. Requires each judge to file annually with the Judicial Conference of the United States a statement of his investment, assets, and income, including gifts and bequests, from any source identifying the source, and a statement of liabilities. Prescribes a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for violations of this Act. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 225).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Presidential Primaries Act - States that the purpose of the Act is to provide coordination through the cooperation of the several States with the Federal Government in the establishment and holding of primary elections to determine the preference of the people with respect to candidates for such office. Establishes a bipartisan Presidential Primaries Commission consisting of five members appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Commission shall certify to each State it assists, the name of each prospective candidate for President with respect to whom the Commission has received, not later than March 1 of a presidential election year, a petition requesting such certification, specifying the political party of the candidate, and signed by a specified number of persons in the State. Provides for notice, upon receiving a petition, to a prospective candidate that, unless he requests not later than March 20 that his name not be used, his name will be certified to the States for inclusion on the ballots of his political party in the presidential preferential primary election in such States. Authorizes prescribed, proportioned payments by the Commission to each State which has in effect on January 1 of a year in which a presidential election occurs legislation that provides for preferential presidential primary elections between specified times, to include on the ballot of a political party certified candidates for president. Prohibits any qualifications as requisite for voters adding to qualifications for State legislature elections. Requires such State legislation to provide for making the results of the primary elections binding to a reasonable extent upon the delegates from the State to the national convention of each political party. Authorizes the Commission, in its discretion, to conduct preferential primary elections in areas under the jurisdiction of the United States which are not States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
National Land Use Use Policy Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make not more then two annual grants to each State to assist that State in developing a land use program. Provides that such grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs of program development. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to a State to assist it in managing its land use program after a review of such State's development program and such grant shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost. Provides that the Secretary shall consult with the heads of other affected Federal agencies and with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development before approving a grant. Authorizes necessary appropriations to the Secretaries of the Interior and Housing and Urban Development to administer the program established by this Act. Sets forth the criteria to be met by States to be eligible for grants for land use programs. Requires Federal projects significantly affecting land to be in accord with the State land use programs except in cases of overriding national interest. Provides for Federal action in the absence of a State land use program when the Federal Government's action will affect the use of non-Federal lands. Requires the Secretary to provide advice upon request to States concerning the designation of areas of critical environmental concern to the Nation, and appropriate Federal agencies shall make their data and expertise available to States for use in the preparation of land use programs. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $20,000,000 in each fiscal year, 1973 through 1977, for grants authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that a member of the armed force may be separated under other than honorable conditions as a result of any of the following: (1) absence without authority for one year; (2) adjudication as a juvenile offender or final conviction by a civilian court for an offense punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year; (3) during a 3 year period, three convictions by separate courts-martial or civilian courts of offenses punishable by three months imprisonment; (4) an approved recommendation of a board of officers upon a finding of misconduct or moral or professional dereliction or that a member's retention would not be consistent with the interests of national security; (5) resignation or request for discharge in place of trial by court-martial; and (6) in time of war, by Presidential order. Grants th board of officers and the member equal opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence. Grants the board power to issue process to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production or evidence. Requires that a board of officers hold a hearing at which the member can appear and present evidence in his own behalf, be represented by qualified counsel; confront witnesses and examine evidence. Allows the member to appeal any adverse recommendations of a board of officers to a review board. Restricts the review board to the record of the proceedings of the board of officers and to written arguments of counsel. Permits a review board to recommend only a mitigation of a Board recommendation. Asserts that a member who has been retained as a result of the proceedings may not be required to appear before another board of officers for conduct, which was the subject of previous proceedings, except in the cases of fraud or collusion. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to at any time convene a board of officers to review the record of any commissioned or warrant officer of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps to determine whether he shall be required, because his performance of duty has fallen below standards prescribed by the Secretary, to show cause for his retention on active duty; or to determine whether he should be removed from active duty because of misconduct, moral or professional dereliction, or because his retention is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security. Provides that Boards of Inquiry, each composed of three or more officers, shall be convened, at such places as the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe, to receive evidence and make findings and recommendations whether an officer who is required to show cause for retention due to substandard performance should be retained on active duty. Requires a fair and impartial hearing before a board of inquiry for such officers. Directs the board of inquiry upon determination that the officer has failed to establish that he should be retained, to send the record of its proceedings to a board of review. Provides that Boards of Review, each composed of three or more officers shall be convened by the Secretary of the military department concerned, at such times as he may prescribe, to review the records of cases of regular commissioned or warrant officers recommended for removal by a board of inquiry. Asserts that if after reviewing the record of the case, a board of review determines that the officer: (1) has failed to establish that he should be retained, it shall sent its recommendation to the Secretary for his action; or (2) has established that he should be retained on active duty, his case is closed, except that after one year from the date of that determination, he may be again required to show cause for retention. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to remove an officer from active duty in the regular component of armed force if his removal is recommended by a board of review under this chapter. Makes the Secretary's action in such a case final and conclusive. Sets forth the rights of officers in the proceedings outlined above, which rights include that of notice, representation by counsel, etc. Permits voluntary retirement or voluntary discharge where removal of an officer is sought. Sets forth criteria for eligibility of officers to serve on Boards.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Title I: Incentive Pay for Participating in Ready Reserve - Authorizes a special payment to an enlisted member of a Ready Reserve component who: (1) has completed a total of at least two years of active duty, or a total of at least six years of service, in one or more of the armed services; (2) is accepted for enlistment, reenlistment, or extension of enlistment in a Reserve component, in a pay grade above E-2, for a period of at least three years; and (3) agrees to remain in the Ready Reserve for a corresponding period and to perform such drills or other duty as may be prescribed. Allots this bonus payment to members as follows: (1) upon enlistment or reenlistment in a reserve component for a period of six years, an immediate payment of $300, and $450 upon completion of each year of that six-year period; and (2) upon completion of each year under any enlistment or reenlistment other than for a six-year period, an amount equal to $100 multiplied by the number representing his cumulative years of service in the Ready Reserve plus $100. Requires a percentage refund where a member does not complete the first year of service under his enlistment or reenlistment if he has received the $300 amount prescribed above. Title II: Reduced Retirement Pay At Age Fifty - Entitles a member of the Ready Reserve who is fifty years old or more to retired pay reduced by a specified percentage corresponding to his age. (Adds 37 U.S.C. 313; Amends 10 U.S.C. 1331, 1335).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that no individual shall pay a tax, under the Internal Revenue Code, of less than 10 percent of his income for the taxable year by reason of the tax exempt source of all or part of such income. Provides that any industrial development bond issued after December 31, 1971, shall not be considered an obligation of a State, territory, trust, or other possession of the United States, the interest from which shall not be included as gross income. Provides that in the case of a joint return of a husband and wife if the tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code exceeds $5, then the tax imposed shall be reduced (but not below $5) by $200, that in the case of heads of households the tax shall be reduced by $150 (but not below $5), and that in the case of single persons not heads of households, it shall be reduced by $100 (but not below $5).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Bank Holding Company Act, that the exemption from the prohibition of the Act against holding interests in nonbanking organizations shall no longer be afforded to any holding company which is a labor, agricultural, or horticultural organization. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 1843(c))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
National Information and Resource Center for the Handicapped Act - Establishes, within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, a National Information and Resource Center for the Handicapped. Provides that such Center shall collect, publish, and disseminate information related to the particular problems caused by handicapping conditions, including information relating to: medical and rehabilitation facilities and services; day care and other programs for young children; education, vocational training, employment, transportation, architecture and housing, and recreation; and public or private programs useful in solving problems of the handicapped. Authorizes each Department or agency of the Federal Government to make available for use by the Center, any information or data which may be useful in carrying out the functions of the Center. Authorizes appropriations of $300,000 for fiscal year 1974, and such sums as necessary for each fiscal year thereafter, to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Prohibits former Federal employees who participated in a contract formulation whose value exceeded $10,000 from being employed, for a period of two years, by anyone who has a direct interest in the contract. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 207)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
House Financial Disclosure Act - Requires all Members of the House of Representatives to file annually with the Clerk of the House and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives and all candidates for the House to file with the clerk of the House a written report containing financial information for the preceding calendar year. Requires the report to contain a complete account of the Member's or candidate's gross-income and that of his spouse and dependent children, specifically including: (1) the value of all honorariums or compensation for services received by the Member or candidate, and the names and addresses of all persons and organizations from whom honorariums or compensation were received; (2) gross income derived from a business enterprise, together with the nature of his interest in the business and its name and address; (3) an itemization of all gains derived from dealings in property, including the name and address of other parties involved and a brief description of the transactions; (4) the sources from which were derived income from interest and the amounts thereof; (5) the sources from which rents were derived and the amounts; (6) the sources from which royalties were derived and the amounts; (7) the sources from which dividends were derived and the amounts; (8) the names and addresses of all persons and organizations who assisted him in the discharge of indebtedness and the aggregate amount thereof; (9) itemization of income or benefits derived from distribution of his share in any partnership or professional group, and, if the distribution from the payments of any person or organization is $1,000 or more, the name and address of such person or organization; and (10) itemization of income derived from an estate in which the Member or candidate has an interest and the nature of that interest. Requires disclosure of: (1) all gifts to the Member or candidate which in aggregate values $100 in the year from a particular source, together with the name and address of the donor, the amount or value of the gifts, and a description thereof; (2) gifts to the family of the Member or candidate exceeding $500 in a single year from one source; (3) assets held by the Member or candidate, his spouse or dependent children, or any of them jointly; (4) the Member's or candidate's total aggregate indebtedness and that of his spouse and dependent children, and the names and addresses of each person or organization to whom the Member or candidate, his spouse, or his dependent children owe more than $5,000; and (5) any funds established by the Member or candidate, or on his behalf, to defray expenses incurred by reason of his being a Member or candidate. Confers on the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct jurisdiction to review Members' reports and to recommend to the House disciplinary action against a Member who fails to file a report or knowingly and willfully files a false report. Provides criminal penalties of not more than $1,000 and/or not more than one year imprisonment for a Member or candidate who fails to file a report or knowingly files a false report.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires the Council on Environmental Quality to hold public hearings in which all points of view can be expressed prior to any final action or recommendation by such Council to the President. Provides that any recommendations made prior to the enactment of this Act shall be reconsidered and such Council shall hold public hearings and reevaluate its recommendation on the basis of evidence produced at the public hearing.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Federal Lands Protection Act - Provides that, after the date of enactment of this Act, specific congressional approval shall be required before the issuance or approval to any license, permit, lease, contract, or other authorization issued, approved, or otherwise entered into by any officer or employee of the United States which would result in any of the following: (1) the exploration for minerals on public lands; (2) the mining or other removal of minerals from public lands; (3) any other disposition of minerals on public lands; or (4) the cutting of timber on public lands in the manner or method generally referred to as "clear cutting" or by any other similar manner or method.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that Federal buildings shall be designed and construced to maximize fallout protection and that non-Federal construction financed in whole or in part with Federal funds may be designed to maximize fallout protection. Limits expenditures for the construction of such a building to 1 percent of the project's cost. Authorizes the President to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act, including a provision for exemptions to the requirements specified in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
World Peace Agency Act - Establishes the United States Agency for World Peace within the Department of State. Provides that such Agency shall undertake studies of the economic, sociological and political causes of war. Establishes within the Agency a Laboratory for Peace which shall develop and administer the Agency's research and study programs. Provides that the Agency shall be headed by a Director to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Grants the Agency necessary powers to carry out the objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Big Cypress National Fresh Water Reserve in the State of Florida. Provides for the maintenance of such area in accordance with the laws applicable to the national park system. Provides that owners of improved properties on the date of acquisition may retain the right of use and occupancy of their properties for noncommercial residential purposes for a term of not more than twenty-five years, or for a term ending upon the death of such owner or his spouse. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit hunting, fishing, and trapping in the area. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as necessary to carry out the Act not to exceed $156,000,000 for land acquisition purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the establishment of the Florida Frontier Historic Riverway. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating June 3, as "National Navy Wives Clubs of America Day".
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no student shall be compelled to attend a public school other than the one nearest his residence.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Requires appointments of Supreme Court and other Federal judges be reconfirmed every six years. Requires five years' prior judicial experience as a qualification for appointment to the Supreme Court. Provides for the mandatory retirement of Federal judges at the age of seventy years.