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United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Increases the subsistence payments to students at the State marine schools from $600 per academic year to $1200 per academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Increases the subsistence payments to students at the State marine schools from $600 per academic year to $1200 per academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the United States Navy upon graduation from such academies or colleges. (Adds 46 U.S.C. 1389)
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the United States Navy upon graduation from such academies or colleges. (Adds 46 U.S.C. 1389)
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Provides that whenever the law of a State permits the transportation or importation of wine into that State, such State may not impose with respect to any wine produced in another State or from materials originating in another State, any tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement which is not equally applicable with respect to wine of like kind: (1) produced in, or from materials originating in, the State imposing such tax, regulation, prohibition, or requirement, or (2) produced in, or produced from products produced in, any other State. Provides that a State which permits the sale of wine within the State shall permit the transportation or importation of wine of like kind produced in other States, or from materials originating in other States, into said State for sale therein upon terms and conditions equally applicable to all wine of like kind sold in the State. Provides that whenever the law of any State permits the transportation or importation of wine into that State such State may not impose with respect to such wine any prohibition or requirement which unreasonably impairs the free flow of commerce in such wine among the several States. Provides that whenever any person engaged in the transportation or importation into any State or the distribution within any State of any wine, or any product intended for use in the production of any wine has reason to believe that such State has violated any of the provisions of this Act, such person may file in a district court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, a civil action to enjoin the enforcement thereof. Gives such court jurisdiction to hear and determine such action, and to enter therein such preliminary and permanent orders, decrees, and judgments as it shall determine to be required to prevent any such violation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1973
Establishes an arbitration board to settle disputes between supervisory organizations and the United States Postal Service, provided that only those disputes concerning policies that affect all or a substantial portion of supervisory personnel on a long-term or permanent basis can be referred to arbitration. Provides that the arbitration board shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be selected by the Postal Service, one by the recognized organization of supervisory personnel, and the third by the two thus selected. States that the costs of the arbitration board shall be shared equally by the Postal Service and the organization of supervisory personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1973
Provides that, beginning one year after enactment of this Act, no law enforcement grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 will be made to State and local governments unless these units of government have instituted a law enforcement officer's grievance system and have enacted into law a "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights" which will cover all law enforcement officers in the States. Declares that this Bill of Rights shall provide law enforcement officers statutory protection for certain rights enjoyed by other citizens. Requires the bill of rights to provide, at a minimum, the following: (1) law enforcement officers shall not be prohibited from engaging in political activity, except when on duty or acting in an official capacity; (2) when an officer is subject to an investigation that could lead to disciplinary action or criminal charges: (a) the investigation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably while the officer is on duty, (b) the investigation shall occur at the office of the investigating officer or at the precinct where the incident occurred, (c) there shall be one interrogator asking all questions to the officer and the names of all investigating officers shall be known by him, (d) the officer shall know the nature of the investigation and the names of complainants, (e) all civilian complaints must be duly sworn to before an official authorized to administer oaths, (f) interrogating sessions shall be of reasonable length, (g) the officer under investigation shall not be subject to abuse or threats, (h) all interrogations shall be recorded, (i) if the officer is to be placed under arrest, he shall be fully informed of his rights before interrogation, and (j) the officer shall have a right to counsel who shall be present during any interrogations dealing with the officer's continued fitness for law enforcement service; (3) citizen review boards having porportionate police representation; (r) law enforcement officers shall have recourse to civil actions for damages suffered or for abridgement of their civil rights arising out of the performance of official duties; (5) financial disclosures shall not be required unless obtained under legal procedures or there is evidence of a conflict of interests; (6) notice of and reasons for all disciplinary action is required; and (7) no officer shall be disciplined or discriminated against in any way by reason of his exercise of these rights. Establishes in each State and unit of local government a law enforcement officers grievance commission composed of an equal number of governmental representatives, law enforcement officers, and members of the general public which shall have the authority to receive, investigate, and determine complaints and grievances arising from claimed infringement of rights of any law enforcement officer. Allows employee organizations to act on the officer's behalf, at his request, regarding any complaint before the commission. Permits certified employee organizations to initiate actions on behalf of their members. Provides that, in addition to this grievance procedure, law enforcement officers may institute a civil action for redress of the grievances.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to commence work on the beach erosion control aspect of the project for hurrican-flood protection and beach erosion control at East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay, New York. States that such work shall be independent of the hurricane-flood protection aspect of the project.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to carry out the New York Harbor collection and removal of drift project. Provides that all funds hereafter appropriated for such project be made immediately available.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Provides for the continued operation of various Public Health Service hospitals in Seattle, New Orleans, Baltimore, San Francisco, Staten Island, Galveston, Norfolk, and Boston. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to take no action inconsistent with the policy set forth in this Act. Restricts the President and the Secretary from impounding funds appropriated for such hospitals.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Removes the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance).
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that gross income does not include any amounts received by an individual in the taxable year as a pension, annuity, or other benefit under a public retirement system, or any amounts received by an individual who is age 65 or over as a pension, annuity, or other retirement benefit under any other retirement plan, program, or system, to the extent that the aggregate of such amounts does not exceed $5,000.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Provides under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, that the personal exemption allowed a taxpayer for a dependent shall be available without regard to the dependent's income in the case of a dependent who is over 65. (Adds 151 (e) (1) (C)).
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Terminates the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board in docket 9977. (Adds 49 U.S.C. 1382(c))
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Increases to $750 in all cases the amount of the lump-sum death payment under title II (Old-Age, Survivor's, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Increases the subsistence payments to students at the State marine schools from $600 per academic year to $1200 per academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Provides payment under the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) for optometrists' services and eyeglasses.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the United States Navy upon graduation from such academies or colleges. (Adds 46 U.S.C. 1389)
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides that any contract (any any bid specification) entered into by an agency or instrumentality of the United States for the production or processing of motion picture films shall contain a provision specifying the minimum monetary wages and fringe benefits to be paid laborers, mechanics, craftsmen, technicians, professional employees, and related or supporting personnel employed in the performance of the contract or any subcontract thereunder, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in the same manner as the wages of service employees under the Service Contract Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Fire Prevention And Control Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that the federal government must help to develop sulutions to fire problems. States that the intention of Congress is to supplement existing programs of fire research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments. Title I: United States Fire Administration - Establishes, within the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the United States Fire Administration. Sets forth the duties of the Administration, including: (1) to survey the fire problem, evaluate progress in fire prevention, assess new problem areas, and to evaluate the cost; (2) to recommend actions to be taken by federal, state, and local governments and private organizations and individuals to improve fire prevention; (3) to act as a coordinator of studies of fire protection methods; (4) to cooperate with and render assistance to other federal departments, to all organizations in matters relating to fire prevention and control; and (5) to undertake research relating to fire prevention and control. Title II: National Fire Academy - Establishes, within the Administration, a National Fire Academy; (1) to facilitate specialized training in fire protection; (2) to assist State and local jurisdictions in planning and implementing fire protection programs; (3) to assist the dissemination of information on fire prevention and control; and (4) to encourage fire protection agencies to give greater attention to fire prevention measures. Directs the Academy to establish a National Fire Academy Advisory Board. Sets forth composition and compensation of Board members. Title III: National Fire Data System - Establishes within the Administration a National Fire Data System. Directs the System to collect data on fire injuries and deaths, property losses, and information concerning causes, locations, and numbers of fires, to be incorporated into an information retrieval system. Title IV: Research and Development - Sets forth the functions and responsibilities of the Administration, including to (1) evaluate the total area of fire research needs in the Federal, state, and local government sectors and the private sector; (2) sponsor and encourage research into promising but highly unconventional solutions to fire problems; and (3) encourage research on firefighting equipment and personal protective equipment for firefighters. Title V: Grants for State and Local Program Assistance - Directs the Administration to make grants to States for (1) the establishment and operation of state fire prevention and control planning agencies; and (2) for programs to improve and strengthen fire prevention and control. Sets forth the requirements a State plan must encompass in order to receive grants. Directs the allocation of funds appropriated to the Administration for the purpose of making grants. Title VI: Functions of Certain Other Federal Agencies - Expands the authorizations of the Secretary of Commerce to include specified fire research and safety programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institutes of Health, a program to augment current sponsorship of research on burns and burn treatment. Requires the Federal Insurance Administration to provide low-cost insured loans to homeowners and businessmen for the purpose of installing fire protection equipment. Title VII: Administrative Provisions - Grants the Administration specified powers in carrying out its functions including (1) the power to hold hearings; and (2) to use services of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sets forth the procedure to be followed when an application for a grant has been rejected. Directs the Administration to carry out the programs of this Act during fiscal year 1974, and for the five succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $128,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and for succeeding fiscal years such sums as the Congress might authorize. Title VIII: General Provisions - Makes the provisions of this Act separable if one is found invalid.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: (1) shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, substance, or ingredient of any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage; and (2) shall not require a warning label on any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Increases the subsistence payments to students at the State marine schools from $600 per academic year to $1200 per academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Provides former members of the Armed Services and their dependents medical and dental care in uniformed services facilities during the sixty-day period after discharge or separation. Makes such persons eligible for post exchange and commissary privileges during such sixty-day period.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Authorizes the employment of student congressional interns, by Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners of the House of Representatives. Provides that the sum of $1,500 be made available to each member out of the House contingent fund to pay for the salaries of such interns.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Title I: Guaranteed Loans for Electronic Reading Aids Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into an agreement for the establishment of a loan fund with any public or private nonprofit educational institution to be used for the purchase or rental of electronic reading aids. Limits a loan to the value of one such reading aid, and specifies the terms upon which a loan shall be made to a blind person by such institution. Title II: Grants for Electronic Reading Aids Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to such institutions for the purchase of electronic reading aids. Provides that such grants shall not cover more than 50 percent of the cost of purchasing the optacon.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Increases the subsistence payments to students at the State marine schools from $600 per academic year to $1200 per academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
See summary of: H.R. 2496
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Removes the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance).
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Increases to $750 in all cases the amount of the lump-sum death payment under title II (Old-Age, Survivor's, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Provides payment under the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) for optometrists' services and eyeglasses.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that gross income does not include any amounts received by an individual in the taxable year as a pension, annuity, or other benefit under a public retirement system, or any amounts received by an individual who is age 65 or over as a pension, annuity, or other retirement benefit under any other retirement plan, program, or system, to the extent that the aggregate of such amounts does not exceed $5,000.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Provides under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, that the personal exemption allowed a taxpayer for a dependent shall be available without regard to the dependent's income in the case of a dependent who is over 65. (Adds 151 (e) (1) (C)).
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for all medical expenses (including medicine and drugs) paid during the taxable year, and not compenstated for by insurance or otherwise, for the care of any dependent who is the mother or father of the taxpayer or of his spouse, and has attained the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year. Allows a tax deduction for all medical expenses (including medicine and drugs) of the taxpayer and his spouse, if either has attained the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year. States that the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to taxable years ending after the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Allows Federal officers and employees to elect coverage under the Old Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance System of the Social Security Act by filing a certificate with the Internal Revenue Service stating such intention. Prescribes time limits for filing such certificate, and the period of time for which it is effective. Requires an individual filing a certificate to give notice thereof to the head of the Federal Agency or instrumentality in or by which he is employed, at or before the time of filing such certificate. (Adds 42 U.S.C. 410p; 26 U.S.C. 3121r)
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels be at least 25 per cent after June 30, l975, and at least 30 per cent after June 30, l977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241))
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Removes the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance).
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Includes, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) and title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, qualified drugs prescribed or certified by a physician and approved by a Formulary Committee within an individual's medical insurance coverage. Provides that the amount payable for qualified drugs furnished an individual pursuant to any one prescription or certification and purchased by such individual at any one time shall be reduced by an amount equal to the applicable prescription copayment. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall each year, beginning in 1975, determine and promulgate the drug copayment which shall be applicable for the purposes of this Act during the succeeding calendar year. Provides that payment may be made under this Act for qualified drugs only when such drugs are dispensed by a licensed pharmacy which is a provider of services for purposes of the Act. Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Formulary Committee. Provides that the Committee shall compile, publish, make available, and periodically revise a Formulary of the United States. Provides that the Formulary shall alphabetacally arrange a listing, by established name, of those drugs and biologicals that shall be deemed qualified drugs for purposes of the benefits provided under this Act. Provides that the Committee, prior to making a final determination to remove from the listing in the Formulary any drug which would otherwise be included therein, shall afford a reasonable opportunity for a hearing on the matter to any person engaged in manufacturing, preparing, propagating, compounding, or processing the product who shows reasonable grounds for such a hearing. Provides that any person adversely affected by the final decision of the Committee may obtain judicial review thereof in accordance with the procedures specified in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides standards for determining the maximum allowable cost for qualified drugs. Defines the term "qualified drug". Defines the term "licensed pharmacy" as a pharmacy, or other establishment providing community pharmaceutical services, which is licensed as such under the law of the State in which such drug is provided or otherwise dispensed in accordance with title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Provides under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, that the personal exemption allowed a taxpayer for a dependent shall be available without regard to the dependent's income in the case of a dependent who is over 65. (Adds 151 (e) (1) (C)).
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for all medical expenses (including medicine and drugs) paid during the taxable year, and not compenstated for by insurance or otherwise, for the care of any dependent who is the mother or father of the taxpayer or of his spouse, and has attained the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year. Allows a tax deduction for all medical expenses (including medicine and drugs) of the taxpayer and his spouse, if either has attained the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year. States that the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to taxable years ending after the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Provides payment under the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) for optometrists' services and eyeglasses.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Provides that, beginning one year after enactment of this Act, no law enforcement grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 will be made to State and local governments unless these units of government have instituted a law enforcement officer's grievance system and have enacted into law a "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights" which will cover all law enforcement officers in the States. Declares that this Bill of Rights shall provide law enforcement officers statutory protection for certain rights enjoyed by other citizens. Requires the bill of rights to provide, at a minimum, the following: (1) law enforcement officers shall not be prohibited from engaging in political activity, except when on duty or acting in an official capacity; (2) when an officer is subject to an investigation that could lead to disciplinary action or criminal charges: (a) the investigation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably while the officer is on duty, (b) the investigation shall occur at the office of the investigating officer or at the precinct where the incident occurred, (c) there shall be one interrogator asking all questions to the officer and the names of all investigating officers shall be known by him, (d) the officer shall know the nature of the investigation and the names of complainants, (e) all civilian complaints must be duly sworn to before an official authorized to administer oaths, (f) interrogating sessions shall be of reasonable length, (g) the officer under investigation shall not be subject to abuse or threats, (h) all interrogations shall be recorded, (i) if the officer is to be placed under arrest, he shall be fully informed of his rights before interrogation, and (j) the officer shall have a right to counsel who shall be present during any interrogations dealing with the officer's continued fitness for law enforcement service; (3) citizen review boards having porportionate police representation; (r) law enforcement officers shall have recourse to civil actions for damages suffered or for abridgement of their civil rights arising out of the performance of official duties; (5) financial disclosures shall not be required unless obtained under legal procedures or there is evidence of a conflict of interests; (6) notice of and reasons for all disciplinary action is required; and (7) no officer shall be disciplined or discriminated against in any way by reason of his exercise of these rights. Establishes in each State and unit of local government a law enforcement officers grievance commission composed of an equal number of governmental representatives, law enforcement officers, and members of the general public which shall have the authority to receive, investigate, and determine complaints and grievances arising from claimed infringement of rights of any law enforcement officer. Allows employee organizations to act on the officer's behalf, at his request, regarding any complaint before the commission. Permits certified employee organizations to initiate actions on behalf of their members. Provides that, in addition to this grievance procedure, law enforcement officers may institute a civil action for redress of the grievances.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Deducts from the gross tonnage of every vessel of the United States that space occupied by machinery used exclusively to separate, clarify, or purify a ship's own slop oil mixture or tank-cleaning residue or other waste materials, or tanks used exclusively for the carriage of such slop oil mixture, tank-cleaning residue or other waste materials, including sewage, and space occupied by any tank or tanks used exclusively for the carriage of such slop oil mixture, tank-cleaning residue or other waste materials, but not to exceed a maximum space deduction established by regulation. Provides that the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall issue regulations to define the slop oil mixtures, cleaning residue, and waste materials, establish the maximum deductions which may be made, and define the manner in which the spaces shall be used and marked.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Prohibits the transportation of contraband cigarettes in interstate commerce. Defines contraband cigarettes as a quantity in excess of twenty thousand cigarettes, bearing no evidence of the payment of applicable state cigarette taxes, in the possession of unauthorized carriers. Provides for the swizure and fordeiture of cigarettes transported and vehicles used for such transportation in violation of State laws. Provides for a penalty of a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, for anyone biolating this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Foreign Trade and Investment Act - Declares the purpose of the Act to insure that the production of goods which have historically been produced in the United States is continued and maintained, to encourage the return of production of goods that has been transferred abroad, and to encourage the development of new product production in the United States. Title I : - Provides that if a foreign corporation is a controlled foreign corporation for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more during any taxable year, every United States shareholder of such corporation who owns stock in such corporation on the last day in such year on which such corporation is a controlled foreign corporation shall include in its gross income, for the taxable year on which the corporation ends, its pro rata share of the corporations' earnings and profits for such year. Defines the pro rata share of the stockholder and the earnings and incomes of such corporations. Provides that the earnings and profits of a foreign corporation attributable to amounts which are, or have been, included in the gross income of a United States shareholder shall not, when distributed to such shareholder or to a trust of which such shareholder is a beneficiary, be again included in the gross income of such United States shareholder or trust. Provides that, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, the basis of a United States shareholder's stock in a controlled foreign corporation shall be increased by the amount required to be included in its gross income with respect to such stock, but only to the extent to which such amount was included in the gross income of such United States shareholder. Authorizes the Secretary or his delegate to require by regulation that each person who is or has been a United States shareholder of a foreign corporation to maintain such records as may be prescribed. Repeals the foreign tax credit allowed corporations. Requires the Treasury Department, by December 31, 1974, to submit to Congress a report on the administration of the income tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code as it applies to business activities carried on outside the United States by United States corporations. Title II: United States Foreign Trade and Investment Commission - Provides that the United States Foreign Trade and Investment Commission shall be composed of three commissioners to be appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. Prescribes the qualifications for the Commissioners. Title III: Quantitative Restraints on Imports - Limits the total quantity of each category of goods produced in a foreign country which may be entered during the calendar year 1974 to the average annual quantity determined by the Commission to have entered during the calendar years 1965 to 1969. Limits the total quantity of such goods which may be entered during any calendar year after 1974 to the total determined as above plus the increase estimated by the Commission to be necessary to make the total quantity of imports in each category bear the same relationship to United States production of goods in such category as existed during the period 1965-1969. Authorizes the President to make bilateral or multilateral arrangements for regulating the quantity of articles produced in such foreign countries which may be imported into the United States. Title IV: Amendments to the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Acts - Provides that whenever a class or kind of foreign merchandise is being sold in the United States at less than its fair value and an industry in the United States is being hurt or prevented from being established by reason of the importation of such merchandise, there shall be levied in addition to other duties a special dumping duty in an amount equal to the difference between the purchase price or the exporter's sales price and the foreign market value. Authorizes an additional duty where any country pays a bounty for the production of any goods and those goods are then imported into the United States, the duty to be equal to the bounty. Title V: Amendments to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 - Adjustment Assistance - Provides for the presentation, consideration, and disposition of petitions for tariff adjustments. Title VI: Foreign Investment and Technology Export Controls - Authorizes the President to prohibit any person within the jurisdiction of the United States from engaging in any transaction involving a direct or indirect transfer of capital to or within any foreign country or to any national thereof when in the judgment of the President the transfer would result in the net decrease in employment in the United States. Imposes a fine of not more than $100,000 and imprisonment of not more than one year for each violation. Title VII: Other Foreign Trade Provisions - Requires the Export-Import Bank of Washington to submit to Congress semi-annually a complete report of its operations. Requires that all goods having foreign made components be clearly marked, indicating the origin of such foreign made components.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Includes, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) and title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, qualified drugs prescribed or certified by a physician and approved by a Formulary Committee within an individual's medical insurance coverage. Provides that the amount payable for qualified drugs furnished an individual pursuant to any one prescription or certification and purchased by such individual at any one time shall be reduced by an amount equal to the applicable prescription copayment. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall each year, beginning in 1975, determine and promulgate the drug copayment which shall be applicable for the purposes of this Act during the succeeding calendar year. Provides that payment may be made under this Act for qualified drugs only when such drugs are dispensed by a licensed pharmacy which is a provider of services for purposes of the Act. Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Formulary Committee. Provides that the Committee shall compile, publish, make available, and periodically revise a Formulary of the United States. Provides that the Formulary shall alphabetacally arrange a listing, by established name, of those drugs and biologicals that shall be deemed qualified drugs for purposes of the benefits provided under this Act. Provides that the Committee, prior to making a final determination to remove from the listing in the Formulary any drug which would otherwise be included therein, shall afford a reasonable opportunity for a hearing on the matter to any person engaged in manufacturing, preparing, propagating, compounding, or processing the product who shows reasonable grounds for such a hearing. Provides that any person adversely affected by the final decision of the Committee may obtain judicial review thereof in accordance with the procedures specified in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides standards for determining the maximum allowable cost for qualified drugs. Defines the term "qualified drug". Defines the term "licensed pharmacy" as a pharmacy, or other establishment providing community pharmaceutical services, which is licensed as such under the law of the State in which such drug is provided or otherwise dispensed in accordance with title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Increases to $750 in all cases the amount of the lump-sum death payment under title II (Old-Age, Survivor's, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that gross income does not include any amounts received by an individual in the taxable year as a pension, annuity, or other benefit under a public retirement system, or any amounts received by an individual who is age 65 or over as a pension, annuity, or other retirement benefit under any other retirement plan, program, or system, to the extent that the aggregate of such amounts does not exceed $5,000.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for all medical expenses (including medicine and drugs) paid during the taxable year, and not compenstated for by insurance or otherwise, for the care of any dependent who is the mother or father of the taxpayer or of his spouse, and has attained the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year. Allows a tax deduction for all medical expenses (including medicine and drugs) of the taxpayer and his spouse, if either has attained the age of 65 before the close of the taxable year. States that the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to taxable years ending after the date of enactment of this Act.