United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Directs the President to use vessels and aircraft of the Coast Guard or of the United States Navy, or of both, in such manner as he deems appropriate to insure the safety of any United States commercial fishing vessel and its crew and equipment while such vessel is carrying out fishing activities in waters recognized by the United States as international waters. Directs the President to provide for the implementation of appropriate air and surface surveillance of those waters recognized by the United States as international waters in which United States commercial fishing vessels have been, or are likely to be, subjected to harassment or seizure by foreign nations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides procedures for redressing grievances of members of the Armed Forces. Prohibits and makes punishable by confinement the following acts when committed by a member of the Armed Forces: the maintenance of unsafe and unsanitary military penal facilities; brutal treatment or cruel and unusal punishment of a prisoner in a military penal facility; brutal treatment of another member of the Armed Forces under color of duty; and denial of constitutional rights to another member of the Armed Forces. Creates a United States Military Justice Commission, to be composed of 11 Presidential appointees and headed by a Chairman, who will be responsible for all administrative operations of the Commission. Establishes the position of Commission General Counsel, who will have final authority with respect to the investigation of complaints. Gives the Commission jurisdiction to determine complaints concerning the offenses listed above, and to adjudge punishment for the violation. Gives the commission the discretion to initiate investigations to determine whether violations have occurred. Prescribes the procedure for filing complaints, for the Commission's action on a complaint, and pretrial and trial procedure. Grants the Commission exclusive jurisdiction over the violations listed above, except for the authority of the United States civil courts to grant writs of habeas corpus. Provides for an annual review and study of the operation of these provisions. Establishes a United States Court of Military Grievances, to consist of 3 judges appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Court will review the record in cases where a Commission sentence affects a general or flag officer; cases decided by the Commission and sent to the Court for review; and cases decided by the Commission on which the Court grants review. Permits the Court to order a rehearing or dismiss the charges.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides that on or after June 30, 1973, no import quota or other nontariff trade restriction shall be imposed by or pursuant to law with respect to the importation into the United States of petroleum and petroleum products. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1862)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides that on or after June 30, 1973, no import quota or other nontariff trade restriction shall be imposed by or pursuant to law with respect to the importation into the United States of petroleum and petroleum products. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1862)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 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 · 7 February 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 · 7 February 1973
Act for Freedom of Emigration in East-West Trade - States that after October 15, 1972, products from any nonmarket economy country shall not be eligible to receive most-favored-nation treatment, such country shall not participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly, and the President of the United States shall not conclude any commercial agreement with any such country during the period beginning with the date on which the President determines that such country: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration, for any purpose or cause whatsoever; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Provides that, before any of the aforementioned commercial agreements are entered into with any foreign country, the President shall submit to the Congress a report indicating that such country is not in violation of any of the requirements of the preceding paragraph.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Authorizes and directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Christopher Columbus and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Provides procedures for redressing grievances of members of the Armed Forces. Prohibits and makes punishable by confinement the following acts when committed by a member of the Armed Forces: the maintenance of unsafe and unsanitary military penal facilities; brutal treatment or cruel and unusal punishment of a prisoner in a military penal facility; brutal treatment of another member of the Armed Forces under color of duty; and denial of constitutional rights to another member of the Armed Forces. Creates a United States Military Justice Commission, to be composed of 11 Presidential appointees and headed by a Chairman, who will be responsible for all administrative operations of the Commission. Establishes the position of Commission General Counsel, who will have final authority with respect to the investigation of complaints. Gives the Commission jurisdiction to determine complaints concerning the offenses listed above, and to adjudge punishment for the violation. Gives the commission the discretion to initiate investigations to determine whether violations have occurred. Prescribes the procedure for filing complaints, for the Commission's action on a complaint, and pretrial and trial procedure. Grants the Commission exclusive jurisdiction over the violations listed above, except for the authority of the United States civil courts to grant writs of habeas corpus. Provides for an annual review and study of the operation of these provisions. Establishes a United States Court of Military Grievances, to consist of 3 judges appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Court will review the record in cases where a Commission sentence affects a general or flag officer; cases decided by the Commission and sent to the Court for review; and cases decided by the Commission on which the Court grants review. Permits the Court to order a rehearing or dismiss the charges.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Authorizes, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, grants to institutions of higher education for the payment to students enrolled in psychology, sociology, or social work in such institutions to encourage their part-time employment and clinical training in hospitals for mental rehabilitation. Authorizes the appropriation of a total of $22,000,000 for the fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Provides for the cancellation of student loans under the student loan provisions of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 for service in mental hospitals and schools for the handicapped. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 425(b)(3)(B))
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 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 · 30 January 1973
Provides that pensions and retirement benefits paid to retired law enforcement officers shall not be subject to income tax under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 123)
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code to tenants of houses or apartments for their proportionate share of the taxes and interest paid by their landlords.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 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 · 24 January 1973
Provides that in computing the income of any person for the purpose of determining eligibility for veterans' pension, if such person is receiving or is entitled to receive Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability benefits under title II of the Social Security Act, there shall be excluded from such computation the amount by which any such benefits are increased as a result of any general statutory increase in such benefits occurring after January 1, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation, in conjunction with "Armed Forces Day", designating the full third week of May as "Lone Defenders Week", and calls upon the people of the United States to observe such a week with appropriate ceremonies and activites.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Makes it a Federal crime to kill or assault a Federal, State, or local fireman or law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties when the offender travels in interstate commerce or uses any facility of interstate commerce for such purpose. Requires the death sentence for killing such individual, and a $10,000 fine, or 10 year imprisonment term, for a felonious assault. Provides for similar penalties for a conspiracy to kill or assault a fireman or law enforcement officer. Specifies that the failure to arrest a suspect within 24 hours of the crime shall create a rebuttable presumption of interstate commerce. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1116)
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Provides for Federal assistance for interscholastic athletic programs in secondary schools associated with community improvement programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and for each succeeding year thereafter for the purpose of grants under this Act. (Amends 20 U.S.C. 887b)
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 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 · 24 January 1973
States that the maximum rentals which may be charged for accomodations in any housing covered by a mortgage insured under any provision of the National Housing Act within any State or political subdivision thereof shall be subject to regulation under the laws of such State or political subdivision. Provides that any authority conferred upon the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to regulate maximum rentals shall not be applicable to housing located within any State or political subdivision thereof which has enacted a law for the purpose of regulating maximum rentals. Requires the Secretary, when acting to regulate maximum rentals, to give notice of his proposed action to each tenant of the housing affected and to hold a hearing to consider objections. Permits judicial review in Federal court for adversely affected tenants.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for transportation to and from work in the case of a disabled individual. Limits such transportation expenses to $650 in 1971; $700 in 1972; and $750 in 1973 and thereafter. Grants an additional tax exemption of $650 for the taxpayer if he is a disabled individual. Grants an additional exemption of $650 for the spouse of a taxpayer if the spouse is a disabled individual.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 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 · 24 January 1973
Establishes a separate non-service-connected disability pension system for veterans age 72 or over of the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, or the Vietnam era. Specifies amounts to be paid to such veterans. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 524)
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Northern Irish Relief Act - Authorizes to be issued twenty-five thousand special immigrant visas to aliens seeking to enter the United States as immigrants. Provides that the spouse and children of any such alien, if accompanying or following to join him, may be issued special immigrant visas notwithstanding such numerical limitation. Requires visas issued under this Act to be issued only to residents of Northern Ireland who are listed on their United Kingdom passport as citizenship British, and who are seeking admission to the United States to avoid the consequences of war, armed conflict or civil disorder, or persecution, whether such persecution is evidenced by overt acts or by laws or governmental regulations that discriminate against such alien, or any group to which he belongs, because of his religious faith, political convictions, ethnic or cultural associations, or economic position.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Noise Disclosure Act - Forbids manufacturers to transport in, sell in, or introduce in interstate commerce or to import any new machinery unless disclosure of such machine's operational noise level is made or such machinery is exempted. Permits the Administrator to prescribe regulations exempting machinery whose operational noise level is negligible; which is incorporated in machinery already subject to disclosure; and which is newly imported and disclosure will be made prior to sale. Requires any new machinery to which is not exempted to have permanently affixed to the outside thereof a plate or label which discloses the operational noise level of such machinery; and to have affixed to any container in which it is sold a label disclosing such noise level. Requires the Administrator to prescribe regulations establishing standard procedures for measuring the operational noise level of each class of machinery. Permits reasonable inspection of the areas of a factory of or warehouse where the operational noise level of machinery is measured. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of this Act. Permits any person to commence a civil action against an alleged violation of this Act or against the Administrator for failure to perform any act or duty.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Correctional Manpower and Employment Act - Title I: Grants to Correctional Agencies for the Training and Employment of Offenders and the Improvement of Correctional Personnel - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants to any correctional agency to establish programs to improve the manpower training and employment opportunities of offenders and to improve the effectiveness of correctional personnel. Provides that such programs shall include: (1) diversified manpower training and employment programs for offenders in any form of correctional institution and prerelease and other work programs outside the institution; (2) programs to train offenders in finding employment; (3) programs for the provision of halfway houses for work releases; (4) programs for recruitment and training for correctional personnel; and (5) programs to improve the effectiveness and morale of correctional personnel. Title II: Grants to Public or Private Agencies for the Training and Employment of Offenders and Ex-Offenders - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any public or nonprofit private department, agency, or organization to establish manpower training and employment programs for offenders and ex-offenders, and programs to improve the effectiveness of correctional personnel. Provides that such programs shall include: (1) training programs to provide training for offenders in areas in which they could find employment upon release; (2) work release programs; (3) recruiting and training programs for professional and paraprofessional personnel; (4) programs to train ex-offenders in finding employment; and (5) programs of independent evaluation of the various programs under this title. Title III: Federal Programs for the Training and Employment of Offenders and Ex-Offenders and the Improvement of Correctional Personnel - Authorizes the Secretary to conduct model or demonstration programs which make a special contribution to the development of methods, techniques, or programs designed to facilitate the training and employment of offenders and their reintegration into the community and to improve the effectiveness of correctional personnel. Provides that such programs shall include: (1) probation services or demonstration projects; (2) State employment service demonstration projects; (3) ex-offender placement assistance demonstration projects; and (4) employment of offenders in Federal assistance programs. Title IV: Administration - Provides that any correctional agency or any other public or private agency desiring to receive financial assistance under titles I or II of this Act shall submit an application to the Secretary. Specifies information to be included in such application. Provides a formula for the allocation of funds under this Act. Provides that priority in funding for programs under this Act shall be given to those programs which are most likely to be effective in meeting their specified goals. Requires coordination and cooperation with other Federal agencies to avoid program duplication and to assure the combining of resources and maximum coordination and joint planning between programs conducted or assisted under this Act and other programs administered by such agencies. Title V: Additional Incentive for Employers of Offenders and Ex-Offenders - Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, a tax credit with respect to the wages paid employees certified by the Secretary of Labor as being or having been a prisoner and as having successfully completed training under this Act. Title VI: National Corrections Manpower Center - Establishes a National Corrections Manpower Center under the general Supervision of the Director of the Federall Bureau of Prisons in order to improve the effectiveness of corrections personnel in correctional institutions. Title VII: Studies and Reports - Provides that the Secretary shall conduct a continuing evaluation designed to measure the effect of programs under this Act, and shall submit to the President and Congress annually a detailed report setting forth the results of the evaluation. Provides that the Secretary shall conduct a nationwide study and publish the results thereof on State laws which result in statutory impediments to employment, offenders' ability to find job upon release, and the resultant effect on recidivism rates. Provides that the Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission shall report to the President and Congress no later than one year from the date of the enactment of this Act on the extent to which and the manner in which employment opportunities for offenders may be increased in the Federal Service. Title VIII: Appropriations - Autorizes to be appropriated for carrying out the purposes of this Act $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the next three fiscal years.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 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 · 24 January 1973
Local Governmental Approval Act - Requires local governmental approval of low-income housing, apartment, or cooperative apartment developments under the National Housing Act before any Federal assistance payments are made. Provides that any unit of local government may waive its right of approval under this Act or may elect to delegate its approval function to one of its agencies. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 1715-2, 17152-1)
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Provides that Paget's disease developing a 10 percent or more degree of disability within five years after separation from active service during a period of war shall be presumed to be a service-connected disability for entitlement to veterans' wartime compensation. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 312 (a))
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Postal Reorganization Act Amendments - Provides that postal officers and employees are exempted from the requirement that Federal employees sign an affidavit affirming that they do not advocate the overthrow of any constitutional form of government or assert the right to strike against the Government. Repeals the mandatory arbitration provisions previously applicable to postal employees. Makes employee-management relations in the Postal Service subject to the National Labor Relations Act. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 410).
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Public Safety Officers Benefits Act - Provides, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, that in any case in which the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration determines that a public safety officer employed by a public agency as a law enforcement officer or a fireman has died as a result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty, leaving a spouse or one or more eligible dependents, the Administration shall pay a gratuity of $50,000 to such spouse or eligible dependents, or to the parents of such officer if he is not survived by a spouse or eligible dependents. Provides that to be eligible under this Act such officer must have been, at the time of his injury: (1) engaged in the apprehension or attempted apprehension of any person for the commission of a crime or who was sought as a material witness in a criminal proceeding; (2) protecting such a person; (3) engaged in the lawful prevention of, or lawful attempt to prevent, the commission of a crime; or (4) engaged as a fireman in the protection of life or property from fire.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 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 insitutions 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 · 24 January 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code equal to fifty percent of any amount paid during the taxable year for the purchase or installation of any marine sanitation device which complies with the regulations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Makes this deduction applicable only to amounts paid after the date of enactment, or after the date on which the Federal Water Pollution Control Act's regulations are promulgated, whichever is later. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 219)
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Authorizes necessary funds for fiscal year 1974 to hire senior citizens (65 years of age or older) as price control wardens to enforce price and wage control regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Provides that any amount paid during the taxable year by the taxpayer as tuition for the private elementary or secondary education of a handicapped dependent shall be treated, under the Internal Revenue Code, as an amount paid for the medical care of such dependent if such education is recommended by a physician or other qualified practitioner in the field of working with the handicapped. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 213(g))
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Provides procedures for redressing grievances of members of the Armed Forces. Prohibits and makes punishable by confinement the following acts when committed by a member of the Armed Forces: the maintenance of unsafe and unsanitary military penal facilities; brutal treatment or cruel and unusal punishment of a prisoner in a military penal facility; brutal treatment of another member of the Armed Forces under color of duty; and denial of constitutional rights to another member of the Armed Forces. Creates a United States Military Justice Commission, to be composed of 11 Presidential appointees and headed by a Chairman, who will be responsible for all administrative operations of the Commission. Establishes the position of Commission General Counsel, who will have final authority with respect to the investigation of complaints. Gives the Commission jurisdiction to determine complaints concerning the offenses listed above, and to adjudge punishment for the violation. Gives the commission the discretion to initiate investigations to determine whether violations have occurred. Prescribes the procedure for filing complaints, for the Commission's action on a complaint, and pretrial and trial procedure. Grants the Commission exclusive jurisdiction over the violations listed above, except for the authority of the United States civil courts to grant writs of habeas corpus. Provides for an annual review and study of the operation of these provisions. Establishes a United States Court of Military Grievances, to consist of 3 judges appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Court will review the record in cases where a Commission sentence affects a general or flag officer; cases decided by the Commission and sent to the Court for review; and cases decided by the Commission on which the Court grants review. Permits the Court to order a rehearing or dismiss the charges.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Public and Private Education Assistance Act - Title I: Payments to States for Public Elementary and Secondary Education - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to make available to the States funds from the Public Education Trust Fund established by this Act for the use by the States for expenditures to equalize public education within each State. Designates the Secretary as the trustee of the Public Education Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations for deposit in the Fund of $2,250,000,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, and $2,250,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress annually on the operation and status of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year. Provides for standards which the States must establish in order to qualify for payments under this title. Provides that no person in the United States shall on the ground of race, color, national origin, or sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this title. Title II: Credit Against the Individual Income Tax for Tuition Paid for the Elementary or Secondary Education of Dependents - Allows as a credit under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the amount paid by an individual to any private non-profit elementary or secondary school during the taxable year for a dependent's education according to the following limitations: (1) 100 percent of such tuition, or (2) $200, whichever is the lesser. Defines the terms used in this title. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Authorizes the Attorney General of the United States to delegate to any common carrier by railroad, or any employee thereof, any function relating to the detection and apprehension of any person committing an offense against the United States under specified Federal laws affecting railroads and property moving by railroad in interstate or foreign commerce. Limits such authority to offenses committed on the common carrier's property or against property moving in interstate or foreign commerce in the possession of such common carrier.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Noise Abatement and Control Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish within the Agency an Office of Noise Abatement and Control, pursuant to the Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1970. Directs the Office to coordinate the efforts of the Federal Government that relate to noise control, abatement, and prevention. Requires all instrumentalities, agencies, and departments of the Federal Government to furnish the Office with such information as it may require to this end. Directs each such entity of the Federal Government to carry out the program within its control in accordance with the purposes of this Act. Prescribes that, in any case where a level of Federal Government is carrying out or sponsoring an activity resulting in noise which the head of the office determines amounts to a public nuisance or is otherwise objectionable, such Federal entity must consult with the head of the Office to determine possible means of abating the offending noise. Requires the Office to compile and publish a regular report as to the efforts and activities of the Federal Government and its instrumentalities, agencies, and departments in regard to noise. Directs the Office to submit to the Congress, in July of each year, a report concerning its activities. Authorizes the Office to make grants to States, counties, municipalities, and regional governmental bodies, commissions, and councils for the purposes of developing, establishing, and carrying out programs of noise control and for research into the causes and effects of noise and new techniques of controlling, preventing, and abating noise. Authorizes to be appropriated for these grants $5 million for fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; $10 million for fiscal year 1974; $15 million for fiscal year 1975; $20 million for fiscal year 1976; and $25 million for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes the head of the Office to make grants to any public or nonprofit private agency, organization, or institution, or engage by contract the services of any such agency, organization, institution, or of any individual to conduct research into noise pollution; to provide training of professional and technical personnel in noise control techniques, methods, and approaches; and to establish and conduct demonstration projects relating to noise control. Authorizes to be appropriated for these grants $5 million for fiscal year 1973; $7 million for fiscal year 1974; $10 million for fiscal year 1975; $12 million for fiscal year 1976 and fiscal year 1977. Establishes, for the purpose of advising the head of the Office on matters bearing on his responsibilities under this title, a Noise Control Advisory Council of nine individuals skilled in fields relating to the matters to be considered by the Office. Requires the Council, once each fiscal year, to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the Congress a report containing full and complete information on its work. Directs the Office of Noise Abatement and Control to prescribe standards for any machine, or class of machinery, which he determines contributes to, or may contribute to, noise which endangers, or contributes to endangering, the public health and welfare, and sets forth enforcement powers. Authorizes suits by private citizens or groups against the noise polluter and the head of the Office, if the head of the Office fails to take action against a violator within 60 days. Provides that such suits may be brought without regard to the amount in controversy or citizenship of the parties.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Employee Benefit Security Act - Declares it to be the policy of this Act to protect interstate commerce and the interests of participants in employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries, by requiring the disclosure and reporting to participants and beneficiaries of financial and other information with respect thereto, by establishing standards of fiduciary conduct, responsibility, and obligation upon all persons who exercise any powers of control, management, or disposition with respect to employee benefit funds or have authority or responsibility to do so, or have authority or responsibility in the administration of employee benefit plans, and by providing for appropriate remedies, sanctions, and ready access to the Federal courts. Title I: Fiduciary Responsibility and Disclosure - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee benefit plan if it is established or maintained by any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, or by any industry or activity affecting commerce. participate, or both. Provides that the administrator of an employee benefit plan shall cause to be published in accordance with this Act to each participant or beneficiary covered thereunder a description of the plan and an annual financial report. States that such description shall be published within ninety days after such plan is established and shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average plan participant. Provides that an annual report shall be published with respect to any employee benefit plan to which this title applies. Sets forth the information that shall be contained in such report. Provides that the administrator of any employee benefit plan subject to this Act shall file with the Secretary of Labor a copy of the plan description and each annual report. States that the Secretary may reject any such filing after notice, hearing, and determination by the Secretary that such filing is incomplete for the purpose of this title. Sets forth criminal penalties for intentional violations of this title. Provides that civil actions may be brought under this title by a participant or beneficiary: (1) for personal liability to such participant or beneficiary for failure to provide information required under this Act; or (2) to recover benefits due him under the terms of his plan or to clarify his rights to future benefits. Authorizes such actions by: (1) the Secretary, or by a participant, beneficiary or fiduciary, for appropriate relief under the fiduciary responsibility provisions of this Act; or (2) by the Secretary to enjoin any act or practice which appears to him to violate any provision of this title. Provides that the contents of the descriptions and regular annual reports filed with the Secretary pursuant to this title shall be public information. Provides for the bonding of persons who have fiduciary responsibilities under this title and of persons who handle funds or other property of an employee benefit plan. Sets forth the fiduciary responsibilities of the administrators of plans covered by this Act. Establishes an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to advise the Secretary with respect to the carrying out of his functions under this title. Title II: Vesting - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee pension benefit plan if it is established or maintained by an employer 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; or 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. Excludes from the coverage of this title any employee pension benefit plan if: it is administered by the Federal Government or by an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government; it is established and maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of persons who are not citizens of the United States; or it provides contributions or benefits for a sole proprietor or, in the case of a partnership, a partner who owns more than 10 percent of either the capital interest or the profits interest in such partnership. Specifies that no pension plan subject to this title may provide as a condition of eligibility a period of service longer than 2 years or age higher than 30 years. Establishes certain nonforfeitable rights on the part of employees to receive benefits. Stipulates that in computing the period of service under a plan, the employee's entire service with the contributing employer must be considered, except in specified instances. Allows the Secretary to require a certificate of approval with respect to the vesting provisions of any pension plan. Title III: Funding - Provides that this title applies to the same employee benefit pension plans as does title II and excludes from coverage, in addition to those plans excluded under title II, any plan which has a fixed contribution rate and does not provide an amount expected to be paid as a fixed benefit and any plan which is a profit-sharing plan providing benefits at or after retirement. Requires pension plans subject to this title to provide for contributions to the plan in amounts necessary to meet an amount equal to the normal cost since inception of the plan plus interest on any unfunded past service costs and to maintain a minimum ratio of assets to vested liabilities according to a certain schedule. Requires the administrator of a plan to, at certain intervals, file with the Secretary a statement 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 required funding ratio; 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 fall below amounts necessary to meet the normal cost of the plan plus interest on past costs, the Secretary shall require by order, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the administrator take necessary steps to guarantee that the rights of each participant to benefits or to the amounts credited to his account are nonforfeitable in the event of the participant's termination. Provides that when a plan's ratio of assets to vested liabilities falls below the funding ratio required, the plan's vested liabilities shall not be increased by an amendment until the plan's required ratio is attained. Specifies that when a plan's ratio of assets to vested liabilities falls below the required ratio for 5 consecutive years, the Secretary shall require that the administrator take steps to suspend further accumulation of vested liabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 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 January 1973
Makes it the sense of the House of Representatives of the United States of America that the Irish people ought to be permitted to exercise the right of national self-determination thus returning the disputed six counties to the Irish Republic, unless a clear majority of all the people of Ireland, in a free and open plebiscite, determine to the contrary.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
States the recognition by the Congress of the following general and special rights of the mentally retarded: (1) the mentally retarded person has the same basic rights as other citizens of the same State ; (2) the mentally retarded person has a right to proper medical care and physical restoration and to such education, training, habilitation, and guidance as will enable him to develop his ability and potential to the fullest possible extent, no matter how severe his degree of disability, and that no mentally handicapped person should be deprived of such services by reason of costs involved; (3) the mentally retarded person has a right to economic security and to a decent standard of living; (4) the mentally retarded person has a right to live with his own family or with foster parents, to participate in all aspects of community life, and to be provided with appropriate leisure time activities; (5) the mentally retarded person has a right to a qualified guardian when this is required to protect his personal well-being and interest; and (6) the mentally retarded person has a right to protection from exploitation, abuse, and degrading treatment and the procedure used for modification or denial of rights must contain proper legal safeguards against every form of abuse, must be based on an evaluation of the social capability of the mentally retarded person by qualified experts, and must be subject to periodic reviews and to the right of appeal to higher authorities.
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