United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1974
Travel Expense Amendments Act - Expands the definition of "employee," for purposes of travel, subsistance and mileage allowances, to include individuals performing services for the Government. Makes the per diem travel allowance $35 for travel inside the Continental United States and directs the Administrator of General Services to set the per diem allowance by locality for travel outside the Continental United States. Increases other travel and mileage allowances.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1974
Redesignates the National Historical Publications Commission as the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Increases the membership of such Commission, and increases the authorization of appropriations for such Commission to $4,000,000 for fiscal years 1975 through 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act - Establishes in the executive branch of the Government an agency to be known as the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. Directs the Administrator of such Office to provide overall guidance and direction of procurement policy, and to the extent he considers appropriate, to prescribe policies, regulations, procedures, and forms which shall be followed by executive agencies in the area of procurement. States that the functions of the Administrator shall include the following: (1) establishing a system of coordinated uniform procurement regulations for executive agencies; (2) establishing criteria and procedures for an effective method of soliciting the viewpoints of interested parties in the development of procurement policies; (3) monitoring and revising policies, regulations, procedures, and forms concerning reliance on the private sector to provide needed property and services; (4) promoting and conducting research in procurement policies, regulations, procedures, and forms; (5) establishing a system for collecting and developing procurement data; and (6) recommending programs for recruitment, training, development, and performance evaluation of procurement personnel. Directs the Administrator to submit a report to Congress annually, and at such other times as he deems desirable, with appropriate legislative recommendations. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism in the Middle East; (2) the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to (a) call upon all governments to condemn this inhuman act of violence against innocent victims; and (b) strongly urge the governments who harbor these groups and individuals to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terrorism and senseless violence; and (3) the President should request the American Ambassador to the United Nations to take appropriate action before that body in order to have introduced a Security Council resolution condemning this brutal act of violence.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
Continues the present federally subsidized flood insurance program, under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, in any locality where construction of an adequate flood protection system has begun. Repeals the provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 which require flood insurance in specified instances before Federal financial assistance can be provided.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
States that the House of Representatives salutes Henry Aaron as an "All-American Good Guy" and extends to him the congratulations, esteem, and affection of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
States that in implementing any proposed program for the establishment of Agricultural Service Centers in any State, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide for the establishment of such a center in each county of such State if, on the date of enactment of this Act, one or more local field offices of the Department of Agriculture were located within such county. Authorizes the Secretary to provide, in the Agricultural Service Center, as many services of the Department of Agriculture (applicable to such county) as practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
Foreign Investment Study Act - Requires the President to conduct a study of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States and to: (1) compare foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment activities in the United States with investment activities of American investors abroad, and compare the impact of such foreign activities in the United States with the impact of investment activities of Americans abroad; (2) determine the impact of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on United States national security, energy resources, balance of payments and trade, agriculture (and other real estate), and international economic position; (3) determine the effect of foreign direct and foreign portfolio investment in the United States on levels of employment and personnel practices in the United States; and (4) evaluate the costs and benefits and determine the various international implications of alternate policy choices available to the United States regarding foreign investment in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Consumer Protection Act - Establishes as an independent agency within the executive branch of the Government the Consumer Protection Agency. States that the Agency shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Administrator to transmit to the Congress and the President in January of each year a report which shall include a comprehensive statement of the activities and accomplishments of the Agency during the preceding calendar year including a summary of consumer complaints received and actions taken thereon and such recommendations for additional legislation as he may determine to be necessary or desirable to protect the interests of consumers within the United States. Directs the Agency, in the performance of its functions, to advise the Congress and the President as to matters affecting the interests of consumers; and to protect and promote the interests of the people of the United States as consumers of goods and services made available to them through the trade and commerce of the United States. States that the functions of the Agency shall be to: (1) represent the interests of consumers before Federal agencies and courts to the extent authorized by this Act; (2) encourage and support research, studies, and testing leading to a better understanding of consumer products and improved products, services, and consumer information; and (3) submit recommendations annually to the Congress and the President on measures to improve the operation of the Federal Government in the protection and promotion of the interests of consumers. Directs the Agency to receive, evaluate, develop, act on, and transmit complaints to the appropriate Federal or non-Federal entities concerning actions or practices which may be detrimental to the interests of consumers. Requires the Agency to maintain a public document room containing an up-to-date listing of all signed consumer complaints of any significance for public inspection and copying which the Agency has received, arranged in meaningful and useful categories, together with annotations of actions taken by it. Directs the Agency to investigate and report to Congress on the desirability and feasibility of establishing a National Consumer Information Foundation which would administer a voluntary, self-supporting, information tag program. Authorizes the Administrator to propose to any Federal agency, for submission to specified persons, written interrogatories or requests for reports and other related information, within such agency's authority. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be required to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
Provides for the establishment of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac, in Washington, D.C. States that the authorization granted by this resolution shall lapse unless development of the memorial is begun within ten years of the enactment of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973
Energy Reorganization Act - Title I: Energy Research and Development Administration Establishes the Energy Research and Development Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President. Describes the functions of the Administrator as including: (1) exercising central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all energy sources; (2) undertaking research and development in the extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources; (3) participating in and supporting cooperative research and development projects which may involve contributions by public or private persons or agencies, of financial or other resources to the performance of the work; and (4) developing, collecting, distributing, and making available for distribution, scientific and technical information concerning the manufacture or development of energy and its efficient extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization. Transfers to the Administrator all functions of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Chairman and members of the Commission, and the officers and components of the Commission, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and officers and components of such department: (1) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Coal Research; and (2) as relate to or are utilized in connection with fossil fuel energy research and development programs and related activities conducted by the Bureau of Mines. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the National Science Foundations as relate to or are utilized in connection with: (1) solar heating and cooling development; and (2) geothermal power development. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Environmental Protection Agency and the officers and components thereof as relate to or are utilized in connection with the development and demonstration of alternative automotive power systems. Title II: Nuclear Energy Commission - Provides that the Atomic Energy Commission is renamed the Nuclear Energy Commission and shall continue to perform the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Chairman and members of the Commission, the general counsel, and other officers and components of the Commission, which functions, officers, components, and personnel are excepted from the transfer to the Administrator by this Act. Grants the Nuclear Energy Commission licensing authority as to the following facilities of the Administration: (1) demonstration liquid metal fast breeder reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system; (2) other demonstration nuclear reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system, except those in existence, under construction or authorized or appropriated for by the Congress on the date this part becomes effective; or (3) facilities used primarily for the receipt and storage of high level radioactive wastes resulting from activities licensed under such Act. Allows the Nuclear Energy Commission to engage in or contract for research which the Commission deems necessary for the discharge of its licensing and regulatory functions. Title III: Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions - Provides that except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever all of the functions or programs of an agency, or other body, or any component thereof, affected by this Act, have been transferred from that agency, or other body, or component, the agency, or other body, or component shall lapse.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Authorizes the establishment of the Big Thicket National Preserve in the State of Texas. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, but not to exceed $63,812,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and not to exceed $7,000,000 for development.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Presidential Protection Act - States that Federal departments and agencies shall assist the United States Secret Service by: (1) providing, without reimbursement, personnel, equipment, or facilities on a temporary basis for a period not to exceed two weeks at any one location in any one year; (2) providing such facilities, equipment, and services as are required by the United States Secret Service to secure no more than one property not in Government ownership or control, such property having been designated by a President, President-elect, former President, or any other person entitled to protection; and (3) providing such facilities, equipment, and services, as are required by the United States Secret Service to secure any other property not in Government ownership or control to the extent that such expenditures do not cumulatively exceed $5,000 at any one property owned, leased, occupied, or otherwise utilized by persons entitled to protection by the Secret Service. Provides that no payments shall be made pursuant to this Act for services, equipment, or facilities ordered, purchased, leased, or otherwise procured by persons other than officers or employees of the Federal Government duly authorized by the Director of the United States Secret Service to make such procurements. Stipulates that all improvements and other items acquired pursuant to his Act shall remain the property of the Federal Government and shall be removed at the termination of the protective responsibility of the United States Secret Service unless it is economically unfeasible, as determined by the United States Secret Service, to do so. Requires every department and agency, including the Executive Office of the President making expenditures pursuant to this Act shall transmit a detailed report of such expenditures to the Committee on Appropriations and Committees on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on April 30 and September 30 of each year.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Requires, under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the advice and consent of the Senate for future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Requires, under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the advice and consent of the Senate for future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Declares it to be the sense of the House that the President, acting in accordance with the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength, and under existing authority, should continue to transfer to Israel the Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the attack and to offset the military equipment and supplies furnished to the Arab States by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
States that regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 206 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, be set aside in order to provide equitable funding for all publicly owned sewage treatment works constructed during the period from June 30, 1966, through July 1, 1972, regardless of whether such works received any Federal assistance at the time of construction, were eligible for Federal incentive grants, or were supported in whole or in part by a State matching grant or loan program.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to take such action as may be necessary to provide for the continued operation of the Public Health Service hospitals which are located in Seattle, Washington, Boston, Massachusetts, San Franciso, California, Galveston, Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, Baltimore, Maryland, Staten Island, New York, and Norfolk, Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1973
Requires the advice and consent of the Senate for future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. (Amends 31 U.S.C. 16)
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 · 19 March 1973
Extends to all unmarried individuals the tax treatment of income splitting now utilized by married individuals filing joint returns under the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe and publish tables reflecting the amendments made by this Act which shall apply in lieu of the tables set forth in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to wages paid on or after the first day of the first month which begins more than 20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Requires States to pass along to individuals who are recipients of aid or assistance under the Federal-State public assistance programs or under specified other Federal programs, and who are entitled to social security benefits, the full amount of the 1972 increase in such benefits, either by disregarding it in determining their need for assistance or otherwise. Makes the same requirement with regard to Veterans' benefits and pensions.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Provides that appointments to the Offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate. Declares that the Director and Deputy Director shall be appointed for a term of four years, to coincide with the term of the President, except individuals: (1) first appointed under this Act; and (2) appointed to fill a vacancy. States that nothing contained in this Act shall impair the power of the President to remove the occupants of such offices.
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 · 5 February 1973
States that no person shall be required to disclose any information, or the source thereof, directly received or obtained by him in the process of gathering or the presentation of news or other information solely for public dissemination or distribution unless overwhelming evidence shows that refusal to disclose the information or its source would adversely affect the public safety to a substantial degree.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Extends to July 1, 1974, the time within which assurances of local cooperation must be provided on a portion of the Texas City and vicinity, Texas, flood control project for entitlement to Federal assistance under the Flood Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Provides that appointments to the Offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for such offices shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole vote cast. Provides for a runoff election in any other case.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or any other regulation, no State shall receive a lesser allocation of water pollution control funds in fiscal year 1973 or fiscal year 1974 than it received in fiscal year 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that the following officials shall be appointed alternately by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, the first such appointment to each of these offices being made by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (1) the Public Printer, (2) the Librarian of Congress, (3) the Comptroller General of the United States, (4) the Deputy Comptroller General of the United States, and (5) the Architect of the Capitol.
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