United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Prohibits the interstate shipment of dogs trained for or intended to be used in dogfights for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment. Specifies punishments for persons involved in such commerce and for promoters of and participants in activities which include such dogfights if any one of the dogs involved had been moved in such commerce. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 48)
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1974
Prohibits the interstate shipment of dogs trained for or intended to be used in dog fights for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment. Specifies punishments for persons involved in such commerce and for promoters of and participants in activities which include such dog fights if at least one of the dogs involved had been moved in such commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1974
Increases the income limitations relating to the payment of veterans' pension and dependency and indemnity compensation. Provides for supplemental pension payments to specified veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1974
Consumer Product Warranties-Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act - Title I: Consumer Product Warranties - Provides that any supplier warranting a consumer product to a consumer in writing shall fully and conspicuously disclose in simple and readily understood language the terms and conditions of such warranty pursuant to any rules issued by the Federal Trade Commission. States that the Commission shall prescribe rules requiring that the terms of any warranty on a consumer product be made available to the consumer (or prospective consumer) prior to the sale of the product to him. Allows the Commission to prescribe rules for determining the manner and form in which information with respect to any written warranty of a consumer product shall be clearly and conspicuously presented or displayed so as not to mislead the reasonable, average consumer, when such information is contained in advertising, labeling, point-of-sale material, or other representations in writing. States that no warrantor of a consumer product may condition his warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than a service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade, or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the Commission if: (1) the warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the product or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product; and (2) the Commission finds that the waiver is in the public interest. Enumerates Federal minimum standards for consumer product warranties. States that a written warranty incorporating the minimum Federal standards specified in this Act shall be conspicuously designated a "full" warranty, while a written warranty not incorporating Federal minimum standards shall be conspicuously designated a "limited" warranty. Provides that no supplier may disclaim or modify any implied warranty to a consumer with respect to a consumer product if: (1) such supplier makes any express warranty in writing to the consumer with respect to such consumer product; or (2) at the time of sale, or within ninety days thereafter, such supplier enters into a service contract with the consumer which applies to such consumer product. States that it is the policy of the Congress to encourage warrantors to establish procedures whereby consumer disputes are fairly and expeditiously settled through informal dispute settlement mechanisms. States that no claim shall be cognizable in a suit brought by a consumer damaged by the failure of a supplier to comply with any obligation under this title: (1) unless each individual claim exceeds the sum or value of $25; (2) unless the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $50,000 (exclusive of interests and costs) computed on the basis of all claims to be determined in this suit; and (3) if the action is brought as a class action, unless the number of named plaintiffs equals or exceeds one hundred. Title II: Federal Trade Commission Improvements - Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to make rules defining with specificity acts or practices which are unfair or deceptive and which are within the scope of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to conduct investigations of persons and partnerships, as well as corportions. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Federal Trade Commission to carry out its functions, powers, and duties specified amounts for fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project's activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1974
Fiscal Integrity Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that allowing the continuation of policies which lessen the fiscal integrity of the Government is detrimental to the general welfare of the people and ought, therefore, to be ended. Title I: Revenue and Budget Outlays Control - Establishes for each fiscal year a revenue and budget outlays limit for the Government. States that no appropriation shall be made for any fiscal year by the Congress in excess of the revenue and budget outlays limit for such fiscal year. Provides that if the revenue of the Government exceeds the limit established, the excess shall be used for the payment of the public debt of the Government. States that the revenue and budget outlays limit shall be derived by multiplying the estimated aggregate national income for such fiscal year by the Federal revenue factor. Defines "Federal revenue factor". Title II: Monetary Supply Control - Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to insure that any rate of increase in the amount of currency in circulation and demand deposits is not greater than 1 1/4 percent per quarter fiscal year. Title III: Fiscal Disclosure - States that a bill or joint resolution introduced in either House of Congress or received by it from the other House shall be printed only when there appears at the bottom of the first page a fiscal note. Requires such fiscal note to state the amounts estimated to be the direct and indirect costs likely to be incurred or the direct and indirect savings likely to be achieved in carrying out the provisions of such bill or joint resolution in the fiscal year in which it is introduced or received and in each of the five fiscal years following such fiscal year, or for the authorized duration of any program authorized by such bill or joint resolution if less than five years, except that in the case of measures affecting revenue, the fiscal note shall state only the estimate of change in revenues for a one-year period. States that a copy of each such bill or joint resolution shall be transmitted immediately to the instrumentality of Government which will carry out its provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1974
Franchise Act - Sets forth the findings of Congress and the definitions of terms used in this Act. States that the Securities and Exchange Commission may, by its rules and regulations, exempt from the disclosure requirements of this Act any franchise where the Commission finds such exemption is necessary and appropriate. Enumerates what actions shall constitute unfair practices. States that any contract or agreement for the purpose of a franchise covered by this Act shall be voidable at the option of the franchisee, providing specified conditions are met. Provides that, with specified exceptions, the effective date of a disclosure statement shall be the twentieth day after the filing or such earlier date as the Commission may determine having due regard to the public interest and the protection of prospective franchisees. Requires that a disclosure statement contain such information as the Commission may require as being necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of prospective franchisees, including: (1) the name of the franchisor, the trade name(s) or trademark(s) under which he intends or is doing business, and the name of any parent or affiliated company that will engage in transactions with franchisees; (2) the name of the State under which the franchisor is organized and the location of the principal place of business; (3) the names and addresses, educational and business background, and biographical data, stated individually, of the directors, the chief executive, the financial accounting, principal executive officer, all partners, and of the franchisor; and (4) other enumerated statements relating to the franchise and attendant interests. Specifies the procedures for applications for registration, registration renewal statements and amendments thereto. Authorizes the Commission to promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to implement and interpret this Act. Sets forth civil liabilities for violations of this Act and other remedies available for violations of specified provisions. Provides for the jurisdiction of offenses and suits under this Act. Provides that the fact that a disclosure statement has been filed or is in effect shall not be deemed a finding by the Commission that such statement is in any way true and accurate in substance or on its face, or be held to mean that the Commission has in any way passed upon the merits or given approval to such franchise. States that any condition, stipulation, or provision binding any person acquiring any franchise to waive compliance with any provision of this Act or the rules and regulations prescribed thereunder shall be without effect and void.
United States · United States Congress · 3 July 1974
National No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act - Title I: General Provisions - States that every owner of a motor vehicle which is registered in a State in which a State no-fault plan for motor vehicle insurance in accordance with this Act is in effect, or which is operated in such State by the owner or with his permission, shall continuously provide security covering such motor vehicle while such vehicle is either present or registered in such State. Requires the commissioner of insurance for each State to establish and implement or approve and supervise a plan assuring that any required no-fault benefits and tort liability coverages for motor vehicles will be conveniently and expeditiously available, subject only to payment or provisions for payment of the premium, to each individual who cannot conveniently obtain insurance through ordinary methods at rates not in excess of those applicable to similarly situated individuals under the plan. Requires that all insurers writing no-fault benefits and tort liability coverages in a State shall participate in the plan in such State. States that, subject to the supervision and approval of the commissioner, insurers may consult and agree with each other and with other appropriate persons as to the organization, administration, and operation of the plan and as to rates and rate modifications for insurance coverages provided under the plan. Requires that every contract of insurance providing security covering a motor vehicle which is not one of five or more motor vehicles under common ownership insured under a single insuring agreement, may not be canceled, modified, or otherwise terminated by the insurer nor may the insurer fail to renew except at specified dates or intervals which may not be less than 6 months after the inception of coverage or thereafter less than 6 months apart unless the commissioner so provides. Provides that, subject to the supervision and approval of the commissioner, the plan shall afford required coverages for motor vehicles to any economically disadvantaged individual, at rates as determined by the State, which shall not be so great as to deny such individual access to insurance which it is necessary for him to have in order to earn income and to be or remain gainfully employed. Sets forth restrictions on termination of no-fault insurance. Provides that no-fault benefits are payable monthly as loss accrues; and that loss accrues not when injury occurs, but as allowable expense, work loss, replacement services loss, or survivor's loss is sustained. States that, except as otherwise provided in this Act, no-fault benefits shall not be denied or terminated because the victim executed a release or other settlement agreement. Allows, if no-fault benefits have not been paid for loss arising otherwise than from death, the commencement of action therefor not later than 2 years after the victim suffers the loss and either knows, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have known, that the loss was caused by the accident, or not later than 4 years after the accident, whichever is earlier. Permits restoration obligors providing basic restoration insurance in a State to organize and maintain, subject to approval and regulation by the commissioner, an assigned claims bureau and an assigned claims plan and adopt rules for their operation and for assessment of costs on a fair and equitable basis consistent with this Act. Provides that the assignee thereafter has rights and obligations as if he had issued a policy of basic restoration insurance complying with this Act applicable to the injury or, in a case involving the financial inability of a restoration obligor to perform its obligations, as if the assignee had written the applicable basic restoration insurance, undertaken the self-insurance, or lawfully obligated itself to pay basic restoration benefits. Directs the commissioners, in accordance with applicable State law, to regulate restoration obligors providing security covering a motor vehicle in his State, including the rates charged for security. Requires commissioners, through the State vocational rehabilitation agency, to establish and maintain a program for the regular and periodic evaluation of medical and vocational rehabilitation services for which reimbursement or payment is sought from a restoration obligor as an item of allowable expense. Authorizes the commissioner to establish and maintain a program for the regular and periodic evaluation of his State's no-fault plan for motor vehicle insurance; and to coordinate with appropriate government agencies the creation and maintenance of an emergency health services system. States that a restoration obligor providing security for the payment of basic restoration benefits shall be obligated to provide, and each contract of insurance for the payment of basic restoration benefits shall be construed to contain, coverage of $50,000 to protect the owner or operator of a motor vehicle from tort liability. Directs a restoration obligor providing security for the payment of basic restoration benefits to pay or otherwise provide such benefits without regard to fault to each individual entitled thereto, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the State no-fault plan for motor vehicle insurance applicable thereto. States that the provisions of this Act shall apply to Federal motor vehicles. Title II: National Standards for State No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Plan - Prohibits State law from preventing establishment of a State no-fault plan pursuant to this Act. Grants the Secretary of Transportation power to approve and to annually review State no-fault plans. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to any State for the purpose of reimbursing such State for any governmental cost increases resulting from the implementation or administration of a no-fault plan for motor vehicle insurance in accordance with this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out his responsibilities under this Act such sums as are necessary, not to exceed $10,000,000. Sets forth how benefits may be limited under no-fault plans. States that tort liability is abolished with respect to any injury that takes place in a State in which a no-fault plan for motor vehicle insurance in accordance with this title is in effect prior to such injury, if such injury arises out of the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, except that an owner of a motor vehicle involved in an accident remains liable if, at the time of the accident, the vehicle was not a secured vehicle. Provides that a person remains liable for damages for noneconomic detriment. Provides that all benefits or advantages that an individual receives, or is entitled to receive, from social security, workmen's compensation, any State-required temporary, nonoccupational disability insurance, and all other benefits received by or available to an individual because of the injury, from any government, shall be subtracted from loss in calculating net loss. Requires insurers providing basic restoration insurance to offer additional restoration coverage, including for physical damage to a motor vehicle, a coverage for all collision and upset damage, subject to an optional deductible of not to exceed $100. Title III: Alternative State No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Plan - Provides for an alternative State no-fault plan similar, with specified exceptions, to the one herein outlined.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1974
Provides, under the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973, for the observance of daylight saving time from the last Sunday in February through the last Sunday in October of each year.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1974
Small Investors Act - Provides that, in the case of a taxpayer other than a corporation, gross income under the Internal Revenue Code does not include an amount representing the excess of the net long-term capital gain for the year over the net short-term capital loss from the sale or exchange of a security or securities, to the extent that such amount does not exceed $1,000. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 124)
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974
Comprehensive Right to Privacy Act - Requires that any organization of Federal, State, or local government maintaining an information system that includes personal information shall: (1) collect, maintain, use, and disseminate only personal information necessary to accomplish a proper purpose of the organization; (2) collect information to the greatest extent possible from the data subject directly; (3) maintain information in the system with accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and pertinence as necessary to assure fairness in determinations relating to a data subject; (4) make no dissemination to another system or any individual other than the data subject without specifying requirements for security and the use of information exclusively for the purpose set forth in the notice required under this Act; (5) maintain a complete and accurate record, including identity purpose, and date, of every access to any personal information in a system by persons or organizations not having regular access authority; and (6) collect no personal information concerning the political or religious beliefs, affiliations, and activities of data subjects maintained by any government agency unless expressly authorized by statute. Prohibits any Federal agency from requiring individuals to disclose for statistical purposes any personal information unless such disclosure is required by a constitutional provision or Act of Congress, and the individual is so informed. Requires any organization maintaining or proposing to establish an information system for personal information to: (1) give notice of the existence and character of each existing system once a year to the Federal Privacy Board; (2) give public notice of the existence and character of each existing system each year; and (3) assure that such public notice specifies the categories of data maintained, and the categories of all information sources, a description of types of use made of information, and the procedures whereby an individual can gain access to such information and contest its accuracy and the necessity for its retention. Requires any organization maintaining personal information to inform an individual asked to supply personal information whether he is legally required, or may refuse, to supply the information requested, and also of any specific consequences, which are known to the organization, of providing or not providing such information. Permits data subjects who dispute information about themselves to have such disputed information noted as being disputed when such information about him is disseminated. Requires, upon request, corrections in information to be sent to past recipients of information. Directs organizations maintaining information to inform, within two years and each year thereafter, individuals on whom data is stored of its content and where a copy of such data may be obtained. Allows the head of a Federal agency maintaining such information to exempt his agency from requirements of this Act in the interest of national defense. Makes it unlawful for any organization to require an individual to disclose or furnish his social security account number, for any purpose in connection with any business transaction unless the disclosure or furnishing of such number is specifically required by Federal law. Establishes the Federal Privacy Board whose five members shall be appointed by the President. Directs the Board to: (1) publish an annual Data Base Directory of the United States containing the name and characteristics of each personal information system covered by this Act; (2) make rules to assure compliance with this Act; (3) upon the determination of a violation of a provision of this Act or regulation promulgated under the Act, and after opportunity for a hearing, order the organization violating such provision to cease and desist such violation; and (4) conduct open, public hearings on all petitions for exceptions or exemptions from provisions, application, or jurisdiction of this Act. States that any individual or organization or responsible officer of an organization who willfully: (1) keeps an information system without having notified the Federal Privacy Board; or (2) issues personal information in violation of this Act; or (3) solicits, uses, or otherwise acquires information in violation of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 in each instance or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Provides that any person, system, or agency which violates the provisions of the Act, or any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, shall be liable to any person aggrieved thereby.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1974
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and study the feasibility of a Federal insurance program covering livestock and other agricultural entities not covered under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, and to report to the Congress the results of such investigation and study.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1974
Requires, under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, specific accounting requirements for foreign currency expenditures in connection with congressional travel outside the United States. Requires the publication of such travel costs in the Congressional Record. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 1754(b))
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Provides, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to scholarship and fellowship grants, that no amount shall be included in gross income by reason of the discharge of the indebtedness of an individual under a student loan if such discharge was pursuant to a provision of the loan under which the indebtedness would be discharged if the individual worked for a certain period of time in certain professions or certain geographical areas or for certain classes of employers. Defines "student loan" for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974
Authorizes a grant program and an appropriation of $10,000,000 from the Highway Trust Fund for research and development of alternative fuels for motor vehicles.
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 · 2 May 1974
Authorizes appropriations under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $53,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1409)
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Prohibits the exportation of fertilizer from the United States until the Secretary of Agriculture determines that an adequate domestic supply of fertilizer exists.
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 · 23 April 1974
Directs the Secretary of Defense to issue uniform regulations for the effective control over the use of Government production equipment by private contractors under contracts entered into with the Department of Defense. Requires such regulations to be issued by other heads of other agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Repeals the authority of the Comptroller General to review the collection of information required by independent Federal regulatory agencies. Excludes from the definition of "Federal agency," for purposes of coordinating Federal reporting services, all independent Federal regulatory bodies. (Amends 44 U.S.C. 3502, Repeals 44 U.S.C. 3512)
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Health Policy and Health Resources Development Act - Expresses the findings of Congress with regard to facilitating the development of recommendations for a national health policy and planning for health services, manpower, and facilities. Establishes, under the Public Health Service Act, the National Council for Health Policy, in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Specifies the composition and terms of office of Council members. Enumerates the functions of the Council, including: (1) to develop a national health policy with national goals and priorities; (2) to conduct studies in specified health areas; and (3) to evaluate the implications of developing medical technology for the health care delivery system. Enumerates the priorities of the national health policy. Directs the Council to convene a National Health Conference to assist in performing its functions. Requires the Secretary to announce the initiation of proceedings to designate geographical regions, to be known as health service areas, to be served by health systems agencies. Outlines the characteristics of a health service area and the procedures for reviewing the boundaries of such areas. Describes the term "health systems agency," including the legal, staff and governing body structure requirements. Enumerates the functions of health systems agencies, including to analyze data, to establish a health system plan, and to establish an annual implementation plan. Sets forth the requirements to be met in implementing such plans. Prescribes the procedures and criteria for reviews of proposed health system changes. Provides for the designation of health systems agencies. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to agencies. Details the form and content of such assistance. Empowers the Secretary to make grants to health systems agencies for carrying out their activities. Sets limits on the amounts of such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for such grants. Provides for the making of development grants for area health services development funds. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to review and approve the annual budget of each health systems agency with which there is in effect a designation agreement. Specifies the extent and subject matter of such reviews. Provides that, to be eligible for specified grants, the Governor of a State shall designate or establish a single State agency for administering the State's health planning functions. Specifies the requirements to be met by State administrative programs for approval. Enumerates the functions to be performed by each State health planning agency. States that a State health planning agency must be advised by a Statewide Health Coordinating Council. Sets forth the criteria for composition and duties of such Councils. Empowers the Secretary to make grants to the States for the development and operation of State Health Planning Agencies. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Institutional Disclosure Act - Requires investment managers who use any instrumentality of interstate commmerce and exercise investment discretion over accounts which contain equity securities having an aggregate fair market value of such amoount as the Securities and Exchange Commission may determine (in no case less than $10,000,000) to file reports respecting such accounts to protect investors and to insure fair dealings in securities. Defines the term "investment manager" for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to promulgate rules and regulations requiring such reports to include information with respect to specified items. Allows the Commission to prescribe methods by which to disseminate information concerning such reports to the public, and allows the Commission to permit such information to remain confidential in accordance with prior provisions of law.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Comprehensive Health Insurance Act - Title I: National Health Care Benefits Program. States that the purpose of this title is to provide adequate protection against costs by requiring all employers to offer health care plans to their employees; and to assist the States in making similar plans available to individuals in need of such protection. Requires, under the Social Security Act, that every employer provide to each of his employees under the age of 65 a reasonable opportunity, as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to obtain coverage for himself and the members of his family under the age 65 at the option of the employee: (1) an employee health care insurance plan approved under this title or an assisted health care insurance plan obtained by the employer, (2) a group practice prepaid health care plan approved under this title, or (3) an individual practice prepaid health care plan approved under this title. States that the employer shall provide an amount equal to at least 75 percent of the cost of that coverage. Prohibits discrimination against an indiviudal with respect to the opportunity for employment, or the compensation, terms, condition, or privileges of employment, because of the individual's health status or the health status of his dependents, except when directly related to the capacity of the individual to perform his duties as an employee. Directs the Secretary to make grants for health care programs to States which have submitted approved plans for the provision of health care benefits to individuals under the age of 65 who are otherwise unable to obtain such benefits. Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year of sums necessary to carry out this purpose. Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal health care benefits program under which an individual who has attained the age of 65 and is entitled to monthly insurance benefits under Title II of this Act (Old-Age, Survivor's, and Disability Insurance Benefits) shall be entitled to Federal health care benefits under Title XVIII (Medicare). States that the benefits provided under the program shall be at the option of the individual: (1) to obtain coverage under the Federal health care insurance plan, or (2) to have the Secretary pay to any prepaid health care plan approved under this title under which the individual has obtained coverage at a rate which the Secretary determines is reasonable, on behalf of the individual, an amount equal to the cost to the Government of providing coverage under a Federal health care insurance plan, as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Provides that the Federal health care insurance plan shall impose, with respect to all items and services other than outpatient drugs and biologicals, and other blood and blood product, a per individual deductible equal to a specified percentage of the income base. States that the Federal health care insurance plan shall provide: (1) that an account will be established against which a covered individual may charge the cost of obtaining items and services covered under the plan, without regard to the deductible and coinsurance requirements applicable under the plan; (2) that payment for items and services covered under the plan, other than emergency services, will be made only on the basis of charges against that account; and (3) that payment will be made on the basis of charges against the account for items and services covered under the plan at the applicable reimbursement rates. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with carriers for the administration of benefits under the Federal health care insurance program. Establishes a Federal Helath Care Benefits Trust Fund. States that the Trust Fund shall consist of such gifts and bequests as may be made together with such amounts as may be deposited in, or appropriated to, such Fund under the provisions of this Act. Sets forth criteria for determining the amount to be aporopriated to the Trust Fund for each fiscal year. Establishes a Board of Trustees to be composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. States that the duties of the Board of Trustees shall be to: (1) hold the Trust Fund; (2) report to the Congress not later than the first day of April of each year on the operation and status of the Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year and on its expected operation and status during the current fiscal year and the next two fiscal years; (3) report immediately to the Congress whenever the Board is of the opinion that the amount of the Trust Fund is unduly small; and (4) review the general policies followed in managing the Trust Fund, and recommend changes in such policies, including necessary changes in the provisions of law which govern the way in which the Trust Fund is to be managed. Requires that employee health care insurance plans provide for the following services for each covered individual: (1) inpatient hospital services; (2) physicians' services; (3) medical and other health services; (4) home health services; (5) post-hospital extended care services; (6) outpatient drugs and biologicals; (7) routine dental services for individuals under the age of 13; (8) developmental vision care services, as defined in regulations prescribed by the Secretary routine eye and vision examinations, and eyeglasses, for individuals under the age of 13; and (9) hearing aids and examinations therefor, for individuals under the age of 13. Sets forth limits for employee health care insurance plans, including the following: (1) post-hospital extended care services shall be limited to 100 days per calendar year; (2) home health services must be limited to 100 visits per calendar year; and (3) inpatient hospital services for the treatment of mental illness shall be limited to 30 days per calendar year, with each day of partial hospitalization, as defined in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, counting as one-half day of inpatient services. Enumerates the requirements for meeting the provisions of this Act. States that a group practice pre-paid health care plan must: (1) provide physicians' services (other than infrequently used services, as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary) through physicians who are employees or partners of the organization, or through arrangements with one or more groups of physicians engaged in the coordinated practice of their profession for the organization; and (2) meet such requirements concerning its organizational structure and financial arrangements as the Secretary may, by regulation, prescribe. Provides that the Secretary may, by regulation, make such modifications in the requirements imposed by this section as he determines are appropriate with respect to group practice prepaid health care plans offered to employees whose place of employment is outside the United States. Sets forth requirements for approval of individual practice prepaid health care plans, approval of special employee health care programs, and requirements for certification of providers. States that any State dissatisfied with a determination of the Secretary with respect to whether the State is meeting the provisions of this Act may file a petition for review of such determination with the United States court of appeals to the circuit in which such state is located. Stipulates that the court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Secretary, or to set it aside, in whole or in part. Sets forth judicial remedies and criminal sanctions for noncompliance. Title II: Reduction in Services Provided Under Medical Assistance Programs - Sets forth technical and conforming amendments to the Medical Program. Title III: Sets forth technical and conforming amendments to the Professional Standards Review Program, and the Capital Expenditures Review Program. Title IV - General Provisions: States that if a provision of this Act is held invalid, all other provisions so enacted shall remain in effect.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Energy Emergency Act - Title I: Energy Emergency Authorities - Establishes, until May 15, 1975, a Federal Energy Emergency Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the President to promulgate a rule for the establishment of a program for the rationing and ordering of priorities among classes of end-users of crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product, and for the assignment to end-users of such products of rights, and evidence of such rights, entitling them to obtain such products in precedence to other classes of end-users not similarly entitled. Prescribes procedures by which such a rule shall be approved by the Congress. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate one or more energy conservation plans which shall be designed to result in a reduction of energy consumption to a level which can be supplied by available energy resources. Directs the Administrator to order the use of coal instead of natural gas or petroleum products in industry having the capability and necessary plant equipment to burn coal. Allows the Administrator to require the allocation of supplies of materials and equipment; and to alleviate shortages of petrochemical feedstocks. Prevents refiners or distributors from cancelling, failing to renew or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes prior notification pursuant to this Act to each distributor and retailer affected thereby. Declares that any action taken under this Act or any other act resulting in the allocation of petroleum products and electrical energy shall be equitable, shall not be arbitrary or capricious, and shall not unreasonably discriminate among classes of users. Allows the Interstate Commerce Commission, Civil Aeronautics Board, and Federal Maritime Commission to take any action necessary to conserve energy. Provides that no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey to any person subject to this Act any immunity from civil and criminal liability or to create defenses to actions under the antitrust laws. States that to achieve the purposes of this Act the Administrator may provide for the establishment of such advisory committees as he determines are necessary. Restricts exports of coal, petroleum products, and petrochemical feedstock under such terms as the Administrator deems appropriate. Directs the President to take into consideration and to minimize to the fullest extent possible any adverse impact of this Act on employment including recommendations for revisions in unemployment insurance laws. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the creation and expansion of the use of carpools. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for this purpose. Sets forth administrative procedures and provides for judicial review of decisions made pursuant to this Act in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Provides penalties for violations of this Act. Allows the Administrator to delegate any of his functions to any officer or employee of the Federal Energy Emergency Administration. Authorizes grants to States for State or local energy conservation programs. Requires that information on trade secrets submitted to the Administrator from energy companies shall be kept secret. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior to publish a regulation requiring that persons doing business in the United States who are engaged in exploring, developing, processing, refining, or transporting by pipeline, any petroleum product, natural gas, or coal to provide detailed reports to the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Interior every sixty days. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires development of contingency plans to carry out rationing and conservation plans. Title II: Coordination with Environmental Protection Requirements - Provides that the Administrator may temporarily suspend any stationary source fuel or emission limitation as it applies to any person if the Administrator finds that such person will be unable to comply with such limitation during such period solely because of the unavailability of types or amounts of fuels. States that such exemption will be given only if the Administrator determines that emissions from the source will not materially contribute to a significant risk to public health. Declares that for any air quality control region where there has been a conversion to coal, the Administrator shall review applicable implementation plans of the Clean Air Act. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study on the necessity of a parking surcharge, management of parking supply, and preferential bus/carpool lane regulations as part of the applicable implementation plans required to achieve and maintain national primary ambient air quality standards. Requires low sulfur fuel to be distributed on a priority basis to those areas of the country designated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as requiring low sulfur fuel to avoid or minimize adverse impact on public health. Requires a study to be completed within 120 days of the feasibility of requiring 20 percent better fuel economy from new motor vehicles beginning in 1980. Requires specified studies relating to the Energy Emergency Act be made and the results thereof reported to the President and the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 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. Provides for the gathering of information by the Administrator, with specified exceptions, including national security information and trade secrets. Sets limitations on the disclosures the Agency may make to the public or to any State or local agency. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be required to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Establishes the Wounded Knee Compensation Board in the Interior Department to compensate losses arising from the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota between February 27, 1973, and May 8, 1973. Provides the payment of compensation: (1) for personal injury and property damage; (2) to designated persons in cases where other persons have died; and (3) for anticipated loss of future earnings or loss of support of the victim for 90 days or more, or child care payments. Requires claims for compensation to be filed within six months of enactment of this Act. Establishes a fund in the Treasury for such compensation and authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000 and other necessary sums to the fund.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Emergency Windfall Profits Tax Act - Imposes a windfall profits tax on the producer of crude oil produced in the United States. Provides a table for the computation of this tax in the first calendar month in which the tax is imposed and a formula for determining the tax on windfall profits for each succeeding month. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate to publish in the Federal Register within 15 days after the effective date of this Act tables with brackets computed in accordance with this Act for each month the tax is imposed. Declares that the producer subject to the windfall profits tax shall incur liability for the tax on the date that the unit of crude oil is deemed to be sold. Provides for the collection and the remittance of windfall profit tax. States that each tax return relating to emergency windfall profits tax shall be filed on or before the 15th day following the close of the calendar month to which the return relates.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Authorizes the Small Business Administration to make loans directly or in cooperation with lending institutions to assist small businesses adversely affected by fuel shortages, electrical energy shortages, shortages of energy producing resources, or shortages of raw or processed processed materials resulting from such shortages.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Broadcast License Renewal Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish procedures to be followed by licensees of broadcasting stations to ascertain the needs, views, and interests of their viewers. Sets the term of a broadcast station license or renewal, at four years and for any other class of station at five years. Provides that any license granted may upon its expiration be renewed, if the Commission finds that the public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served by the renewal of such license. Requires that in considering any application for renewal of a broadcast license the Commission shall not consider: (1) the ownership interests or official connections of the applicant in other stations or other communications media or other businesses, or (2) the participation of ownership in the management of the station for which such application has been filed, unless the Commission has adopted rules prohibiting such ownership interests or activities or prescribing management structures, as the case may be, and given the renewal applicant a reasonable opportunity to conform with such rules. Directs the Commission to prescribe procedures to encourage licensees of broadcasting stations and persons raising significant issues regarding the operations of such stations to conduct, during the term of the licenses for such stations, good faith negotiations to resolve such issues. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a study to determine how it might expedite the elimination of those regulations of broadcast licensees required by the Communications Act of 1934 which do not serve the public interest and shall make annual reports of the results of such study (including any recommendations for legislation) to the Committee on Commerce of the Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives. Directs the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a study of the social, economic, political, or other consequences of the ownership of more than one broadcasting station by one person and the ownership by one person of one or more broadcasting stations and one or more newspapers or other communications media.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Enables the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to adjust administratively, consistent with the increases authorized by this Act, the rates of disability compensation payable to persons receiving benefits on December 31, 1958, who are not in receipt of compensation payable for service connected disability or death. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314, 315)
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Veterans' Education and Rehabilitation Amendments Act - Increases the rates of educational assistance payable to veterans. Establishes the Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center within the Veterans' Administration for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of Veterans' Administration programs for making veterans aware of benefits and services available to them under the veterans laws.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973
Authorizes, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, appropriations for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 to carry out the duties of the National Safety Council as provided in such Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1409)
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973
Independent Special Prosecutor Act - Establishes an Independent Special Prosecution Office responsible for investigating and initiating prosecution of all offenses and other matters arising out of the Presidential election of 1972 and relating to such election, including all matters which were properly under investigation by the special prosecution force prior to October 19, 1973, pursuant to the agreement made between the former Special Prosecutor and the Attorney General designate on May 19, 1973. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Special Prosecutor, appointed by the Attorney General, within fifteen days after the date of enactment of this Act, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Grants the Special Prosecutor exclusive jurisdiction, to investigate and prosecute on behalf of the United States: (1) offenses arising out of the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate; (2) other offenses arising out of the 1972 Presidential election; (3) offenses alleged to have been committed by the President, Presidential appointees, or members of the White House staff in relation to the 1972 Presidential campaign and election; (4) all other matters heretofore referred to the former Special Prosecutor pursuant to regulation of the Attorney General; (5) offenses relating to or arising out of any such matters. Provides that all materials, tapes, documents, files, work in progress, information, and all other property relevant to the duties of the Special Prosecutor under this Act, collected by or in the possession of the former Special Prosecutor shall be delivered to the Special Prosecutor appointed under this Act. States that all investigations, prosecutions, cases, litigation, and grand jury or other proceedings initiated by the former Special Prosecutor regulations of the Attorney General (28 C.F.R. Sec. 0.37, rescinded October 24, 1973), shall be continued, as the Special Prosecutor deems appropriate. Provides an annual salary for the Special Prosecutor equal to the annual salary and expense allowance payable to a judge of the United States district court. Provides that the Special Prosecutor shall have the power to appoint, fix the compensation, and assign the duties of such employees as he deems necessary. Requires the Special Prosecutor to submit to the Congress directly requests for such funds, facilities, and legislation as necessary. Directs the Special Prosecutor to carry out his duties and responsibilities under this Act within two years, except as necessary to complete trial or appellate action on indictments then pending. States that the Special Prosecutor and the Deputy Special Prosecutor may not be removed by the Attorney General except for death, physical or mental incapacity to perform the duties of his office, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, or violation of this Act, and then only after thirty days prior notice to the Congress and if no action of disapproval of such action of removal is taken by the Congress. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to provide for the demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of solar heating technology. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate, support and carry out basic and applied research and development in solar heating and cooling technologies. Provides for the installation of solar heating systems in residential dwellings under the monitoring of the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Bureau of Standards and in consultation with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Defense. Provides that such residential dwellings shall be located in a sufficient number of different geographic areas (not less than three) in the United States to assure a realistic and effective demonstration of solar heating and cooling systems involved. Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate, support and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $50,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Fair Labor Standards Amendments - Provides for an increase in the minimum wage to $2.30 a hour over a specified period for employees covered before 1966, nonagricultural employees covered in 1966 and 1973, and agricultural employees. States that such increase shall not apply to employees in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, of the United States or of the government of the Virgins Islands; of a hotel, motel, or restaurant; or of any other retail or service establishment engaged in the preparation of food. Establishes the minimum wage rate for such employees as equal to that of employees in States, as prescribed under this Act. Provides for the appointment of a special industry committee to recommended for employees in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the highest minimum wage rates. Includes Federal and States employees in the minimum wage coverage and defines such employees. Establishes minimum wage rates for domestic service employees Excludes from overtime rates specified tobacco employees. Exempts for two years telegraph agency employees from the maximum hours provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Establishes overtime rate requirements for seafood canning and processing employees; nursing home employees; hotel, motel, and restaurant employees; salesmen, partsmens, and mechanics; food service employees; bowling employees; substitute parents for institutionalized children; cotton ginning and sugar processing employees; and employees of conglomerates. Establishes maximum hour requirement for seasonal industry employees, and local transit employees, and overtime rate requirements for local transit employees. Exempts from overtime rate requirements motion picture theatre employees and certain lumber and logging industry employees. Establishes special minimum wage rates for full-time students and persons under 18. Provides that the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe standards and requirements to insure that this subsection will not create a substantial probability of reducing the full-time employment opportunities of persons other than those to whom these minimum wage rate authorized by this subsection. Exempts specified agricultural workers from the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Establishes a civil penalty for violations of the child labor provisions. Requires the Secretary to conduct studies on the justification or lack thereof for each of the special overtime rate exemptions and the economic effects of the application of such exemptions to such employees, and to submit a report of his findings and recommendations to the Congress with respect to the studies conducted not later than January 1, 1976. Provides that, except as otherwise specifically provided, the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the first day of the second full months which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the amount of taxes attributable to each State which are paid into the Highway Trust Fund during such fiscal year and to make such adjustments in the apportionments authorized as may be necessary to insure that no State shall be apportioned an aggregate amount for any fiscal year which is less than 80 percent of the amount of taxes attributable to such State and paid into the Highway Trust Fund during the preceding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Labor shall with respect to the applicability of standards established under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to small business concerns consider: (1) the distinction between small and large business concerns; (2) the applicability of each such standard on an industry-by-industry basis; and (3) where feasible and appropriate on the basis of the type of activity in each such industry, exceptions for business concerns. Requires the Secretary to establish simplified requirements for small business concerns designed to eliminate unnecessary and duplicative recordkeeping and reporting. Requires the Secretary to make an annual report to the Select Committee on Small Business of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the steps taken to assure that small business concerns are not unintentionally injured economically as a result of standards imposed under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary to visit the workplace of any small employer with 25 or fewer employees in order to afford consultation and advice to such employer. Requires such a visit to be made only upon a valid request. Requires the Secretary, upon discovering violations while on a visit, to issue written notice of such violation to the employer to make corrections within a reasonable time.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Runaway Youth Act - Asserts that the responsibility for improving the conditions and medical and counseling services in the Nation and for aiding parents in finding children who have left home without permission is primarily one of State and local concern, but that the Federal Government has a responsibility and unique opportunity to help alleviate the problems associated with runaway youth, which are national in scope and interstate in character. Title I: Authorizes the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to purchase necessary equipment and fund programs which will strengthen the availability and effectiveness of services for parents of runaway youth to report descriptions and possible destinations of their children to law enforcement officials in their localities and in othe areas of the country. Prescribes the necessary contents of applications for such grant. Provides that the Federal share of grants will be 80 percent of the total costs of the program or item for which the application is made. Authorizes $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976, to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to gather information, develop a comprehensive program, and report to Congress no later than June 30, 1974, on the problems and needs of transient youth in the United States and on the causes of and possible methods of dealing with the runaway youth phenomenon, including information and recommendations regarding the entire transient youth population in the United States. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to report to Congress not later than June 30, 1974, on the desirability of current procedures and of a new agency to deal with the problems and needs of transient youth in the United States. Provides that there is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,000,000 to carry out this title. Title III: Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants and to provide technical assistance to States, localities, and nonprofit private agencies, beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1976. Provides that the grants may be given to States, localities, and nonprofit private agencies on the basis of such considerations as the number of runaway youth in the community, the existing availability of private or local sources of funding for such facilities, the existing availability of facilities and services for transient youth, and the success of particular applicants in attracting and meeting the needs of runaway youth. Requires that to be eligible for assistance under this title a grant must propose to establish, strengthen, or fund an existing or proposed "Runaway House," a locally controlled facility with medical and counseling services to provide temporary shelter for juveniles who have left home without permission of their parents. Sets forth requirements for each proposal: (1) each child under eighteen years of age who uses the facility and its services, or the staff of the facility for the child, must contact the parents or legal guardians of such child within thirty-six hours of arrival at the facility; (2) each facility must have attached to it, on a consulting, referral, or continuing basis, personnel trained in psychiatry and medicine; (3) the staff of each facility must contact such authorities as are appropriate within forty-eight hours of the arrival of a child under eighteen years of age to check whether the child has committed offenses, has escaped from a juvenile correctional institution, or is in other ways being sought by law enforcement officials; and (4) the staff of the facility shall have due regard for the rights of each child's parents and shall not undertake medical or substantial psychiatric treatment except in strict accord with the law of the jurisdiction of the parent's residence. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to annually report to Congress on the status and accomplishments of the Runaway House program. Limits the Federal share for each facility to 50 percent of that facility's budget. Authorizes to each of fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 not more than $2,000,000 to carry out this title.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides that nothing contained in the Federal Trade Commission Act, or in any of the antitrust Acts, shall render unlawful the inclusion and enforcement in any trademark licensing contract or agreement, pursuant to which the licensee engages in the distribution or sale of a trademarked private label food product, of provisions granting the licensee the sole and exclusive right to distribute or sell such product in a defined geographic area or limiting the licensee, directly or indirectly, to the distribution or sale of such product only for ultimate resale to consumers within a defined geographic area. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply only if in such defined geographic area: (1) such product is in substantial and effective competition with products of the same general class distributed or sold by others; (2) the licensee is in substantial and effective competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended. Defines, for the purposes of this Act, the term "trademarked". Provides that private label food product means a food product that is both: (1) sold under a trademark owned by an organization that licenses such product for sale exclusively by either; (a) food wholesalers or food retailers who cooperatively own and control such organization; or (b) food wholesalers for resale to retail food stores that do business under a common trademark name owned by such organization; and (2) produced and packaged to specifications determined solely by the organization that owns the trademark.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the following organizations provide outstanding experience for the career development of America's young people; (1) the Distributive Education Clubs of America; (2) the 4-H Clubs of America; (3) the Future Business Leaders of America; (4) the Future Farmers of America; (5) the Future Homemakers of America; (6) the Office of Education Association; and (7) the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America. Makes it the sense of the Congress that each State should provide financial assistance to support the vocational and career student organizations set forth in the first section of this concurrent resolution active within that State.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a board of trustees. Provides that such board shall be composed of four members appointed by the President, eight members appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the Librarian of Congress ex officio and the director of the center ex officio. Authorizes the centers to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, revitalize and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years. States that such research or training may be extended to a period not to exceed five years with the concurrance of at least two-thirds of the members of the board. Provides that no former employee of the Federal government shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the center to submit to the Library of Congress, for inclusion in its annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
Provides for an annuity for the dependents of members of the Armed Forces who perform specified service and die before being granted pay. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 1437)
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1973
Provides that nothing contained in the Federal Trade Commission Act, or in any of the antitrust Acts, shall render unlawful the inclusion and enforcement in any trademark licensing contract or agreement, pursuant to which the licensee engages in the distribution or sale of a trademarked private label food product, of provisions granting the licensee the sole and exclusive right to distribute or sell such product in a defined geographic area or limiting the licensee, directly or indirectly, to the distribution or sale of such product only for ultimate resale to consumers within a defined geographic area. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply only if in such defined geographic area: (1) such product is in substantial and effective competition with products of the same general class distributed or sold by others; (2) the licensee is in substantial and effective competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended. Defines, for the purposes of this Act, the term "trademarked". Provides that private label food product means a food product that is both: (1) sold under a trademark owned by an organization that licenses such product for sale exclusively by either; (a) food wholesalers or food retailers who cooperatively own and control such organization; or (b) food wholesalers for resale to retail food stores that do business under a common trademark name owned by such organization; and (2) produced and packaged to specifications determined solely by the organization that owns the trademark.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Authorizes a tax adjustment program for small businesses and for persons engaged in small business. Authorizes a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for a person engaged in a trade or business in an amount measured by the additional investment in such trade or business for the taxable year. Limits such tax deductions to $40,000 or 20 percent of the net income of such trade or business for the taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Expresses the finding of Congress that an adequate supply of pure, safe human blood is essential to the welfare of the Nation. Establishes the National Blood Bank program within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to perform enumerated duties to assure an adequate supply of blood throughout the Nation. Establishes an Advisory Council to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding: (1) policy goals of the program; (2) motivation and recognition of blood donors; (3) reciprocal transactions between national blood bank systems; and (4) removal of blood purchasing costs from health insurance plan coverage. Declares that only class A blood banks may maintain blood deposit or pledge programs in advance of their needs. Provides criminal penalties for persons violating the provisions of this Act.
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