United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Directs the Secretary of Transportation under the provisions of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to regulate seatbelt standards to prohibit motor vehicles from being equipped with starter interlock systems.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Sets forth graduated rates of deferred retirement for Federal employees who complete five, fifteen, and twenty years of civilian service. Provides that in the computation of such annuities, each annuity shall be increased by cost-of-living adjustments. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8338)
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Increases, under the National Capital Transportation Act, the Federal share of that portion of the net project cost of the Adopted Regional System incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Prohibits the sale of "Saturday Night Special" handguns in the United States as defined in this Act. Makes it unlawful for a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer to manufacture, assemble, or import, for the purpose of sale in the United States, any handgun, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe the basic structural components thereof are made: (1) of any material having a melting point (liquidus) of less than 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, or (2) of any material having an ultimate tensile strength of less than 55,000 pounds per square inch, or (3) of any powered metal having a density of less than 7.5 grams per cubic centimeter.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Increases, under the National Capital Transportation Act, the Federal share of that portion of the net project cost of the Adopted Regional System incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
Revises the Foreign Service Act by allowing crdit for retirement purposes in the Foreign Service for prior service with Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
Provides that effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1973, the annual rate of basic compensation of the officers and members in active service on the effective date of the District of Columbia Police and Fireman's Salary Act Amendments of 1973 shall be increased by 18 percent, and for each succeeding calendar year the percentage increase shall not be less than the percentage change, if any, of the annual Consumer Price Index as issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the District of Columbia standard metropolitan statistical area, and in no case shall the basic rates of compensation of such officers and members be less than the basic rates of compensation of officers and members in police and fire departments of any city of comparable size in the United States. Permits additional annual compensation for successful completion of educational course work leading to a degree in police or fire science or administration. Provides for a 10 percent night shift differential and overtime compensation.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Health Care Insurance Act - Provides, under the Social Security Act, for medical, dental, and hospital care through a system of voluntary health insurance financed in whole for low-income groups through issuance of certificates, and in part for all other persons through allowance of tax credits. Adds to the Social Security Act a new title entitled Federal Financing of Voluntary Health Insurance. Provides that, for the purpose of providing assistance on behalf of the individuals and their dependents whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical, dental, and hospital services, there is established a program of hospital, dental, and medical benefits for any eligible beneficiary and his dependents through the issuance of health insurance certificates, in full payment of allowable premium on a qualified health care insurance policy of his choice. Assets that health insurance certificates of entitlement will be redeemable by the carrier by payment from the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund. Includes as eligible beneficiaries under this title any husband and wife both under age 65 and living together and any unmarried person under age 65 who is not a dependent beneficiary. Defines a dependent beneficiary as any child of an eligible beneficiary receiving more than 50 percent of his support from the eligible beneficiary, which child is under 21, or if a student, under age 23. Provides that every individual who is an eligible beneficiary whose income results in no individual income tax liability during his base year, whose dependent beneficiaries have no such liability for their taxable years which end during his base year, and who is not eligible to receive military medical care, shall be eligible to receive a health insurance certificate of entitlement. Asserts that such certificates shall be applicable in full payment of allowable premiums for a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Requires that such policy or plan shall provide protection for the eligible beneficiary and his dependent beneficiaries for a 12-month period beginning during his benefit year against the expenses of health care, including catastrophic expenses of illness. Allows tax credits for health care insurance. Asserts that every individual who is an eligible beneficiary who has not elected, where eligible, to receive benefits under the provisions for fully-paid health care insurance for the low-income group and who is not eligible to receive military medical care, shall be allowed at his election a credit against his income tax liabliity for his taxable year which ends during his base year; or a health insurance certificate of entitlement acceptable by a qualified carrier in payment toward a premium, under a qualified health care insurance policy. Specifies the amount of the tax credit or the value to be assigned to the health insurance certificate on the basis of allowable premiums. Provides that a health insurance certificate of entitlement means a certificate issued by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare upon application to him by an eligible beneficiary to apply toward payment of premium on a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Specifies that a qualified health care insurance policy or plan shall be a contractual agreement specifying benefits under a program offered by a qualified carrier which has been registered by a State Agency and which provides basic institutional and medical coverage and catastrophic expense coverage. Declares that each such qualified health care insurance policy or plan shall be noncancellable and guaranteed renewable so long as the carrier continues to offer to the public one or more qualified health care insurance policies or plans, shall provide protection against the expense of health care without regard to any pre-existing conditions, and shall provide for payment under this title of usual and customary charges for services covered under the policy or plan. Stipulates what cost shall be included under basic coverage and under catastrophic expense coverage. Establishes deductibles for each of the two types of coverage. Creates a Health Insurance Advisory Board which shall consist of eleven persons including the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Directs that the remaining members, not otherwise in the employ of the Government, shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the competitive service. Asserts that the Secretary of HEW shall serve as Chairman. Provides that the members shall be selected from the persons who are specifically qualified to serve on such Board by virtue of their education, training, or experience. Provides that the Health Insurance Advisory Board shall perform such functions as: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this Act; (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan and develop programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care; and (4) review the effectiveness of the tax credit program and file an annual report. Grants the States the power to decide which carriers are qualified. Forbids any Federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over the practice of mediciene or dentistry or the manner in which medical or dental services are provided, or over the selection, tenure, or compensation of any officer or employee or any institution, agency, or person providing health services; or to exercise any supervision or control over the administration or operation of any such institution, agency, or person. Creates in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund to consist in part of an amount equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this title through the redemption of health insurance certificates.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Emergency Coal Administration Act - Establishes within the Federal Energy Office of the President an Emergency Coal Administration, to be administered by the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office. Authorizes the Administrator to take such action as may be necessary to insure the maximum increase in the production, transportation, and conversion of coal so long as the present energy crisis exists. Sets forth the powers and authority of the Administrator under the provisions of this Act, including the following: (1) to set goals for the production and conversion of coal into energy; (2) to encourage, assist, and take such steps as shall provide for increased production, transportation, and conversion of coal into energy; (3) to issue orders which shall constitute a prior claim upon producers of materials and supplies essential to the increased production, transportation, and conversion of coal into energy; and (4) to afford necessary, reasonable, and proper financial assistance to persons, firms, or corporations converting to the use of coal as a source of energy. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into contracts directly or for the account of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the production, transportation, and conversion of coal upon terms he deems fair and reasonable for any equipment or parts or other essential articles necessary to increase the production, transportation, and conversion of coal. States that the Administrator may engage in such research and development as he deems necessary, including, but not limited to, the construction and operation of pilot plants and projects relating to the production, transportation, and conversion of coal. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1973
National Energy Research and Development Policy Act - Title I: Coordination and Augmentation of Federal Support for Research and Development of Fuels and Energy - States that the purpose of this Act is the development, within ten years, of the option and the capability for the United States to become energy self-sufficient through the use of domestic energy resources by socially and environmentally acceptable means. Establishes an Energy Research Management Project headed by a Chairman who shall serve as the Staff Director. States that the Management Project shall review the full range of Federal activities in, and financial support for, fuels and energy research and development, giving consideration to research and development being conducted by industry and other non-Federal entities, to determine the capability of ongoing research efforts to carry out the policies established by this Act and other relevant Federal policies. Directs the Chairman, in consultation with the Management Project, to: (1) identify opportunities to accelerate the commercial applications of new energy technologies in energy production by providing plants; and (2) conduct preliminary investigations and to explore potential cooperative agreements which may be entered into with non-Federal entities in order to develop recommendations for Federal participation or assistance in demonstrations of the technical feasibility and economic potential of energy technologies on a prototype or full-scale basis. States that in developing proposals pursuant to this Act, the Chairman shall consider various forms of Federal assistance and participation which may include but are not limited to: (1) joint Federal-industry corporations; (2) Federal assistance through contractual arrangements with non-Federal participants including corporations, consortia, universities, governmental entities, nonprofit institutions; (3) contracts for the construction and operation of Federally owned facilities; (4) Federal purchases or guaranteed price of the products of demonstration plants or activities; and (5) Federal loans to non-Federal entities conducting demonstrations of new technologies. Requires the Chairman, within ninety days of enactment of this Act, to promulgate regulations establishing procedures for submitting proposals for the purpose of implementing this Act. Establishes standards for the joint Federal-industry corporations proposed under this Act and sets forth a formula for determining the Federal share of the cost of each corporation. States that in evaluating proposed opportunities for particular research and development undertakings pursuant to this Act, the Chairman shall assign priority to those undertakings in which the urgency of public need for the potential results of the research, development, or demonstration effort is high, and it is unlikely that similar results would be achieved in a timely manner in the absence of Federal assistance. Provides that all research, development, or demonstration contracted for, sponsored, or cosponsored by the Government pursuant to this Act, shall require as a condition of Federal participation that all information resulting from Federally assisted research shall be made available at the earliest practicable date to the general public, including non-governmental United States interests capable of bringing about further development, utilization, and commercial applications of such results. Authorizes the appropriation of certain specified amounts for the fiscal years 1975 and 1976 to carry out the purposes of this Act. Title II: Geothermal Energy - Geothermal Energy Act - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to encourage the commercial development of means to produce energy from geothermal resources and to facilitate such development by authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee loans made for the purposes of acquiring rights in geothermal resources and performing exploration, development, and construction and operation of facilities for the commercial production of energy from geothermal resources. Specifies the terms and conditions such loans must meet prior to guarantee. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a contract to pay the lender the interest charges which become due and payable on the unpaid balance of any such loan if the Secretary finds that enumerated circumstances occur. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States, a Geothermal Resources Development Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated (1) to the fund not to exceed $50,000,000 annually, and (2) such amounts as may be required for the administrative cost of carrying out the provisions of this title. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Geological Survey, to: (1) carry out a plan for the orderly exploration of all forms of geothermal resources of the Federal lands; (2) conduct regional surveys that will lead to a national inventory of geothermal resources in the United States; (3) publish and make available maps, reports, and other documents developed from such exploration to facilitate the commercial development of geothermal resources; (4) make such recommendations for legislation; and (5) participate with the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation in research. Enumerates the activities in which the Atomic Energy Commission is directed to participate in furtherance of the purpose of this Act. Directs the Commission to coordinate such activities with the Department of the Interior. States the conditions precedent to entering into agreements under this Act. Authorizes the Commission to investigate potential agreements for the cooperative development of major facilities to demonstrate the production of energy from geothermal resources and to submit engineering and financial proposals to the Congress for consideration of authorization to proceed with implementation. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this title: (1) $10 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Secretary of the Interior; (2) $35 million for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to the Atomic Energy Commission; and (3) such amounts as may be required in fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to NASA.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that the requirement for including reimbursement of moving expenses in gross income shall apply to members of the Armed Forces only if such reimbursement is made directly in cash. Establishes certain special rules relating to the definition of the term moving expenses for members of the Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to protect the consumer against worthless checks, money orders, or other instruments by establishing Federal standards to assure the financial responsibility of persons engaged in the business of selling such instruments for consideration. States that a person may not sell or issue money orders for any consideration unless that person has been issued a certificate of compliance by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Prescribes the requirements to be met prior to issuance of such certificate. Provides that any person who holds a certificate of compliance shall: (1) be liable for payment on all money orders sold or issued in accordance with the applicable State law; (2) cause all money orders to be sold or issued by such person to bear the name of such person. States that the provisions of this Act do not apply to any person who sells or issues money orders only in a State in which the Board determines that requirements are imposed which afford similar or greater protection than this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
District of Columbia Sale of Checks Act - Provides that no person, with specified exceptions, shall shall engage in the business of selling checks, as a service or for a fee or other consideration in the District of Columbia without having first obtained a license under the provisions of this Act. States that any person engaged in such business on the effective date of this Act may continue without a license until the Superintendent has acted upon his application for a license. States that to qualify for a license under this Act an applicant must meet specified requirements as to net worth and financial responsibility. Prescribes the procedure for filing of applications for licenses and requires each such application to be accompanied by: (1) an investigation fee of $250; (2) satisfactory financial statements; and (3) a surety bond of specified amount. Requires that each licensee be liable for the payment of all checks which he sells in the District of Columbia, as the drawer according to the negotiable instrument laws of the District of Columbia. Provides for the revocation of licenses and penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1973
Daylight Saving Time Act - Extends daylight saving time to the entire calendar year. Provides that any radio station which is only authorized to broadcast during the daily time period from sunrise to sunset according to regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, and which is not precluded by treaty from broadcasting at any time in addition to such period, may begin broadcasting with a presunrise service authorization from the Commission (from the last Sunday in October of each year through the day before the last Sunday in April of each year) one hour before the time it is so authorized to broadcast.
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 · 3 October 1973
Establishes, under the National Capital Planning Commission, a national competition to develop proposals of innovative designs for the L'Enfant-designed part of the National Capital for the next hundred years. States that any person in the United States may enter the competition. Provides that the National Capital Planning Commission shall conduct the competition in two phases. States that in the first phase, the panel of judges appointed under this Act shall review the proposals, which shall be submitted in such form as the National Capital Planning Commission shall prescribe. Requires the panel of judges to select the five most promising proposals, based on the criteria set forth under this Act. States that in the second phase of competition each of the applicants submitting the five proposals selected by the judges shall submit a grand design plan and a model constructed to an appropriate scale. Directs the judge to rank the five proposals and report their ranking to the President who shall announce the results of the competition to the public and present the winners with their awards. Sets forth the number and qualifications of the judges to be appointed under this Act. Establishes an advisory council to assist with technical advice the panel of judges. Authorizes the National Capital Planning Commission to make grants to each of the five applicants whose proposals are found promising in order to enable such applicants to develop their plans and models. Authorizes the President to award a prize of $250,000 to the applicant whose plan is judged first in excellence under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Hobbs Act Amendment - Provides that whoever obstructs, affects, or interferes with commerce by willfully damaging to the extent of $2,000 or more any real, personal or mixed property of an employer owner, or other person at or near a factory, construction site, or any other place where work or business of the employer is carried on shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1951)
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act - Title I: Federal City of Washington; L'Enfant Trust Area; And General Provisions - Provides that within the District of Columbia there shall be the Federal City of Washington and the city of Washington. Directs the President to submit a reorganization plan not later than July 1, 1974, which will provide for: (1) a temporary government for the Federal City of Washington and include the retention within such government of the Commissioner and the District of Columbia Council with such duties, functions, and powers (unless modified by the President under such plan) as were held under the prior government of the District of Columbia and which pertain to the Federal City of Washington; (2) the transfer of each department, board, commission, office, agency, or other instrumentality of the executive and legislative branches of the prior government of the District of Columbia to either the government of the city of Washington or to the government of the Federal City of Washington, or the partition and transfer of each such instrumentality to both such governments; (3) the division and transfer of the personnel, real and personal property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds of the prior government of the District of Columbia, to each such government; and (4) the determination of the proportional share to be assumed by each such government with respect to any financial obligation of the prior government of the District of Columbia. Gives the District of Columbia courts jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters within the Federal City of Washington to the same extent as provided under the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970 with respect to the District of Columbia immediately before the effective date of this Act. Establishes the Federal Expansion Area for the purpose of providing notice of possible future acquisition by the United States of real property situated within such area. Sets forth the meets and bounds of the Federal City of Washington and the Federal Expansion Area. Title II: Governmental Reorganization - Transfers the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency to the District of Columbia Government. Provides that the National Capital Housing Authority shall be an agency of the District of Columbia Government. Establishes the National Capital Planning Commission as a Federal agency to review District plans affecting the Federal Establishment in the National Capital region. Transfers the Secretary of Labor's manpower service functions to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Title III: Charter Preamble, Legislative Power, and Charter Amending Procedures - States that the charter for the city of Washington set forth in this Act shall establish the means of governing the city of Washington following its acceptance by a majority of the registered qualified electors. Sets forth provisions for amending the Charter. Title IV: The City of Washington Charter - Establishes a 13 member Council of the city of Washington with four year terms of office. Specifies the qualifications for holding office, and the compensation to be paid. Vests all legislative powers of the District of Columbia (subject to specified Congressional retention) in the Council. Sets forth procedures and responsibilities of the Council and of the Chairman of the Council. Establishes the Office of Mayor, and sets forth provisions for qualifications and compensation. Provides that all executive power of the city of Washington shall be vested in the Mayor. Grants the Mayor power to appoint all judges of the District of Columbia Courts, with the advice and consent of the Council from a list of persons nominated by the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission. Directs the Council to adopt a budget for each year, and sets forth appropriations, accounting, auditing, and borrowing measures to be followed. Exempts bonds and notes issued by the Council from the city of Washington taxation. Creates the following independent agencies for the city of Washington: Board of Elections, Zoning Commission, Public Service Commission, Armory Board, and Board of Education. Establishes procedures for the recall of the Mayor, members of the Council, and members of the Board of Educations. Title V: Federal Payment - States that for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975, and for each of the nine fiscal years thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated as the annual Federal Settlement Payment to the city of Washington a sum to be recommended by the President to the Congress, such sum to be an amount not less than the larger of the following: (1) $200,000,000; or (2) the annual Federal payment appropriated for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1974. Title VI: Reservation of Congressional Authority - Stipulates that the Council shall have no authority to: (1) impose taxes on United States property; (2) enact any regulation which permits the building of any structure in excess of the 1910 height limitations; or (3) enact any Act relating to Federal courts in the District of Columbia. Title VII: Referendum; Sucession in Government; Temporary Provisions; Miscellaneous; Amendments to District of Columbia Election Act; Repeal of Certain Provisions of Law and Rules of Construction; and Effective Dates - Provides for a referendum within 5 months of enactment to determine whether the qualified electors of the District of Columbia accept the Charter. Transfers the functions of specified existing government agencies to the city of Washington and the Federal City of Washington as provided for earlier in this Act. Provides for the continuance of pending actions and proceedings of defunct agencies. Authorizes the President of the United States to take such action as necessary during the interim period to enable the Board of Elections properly to perform its functions under this Act. States that, for the purpose of preventing duplication, any Federal officer or agency may furnish services to the city of Washington Government and any city of Washington officer or agency may furnish services to the Federal Government. Provides for an independent annual postaudit by the General Accounting Office. Makes conforming amendments to the District of Columbia Election Act concerning elections of the Mayor, the District Delegate, and the Council. Sets forth the effective dates of the titles of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1973
Includes as creditable service for purposes of the civil service retirement system certain periods of service of civilian employees of nonappropriated fund positions in special services recreation and morale programs of the Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a special services program for the morale, recreation, welfare, and mental, physical, and cultural improvement of Armed Forces personnel. Requires that to the maximum extent possible special services employees shall be paid from funds appropariated for the purpose of payment of their basic pay rates. Provides that special services employees who have had a least three years on nonappropriated funds and have an eligible rating on appropriate civil services registers and are recommended by authorities of the employing agency, may transfer to a position of the same level of duties and responsibilities in the competitive civil service and be placed in the appropriate grade of the General Schedule at basic pay rates. Provides that service as a special services employee prior to enactment of this Act shall be included in computing length of creditable service for civil services retirement purposes. Provides that credit for years of service performed as a special service employee paid from nonappropriated funds will be computed for purposes of seniority toward promotions and appointment to higher levels of responsibility in the military services morale, recreation, and welfare programs, and that sepcial services personnel paid from nonappropriated funds will be eligible to participate in certain referral programs. Directs the Civil Service Commission to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Allows under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 a retired annuitant to elect to be subject to a system of deductions from his annuity on account of outside earnings in lieu of being subject to the prohibition against returning to the service of his last employer.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year of $10 for each ton of post-consumer waste paper processed in the United States by the taxpayer during the taxable year into new commercially marketable pulp, paper, paperboard or other similar products.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Provides, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, that the widow or widower of a railroad worker who completed fifteen or more years of service before his or her death may become entitled, until remarriage, to a full widow's or widower's insurance annuity without regard to age or disability.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
States that all parts of the territory of the United States included within the limits of the District of Columbia shall be created into a government by the name of the District of Columbia. States that the District of Columbia shall exercise all powers of a municipal corporation not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and provisions of this Act. States that the executive power and authority in and over the District of Columbia shall be vested in a Governor, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. Vests the legislative authority of the District of Columbia in a legislative assembly which shall consist of a council and house of delegates. Sets forth the qualifications for members of the council and the house of delegates. States that the council shall consist of eleven members and that the house shall consist of twenty-two members. Provides that a majority of the legislative assembly appointed or elected to each shall constitute a quorum. Stipulates that the house of delegates shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members. Provides that each house shall determine the rules of its proceedings, and shall choose its own officers. States that the legislative power of the District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within said District, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this Act. Provides that the legislative assembly shall not have power to pass any ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, nor to tax the property of the United States, nor to tax the lands or other property of nonresidents higher than the lands or other property of residents. Directs the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a board of health for the District. States that the legislative assembly of the District of Columbia shall hold its first session at such time and place in said District as the Governor thereof shall appoint and direct. Enumerates the various powers of the legislative assembly.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Provides retirement annuities for specified widows of members of the uniformed services who died before the effective date of the Survivor Benefit Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Authorizes the recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Increases the salaries of police and firemen under the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958. Provides for a ten percent night differential in such pay for work performed during the hours of 4 P.M. and 8 P.M.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides for the recrediting of sick leave of Federal employees previously separated from the service for not more than three years. (Adds 5 U.S.C. 6313)
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Provides, under the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments, that grants for construction of treatment works shall be available to projects: (1) initiated after January 1, 1973; and (2) not receiving Federal support to the same extent that they would otherwise have been provided.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States that the Government of the United States shall cease forthwith all consideration of aid, trade, diplomatic recognition, or any other form of communication, travel, or accomodation with the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam or the Viet Cong until such time as agreements relating to facilitating the location and care of graves of the dead, exhumation, and repatriation of the remains have been complied with to the fullest extent.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
District of Columbia Governmental Reorganization Act - Title I: Short Title, Purposes, and Definitions - Declares it to be the intention of Congress, subject to the retention by Congress of the ultimate legislative authority over the Nation's Capital which is granted by the Constitution, to grant to the Government of the District of Columbia the powers of local self-government. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title II: Governmental Reorganization - Transfers the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency to the District of Columbia Government. Provides that the National Capital Housing Authority shall be an agency of the District of Columbia Government. Establishes the National Capital Planning Commission as a Federal agency to review District plans affecting the Federal Establishment in the National Capital region. Transfers the Secretary of Labor's manpower service functions to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Title III: District Charter Preamble, Legislative Power, and Charter Amending Procedures - States that the charter for the District of Columbia set forth in this Act shall establish the means of governing the District following its acceptance by a majority of the registered qualified electors. Sets forth provisions for amending the Charter. Title IV: The District Charter - Establishes a 13 member Council of the District of Columbia, with four year terms of office. Specifies the qualifications for holding office, and the compensation to be paid. Vests all legislative powers of the District of Columbia (subject to specified Congressional retention) in the Council. Sets forth procedures and responsibilities of the Council and of the Chairman of the Council. Provides for advisory neighborhood councils to advise the District Government on matters of public policy. Establishes the Office of Mayor, and sets forth provisions for qualifications and compensation. Provides that all executive power of the District shall be vested in the Mayor. Grants the Mayor power to appoint all judges of the District of Columbia Courts, with the advice and consent of the Council from a list of persons nominated by the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission. Directs the Council to adopt a budget for each year, and sets forth appropriations, accounting, auditing, and borrowing measures to be followed. Exempts bonds and notes issued by the Council from all Federal and District taxation. Title V: Reservation of Congressional Authority - Stipulates that the Council shall have no authority to: (1) impose taxes on United States property; (2) enact any regulation which permits the building of any structure in excess of the 1910 height limitations; or (3) enact any Act relating to Federal courts in the District of Columbia. Title VI: Referendum; Sucession in Government; Temporary Provisions; Miscellaneous; Amendments to District of Columbia Election Act; Repeal of Certain Provisions of Law and Rules of Construction; and Effective Dates - Provides for a referendum within 5 months of enactment to determine whether the qualified electors of the District of Columbia accept the Charter (title IV). Transfers the functions of specified existing government agencies to the Council. Provides for the continuance of pending actions and proceedings of defunct agencies. Authorizes the President of the United States to take such action as necessary during the interim period to enable the Board of Elections properly to perform its functions under this Act. States that, for the purpose of preventing duplication, any Federal officer or agency may furnish services to the District Government and any District officer or agency may furnish services to the Federal Government. Provides for an independent annual postaudit by the General Accounting Office. Makes conforming amendments to the District of Columbia Election Act concerning elections of the Mayor, the District Delegate, and the Council. Sets forth the effective dates of the titles of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
States that on or after the date of enactment of this provision no television broadcast licensee, network television broadcast organization, or cable television system shall perform or otherwise carry out a contract, arrangement, or other understanding, express or implied, under which such station, network, or system is prevented from broadcasting or carrying the home games of any professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey teams when tickets for admission to such games are no longer available for purchase by the general public forty-eight hours or more before the scheduled beginning time of such games.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Permits the Capital Yacht Club of the District of Columbia to borrow money at such rates of interest as the corporation may determine, without regard to the restrictions of any usury law. Provides that it shall be lawful for any person in the District of Columbia to charge any rate of interest on any loan, the principal of which is in excess of $1,000,000, to any; (1) business or commercial organization; or (2) person owning or desiring to acquire a business or commercial organization as a sole proprietor or joint venture. Requires that such loan be transacted solely for the purpose of conducting or acquiring a business or commercial organization.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States Government, while engaged in a lessening of tensions with the People's Republic of China, do nothing to compromise the freedom of our friend and ally, the Republic of China and its people.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Authorizes the construction of the Fourmile Run project, in the city of Alexandria and Arlington County, Virginia for flood protection in substantial conformance with House Document Numbered 91-358 at an estimated cost of $42,800,000.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1973
Establishes land use criteria in the District of Columbia wherever a specified private land assembly is within 500 lineal feet of a portal of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority system. Provides that the Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall receive applications and issue permits for the erection of buildings on land areas qualifying under the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
States that the intent of this Act is to insure that the Blue Plains sewage system operates within defined limits so as to help protect and upgrade the water quality of the Potomac River, so that its fullest recreational and esthetic potential shall be available for the enjoyment and welfare of the general public, and to insure that no user jurisdiction uses more than its allotted share of the sewage system's flow capacity. Provides that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue certificates to the operator of the Blue Plains sewage system and the user jurisdictions specifically defining the following requirements and provisions with which they shall comply in the operation and use of the Blue Plains sewage system: (1) allowable flow capacity; (2) allowable concentrations and quantities of various pollutants in the effluents discharged in the Potomac River; and (3) the time period over which the parameter limits given above are established. Requires each user jurisdiction to provide flow measuring meters and recording devices on collection and interceptor sewerlines at all locations where the user jurisdiction's lines interconnect with the interceptors of the Blue Plains sewage system. States that the Administrator shall be responsible for independently monitoring the performance of the operation of the Blue Plains sewage system and user jurisdictions to insure that they comply with all the requirements and provisions of the certificates governing the Blue Plains sewage system. Sets forth penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1973
Creates the District of Columbia Board of Cosmetology, which shall register and license persons engaged in the profession of cosmetology or in the teaching of cosmetology in the District of Columbia. Makes it unlawful for any person to operate a beauty salon or a school of cosmetology within the District of Columbia without first procuring from the Board a certificate of registration. Sets forth provisions concerning the organization, compensation, meetings, and records of the Board. Prescribes qualifications for persons to be licensed under this Act, including cosmetologists, manicurists, demonstrators, managing cosmetologists, apprentices, students, instructors, and student instructors. States that any person may apply to the Board for a certificate of registration as a registered beauty salon or school of cosmetology, and lists requirements for registration for such beauty salons and schools. Sets forth a fee schedule for registrations, licenses, and annual renewals thereof. Exempts present practitioners in the District of Columbia from the examination and registration requirements of this Act. Specifies the powers and duties of the Board in the administration of this Act. Authorizes the Board to prescribe such sanitary rules as necessary for precautious to be employed to prevent the creating and spreading of infections and contagious diseases. Requires every holder of a certificate or license to display it in a conspicuous place in his principal office, place of business of employment. Prescribes criminal penalties for the violation of this Act.
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