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Rep. Broyhill, Joel T. [R-VA-10]

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Bill· HRH.R. 9226 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide a program of tax adjustment for small business and for persons engaged in small business.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 8923 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the law of the District of Columbia relating to the practice of psychology to provide for the licensing of certain persons in the practice of psychology in the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973

Provides that any person who was actually engaged in the practice of psychology in the District of Columbia on or before the effective date of this Act, and who was a member in good standing of the District of Columbia Psychological Association, shall be deemed to qualify to receive a license to practice psychology in the District of Columbia.

Bill· HRH.R. 8883 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide that the historic property known as the Congressional Cemetery may be acquired, protected, and administered by the Secretary of the Interior as part of the park system of the National Capital, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1973

Provides that the historic property known as the Congressional Cemetery in the District of Columbia may be acquired, protected, and administered by the Secretary of the Interior as part of the park system of the National Capital. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the proper development and operation of the Congressional Cemetery.

Bill· HRH.R. 8801 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend section 105(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the excludability from gross income of disability pension payments to an individual shall be determined without regard to whether or not the individual has reached retirement age.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973

Provides that the excludability from gross income for income tax purposes of disability pension payments to an individual shall be determined without regard to whether or not the individual has reached retirement age. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 105(d))

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 624 (93rd)referred

Joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the fourth Sunday of November of each year as "National Grandparents' Day".

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973

Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the fourth Sunday of November of each year as "National Grandparents' Day". Calls upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

Bill· HRH.R. 8717 (93rd)referred

A bill to authorize and direct the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to conduct an election for the purpose of a referendum on the question of statehood for the residents of the present District, election of delegates to a constitutional convention, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973

Authorizes the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to conduct a referendum on the question of statehood for the District of Columbia within 120 days after the enactment of this Act. Provides for the admission of the State of Columbia into the Union if a majority of the voters vote in favor of statehood and upon the approval of the constitution for the State of Columbia by the Congress. Authorizes the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to issue a proclamation for the election of delegates to a constitutional convention for the District of Columbia. States that the constitutional convention shall consist of fifty-seven delegates elected from among the residents of the District of Columbia. Provides that such convention shall write a constitution of the State of Columbia which shall be republican in form and shall not be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence. Establishes an advisory commission to be known as the State of Columbia Adisory Commission to conduct a full and complete study of the necessary and approriate legislative or administrative actions that must be taken in order to facilitate the transfer of authority over the District of Columbia from the Federal Government to the government of the State of Columbia. Provides that the Commission shall consist of thirteen members. States that the Commission shall submit its recommendations, within one hundred and eighty days after the establishment of the Commission, to the President, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate. Terminates the Commission 10 days after the submission of its final report. Authorizes appropriations for the costs of the convention, referendums and the Commission. States that the Delgate from the District of Columbia shall be elected to serve on standing committees in the same manner as members of the House, and shall possess in such committees the same powers and privileges as the other Members.

Bill· HRH.R. 8718 (93rd)referred

District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973

District of Columbia Self-Government and 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. Provides that no law or regulation which is in force on the effective date of this Act shall be deemed amended or repealed by this Act except to the extent specifically provided herein or to the extent that such law or regulation is inconsistent with 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. Transfers specified functions of the National Capital Planning Commission, and the Secretary of Labor's manpower service functions to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Title III: 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 power of the District of Columbia (subject to specified Congressional retention) in the Council. Sets forth procedures and responsibilities of the Council. 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. Creates the following independent agencies for the District of Columbia: Board of Elections, Zoning Commission, and Public Service Commission. Title IV: Federal Interest Preservation Board - Establishes a 7 member Federal Interest Preservation Board to review implementation of this Act, and to advise as to Federal or local actions necessary to maintain or protect the national interest in the District of Columbia. Title V: Federal Payment - Provides for an annual Federal payment to the District in four alternative forms, including lump-sum appropriations, a trust fund in the Treasury, annual authorizations, and a joint Federal-District financing of Government. 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 and Charter Advisory Board; Succession in Government; Temporary Provisions; Miscellaneous; Amendments to District of Columbia Election Act - Provides for a referendum within 5 months of enactment to determine whether the qualified electors of the District of Columbia accept the Charter (title III). States that if the vote is affirmative, there shall be established a Charter Implementation Advisory Board to make recommendations on the most effective means of implementing this Act. 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 prupose 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. Establishes the National Capital Water Supply Agency to provide for water, waste, and sewage removal and treatment services. Grants Congressional consent to Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia to negotiate an interstate compact for the establishment of an organization as a means of cooperation among the Federal, State, and local governments in the National Capital region. Sets forth the effective dates of the titles of this Act.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 617 (93rd)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting representation in the Congress to the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the residents of the District of Columbia are entitled to elect Representatives in the House of Representatives of the United States, the number thereof to be determined on the basis of the decennial enumeration in the same manner as the number of the Representatives of each of the several States is determined. Entitles the residents to elect one or two Senators as the Congress provides. Stipulates that each Representative and Senator so elected shall be a resident of the District, shall possess the same qualifications age and citizenship and be entitled to the same rights and privileges as a Representative or Senator of a State.

Bill· HRH.R. 8583 (93rd)referred

A bill to revise the pay structure and retirement and disability benefits of policemen and firemen at Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport.

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to fix the per annum rates of basic pay of positions on the police force and the fire department of Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport in accordance with the rates of basic compensation, including longevity increases provided in the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act for officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia in corresponding or similar positions. Requires the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to permit any such officer or member of the police or fire department to elect the benefits provided officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 248 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conservation of gasoline.

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973

Expresses the sense of Congress that in order to conserve gasoline supplies, speed limits for motor vehicles traveling on Federal-aid highways presently at or in excess of fifty-five miles an hour should be reduced immediately to fifty-five miles per hour or ten miles per hour lower than the speed limit posted on such Federal aid highway, whichever is the greater.

Bill· HRH.R. 8477 (93rd)referred

Alaskan Petroleum Transmission Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973

Alaskan Petroleum Transmission Act - Finds that, since energy sources are in short supply, the Congress should act to hasten recovery of underground petroleum on the North Slope of Alaska. Declares it to be the national policy that no decision be made for recovery of petroleum from the North Slope of Alaska until Congress has opportunity to review such plans. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a thorough study of the two principal alternative routes for recovering petroleum reserves from the North Slope of Alaska. Outlines such routes as: (1) a trans-Alaska pipeline from the North Slope to Valdez, Alaska, and then by ocean-going oil tanker taken to the west coast of the United States; and (2) an overland pipeland from the North Slope across northeastern Alaska and through Canada to the midwest section of the United States. Directs the comptroller to report his findings and conclusions to the Congress no later than January 1, 1974. Specifies the considerations to be used in making the study. Authorizes the Comptroller to enter into contracts with the National Academy of Sciences in conducting the study, and to secure information from any Federal department, agency or instrumentality. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and other appropriate Federal officials to enter into negotiations with Canada to determine the feasibility of a right-of-way across Canadian territory for petroleum transmission facilities from the North Slope of Alaska. Directs the Secretary to report the results of their negotiations to the Congress and the Comptroller no later than December 1, 1973. Requires all reports to the Congress under this Act be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate. Prohibits any order or rule of the Secretary of the Interior , or any other Federal agency or officer of the United States, granting a right-of-way, easement, or special land use permit on any Federal land for the construction and operation of a pipeline for the transmission of petroleum from the North Slope in Alaska from taking effect until the 60-day period beginning on the date the Comptroller files his final report. Allows the Secretary to grant such right-of-way or easements after the 60-day period as he deems necessary for construction of a petroleum transmission system along a route determined by the Comptroller to be the better of two principal alternative routes, unless Congress has disapproved such a route by concurrent resolution. Allows such rights-of-way or easements be granted for such width as the Secretary determines necessary without regard to the National Environmental Policy Act. Provides that action of the Secretary under this section shall not be reviewable by any court of the United States or in any State court. Outlines the congressional procedure in making a concurrent resolution concerning the proposed route and in referring the matter to committee. Limits debate on the resolution to no more than 10 hours. Authorizes necessary funds to carry out the Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 8476 (93rd)referred

A bill to require that future appointments to the office of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and of certain other officers in the Executive Office of the President, be subject to confirmation by the Senate.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973

Requires that future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Director of the Domestic Council, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, and Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy, shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 241 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conservation of gasoline.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973

Expresses the sense of Congress that in order to conserve gasoline supplies, speed limits for motor vehicles traveling on Federal-aid highways presently at or in excess of fifty-five miles an hour should be reduced immediately to fifty-five miles per hour or ten miles per hour lower than the speed limit posted on such Federal aid highway, whichever is the greater.

Bill· HRH.R. 8417 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 28 of the District of Columbia Code relating to usury in the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973

Provides that it shall be lawful for any person to charge, contract for, or receive any rate or amount of interest on any loan, the principal of which is in excess of $1,000,000, to any business or commercial organization or to a person owning or desiring to acquire a business or commercial organization as a sole proprietor or joint venture if such loan is transacted for the purpose of conducting or acquiring a business or commercial organization.

Bill· HRH.R. 8356 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual's entitlement to benefits shall continue through the month of his death (except where the continuation of such entitlement and the consequent delay in the payment of survivor benefits would reduce the total amount payable to the family).

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973

Provides under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance), that an individual's entitlement to benefits shall continue through the month of his death, except where the combination of such entitlement and the consequent delay in the payment of survivor benefits would reduce the total amount payable to the family.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 234 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conservation of gasoline.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973

Expresses the sense of Congress that in order to conserve gasoline supplies, speed limits for motor vehicles traveling on Federal-aid highways presently at or in excess of fifty-five miles an hour should be reduced immediately to fifty-five miles per hour or ten miles per hour lower than the speed limit posted on such Federal aid highway, whichever is the greater.

Bill· HRH.R. 8115 (93rd)referred

A bill to extend the application of section 112(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to certain members of the Armed Forces of the United States and civilian employees who were illegally detained during 1968, and to provide that certain provisions of such code relating to members of the Armed Forces shall apply without regard to whether or not an induction period exists.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973

Entitles members and employees of the Armed Forces who were illegally detained during 1968 in the Vietnam Conflict to exclude combat pay from gross income for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code. Deletes the provisions limiting such exclusion to members of the Armed Forces only during a period when men are being inducted. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 112)

Bill· HRH.R. 7941 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to change the method of computing retired pay of certain enlisted members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973

Provides that, for purposes of computing the retired pay of enlisted members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the years of service are computed by adding the years of active service in the armed forces, the years of service in a medical unit or in medical work, and the years of service credited for special duty in specified assignments. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 3925(a), 6330, 8925(a))

Bill· HRH.R. 7765 (93rd)referred

District of Columbia Controlled Substances Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973

District of Columbia Controlled Substances Act - Provides that the Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall administer the provisions of this Act. States that the Commissioner may - (1) promulgate rules relating to the registration and control of manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers of controlled substances within the District of Columbia, consistent with the rules and regulations of the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare made under part C of the Controlled Substances Act; and (2) charge reasonable fees relating to the registration and control of manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers of controlled substances within the District of Columbia. Requires every person registered with the Commissioner to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance in the District of Columbia to keep records, make inventories, and make reports to the Commissioner. Provides that penalties specified under the Controlled Substances Act shall apply in the District of Columbia with respect to any violations of this Act. Sets forth the powers and authority of the Commissioner in enforcing the provisions of this Act. States that the Commissoner shall cooperate with Federal and State agencies in discharging his responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances.

Bill· HRH.R. 7745 (93rd)referred

A bill to direct the Secretary of State to undertake negotiations with the Federal Republic of Germany for certain payments to the Government of the United States, to authorize ex gratia payments to certain citizens of the United States who fought for the allied cause in World War II as members of the Royal Army of Yugoslavia and were imprisoned by the German Government and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973

Directs the Secretary of State to undertake negotiations with the Federal Republic of Germany for payments to the Government of the United States for all ex gratia payments to citizens of the United States who fought for the Allied cause in World War II as members of the Royal Army of Yugoslavia and were imprisoned by the German Government.

Bill· HRH.R. 7644 (93rd)referred

Health Programs Extension Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973

Health Programs Extension Act - Title I: Amendments to Public Health Service Act - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Public Health Service Act: (1) health services research and development, (2) national health surveys and studies, (3) public health training, (4) migrant health (5) comprehensive health planning and services (6) assistance to medical libraries (7) Hill-Burton programs for construction of medical library facilities (8) training in the allied health professions, (9) regional medical programs, and (10) population research and family planning. Title II: Amendments to the Community Mental Health Centers Act - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for the following programs under the Community Mental Health Centers Act: (1) construction assistance for mental health centers, (2) staffing assistance for mental health centers, (3) alcoholism programs (4) drug abuse programs, (5)consultation services, and (6) mental health of children. Title III: Amendments to the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for construction, services, and planning under the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act. Title IV: Funding Assurances - Extends appropriations through fiscal year 1974 for programs under the Medical Facilities Construction and Modernization Amendment of 1970.

Bill· HRH.R. 7587 (93rd)referred

A bill to waive governmental immunity against the District of Columbia in suits in which members of the Metropolitan Police Department are sued for assault and battery, false arrest, false imprisonment or malicious prosecution.

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973

Provides for the waiver of governmental immunity against the District of Columbia for claims brought against the District in which members of the Metropolitan Police Department are sued for assualt and battery, false arrest, false imprisonment, or malicious prosecution. Provides that the District shall only be liable for actual or compensatory damages, and not for damages punitive in nature.

Bill· HRH.R. 7361 (93rd)referred

A bill to establish the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973

Establishes the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration; an American Revolutionary Bicentennial Advisory Council; a Federal Agency Bicentennial Organization; and the American Revolution Bicentennial Board. Sets forth the duties and functions of these bodies. Provides that the Council, Board, Federal Organization, and the Administration shall cease on and after December 31, 1976. Authorizes appropriations for such bodies. Establishes the Joint Committee on the American Revolution Bicentennial. Provides that the Committee shall make a continuing study of the activities of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Requires periodic reports by the Committee.

Law· HRH.R. 7130 (93rd)open

Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973

Budget Control Act - Title I: Changes in Rules of House and Senate - Establishes in the House of Representatives a Committee on the Budget consisting of 21 members: 7 members from the Committee on Appropriations, 7 members from the Committee on Ways and Means, and 7 members appointed by the Speaker of the House. Provides for the selection of the Chairman of the Committee and for the filling of vacancies on the Committee. Refers to the Committee matters relating to (a) the establishment of an overall limitation on budget outlays, and an overall limitation on new budget authority; (b) the determination of the overall level of Federal revenues, and the overall level of the public debt of the United States; (c) the determination of the appropriate level of surplus or deficit in the budget in the light of economic conditions and, (d) the allocation of the overall limitation on budget outlays, and the overall limitation on new budgetary authority. Requires the Committee to report during each regular session of Congress at least two concurrent resolutions concerning matters referred to the Committee and to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of these studies to the House of Representatives. Establishes in the United States Senate a Committee on the Budget consisting of 15 members: 5 members from the Committee on Appropriations, 5 members from the Committee on Finance, and 5 members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate. Grants to the Senate Committee the same matters for consideration and the same duties as the House Committee. Declares that annually, on or before May 1, Congress shall complete action on a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year beginning July 1. States that the concurrent resolution shall include with respect to budget outlays and with respect to new budget authority: (1) a general contingency reserve (for allocation only by a subsequent concurrent resolution on the budget) for possible new legislation (including enlargements of existing programs and activities); and (2) an emergency reserve (in amounts which do not exceed 2 percent of the amount of budget outlays otherwise allocated to the Committees on Appropriations and 2 percent of the amount of new budget authority otherwise allocated to such committees) which shall be available only for allocation by the Committees on Appropriations to specific programs and activities (or to subcommittees) to meet emergencies and other unforeseen contingencies. Provides for other matters which may be dealt with in the concurrent resolution. Sets forth a timetable for the first concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year. Requires Congress to adopt a final concurrent resoltuion on the budget before adjourning and provides for consideration of concurrent resolution to be expedited. Declares that a tax surcharge is required where the budget deficit will be greater, or the surplus will be smaller, than that determined to be appropriate. States the requirements for amendments to concurrent resolutions. Provides that legislation dealing with the congressional budget must be handled by budget committees and that the concurrent resolution on budget must be adopted before appropriations and changes in revenues and public debt limit are made. Sets forth the requirements for legislation and amendments providing new budget authority, and declares that budget authority legislation may be required to contain outlay limitations. Places limitations on new permanent budget authority and on new spending authority. Requires the legislative committees to authorize the enactment of new budget authority before the beginning of the fiscal year. Authorizes the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations to consider and to report legislation rescinding budget authority. Provides for technical and conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives and to the Standing Rules of the United States Senate, as well as amendments to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 1970. Title II: Legislative Budget Director and Staff - Establishes a Joint Legislative Budget Staff headed by a Legislative Budget Director appointed by the record vote of a majority of the members of the Committee on the Budget of each House, and provides for staffing and compensation. Authorizes the Legislative Budget Director to secure directly from any executive department or instrumentality of the government, information, data, estimates, and statistics relating to the function of the Joint Legislative Budget Staff. Directs the Joint Legislative Budget Staff to develop methods of using computers and other techniques for the analysis of information to improve not only the quantative but the qualitative evaluation of budgetary requirements.

Bill· HRH.R. 7157 (93rd)referred

Retirement Benefits Tax Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973

Retirement Benefits Tax Act - Sets minimum standards relating to funding eligibility & vesting. Defines "minimum funding standard" as the excess of the sum of (1) the normal cost of the plan for such year plus interest on the unfunded liability, computed under the funding method used to determine normal costs, 5 percent of the unfunded liability for nonforfeitable benefits under the plan (computed as the excess of the present value of the then accrued nonforfeitable benefits over the fair market value of the assets), and the total of the amounts determined under clauses (1) and (2) with respect to the plan for each of the preceding plan years beginning after December 31, 1973, over "the total of the amounts determined under clauses (1) (2) with respect to the plan for each of the preceding plan years beginning after December 31, 1973, over "the total of the amounts contributed to or under the plan for each of the preceding plan years beginning after December 31, 1973. Outlines the criteria which must be met in order for a trust to qualify under this Act and defines the term "employee's accrued benefits". States that a trust has vested when an employee's rights to his accrued benefit derived from his own contributions are nonforfeitable (other than by reason of death), and his rights in at least 50 percent of such accrued benefit derived from employer contributions are nonforfeitable (other than by reason of death) as of the close of the first plan year in which the sum of his age and the period of his active participation in the plan equals or exceeds 35 years, and his rights in the remaining percentage of all of his accrued benefit derived from employer contributions become nonforfeitable (other than by reason of death) not less rapidly than ratably over the next succeeding 5 plan year. Define those employees who are eligible as (1) any employee who has not attained the age of 30 years and has a period of continuous service with the employer of 3 or more years, (2) any employee who has attained the age of 35 years but has not attained the age of 35 years and has a period of continuous service with the employer of 2 or more years, and (3) any employee who has attained the age of 35 years and who has a period of continuous service with the employer of 1 or more years. Allows a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for retirement savings where an individual paid cash amounts: (1) to or under a qualified individual retirement account which is exempt from tax, if the individual established such account, (2) to an employees' trust which is exempt from tax for his benefit, (3) for the purchase of an annuity contract for the individual under a plan which meets specified requirements of, or (4) to or under a qualified bond purchase plan, for his benefit. Outlines special rules and limitations under this Act for persons over 70 l/2 years of age, married persons; employer contributions and recontributed amounts. Outlines those special rules and definitions applying to trusts qualifying as individual retirement accounts. Imposes for each taxable year on the assets of a qualified individual retirement account which is exempt from tax a tax equal to 10 percent of an amount which bears the same ratio to the fair market value of the toal assets in such account at the beginning of the taxable year as the minimum ammount required to be distributed during such year reduced (but not below zero) by the total amount actually distributed during such year by the account to the individual who established such account or his beneficiary bears to the minimum amount required to be distributed during such year. Directs that the tax imposed by this provision shall apply only for taxable years beginning after the taxable year in which the individual who established such account attains the age of 70 l/2 years. Establishes special rules for contributions on behalf of self-employed indivuduals and share holder-employees of electing small business corporations. Imposes a tax with respect to qualified pension profit sharing and stock bonus plans on each prohibited transaction at the rate of 5 percent of the amount involved with respect to the prohibited transaction for each year in the taxable period. Defines "prohibited transaction" as that term is set forth under the Welfare & Pension Plans Disclosure Act of August 28, 1958 as amended. Makes conforming amendments under this section. Outlines rules applicable to custodial accounts and excess contributions. Specifies those amounts from the employer's contribution which should be included in gross income by the employee.

Bill· HRH.R. 7108 (93rd)referred

Health Care Insurance Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973

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. Asserts that health insurance certificiates 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 liability 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 costs 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 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 medicine 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 6889 (93rd)referred

Trade Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973

Trade Reform Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to provide authority in the trade field supporting United States participation in an interrelated effort to develop an open, nondiscriminatory, and fair world economic system; to facilitate international cooperation in economic affairs; to stimulate United States economic growth and enlarge foreign markets for United States exports; to establish a program of temporary import relief and to provide trade adjustment assistance to workers; to improve the means for dealing with unfair import competition; to provide additional authority for the President to obtain fair and equitable access to foreign markets for United States exports; to provide the President more flexible authority to deal with trade matters; to enable the United States to take advantage of new trade opportunities with countries with which it has not recently had trade agreement relations; and to enable United States participation in the effort by developed countries to provide generalized preferential treatment to products of developing countries. Title I: Authority for New Negotiations - Grants to the President authority to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries, and unlimited authority to modify, continue, or eliminate duties on imports persuant to such agreements. Provides that aggregate reductions in the rate of duty up to 3 percent ad valorem may be put into effect each year for five years. Allows the President to interrupt and to extend the staging period for such reductions as long as he deems appropriate for certain products. Allows the President to exempt from staging requirements reductions not in excess of 10 percent of the duty prior to reduction, by rounding fractions or decimals. Sets forth the findings of Congress on nontariff barriers to trade which reduce the growth of foreign markets for products of United States commerce, and diminish the intended mutual benefits of reciprocal trade concessions. Urges the President to negotiate mutual reduction, elimination, or harmonization of such barriers to trade with other countries. Grants the President advance authority to implement such agreements with respect to customs valuation, establishing the quantities on which assessments are made, and requirements for marking of country of origin. Establishes procedures for serving notice to the Congress 90 days before such agreements take effect. Sets forth prenegotiation requirements. Provides for the publication and transmission to the Tariff Commission by the President of lists of articles which may be considered for concessions in connection with any proposed trade agreement. Requires the Tariff Commission to advise the President on each article within six months of its judgment as to the probable economic effect of modifying or continuing duties on domestic industries producing like or directly competitive articles. Outlines the economic factors which the Tariff Commission shall investigate and analyze. Requires the Tariff Commission to hold public hearings during the course of preparing this advice. Requires the President, before entering into a trade agreement to seek information and advice with respect to each agreement from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior, Labor, State, Treasury, and from the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, and to seek information and advice as appropriate from other sources such as the Department of Transportation. Provides that meetings of selected industry, labor, and agriculture groups advising the President or any agency on United States negotiating objectives and bargaining positions in specific product sectors prior to entry into trade agreements shall be exempt from the requirements relating to open meetings and public participation under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Requires the President to hold public hearings in connection with any proposed trade agreement under this title to enable interested persons to present their views with respect to the list of articles considered for change in duty status, any concessions which should be sought from foreign countries, and any other relevant matters. Requires the President to designate an agency or interagency committee to hold these hearing and to provide a summary to the President. Requires the President to receive such summary of the hearings before making an offer to modify or continue any duty or to continue duty-free treatment on any article in negotiations. Requires the President to transmit to each House of the Congress a copy of all trade agreements, with a statement of his reasons for entering into the agreement in the light of the Tariff Commission's advice and other relevant considerations. Title II: Relief from Disruption Caused by Fair Competition Outlines procedures to be followed by the Tariff Commission in conducting an investigation to determine the existence of injury to a domestic industry due to imports. Provides that a petition for eligibility for import relief may be filed with the Tariff Commission by an entity, such as a trade association, firm, or union, which is broadly representative of an industry. Requires that the petition include a statement describing the specific purpose for which import relief is sought, such as to facilitate the transfer of resources to alternative employment and other means to adjust to new competitive conditions. Requires the Tariff Commission to transmit a copy of any petitions to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations and to the Government agencies which are directly concerned in particular cases, such as the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Labor, State, and Treasury. Requires the Tariff Commission to conduct an investigation to determine whether there is injury to a domestic industry caused primarily by substantially increased quantities of imports like or directly competitive with articles produced by the domestic industry, and offered at prices substantially below those of comparable domestic articles. Provides that, in making its determination with respect to injury, the Tariff Commission shall take into account all economic factors it considers relevant, including significant unemployment or underemployment in the industry, inability of a significant number of firms to operate at a reasonable level of profit and significant idling of productive facilities in the industry. Provides that determining whether imports are the primary cause of injury, the Commission shall consider relevant factors such as the extent to which current business conditions, changes in taste or technology, or competitive conditions within the industry may be contributed to the competitive difficulties experienced by firms in the industry. Requires the Tariff Commission to investigate and report on efforts by firms in the industry to compete more effectively with imports. Requires the Tariff Commission to hold public hearings in connection with any proceedings with regard to import relief for market disruption by imported goods. Requires the Tariff Commission to report to the President its findings relating to such import relief, and to publish a summary of its findings in the Federal Register. Provides for a determination by the President within 60 days whether to provide import relief following an affirmative finding by the Tariff Commission of injury to an industry due to imports. Enumerates factors which the President must take into account in this determination, including: the effectiveness of import relief as a means to promote adjustment and the impact of relief measures on domestic consumers, other industries and workers, and upon United States foreign economic interests. Authorizes the President to provide import relief to the extent and for such time as he deems necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury to a domestic industry. States that such relief shall be in the form of increased duties or restrictions on articles causing or threatening serious injury to domestic industry. Provides that the President may issue regulations governing the entry of an article covered by an orderly marketing agreement, and that the President may impose controls on import of articles from countries which are not parties to such agreements. Provides limitations of 5 years on the duration of import relief measures and requires the phasing out of such measures during the time of their application. Requires the Tariff Commission to keep under review developments with respect to the industry concerned as long as any import relief remains in effect, and report such developments to the President upon his request. Provides that whenever any action has been taken to increase or impose any duty or other import restriction, the President shall afford interested foreign countries an opportunity to consult with the United States with respect to concessions, if any, to be granted as compensation for the import restriction imposed. Provides for filing of petitions with the Secretary of Labor by groups of workers or their duly authorized representative for a certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance. Requires the Secretary to publish promptly in the Federal Register that he has received the petition and initiated an investigation. Provides that the Secretary shall provide for a public hearing if the petitioner, or any other person found by the Secretary to have a substantial interest in the proceedings, submits a request not later than ten days after the publication of notice. Provides criteria for certification by the Secretary of Labor of eligibilty of groups of workers applying for adjustment assistance. Requires the Secretary to make such determination of eligibility within 60 days after filing of a petitition by a group of workers. Requires the Secretary to publish promptly in the Federal Register a summary of his determination on such petititions. Provides for termination of such certifications of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance if the Secretary determines that total or partial separations are no longer attributable to the conditions for which the certification was granted. States the qualifications that an individual worker must have in order to obtain supplemental payments for weeks in which he is entitled to State unemployment insurance payments. Establishes that an adversely affected worker who receives State unemployment insurance for a week of unemployment and meets the qualifying requirements shall receive a supplemental payment equal to the amount (if any) of which the State unemployment insurance he receives for such week is less than the payment he would have received if under the State law his weekly benefit amount was one-half of his average weekly wage, or the maximum weekly benefit amount, whichever is less. Defines the terms used in establishing the weekly benefit amount on the basis of which the supplemental payment would be made. Provides that the Secretary shall make every reasonable effort to secure counseling, testing, and placement services, and supportive and other services provided for under any Federal law for adversely affected workers covered by a certification. Requires the Secretary to procure such services through agreements with cooperating State agencies whenever appropriate. Authorizes the Secretary to provide or assure provision of appropriate training to trade-impacted workers under manpower and related service programs established by law, on a priority basis. Authorizes supplemental assistance to defray transportation and subsistence costs when training is provided in facilities which are not within commuting distance. Provides that the Secretary shall not authorize training which begins more than one year after the certification or of the worker's last total or partial separation whichever is later. Provides that any worker refusing without good cause to accept or continue, or failing to make satisfactory progress in suitable training to which he was referred by the Secretary shall be disqualified from receiving payments under this chapter until he enters or resumes the training. Provides that workers covered by adjustment assistance certification may apply for a job search allowance, reimbursing the worker up to 80 percent of the cost of such job search, but not to exceed $500. Provides terms and conditions for relocation allowances for a head of a family adversely affected by imports and covered by certification. Provides for agreements between the Secretary of Labor and State agencies to carry out the provisions for testing, counseling, training and placement services for workers adversely affected by imports. Authorizes the Secretary to arrange by regulations for performance of such services where there is no agreement with a State agency. Provides for fair hearing for any worker whose application for payments is denied. Provides for review by the courts of final determination of entitlement to payments in the same manner and to the same extent as is provided by the judicial review provision for the social security program. Requires that all money paid to State under this Act shall be used solely for the purposes for which it is paid. Relieves certifying and disbursing officers, in the absence of gross negligence or intent to defraud the United States, from liability with respect to any properly certified payment. Provides that if a person has been found to have received any payment to which he was not entitled, as a result of false statements, such person shall be liable to repay such amount to the State agency or to the Secretary. Imposes penalties by fines of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for any person who knowingly makes false statements of, or fails to disclose material facts for the purpose of obtaining or increasing for himself or for any other individual any payment authorized to be paid under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of sums necessary to carry out his functions in connection with furnishing payments to workers under this Act. Sets forth definitions of terms necessary to interpretation and administration of this section. Requires the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations to prescribe regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Title III: Relief from Unfair Trade Practices - Expands the authority of the President under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to respond to unreasonable or injustifiable foreign trade practices or discriminatory acts which burden or restrict United States commerce. Requires the President to take all appropriate and feasible steps to obtain the elimination of such import restrictions on United States exports. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate must within six months or, in more complicated investigations, within nine months after a question of dumping is raised by or presented to him, make the determination required under present law as to whether there is reason to believe or suspect that the purchase price of imported merchandise is less, or the exporter's sales price is less or likely to be less, than the foreign market value or constructed value of the merchandise. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold appraisement of such merchandise entered on or after the date of publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury or the Tariff Commission to hold a hearing prior to determination of dumping, and to publish in the Federal Register the basis for their findings and conclusions on all material issues presented on the record. Defines purchase price and the exporter's sales price of imported merchandise for purposes of this section. Provides for the application of countervailing duties on imports, equal to the net amount bestowed on such goods by a bounty or grant by any country. Requires a determination of material injury by the Tariff Commission for the application of countervailing duties to duty-free imports, for so long as such a determination is required by international obligations. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury must determine within one year if a bounty or grant is being paid or bestowed. Provides discretionary authority for the Secretary to bar the application of countervailing duties in any particular case if he determines that such action would be detrimental to United States economic interests, or that existing quantitative limitations are an adequate substitute for the imposition of countervailing duties. Limits the discretion of the President over issuance of exclusion orders against articles concerned in unfair methods of competition to instances of patent infringement. Requires the Tariff Commission to investigate and regulate other alleged unfair methods of competition. Authorizes the Tariff Commission to issue temporary exclusion orders pending the completion of its full investigation if a prima facie showing of a violation has been established, and if immediate and substantial harm to the patentee would result if a temporary order were not issued. Provides that public hearings shall be held in connection with investigations under this section and that a transcript shall be made. Authorizes any person adversely affected by an action of the Commission to secure judicial review in the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Title IV: Internal Trade Policy Management Grants explicit and more flexible authority than under existing legislation for the President to impose or liberalize restrictions on imports to deal with serious balance-of-payments problems. Permits the United States to exercise fully its GATT rights and obligations. Provides the President authority at least as extensive as his authority under trade agreements, and authority to maintain trade agreement rates in the absence of a trade agreement. Provides permanent authority for the President to negotiate and implement trade agreements of limited scope. Provides permanent authority for the President to compensate foreign countries for increases in United States import restrictions. Provides authority for the President to reduce import restrictions temporarily for the purpose of restraining inflation. Requires the reservation of certain articles for reductions in duties or other import restrictions during the course of trade negotiations for purposes of national security. Requires the application of trade agreement concessions on a most-favored-nation basis unless a deviation is specifically authorized. Provides authority for the President to terminate at any time actions to implement trade agreements. Provides that all trade agreements are subject to termination or withdrawal at the end of a specific time period. Provides for public hearings in connection with Presidential withdrawal of concessions or termination of prior trade agreements. Authorizes annual appropriations necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Title V: Trade Relations with Countries not Enjoying Most-Favored-Nation Tariff Treatment - Stipulates that except as otherwise provided, the President shall continue to deny most-favored-nation tariff treatment to products imported from any country or area which are subject to Column 2 rates of duty. Authorizes the President to deny such most-favored-nation treatment from any country when he deems it necessary for national security purposes. Authorizes the President to enter into bilateral commercial agreements to extend most-favored-nation treatment to imports from countries previously denied such treatment, provided that such agreements are in the national interest. Limits such agreements to an initial period of not more than three years. Subjects such agreements to suspension or termination at any time for national security reasons. Provides for consultations for the purpose of reviewing the operation of the agreement and relevant aspects of relations between the United States and the other party. Authorizes implementation of such agreements only if a majority of neither House of Congress adopts a resolution disapproving of such agreement within 90 days after the President delivers a copy of the agreement to the Congress. Lists examples of provisions which may be included in bilateral commercial agreements including arrangements to safeguard against domestic market disruption, to protect United States industrial rights and processes, trademarks, and copyrights, to settle commercial disputes, and arrangements to promote trade, for example, by establishing trade and tourist promotion offices, the sending of trade missions, and facilitating activities of commercial representatives. Authorizes the President to extend most-favored-nation treatment to imports from any country which has entered into a bilateral commercial agreement which has entered into force. Authorizes the President to issue an order extending most-favored-nation treatment to a country which has become a party to an appropriate multilateral trade agreement to which the United States is also a party, such as the GATT, subject to the Congressional veto procedure. Limits the application of most-favored-nation treatment to the duration of the bilateral agreement or to the period both countries are a party to a multilateral agreement. Authorizes the President at any time to suspend or withdraw the application of most-favored-nation treatment extended under this Section, thereby restoring the applicable Column 2 rate of duty on all products imported from the country. Provides criteria for determining whether market disruption injury to a domestic industry has occurred due to imports from countries which are granted most-favored-nation treatment. Requires the Tariff Commission to determine whether imports of such countries are causing material injury to a domestic industry producing like or directly competitive articles. Authorizes the President to provide import relief in the form of higher duties or other restrictions on an article found to cause injury to domestic industry. Title VI: Generalized System of Preferences - Sets forth the finding of the Congress that the welfare and security of the United States are enhanced by efforts to further the economic development of the developing countries, and that such development may be assisted by providing increased access to markets in the developed countries, including the United States, for exports from developing countries. States that the purpose of this title is to promote the general welfare, foreign policy and security of the United States by enabling the United States to participate with other developed countries in granting generalized tariff preferences to exports of manufactured and semimanufactured products and of selected other products from developing countries. Authorizes the President to provide duty-free treatment for any eligible article imported from "developing" countries, which are considered an exception to the most-favored-nation principle of the Act. Outlines the procedures and criteria for determining eligibility of products for duty-free preferential treatment, including public hearings and a determination by the Tariff Commission of the anticipated impact of the imported goods on domestic industry. Requires that prior to granting duty-free treatment on any article, the President must publish and furnish to the Tariff Commission a list of articles which may be designated eligible articles for this purpose. Requires that eligible articles be imported directly from a beneficiary developing country in order to qualify for duty-free entry, and that the sum of the cost or value of materials produced in a beneficiary developing country plus the direct costs of processing operations performed in a beneficiary developing country shall equal or exceed the percentage of the appraised value of the article at the time of its entry into the United States which the Secretary of the Treasury prescribes by regulation. Grants the Secretary broad authority to determine without public hearings what constitutes direct costs and to prescribe rules governing direct importation. Prohibits the President from designating as eligible any article subject to import relief measures or to national security action. Authorizes the President to terminate preferential treatment in response to a finding by the Tariff Commission of injury to domestic industry from an article from a poor country. Outlines criteria for determining which developing countries may be beneficiaries of duty-free preferential treatment on eligible articles. Authorizes the President to designate any country a beneficiary developing country. Directs the President in making such designation to take into account: the level of economic development of the country, whether a country has indicated a desire to be designated a beneficiary of preferential treatment, whether other major developed countries are extending generalized tariff preferences to the country, and whether the country has nationalized, expropriated or seized ownership or control of property owned by a United States citizen without provision for the payment of prompt, adequate and effective compensation. Stipulates that no country which is not receiving most-favored-nation treatment can be designated a beneficiary of preferential treatment. Prohibits according preferential treatment to a "developing" country which accords preferential treatment to the products of a developed country other than the United States, unless such treatment is to be eliminated before January 1, 1976. Grants the President broad authority to modify, withdraw, suspend, or limit at any time the application of preferential treatment on any product or with respect to any country. Requires the President to withdraw or suspend preferential treatment from any country which ceases to receive most-favored-nation treatment, and from any country which has not or will not eliminate preferences granted to other developed countries before January 1, 1976. Provides that duty-free preferential treatment shall not apply to a particular article from a particular beneficiary developing country if that country has supplied 50 percent of the total value or over $25 million of United States imports of the article on an annual basis over a representative period. Sets limits on the effective period of general preferences which must be terminated 10 years after enactment of this Act or after December 31, 1974, whichever is earlier. Title VII: General Provisions - Authorizes the President to delegate the power, authority, and discretion conferred upon him by this Act to heads of agencies he deems appropriate. Authorizes such heads of agencies to authorize the head of any other agency to perform such functions, to prescribe rules and regulations necessary to perform such functions, and to procure the temporary services of experts on consultants. Provides for an annual report to the Congress by the President on the trade agreements program and on import relief and adjustment assistance to workers. Provides for a factual report to the Congress by the Tariff Commission on the operation of the trade agreement program at least once a year. Provides that the Tariff Commission may conduct preliminary investigations, determine the scope and manner of its proceedings, and consolidate its proceedings. Provides that, in performing functions under this Act, the Tariff Commission may exercise any authority granted to it under any other Act. Provides that the Tariff Commission shall keep informed at all times concerning the operation and effect of provisions relating to duties or other import restrictions of the United States contained in trade agreements. Insures that invalidity of any one provision of this Act will not affect the validity of the remainder of the Act. Defines terms used in the Act. Sets forth amendments to existing trade laws to bring about conformity with this Act. Directs the President to embody in the tariff schedules of the United States the substance of the relevant provisions of this Act, and of other Acts affecting import treatment, and actions thereunder, including modification, continuance or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. Extends to the President upon recommendation of the Tariff Commission, authority to modify or amend the tariff schedules of the United States, including the establishment of new classifications, the abolition of existing classifications, or the transfer of particular articles from one classification to another. Excludes from such simplifications of the tariff schedules any modification of any rate of duty or other import restriction by more than one percent ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) unless annual imports of the article involved did not exceed $10,000 in each of the immediately preceding ten years. Requires the Tariff Commission, before making recommendations to the President, to publish in the Federal Register a notice of any proposed modification of the tariff schedules and to provide an opportunity for interested parties to to present their views to the Commission. Requires the Tariff Commission to keep the effect of modifications under observation for a period of five years, and to report to the President any substantial increase in the imports of such articles. Requires the President to terminate promptly the modification of the duty or other import restriction of any article which the President determines has been a imported in substantially increasing amounts in injury to domestic parties producing a like or directly competitive article. Authorizes the President to terminate at any time, in whole or in part, any action taken under his power to simplify and modify the tariff schedules of the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 6924 (93rd)referred

Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973

Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments - Authorizes to be appropriated $697,482,000 for fiscal year 1973, $700,096,000 for fiscal year 1974, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975, to carry out the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants: (1) to public or nonprofit private, agencies for paying part of the cost of planning, preparing, and initiating programs to provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with spinal cord injuries or to low-achieving deaf individuals; and (2) to any State agency designated pursuant to a plan approved under the Act, or to any local agency participating in the administration of such a plan, for paying part of the cost of pilot or demonstration projects for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultural workers, and to members of their families. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 34) Provides that whenever the Secretary determines that any amount of an allotment to a State for any fiscal year will not be utilized by such State in carrying out vocational rehabilitation services the Secretary may allot to one or more other States to an amount the extent he determines such other State will be able to use such additional amount during such year for carrying out such purposes. Authorizes grants for such services to the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 32) Includes American Samoa, and the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands within the definition of "State" under the Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 41) Requires a State plan for vocational rehabilitation services to provide satisfactory assurance to the Secretary that the agencies administering such plan will take into account, in connection with matters of general policy arising in the administration of the plan, the views of individuals who are recipients of such services, the views of individuals who represent citizen groups, individuals who represent professional groups, and individuals who are providers of vocational rehabilitation services. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 35(a)) Increases to $30 the minimum training allowance to people participating in such service programs under the Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 41(b)) Increases to $3,000,000 the annual amount which may be expended for the evaluation of the vocational rehabilitation program under the Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 37(a)) Repeals the provision for grants for innovation of vocational rehabilitation program under the Act. Provides for advance funding of programs under the Act. Provides that an individual who, as a part of his rehabilitation under a State plan, participates in a program of work experience in a Federal agency, shall not be considered to be a Federal employee or to be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment.

Bill· HRH.R. 6765 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 to provide for the payment of additional funds to units of local government in urbanized areas for public mass transportation purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1973

Provides an additional entitlement of payments to local government units for public mass transportation and spell out the new ratio under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes, out of the general funds of the Treasury of $800,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1973-1975, and for the period of July 1, 1976 to December 31,1976, $400,000,000.

Bill· HRH.R. 6487 (93rd)referred

Federal Parking Facilities Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973

Federal Parking Facilities Act - Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to contract for the construction, alteration, maintenance, and operation in connection with local, qualified, free enterprise parking operators, of such facilities on, above, and below Federal properties wherever located as he determines necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator, with respect to the situation in the District of Columbia, to commence immediate studies for the construction of multilevel parking facilities under the Mall, the Ellipse, and any such other federally owned locations as he deems proper to substantially relieve the offstreet parking congestion in the downtown retail area of the city, with a view to establishment of approximately two thousand to three thousand parking spaces at each federally owned location which will be devoted primarily to the needs of the visiting public. Establishes the Federal Parking Facilities National Advisory Board to be composed of five members, acting under the chairmanship of the Administrator, consisting of the Commissioner of Public Buildings of General Services or his designee, a designee of the Department of the Interior, a designee of the National Park Service, a designee of the Department of Defense, and a designee of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Creates a body politic of perpetual duration to be known as the District of Columbia Federal Parking Facilities Advisory Council consisting of thirteen members. Provides that no appropriation shall be made to construct or alter any parking facility, involving an expenditure in excess of $100,000, if such construction or alteration has not been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively. States that the provisions of this Act shall be effective January 1, 1974.

Bill· HRH.R. 6512 (93rd)referred

Rehabilitation Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973

Rehabilitation Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a statutory basis for the Rehabilitation Service Administration; to establish within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare an Office for the Handicapped, and to authorize specified programs. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be administered by a Commissioner. Provides that the Commissioner shall carry out and administer all programs and direct the performance of all services for which authority is provided to the Secretary of H.E.W. under titles I through III of this Act. Creates within such administration a Division of Research, Training and Evaluation which shall be responsible for carrying out programs and projects under title III of this Act. Authorizes the inclusion of appropriations under this Act in appropriations for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. Provides that where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering such funds. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - States it to be the purpose of this title to authorize grants to assist States to meet the current and future needs of handicapped individuals, so that such individuals may prepare for and engage in gainful employment to the extent of their capabilities. Authorizes to be appropriated $660,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $710,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of making grants to States to assist them in meeting the costs of vocational rehabilitation services. Authorizes to be appropriated $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, for the purpose of making grants to States and public and nonprofit agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals. Sets forth the requirements of State plans to be submitted and approved for participation in programs under this title. Authorizes judicial review in United States district courts of decisions by the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration affecting State plans. Provides that the Commissioner shall insure that the individualized written rehabilitation program required in a State plan in the case of each handicapped individual shall be developed jointly by the vocational rehabilitation counselor or coordinator and the handicapped individual. Defines vocational rehabilitation services provided under this Act as any goods or services necessary to render a handicapped individual employable, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) evaluation of rehabilitation potential; (2) counseling, guidance, referral, and placement services for handicapped invididuals; (3) vocational and other training services for handicapped individuals; (4) physical and mental restoration services; (5) maintenance, not exceeding the estimated cost of subsistence, during rehabilitation; (6) interpreter services for the deaf, and reader services for the blind; (7) recruitment and training services for handicapped individuals; (8) rehabilitation teaching services and orientation and mobility services for the blind; (9) occupational licenses, tools, equipment, and initial stocks and supplies; (10) transportation in connection with the rendering of any vocational rehabilitation services; and (11) telecommunications, sensory, and other technological aids and devices. Provides a formula for the allotment and payment of funds to States for providing rehabilitation services under this title. Directs the Commissioner to pay to a State or, at the option of the State, to a public or nonprofit organization or agency a portion of the cost of planning, preparing for, and initiating special programs under the State plan to expand vocational rehabilitation services. Title II: Special Federal Responsibilities - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants and contracts for fiscal years 1974-76 to assist in meeting the costs of construction of public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, initial staffing, and planning assistance. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agencies to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects for providing vocational training services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps, in public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or non-profit agencies and organizations for paying part of the cost of special projects and demonstrations: (1) for establishing facilities and providing services which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps; and (2) for applying new types or patterns of service or devices. Provides that the Commissioner may make contracts or jointly finance cooperative arrangements with employers and organizations for the establishment of projects designed to prepare handicapped individuals for gainful and suitable employment in the competitive labor market under which such handicapped individuals are provided training and employment in a realistic work setting and such other services as may be necessary for such individuals to continue to engage in such employment. Authorizes the Commissioner to provide technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, and for the purpose of removal of architectural and transportation barriers, to any public or nonprofit agency, institution, organization or facility. Provides for a special study by the Secretary of the needs of severely handicapped persons who would otherwise be ineligible for services under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to establish national centers for spinal cord injuries. Establishes in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare a National Advisory Council on Rehabilitation of Handicapped Individuals consisting of twenty members appointed by the Commissioner. Provides that the council shall: (1) provide policy advice and consultation on the planning, conduct, and review of programs authorized under this Act; (2) review the administration and operation of vocational rehabilitation programs under this Act, make recommendations with respect thereto, and make annual reports to the Secretary and the Commissioner for transmittal to the Congress; (3) advise the Secretary and the Commissioner with respect to the conduct of independent evaluations of programs carried out under this Act; and (4) provide such other advisory services as the Secretary and Commissioner may request. Sets forth requirements for applications for assistance for construction projects under this title. Title III: Research and Training - Provides that the commissioner may make grants to, and contracts with, State public and nonprofit organizations to pay part of the cost of research projects which bear directly on the provision of services under this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to pay all or part of the cost of specialized activities including the establishment and support of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers. Authorizes the Secretary to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purpose of this title. Title IV: Administration and Program and Project Evaluation - Sets forth the functions of the Commissioner in carrying out his duties under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies, investigations and evaluations of programs authorized by this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act in order to determine their effectiveness in achieving stated goals. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report on such determination and review to the appropriate committees of the Congress. Authorizes appropriations to conduct such program and project evaluations. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress on the activities carried out under this Act. Provides for a study of the role of sheltered workshops in the rehabilitation and employment of handicapped individuals. Title V: Office for the Handicapped - Establishes an Office for the Handicapped within the Office of the Secretary in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Provides that the Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall serve as a Special Assistant to the Secretary. Sets forth the functions of the Office. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this title such sums as necessary. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Provides for the repeal of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes an Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to investigate problems of handicapped persons in the areas of architecture and transportation, and to make legislative recommendations to the President and the Congress. Requires any contract in excess of $2500 entered into by any Federal department or agency for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services (including construction) for the United States to contain a provision requiring that, in employing persons to carry out such contract, the party contracting with the United States shall take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified handicapped individuals. States that no otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

Bill· HRH.R. 6488 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to remove the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed, and restore on behalf of certain veterans educational assistance benefits which had previously terminated.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973

Removes the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed. Restores on behalf of World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War educational assistance benefits which had previously terminated. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 1662(a))

Bill· HRH.R. 6442 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide that supergrade employees (and certain other Federal employees) whose pay is subject to a special statutory limitation shall be credited, for civil service retirement purposes, with the full amount of the basic pay they would be entitled to receive in the absence of such limitation.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973

Provides that supergrade employees in the Federal civil service (and certain other Federal employees) whose pay is subject to a special statutory limitation shall be credited, for civil service retirement purposes, with the full amount of the basic pay they would be entitled to receive in the absence of such limitation. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8331)