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United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for the study of a segment of the Oklawaha River for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
National Aquaculture Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for a national program for aquaculture development in order to increase sources of marine protein for the consumer; to increase the availability and quality level of consumer fishery products; to develop new resources; to improve or maintain recreational fisheries; and to initiate new business, industry, and employment. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with interested Federal agencies and other public and private organizations and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to establish national objectives for aquaculture development. Requires the Secretary to act as the interagency coordinator for all Federal programs and activities in aquaculture. Sets forth activities regarding aquaculture development which the Secretary may, as he deems appropriate, carry out pursuant to this Act, including: (1) construction, operation, and maintenance of hatcheries or similar facilities and undertaking of natural habitat improvement activities; (2) assistance to public and private organizations and individuals interested or engaged in aquaculture through advisory and other services; (3) consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, and local governments, regional commissions, institutions of higher learning, private industry; and (4) performance of basic and applied research to establish a sound information base for the development of aquaculture. Provides that the Secretary, in consultation with affected States, shall locate, construct, operate, and maintain such pilot aquaculture facilities as he deems appropriate in order to develop aquaculture technology relative to particular species of fish and shellfish. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such functions and duties authorized by this Act as he deems appropriate through grants to or contracts with the States, regional commissions, local governments, institutions of higher learning, private industry, and other public and private organizations. Authorizes an appropriation for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1976, equal to 30 percent of the gross receipts from duties collected under the customs laws on fishery products during the period January 1 to December 31, both inclusive, preceding the beginning of each such fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such other research as he deems appropriate in order to perform his functions and duties under this Act. Provides that the authority contained in this Act shall expire at the end of the fiscal year during which occurs the fifth anniversary of the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Establishes an Antitrust Revision Commission. States that the purposes of the Commission shall be to: (1) study the operation of existing antitrust statutes, as interpreted by judicial, executive, and administrative decisions, and their effect upon competition, price levels, employment, profits, production, consumption, and the capability of the economy to best sustain the Nation at home and abroad; (2) study the enforcement procedures of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies of Government as they relate to the antitrust laws; and (3) make recommendations for improvement in the statutory framework as well as in enforcement administration and procedures wherever appropriate. Specifies the membership, method of appointment, and manner of compensation of the members of the Commission. States that the Commission shall make a report of its findings and conclusions no later than one year after its first meeting, and that the Commission shall cease to exist sixty days after the submission of such report.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires that compliance orders under the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, shall include cost-benefit analyses.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Community Child Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to carry out a program for making grants to States to enable them to assist in providing day care services: (1) for children from low-income families in order that their parents may work, or (2) where the parents are incapable of supporting themselves and their children. Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $250,000,000 for each succeeding fiscal year for purposes of this Act. Sets forth the procedure for allotment of such funds to the States. Requires any State which desires to receive grants under this Act to submit a plan to the Secretary of Labor. Stipulates the requirements which such a State plan must meet. Provides that to be eligible for assistance under a State plan, a child day-care program must: (1) be carried on by a public or private nonprofit agency; (2) provide for children aged between ten months and the age of compulsory school attendance; (3) require a minimum payment of $1 per day per child from parents who are working; (4) provide warm and nutritious meals; and (5) be staffed with qualified personnel. Sets forth the procedure for the administration of State plans. Provides for hearings and judicial review when State plan approval is denied or revoked.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Excludes from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code (1) up to $5 per occasion of service by a fireman in response to a call for firefighting or rescue services; and (2) up to $5 per meeting attended by members of a firefighting or rescue unit up to $10 per month. States that this tax exclusion shall apply to the taxable years following December 31, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for an exclusive remedy against the United States in suits based upon acts or omissions of United States employees.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Treats limited expeditionary compaigns including Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico campaigns as periods of war for the purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Eliminates the 5-month waiting period which is presently a prerequisite of eligibility for disability insurance benefits or the disability freeze under title II (Old - Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that, under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Federal Government shall pay 75 percent of the cost of construction of any publicly owned water treatment works begun on or after July 1, 1972, which meets the requirements of such Act as determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Removes the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn without any reduction in benefits under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that, on or before the fifteenth day after the beginning of each regular session of the Congress, the President shall transmit to the Congress a budget which shall set forth separately: (1) his estimate of the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, during the ensuing fiscal year under the laws then existing; (2) his recommendations with respect to outlays to be made from funds other than trust funds during such ensuing fiscal year; and (3) if such recommendations exceed such estimate, a surtax rate which the President determines to be necessary to be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers to those portions of taxable years of taxpayers occurring during such fiscal year, so that such receipts will equal such outlays. Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives during the first quarter of each fiscal year, and during the third quarter of each fiscal year to: (1) estimate the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, during such fiscal year; (2) estimate outlays to be made from funds other than trust funds during such fiscal year; and (3) (A) if such estimate of outlays exceeds such estimate of receipts, determine a surtax rate which the Speaker considers necessary to be applied, with respect to the income tax of taxpayers, to those portions of taxable years of taxpayers remaining in such fiscal year, so that such receipts will equal such outlays; or (B) if such estimate of outlays equals such estimate of receipts, determine that no surtax rate is necessary to be applied. Directs the President during the last month of each fiscal year to review whether the receipts of the Government, other than trust funds, for such year will be less than the outlays other than trust funds for that fiscal year. Provides that if he finds that such receipts are going to be less than such outlays, he shall determine a surtax rate which he considers necessary to be applied with respect to the income tax of taxpayers, so that taxes received by the Government from such surtax, when added to other receipts of the Government, will equal such outlays. Authorizes the suspension of the provisions of this Article in the case of a grave national emergency declared by Congress (including a state of war formally declared by Congress) by a concurrent resolution, agreed to by a rollcall vote of three-fourths of all the Members of each House of Congress, with each such resolution providing the period of time (not exceeding one year) during which those provisions are to be suspended.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the deferral of budget authority relating to comprehensive planning grants under the Housing Act of 1954 (deferral numbered D 75-107) which is proposed by the President in his special message of November 26, 1974 transmitted pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
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 · 13 December 1974
Provides for a credit under the Internal Revenue Code for 20 percent of the amounts deposited by the taxpayer in an educational savings plan for himself or a dependent. Sets limitations on the amount of such credit, dependent upon the nature of the account. Defines "educational savings plan" and other terms used in this Act. Provides for the recapture of any such credit allocable to nonqualified noneducational uses or for failure to use the account. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Excludes from gross income, under the Internal Revenue Code, amounts received by volunteer firemen for service as members of a firefighting or rescue unit of a State or local government.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1974
Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that residential mortgage credit is or is likely to become prohibitively expensive or unavailable, and that this situation causes hardship for those wishing to purchase or sell housing and delays the achievement of the national goal of a decent home for every family. Revises the National Housing Act by granting the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development the authority to direct the Federal National Mortgage Association to purchase specified types of mortgages. Directs the Secretary to exercise such authority when he finds that inflationary conditions and related governmental actions are having a severely disproportionate effect on the housing industry and threaten to seriously affect the economy and delay the achievement of national housing goals. Authorizes the Secretary to make purchases and commitments pursuant to this Act not to exceed $7,750,000,000 outstanding at any one time. Provides that the authority conferred shall become effective on the date of enactment and shall remain in effect for one year. Authorizes financing for the preservation of historic structures under the National Housing Act. Increases the maximum amount for which a Federal Home Loan Bank may accept a mortgage as security for an advance from $40,000 to $55,000. Requires the Council on Wage and Price Stability to report to the President on a quarterly basis with respect to the containment of inflation.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to purchase lands for the establishment of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Home Purchase Assistance Act - Requires that whenever the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines that a substantial number of families are unable to obtain mortgage credit at reasonable rates due to high interest rates or reduced availability of mortgage credit and that the inability to obtain such credit is causing or threatening to cause a significant reduction in the volume of home construction or acquisition and thereby adversely to affect the economy and to delay the orderly achievement of the national housing goals contained in title XVI of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, the Secretary shall direct the Government National Mortgage Association to begin making commitments to purchase and to purchase mortgages in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Establishes within the Association a Housing Trust Fund which shall be used to carry out such purposes. Provides that mortgages may be purchased under this Act only if: (1) such mortgage was executed to finance the acquisition of the principal residence of the mortgagor; and (2) such mortgage involves the acquisition or construction of a residential dwelling at a cost which does not exceed $30,000 (or such greater amount, but not to exceed $45,000 as may be necessary to meet the need for mortgage credit in high cost areas). States that the Association shall not permit the aggregate outstanding amount of mortgages held by the fund under this section to increase by more than $10,000,000,000 in any single fiscal year. Requires that 50 percent of the aggregate principal amount of home mortgages purchased under this Act in any fiscal year shall involve residences upon which construction has been completed within twelve months preceding the date of purchase.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to sell specified rights in phosphate deposits in Marion County in the State of Florida.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1974
Sets minimum levels for the payment of travel expenses for persons traveling to and from Veterans' Administration facilities at $20 for meals or lodging. Provides that the mileage rate shall not be less than the current Department of Transportation estimate of the average, variable costs per mile of operating an automobile.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1974
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $187,500 for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for fiscal year 1975, to provide funds to conduct a study of the effects of the red tide on human health.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
States that as a condition of approval of a State plan under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, the requirement is imposed that: (1) in determining, for purposes of the administration of the State plan, the need for continued care in a particular skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility (which provides services for which payment may be made under the State plan) of an individual who is entitled to medical assistance under the State plan, and has, for a period of 120 days or more, been an inpatient of such facility, a determination which would result in discharge or transfer from such facility shall be made only if in the judgment of a physician, after consultation with other appropriate professional personnel, such discharge or transfer would be in the best interest of such individual's physical and mental health; (2) in making such judgment and such determination proper consideration shall be given, not only to the mental and physical condition of such individual, but also to the capability of the facility to meet his particular needs, and to the impact which discharge or transfer from the particular facility would, as a practical matter, have on his general well-being in light of his age, length of stay in the facility, family situation, mental attitude, and other relevant factors; and (3) the State agency shall take appropriate affirmative action to assure that any individual discharged or transferred from a facility shall have the benefit of a planned program of information and counseling concerning such discharge or transfer designed to assist him in adjusting to the change in his care and surroundings and to minimize the personal stress which may accompany such change. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct, on a continuing basis in all States with plans approved under this title, investigative and oversight activities designed to determine whether there exists any basis to support a finding: (1) that the plan has been so changed that it no longer complies with the provisions of this title; and (2) that in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provision. Provides that when such activities result in observations indicating that there does exist a reasonable basis for such a finding, the Secretary shall call upon the State agency to appear at a public hearing, scheduled so as to allow reasonable notice to the State agency, to give an accounting of its administration of the plan with respect to those matters in which the Secretary has found indications of noncompliance.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Provides for the relief of Romeo M. De Garcia, his wife Amelia, and their son Jeffrey Noel.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $187,500 for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for fiscal year 1975, to provide funds to conduct a study of the effects of the red tide on human health.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Establishes a Select Committee on Aging in the House of Representatives. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of any and all matters pertaining to problems of older people, including, but not limited to, problems of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding retirement activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, of assuring adequate care or assistance. Directs the Committee to report to the House from time to time the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1974
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $187,500 for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for fiscal year 1975, to provide funds to conduct a study of the effects of the red tide on human health.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the leadership of the Nation responsible for our economic well-being meet together immediately in a spirit of unity to design a set of policy actions to achieve the common goal of restoring stability and growth to the American economy and confidence and prosperity to the American people. States that it is in imperative as in previous moments of great national need that the two political parties, the Congress and the President, labor and management, put aside their domestic and political differences and work together in a spirit of discipline, compromise, and sacrifice for the common good. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this domestic summit be convened forthwith comprised of the President, the majority and minority leadership of both Houses of the Congress, the chairman and ranking minority members of the Appropriations Committee of both Houses, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, and the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, together with leaders of labor and business, and such other participants as they may agree upon. Stipulates that they shall meet and devote such time as necessary until a plan of action is decided upon which, by its demonstration of renewed unity, direction, and purpose, will gain the public support and confidence necessary to be effective in overcoming these difficulties. States that the Congress stands ready to cooperate fully in the spirit of commitment and unity which the solution of this truly national problem will require of all elements of American society.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1974
Prohibits, under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, the issuance of general permits which authorize the taking (whether incidental or otherwise) of marine mammals in connection with commercial fishing operations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Increases from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated for the forestry incentive program administered under the Agricultural Act of 1970. Increases from 500 acres to 1000 acres the size of a tract which may be affected by such program.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that an election to be exempt from coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, made by a minister, a member of a religious order, or a Christian Science practitioner, may be revoked by such individual.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
National Aquaculture Development Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide for a national program for aquaculture development in order to increase sources of marine protein for the consumer; to increase the availability and quality level of consumer fishery products; to develop new resources; to improve or maintain recreational fisheries; and to initiate new business, industry, and employment. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with interested Federal agencies and other public and private organizations and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to establish national objectives for aquaculture development. Requires the Secretary to act as the interagency coordinator for all Federal programs and activities in aquaculture. Sets forth activities regarding aquaculture development which the Secretary may, as he deems appropriate, carry out pursuant to this Act, including: (1) construction, operation, and maintenance of hatcheries or similar facilities and undertaking of natural habitat improvement activities; (2) assistance to public and private organizations and individuals interested or engaged in aquaculture through advisory and other services; (3) consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, and local governments, regional commissions, institutions of higher learning, private industry; and (4) performance of basic and applied research to establish a sound information base for the development of aquaculture. Provides that the Secretary, in consultation with affected States, shall locate, construct, operate, and maintain such pilot aquaculture facilities as he deems appropriate in order to develop aquaculture technology relative to particular species of fish and shellfish. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such functions and duties authorized by this Act as he deems appropriate through grants to or contracts with the States, regional commissions, local governments, institutions of higher learning, private industry, and other public and private organizations. Authorizes an appropriation for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, equal to 30 percent of the gross receipts from duties collected under the customs laws on fishery products during the period January 1 to December 31, both inclusive, preceeding the beginning of each such fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out such other research as he deems appropriate in order to perform his functions and duties under this Act. Provides that the authority contained in this Act shall expire at the end of the fiscal year during which occurs the fifth anniversary of the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1974
Entitles specified veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to a veterans' pension benefit on the same basis as that accorded to veterans of the Spanish American War and their widows and children, respectively. Provides for an increase in pension rates applicable to such classes of veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 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 · 16 May 1974
Provides a 10-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans and their wives and widows.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Designates the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide for the care, maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the official residence and grounds. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that living accommodations, generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided for the Chief of Naval Operations. Repeals the Federal law authorizing the planning, design, construction, furnishing, and maintenance of an official residence for the Vice President of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism in the Middle East; (2) the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to (a) call upon all governments to condemn this inhuman act of violence against innocent victims; and (b) strongly urge the governments who harbor these groups and individuals to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terrorism and senseless violence; and (3) the President should request the American Ambassador to the United Nations to take appropriate action before that body in order to have introduced a Security Council resolution condemning this brutal act of violence.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1974
Hobbs Act Amendment - Provides that anyone who interferes with commerce by damaging to the extent of $2,000 or more any property of a person where business is conducted or property is maintained shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years or both. Defines the term "extortion" to mean the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right notwithstanding that the same acts or conduct may also be a violation of State or local law and notwithstanding that the actual or threatened force, violence, or fear was used in the course of a legitimate labor dispute or in the pursuit of legitimate union or labor ends or objectives. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1951)
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Allows a deduction from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code for social agency, legal, and related expenses incurred in connection with the adoption of a child by a taxpayer. Defines, for purposes of this Act, the term "adoption expense". (Adds 26 U.S.C. 219)
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
Establishes an Antitrust Revision Commission. States that the purposes of the Commission shall be to: (1) study the operation of existing antitrust statutes, as interpreted by judicial, executive, and administrative decisions, and their effect upon competition, price levels, employment, profits, production, consumption, and the capability of the economy to best sustain the Nation at home and abroad; (2) study the enforcement procedures of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies of Government as they relate to the antitrust laws; and (3) make recommendations for improvement in the statutory framework as well as in enforcement administration and procedures wherever appropriate. Specifies the membership, method of appointment, and manner of compensation of the members of the Commission. States that the Commission shall make a report of its findings and conclusions no later than one year after its first meeting, and that the Commission shall cease to exist sixty days after the submission of such report.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Establishes the Mineral Conservation Research and Development Commission within the National Science Foundation. States that the purpose of the Commission shall be to conduct research in areas which offer substantial potential for the development of substitute minerals. Enumerates the powers of the Commission. Authorizes sufficient funds to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1974
Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that in any allocation of energy supplies or other actions by Federal departments and agencies to alleviate the energy shortage, proper consideration should be given to the provision of adequate energy supplies to all elements of the tourism industry.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Provides seminars to freshmen Members of the Congress. Requires the Librarian of Congress, acting through the Director of the Congressional Research Service in consultation with senior specialists and other staff of the Library of Congress, to prepare a curriculum for the series of siminars conducted under this Act. Provides for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in travel to, attendance at, and travel from such a series of seminars to those eligible for the seminars. Authorizes each freshman Member to employ an interim staff during the period beginning on the day such freshman Member is declared elected and ending on the first day of the next regular session of the House of Congress to which such freshman Member was elected in the last general election prior to such session. States that the total salaries paid such interim staff during such period shall not exceed one-half the clerk hire allowance to which such freshman Member would be entitled by law if such Member were a Member of the Congress. Authorizes expenditures for stationery in the interim period up to one-tenth of the allowance for a regular session of the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Eliminates the prohibition against dealers removing pollution control emission devices under the National Emissions Standards Act. Provides that the motor vehicle emission standards prescribed under such Act shall not apply to any motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine manufactured during any model year beginning with model year 1974 and ending with model year 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Imposes penalties on the acceptance of a benefit extorted through kidnaping and on assisting in the distribution of such a benefit.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Directs the Secretary of State to keep the appropriate committees of Congress fully and currently imformed of the ongoing status of any negotiations with any foreign government, regarding the cancellation, renegotiation, rescheduling, or settlement of any debt owed to the United States Government by such foreign governments under any program.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Establishes as the penalty for kidnapping a term of imprisonment not less than ten years without opportunity for suspension of sentence, probation, or parole. Requires the death penalty where the victim is not returned physically unharmed. Provides that the unexplained disappearance of any person for more than 24 hours, if there is any evidence of a kidnap, shall create a rebuttable presumption that such person has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1201)
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating May 13 of each year as "American Business Day".
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Prohibits the exportation of fertilizer from the United States until the Secretary of Agriculture determines that an adequate domestic supply of fertilizer exists.