United States · United States Congress · 1 March 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.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Establishes a Committee on Environment in the House of Representatives, consisting of 25 members. Provides that such Committee shall deal with all measures relating to the quality of the physical environment of the United States and its possessions, including: (1) water quality; (2) air quality; (3) weather modification; (4) waste disposal and management; (5) pesticides and herbicides; and (6) acoustic problems.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Provides that the retired pay of any member or former member of the Armed Forces who was on active duty or in an active status on or before May 31, 1958, shall be computed at current active duty pay rates and increased to reflect later changes in applicable pay rates.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Provides, under the Rural Electrification Act, that the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration is directed (presently "empowered") to fully obligate funds made available for each fiscal year for rural electrification programs provided for in such Act. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 901, 902, 904, 922)
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Provides that, beginning one year after enactment of this Act, no law enforcement grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 will be made to State and local governments unless these units of government have instituted a law enforcement officer's grievance system and have enacted into law a "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights" which will cover all law enforcement officers in the States. Declares that this Bill of Rights shall provide law enforcement officers statutory protection for certain rights enjoyed by other citizens. Requires the bill of rights to provide, at a minimum, the following: (1) law enforcement officers shall not be prohibited from engaging in political activity, except when on duty or acting in an official capacity; (2) when an officer is subject to an investigation that could lead to disciplinary action or criminal charges: (a) the investigation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably while the officer is on duty, (b) the investigation shall occur at the office of the investigating officer or at the precinct where the incident occurred, (c) there shall be one interrogator asking all questions to the officer and the names of all investigating officers shall be known by him, (d) the officer shall know the nature of the investigation and the names of complainants, (e) all civilian complaints must be duly sworn to before an official authorized to administer oaths, (f) interrogating sessions shall be of reasonable length, (g) the officer under investigation shall not be subject to abuse or threats, (h) all interrogations shall be recorded, (i) if the officer is to be placed under arrest, he shall be fully informed of his rights before interrogation, and (j) the officer shall have a right to counsel who shall be present during any interrogations dealing with the officer's continued fitness for law enforcement service; (3) citizen review boards having porportionate police representation; (r) law enforcement officers shall have recourse to civil actions for damages suffered or for abridgement of their civil rights arising out of the performance of official duties; (5) financial disclosures shall not be required unless obtained under legal procedures or there is evidence of a conflict of interests; (6) notice of and reasons for all disciplinary action is required; and (7) no officer shall be disciplined or discriminated against in any way by reason of his exercise of these rights. Establishes in each State and unit of local government a law enforcement officers grievance commission composed of an equal number of governmental representatives, law enforcement officers, and members of the general public which shall have the authority to receive, investigate, and determine complaints and grievances arising from claimed infringement of rights of any law enforcement officer. Allows employee organizations to act on the officer's behalf, at his request, regarding any complaint before the commission. Permits certified employee organizations to initiate actions on behalf of their members. Provides that, in addition to this grievance procedure, law enforcement officers may institute a civil action for redress of the grievances.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Authorizes each Member of the House of Representatives (including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and each Delegate to the House) to hire and pay not more than two additional student congressional interns (to serve as such within or outside the District of Columbia).
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Makes it a Federal crime to kill or assault a fireman or law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties when the offender travels in interstate commerce or uses any facility of interstate commerce for such purpose. Provides for imposition of a sentence for a term of years up to life or upon the recommendation of the jury, death for the killing of such persons. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1116)
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Act for Freedom of Emigration in East-West Trade - States that after October 15, 1972, products from any nonmarket economy country shall not be eligible to receive most-favored-nation treatment, such country shall not participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly, and the President of the United States shall not conclude any commercial agreement with any such country during the period beginning with the date on which the President determines that such country: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration, for any purpose or cause whatsoever; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Provides that, before any of the aforementioned commercial agreements are entered into with any foreign country, the President shall submit to the Congress a report indicating that such country is not in violation of any of the requirements of the preceding paragraph.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Voluntary Military Special Pay Act - Sets forth special pay rates of officers of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corps, officers of the Air Force designated as medical officers or dental officers, and medical and dental officers of the Public Health Service. Authorizes a member of a uniformed service who has completed at least 21 months of active duty, who has a critical military skill, and who reenlists in the service to be paid an incentive amount, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years of additional obligated service, not to exceed 6 years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. Provides that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least 3 years, or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to a total of at least 3 years, may be paid an incentive amount of up to $3,000. Grants special incentive pay, not to exceed $12,000 annually, for officers of the uniformed services in critical health professions, who execute written agreements to remain on continuous active duty for a specified number of years. Requires an annual report on this special pay program to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services. Authorizes special incentive pay, not to exceed $4,000 annually, for officers of armed forces who agree to serve on continuous active duty in a critical shortage specialty for a period of between one to six years. Provides for special incentive pay at specified rates for specified periods for participants in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. Sets forth conditions participants must meet for eligibility. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 302, 308, 308a, 311, 313, 314)
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Forestry Incentives Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and carry out a forestry incentives program to encourage the protection, development and management of small nonindustrial private lands and non-Federal public forest lands. Provides that the Secretary shall share up to 50 percent of the cost of forest practices on non-Federal public lands and small nonindustrial private lands. Provides that no private forest landowner shall receive cost sharing under this Act in excess of $2,500 in any one fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to cooperate with local associations or groups of nonindustrial forest owners, and to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of manpower, equipment, planting stock and other materials required to carry out essential forest management practices. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize the services of State and local committees established under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Sets forth factors to consider prior to the distribution of funds under this Act. Provides that Federal funds may be allocated for cost sharing on a bid basis with priority accorded landowners contracting to carry out approved forestry practices for the smallest Federal cost share. States that the Secretary shall consult with the State forester or other appropriate official of each State in the conduct of the forestry incentives program provided for in this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall coordinate the administration of this Act with other related programs. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $25,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1973
Includes amounts spent for the use of communications media for purposes of opposing a candidate for Federal elective office within the campaign expenditure limitations of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. Provides that no person or broadcasting station licensee may make any charge for use of any newspaper, station use, or outdoor advertising facility for the purpose of opposing a candidate for Federal elective office, unless another legally qualified candidate certifies in writing to such person or licensee that he authorizes such use and that the payment of such charge will not violate any expenditure limitation applicable to such other candidate. (Amends Pub. Law 92-225)
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1973
Requires the President to notify within ten days each House of the Congress by special message of every instance in which he impounds funds or authorizes such impoundment by any officer of the United States. States that such message must specify the amount of impounded funds, the specific programs affected, and the reasons for the impoundment of funds. Provides that the President shall cease the impounding of funds set forth in each special message within sixty days of continuous session after the message is received by the Congress unless the specific impoundment shall have been ratified by the Congress by the passage of a resolution in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in carrying out the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, to make payments or grants of other aid to agricultural producers, including tenants and sharecroppers, in an aggregate amount not less than the sums appropriated therefor during the year with respect to which such payments or grants are made and measured by: (1) their treatment or use of their land, or part thereof, for soil restoration, soil conservation, or the prevention of erosion; (2) changes in the use of their land; (3) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the normal national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption; (4) their equitable share, as determined by the Secretary, of the national production of any commodity or commodities required for domestic consumption and exports adjusted to reflect the extent to which their utilization of cropland on the farm conforms to farming practices which the Secretary determines will best effectuate the purposes of the Act; or (5) any combination of the above. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 590h(b))
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Increases payments in specified amounts to veterans under non-service-connected disability pension plans. Increases pension payments to widows of veterans who at the time of death were receiving compensation or retirement pay for a service-connected disability. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 521(b),(c); 541(b),(c))
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Authorizes the apportionment of funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways for fiscal years 1974 and 1975, based on the factors contained in table 5, House Committee Print numbered 92-29.
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1973
Authorizes the establishment of the Florida Frontier Historic Riverway. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations: (1) establishing the telephone number 911 as the number for emergency telephone calls made anywhere in the United States, (2) requiring every telephone company to establish a system for connecting any emergency telephone call made using such number to an appropriate agency, and (3) defining the term 'emergency telephone call'. Makes it unlawful for any person to willfully make any telephone call using the number 911 if he knows that such telephone call is not an emergency telephone call.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey all right, title, and interest in minerals reserved to the United States in specified lands in Marion County, Florida, to the record owners of such land.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Correctional Services Improvement Act - Title I: Correctional Centers and Services - Authorizes the Attorney General to plan, construct, operate, and transfer correctional centers as described in this Act. Provides that all such centers shall provide a broad range of services and correctional programs, including educational, vocational, and recreational programs, medical, psychiatric, and dental care, and counseling. Authorizes the Attorney General to contract with appropriate State and local authorities of the region in which a center is constructed pursuant to this chapter to make available the facilities, services, and programs of such center for commitment or treatment of accused persons confined or released on bail and awaiting trial, persons convicted, persons commited for indeterminate periods, and persons on probation or parole under the laws of the States, or political subdivisions thereof, located in such region. Provides that the Attorney General, after consultation with appropriate State and local authorities, is authorized to prescribe minimum standards concerning the construction, operation, personnel training, and programs of jails and other correctional facilities and of correctional services (including probation, parole, counseling, medical, psychiatric, and vocational rehabilitation services) owned or operated by a State, or a political subdivision thereof, and in or by means of which persons accused or convicted under laws of the United States are or may be confined or treated. Authorizes appropriations for the correctional systems and services, and for the construction, operation, and personnel training of correctional facilities. Title II: Coordination of Federal Correctional Activities - Creates a Federal Corrections Coordinating Council composed of four United States judges designated by the Chief Justice of the United States, a physician designated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and ex officio, the Chairman of the Board of Parole, the Chairman of the Youth Division of the Board of Parole, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Asserts that the judges first appointed to the Council shall continue in office for terms of one, two, three, and four years, respectively, the term of each to be designated by the Chief Justice at the time of his appointment. Provides that the Council shall meet at least semiannually and at such other sessions which the Chairman is hereby authorized to call. Asserts that the Chairman shall call such sessions of the Council as may be necessary or appropriate in order that all of the members of the Council may fully and effectively perform their duties and exercise their powers. Provides that a meeting may be called upon the request of any three members of the Council. Provides that the Council shall consider problems of treatment and correction of persons convicted of offenses against the United States and shall issue guidelines for the operation of the Bureau of Prisons, the Board of Parole, the Youth Division of the Board of Parole, and the Division of Probation of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to improve the administration of criminal justice and assure coordination and integration of policies respecting the disposition, treatment, and correction of all persons convicted of crime, and shall review, evaluate, and issue guidelines concerning correctional personnel standards and training. Title III: Federal Corrections Institute - Establishes a Federal Corrections Institute to provide a coordinating center for the collection and dissemination of useful data regarding the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders and to provide training for representatives of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers, judges and judicial personnel, probation and parole personnel, correctional personnel, welfare workers, and other persons, including lay personnel, connected with the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders. Authorizes the Institute: (a) to serve as an information bank by collecting systematically the data obtained from studies and research by public and private agencies on criminal behavior and recidivisim, including, but not limited to, programs for prevention of crime and recidivism, training of corrections personnel, and rehabilitation and treatment of criminal offenders; (b) to publish data in forms useful to individuals, agencies, and organizations concerned with the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders; (c) to disseminate pertinent data and studies to individuals, agencies, and organizations concerned with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other criminal offenders; (d) to devise and conduct, in various geographical locations, seminars and workshops providing continuing studes for persons engaged in working direclty with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other criminal offenders; (e) to devise and conduct a training program of short-term instruction in the latest proven-effective methods of treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders and prevention of recidivism for law enforcement officers, judges and judicial personnel, probation and parole personnel, correctional personnel, welfare workers, and other persons, including lay personnel, connected with the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders; and (f) to develop technical training teams to aid in the development of training programs within the several State and with the State and local agencies which work directly with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other offenders. Places the overall supervision with regard to the policy and operations of the Institute in an Advisory Commission. Title IV: Eligibility For Parole; Youth Corrections Act Amendments - Provides that a Federal prisoner, other than a juvenile delinquent or a commited youth offender, wherever confined and serving a definite term or terms of over one hundred and eighty days, whose record shows that he has observed the rules of the institution in which he is confined, may be released on parole at such time as the Board of Parole may determine, except as provided in section 4208 of title 18, United States Code. Provides that a youth offender shall be conditionally released under supervision on or before the expiration of two-thirds of the maximum term authorized by law for the offense or offenses of which he stands convicted and shall be unconditionally discharged on or before the expiration of that maximum term, but in any event the conditional release shall occur within four years from the date of his conviction and the unconditional discharge within six years from the date of his conviction. Title V: Commitment of Dangerous Persons Found Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity - Provides that, whenever any person is found not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the commission of the offense, the United States attorney, if he has reasonable cause to believe that such person if released unconditionally would constitute a danger to himself or others because of his mental condition, shall move for a judicial determination of the dangerousness of such person in the court in which the criminal proceedings were conducted.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to construct a five hundred-bed general medical, surgical, and psychiatric Veterans' Administration hospital in the Halifax area of Volusia County, Florida. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the payment of interest on claims against the United States by small contractors and the payment of interest and attorneys' fees on judgments obtained against the United States by such contractors.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, that not withstanding the minimum wage rate requirements of the Act, any employer may, in compliance with applicable child labor laws, employ any employee to whom such a rate would apply but for this Act, and who is sixteen or seventeen years of age or a full-time student over the age of fifteen but under the age of twenty-one, at a wage rate which is not less than 80 percent of the otherwise applicable minimum wage rate prescribed by the Act. Provides that an employer may, under the same conditions, employ any employee to whom such rate would apply but for this Act, and who is fourteen or fifteen years of age, at a wage rate which is not less than 60 percent of the otherwise applicable minimum wage rate prescribed by the Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 214(b))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Guana River National Park in the State of Florida. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Attorney General to exchange criminal record information with State and local agencies, where such State and local agencies are authorized by their laws and regulations to acquire such information in the performance of their official duties and functions.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires State plans for Federal aid under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to allocate funds as determined by the Commissioner of Education for vocational education for junior high school students.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides eligibility for parole within the discretion of the U.S. Board of Parole after completion of one year of sentence for sentences longer than three years duration. Retains a minimum sentence of fifteen years for life terms. Gives authority for the Bureau of Prisons to prepare studies of inmates and make recommendations to the Board of Parole. Recodifies three present criteria for the Board of Parole to apply in exercising its jurisdiction, and adds a fourth condition, that the individual must have made positive efforts towards his own rehabilitation. Continues the present authority of a sentencing judge to impose a minimum term during which a prisoner may not be eligible for parole. Requires the Bureau of Prisons to prepare a report and recommendation to the Board of Parole for all prisoners eligible for parole. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 4204)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, payments to police officers for programs of training or study conducted by institutions of higher education or by institutions offering programs suited to law enforcement. Provides that such payments will equal the compensation of the officer for one year, but no grant may exceed $12,000 for one year. Specifies that in order to obtain payment the officer must promise to continue to serve the law enforcement agency or correctional institution for a period specified by that institution or agency, except that such period may not exceed 2 years for each year of training; and he must be endorsed by the officer in charge of the agency or institution. Authorizes $12,000,000 for fiscal years 1972 and 1973 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Treats limited expeditionary campaigns such as Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico as periods of war for the purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
International Opium Control Act - Calls upon the President to immediately enter into negotiations with foreign countries to establish a systematic and uniform international system of enforcement standards and penalties for illegal opium producers and traffickers. Requires the President to discontinue all military, economic, and other assistance to a foreign country if he determines that such country is continuing to permit the production and processing of opium which illegally enters the United States. Establishes an Executive Committee on International Opium Control to advise the President and the Congress. Requires such Committee to report annually on the effectivenss of those measures undertaken by all countries and international organizations in: (1) eliminating the production and processing of opium; (2) improving the enforcement of national laws related to opium; and (3) expediting the extradition of persons charged with offenses related to opium.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), that an individual may qualify for disability insurance benefits and the disability freeze if he has 40 quarters of coverage, regardless of when such quarters were earned.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires, under the Clean Air Act, that motor vehicles in actual use be equipped with emission control systems at such time as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Administration determines that effective systems are available. Provides for fines of $50 per diem for violations of this Act, $100 per diem for willful and knowing violations of this Act, and $1,000 per diem for violations of this Act involving commercial vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Increases to $3,600 the amount of outside earnings permitted each year without any deductions from benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Natural Wetlands Inventory and Evaluation Act - Finds that it is the public interest to monitor wetland resources of the United States on a periodic, continuing basis, to assess the extent of wetlands by recognized classes, and to determine the extent and causes of losses of such wetlands and the importance of wetlands to soil and water conservation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to formulate and carry out a continuous program which classifies and inventories the nation's wetlands; measures the degradation and loss of wetlands; and evaluates the contribution of wetlands to fish and wildlife conservation and the quality of the human environment. Directs all departments and agencies of the Federal Government to furnish information concerning the extent of destruction, alteration and uses of wetlands under the programs of said departments and agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with educational institutions and State fish and wildlife agencies and private organizations to collect and analyze data which he determines to be appropriated for the purposes of the Act. Directs the Secretary to submit a comprehensive report of his findings to the Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $750,000 for fiscal year 1973 and such sums for succeeding fiscal years as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Eliminates the month waiting period under title II (old-age, survivors, and disability insurance) of the Social Security Act for eligibility for disability insurance benefits or the disability freeze.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Civil Service Annuities Comparability Act - Provides for continual application of current basic pay scales to Federal Civil Service annuities for the purpose of determining the "average pay" of the Member of Congress or Federal employee. Provides for the repeal of the present provision of law concerning cost-of-living adjustment of civil service annuities. (Repeals 5 U.S.C. 8340)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes the Canaveral National Seashore in the State of Florida. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Big Cypress National Fresh Water Reserve in the State of Florida. Provides for the maintenance of such area in accordance with the laws applicable to the national park system. Provides that owners of improved properties on the date of acquisition may retain the right of use and occupancy of their properties for noncommercial residential purposes for a term of not more than twenty-five years, or for a term ending upon the death of such owner or his spouse. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit hunting, fishing, and trapping in the area. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as necessary to carry out the Act not to exceed $156,000,000 for land acquisition purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the establishment of the Florida Frontier Historic Riverway. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that except during the period of war declared by Congress or the period of a national emergency declared by Congress, if any unit of any armed force of the United States is committed to action in any armed conflict with hostile forces outside the United States, the President, as soon as practicable after any such unit is so committed but no later than seventy-two hours after initial commitment, shall report in detail to Congress his reasons for, and his evaluation with respect to the effect and duration of, such commitment. Provides that if the Congress, within thirty calendar days after receiving such report, shall not by concurrent resolution approve or otherwise act on said report, such commiment shall immediately terminate, and the President, as soon as practicable but not later than thirty calendar days after such termination, shall disengage all forces so committed.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that except during the period of war declared by Congress or the period of a national emergency declared by Congress, if any unit of any armed force of the United States is committed to action in any armed conflict with hostile forces outside the United States, the President, as soon as practicable after any such unit is so committed but no later than seventy-two hours after initial commitment, shall report in detail to Congress his reasons for, and his evaluation with respect to the effect and duration of, such commitment. Provides that if the Congress, within thirty calendar days after receiving such report, shall not by concurrent resolution approve or otherwise act on said report, such commiment shall immediately terminate, and the President, as soon as practicable but not later than thirty calendar days after such termination, shall disengage all forces so committed.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides for the designation of the 11th day of November of each year as Veterans Day (presently the fourth Monday in October). (Amends 5 U.S.C. 6103(a))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no citizen shall be compelled against his will to do or perform any act required on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission should establish advisory guidelines for the purpose of recommending types of nonaccidental physical violence to a human or an animal which should not be shown by licensees in televised broadcasts before 8 o'clock postmeridan daily except on Saturdays and Sundays and before 12 o'clock noon on Saturdays, because such violence is not suitable for viewing by children under thirteen years of age.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, to: (a) make a full and complete investigation and study (including the holding of public hearings in appropriate parts of the Nation) of the current and prospective fuel and energy resources and requirements of the United States and the present and probable future alternative procedures and methods for meeting anticipated requirements, consistent with achieving other national goals, including the high priorities of national security and environmental protection; and (b) make, in accordance with the national policy enunciated in the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1876), a full and complete investigation and study of the existing and prospective governmental policies and laws affecting the fuels and energy industries. Specifies various considerations the Committee shall consider in carrying out the above provisions. Authorizes the committee or subcommittee to sit and act during the present Congress at such times and places within the United States, including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings as it deems necessary. Requires the committee to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. Provides that any such report which is made when the House is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.
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