United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act - Provides for a Federal minimum death and dismemberment benefit to be paid to public safety officers, or surviving dependents of such persons. Defines the term "public safety officer" as meaning a person serving the United States or a State or unit of general local government, with or without compensation, in any activity pertaining to: (1) the enforcement of the criminal laws, including highway patrol, or the maintenance of civil peace by the national guard or the Armed Forces; (2) a correctional program, facility, or institution where the activity is potentially dangerous because of contact with criminal suspects, defendents, prisoners, probationers, parolees; (3) a court having criminal or juvenile delinquent jurisdiction where the activity is potentially dangerous because of contact with criminal suspects, defendents and prisoners; and (4) firefighting. Provides that no benefit shall be paid under this Act: (1) if the death or dismemberment was caused by the intentional misconduct of the public safety officer or by such officer's intention to bring about his death or dismemberment; (2) if voluntary intoxication of the public safety officer was the proximate cause of such officer's death or dismemberment; (3) in the event the public safety officer was killed, to any person who would otherwise be entitled to a benefit under this part, if such person's actions were a substantial contributing factor to the death of the public safety officer; or (4) if a notification of death or dismemberment has not been filed by or on behalf of a public safety officer under this part with the Attorney General or the Governor or highest executive of a State within one year after the date of death or dismemberment, unless the Administration finds that the failure to file was justified by good cause. Sets forth procedures for the payment of such benefits. Authorizes the appropriation of $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of a national park, recreation area, or wilderness area in the Ridgelands east of the San Francisco Bay in the State of California. Directs the Secretary to submit to the President and the Congress within one year a report of his findings and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1977; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner, when requested, to render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Prohibits the imposition by the President of any tariff, fee or quota upon petroleum imports under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, unless the Congress first approves such imposition by concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1975
Provides for the disposal under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 of surplus real property at not less than 25 percent of fair market value to States and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities for economic development purposes where such areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from the closing of Federal facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1975
Provides no part of any appropriation and no local currency owned by the United States shall be available for payment of any expenses, nor shall transportation be provided by the United States, in connection with travel outside the fifty States (including the District of Columbia) of the United States of: (1) any Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or member of either House of Congress after he has been defeated as a candidate for nomination, or election, to a seat in the House of Representatives or Senate of the United States in any primary or regular election until such time as he shall thereafter again become a Member of Congress, or (2) any Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Member of either House of Congress after the adjournment sine die of the last session of a Congress if he is not a candidate for reelection in the next Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1975
Freedom of Access for the Elderly and Handicapped Act - Authorizes, under the Internal Revenue Code, a taxpayer to deduct expenses incurred during the taxable year in removing architectural and transportational barriers to the elderly and handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Bill of Rights Procedures Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to prohibit any interception of communication, other electronic surveillance, surreptitious entry, mail opening, or the inspection of and procuring of the records of telephone, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions, of any individual without a court order issued upon probable cause that a crime has been or is about to be committed, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Provides that whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof willfully: (1) searches any private dwelling used and occupied as a dwelling without a warrant directing such search or maliciously and without reasonable cause searches any other building or property without a search warrant; (2) procures or inspects the records of telephone calls, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions of any individual without a search warrant or the consent of the individual; (3) opens any foreign or domestic mail not directed to him without a search warrant directing such opening or without the consent of the sender or addressee of such mail; or (4) intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept any wire or oral communication except as authorized by law; shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Requires that within 30 days after the date of an order authorizing or approving the interception of a wire or oral communication (or each extension thereof) entered under authority of law, or the denial of an order approving an interception, the person seeking such order shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives: (1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for; (2) the kind of order or extension applied for; (3) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied; (4) the period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; (5) the names of all parties to the intercepted communications; (6) the offense specified in the order or application; (7) the identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer and agency making the application and the person authorizing the application to be made; (8) a copy of the court order authorizing, approving, or denying such interception; and (9) the nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were intercepted. Specifies that reports be made within 90 days after the date of an order approving the interception of a wire or oral communication on the disposition of all records of any such interception and the identity of and action taken by all individuals who had access to any such interception. Sets forth reporting requirements in the case of warrants issued authorizing the opening of mail.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Federal Correctional Ombudsman Act - Establishes an office of the United States Correctional Ombudsman. Provides that the Chief Ombudsman shall have the authority to investigate in such manner as he sees fit, either upon complaint or upon his own initiative, any administrative act of the Bureau of Prisons or the Board of Parole, pertaining to the treatment of any Federal prisoner or parolee, or the conditions in any Federal penal or correctional institution. Provides that if, after any investigation, the chief ombudsman finds that any administrative act is: (1) contrary to law; (2) unreasonable, unfair, oppresive, or unnecessarily discriminatory; (3) based on mistaken ascertainment of fact; (4) based on improper or irrelevant grounds; (5) performed in an inefficient manner; (6) unclear or inadequately explained when reasons should have been revealed; or (7) otherwise objectionable; he shall consult with the appropriate official or employee in order to make a satisfactory disposition of the matter. States that if the Chief Ombudsman believes that an administrative act has been dictated by laws whose results are unfair or otherwise objectionable, he shall notify the appropriate committees of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Provides that no information disclosed to any ombudsman or to any staff or employee of the Office in connection with an investigation under this Act shall be disclosed to any other person except to the extent the Chief Ombudsman determines necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. Requires the Chief Ombudsman to report annually to the Congress on the operations of the Office.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
National Commission on Regulatory Reform Act - Establishes the National Commission on Regulatory Reform. Directs the Commission to make a full and complete study of such regulatory activities of the independent regulatory agencies of the Federal Government as the Commission determines to be primarily economic in nature and to have a significant effect on the segments of the economy involving transportation, communication, the development and distribution of energy resources, or financial institutions. States that such study shall be undertaken to determine: (1) whether such regulatory activities have limited competition within such segments of the economy, and if they have, what the economic consequences have been, (2) whether such regulatory activities have, in other way, contributed to current economic difficulties, in particular inflation; and (3) whether changes need to be made with regard to such independent Federal establishments and their regulatory activites. Requires that such study shall include, with regard to each independent Federal establishment whose regulatory activities are included in such study: (1) an analysis of the purposes for which it was created, its structure and jurisdiction, the statutory framework governing its operation and activities, and the procedures and policies it has adopted; (2) an assessment of its effectiveness in carrying out its purposes; (3) an analysis of the costs and benefits of its various programs and policies, with particular reference to any adverse economic impact; and (4) an examination of the relationship between its regulatory activities and those of State and local regulatory agencies. Sets forth the membership, powers, and authority of the Commission. Directs the Commission to submit to the President and Congress within one year a report containing: (1) a statement of the status of the study being conducted pursuant to this Act; (2) a detailed statement of any findings made or conclusions reached by the Commission; and (3) any recommendations for legislation or administrative action, or both, deemed appropriate by the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the designation of 1975 as International Women's Year is welcomed and full support is expressed for the goals for the year as proclaimed by the Secretary General of the United Nations and the President of the United States; (2) cooperation in observance of the year is urged on the part of all concerned people, official and private, men and women, to insure that constructive measures are taken to advance the rights and responsibilities of women during 1975; and (3) a concerted effort should be made to insure that 1975 is a year for the launching of new programs and the forming of new attitudes toward the role of women.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine and promulgate each year the hospital deductible applicable under the hospital insurance for the aged and disabled provisions of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Requires such deductible to be equal to $40 multiplied by the ratio of the current average per diem rate for inpatient hospital services for the preceding year to such rate for 1966. Requires such deductible to be increased by a percentage equal to one-half of the average percentage of any general or cost-of-living increases in the social security cash benefits for the year.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Prohibits the imposition by the President of any tariff, fee or quota upon petroleum imports under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, unless the Congress first approves such imposition by concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Requires that any proposal by the Committee on House Administration to fix or adjust any allowance for Members of the House of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, or the Delegate from the District of Columbia must be approved by resolution adopted by the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Interim Fisheries Zone Extension and Management Act - Extends the jurisdiction of the United States over specified ocean areas and fish for purposes of protecting the domestic fishing industry. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research in order to promote the conservation of fish originating in the United States territorial sea and contiguous fisheries zone. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Prohibits the imposition by the President of any tariff, fee or quota upon petroleum imports under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, unless the Congress first approves such imposition by concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Sets forth standards, relating to the rights of patients under the General Provisions of the Social Security Act, to be met by intermediate care facilities participating in programs under title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act. Provides that the statement of rights required to be adopted by such facilities shall include guarantees: (1) that the patient's civil and religious liberties will not be infringed; (2) that the patient has the right to private communications with his physician, attorney, or any other person; and (3) that the patient has the right to have privacy in treatment and in caring for personal needs and confidentiality in the treatment of personal and medical records.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Prohibits the imposition by the President of any tariff, fee or quota upon petroleum imports under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, unless the Congress first approves such imposition by concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
State Technical Services Amendments - Makes municipal governments elibible for technical services under the State Technical Services Act and extends the Act through fiscal year 1976 by authorizing appropriations of $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to establish a nationwide information system to provide data concerning each State technical services program and the establishment of regional offices to facilitate communications between States.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for building insulation and heating improvements for the taxable year up to $1000 to individuals, small business corporations, and estates and trusts. Terminates the availability of this tax credit for taxable years after December 31, 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Provides that no new tariff, fee or other charge, no increase in existing tariffs, fees or other charges, and no new quota or other limitation on imports of crude oil or petroleum product other than those in effect on January 1, 1975, may be imposed unless: (1) such action is specifically authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of this joint resolution; or (2) sixty days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution the specific action proposed to be taken is submitted to both Houses of the Congress. States that if such action is disapproved by either House within a thirty-day review period, no officer or agency shall have authority to take any action inconsistent with the provisions of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 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 · 17 January 1975
Establishes the Nantucket Sound Islands Trust to provide for the preservation and conservation of the Nantucket Sound Islands. Creates the Nantucket Sound Islands Trust Commissions to be composed of members as specified in this Act. Sets forth the boundaries of the Trust and provides for the classification of Trust islands. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, not to exceed, $20,000,000 for the acquisition of land and interests therein, and not to exceed $5,000,000 for development for the first three years of the operation of the Trust.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Provides for the printing of 60,000 copies of the Constitution of the United States in Spanish, for use by members of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the House Judiciary Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975
Alaska Refuges Act - Declares the intent of Congress that the areas designated by this Act as units of the national wildlife refuge system shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as natural wildlands. Establishes areas in the State of Alaska as national wildlife refuges. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior shall administer such areas. Provides for the publication in the Federal Register of a map and legal description of each refuge area established by this Act. Makes provision for the selection of township lands by native Alaskans under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act within the areas covered by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975
Provides that no person shall take any migratory game birds other than migratory waterfowl unless he has on his person a valid Federal permit. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to sell such permits at $1 each and provides that net receipts shall be utilized by the Secretary for conserving migratory game birds other than migratory waterfowl by: (1) conducting research, studies and other activities in accordance with the Fish and Wildlife Act; (2) acquiring land or interests therein in accordance with the Migratory Bird Conservation Act; and (3) conducting law enforcement activities.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975
Increases to $50,000,000 the maximum amount of aggregate payments which may be made in calendar years after 1974 to carry out conservation agreements under the Water Bank Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975
Federal Animal Damage Control Act - Declares it to be the policy of Congress that programs for the prevention of damage to domestic livestock and agricultural resources caused by predatory animals should be administered in a manner consistent with principles of wildlife management and environmental quality. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a program of research which shall concern the management and conservation of predatory and depredating animals and the abatement of damage caused by such animals. Authorizes for such purposes $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1976-1980. Provides that the Secretary may grant financial assistance to any State for the administration within the State of a program for the management of predatory and depredating animals. Sets forth the criteria a State program must meet in order to be eligible for such assistance. States that the Secretary may not authorize the emergency field use of any chemical toxicant unless: (1) the emergency cannot otherwise be dealt with and (2) the State program contains satisfactory assurances that only authorized State persons will use and apply such chemical toxicant and that such persons are competent in the handling of such toxicant. Prescribes limitations on the amount of payment made to any State. Directs the Secretary to encourage the States to provide instruction and assistance to farm operators in techniques designed to prevent depredations on domestic livestock and crops, and eliminate the individual animal causing damage instead of eliminating the population of predatory and depradating species. Authorizes sums to be appropriated for carrying out specified purposes of this Act. Provides that no person shall: (1) make field use of any chemical toxicant on any Federal lands for the purpose of killing predatory animals; or (2) make field use on such lands of any chemical toxicant that causes any secondary poisoning effect. Excepts from such provisions specified Federal authorities who may carry out use of chemical toxicants only if such use is essential for: (1) the protection of human health or safety; (2) the preservation of any species or subspecies of fish or wildlife; (3) the prevention of substantial irretrievable damage to nationally significant resources; or (4) the prevention or reduction of major damage to domestic livestock. Provides penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. States that upon conviction of any person of a violation the head of any Federal agency may modify, suspend, or revoke any lease, license, permit, or other agreements, authorizing the grazing of domestic livestock on Federal lands. Directs the Secretary to submit reports to the President and the Congress setting forth actions and evaluations of such actions taken under this Act. Require each recipient of Federal assistance under this Act to keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe. Directs the Secretary to undertake a feasibility study of implementing a Federal insurance program to provide reimbursement to owners for damage and other losses caused to domestic livestock by predatory and depredating animals. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $100,000 to carry out such purpose. States that no provision of this Act may be deemed to prohibit, or otherwise restrict, any manufacturer or producer from making available, under conditions and requirements prescribed by the Administrator, sodium cyanid or any chemical substances to any authorized State agency or Federal agency. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956. Authorizes to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1976-1980 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the nomination of Presidential candidates by direct popular vote at a primary election. Requires that no person shall be a candidate for nomination for President except in the primary of the party of his registered affiliation, and his name shall be on that party's ballot in all the States if he shall have filed a petition at the seat of the Government of the United States with the President of the Senate. States that for the purposes of this article a political party shall be recognized as such if the electors for candidates for President and Vice President of such party received, in any or all of the several States, an aggregate number of votes, equal in number to at least 10 percent of the total number of votes cast throughout the United States for all electors for candidates for President and Vice President in the most recent previous Presidential election. Sets forth procedures governing the primary elections in each State. Provides that the person who shall have received the greatest number of votes cast by the voters of the party of his registered affiliation shall be the official candidate of such party for President throughout the United States, if such number be a plurality amounting to at least 40 percent of the total number of such votes cast. Provides for a run-off election in the event that a candidate of a particular party receives 40 percent of the votes cast. Requires each party to nominate a candidate for Vice President. States that in the event of the death or resignation or disqualification of the official candidate of any political party for President, the person nominated by such political party for Vice President shall resign the vice-presidential nomination and shall be the official candidate of such party for President. Stipulates that the Congress may provide by appropriate legislation for cases in which two or more candidates receive an equal number of votes, and for methods of determining any dispute or controversy that may arise in the counting and canvassing of the votes cast in elections held in accordance with this article.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prohibits a petroleum refiner or distributor from cancelling, failing to renew, or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes notification in writing to each affected distributor or retailer by certified mail not less than ninety days prior to the date on which such franchise will be canceled, together with a statement of the reasons of such cancellation and of the remedies available. Provides that a petroleum refiner or distributor shall not cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise unless the retailer or distributor whose franchise is terminated failed to comply substantially with any essential and reasonable requirement of such franchise or failed to act in good faith in carrying out the terms of such franchise. States that if a refiner or distributor engages in conduct prohibited under this Act, a retailer or distributor may maintain a suit against such refiner or distributor.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Directs the President to halt all exports of gasoline, distillate fuel oil, and propane gas until he determines that no shortage of such fuels exists in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
County Government Environmental Control Demonstration Project Act - Authorizes the Council on Environmental Quality to enter into such arrangements as it may determine with the county commissioners of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, for a three year demonstration project to provide a model for: (1) rejuvenating and strengthening county governments throughout the Nation in their ability to deal with environmental problems; (2) dealing with such environmental problems as waste of land, forest and wildlife resources, soil erosion and flood hazards; (3) solving such problems in cooperation with, and with the assistance of, the Federal and State and local governments; and (4) establishing priorities in solving county environmental problems. Provides that no funds shall be paid to such county pursuant to this Act until such county commissioners submit to the council a plan for carrying out such project which the council determines to be satisfactory for the purpose of this Act. Provides for the composition of the project commission required to administer such demonstration project subject to the supervision of the county commissioners. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $3,000,000 for payments to Berkshire County pursuant to this Act, and such sums as may be necessary for the administration of this Act by the Council on Environmental Quality.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for the administrative and judicial review of claims (involving the amount of benefits payable) which arise under the supplementary medical insurance program of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare).
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Disallows the depreciation deduction under the Internal Revenue Code to a landlord who has been convicted of violating a housing code, but states that such deduction shall be deemed to have been taken when computing the landlord's adjusted basis for purposes of determining gain from the disposition of such property.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires that new forms and reports, and revisions of existing forms, resulting from legislation be contained in reports of Congressional committees reporting the legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Emergency Petroleum Allocation Extension Act - Extends the mandatory allocation provisions of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 until August 31, 1977, (presently such provisions expire on August 31, 1975.)
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that any individual may qualify for disability insurance benefits and the disability freeze under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act if he has 20 quarters of coverage (and meets the other conditions of eligibility therefor), regardless of when such quarters were earned.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Eliminates the time period in which a veteran has to use his educational benefits. Extends the months of eligibility for such educational benefits, from thirty-six to forty-five months.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Petroleum Marketing Divorcement Act - Makes it unlawful for any person to be engaged directly or indirectly in marketing of petroleum products while such person or affiliate of such person is also engaged in one or more of the other three branches of the petroleum industry; namely, production, refining, and transportation. Establishes a fine of up to $100,000 for each violation of this Act. Makes it the duty of the Attorney General to examine relationships of petroleum companies and to institute suits in equity for the issuance of mandatory injunctions for compliance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least 6 quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66, Public Law 93-233, and subsequent cost-of-living increases under title II of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Makes it unlawful, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for any pipeline company engaged in the transportation of crude oil to transport such oil through its pipelines if that company has an interest in such oil.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that after January 14, 1975, the President may not impose any tariff on imported petroleum unless the Congress by concurrent resolution first approves such tariff.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
National Corrections Academy Act - Establishes a National Corrections Academy. Establishes a Coordinating Council for National Corrections Training which shall be composed of fifteen members. Sets forth the terms of office of the members of the Council. Authorizes the Academy to offer the following instruction: (1) executive workshops and seminars ; (2) a correctional staff college to provide educational experience for middle-level personnel who have experience in corrections; (3) a basic course of instruction for persons seeking initial employment as corrections officers; (4) specialist training to offer instruction to full - and part-time support personnel including but not limited to chaplains, doctors, dentists, nurses, business managers, food service personnel, recreation workers, counselors, psychiatrists, vocational instructors, and social workers; (5) extensive background training for in-service staff personnel; and (6) community based programs to develop meaningful and organized efforts to successfully re-integrate the ex-offender into society. Provides that the overall policy and operations of the Academy shall be under the supervision of the Council. Provides that the Council shall report annually to the Congress on its operation and the activities of the Academy and recommend to the Congress further legislative action which may appear desirable. States that the authorized number of students shall be determined each year by the Council. Provides that reasonable efforts shall be made to insure that students are admitted so that geographic regions will be fairly represented on the basis of population and need. Provides that every student shall sign an agreement that, unless separated, he will complete the term of the course of instruction for which he has been accepted. States that following his term of education each student shall serve for a period of not less than two years in an appropriate function in the corrections field. States that every student shall receive during the period of instruction such reasonable stipends and allowances as the Council determines to be necessary. Requires each student to repay 50 percent of such stipends and allowances if the student voluntarily terminates his course of instruction or terminates his service prior to the end of the two year period. Authorizes to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and such sums thereafter as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Homeowners' Energy Conservation Act - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development a direct low-interest loan program to assist owners of residential structures in purchasing and installing more effective insulation and heating equipment. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act.
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