United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Head Start Extension Act - Title I: Program Authority and Requirements - States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may, upon application by any agency which is eligible for designation as a Head Start agency, provide financial assistance to such agency for the planning, conduct, administration, and evaluation of a program to be known as "Project Head Start" focused on children from low-income families who have not reached the age of compulsory school attendance, which: (1) will provide such comprehensive health, nutritional, education, social, and other serivces as the Secretary finds will aid the children to attain their full potential, and (2) will provide for direct participation of the parents of such children in the development, conduct, and overall program direction at the local level. Authorizes to be appropriated for carrying out the purposes of this Act such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and the two succeeding fiscal years. Provides for the allotment of such funds, setting limitations on the extent of assistance. States that a public or private nonprofit agency which (1) has the power and authority to carry out the purposes and functions of this Act within a community, and (2) is determined by the Secretary to be capable of planning, conducting, administering, and evaluating, a Head Start program, may be designated as a Head Start agency. Enumerates the required functions of Head Start agencies. Sets forth the procedure for submission of plans to state Governors. Title II: Administrative Requirements and Standards - Requires that each Head Start agency observe standards of organization, management, and administration which will assure that all program activities are conducted in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Act and the objective of providing assistance effectively, efficiently, and free of any taint of partisan political bias or personal or family favoritism. States that no financial assistance shall be extended under this Act in any case in which the Secretary determines that the costs of developing and administering a program exceed 15 percent of the total costs, including non-Federal contributions to such costs, of such program. Directs the Secretary to revise annually (or at any shorter interval he deems feasible and desirable) a poverty line which, shall be used as a criterion of eligibility for participation in Head Start programs, with specified exceptions. Requires each recipient of financial assistance under this Act to keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe. Directs the Secretary to provide for the continuing evaluation of programs under this Act. Title III: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Sets forth labor standards, comparability of wages and nondiscrimination provisions relating to the operations of this Act. States that no individual employed or assigned by any Head Start agency or other agency assisted under this Act shall, pursuant to services rendered in connection with this Act, participate in the conduct of any unlawful demonstration, rioting, or civil disturbance. Provides penalties for criminal violations under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that at least 20 percent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels, including movements: (1) directly from original point of production; and (2) from such original point to intermediate points for transshipment or refinement and ultimate delivery into the United States, shall be transported on privately owned United States-flag commercial vessels to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for United States-flag commercial vessels, in such manner as will insure fair and reasonable participation of United States-flag commercial vessels in such cargoes by geographical areas. States that the quantity required so to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels shall be at least 25 percent after June 30, 1975; and at least 30 percent after June 30, 1977, if the Secretary of Commerce shall, on December 31 preceding each such date, determine that United States tonnage existing or on order and scheduled to be delivered by such date would be adequate to carry such quantity.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Student Loan Amendments - Increases the maximum rate of interest to be charged on a loan secured under the Emergency Insured Student Loan Act of 1969 from 3 to 4 percent. Extends to July 1, 1976, the time within which an eligible loan may be made which is insured under such Act. Requires, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, that to be eligible for interest payment to be made in behalf of a student who is receiving a loan under such Act, the student must have been enrolled as a regular student at an institution of higher education prior to April 1, 1973. Provides for reimbursement of 80 percent of the losses incurred by default of the borrower to public or private institutions operating a student loan insurance program. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to increase the basic grant payment, the amount of such increase to be determined by and limited to, an estimation of the amount of interest which will accrue on the outstanding and anticipated loans of a student which were necessary for him to attend an institution of higher learning during previous years or which are necessary to enable such student to continue to attend such an institution during such year. Permits the compounding of interest on loans made pursuant to the Higher Education Act of 1965. Increases the loan limitations for undergraduate students to $2500 in one year and for graduate or professional students to $5000 in one year. Increases the total amount any student may borrow to $25,000. Extends the maximum allowable repayment period for federally insured loans from 10 to 15 years, this period to begin nine months after graduation. Extends the maximum allowable period of the loan from 15 to 20 years. Provides for the determination of need and the granting of a loan based on such determination to eligible students outside of the United States. Eliminates the defense of infancy with respect to written agreements executed by a student relating to federally insured student loans.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Federal Paperwork Burden Relief Act - Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the reporting requirements of Federal regulatory programs to determine the extent to which these requirements may be revised to lessen the burden upon small and independent business establishments. Requires the Comptroller General to report the results of such study to the Congress one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) A world without war is possible; (2) In such a world nations will rely for their external protection on world institutions strong enough to stop any nation from making war, capable of assuring peaceful and just settlements of international disputes, and reliable enough to be entrusted with such power; and (3) it is the policy of the United States to initiate and to implement with other nations practical steps consistent with our commitment to the United Nations for the expeditious realization of such institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for the procurement and operation of air tanker facilities for the protection and management of the national forests and other lands administered by the Forest Service. States that contracts for such services shall be entered into solely on the basis of capability to perform the required services.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Federal Nonnuclear Research and Development Act - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a Council on Energy Research and Development for nonnuclear energy sources. Provides for the establishment of an Advisory Board for nonnuclear energy research development to consult with the Council. Directs the Council to establish and maintain a national program of research and development in nonnuclear energy technologies and energy conservation adequate to fulfill the objectives of this Act. Enumerates the Council's objectives, including pursuit of research and development programs, development of methods for the conservation of energy, and investigation of the option and the capability for nonnuclear energy self-sufficiency for the United States. Directs the Council to formulate a comprehensive nonnuclear energy research and development plan for the Federal Government designed to advance the policies set forth in this Act. Enumerates those factors which shall be considered in such plan. Directs the Council to contract for research in energy conservation, with Federal agencies or with individuals or corporations in the private sector where appropriate. Provides that energy conservation research and development shall be pursued in the areas of transportation, residential and commercial uses, industrial uses, and electricity use, transmission, and storage. Provides that in developing proposals pursuant to this Act, the Council shall consider various forms of Federal assistance and participation, including joint Federal-industry corporations, contractual arrangements with public and private entities conducting demonstrations of new technologies. Provides that the Council shall promulgate regulations establishing procedures for submission of proposals to the Council for the purposes of this Act. Enumerates specific information which must as a minimum be included in such proposals. Provides that joint Federal industry corporations proposed pursuant to this Act shall design, construct, operate, and maintain full-scale operations which will demonstrate the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of a particular unconventional energy technology. Prescribes the structure and composition of such corporations. Sets forth guidelines for competitive systems of price supports proposed pursuant to this Act. Provides for the establishment in the United States Treasury of a Competitive Research and Development Price Support Fund which shall be available to the Council for carrying out the price-support program authorized by this Act. Sets forth regulations for Congressional approval of Federal contributions with respect to proposals approved by the Council under this Act. Sets forth the patent policy with regard to projects contracted for, sponsored, or cosponsored by the Government pursuant to this Act. Authorizes and directs the Council on Environmental Quality to carry out a continuing analysis of the conduct of research and development of energy technologies. Authorizes the President to take such action as may be necessary to obtain or allocate materials which are or may be in critical supply and which are essential to the expeditious progress of energy research and development efforts. Authorizes the appropriation of $2,000,000 for the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Authorizes $1,600,000,000 for the first two fiscal years of the Council's existence to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Authorizes the establishment of the Big Thicket National Preserve in the State of Texas. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, but not to exceed $63,812,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and not to exceed $7,000,000 for development.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Geneva Protocol of 1925 should be ratified immediately and that a comprehensive review of the nation's policies regarding chemical warfare should be undertaken.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
National Fuels and Energy Conservation Act - Title I: Declares that it is in the national interest for, and shall be the continuing policy of, the Federal Government to foster and promote comprehensive national fuels and energy conservation programs and practices in order to slow the rate of growth of energy consumption, assure adequate supplies of energy and fuels for necessary uses, reduce energy waste, preserve natural resources, and protect the environment. Title II: Establishes in the Department of the Interior an Office of Energy Conservation to be headed by a Director appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) review and appraise the various programs, policies, and activities of the Federal Government in the light of the policy set forth in title I of this Act, for the purpose of determining the extent to which such programs and activities are contributing to the achievement of such policy, and to make recommendations to the President with respect thereto; (2) in cooperation with the Council on Environmental Quality, develop and recommend to the President national policies to foster and promote a national policy of energy conservation as set forth in title I of this Act; (3) make and furnish such studies and recommendations with respect to matters of policy and legislation as the President may request; (4) gather and present authoritative data concerning current and prospective energy use, analyze such information for the purpose of determining whether such conditions and trends are interfering, or are likely to interfere with the achievement of the purposes and policy of this Act, and compile and submit to the President studies relating to such conditions and trends; (5) conduct investigations, studies, surveys, research, and analyses concerning amounts and patterns of energy consumption, and current and potential means for energy conservation; (6) cooperate with private industry in developing energy conservation programs in industry; (7) provide assistance to State governments in developing State energy conservation programs; (8) conduct educational programs to foster public awareness of the need for and opportunities for energy conservation; and (9) prepare an annual report to the President and the Congress on his activities and the activities of other Federal agencies in implementing the purposes and objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Special Investigator/Prosecutor Act - Authorizes the United States District Court for the District of Columbia sitting en banc to, not later than ten days after the date of the enactment of this Act, appoint, in a manner of its choosing, a Special Investigator/Prosecutor and to remove and replace him only for gross improprieties in the exercise of his duties as determined by a majority vote of those judges sitting. Sets forth the authority and duties of the Special Investigator/Prosecutor, including the investigation and prosecution of offenses arising out of the 1972 election, and investigation of allegations involving the President and members of his staff. Gives the Special Investigator/Prosecutor authority to contest executive privilege and to decide whether and to whom to prosecute. Grants the Special Investigator/Prosecutor access to any evidence he deems essential to his duties. Authorizes the Special Investigator/Prosecutor to make public reports not inconsistent with the rights of any accused persons. Authorizes the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to extend the life of its grand jury on six-month intervals until its business is completed. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on the Handicapped within two years of enactment in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in the field of the handicapped, and to further the policies set forth in this joint resolution. Provides that such conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. Require a final report of the White House Conference on the Handicapped to be submitted to the President not later than 120 days following the date on which the conference is called, and the findings and recommendations included therein to be made available immediately to the public. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the submission of such report, to transmit to the President and the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations contained in such report. Gives the Secretary administrative powers to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on the Handicapped composed of 28 members, of whom not less than 15 shall be handicapped or parents of handicapped persons. Provides that such Advisory Committee shall cease to exist 90 days after the submission of the final report required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000, $175,000,000, and $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively for the nutrition program for the aged under title VII of the Older American Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve registration applications filed with him by the Department of Agriculture for the application of DDT to forest or other agricultural lands as is, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, required for the control of and the protection against insect infestations of such lands.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Menominee Restoration Act - Provides for the repeal of the Act of June 17, 1954 which terminated Federal supervision of the Menominee Tribe. States that as soon as practicable the Secretary of the Interior shall establish a membership role of the tribe which shall include all members listed on the final 1954 role who are still living on the date of enactment of this Act and all descendants of persons listed on the 1954 role if such descendants have at least one-quarter Menominee blood. Provides that all persons on the membership role shall be eligible to receive all Federal services furnished American Indians because of their status as Indians. States that subject to the approval of the Secretary the tribe shall organize a governing body for the tribe's common welfare and shall adopt an appropriate constitution and bylaws. States that subject to the approval of the shareholders as required by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the board of Directors of Menominee Enterprises Incorporated shall transfer to the Secretary all assets held by such corporation. Provides that such assets shall be held in trust by the Secretary, on behalf of the United States for the tribe. Provides that this Act shall reinstitute all, and shall not abrogate any, water, hunting, fishing, and trapping rights or privileges, and any other rights and privileges of the tribe enjoyed under Federal treaty or otherwise. Authorizes the Secretary to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Fair Labor Standards Amendments - Provides for an increase in the minimum wage to $2.30 a hour over a specified period for employees covered before 1966, nonagricultural employees covered in 1966 and 1973, and agricultural employees. States that such increase shall not apply to employees in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, of the United States or of the government of the Virgins Islands; of a hotel, motel, or restaurant; or of any other retail or service establishment engaged in the preparation of food. Establishes the minimum wage rate for such employees as equal to that of employees in States, as prescribed under this Act. Provides for the appointment of a special industry committee to recommended for employees in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the highest minimum wage rates. Includes Federal and States employees in the minimum wage coverage and defines such employees. Establishes minimum wage rates for domestic service employees Excludes from overtime rates specified tobacco employees. Exempts for two years telegraph agency employees from the maximum hours provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Establishes overtime rate requirements for seafood canning and processing employees; nursing home employees; hotel, motel, and restaurant employees; salesmen, partsmens, and mechanics; food service employees; bowling employees; substitute parents for institutionalized children; cotton ginning and sugar processing employees; and employees of conglomerates. Establishes maximum hour requirement for seasonal industry employees, and local transit employees, and overtime rate requirements for local transit employees. Exempts from overtime rate requirements motion picture theatre employees and certain lumber and logging industry employees. Establishes special minimum wage rates for full-time students and persons under 18. Provides that the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe standards and requirements to insure that this subsection will not create a substantial probability of reducing the full-time employment opportunities of persons other than those to whom these minimum wage rate authorized by this subsection. Exempts specified agricultural workers from the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Establishes a civil penalty for violations of the child labor provisions. Requires the Secretary to conduct studies on the justification or lack thereof for each of the special overtime rate exemptions and the economic effects of the application of such exemptions to such employees, and to submit a report of his findings and recommendations to the Congress with respect to the studies conducted not later than January 1, 1976. Provides that, except as otherwise specifically provided, the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the first day of the second full months which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Land Use Planning Act - Title I: Assistance to States - Sets forth the findings of Congress and policies of the Federal Government. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make annual grants to any State which has: (1) established an eligible land use planning agency, and (2) an intergovernmental advisory council to assist in the development and administration of a comprehensive land use planning process. Defines the elements which constitute a comprehensive land use planning process, including provisions for: (1) public involvment in the process; (2) coordination of land use activities of all State agencies; (3) consideration of esthetic, ecological, recreational and geological needs; and (4) environmental policies. Describes the factors to be included in any methods of implementation employed by a State in carrying out its land use planning process. Provides for interstate cooperation in coordinating land use planning. States that prior to making a grant to any State, the Secretary shall consult with specified officials and shall ascertain that land use planning criteria have been met. Prescribes an appeal procedure for States found ineligible to receive grants. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate any financial assistance whenever the land use planning process is determined not to meet the requirements of this Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Acts. Title II: Assistance to Indians - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make land use planning grants to any indian tribe to assist in developing a land use planning process for Indian reservation and other tribal lands. Sets forth the requirements of any such land use planning process and the eligibility factors to be met by a tribe. Title III: Public lands - Requires that each public land management agency head prepare and maintain an inventory of all public lands and other resources under his jurisdiction. States that in the development of public land use plans, specified considerations and priorities shall be taken into account. Title IV: Administration - Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Land Use Planning Administration. Enumerates the duties of such Administration, including: (1) to administer the grant in aid programs established under this Act; (2) cooperate in the development of standard methods of land use information collection; and (3) provide administrative support for the Interagency Land Use Policy and Planning Board. Establishes the Interagency Land Use Policy and Planning Board and enumerates the duties of such Board. Provides for the appointing of the members of the Board. Directs the Council on Environmental quality to issue guidelines to Federal agencies and States to assist them in carrying out the requirements of this Act. Requires the Secretary, through the Office, to investigate the need for and form of stating national land use policies, taking into account specified factors. Calls for the Secretary to issue a biennial report on land resources, uses, and problems. States that, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Secretary may hold hearings, take testimony and receive evidence. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior of: (1) $100,000,000 for each of the eight fiscal years for grants to States under title I; (2) $6,000,000 for each of the eight fiscal years for grants to Indian tribes; and (3) $10,000,000 for each of the three fiscal years for administration of this Act. Provides for the allotment of such funds. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
West Coast Corridor Feasibility Study Act - Directs and authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make an investigation and study for the purpose of determining the social advisability, technical feasibility, and economic practicability of a high-speed ground transportation system between the cities of Tijuana in the State of Baja California, Mexico, and Vancouver in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, by way of the cities of Seattle in the State of Washington, Portland in the State of Oregon, and Sacramento, San Francisco, Fresno, Los Angeles, and San Diego in the State of California. Authorizes $8,000,000 to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Establishes the Big Cypress National Preserve in the State of Florida. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $116,000,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands, and an amount not to exceed $900,000 for development.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1973
Declares that the United States has a moral responsibility to share in the rebuilding of war-torn Indochina, and to attend to the needs of millions of innocent victim of the conflict which has left children and refugees badly in need of assistance during the postwar period. Establishes in the Peace Corps the Vietnam Assistance Volunteers Program. Authorizes the Director of the Peace Corps to enroll qualified citizens of the United States for voluntary civilian assistance in the Republic of Vietnam. Establishes the terms and conditions of employment, training, compensation, hours of work, benefits, leave, and termination of such volunteers. Provides that civilian assistance under the Act shall be: (1) refugee relocation assistance; (2) medical assistance to war victims; and (3) medical, educational, and material assistance to orphans. Authorizes the use of United States foreign aid materials for purposes of assistance under the Act. Authorizes the President, upon agreement with the potential host nation, to extend the Vietnam assistance volunteers program to any of the following: Laos, Cambodia, and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Clean Elections Act - Title I: Federal Elections Commission - Creates a six-member independent Federal Elections Commission: 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2 members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, and 2 members appointed by the President. Specifies that the Commission shall have full legal powers. Authorizes the Commission to use the personnel and facilities of the General Accounting Office. Requires the Commission to submit its budget directly to Congress along with any recommendations it may have for legislation. Transfers specified functions of the Secretary of the Senate, the GAO and the Clerk of the House to the Commission. Requires each candidate for Federal office to have a central campaign committee through which all reports must pass. Requires the central committee to file its report with the Commission. Specifies that reports contain all contributions in excess of $100 and that cash contributions of $2,500 or more be reported within 24 hours. Requires a financial report to be filed 10 days before an election. Title II: Federal Matching Payment Entitlement Fund - Establishes on the books of the Treasury of the United States the Federal Matching Payment Entitlement Fund to remain available for expenditure without fiscal year limitation. Entitles candidates for Federal office or an official national party committee or an official congressional campaign committee to payments from the fund, during any calendar year, in an amount equal to the cmount of each contribution received by such candidate or committee not in excess of $50. Requires that the candidate or committee submit matching payment entitlement vouchers including the full name of the contributor together with the date, the exact amount of the contribution, and the complete address of the contributor. States that the Secretary of the Treasury shall make a payment from the fund to the candidate or the treasurer of the committee in the amount certified by the Commission. Sets forth the limitations on certification by the Commission. Title III: Limitations on Political Contributions - Declares a limitation on contributions, made by an individual and expenditures of not more than $2,500 in the case of a candidacy for President or Vice President or not more than $1,000 in a congressional campaign. Title IV: Tax Incentives for Contributions to Candidates for Public Office - Allows a maximum credit for a taxable year for contributions to candidates for public office of $50 ($100 for a joint return). Title V: Voter's Time - Provides for a schedule of televised political broadcasts by candidates for Federal office. Requires the television networks to make prime time available to the candidates at roles not exceeding the prevailing unit charge of the station for the same amount of program time in the same time period. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay fully all certified bills for Voter's Time not more than 10 days following receipt from the Registry of Election Finance.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
National Energy Research and Development Act - Title I: National Energy Research And Development Program - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to establish and maintain a national program of research and development in fuels and energy adequate to meet specified objectives. Establishes the National Energy Research and Development Board who's member's shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the duties of Board, including: (1) to review the full range of Federal activities in and financial support for energy technologies and energy conservation, giving consideration to research and development being conducted by industry and other non-Federal entities, to determine the capability of ongoing research efforts to carry out the policies established by this Act and other relevant Federal policies, particularly the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; and (2) to formulate a comprehensive energy research and development strategy for the Federal Government. Provides that in evaluating proposed opportunities for particular research and development undertakings pursuant to this title, the Board shall assign priority to types of projects listed in this title. Sets forth the powers of the Board. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 annually for the administrative expenses of the Board. Authorizes an appropriation not to exceed $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and subject to annual congressional authorizations, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $750,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and thereafter amounts such as Congress shall determine to carry out the provisions of this title with respect to energy research and development.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Provides that the recommendations of the President transmitted to the Congress under the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (relating to salaries of members of Congress and certain members of the executive and judicial branches of the Federal government) shall become effective at the beginning of the first pay period which begins after the first period of thirty calendar days of continuous session following the transmittal of such recommendations, unless there has been enacted into law a statute which establishes rates of pay other than those proposed by all or part of such recommendations, or unless between the date of transmittal and the end of the thirty day period either House adopts a resolution disapproving all or part of such recommendations. Provides that if the Committee, to which a resolution has been referred disapproving the recommendations of the President. Provides that the House has not reported the resolution after ten calendar days, it is in order to discharge the committee from further consideration of the resolution. Directs that such motion to discharge may be made only by an individual favoring the resolution and debate thereon is limited to not more than one hour divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. Directs that the motion to discharge may not be renewed, nor may another motion to discharge the committee be made with respect to any other resolution concerning the same recommendations. Specifies that when the committee has reported, or has been discharged from the further consideration of such resolution, it is in order to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. Stipulates that such motion is not debatable and may not be amended. Limits debate on the resolution to not more than two hours to be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. Provides that motions to postpone, motions to proceed to the consideration of other business and appeals from the decisions of the chair shall be decided without debate. Authorizes any part of the recommendations of the President, in accordance with express provisions of such recommendations, to be made operative on a date later than a date on which such recommendations otherwise are to take effect. (Amends 2 U.S.C. 359)
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1973
National Fuels and Energy Conservation Act - Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Energy Conservation which shall have a Director appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office, shall: (1) work with the Council on Environmental Quality in developing new energy conservation initiatives for the Federal Government; (2) cooperate with private conservation programs in industry; and (3) provide assistance to State governments in developing State energy conservation programs. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to use equipment, construction methods and management policies which make the maximum efficient use of energy in design, construction and operation of Federal buildings. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop improved design, lighting, and insulation standards to promote efficient energy use in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and publish standards of efficiency for electrical appliances and equipment. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate standards for labeling major electrical appliances and equipment so that shoppers may compare the efficiency of energy usage of such appliances and equipment. Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers of electrical appliances and equipment from: (1) selling in interstate commerce any electrical appliance or equipment which is not labeled according to the FTC standard; and (2) from advertising any electrical appliance or equipment unless the advertisement contains a statement in accord with the labeling standard. Establishes a $5,000 civil penalty for each violation of such selling and advertising requirements. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prepare proposed minimum standards for average degree of fuel use for motor vehicles, and such standards shall be designed to achieve a substantial increase in degree of fuel use by motor vehicles not in compliance with such standards within three years from the enactment of such standards by Congress, with all motor vehicles being required to meet such standards within five years. Requires manufacturers of motor vehicles to conduct tests and make such reports as the Secretary may require for the purpose of establishing such standards. Requires that all motor vehicles sold or manufactured in the United States shall bear a label stating in nontechnical language the degree of fuel use, and prohibits advertisement of such vehicles unless the advertisement states the degree of fuel use. Establishes a $1,000 civil penalty for offering an improperly labeled vehicle for sale and a $50,000 penalty for each advertisement not disclosing degree of fuel use. Directs the Federal Power Commission to promulgate regulations requiring electric and gas public utilities to submit to the Commission annual reports on energy conservation policies. Directs each agency of the Federal Government engaged in the sale of electrical energy to submit to the Congress a study of the impact of the rate structure of such agency on the consumption and conservation of energy. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations for advertising and promotion of energy and fuels which: (1) shall be designed to prohibit advertising or promotional energy or fuels by any person or corporation when such person or corporation is unwilling or unable to meet customers' requirements for energy or fuel and; (2) which shall generally prohibit advertising and promotion which are calculated or likely to result in unnecessary energy consumption. Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each violation of such advertising and promotion regulations. Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to submit to the Congress: (1) a report evaluating the impact on fuel consumption of national and regional systems of freight transportation and; (2) a study of the relationships between motor vehicle sizes, the needs of motor vehicle users, and the public interest. Authorizes for each fiscal year such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Multiprotection of Employee Retirement Income and Trust Act - Declares it to be the policy of this Act to protect interstate commerce and the interests of participants in employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries, by requiring the disclosure and reporting to participants and beneficiaries of financial and other information with respect thereto, by establishing standards of fiduciary conduct, responsibility, and obligation upon all persons who exercise any powers of control, management, or dispositions with respect to employee benefit funds or have authority or responsibility to do so, or have authority or responsibility in the administration of employee benefit plans, and by providing for appropriate remedies, sanctions, and ready access to the Federal courts. Title I: Fiduciary Responsibility and Disclosure - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee benefit plan if it is established or maintained by any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, or both. Provides that the administrator of an employee benefit plan shall cause to be published in accordance with this Act to each participant or beneficiary covered thereunder a description of the plan and an annual financial report. States that such description shall be published within 270 days after such plan is established and shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average plan participant. Provides that an annual report shall be published with respect to any employee benefit plan to which this title applies. Sets forth the information that shall be contained in such report. Provides that the administrator of any employee benefit plan subject to this Act shall file with the Secretary of Labor a copy of the plan description and each annual report. States that the Secretary may reject any such filing after notice, hearing, and determination by the Secretary that such filing is incomplete for the purpose of this title. Sets forth criminal penalties for intentional violations of this title. Provides that civil actions may be brought under this title by a participant or beneficiary: (1) for personal liability to such participant or beneficiary for failure to provide information required under this Act; or (2) to recover benefits due him under the terms of his plan or to clarify his rights to future benefits. Authorizes such actions by: (1) the Secretary, or by a participant, beneficiary or fiduciary, for appropriate relief under the fudiciary responsibility provisions of this Act; or (2) by the Secretary to enjoin any act or practice which appears to him to violate any provision of this title. Provides that the contents of the descriptions and regular annual reports filed with the Secretary pursuant to this title shall be public information. Provides for the bonding of persons who have fiduciary responsibilities under this title and of persons who handle funds or other property of an employee benefit plan. Sets forth the fiduciary responsibilities of the administrators of plans covered by this Act. Sets forth provisions governing the distribution of net assets upon the termination of a pension plan. Establishes an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to advise the Secretary with respect to the carrying out of his functions under this title. Title II: Vesting - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee pension benefit plan if it is established or maintained by an employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting or by such employer together with any employee organization representing employees engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce; or if such plan is established or maintained by any employer or by any employer together with any employee organization and if, in the course of its activities, such plan, directly or indirectly, uses any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or the mails. Excludes from the coverage of this title any employee pension benefit plan if: it is administered by the Federal Government or by an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government: it is established for the benefit of self-employed individual or owner-employees; it covers not more than 25 participants; it is established and maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of persons who are not citizens of the United States and the situs of the fund is maintained outside the United States; or such plan is unfunded and established primarily to provide deferred compensation for a select group of management employees. Specifies that no pension plan subject to this title may provide as a condition of eligibility a period of service longer than 1 year or age higher than 25 years. Establishes certain nonforfeitable rights on the part of employees to receive benefits in accordance with specified categories and requirements. Prohibits any plan from providing for forfeiture of accrued employee beenfits. Stipulates that in computing the period of service under a plan, the employee's entire service with the contributing employer must be considered, except in specified instances. Title III: Funding - Provides that this title applies to the same employee benefit pension plans as does title II and excludes from coverage those plans excluded under title II. States that the minimum contribution to any pension plan for each plan year beginning after the effective date of this title shall be equal to the excess of: (1) the sum of the minimum standard contributions for each plan year beginning after the effective date of this title, over (2) the total of the amounts contributed to or under the plan for each of the preceding plan years beginning after the effective date of this title. Requires the administrator of the plan to file an annual statement with the Secretary containing the following information: (1) the numbers of years the plan has been in effect; (2) the date and amount of the contribution made by the plan for the plan year for which the report is filed and contributions for prior plan years not previously reported; and (3) the amount of the minimum contribution, the normal costs, accrued liabilities, present value of accrued nonforfeitable benefits, value of assets, an identification of other benefits, and a statement of the other facts and actuarial assumptions used in the calculation of the minimum contribution under this title. Provides that whenever the required payment cannot be made by the employer or the other contributing parties, the Secretary may waive part or all of the minimum contributions for that fiscal year, and prescribe an additional period of not more than 5 years for the amortization of the funding deficiency occurring in that fiscal year. Prohibits any merger with another pension plan unless a qualified actuary: (1) determines that each participant in each plan would receive a termination benefit equal to that which he would have received before the merger; and (2) includes such determination in the next year's funding status report. Title IV: Registration, Enforcement, and Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the registration with the Secretary of plans covered under this Act. Empowers the Secretary to petition any U.S. district court having jurisdiction to require compliance with the registration provisions of this title. Sets forth provisions concerning civil enforcement of the vesting and funding titles of this Act. Establishes a Variation Appeal Board to hear and determine appeals from decisions denying variations under titles II and III. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake research studies on: (1) the effects of this Act upon the provisions and costs of pension plans; (2) the role of private pensions in meeting the economic security needs of the nation; and (3) the operation of public and private pension plans. Provides for cooperation and mutual assistance by other Federal agencies and departments. States that it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge, fire, or discriminate against a participant or beneficiary for exercising any right extended under this Act. Stipulates that titles II and III of this Act supersede any and all State and local laws relating to the vesting, eligibility, and funding responsibilities of persons acting on behalf of employee pension benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, that not later than July 1 of each year the Commissioner of Education shall publish in the Federal Register a schedule of expected family contributions for the succeeding academic year for various levels of family income which shall become effective with respect to grants to be made on or after July 1. Provides that such schedule shall be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Amateur Athletics Act - Declares it to be the finding of Congress that the division of authority over amateur athletics among organizations in the United States has resulted in a lack of coordination which handicaps the individual athelete in international competition. Establishes the United States Amateur Sports Board, to be appointed by the President. Provides that one member shall be an amateur athelete who has recently distinguished himself in international competition. Sets forth additional requirements for Board membership, and terms of appointment of Board members. Authorizes the Board to issue a charter to a corporation, designating it a United States Sports Association for not more than three sports which are part of the the Olympic or Pan American James. Empowers the Board to: (1) promulgate rules governing charter applications; (2) take action to insure compliance with granted charters; and (3) revoke charters. Provides that the following are causes for charter revokation: (1) to deny an amateur athelete the right to compete in competition which the Association has sanctioned because he is not a member of that Association; and (2) to deny any amateur athelete who is a member of that Association the right to compete in competitions sanctioned by any other United States Sports Association. Sets forth the requirements for eligibility to receive a charter as a United States Sports Association. Provides that, with specified exceptions, no unrestricted international amateur athletic competition shall be conducted within the United States more than two years after enactment of this Act, unless such meet is sanctioned by a United States Sports Association. States that in the event of a dispute involving a United States Sports Association and another Association, an athelete, or a sports organization, the Board shall, with the consent of the parties, act as a final mediator. Directs the Board to appoint a United States Olympic Commission to review the participation of the United States in the Olympic games. Provides that if participation in the games should be continued, the Commission shall recommend the form of organization by means of which the United States should participate. Sets forth elements to be considered in the formulation of such recommendation. Sets forth additional administrative powers of the Board. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for the period ending June 30, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1973
Declares that the project for the Rogue River, Oregon and California, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962 is modified to provide that, with respect to the irrigation aspect of the Applegate Dam and Reservoir, appropriate non-Federal interests shall make necessary arrangements with the Secretary of the Interior, prior to use of the project for irrigation, for repayment under the provisions of the reclamation laws of the costs allocated to irrigation.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Provides that future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Population Affairs to be directed by an Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs. Sets forth the duties of the Assistant Secretary. Establishes within the Department an Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Creates within the Administration a National Center for Family Planning Services, headed by a Director, which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Public information, program planning and evaluation, manpower development and training, supervision of field services, and grants management. Establishes within the Administration, a National Institute for Research on Human Reproduction and Population Change which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Reproductive physiology research, contraceptive development and evaluation, operational research, social science research, public information, manpower development and training, and grants management. Establishes a National Family Planning Services Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Center for Family Planning Services. Establishes a National Population Sciences Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Institute for Research on Human Reporduction and Population Change. Sets forth the functions of the Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such amounts as may be necessary to meet the administrative expenses of the Administration. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit a report to Congress on each January 1 for the five years following the enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1976 for the following: (1) special project grants for family planning services; (2) formula grants for family planning, public health services; (3) manpower development and program planning and evaluation; (4) research grants and contracts; (5) grants for support of population sciences, research centers; and (6) planning and population growth information distribution and educational materials development.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Prohibits the importation of Rhodesian chrome into the United States, in conformity with a resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations urging an international boycott of such chrome.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Legal Services Corporation Act. Establishes in the District of Columbia a private nonmembership nonprofit corporation which shall be known as the "Legal Services Corporation," for the purpose of providing financial support for legal assistance in noncriminal matters to persons financially unable to afford legal assistance. States that the corporation shall have a board of directors consisting of eleven voting members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, no more than six of whom shall be of the same political party. Provides that within six months following the appointment of all members of the board, the board shall request the Governor of each State to appoint a nine-member advisory council for his State. Sets forth the corporation's powers, duties and limitations. Authorizes the corporation to make grants to, and to contract with, individuals, partnerships, firms, organizations, corporations, State and local governments and other appropriate entities for the purpose of providing legal assistance to eligible clients. States that any interested person may bring an action in a Federal district court to enforce compliance with the prohibitions of or under this Act by the corporation or any recipient or any officer or employee of the corporation or of any recipient. Sets forth the conditions for the eligibility of an individual to receive legal assistance under this Act. States that no funds made available by the corporation under this Act, either by grant or contract may be used: (1) to provide legal assistance under this Act with respect to a criminal proceeding or incarceration for a crime; (2) for any political activities; (3) to award grants or enter contracts with any public interest law firm which expends any resources and time litigating issues either in the broad interests of a majority of the public or in the collective interests of the poor, or both; (4) to provide legal assistance under this Act to any person of less than eighteen years of age without formal written consent of one of said person's parents or guardians, except that if a person of less than eighteen years of age has no parent or legal guardian, an attorney compensated under this Act may represent such person for the purpose of petitioning the court to request appointment of a guardian ad litem, with the written consent of a guardian ad litem necessary for continued provision of such assistance; (5) to support or conduct training programs for the advocacy of, as distinguished from the dissemination of information about, particular public policies or which encourage political activities, labor or antilabor activities, boycotts, picketing, strikes, and demonstrations; and or (6) to organize, to assist to organize, or to encourage to organize, or plan for, the creation or formation of, or the structuring of, any organization, association, coalition, alliance, federation, confederation, or any similar entity except as authorized by the corporation. States that the corporation shall conduct a study of alternative methods of delivery of legal services to eligible clients including judicare, vouchers, prepaid legal insurance, and contracts with law firms and shall make recommendations to the President and the Congress on or before June 30, 1974, concerning improvements, changes, or alternative methods for delivery of such systems. Authorizes the corporation to require such reports as it deems necessary from recipients of grants or contracts. States that the accounts of the corporation shall be audited annually. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the activities of the corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Provides for the deletion of the termination date for title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 2620)
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Provides for the deferral or cancellation of repayment of student loans under the National Defense Education Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965, for persons held as prisoners of war. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to pay to holders of such loans appropriate amounts due.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an Office of Population Affairs to be directed by an Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs. Sets forth the duties of the Assistant Secretary. Establishes within the Department an Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Creates within the Administration a National Center for Family Planning Services, headed by a Director, which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Public information, program planning and evaluation, manpower development and training, supervision of field services, and grants management. Establishes within the Administration, a National Institute for Research on Human Reproduction and Population Change which shall establish identifiable units to carry out, at a minimum, the following functions: Reproductive physiology research, contraceptive development and evaluation, operational research, social science research, public information, manpower development and training, and grants management. Establishes a National Family Planning Services Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Center for Family Planning Services. Establishes a National Population Sciences Advisory Council to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Director, at meetings held no less than two times each year, on matters relating to the activities of the National Institute for Research on Human Reporduction and Population Change. Sets forth the functions of the Administration on Reproductive Research and Family Planning. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year such amounts as may be necessary to meet the administrative expenses of the Administration. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit a report to Congress on each January 1 for the five years following the enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1976 for the following: (1) special project grants for family planning services; (2) formula grants for family planning, public health services; (3) manpower development and program planning and evaluation; (4) research grants and contracts; (5) grants for support of population sciences, research centers; and (6) planning and population growth information distribution and educational materials development.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States to require repayment of the longstanding debts which are delinquent in nature. Makes it the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury submit to the Congress within ninety days of passage of this resolution a list and report on the extent of such indebtedness on the part of foreign nations. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury, through the appropriate departments and agencies, should, immediately after the filing of this report, begin consultations with foreign governments involved for the purpose of making arrangements for the prompt repayment of those longstanding debts which are delinquent.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Makes it the policy of the Congress that our fishing industry be afforded all support necessary to have it strengthened, and all steps be taken to provide adequate protection for our coastal fisheries against excessive foreign fishing. Declares that the Congress recognizes, encourages, and intends to support the key responsibilities of the several States for conservation and scientific management of fisheries resources within United States territorial waters, and that the Congress particularly commends Federal programs designed to improve coordinated protection, enhancement, and scientific management of all United States fisheries, both coastal and distant, including presently successful Federal aid programs under the Commercial Fisheries, Research and Development Act of 1964, and the newly developing Federal-State fisheries management programs.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Provides that the minority party, upon request, be provided with up to one-third of a committee's investigative staff funds pursuant to the rules of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: (1) shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, substance, or ingredient of any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage; and (2) shall not require a warning label on any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes such appropriations as necessary for the program established October 15, 1966, for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Title I: General Management Authority - National Resource Land Management Act - Presents the declaration of the Congress that the national resource lands are a vital national asset containing a wide variety of natural resource values and that the national interest will best be served by retaining the national resource lands in Federal ownership except where the Secretary determines that disposal of particular tracts of national resource lands is consistent with the purposes, terms, and conditions of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage the national resource lands under principles of multiple use and sustained yield in a manner which will, using all practicable means and measures, protect the environmental quality of the national resource lands to assure their continued value for present and future generations. Provides that the use, occupancy, or development of any portion of the national resource lands contrary to any regulation of the Secretary or contrary to any order issued pursuant to any such regulations is unlawful and prohibited. Provides that the Secretary shall prepare and maintain on a continuing basis an inventory of all national resource lands and their resources, giving priority to areas of critical environmental concern. Directs the Secretary in conjunction with public participation, to develop, maintain and, when appropriate, revise land use plans for the national resource lands consistent with the terms and conditions of this Act. Requires that in the development and maintenance of land use plans the Secretary shall: (1) use a systematic interdisciplinary approach to achieve integrated consideration of physical, biological, economic, and social sciences; (2) give priority to the designation of areas of critical environmental concern; (3) rely, to the extent it is available, on the inventory of the national resource lands and their resources; (4) consider all present and potential uses of the lands; (5) consider the relative scarcity of the values involved and the availability of alternative means including the need for recycling and sites for realization of those values; (6) weigh long-term public benefits against more immediate local or individual benefits; and (7) consider the requirements of applicable pollution control laws. Title II: Sale Authority - Authorizes the Secretary to sell tracts of national resource lands for fair market value if they are isolated and not suitable for management by the Bureau of Land Management or any other Federal agency, if they were purchased for a specific purpose and are no longer suitable for that or any other Federal purpose or if transfer would serve an overriding public benefit. Authorizes the Secretary in specified instances to sell reserved mineral interests in lands to the surface owners. Title III: Management Implementing Authority - Provides the authority to acquire, by purchase or exchange, lands necessary for authorized programs or for blocking up existing land holdings. Provides authority to issue a document of disclaimer of interest in land to which the United States no longer claims as interest. Establishes a working capital fund for the Bureau of Land Management and affords a specified method of accounting for various programs and service operations of the Bureau of Land Management. Makes violations of laws or regulations pertaining to national resource land a crime and by vested enforcement authority in certain designated Departmental employees. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with State and local law enforcement agencies and to reimburse the agencies for services on national resource lands. Title IV: Authority to Grant Rights-of-Way - Authorizes the Secretary to grant rights-of-way for such purposes as pipelines, powerlines and roads. Specifies conditions for granting such rights-of-way including provisions for protection of the environment. Title V: Preservation of Valid Existing Rights and Repeal of obsolete and Superseded Law - Provides for the repeal of specified laws. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed as a limitation upon any State criminal statute.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Prohibits justices of the Supreme Court and Federal judges from receiving compensation other than for the performance of their judicial duties. Requires the disclosure of financial information relating to a justices' or judge's assets and investments, together with a report of income derived from all sources. Provides that such disclosures and reports shall be submitted annually to the Judicial Conference of the United States. Makes failure to comply with the terms of this Act a high misdemeanor. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 454)
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