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United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Provides for the acceptance by the House of Representatives of a portrait of Charles Abraham Halleck of the State of Indiana to be displayed in the U. S. Capitol.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Requires executive agencies, in response to the subpena of any committee of the House of Representatives or of the Senate, to submit any information requested of them relating to any matter within the jurisdiction of the committee. Defines "executive agency" for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the committee, in the event of refusal or failure of the executive agency to comply with any such subpena, to recommend to the House of Representatives or to the Senate the institution of legal proceedings to enforce the subpena. Provides that upon adoption of a resolution authorizing such proceedings, action shall be commenced in an appropriate United States district court against the agency, the chief officer, and any additional parties whose joinder as defendants may be deemed necessary. Confers jurisdiction for such actions expressly upon the United States district courts, and provides that such action shall be assigned priority and shall be expedited by the courts.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Provides that the value of a decedent's interest in a closely held business shall be determined by either of two methods, at the election of the executor, and within specified limitations. States that the election shall be exercised by the executor not later than the time prescribed for filing the return with respect to the estate tax (including extensions thereof). Defines the terms used in this Act, including "interest in a closely held business," "capitalization factor," and "operating return." (Adds 26 U.S.C. 2031(c))
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1974
Authorizes the removal of present restrictions upon the setting of toll charges upon specified highway sections in Northern Indiana upon the repayment of $1,936,894 in Federal-aid highway funds by the State of Indiana to the United States Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1974
Postpones the effective date of the proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure which are embraced by the order entered by the United States Supreme Court on April 22, 1974, and which were transmitted to the Congress by the Chief Justice on April 22, 1974, until August 1, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1974
Authorizes the removal of present restrictions upon the setting of toll charges upon specified highway sections in Northern Indiana upon the repayment of $1,880,320 in Federal-aid highway funds by the State of Indiana to the United States Treasury.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Authorizes the House Committee on the Judiciary to file brief as amicus curiae re production of Presidential documents in the case of United States against Mitchell numbered CR 74-110, United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism in the Middle East; (2) the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to (a) call upon all governments to condemn this inhuman act of violence against innocent victims; and (b) strongly urge the governments who harbor these groups and individuals to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terrorism and senseless violence; and (3) the President should request the American Ambassador to the United Nations to take appropriate action before that body in order to have introduced a Security Council resolution condemning this brutal act of violence.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Repeals, under the Social Security Act, the provisions for the establishment of Professional Standards Review Organizations to review services covered under the medicare and medicaid programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1974
Occupational Safety and Health Amendments - States that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall not propose any rule promulgating a new occupational health or safety standard before he: (1) has, as part of each such proposal, reviewed and published in the Federal Register the financial impact of such proposed standard; and (2) has determined with due regard for that impact that the benefit to be derived from such standard justifies such proposal. Provides that no standard adopted or promulgated shall require any employer to phase out, change, or replace existing equipment or facilities before the normal useful life of that equipment or facility has expired unless failure to so phase out, change, or replace that equipment or facility prematurely would result in a serious violation. Directs the Secretary to prescribe, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, as part of each existing standard adopted under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: (1) the estimated average and maximum cost per unit to the average employer who is subject to that standard for compliance with the conditions, practices, means, methods, operation, or process used or proposed to be used by that employer under that standard; and (2) the period within which it is, in fact, possible for such employers to meet such standard including, but not limited to, availability of required devices, and possibility of performance of required procedures. Sets forth requirements with respect to notifying an employer of violations of the requirements prescribed pursuant to this Act. States that any employer who has been found to be not in compliance with any rule or standard adopted or promulgated under this Act shall not receive a notice for such violation if he is able to show: (1) that implementing such rule or standard would not materially affect the safety or health of his employees in the facility inspected; (2) that he has employed alternative procedures to protect his employees from the hazards contemplated by the rule or standard which are as effective in protecting the safety and health of his employees; or (3) that he has furnished adequate notice and exerted all reasonable efforts, pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to obtain the compliance of his employees, that such violation was attributable to such employees, and that he could not otherwise have reasonably prevented such violation. Sets forth procedures for enforcement of these regulations. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into compliance agreements with an employer believed to be in violation of an occupational safety and health standard promulgated pursuant to this Act under which enforcement and penalty provisions are waived or deferred upon condition that the employer will voluntarily comply with the applicable standard upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate under the circumstances. States that failure of an employer to abide by such an agreement may be taken into account in resulting enforcement and penalty procedures. Directs the Secretary to provide technical advice, assistance, and consultation to employers with less than one hundred employees whenever it is necessary to assist them in complying with applicable standards.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Suspends emissions controls on motor vehicles and engines in the continental United States except vehicles registered to residents of designated air quality regions until June 30, 1977, or sixty days after the President determines there is no significant shortage of petroleum fuels, whichever is later. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate, subject to the limitations of the Act, geographic areas of the United States in which there is significant auto emissions related air pollution. Provides that each State shall, not later than sixty days following enactment of this Act, submit to the Administrator a plan for implementing the Act. Provides that if a State fails to submit a plan under the Act or if the Administrator determines (after notice and opportunity for hearing) that such State is not adequately enforcing such a plan, then such State shall lose its entitlement to, and may not thereafter receive, any Federal grant or loan assistance under this Act or under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Declares that willful and deliberate violation of any provision of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, or imprisonment for up to one year, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to the rates of pay of Federal officials transmitted to the Congress in the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1973
States that the Special Prosecutor appointed by the Acting Attorney General as successor to the Prosecutor shall be and hereby is made subject to removal only by the Attorney General for gross impropriety, gross miscondut, gross dereliction of duty, or for physical inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, but for no other cause. Provides that the Attorney General shall give 30 days notice in writing to the Congress of his intention to remove the Special Prosecutor, setting forth in detail the reasons for such removal. Provides that the Special Prosecutor shall be, and hereby is, charged with the duty and clothed with the full and complete authority to investigate, to prepare, to conduct, and to prosecute any criminal offense arising out of or connected with the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate in 1972, arising out of or connected with the Presidential election of 1972, allegations of offenses involving the President, members of the White House staff, or Presidential appointees, except allegations of offenses the Special Prosecutor waives to the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice by letter to the Attorney General setting forth his reasons for such waiver, any and all other matters heretofore referred-pursuant to regulations of the Attorney General-to the former Special Prosecutor, and such new matters which the Special Prosecutor consents to have assigned to him by the Attorney General. Requires that all materials, tapes, documents, files, work in process, information, and all other property of whatever kind and description relevant to his duties and possessed by the former Special Prosecutor or his Staff shall be delivered into the possession of the new Special Prosecutor. States that the Special Prosecutor shall have full authority to undertake any action he deems necessary and proper for the performance of his duties under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing in the U.S. Constitution shall bar any State or territory or the District of Columbia, with regard to any area over which it has jurisdiction, from allowing, regulating, or prohibiting the practice of abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
States that the Special Prosecutor appointed by the Acting Attorney General of the United States on the 5th day of November 1973 is hereby made subject to removal only by the Attorney General (or, if there be none, by the Acting Attorney General) for gross impropriety, gross misconduct, gross dereliction of duty, or for physical inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, but for no other cause, or by the Congress pursuant to article II, section 4, of the Constitution. Requires the Attorney General to give thirty days notice in writing to the Congress of his intention to remove the Special Prosecutor, setting forth in detail the reasons for such removal. States that all materials, tapes, documents, files, work in process, information, and all other property of whatever kind and description relevant to the duties enumerated in this Act, tangible or intangible, collected by, developed by, or in the possession of the former Special Prosecutor or his staff established pursuant to regulation by the Attorney General (28 C.F.R. 0.37, rescinded October 24, 1973), shall be delivered into the possession of the Special Prosecutor appointed under 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 · 8 November 1973
States that the Special Prosecutor appointed by the Acting Attorney General of the United States on the 5th day of November 1973, is hereby made subject to removal only by the Attorney General (or, if there be none, by the Acting Attorney General) for gross impropriety, gross misconduct, gross dereliction of duty, or for physical inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, but for no other cause, or by the Congress pursuant to article II, section 4, of the Constitution. Requires the Attorney General to give thirty days' notice in writing to the Congress of his intention to remove the Special Prosecutor, setting forth in detail the reasons for such removal. States that all materials, tapes, documents, files, work in process, information, and all other property of whatever kind and description relevant to the duties enumerated in this Act, tangible or intangible, collected by, developed by, or in the possession of the former Special Prosecutor or his staff established pursuant to regulation by the Attorney General (28 C.F.R. 0.37, rescinded October 24, 1973), shall be delivered into the possession of the Special Prosecutor appointed under 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 · 6 November 1973
Provides that the Special Prosecutor shall be and is hereby made subject to removal only by: (1) the Attorney General for gross impropriety, gross misconduct, gross dereliction of duty, or for physical inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, but for no other cause, or (2) the Congress pursuant to article II, section 4, of the Constitution. Requires the Attorney General to give thirty days' notice in writing to the Congress of his intention to remove the Special Prosecutor, setting forth in detail the reasons for such removal. Provides that upon the request of the Special Prosecutor the head of any Federal department or agency shall: (1) detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agency; and (2) provide any relevant information or materials, to the Special Prosecutor to assist him in carrying out his duties under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Directs the Attorney General of the United States to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Special Prosecutor who shall be charged with the duties and clothed with the authority set forth in this Act. Provides that upon request of the Special Prosecutor the head of any Federal department or agency shall: (1) detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agency; and (2) provide any relevant information or materials, to the Special Prosecutor to assist him in carrying out his duties under this Act. Provides that the Special Prosecutor shall hold office for a period of three years from and after his appointment and shall carry out his duties hereunder within that three-year period except as may be necessary to complete trial or appellate action on indictments then pending. Grants the Special Prosecutor full authority to undertake any action he deems necessary and proper for the performace of his duties under this Act. Provides that the Special Prosecutor may be removed from office by the Attorney General of the United States for gross impropriety, gross misconduct, gross dereliction of duty, or for violation of this Act, but for no other cause, or by Congress pursuant to article II, section 4, of the Constitution. Requires the Attorney General to give thirty days' notice in writing to the Congress of his intention to remove the Special Prosecutor, setting forth in detail the grounds for such removal. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1973
Directs the Committee on the Judiciary, acting through a select subcommittee of nine members appointed by the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, to conduct a full and complete investigation of charges of impeachable offenses alleged to have been committed by Spiro T. Agnew. Directs the Committee on the Judiciary to report to the House the results of the investigation required to be conducted under this resolution, together with any recommendation, no later than three months after the date of the adoption of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States Government, while engaged in a lessening of tensions with the People's Republic of China, do nothing to compromise the freedom of our friend and ally, the Republic of China and its people.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1973
Makes rules governing the use of the Armed Forces of the United States in the absence of a declaration of war by the Congress of the United States or of a military attack upon the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1973
Requires public hearings on specified regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor. Requires that the findings of such public hearings shall be made and submitted to the Congress. States that such regulations shall not become effective until Congress has had thirty days to review such findings.
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.
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