United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Permits eligible veterans pursuing full-time programs of education to receive increased monthly educational assistance allowances and have their period of entitlement reduced proportionally. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682(d))
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Provides that there is a national 'on' indicator under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act for a week of unemployment if for each of the three most recent calendar months ending before such week the rate of national unemployment (seasonally adjusted) for all States equaled or exceeded 5 percent (now 4.5 percent). Provides that there is a national 'off' indicator under such Act for a week if for each of the three most recent calendar months ending before such week the rate of national unemployment (seasonally adjusted) for all States was less than 5 percent (now 4.5 percent). Establishes a supplemental account, for any individual for whom an individual compensation account under such Act. Provides that such account shall be available for benefits paid under this Act for weeks of unemployment occurring in such individual's eligibility period. Increases the Federal share of compensation paid under the State compensation law to 100 percent. Extends the time period during which benefits payable to an eligible individual by 13 weeks. Entitles a noninsured individual to compensation benefits under this Act if: (1) such individual has had six quarters of coverage under title II of the Social Security Act, or (2) such individual has been registered with the local employment service for at least six months and cannot obtain work, and the local employment service certifies that he has been so registered and cannot obtain work. Increases the rate of Federal unemployment tax under the Internal Revenue Code to 3.26 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Sets forth standards to be met in the conduct of State and Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to State election boards and officials to aid them in meeting their responsibilities under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Provides that States may not have less strict standards with respect to marketing, labeling, packaging, and ingredient requirements than those made under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 678)
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 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 · 31 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 · 30 May 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to carry out the following programs and activities of the Government of the District of Columbia: (1) payment of funeral and burial services of indigent residents of the District; (2) cash payments to needy patients in hospitals operated by or under contract with the District; (3) payment for the care of indigent persons in hospitals under sectarian and nonsectarian control; (4) payment of benefits to workers in District facilities; (5) payment for fire prevention and fire protection services to District Government institutions located outside the District; (6) expenditure of funds for the prevention and detection of crime by the Chief of Police; (7) payment of expenses of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Department for attending pistol matches; (8) payment of rewards for information leading to the apprehension of criminal fugitives; (9) payment of a modest sum to prisoners released from a penal or correctional institution; (10) establishment of a Construction Services Working Fund; (11) payment of expenses related to snow and ice removal; (12) funding of grade-cross elimination projects; (13) matching funds for purchase of civil defense equipment and supplies; (14) payment for acquisition of land for the Washington aqueduct; (15) payment of administrative expenses of workmen's compensation law; (16) driver education programs; (17) furnishing of subsistence supplies and transportation for handicapped children attending special education classes; (18) compensation of personnel employed in the summer school program of the public school system; and (19) study of adequacy of service and of the need for regulation of the taxicab industry in the District. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Mutual Development and Cooperation Act - Transfers the office and functions of the Agency for International Development to the Mutual Development and Cooperation Agency, which shall have the responsibility for coordinating all United States development-related activities. Authorizes $300,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-75 to be appropriated to the President to furnish assistance to people living in rural overseas areas for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition. Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-75 for population planning and health; $115,000,000 annually for education, public administration, and human resource development; $93,000,000 annually to help solve social and economic development problems in fields such as transportation and power; and $60,000,000 annually to support the general economy of recipient countries or for development programs conducted by private or international organizations. Directs the President to establish a system for coordination of United States policies and programs which affect U.S. interests in the development of low-income countries. Authorizes the establishment of a Development Coordination Committee to advise the President on coordination of policies and programs in developing countries, including bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs. Establishes the United States Export Development Credit Fund to provide extensions of credit and to refinance U.S. exporter credits, for the purpose of facilitating the sale of U.S. goods and services to the lowest income to countries which advance their development. Sets forth provisions for the financing of such Fund. Provides for the continuation of the Fund through December 31, 1977, and requires a detailed report semiannually on the Fund. States that nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the powers of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Prohibits the extension of credit under this section for defense articles or services.
United States · United States Congress · 30 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 · 29 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 · 29 May 1973
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, for reduced rate transportation on a space available basis for youth (between 12 and 22), elderly people (aged 65 and older), and military personnel who are members of the United States armed services traveling at their own expense, in uniform and while on official leave, furlough, or pass. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1373(b))
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Prohibits bribery of State and local law enforcement officers and other elected and appointed officials. Imposes five years imprisonment and/or $10,000 fine for: (1) influencing or attempting to influence official conduct through bribery; (2) accepting a bribe; or (3) failing to report any bribery or attempt to bribe. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 225)
United States · United States Congress · 24 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 · 23 May 1973
Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Provides that every resident of the U.S. (and every non-resident citizen when in the U.S.) will be eligible for covered services. Permits reciprocal and "buy-in" agreements for groups of non-resident aliens, and in some cases benefits to U.S. residents when visiting in other countries. Entitles every eligible person to have payments made by the Health Security Board for covered services provided within the United States by a participating provider. Provides that all necessary professional services of physicians, wherever furnished are covered, including preventive care, with two important restrictions: (1) specialist services are covered only when performed by a qualified specialist except in emergency situations, and generally only on referral from a primary physician; and (2) psychiatric services to an ambulatory patient are covered only for active preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic or rehabilitative service with respect to mental illness. Provides that comprehensive dental services (exclusive of most orthodontic services) are covered for children under age 15, with the covered age group increasing by two years each year until all those under age 25 are covered. Provides that: (1) inpatient and outpatient hospital services and services of a home health agency are covered without arbitrary limitation; (2) pathology and radiology services are specifically included as parts of institutional services; and (3) custodial care is specifically excluded in specified institutional settings. Limits payment for skilled nursing home care to 120 days per spell of illness, except that this limit may be increased when the nursing home is owned or managed by a hospital and payment for care is made through the hospital's budget. Limits the psychiatric hospital benefit to 45 consecutive days of active treatment during a spell of illness. Provides coverage for two categories of drug use: prescribed medicines administered to inpatients or outpatients within participating hospitals; or to enrollees of comprehensive health service organizations, and drugs necessary for the treatment of specified chronic illnesses or conditions requiring long or expensive therapy. Requires the Board and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish two lists of approved drugs, taking into account the safety, efficacy and cost of each drug. Provides a broad list of approved medicines available for use in institutions and by comprehensive health service organizations and a more restricted list which is available for use outside such organized settings. Provides that the appliances benefit is similar in concept and operation to the drug benefit, subject to a limitation on aggregate cost. Asserts that the professional services of optometrists and podiatrists are covered, subject to regulations, as are diagnostic or therapeutic services furnished by independent pathology laboratories and radiology services. States that health services furnished or paid for under a workmen's compensation law are not covered. Provides that the services of a professional practitioner are not covered if they are furnished in a hospital which is not a participating provider. Requires that participating providers meet standards established in this title or by the Board. Requires that such providers must agree to provide services without discrimination, to make no unauthorized charge to the patient for any covered service, and to furnish data necessary for utilization review by professional peers, statistical studies by the Board, and verification of information for payments. Makes professional practitioners, licensed when the program begins, eligible to practice in the State where they are licensed and requires that all newly licensed applicants for participation meet national standards established by the Board in addition to those required by his State. Establishes conditions of participation for general hospitals similar to those required under Medicare. States that the two requirements not found in the Medicare program are: (1) that the hospital must not discriminate in granting staff privileges on any grounds unrelated to professional qualifications; and (2) that it establish a pharmacy and drug therapeutics committee for supervision of hospital drug therapy. Provides that psychiatric hospitals will be eligible to participate only if the Board finds that the hospital (or a distinct part of the hospital) is engaged in furnishing active diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services to mentally ill patients. Establishes conditions of participation for skilled nursing homes similar to those established for extended care facilities under Medicare. Makes provisions for the participation of home health service agencies. Describes as eligible a health maintenance organization which undertakes to provide an enrolled population either with complete health care or with complete health security services (other than institutional services, mental health or dental services) for the maintenance of the health and care of ambulatory patients. Permits a foundation sponsored by a county or other local medical society to participate as a provider of services. Authorizes the Board to deal separately with the primary care portion of a system of comprehensive health care where it is necessary to rely on arrangements with other providers. Permits the Board to contract directly with public or other nonprofit mental health centers and mental health day care services. Specifies the broad and general conditions under which independent pathology laboratories, independent radiological services, and providers of drugs, devices, appliances, equipment, or ambulance services may qualify as providers under Health Security. Requires that a participating skilled nursing home have in effect an agreement with at least one participating hospital for the transfer of patients and medical and other information as medically appropriate. Prohibits in malpractice judgments any damages to be awarded to the injured party for the cost of remedial services which he is entitled to receive under this Act. Excludes the institutions of the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration, and institutions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare serving merchant seamen or Indians or Alaskan natives, from serving as participating providers, as well as any employee of these institutions when he is acting as an employee. Provides reimbursement for any services furnished by these institutions or agencies to eligible persons who are not a part of their normal clientele. Permits a physician, dentist, optometrist, or podiatrist, licensed in one State and meeting the national standards, to furnish Health Security benefits in any other State, the scope of his permissible practice being governed by the law of the State in which he is practicing. Grants a similar authority to other health professional and nonprofessional personnel. Establishes the Health Security Trust Fund, to receive the net assets of existing (Medicare) funds taken over by the Health Security program, the yield of the Health Security taxes, and the Government's contribution from general revenues amounting to 100 percent of the yield from these taxes. Provides that three separate accounts shall be established in the Health Security Trust Fund: a Health Service Account, a Health Resources Development Account, and an Administration Account. Provides that in each of the first two years of the program operation, 2 percent of the Trust Fund shall be set aside for the Health Resources Development Fund; and the allocation shall increase by 1 percent at two-year intervals to 5 percent within the next 6 years. Provides for allocation of the Health Services account among the regions of the country. Provides that the allocation to each region shall be based on the aggregate sum expended during the most recent 12-month period for covered services (with appropriate modification for estimated changes in the consumer price index, the expected number of eligible beneficiaries, and estimated changes in the number of participating providers). Provides that the Board will divide the allocation to each region into funds available to pay: institutional services; physician services; dental services; furnishing of drugs; furnishing of devices, applications, and equipment; and miscellaneous services. Provides that payments for covered services provided to eligible persons by participating providers will be made from the Health Service Account in the Trust Fund. Describes the method to be used in applying, as between practitioners electing the various methods of payment fee for service, the monies available in each health service area for payment to each category of professional providers. Authorizes the Board to experiment with other methods of reimbursement so long as the experimental method does not increase the cost of service or lead to overutilization or underutilization of services. Provides that skilled nursing homes and home health agencies will be paid in the same manner as a general hospital (on an approved annual budget basis). Provides that a health maintenance organization will be paid for covered services, on the basis of a fixed capitation rate multiplied by the number of eligible enrollees. Contains a series of provisions for developing a continuous process of health service planning and for assisting in the recruitment, education, and training of health personnel. Authorizes special improvement grants: (1) to any public or other nonprofit health agency or institution to establish improved coordination and linkages with other providers of services, and (2) to organizations providing comprehensive ambulatory care to improve their utilization review, budget, statistical, or records and information retrieval systems, to acquire equipment needed for those purposes, or to acquire equipment useful for mass screening or for other diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Sets forth the responsibilities and duties of the Secretary of HEW and the Board with regard to this title. Creates an administrative structure within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare with exclusive responsibility for administration of the Health Security program. Establishes a five-member full-time Health Security Board serving under the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that the members shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, for five-year overlapping terms. Creates the position of an Executive Director, appointed by the Board with the approval of the Secretary. Provides that the Executive Director shall serve as secretary to the Board and shall perform such duties in the administration of the program as the Board assigns to him. Provides that the program will be administered through the regional offices of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Requires the establishment of sub-regional (service area) offices. Establishes a National Health Security Advisory Council, with the Chairman of the Board serving as the Council's Chairman and 20 additional members not in the employ of the Federal Government. Authorizes the Advisory Council to appoint professional or technical committees to assist in its functions. Provides that the Advisory Council will advise the Board on matters of general policy in the administration of the program, the formulation of regulations and the allocation of funds for services. Charges the Board with responsibility for informing the public and providers about the administration and operation of the Health Security program. Requires the Board to make a continuing study and evaluation of the program, including adequacy, quality and costs of services. Authorizes the Board directly or by contract to make detailed statistical and other studies on a national, regional, or local basis of any aspect of the title; to develop and test incentive systems for improving quality of care, methods of peer review of drug utilization and of other service performances; to develop and test systems of information retrieval, budget programs, instrumentation for multiphasic screening or patient services, reimbursement systems for drugs; and to make such other studies which it considers would improve the quality of services of administration of the program. Grants authority to the Board, in accordance with regulations, to make determinations of who are participating providers of services, determinations of eligibility, of whether services are covered, and the amount to be paid to providers. Allows a provider of services who is dissatisfied with a final Board determination to obtain a hearing before a Board panel, and judicial review of a final decision. Authorizes the Board, with the advice and assistance of the Commission on the Quality of Health Care, to issue and review regulations assuring the quality of care furnished under this Act. Requires continuing professional education by physicians, dentists, optometrists, and podiatrists. Provides for the appointment of a Deputy Secretary of HEW and an Under Secretary for Health and Science. States that no provision of this Act shall alter any contractual obligation of an employer to provide health services to his employees and their dependents. Title II: Health Security Taxes - Converts the existing Medicare hospital insurance payroll taxes into Health Security taxes, and raises the rates to 1 percent on employees and 3.5 percent on employers. Raises the wage base for the employee tax from the present $7,800 to $15,000 or, if higher 125 percent of the contribution and benefit base. Broadens the definitions of covered employment to include foreign agricultural workers, employees of the U.S. and its instrumentalities (other than members of the armed forces and the President, Vice-President, and Members of Congress), employees of charitable and similar organizations, railroad employees, and (for the employee tax only) employees of States and their political subdivisions and instrumentalities. Excludes from the gross income of employees, for income tax purposes, payment by their employers of part or all of the Health Security taxes on the employees. Spells out the precise effective dates of the new payroll tax provisions. Converts the existing Medicare self-employment tax into a Health Security self-employment tax, and raises the rate to 2.5 percent, and raises the maximum taxable self-employment income from $7,800 to $15,000. Adds a new 1 percent Health Security tax on unearned income (unless such income is less than $400 a year), subject to the same maximum on taxable income as is applicable to the employee and self-employment taxes. Title III: Commission on the Quality of Health Care - Establishes in the Department of HEW a Commission on the Quality of Health Care, with the primary responsibility of: (1) initiating and continuing development of methods of assessing the quality of health care furnished under the Health Security Act, and (2) submitting to the Secretary and the Health Security Board its findings and recommendations. Stipulates that in carrying out its duties the Commissioner shall emphasize, and give first consideration to, care furnished for those illnesses and conditions which have relatively high incidence in the population and which are relatively amenable to medical or other care. Title IV: Repeal or Amendment of Other Acts - Makes various conforming amendments to the medicare, medicaid, vocational rehabilitation, and Federal employees health benefits statutes to bring it into conformity with this Act. Requires that, after the effective date of benefits, no State shall be required to furnish any service covered under Health Security as a part of its State plan for participation under Medicaid, and that the Federal government will have no responsibility to reimburse any State for the cost of providing a service which is covered under Health Security. Provides that funds available under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act or the Maternal and Child Health title of the Social Security Act shall not be used to pay for personal health services after the effective date of benefits, except (to the extent prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of HEW) to pay for services which are more extensive than those covered under Health Security. Title V: Studies Related to Health Security - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Treasury to study the coverage of health services for U.S. residents in other countries. Directs the Secretary of HEW to study the feasibility and desirability of coordinating the Federal health benefit programs for merchant seamen, and Indians and Alaskan natives, and veterans and members of the Armed Forces, with the Health Security Benefit Program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Makes inapplicable to the aged, blind and disabled the existing provision of the Social Security Act limiting to 10 percent the portion of the total amounts paid to a State as grants for social services which may be paid with respect to individuals who are not actually recipients of or applicants for aid or assistance.
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 · 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 · 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 · 22 May 1973
States that no funds shall be expended for the conduct of bombing missions or other combat operations in Cambodia or Laos, without prior, specific authorization from Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Authorizes the employment of student congressional interns, by Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners of the House of Representatives. Provides that the sum of $1,500 be made available to each member out of the House contingent fund to pay for the salaries of such interns.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Provides, under the Domestic Relations Section of the District of Columbia Code, that the clerk of the Superior Court of the District shall examine applicants for marriage licenses under oath and shall ascertain the names and ages of such applicants, and if they are under age the names of their parents or guardians, whether they were previously married, and whether they are related or not, and if so, in what degree. Provides that false swearing in regard to such matters shall be deemed perjury.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Prohibits, in the District of Columbia, discrimination on the basis of sex or marital status in commercial credit transactions. Provides for penalties for persons who discriminate in violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Schoolbus Safety Act - Authorizes, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, safety design standards for schoolbuses. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish safety standards for schoolbuses. Requires the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate schoolbus accidents.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
States that, in order to reduce pollution and encourage the use of carpools and other transportation by Federal Government employees, the Administrator of the General Services Administration shall have exclusive power to regulate, maintain, and charge fees for the the use of all parking facilities maintained by the Federal Government for the privately owned cars of Federal employees. Requires that in assigning parking space, priority shall be given to high officials (up to 15% of available space) and to car pools. Requires the Administrator to establish an expanded system of free fringe parking facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to carry out specified programs and activities of the government of the District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Repeals the provisions of the District of Columbia Code which allow the deduction of monthly shelter allotments from public assistance grants if a recipient fails to pay his rent. (Repeals D.C. Code 3-215(b)-(g))
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Provides, under the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Act, a property tax credit to specified senior citizens. Establishes formulae and requirements for determining such credits.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Prescription Drug Patent Licensing Act - Requires that, whenever the Federal Trade Commission, upon complaint made to it by a qualified applicant for a license under a drug patent determines through an investigation and hearing that such application for a license was not granted and that the price quoted to druggists by the patentee is more than 500 percent of the total cost of production, the Commission shall order such patentee to grant an unrestricted license to any qualified applicant to make, use, and sell such drug. States that the Commission may delay such order up to five years to provide a fair return on the patentee's invested capital. (Adds 35 U.S.C. 294)
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Prescription Drug Labeling Act - Requires that in the labeling and advertising of drugs sold by prescription the established name of such drug must appear each time their proprietary name is used.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 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 · 3 May 1973
Prescription Drug Freshness Act - Requires that over-the-counter drugs whose effectiveness or potency becomes diminished after storage must be prominently labeled by the manufacturer as to the date beyond which the product shall not be used. Requires that similar prescription drugs be similarly labeled by the retailer dispensing the product.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Prescription Drug Price Information Act - Requires drug retailers to post prominently a list of the prices of the one hundred prescription drug products that had the highest dollar volume of retail sales by such drug retailer. Enables any person, including States, to commence a civil action to obtain an injunction restraining any drug retailer from violating this Act. Prescribtion Drug Advertising Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and with the appropriate agency of any State, to establish programs and procedures to implement the advertising, at the discretion of vendors, of prescription drug prices, and to eliminate any legal impediments to such advertising. Defines as an unfair act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act the prohibition or burdening of advertising of prescription drug prices.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of the District of Columbia to carry out specified programs and activities of the government of the District of Columbia. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
District of Columbia Development Bank Act - Creates a body corporate to be known as the District of Columbia Development Bank, which would not be an agency of the United States. Provides that the Bank have a board of directors consisting of eleven persons; the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, the Chairman of the City Council of the District of Columbia, three officers or employees of the United States or the District government designated by the President, and six directors elected by the shareholders of the Bank. Directs the Board to appoint a president of the Bank to serve as the Bank's chief executive officer. Authorizes the bank to make commitments to purchase and to purchase, service, or sell, or to guarantee in whole or in part, any debt obligation or participation therein, issued by an obligor to finance any project or activity deemed by the bank to be consistent with the purpose of this Act, and to make commitments to purchase and to purchase, service, or sell, any equity instrument or participation therein, issued by an issuer to finance any project or activity deemed by the bank to be consistent with the purpose of this Act. States that assistance authorized under this Act shall not be extended (1) for working capital, or (2) to assist establishments relocating from one area to another. Provides that the bank shall have common stock, having a par value of not less than $100 per share. States that such common stock may be subscribed for by any private individual, partnership, corporation, foundation, society, association, or other organization, profit or nonprofit. Authorizes the bank, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to issue and have outstanding obligations having such maturities and bearing such rate or rates of interest as may be determined by the bank. Authorizes the bank to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary is authorized to purchase such obligations in amounts specified in appropriation Acts; Provided, that no obligations shall be purchased by the Secretary until not less than $2,000,000 in capital of the bank has been paid in; and Provided further, That such purchases outstanding shall not exceed the lesser of twice the amount of paid in capital or $10,000,000. Sets forth the general powers possessed by the Bank. Requires the financial transactions of the bank to be audited annually by an independent auditor. States that a report of each such annual audit shall be transmitted by the bank to the President and to the Congress not later than six months following the close of the period audited.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Provides for the creation of a Law Review Commission to consist of the Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on the District of Columbia or his designee, the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia or his designee, the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, the Chairman of the City Council of the District of Columbia, and five additional members to be appointed by the Mayor. States that it shall be the duty of the Law Review Commission: (1) to examine the common law and statutes of the District of Columbia and current judicial decisions for the purpose of discovering defects, anachronisms, and inequities in the law and recommending reforms to correct them; (2) to receive and consider proposed changes in the law recommended by the American Law Institute, the commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States, any bar association, or other learned body; (3) to receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers, community leaders and organizations, and the general public as to proposals for reforms in the law; (4) to recommend such changes in the law as it deems necessary and desirable to modify or eliminate antiquated or inequitable rules of law, and to bring the law of the District of Columbia, both civil and criminal, into harmony with modern conditions; and (5) to report its proceedings annually to the legislature, and if it deems advisable, to accompany its report with proposed legislation to effectuate its recommendations. Sets forth the powers and the compensation of the commission. Authorizes to be appropriated, out of moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1973
Provides that 1,500 additional copies of hearings by the Subcommittee on Africa of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, entitled "United States Business Involvement in Southern Africa" be printed for the use of said Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Sets forth standards to be met in the conduct of State and Federal elections. Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to State election boards and officials to aid them in meeting their responsibilities under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act, for reduced rate transportation on a space available basis for "young people". Defines "young people" as anyone between the ages of 12-21 years.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Holding Company System Regulatory Act - Provides that in the District of Columbia any domestic insurer, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more persons, may organize to acquire one or more subsidiaries. Provides that such subsidiaries may conduct any kind of business and their authority to do so shall not be limited by reason of the fact that they are subsidiaries of a domestic insurer. Provides that the total amount which a domestic insurer may invest in the common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, and other securities of such subsidiaries shall not exceed the lesser of: (1) five percent of such insurer's assets; or (2) in the case of a capital stock company, fifty percent of the excess of its capital, surplus, and contingency reserves over the then required statutory minimum capital and surplus, or in the case of a mutual company, fifty percent of the excess of its surplus and contingency reserves over the then required statutory minimum surplus. Provides that no person other than the issuer shall make a tender offer for or a request or invitation for tender of, or enter into any agreement to exchange securities for, seek to acquire, or acquire, in the open market or otherwise, any voting security of a domestic insurer if after the consummation thereof such person would directly or indirectly be in control of such insurer. Provides that no person shall enter into an agreement to merge with or otherwise acquire control of a domestic insurer, unless, at the time any such offer, request, or invitation is made or any such agreement is entered into, or prior to the acquisition of such securities if no offer or agreement is involved, such person has filed with the Commissioner of the District of Columbia and has sent to such insurer, and such insurer has sent to its shareholders, a statement containing the information required by this section and such offer, request, invitation, agreement, or acquisition has been approved by the Commissioner. Prescribes the information that must be submitted to the Commissioner as the basis of such approval. Provides that the Commissioner shall approve any merger or other acquisition of control unless, after a public hearing thereon, he finds that: (1) after the change of control the domestic insurer would not be able to satisfy the requirements for the issuance of a license to write the line or lines of insurance for which it is presently licensed; (2) the effect of the merger or other acquisition of control would substantially lessen competition in insurance in the District or tend to create a monopoly therein; (3) the financial condition of any acquiring party is such as might jeopardize the financial stability of the insurer, or prejudice the interest of its policyholders or the interests of any remaining securityholders who are unaffiliated with such acquiring party; (4) the terms of the offer, request, invitation, agreement, or acquisition are unfair and unreasonable to the securityholders of the insurer; (5) the plans or proposals which the acquiring party has to liquidate the insurer, sell its assets or consolidate or merge it with any person, or to make any other material change in its business or corporate structure or management, are unfair and unreasonable to policyholders of the insurer and not in the public interest; or (6) the competence, experience, and integrity of those persons who would control the operation of the insurer are such that it would not be in the interest of policyholders of the insurer or of the public to permit the merger or other acquisition of control. Vests jurisdiction with the Superior Court of the District of Columbia over every person not resident, domiciled, or authorized to do business in the District who files a statement with the Commissioner under this Act, and over all actions involving violations of this Act. Provides that every insurer which is authorized to do business in the District and which is a member of an insurance holding company system shall register with the Commissioner. Provides that every insurer subject to such registration shall file a registration statement. Provides that the above provision of registration shall not apply to any insurer, information, or transaction if and to the extent that the Commissioner by rule, regulation, or order shall exempt the same therefrom. Provides that material transactions by registered insurers with their affiliates shall be subject to the following standards: (1) the terms shall be fair and reasonable; (2) the books, accounts, and records of each party shall be so maintained as to clearly and accurately disclose the precise nature and details of the transactions; and (3) the insurer's surplus as regards policy holders following any dividends or distributions to to shareholder affiliates shall be reasonalbe in relation to the insurer's outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs. Authorizes the Commissioner to make a condidential examination of the records, books, papers, or other information in the possession of a registered insurer or its affiliates to ascertain the financial condition or legality of the conduct of such insurer. Authorizes the Commissioner to obtain an injunction in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia against violations of this Act. Provides that any individual who willfully violates this Act may be fined not more than $1,000 or, if such willful violation involves the deliberate perpetration of a fraud upon the Commissioner, imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Authorizes the revocation, suspension, or non-renewal of an insurer's license by the Commissioner whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any person has committed a violation of this Act which makes the continued operation of an insurer contrary to the interests of policyholders or the public.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Authorizes each member of the District of Columbia zoning Commission to appoint an alternate from among his staff, who shall be entitled to exercise, at any meeting of the Commission, all powers vested in the respective member. Permits the Zoning Commission, in its discretion, to appoint a hearing examiner or examiners to conduct the hearing required by this Act. Sets forth the duties of such examiners. States that in the event that additional duties require enlargement of the Board of Zoning Adjustment, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia may appoint an additional five members to the said Board, to be composed of a member of the National Capital Planning Commission or a member of the staff thereof to be designated in either case by such commission; and three residents of the District of Columbia who shall have the same qualifications as set forth in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Public Service Employment Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide unemployed and underemployed persons with employment in jobs providing needed public services and appropriate training and related services. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act such sums as Congress determines necessary for each fiscal year ending prior to fiscal year 1977. Provides that the Secretary of Labor shall enter into arrangements with applicants for the purpose of providing financial assistance to public and private nonprofit agencies and institutions for the creation of jobs providing employment for unemployed or underemployed persons in carrying out needed public services. Provides that such eligible applicants shall be: (1) States, counties, cities, and other units or combinations of units of general local government which have established public service employment councils; and (2) other public and private agencies and institutions when government units of services are inadequate or nonexistent. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with eligible applicants, using 25 percent of the funds authorized under this Act, for the purpose of providing employment, for unemployed and underemployed persons residing in areas of substantial unemployment, in jobs providing needed public services, which shall be carried out to the maximum practicable extent within such areas. Provides for the establishment of a public service employment council. Provides that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that: (1) the program will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available, will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers, will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed, and will not substitute public service jobs for other federally assisted jobs; (2) persons employed in public service jobs assisted under this Act shall be paid wages which shall not be lower than whichever is the highest of the minimum wage which would be applicable to the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the State or local minimum wage for the most nearly comparable covered employment, or the prevailing rates of pay for persons employed in similar public occupations by the same employer; (3) funds under this Act will not be used to pay persons employed in public service jobs under this Act at a rate in excess of $12,000 per year; (4) all persons employed in public service jobs assisted under this Act will be assured of workmen's compensation, health insurance, unemployment insurance, and other benefits at the same levels and to the same extent as other employees of the employer and to the same working conditions and promotional opportunities as such other employees enjoy; (5) provisions of law relating to health and safety conditions shall apply to such program or activity; (6) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, contribute to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants; (7) not to exceed 10 percent of the funds available for any program under this Act will be used for the acquisition or the rental or leasing of supplies, equipment, materials, or real property; and (8) every participant shall be advised, prior to entering upon employment, of his rights and benefits in connection with such employment. Provides that the Secretary shall transmit at least annually a detailed report setting forth the activities conducted under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall carry out a program of research and pilot projects into alternative ways and means to research full employment.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1973
Provides that United States person (a) having a major investment in an enterprise in South Africa, or (b) affiliated with an entity doing business in South Africa; shall be eligible to enter into any contract with any agency of the United States Government unless such United States person is doing business in South Africa in accordance with fair employment practices and is listed on the roster to be established pursuant to this joint resolution. Requires the President to appoint an Advisory Board to be composed of 10 members for the purpose of recommending policy to the Administrator as designated in Executive Order Numbered 11246 for the purpose of exercising his authority under this joint resolution. Makes it the duty of the Administrator, after notice and opportunity for hearing: (1) to review the employment practices of each United States person, having a major investment in an enterprise in South Africa or affiliated with an entity doing business in South Africa, and (2) to issue an order establishing a roster of all such United States persons doing business in South Africa in accordance with fair employment practices. Requires the Administrator to review the eligibility of each United States person, having a major investment in an enterprise in South Africa or affiliated with an entity doing business in South Africa, for inclusion on the roster established under this section. Provides that the Administrator shall conduct a review of eligibility not less than once every two years. Allows any United States person aggrieved by an order of the Administrator to seek judicial review of such order. Authorizes the President, for reasons of national security or national defense, to exempt any United States person from the provisions of this joint resolution for a period not exceeding ninety days. Provides that any such exemption may be renewed by the President for a period not exceeding an additional ninety days, and that thereafter no additional exemption may be granted to the same United States person for a period of two years. Requires the Administrator to furnish any United States person with a copy of the charge and to make a preliminary investigation of the charge whenever it is charged in writing under oath by any person, real or corporate, in a statement setting forth the facts upon which it is based, or a written charge has been filed by a member of the Advisory Board where he has reasonable cause to believe, that a United States person having a major investment in South Africa or affiliated with an entity doing business in South Africa, who is entering or has entered into a contract with any agency of the United States Government, is not doing business in South Africa in accordance with fair employment practices. Provides that, if the Administrator determines that the charge is nonfrivolus, he shall set the matter for hearing as speedily as possible, and make a finding and issue an appropriate order in accordance with the provision of this joint resolution. Requires the Administrator to submit to the President and to the Congress an annual report, including a report of the Advisory Board, on the operations and activities under this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Permits, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance), the payment of benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record where that method of computation produces a higher combined benefit.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Mental Health Act - Provides that every individual who is a resident of the United States, or who is a non-resident citizen of the United States, shall be eligible to receive the benefits provided by this title. Lists the mental health services covered by this Act and provides that benefits under this Act shall consist of entitlement to have payment made on his behalf, without limit as to duration except as otherwise specifically indicated. Sets forth qualifications of psychiatric hospitals for participation in the program under this title, including that provide active diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services with respect to mental illness, and that it is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to periodically determine the amount which should be paid under this title to each provider of care and services with respect to the care and services furnished by it. Provides that no payments may be made under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, under any State plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, or under any other Federal law or program, with respect to any care or services for which payment is made under this title. Provides that the program under this title shall be administered by the Secretary with the advice and assistance of a Committee on Mental Health which shall be appointed by the Secretary. Provides that the Committee shall be specifically responsible under the direction of the Secretary for the approval of all providers of care and services for participation in the program under this Act and for the establishment of the guidelines and qualifications to be applied to any of such providers not affiliated with any specific psychiatric hospitals. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit an annual report to the Congress and the President on the program under this Act, including his recommendations for any improvements or modifications.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Provides that no funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated shall be expended for the conduct by United States forces of bombing missions or other combat operations in or over or from off the shores of Indochina, including Cambodia, Laos, the Republic of Vietnam, and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, without prior, specific authorization by Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Impoundment Control Act - Title I: Impoundment Control Procedures - Requires the President to notify the Congress whenever he, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of any department or agency of the United States, or any officer or employee of the United States, impounds, orders the impounding, or permits the impounding of budget authority. Provides a procedure under which the Senate and the House of Representatives may approve the impounding action, in whole or in part, or require the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the department or agency of the United States, or the officer or employee of the United States, to cease such action, in whole or in part, as directed by Congress. Title II: Ceiling on Fiscal Year 1974 Expenditures - Provides that expenditures and net lending during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, under the budget of the United States Government, shall not exceed $286,000,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Includes, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) and title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, qualified drugs prescribed or certified by a physician and approved by a Formulary Committee within an individual's medical insurance coverage. Provides that the amount payable for qualified drugs furnished an individual pursuant to any one prescription or certification and purchased by such individual at any one time shall be reduced by an amount equal to the applicable prescription copayment. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall each year, beginning in 1975, determine and promulgate the drug copayment which shall be applicable for the purposes of this Act during the succeeding calendar year. Provides that payment may be made under this Act for qualified drugs only when such drugs are dispensed by a licensed pharmacy which is a provider of services for purposes of the Act. Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Formulary Committee. Provides that the Committee shall compile, publish, make available, and periodically revise a Formulary of the United States. Provides that the Formulary shall alphabetacally arrange a listing, by established name, of those drugs and biologicals that shall be deemed qualified drugs for purposes of the benefits provided under this Act. Provides that the Committee, prior to making a final determination to remove from the listing in the Formulary any drug which would otherwise be included therein, shall afford a reasonable opportunity for a hearing on the matter to any person engaged in manufacturing, preparing, propagating, compounding, or processing the product who shows reasonable grounds for such a hearing. Provides that any person adversely affected by the final decision of the Committee may obtain judicial review thereof in accordance with the procedures specified in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides standards for determining the maximum allowable cost for qualified drugs. Defines the term "qualified drug". Defines the term "licensed pharmacy" as a pharmacy, or other establishment providing community pharmaceutical services, which is licensed as such under the law of the State in which such drug is provided or otherwise dispensed in accordance with title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1973
Increases to $750 in all cases the amount of the lump-sum death payment under title II (Old-Age, Survivor's, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
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