United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Provides that whoever uses a firearm to commit any felony, or carries a firearm unlawfully during the commission of any felony, which use or carrying for said purpose is unlawful according to the law of the State in which it occurs, shall, in addition to the punishment provided for the commission of such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years. Provides that, in the case of his second or subsequent conviction under this Act, such person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than two nor more than twenty-five years and shall not receive a suspended or probationary sentence, nor a sentence to run concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed for the commission of such felony. Provides that whoever acquires any firearm in violation of any law of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof, shall be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than ten years, without the possibilty of a suspended or probationary sentence, nor shall such sentence run concurrently with any other term imposed with respect to the illegal acquisition of such firearm.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Enables the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to adjust administratively, consistent with the increases authorized by this Act, the rates of disability compensation payable to persons receiving benefits on December 31, 1958, who are not in receipt of compensation payable for service connected disability or death. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 314, 315)
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1974
Motor Vehicle Uniform Size Limitation Act - Provides for the establishing of uniform State limitations on the weight and dimensions of motor vehicles using public highways. Specifies that the funds authorized to be apportioned to any State under the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1956 shall be allowed to any State that adopts the limitations prescribed by this Act. Provides that the Secretary of Transportation shall not approve any project in any State with weight and dimension requirements differing from those authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1974
Makes it the sense of the House that: (1) all agencies of the Federal Government, which have any responsibility for establishing priorities for the allocation of materials and facilities utilized in the production or distribution of fertilizer, give the highest priority to the fertilizer industry regarding the allocation of such materials and facilities; (2) the Federal Power Commission and appropriate State regulatory agencies do everything within their power, in the establishment of priorities for the allocation of natural gas (including gas sold under interruptible contracts), to insure producers of nitrogen with supplies of natural gas sufficient to maintain maximum production levels; (3) the Federal Energy Office include all of the energy and fuel requirements of the fertilizer industry, including local dealer requirements, in its highest priority category regarding allocation of gasoline, middle-distillates, and other liquid fuels utilized by this indsutry in the production, distribution, and application of fertilizer supplies; (4) the Cost of Living Council and the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce continue their monitoring and reporting of fertilizer supply availabilities, wholesale and retail prices, and export shipments; (5) the Cost of Living Council establish an investigatory program through the field offices of the Internal Revenue Service to monitor and analyze any reports of fertilizer price gouging at either wholesale or retail levels, and any changes in manufacturer marketing operations or relationships between manufacturers and local dealers and between local dealers and their customers which may affect continued availability or pricing of fertilizer supplies to farmers; and (6) the manufacturers of phosphate acid give the highest priority to supplying such material to producers and users of feed phosphate, which is essential to livestock and poultry.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Requires the President to instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO to seek agreement as to action that should be taken jointly and individually to promote adherence by the Government of Greece to the principles of the North Atlantic Treaty.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Older Americans Tax Counseling Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with private or public nonprofit agencies or organizations for the purpose of providing training and technical assistance to prepare volunteers to provide tax counseling assistance for elderly individuals in the preparation of their Federal income tax returns. Provides for the Secretary to utilize the services of volunteers and to establish the qualifications required and the terms and conditions of service as a volunteer. States that service as a volunteer under this Act shall not be considered service as an employee of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to direct the attention of elderly individuals to pertinent provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Requires the President to instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO to seek agreement as to action that should be taken jointly and individually to promote adherence by the Government of Greece to the principles of the North Atlantic Treaty.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act - Title I: Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Establishes a Commodity Futures Trading Commission to be composed of five Commissioners consisting of the Secretary of Agriculture and four members selected from the general public, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act such sums as may be required for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978. Makes changes in the Commodity Exchange Act by striking the word "Secretary" and the words "Secretary of Agriculture" wherever such words appear therein and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "Commission"; and by striking the words "United States Department of Agriculture" wherever they appear therein and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "Commission". Provides that if, after a hearing on a complaint made by any person or upon failure of the party complained against to answer a complaint duly served within the time prescribed, or to appear at a hearing after being duly notified, the Commission determines that the respondent has violated any provision of this Act, or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder the Commission shall, unless the offender has already made reparation to the person complaining, determine the amount of damage, if any, to which such person is entitled as a result of such violation and shall make an order directing the offender to pay to such person complaining such amount on or before the date fixed in the order. Provides that unless the registrant against whom a reparation order has been issued shows to the satisfaction of the Commission within five days from the expiration of the period allowed for compliance with such order that he has either taken an appeal as herein authorized or has made payment in full as required by such order, he shall be prohibited from trading on all contract markets and his registration shall be suspended automatically at the expiration of such five-day period until he shows to the satisfaction of the Commission that he has paid the amount therein specified with interest thereon to date of payment. Title II: Regulation of Trading and Exchange Activities - Deletes onions from the definition list of commodities and includes "all services, rights, and interests in which contracts for future delivery are presently or in the future dealt in. Requires the Commission, within six months after the effective date of this Act, and subsequently when it determines that changes are required, to make a determination, after notice and opportunity for hearing, whether or not a floor broker may trade for his own account or any account in which such broker has trading discretion (and also execute a customer's order for future delivery) and whether or not a futures commission merchant may trade for its own account or any proprietary account, and, if the Commission determines that such trades and executions shall be permitted, the Commission shall, after notice and opportunity for hearing, further determine the terms, conditions, and circumstances under which such trades shall be conducted. Declares it unlawful for any person to be associated with any futures commission merchant or with any agent of a futures commission merchant as a partner, officer, or employee in any capacity which involves the solicitation or acceptance of customer's orders or the supervision of any person or persons so engaged unless such person shall have registered, under this Act with the Commission. Declares it unlawful for any commodity trading adviser or commodity pool operator, unless registered under this Act, to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce in connection with his business as such commodity trading adviser or commodity pool operator. Requires every commodity trading adviser and commodity pool operator registered under this Act to maintain books and records and file such reports in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the Commission. Requires every commodity pool operator to regularly furnish statements of account to each participant in his operations. Declares it unlawful for any commodity trading advisor or community pool operator registered under this Act, by use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, directly or indirectly to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any client or participant or perspective client or participant. Allows the Commission to specify by rules and regulations appropriate standards with respect to training, experience, and such other qualifications as the Commission finds necessary or desirable to insure the fitness of futures commission merchants, floor brokers, and those persons associated with futures commission merchants or floor brokers. Requires each contract market to submit to the Commission for its approval bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions made or issued by such contract market. States that whenever it shall appear to the Commission that any contract market or other person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this Act or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder, or is in a position to effectuate a 'squeeze' or corner or otherwise restrain trading in any commodity for future delivery, the Commission may notify the Attorney General, and the Attorney General may bring an action in the proper district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Establishes a $100,000 civil penalty for violations of this Act. Authorizes the Commission to direct the Commission to direct the contract market, whenever it has reason to believe that a market factor creates a condition which threatens orderly trading in, or liquidation of, any futures contract, to take such action as in the Commission's judgment is necessary to maintain or restore orderly trading in, or liquidation of, any futures contract. Title III: Enabling Authority for Creation of National Futures Associations - Allows any association of persons to be registered with the Commission as a registered futures association by filing with the Commission for review and approval a registration statement in such form as the Commission may prescribe. Requires the rules of such an association to provide that no person shall be admitted to or continued in membership in such an association if such person has been and is suspended or expelled from a registered futures association or from a contract market. Requires the rules of such an association to be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, in general, to protect the public interest, and to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of free and open futures trading. Allows the Commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing to suspend the registration of any futures association if it finds that the rules thereof do not conform to the requirements of the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to suspend for a period not exceeding twelve months or to expel from a registered futures association any member thereof, or to suspend for a period not exceeding twelve months or to bar any person from being associated with a member if such member or person has violated any provision of this title. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Declares it a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution, for any Commissioner of the Commission or any employee or agent thereof, to participate, directly or indirectly, in any transaction in commodity futures; any privilege, indemnity, bid, offer, put, call, advance, guaranty, or decline guaranty; or for any such person to participate, directly or indirectly, in any transaction in an actual commodity. Declares it a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution, for any Commissioner of the Commission or any employee or agent thereof who, by virtue of his employment or position, acquires information which may affect or tend to affect the price of any commodity futures or commodity and which information has not been made public to impart such information with intent to assist another person, directly or indirectly, to participate in any transaction in commodity futures, any transaction in an actual commodity.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Provides that, immediately upon the adoption of this resolution, the resolution (H. Res. 807) to disapprove 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, hereby is taken from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, and the same is hereby agreed to.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Provides that whoever robs any pharmacy of any narcotic drug shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned for not more than twenty years or both. Provides that whoever, in commiting or attempting to commit any offense described above, assaults any person, or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by the use of a dangerous weapon or device, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than twenty-five years or both. Provides that whoever, in committing or attempting to commit any such offense, kills any person shall be imprisoned for not less than ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Provides for the revision, update, printing, and distribution of 2,500 copies of "Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives" to the Members of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States direct the Secretary of the State to bring to the immediate attention of the Soviet Government the concern of U.S. citizens over the imprisonment of a Lithuanian seaman who unsuccessfully sought asylum aboard a United States Coast Guard ship and to urge his release from prison and return to his family.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Creates a Select Committee on the Energy Crisis, to be composed of seven Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate from the majority party as chairman, and one of whom he shall designate from the minority party as vice chairman. States that no more than four members shall be from the same party. Directs the committee to conduct an investigation of the character of the energy crisis, including the following specific areas: (1) the extent of existing petroleum supplies and reserves within or without the United States and under the control of firms doing business within the United States; (2) the extent of overlapping control among the management of international petroleum companies, the degree of oligopoly within the petroleum industry, and the existence of administered prices and artificially controlled production levels; (3) the reason for decline in domestic production and refining of petroleum products within the United States; (4) the effect of changes in the tax laws of the United States on available petroleum supplies; (5) the effectiveness of the Federal Energy Agency, the Cost of Living Council, and other Government agencies in monitoring the petroleum shortage and assuring adequate supplies at reasonable prices; (6) the implications of the energy shortage for domestic and international economic and social stability; (7) the short-term and long-term profits earned, taxes paid, and capital investments of the petroleum industry compared with other major industries; and (8) such other facets of the energy crisis as the committee may decide to study. Directs the committee to report to the House by April 1, 1974, or as soon thereafter as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Permits the transportation, mailing, and broadcasting of advertising, information and materials concerning lotteries authorized by law and conducted by a State, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1307; Amends 18 U.S.C. 1953, 39 U.S.C. 3005)
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974
Creates a Select Committee on the Energy Crisis, to be composed of seven Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate from the majority party as chairman, and one of whom he shall designate from the minority party as vice chairman. States that no more than four members shall be from the same party. Directs the committee to conduct an investigation of the character of the energy crisis, including the following specific areas: (1) the extent of existing petroleum supplies and reserves within or without the United States and under the control of firms doing business within the United States; (2) the extent of overlapping control among the management of international petroleum companies, the degree of oligopoly within the petroleum industry, and the existence of administered prices and artificially controlled production levels; (3) the reason for decline in domestic production and refining of petroleum products within the United States; (4) the effect of changes in the tax laws of the United States on available petroleum supplies; (5) the effectiveness of the Federal Energy Agency, the Cost of Living Council, and other Government agencies in monitoring the petroleum shortage and assuring adequate supplies at reasonable prices; (6) the implications of the energy shortage for domestic and international economic and social stability; (7) the short-term and long-term profits earned, taxes paid, and capital investments of the petroleum industry compared with other major industries; and (8) such other facets of the energy crisis as the committee may decide to study. Directs the committee to report to the House by April 1, 1974, or as soon thereafter as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1973
Authorizes increased production of petroleum from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve at a rate to help insure that the needs of national defense are met, but not to exceed the maximum efficient rate in accordance with sound engineering and economic principles. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of the production herein authorized by means of sales effected by competitive bid. Provides that full and equal opportunity for acquisition of the oil shall be accorded to all interested companies, including major and independent oil refineries alike. Establishes the Naval Petroleum Reserve Account. States that funds in the Account shall be available for the expenses of: (1) production, including preparation for production, as authorized by this resolution and as may hereafter be authorized; (2) all capital costs necessary for facilities both within and outside the reserve incident to production and delivery of crude petroleum; and (3) exploration, prospecting, conservation, development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Animal Health Research Act - Sets forth the purpose of this Act and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the several States for the purpose of encouraging and assisting them in carrying out programs of animal health research at eligible institutions. Authorizes the Congress to appropriate such funds as it may determine to be necessary, not to exceed $20,000,000 annually to, support such research programs. Specifies the formula by which funds appropriated under this Act shall be apportioned. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary, not to exceed $15,000,000 annually to support research on specific national or regional animal health problems. Provides that in developing plans for the use of such funds the Secretary shall consult the Advisory Board created by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $10,000,000 annually to support costs of providing veterinary medical science research facilities. Provides that such funds shall be apportioned in accordance with the formula set forth in this Act. States that each dean or director of an eligible institution shall submit a brief annual report of research accomplishments on a project-by-project basis. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Veterinary Medical Science Research Advisory Board which shall consist of not less than nine nor more than twelve members. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. States that the amount paid by the Federal Government to any eligible institution for assistance under this Act, exclusive of the funds paid for research on specific national or regional animal health problems, shall be in an amount not to exceed $100,000 in addition to an amount not to exceed during any fiscal year the amount available to and budgeted for expenditure by such institution during the same fiscal year for animal health research from non-Federal sources.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Requires, not later than the one hundred and eightieth day after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe and publish regulations in the Federal Register establishing specifications for one or more instruments for installation in buses and trucks operated in commerce which shall: (1) indicate the speed of such buses or trucks, in miles per hour; (2) provide a nonresetable odometer to record the total miles traveled by such vehicle up to at least one million miles; (3) indicate by a signal, whether visible or audible, to the driver of such bus or truck when it is exeeeding a specific rate of speed; and (4) provide for a permanent visible record of the speed of such vehicle the distance traveled, driver changes, and the number and length of periods during which the vehicle was not operated. Requires the Secretary, by regulations, to provide by whom and for what period of time any records made by such instruments shall be retained. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated in commerce any bus or truck manufactured on or after January 1, 1976, unless such bus or truck is equipped with an instrument or instruments which comply with regulations prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to this Act. States that any person who willfully and knowingly violates this Act shall be fined no more than $1,000 for each such violation.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Federal Criminal Justice System Reorganization Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to reorganize, unify and coordinate Federal activities relating to the problems of criminal justice. Transfers specified duties and functions to the Attorney General. Abolishes the Advisory Corrections Council and the Federal Board of Parole. Establishes in the Department of Justice the Criminal Justice Services Administration to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for a Deputy Administrator of the Criminal Justice Services Administration. Creates within the Administration the National Criminal Justice Board to be composed of eleven members (one from each judicial circuit) who shall represent diverse backgrounds. Makes it the duty of such Board: (1) to formulate, promulgate, and oversee a national policy on the treatment of persons under the jurisdiction of courts of the United States; (2) to prescribe the duties of probation officers; and (3) to perform such other duties as the Administrator may require. Provides for the publication of proposed guidelines, for making objections thereto, and for the holding of public hearings on such objections. Establishes in each judicial district a Criminal Justice Office, composed of not less than three members appointed by the Attorney General. Provides that immediately following the arrest of a person charged with a Federal offense, the case shall be assigned to the appropriate District Office, which shall: (1) investigate the defendant's background and the circumstances surrounding the alleged offense and make such information available to the appropriate judicial officer or court, along with a recommendation as to the setting of bail; (2) recommend, if indicated, mental observation; (3) submit, within thirty days of arrest, a written report to the counsel of record for such defendant, and the office of the United States Attorney having jurisdiction over the case, and the appropriate judicial officer or court. States that such report shall set forth the findings and conclusions of the District Office as to any physical, mental, social, economic, or other problems of the defendant, and shall state whether diversion of the defendant from the criminal justice system of prosecution is desirable and, if desirable, the type of diversion recommended. Provides for the filing of additional reports by the Office when a defendant is convicted of a Federal offense. Specifies the content of such reports, including recommended sentence, reason for imprisonment and goals for the offender to attain while imprisoned. Directs the District Office to carry out, with respect to a defendant who has been sentenced, the function relating to probation, parole, or other form of release transferred to the Administration by the Federal Criminal Justice System Reorganization Act. Establishes within the Administration a Bureau of Juvenile Justice which shall be headed by a Director, appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Makes the Director responsible for all functions transferred to the Administration pursuant to the Federal Criminal Justice System Reorganization Act. Establishes within the Administration the Office of Ombudsman of the Federal Criminal Justice System, which shall be headed by a Director. Provides that any petition for collateral review of a conviction filed by a Federal offender, or any petition filed by an inmate in a State or Federal penal or correctional institution for redress of grievances concerning conditions within such institution, may be referred by the court to the Office of Ombudsman of the Federal Criminal Justice System. Provides that the Office shall have ninety days within which to consider such petition and, if possible, to resolve the matter contained therein. Creates, within the Administration, the Bureau of Federal Criminal Justice Coordination which shall conduct a continuing study of all Federal activities within the Federal Criminal Justice System. Provides that the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the Bureau of Prisons shall be within the Administration. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Provides that the Public Works Committee shall request the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the reports of the Chief of Engineers on the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minnesota, printed in House Document Numbered 137, Seventy-second Congress, first session, and other pertinent reports with the view to determining whether it is advisable in the interest of navigation to modify the existing navigation project on the Upper Mississippi River to provide for separate locks or other means to permit independent passage of recreational craft in view of the needs and safety of the present and anticipated heavy volume of small craft utilizing this waterway.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
States that all moneys received from the sale of stamps, under the Duck Stamp Act, shall be available until expended, and no action of any kind may be taken to withhold, delay, or otherwise preclude the obligation or expenditure of such moneys except to the extent specifically authorized or required by law on the basis of circumstances or considerations having particular application to such moneys. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 718d)
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 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 · 2 October 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 · 2 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations within sixty days of the date of enactment of this Act prohibiting any motor vehicle from being equipped with any starter interlock system associated with seatbelts or upper torso restraints.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Directs the Attorney General to inform the House of all facts within the knowledge of the Department of Justice that the Vice President of the United States, Spiro T. Agnew, accepted bribes or received consideration for services rendered or promised in the performance of his official responsibilities as a public official in the State of Maryland or Vice President of the United States or for his failure to declare income for tax purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1973
Peace Act - Title I: Department of Peace - Establishes the Department of Peace within the Executive Department of the Government to promote the advancement of peace in this Nation and throughout the world. Provides for the appointment of a Secretary of Peace, Under Secretary, four Assistant Secretaries, and a General Counsel by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Department of Peace to make recommendations to the President for the pacific settlement of current international controversies in which the United States Government has or claims an interest. Provides for the transfer of functions of certain other agencies to the Department of Peace. Gives the Secretary powers to administer and carry out the provisions and objectives of this Act. Requires the Secretary to make an annual written report to the President for submission to the Congress on the activities of the Department for each year. Continues in effect all orders, determinations, rules, and proceedings, regulations, permits, contracts, etc., which are in effect at the time of this Act and transferred to the Department of Peace from another agency. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress within two years after the enactment of this Act a proposed codification of all laws which contain functions transferred to the Secretary. Title II: National Peace Academy - Establishes a "National Peace Academy" within the Department of Peace to furnish training and instruction to prepare U.S. citizens for service in positions in the field of international understanding and peace. Provides for the appointment of officers, staff, and instructors by the Secretary as the Academy may require. Creates a Board of Trustees consisting of 15 members to administer the operation of the Academy. Requires the Board to make an annual written report to the President of its action and recommendations pertaining to the Academy within 60 days after its annual visit to the Academy. Grants admission to the Academy to 150 students on the basis of merit who are U.S. citizens and have received a bachelor's degree from a college or university. Grants fellowships and travel and transportation allowances to students of the Academy. Requires each student selected for admission to sign an agreement to complete the course of instruction and to accept an appointment and service as an officer or employee of the United States or employment with an international peace organization. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title. Gives the Academy power to acquire and hold real and personal property. Title III: Joint Committee on Peace and International Cooperation - Establishes a Joint Committee on Peace composed of 14 members of Congress (7 from each House) to: (1) make a continuing study of matters relating to the Department of Peace, (2) study means of coordinating programs, and (3) file an annual report with Congress containing its findings and recommendations with respect to the Department of Peace. Gives the Joint Committee power to hold hearings. Authorizes an appropriation of $200,000 each fiscal year to carry out this title.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Defines, under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, the term eggs to including eggs produced by chickens , turkeys, and all other domestic fowl including ducks and geese, and the products thereof. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 182)
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Comprehensive Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a center in the Office of Child Development to be know as the "National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect" Directs the Secretary, through the Center, to: (1) compile, analyze, and publish annually a summary of recently conducted and currently conducted research on child abuse and neglect; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs, including private programs showing promise of success, for the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and (3) make grants to designated State agencies for the purpose of assisting the States and their political subdivisions in developing and carrying out child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention programs as provided in this title. Directs the Secretary, through the Center, to make grants to, and enter into contract with, designated State agencies for demonstration programs designed to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse and neglect. Requires at least 50 percent of the funds appropirated under this section to be distributed to nonprofit or not-for-profit corporations at the local level within the State, through the designated State agencies. Provides that grants under this section may be used for: (1) the development and establishment, of training programs for personnel who are engaged in, or intend to work in the fields of the prevention, identifiication, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (2) establishment and maintenance of centers serving defined geographic areas, staffed by multidisciplinary teams of personnel trained in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect cases, to provide a broad range of services related to child abuse and neglect. Provides that, in order for the designated agency of a State to qualify for assistance under this title, such State must have in effect a child abuse prevention plan which embodies a program for effectively treating and preventing child abuse and neglect in the State. Requires such plan to: (1) demonstrate that there are in effect throughout the State adequate State or local child abuse laws and related laws providing for the care and welfare of children, or that the State has initiated and is carrying out a legislative program designed to place adequate child abuse and related laws into effect throughout the State, and that such laws are being or will be effectively enforced; and (2) demonstrate that there are throughout the State, administrative procedures, personnel trained in child abuse and neglect treatment or prevention, training procedures, and institutional and other facilities. Requires that, as a condition of the approval of any State child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention plan, such plan shall provide for and require the reporting of cases of child abuse or neglect occuring in the State, with appropriate proceedings and other activities to deal with those cases of child abuse and neglect. Requires that in any case in which a doctor, nurse, schoolteacher, social worker, welfare worker, medical examiner, or coroner finds or has reason to suspect, on the basis of a child's physical or mental conditions or on the basis of other evidence, that such child is or has been the victim of (or is threatened with) child abuse, he shall promptly submit a full report there of to the police, social service administration, or judicial authority designated in the State plan. States that if the individual making such a report with respect to any child determines that an emergency is involved he may hold the child in temporary custody of another person or agency, pending action based on such report, in order to protect the child's health and welfare and prevent further abuse. State that, unless State or local law specifically provides otherwise, no child shall be held in or transferred to temporary custody except under an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to a petition filed by the individual making such report. Provides that any report made and any petition filed or order issued with respect to a child who is alleged to be the victim of child abuse, may include and apply to any other child or children living in the same household. Provides that the police, social service administration, or judicial authority to which a report of child abuse or suspected child abuse is submitted under subsection shall promptly investigate the matters involved and, if it determines that child abuse has probably occurred or is threatened, shall take the necessary steps to bring the matter before a court of competent jurisdiction for appropriate action in order to protect the child's health and welfare, and prevent further abuse of the child. States that since a special relationship exists between child and addict, the Secretary is hereby instructed to require the designated State agency to perform the following: (1) for every infant minor reported as a drug user, to conduct a follow-up study in order to determine if child abuse or neglect was present and to take such remedial steps as are necessary to prevent continued child abuse or neglect; and (2) in reported instances of child abuse or neglect by a drug user who is the parent or guardian of an infant minor, to take such remedial steps necessary to eliminate such said condition. Establishes a National Commission on Child Abuse and Neglect to be composed of fifteen members to be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, from among parents, State and local officials, and other persons who, by reason of experience or training in the fields of preventing child abuse and neglect, are especially qualified to serve on the Commission. Requires the Commission to make a complete and full study and investigation of: (1) the effectiveness of existing child abuse and neglect reporting laws and ordinances; (2) the effectiveness of existing programs designed to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse and neglect; (3) the causes of child abuse and neglect including the relationship, if any, between drug dependence and alcoholism and such abuse and neglect; and (4) the proper role of the Federal Government in assisting State and local public and private efforts to prevent, identify, and treat cases of child abuse and neglect. Requires the Commission to file a report with the President and the Congress within a year. Provides that on the ninetieth day after the date of submission of its final report to the President, the Commission shall cease to exist. Authorizes appropriation for the purposes of this Act $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $20,000,000 for each of the four succeeding fiscals years.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Directs the Speaker of the House, after consultation with the minority leader, to appoint a select committee of the House composed of 14 members to recommend after deliberate inquiry, whether the House shall undertake impeachment proceedings against the Vice President of the United States for violations of the Constitution of the United States of America. Authorizes such select committee to commence its investigation under this resolution forthwith, to have the power to subpena witnesses and compel their attendance at such times and places as the committee shall determine, and to report its findings to the House of Representatives, together with its recommendations, at the earliest practicable date, but in no case later than the sine die adjournment of the first session of the Ninety-third Congress. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the contingency fund of the House of Representatives such funds as may be required by the select committee to carry out the requirements of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Makes it the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should give its advice and consent to conventions concerning human rights adopted by the United States, including the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Convenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the optional protocol thereto, the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, the Right To Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, the Convention Concerning Employment Policy, the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, the Convention Against Discrimination in Education, and the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President, acting through the United States delegation to the United Nations, should take such steps as may be necessary to urge the United Nations to replace the Commission on Human Rights with a Human Rights Council to be created as a principal organ of the United Nations (administered by an Under Secretary General for Human Rights Affairs within the Secretariat), submitting its recommendations to the General Assembly, with authority to hold regular sessions more than once a year, and authority to hold special sessions at any time to deal with urgent situations involving gross violations of human rights. Requests the President to report to the Congress in writing concerning actions taken by him to carry out the policy referred to in the first section of this concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States should direct the Secretary of State: (1) to undertake and coordinate the various activities recommended for governments by the program for the decade; (2) to host one or more regional or international seminars on particular aspects of racial discrimination included in the decade's program; (3) to include in the budget request for the Department of State for fiscal year 1975 moneys for an international voluntary fund (to be administered by the United Nations to help peoples struggling against racial discrimination and apartheid, as provided by the decade's program); and (4) to propose at the 1973 session of the General Assembly the appointment by the United Nations of a special coordinator to administer and evaluate the program of the decade. Requests the President to report to the Congress in writing concerning actions taken by him to implement the policy of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
States that the President is commended for his active support of a United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights and is urged actively to pursue the conclusion of an agreement by the United Nations for the establishment of such Office. Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the United States delegation to the United Nations to support a more effective implementation of United Nations' procedures for reviewing communications directed to the United Nations concerning alleged human rights violations including: (1) disclosure to the petitioner of the accused government's reply to the United Nations concerning the petitioner's communication, (2) notification to the petitioner and the accused government of a decision made by any organ of the United Nations reviewing the petitioner's communication, (3) provision for the petitioner (or his counsel) and the accused government of any decision made by any before the United Nations organs reviewing the communication, and (4) provision for any member of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to notify the United Nations working group (which initially reviews such communications) of any communication he considers deserves special attention by the working group. Requests the President to report to the Congress in writing concerning actions taken by him to carry out the policy of this concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President, acting through the United States delegation to the United Nations, should take such steps as may be necessary to propose to the United Nations: (1) that the United Nations General Assembly condemn the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; (2) that the General Assembly request the Commission on Human Rights to prepare a draft convention on the subject of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; (3) that the Commission on Human Rights conduct a thorough study of the practice of torture, based upon information concerning any such practice received from governments, the United Nations and its specialized agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and other available sources, and make recommendations concerning measures to be taken at the local, national, regional, and international political level to prevent the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; and (4) that the United Nations Committee on Crime Prevention and Control adopt a periodic reporting procedure to be used by governments, relevant specialized international agencies, and nongovernmental organizations concerning the implementation of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Requests the President to report to the Congress in writing concerning actions taken by him to carry out the policy of this concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Requires that the reports of the results of any study and planning project assisted under this Act shall be submitted to the Secretary and the Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems. Sets forth the standards for such grants and contracts. States that, in considering applications which demonstrate exceptional need for financial assistance, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications submitted for emergency medical services systems for rural areas. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems, including the acquisition of equipment and facilities, the modernization of facilities, and other projects to expand and improve such systems. States that the amount of any grant or contract under this section for a project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that project. Stipulates that the Secretary may make grants to public or private nonprofit entities, and enter into contracts with private entities and individuals, for the support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices, and delivery. States that no grant may be made or contract entered into under this section for amounts in excess of $35,000, unless the application therefore has been recommended for approval by an appropriate peer review panel designated or established by the Secretary. Sets forth general provisions with respect to grants and contracts authorized under this Act. Establishes specified requirements for emergency medical services systems. Authorizes to be appropriated specified amounts for grants and contracts made pursuant to this Act for the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy and technical soundness of all Federal programs and activities which relate to emergency medical services. Directs the Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary respecting the administration of contracts under this Act. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report on the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, and nursing and training centers for allied health professions, and other appropriate educational entities to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 for the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Federal Grain Insurance Act - Establishes, as an agency of the Department of Agriculture, a Federal Grain Insurance Corporation. States that the principal place of business of the Corporation shall be the District of Columbia, but that there may be established agencies elsewhere in the United States under rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Directors. Provides that the Corporation shall have a capital stock of $50,000,000 subscribed to by the United States of America, payment of which shall, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, be subject to call in whole or in part by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Sets forth provisions for the management of the Corporation. Directs the Corporation to establish a Grain Insurance Fund of $50,000,000 to be held by the Corporation for the payment of valid claims for producer originated grain insured under this Act. States that such payments shall be restricted to a limit of $25,000,000 for any one producer with any one member. States that commencing with May 1, of the year following passage of this Act, the Corporation is authorized and empowered to insure producers of grain dealing with a member of the Corporation against loss due to the failure of such members to make proper payment for such grain. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for parties making application for membership in the Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary, after opportunity for a hearing has been afforded to the member concerned, to suspend or revoke any certificate of membership for any violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or of the rules and regulations made hereunder. Establishes specified criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums, not in excess of $5,000,000, for each of the first five fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year during which enactment occurs to cover the operating and administrative costs of the Corporation in such amounts and at such time as the Secretary may determine.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Provides, under the Economic Stabilization Act, that the President, in issuing guidelines for orderly economic growth, shall not discriminate between petroleum marketers in the method of establishing prices for petroleum products. (Amends 12 U.S.C. 1904nt)
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Provides that nothing contained in the Federal Trade Commission Act, or in any of the antitrust Acts, shall render unlawful the inclusion and enforcement in any trademark licensing contract or agreement, pursuant to which the licensee engages in the distribution or sale of a trademarked private label food product, of provisions granting the licensee the sole and exclusive right to distribute or sell such product in a defined geographic area or limiting the licensee, directly or indirectly, to the distribution or sale of such product only for ultimate resale to consumers within a defined geographic area. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply only if in such defined geographic area: (1) such product is in substantial and effective competition with products of the same general class distributed or sold by others; (2) the licensee is in substantial and effective competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended. Defines, for the purposes of this Act, the term "trademarked". Provides that private label food product means a food product that is both: (1) sold under a trademark owned by an organization that licenses such product for sale exclusively by either; (a) food wholesalers or food retailers who cooperatively own and control such organization; or (b) food wholesalers for resale to retail food stores that do business under a common trademark name owned by such organization; and (2) produced and packaged to specifications determined solely by the organization that owns the trademark.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Requires the Comptroller General to make, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, an audit for each fiscal year of the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve banks and their branches, the Internal Revenue Service, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Alien Property, the Trust Funds of the Smithsonian Institute, and the United States Soldiers' Home, Washington, District of Columbia. Directs the Comptroller General, at the end of six months after the end of the year, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, to report to the Congress on the results of the audits required by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Provides an exception under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for income tax withholding purposes for any remuneration paid to or on behalf of an employee or his beneficiary under or to an annuity plan, which at the time of such payment is a plan purchased by tax exempt organizations or funds organized for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or educational purposes, or by public schools. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 3401 (a) (12) (D))
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
Establishes a system to ration refined petroleum products, natural gas, and natural gas liquids among civilian users in order to provide sufficient fuel for essential agricultural operations, and public health, safety, and essential public services in areas of shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Provides that the rental for any dwelling in a low-rent housing project which is occupied by a family receiving welfare assistance from a public agency shall not exceed the greater of one-fourth of the family's income or the maximum amount of welfare assistance which the family could be eligible to receive from that agency for the specific purpose of assisting the family in meeting its housing expenses. Sets forth the means of determining family income for purposes of this Act. States that in no case shall the rental be less than an amount equivalent to 40 percent of that part of the cost of operating and maintaining the project which is attributable to the dwelling unit. Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from making annual contributions to a public housing agency for the operation of low-rent housing projects in any year unless the aggregate rentals collected for such year from families residing in the dwelling units administered by that agency are not less than an amount equal too15u5th of the sum of the incomes of all such families. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1402(1))
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 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 · 19 June 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the fourth Sunday of November of each year as "National Grandparents' Day". Calls upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a board of trustees. Provides that such board shall be composed of four members appointed by the President, eight members appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the Librarian of Congress ex officio and the director of the center ex officio. Authorizes the centers to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, revitalize and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years. States that such research or training may be extended to a period not to exceed five years with the concurrance of at least two-thirds of the members of the board. Provides that no former employee of the Federal government shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the center to submit to the Library of Congress, for inclusion in its annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Budget Control Act - Title I: Changes in Rules of House and Senate - Establishes in the House of Representatives a Committee on the Budget consisting of 21 members: 5 members from the Committee on Appropriations, 5 members from the Committee on Ways and Means, and 11 members who are members of other Committees. Provides for the selection of the chairman of the Committee. Refers to the Committee matters relating to: (1) the establishment of an overall limitation on budget outlays, and an overall limitation on new budget authority; (2) the determination of the overall level of Federal revenues, and the overall level of the public debt of the United States; (3) the determination of the appropriate level of surplus or deficit in the budget in the light of economic conditions and; (4) the allocation of the overall limitation on budget outlays, and the overall limitation on new budgetary authority. Requires the Committee to report during each regular session of Congress at least two concurrent resolutions concerning matters referred to the Committee and to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of these studies to the House of Representatives. Establishes in the United States Senate a Committee on the Budget consisting of 17 members: 4 members from the Committee on Appropriations, 4 members from the Committee on Finance, and 9 members who are members of other Committees. Grants to the Senate Committee the same matters for consideration and the same duties as the House Committee. Declares that annually, on or before July 1, Congress shall complete action on a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year beginning January 1 of the next year. States that the concurrent resolution shall include with respect to budget outlays and with respect to new budget authority: (1) a general contingency reserve (for allocation only by a subsequent concurrent resolution on the budget) for possible new legislation (including enlargements of existing programs and activities); and (2) an emergency reserve (in amounts which do not exceed 2 percent of the amount of budget outlays otherwise allocated to the Committees on Appropriations and 2 percent of the amount of new budget authority otherwise allocated to such committees) which shall be available only for allocation by the Committees on Appropriations to specific programs and activities (or to subcommittees) to meet emergencies and other unforeseen contingencies. Provides for other matters which may be dealt with in the concurrent resolution. Sets forth a timetable for the first concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year. Requires Congress to adopt a final concurrent resolution on the budget before adjourning and provides for consideration of concurrent resolution to be expedited. Declares that a tax surcharge is required where the budget deficit will be greater, or the surplus will be smaller, than that determined to be appropriate. States the requirements for amendments to concurrent resolutions. Provides that legislation dealing with the congressional budget must be handled by budget committees and that the concurrent resolution on budget must be adopted before appropriations and changes in revenues and public debt limit are made. Sets forth the requirements for legislation and amendments providing new budget authority, and declares that budget authority legislation may be required to contain outlay limitations. Places limitations on new permanent budget authority and on new spending authority. Requires the legislative committees to authorize the enactment of new budget authority before the beginning of the fiscal year. Authorizes the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations to consider and to report legislation rescinding budget authority. Provides for technical and conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives and to the Standing Rules of the United States Senate, as well as amendments to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 1970. Title II: Legislative Budget Director and Staff - Establishes a Joint Legislative Budget Staff headed by a Legislative Budget Director appointed by the record vote of a majority of the members of the Committee on the Budget of each House, and provides for staffing and compensation. Authorizes the Legislative Budget Director to secure directly from any executive department or instrumentality of the government, information, data, estimates, and statistics relating to the function of the Joint Legislative Budget Staff. Directs the Joint Legislative Budget Staff to develop methods of using computers and other techniques for the analysis of information to improve not only the quantative but the qualitative evaluation of budgetary requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Requires the Postal Service to establish, not later than two hundred forty days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a mail delivery insurance program which will enable any person transmitting any matter in the domestic mail to purchase, with respect to such matter, insurance against any loss sustained by that person because the insured matter was not delivered to the addressee, or delivered to the addressee after the insured delivery date. Provides that coverage under the mail delivery insurance program shall: (1) not exceed $2,500 with respect to each insured matter transmitted in the mail, and (2) not include the value of the insured matter itself, if such matter is damaged or lost, but only losses resulting from the late delivery or nondelivery of such matter. Directs the General Accounting Office to conduct an investigation and study of domestic mail service for the purpose of establishing a schedule of standard processing and delivery periods for such mail service.
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