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United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1973
Provides for the establishment of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac in Washington, D.C.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President of the United States should take action to assure the continued operation of the Schoenau processing center for refugees in Austria.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the House Office Building Commission and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, to secure storage space in areas within the District of Columbia and its environs beyond the boundaries of the United States Capitol Grounds for use of the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, under such terms and conditions as such Commission and committee may authorize, and to incur any necessary incidental expenses in connection therewith.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Menominee Restoration Act - Provides for the repeal of the Act of June 17, 1954 which terminated Federal supervision of the Menominee Tribe. States that as soon as practicable the Secretary of the Interior shall establish a membership role of the tribe which shall include all members listed on the final 1954 role who are still living on the date of enactment of this Act and all descendants of persons listed on the 1954 role if such descendants have at least one-quarter Menominee blood. Provides that all persons on the membership role shall be eligible to receive all Federal services furnished American Indians because of their status as Indians. States that subject to the approval of the Secretary the tribe shall organize a governing body for the tribe's common welfare and shall adopt an appropriate constitution and bylaws. States that subject to the approval of the shareholders as required by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, the board of Directors of Menominee Enterprises Incorporated shall transfer to the Secretary all assets held by such corporation. Provides that such assets shall be held in trust by the Secretary, on behalf of the United States for the tribe. Provides that this Act shall reinstitute all, and shall not abrogate any, water, hunting, fishing, and trapping rights or privileges, and any other rights and privileges of the tribe enjoyed under Federal treaty or otherwise. Authorizes the Secretary to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Increases the appropriations amounts authorized under the Small Business Act. Expands the authority of the Small Business Administration to make loans to assist small business concerns in meeting regulatory standards. Provides for livestock loans and loans for adjustment assistance in base closings under the Small Business Act. Requires the Small Business Administration to, as soon as practicable each calendar year, make a comprehensive annual report to the President, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, including a description of the state of small business in the Nation and the several States, and a description of the operations of the Administration under this chapter.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Establishes an arbitration board to settle disputes between supervisory organizations and the United States Postal Service, provided that only those disputes concerning policies that affect all or a substantial portion of supervisory personnel on a long-term or permanent basis can be referred to arbitration. Provides that the arbitration board shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be selected by the Postal Service, one by the recognized organization of supervisory personnel, and the third by the two thus selected. States that the costs of the arbitration board shall be shared equally by the Postal Service and the organization of supervisory personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Authorizes the United States Capitol Historical Society, under direction of the Architect of the Capitol, to prepare a feasibility study to determine the desirability of installing within the United States Capitol Grounds, at the east front of the United States Capitol, all items of equipment and other facilities required for a sound and light performance, consisting of an interplay of light, music, narrative, and sound jected onto the imposing facade of the east front of the United States Capitol, will re-create the evolution of American history, based on a foundation of thorough historical research. Requires the Architect of the Capitol to review such report and submit the same, with his recommendations, to the Speaker and majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and to the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. If the project, as presented, with or without modifications, meets with the approval of such House and Senate officials, the Architect of the Capitol, notwithstanding any other provision of law, is authorized after such approval.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on Library and Information Services in 1976 to develop recommendations for the further improvement of the Nation's libraries and information centers, in accordance with the policies set forth in the preamble of this joint resolution. Provides that the Conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Establishes an adivsory committee to the Conference composed of twenty-eight members, appointed by the President, which shall advise and assist the National Commission in planning and conducting the Conference. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States that the Government of the United States shall cease forthwith all consideration of aid, trade, diplomatic recognition, or any other form of communication, travel, or accomodation with the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam or the Viet Cong until such time as agreements relating to facilitating the location and care of graves of the dead, exhumation, and repatriation of the remains have been complied with to the fullest extent.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Runaway Youth Act - Asserts that the responsibility for improving the conditions and medical and counseling services in the Nation and for aiding parents in finding children who have left home without permission is primarily one of State and local concern, but that the Federal Government has a responsibility and unique opportunity to help alleviate the problems associated with runaway youth, which are national in scope and interstate in character. Title I: Authorizes the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to purchase necessary equipment and fund programs which will strengthen the availability and effectiveness of services for parents of runaway youth to report descriptions and possible destinations of their children to law enforcement officials in their localities and in othe areas of the country. Prescribes the necessary contents of applications for such grant. Provides that the Federal share of grants will be 80 percent of the total costs of the program or item for which the application is made. Authorizes $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976, to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to gather information, develop a comprehensive program, and report to Congress no later than June 30, 1974, on the problems and needs of transient youth in the United States and on the causes of and possible methods of dealing with the runaway youth phenomenon, including information and recommendations regarding the entire transient youth population in the United States. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to report to Congress not later than June 30, 1974, on the desirability of current procedures and of a new agency to deal with the problems and needs of transient youth in the United States. Provides that there is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,000,000 to carry out this title. Title III: Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants and to provide technical assistance to States, localities, and nonprofit private agencies, beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1976. Provides that the grants may be given to States, localities, and nonprofit private agencies on the basis of such considerations as the number of runaway youth in the community, the existing availability of private or local sources of funding for such facilities, the existing availability of facilities and services for transient youth, and the success of particular applicants in attracting and meeting the needs of runaway youth. Requires that to be eligible for assistance under this title a grant must propose to establish, strengthen, or fund an existing or proposed "Runaway House," a locally controlled facility with medical and counseling services to provide temporary shelter for juveniles who have left home without permission of their parents. Sets forth requirements for each proposal: (1) each child under eighteen years of age who uses the facility and its services, or the staff of the facility for the child, must contact the parents or legal guardians of such child within thirty-six hours of arrival at the facility; (2) each facility must have attached to it, on a consulting, referral, or continuing basis, personnel trained in psychiatry and medicine; (3) the staff of each facility must contact such authorities as are appropriate within forty-eight hours of the arrival of a child under eighteen years of age to check whether the child has committed offenses, has escaped from a juvenile correctional institution, or is in other ways being sought by law enforcement officials; and (4) the staff of the facility shall have due regard for the rights of each child's parents and shall not undertake medical or substantial psychiatric treatment except in strict accord with the law of the jurisdiction of the parent's residence. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to annually report to Congress on the status and accomplishments of the Runaway House program. Limits the Federal share for each facility to 50 percent of that facility's budget. Authorizes to each of fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 not more than $2,000,000 to carry out this title.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Provides that Robert E. Bauman be elected a member of the following standing committees of the House of Representatives: (1) Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; and (2) Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Increases from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000 the amount authorized for grants to Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls, New York.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Expresses the finding of Congress that an adequate supply of pure, safe human blood is essential to the welfare of the Nation. Establishes the National Blood Bank program within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to perform enumerated duties to assure an adequate supply of blood throughout the Nation. Establishes an Advisory Council to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding: (1) policy goals of the program; (2) motivation and recognition of blood donors; (3) reciprocal transactions between national blood bank systems; and (4) removal of blood purchasing costs from health insurance plan coverage. Declares that only class A blood banks may maintain blood deposit or pledge programs in advance of their needs. Provides criminal penalties for persons violating the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1973
Job Security Assistance Act - Provides that the weekly benefit amount for any individual eligible for unemployment compensation shall be: (1) an amount equal to at least one-half of such individual's average weekly wage as determined by the State agency; or (2) the maximum weekly benefit amount payable under such State law, whichever is the lesser. Requires that the state maximum weekly benefit amount shall be no less than 66 2/3 percent of the statewide average weekly wage most recently computed before the beginning of the individual's benefit year. States that compensation shall not be paid to any person who the State finds is a striker under the law of that State. Stipulates that compensation shall not be denied to any other person otherwise eligible who is unemployed as a result of a labor dispute and who the State finds is an innocent bystander under the law of that State. Extends coverage of unemployment compensation to agricultural labor performed for an employer who during any calendar quarter in the calendar year or the preceding calendar year paid remuneration in cash of $5,000 or more to individuals employed in agricultural labor; or on each of some 20 days during the calendar year or preceding calendar year, each day being in a different calendar week, employed in agricultural labor for some portion of the day (whether or not at the same moment of time) 4 or more individuals. Increases the unemployment compensation tax on wages paid from 0.5 percent to 0.58 percent.
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
Declares the twenty-one days from Flag Day to Independence Day as a period to honor America.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Independent Oil Marketers Supply Act - Provides that no refiner who, during the period October 1, 1971 to September 30, 1972, was in the business of furnishing any petroleum product to controlled marketers for resale or sale to the public shall fail to offer to supply that product to independent marketers at reasonable prices in reasonable quantities, as long as he continues to furnish that product to controlled marketers. States that violations of this Act shall be deemed to be an unfair act or practice in commerce under the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
See summary of: H.R. 92
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Authorizes the President to proclaim June 3, 1973, as "National MIA-POW Day".
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1973
States, under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, that where a State uses a uniform system for equalizing valuation for purposes of local taxes on real property, such State may provide that, for purposes of determining the general tax effort factors of units of local government, special weight is to be given to the respective rates of real property taxation applied by such units.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
Nonpartisan Commission on Campaign Reform Act - Establishes an independent Nonpartisan Commission on Campaign Reform. Directs the Commission to conduct an extensive and exhaustive study of the practices engaged in by political parties and individuals in the course of Federal political campaigns including, but not limited to: (1) the adequacy of procedures for the enforcement of existing laws relating to political campaigns and campaign financing; (2) the existing and alternative methods of financing political campaigns; (3) the purpose for which money is expended in political campaigns, such as development of campaign organizations, campaign advertising, voter registration, and polling; (4) the interrelationship of Federal, State, and local campaigns and Federal, State, and local laws relating to campaigns and campaign financing; (5) the methods and procedures by which candidates are nominated for national office by political parties; (6) the adequacy of safeguards against unethical, disruptive, fraudulent, violent, or otherwise wrongful campaign tactics; and (7) the length of the period over which candidates are required to campaign for nomination and election to national office. Directs the Commission to make recommendations for such legislation or other reforms as its findings indicate, and in its judgment are needed to revise and control the practices and procedures of political parties, organizations, and individuals participating in the Federal electoral process. Sets forth powers of the Commission. Requires that the Commission submit to Congress and the President appropriate interim reports and a final report describing the results of the study together with its findings and such legislative proposals as it deems necessary or desirable, not later than January 1, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1973
Schoolbus Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish standards which require schoolbuses be equipped with seat backs of sufficient height and design to prevent, to the extent possible, any injury to each seated passenger and the driver. Makes standards applicable to buses manufactured after June 30, 1972. Authorizes the Attorney General to commence a civil action in the United States district courts to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating the Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to nay State or political subdivision thereof or to any school system to pay all or part of the cost of complying with the Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1392, 1395)
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 · 2 May 1973
National Diabetes Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to expand the authority of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases in order to advance the national attack on diabetes. Authorizes the Director to the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, with the advice of the National Advisory Council of the Institute, to develop a plan for a national diabetes program. Sets forth general guidelines for such program and provides that the program shall be coordinated with the other programs conducted or administered by the research institutes of the National Institure of Health. Provides that the plan required to be developed by this Act shall be developed within two hundred seventy days after the effective date of this Act. Requires the Director of the Institute at the end of each calender year, to prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress a report on the activities, progress and accomplishments under the progrom during the preceding year and a plan for the program for the succeding five-year period. to establish programs as necessary in cooperation with other Federal health agencies, state, local and regional public health agencies, and nonprofit private health agencies, in the prevention, control diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, appropriately emphasizing the prevention, control, diagnosis and treatment of such diseases in children. Authorizes to be appropriated $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $35,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for the purpose of establishing such programs. States that the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases may provide for the development of not less that fifteen centers for basic and clinical research into, training in, and demonstration of advanced diagnostic, prevention and treatment methods for diabetes prevention. States that support of such a center may be for a period of not to exceed five years and may be extended by the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases for additional periods of not more than five years each, after review of the operations of the centers by a scientific review group established by the Director. Establishes an Interagency Technical Committee on Diabetes which shall be responsible for coordinating those aspects of all Federal Health Programs and activities relating to diabetes.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1973
Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments - Authorizes to be appropriated $697,482,000 for fiscal year 1973, $700,096,000 for fiscal year 1974, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1975, to carry out the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants: (1) to public or nonprofit private, agencies for paying part of the cost of planning, preparing, and initiating programs to provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with spinal cord injuries or to low-achieving deaf individuals; and (2) to any State agency designated pursuant to a plan approved under the Act, or to any local agency participating in the administration of such a plan, for paying part of the cost of pilot or demonstration projects for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultural workers, and to members of their families. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 34) Provides that whenever the Secretary determines that any amount of an allotment to a State for any fiscal year will not be utilized by such State in carrying out vocational rehabilitation services the Secretary may allot to one or more other States to an amount the extent he determines such other State will be able to use such additional amount during such year for carrying out such purposes. Authorizes grants for such services to the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 32) Includes American Samoa, and the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands within the definition of "State" under the Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 41) Requires a State plan for vocational rehabilitation services to provide satisfactory assurance to the Secretary that the agencies administering such plan will take into account, in connection with matters of general policy arising in the administration of the plan, the views of individuals who are recipients of such services, the views of individuals who represent citizen groups, individuals who represent professional groups, and individuals who are providers of vocational rehabilitation services. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 35(a)) Increases to $30 the minimum training allowance to people participating in such service programs under the Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 41(b)) Increases to $3,000,000 the annual amount which may be expended for the evaluation of the vocational rehabilitation program under the Act. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 37(a)) Repeals the provision for grants for innovation of vocational rehabilitation program under the Act. Provides for advance funding of programs under the Act. Provides that an individual who, as a part of his rehabilitation under a State plan, participates in a program of work experience in a Federal agency, shall not be considered to be a Federal employee or to be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Federal Scholastic and Amateur Sports Act - States the importance of amateur athletic competition and the value of athletic competition between citizens of different nations. Establishes a Federal Scholastic and Amateur Sports Commission within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to protect and promote the interest of the collegiate and other amateur athletes in the United States engaging in international competition. Defines terms included in the Act. Authorizes the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint 5 Commissioners, one of whom shall be designated by the President as chairman. States that the term of Commissioner, except for the Commissioners first appointed, shall be 5 years and that not more than 2 of the Commissioners shall be appointed from the same political party. Declares that 3 members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Requires the Commission to submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress on or before October 1 of each year a comprehensive report on the administration of this Act for the preceding fiscal year. Lists the areas to be included in the report. Provides the Commission with the authority to promulgate rules or other regulations which relate to the participation of amateur athletes of the United States in international athletic competition. Requires the Commission to establish an Amateur Sports Advisory Council which the Commission may consult before prescribing a sports rule or regulation. Allows the Council to propose amateur sports rules and regulations to the Commission for its consideration. Grants the Commission subpena power. Authorizes the Commission to obtain from any Federal agency materials deemed necessary to carry out its functions under the Act. Authorizes appropriations of $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973
Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to make regulations requiring that railroad vehicles be equipped with reflectors or luminous material so that they can be readily seen at night.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing in the U.S. Constitution shall bar any State or territory or the District of Columbia, with regard to any area over which it has jurisdiction, from allowing, regulating, or prohibiting the practice of abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Provides that foreign currencies owned by the United States may be used to pay foreign import duties on American exports under the Foreign Assistance Act. Sets forth the required provisions of any agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country under this Act. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 2362)
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Provides that a person shall be subjected to the penalty of death for any offense prohibited by the laws of the United States only if a hearing is held in accordance with this Act. States that when a defendant is found guilty of or pleads guilty to an offense for which one of the sentences provided is death, the judge who presided at the trial or before whom the guilty plea was entered shall conduct a separate sentencing hearing to determine the existence or nonexistence of the factors set forth in this Act, for the purpose of determining the sentence to be imposed. Provided that the hearing shall not be held if the government stipulates that none of the aggravating factors set forth in the Act exists or that one or more of the mitigating factors set forth in the Act. Provides that in the sentencing hearing the court shall disclose to the defendant or his counsel all material contained in any presentence report, if one has been prepared, except such material as the court determines is required to be withheld for the protection of human life or for the protection of the national security. Sets forth rules of evidence to be used in such hearing. States that the jury or, if there is no jury, the court shall return a special verdict setting forth its findings as to the existence or nonexistence of each of the factors set forth in this Act. Provides that if the jury or, if there is no jury, the court finds by a preponderance of the information that one or more of the aggravating factors set forth in the Act exists and that none of the mitigating factors set forth in this Act exists, the court shall sentence the defendant to death. States that if the jury or , if there is no jury, the court finds that none of the aggravating factors exists, or finds that one or more of the mitigating factors exists the court shall not sentence the defendant to death but shall impose any other sentence provided for the offense for which the defendant was convicted. States that the court shall not impose the sentence of death on the defendant if the jury or, if there is no jury, the court finds by special verdict as provided in the Act that at the time of the offense there existed one of the specified mitigating factors. Lists the mitigating factors which the courts are to recognize. Sets forth specified crimes and circumstances which shall be considered aggravating factors for the purposes of this Act. Makes conforming technical amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Allows a State, in its discretion, to such extent as it deems appropriate, to use the dual signature method of making payments of aid to families with dependent children under title IV (Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Heroin Trafficking Act - Title I: Increased Penalties - Increases penalties for manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a mixture or substance containing any amount of heroin or morphine which is a controlled substance under schedule I or II of the Controlled Substances Act. States that if the person was convicted of the offense with respect to less than four ounces of such mixture or substance, he would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years imprisonment, and could also be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that if the person was convicted of the offense with respect to four ounces or more of such mixture or substance, he would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than ten years, or for life, and could be fined not more than $100,000. States that, if a person convicted of an offense involving less than four ounces had previously been convicted of a Federal, State or foreign felony relating to heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, or committed the offense while released pending trial, appeal, or sentencing on a charge involving heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, he shall be subject to a minimum mandatory sentence of not less than ten years, or a life sentence, and may be fined not more than $100,000. Provides that if a person convicted of an offense involving four ounces or more had prevously been convicted of a Federal, State or foreign felony relating to heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, or committed the offense while released pending trial, appeal, or sentencing, on a charge involving heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, he shall be subject to life imprisonment with no parole. Directs that no sentence under these provisions could be suspended, probation could not be granted, and the Federal Youth Corrections Act could not be applied. Provides that a conviction of illegally possessing four or more ounces of a mixture or substance containing any amount of heroin or morphine would require a sentence of imprisonment for a term of years of not less than 10 years, or for life, with parole, and, in addition, a possible fine of not more than $100,000. States that if the person had previously been convicted of a Federal, State, or foreign felony relating to heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, or if the offense was committed while the person was released pending trial, appeal, or sentencing on a charge involving heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, there would be a sentence of life imprisonment with no parole. Provides that execution of a sentence imposed under these provisions could not be suspended, probation could be granted, and the Federal Youth Corrections Act could not be applied. Increases the penalties for illegal importation or exportation, or manufacture or distribution for illegal Increases the penalties for illegal importation or exportation, or manufacture or distribution for illegal importation, of heroin or morphine. States that if the person was convicted of the offense with respect to less than four ounces of a mixture or substance containing any amount of heroin or morphine controlled in schedule I or II, he would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years imprisonment, and could also be fined not more than $50,000. Provides that if the person was convicted of the offense with respect to four ounces or more of such a mixture or substance, he would be sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years, of for life, and could be fined not more than $100,000. States that sentence could not be suspended, probation could not be granted, and the Federal Youth Corrections Act could not be applied. Title II: Conditions of Release - Requires a judicial officer in setting conditions of pretrial release, under the Bail Reform Act of 1966, of a person charged under the Controlled Substances Act or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act with an offense relating to heroin or morphine which is a controlled substance in schedule I or II, to consider the safety of others and their property and the safety of the community in addition to the consideration of risk of right. Denies release pending trial, absent compelling curcumstances, to certain categories of persons charged with a violation of this Act. Provides for Appeals from orders denying pretrial release to be taken by the individual Appeals from orders granting pretrial to be taken by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to construct and provide shoreside facilities for the education and convenience of visitors to the United States Ship Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, and to transfer responsibility for their operation and maintenance to the National Park Service. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the planning, construction, equipping, and furnishing of such facilities, such sum to be in addition to the regular budgetary appropriations for the Department of the Navy.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the month of May in each year as "National Arthritis Month".
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Elects Don Young of Alaska as a member of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Provides travel and transportation allowances for emergency leave and ordinary leave for compassionate reasons granted to servicemen stationed overseas. (Adds 37 U.S.C. sec. 404(a)(5))
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Authorizes Secretary of Agriculture establish a memorial at the National Arboretum to Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe. Requires the Commission for the Extension of the U.S. Capitol to make available columns removed in 1959 from the east central portico of the Capitol for use in the memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1973
Designate specified lands in the Isle Royale National Park in Michigan as wilderness. Designates the Gull Islands included in the Isle Royale National Park by this Act as wilderness.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Elects Lawrence Coughlin of Pennsylvania to the standing committee of the House of Representatives on Appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Acceleration Act - Permits a limited exemption to the antitrust laws which would allow motor vehicle manufacturers to enter into any contract, combination or other arrangement for the purpose of developing motor vehicle engines and devices which will meet or exceed standards promulgated under Federal or State law which relate to the control of motor vehicle emissions if such contract, combination or other arrangement is approved by the Attorney General. Authorizes the Attorney General to promulgate regulations establishing procedures to be followed by manufacturers in entering into such contracts, combinations or arrangements. Declares that the Attorney General shall not approve any such contract, combination or arrangement if the terms extend beyond December 31, 1975. Provides that information developed under such arrangements shall be made available upon request to any motor vehicle manufacturer not a party to such contract, combination or arrangement. States that this exemption shall not apply after December 31, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Exempts from the income tax the compensation of members of the Armed Forces during the period of time in which they are hospitalized as a result of disease or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone, whether or not combatant activities are continuing. Exempts from the income tax the compensation of members of the Armed Forces paid during the last year in which they were in missing in action status. Permits the spouse of a serviceman or civilian missing in action as a result of service in a combat zone to file a joint return for any taxable year in which he is in a missing status. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 112(a)(2),(b)(2); 692(1); 6013(f); 7508)
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1973
Elects the following-named Members to the following standing committees of the House of Representatives: Edward Young of South Carolina: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; and E.G. Shuster of Pennsylvania: Committee on the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973
Provides for the duty-free entry of designated hollow reinforcing bars under the Tariff Act of 1930.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Water Resources Development Act - Title I: Water Resources Development - Authorizes the construction, repair, and preservation of specified public works on rivers and harbors for navigation and flood control in: (1) the Middle Atlantic Region, (2) the South Atlantic-Gulf Region, (3) the Ohio Region, (4) the Arkansas-White-Red-Region, (5) the Lower Mississippi River Region, (6) the Texas Gulf Region, and (7) the Columbia-North Pacific Region. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to undertake a comprehensive review of the use of lands for recreation and fish and wildlife purposes at water resources projects under their jurisdiction. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $750,000, to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act and at least once each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army shall review and submit to Congress a list of those authorized projects for works of improvement of rivers and harbors and other waterways for navigation, beach erosion, flood control, and other purposes which have been authorized for a period of at least eight years and which he determines, after appropriate review, should no longer be authorized. River Basins Monetary Authorizations Act - Title II: River Basin Monetary Authorizations - Authorizes appropriations for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan of development of each river basin for the projects enumerated under Title I. Provides that the authorizations made under this title shall not exceed $409,200,000.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Establishes an independent American Revolution Bicentennial Administration to coordinate, facilitate, and aid in the scheduling of events and projects of local, State, national, and international significance in commemoration of the American Revolution Bicentennial. Specifies the duties of the Administrator of such Administration. Establishes an American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Board to assist the Administration in its duties under this Act. Provides that in order to assure a balanced program for the bicentennial commemoration, encompassing the themes of Heritage '76, Festival USA, and Horizons '76, the Administration shall prepare the master calender of events which will take place between July 1975 and September 1976. Directs the following persons to cooperate with the Administrator in specified aspects of his responsibilities: the Chairmen of the Federal Council of the Arts and Humanities, of the National Endowment for the Arts, and of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Archivist of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Creates a Joint Committee on the American Revolution Bicentennial to make a continuing study of the Administration, and to make periodic reports to the House and Senate. Abolishes the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that the people of the several States and the District of Columbia shall elect the President and Vice President. Provides that the pair of persons having the greatest number of votes for such offices shall be elected, if such number be at least 40 percent of the whole vote cast. Provides for a runoff election in any other case.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Elects Samuel L. Devine as a member of the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Provides that no person may present a major sporting event to the public by means of any type of electronic medium unless a permit has been issued by the Federal Communications Commissioner. Sets forth standards that an applicant for such a permit must satisfy. Provides that any person who presents a major sports event in violation of this Act shall forfeit to the United States a sum of money not in excess of the gross receipts with respect to such event by such person.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for tuition paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education as a full-time student of any dependent with respect to whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code. Limits the tax credit to 50 percent of the tuition paid by the taxpayer or $200, whichever is less. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determining the tax credit shall not be treated as an amount paid by the taxpayer for purposes of determining entitlement to a tax deduction. Allows any U.S. taxpayer to commence a proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, within the three month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to determine whether the provisions of this Act are valid legislation under the U.S. Constitution. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the fourth Wednesday in January as "National School Nurse Day" and calls upon the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.