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United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior, Transportation, and Agriculture to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of bicycle trails along specified United States highways under the National Trails System Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act - Expresses the Congressional declarations that it is necessary to: (1) abolish for citizens residing overseas the domicile and residence requirements as preconditions to voting in Federal elections, and (2) establish standards relating to absentee registration and balloting by such citizens in federal elections. Provides that no citizen residing overseas shall be denied the right to register for, and to vote by an absentee ballot in, any Federal election solely because he is not domiciled and does not have a place of abode in a State or district, if he meets specified requirements. Requires each State to provide for the registration of and casting of absentee ballots by all citizens residing overseas and entitled to vote in a Federal election in such State. Provides that each State shall mail the following by airmail to such citizen; (1) an absentee ballot; (2) instructions concerning voting procedures; and (3) an airmail envelope for the mailing of such ballot. Sets forth the form of the overseas citizen Federal election postcard. States that whoever deprives any person of any right secured by this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Sets forth additional penalties for falsifying registration materials. Provides that the exercise of a right to register or vote by any citizen residing overseas shall not affect the determination of his place or residence or domicile (as distinguished from this place of voting) for purposes of any tax imposed under Federal, State or local law. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Administrator of General Services such sums as are necessary to carry out his duties under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to compile and keep current, on not less than an annual basis, an inventory of all mineral fuel reserves containing hydrocarbons and uranium in the public domain lands of the United States, together with other natural resources which are current or potential energy sources.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Allows any nonimmigrant foreign student to be employed, with the approval of the school attended by such student: (1) during any regularly scheduled school vacation; or (2) during any school term during which such person is not enrolled, if the institution determines that he continues to qualify as a full-time student.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Provides, under the Coastal Zone Management Act, for the establishment of a national policy with respect to the Nation's beach resources. Defines the terms used in this Act and states that it is the declared intention of Congress to exercise its constitutional power to protect the public's right to use the beaches. Provides that no person shall construct or maintain any barrier which interferes with the public's right to use the public beaches. Authorizes the Attorney General or U.S. district attorneys (1) to establish and protect the public's right to the beaches; (2) to determine the existing status of title, ownership, and control; and (3) to condemn easements to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Declares that actions brought under this Act may be for injunctive, declaratory, or other suitable relief. States that nothing in this Act shall be held to impair specified State interests in the beaches. Delcares that it is desirable that the States and Federal Government act together to protect the rights and interests of the public in the beaches. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide financial assistance to any State or political subdivision for the development and maintenance of transportation facilities necessary in connection with the use of public beaches. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978, for grants to States to plan and develop projects designed to secure the right of the public to the beaches.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
States that any mailing of matter, as penalty mail, in excess of five thousand identical pieces, may not be carried in the mails as penalty mail until the officer, executive department, or independent establishment of the Government which intends to transmit such matter has submitted to the Comptroller General of the United States a request for certification that the carriage of such matter in the mails as penalty mail is in compliance with law and has received such certification from the Comptroller General.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the voluntary withholding of Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia income taxes, pursuant to agreements subject to review by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, in the case of employees and members of the House of Representatives, and those employees under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol or the United States Botanical Garden.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Accelerated Capital Formation Act - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to provide incentives for accelerated financing of United States corporate capital and to encourage voluntary methods for diffusing equity ownership among the employees of United States enterprises with respect to both existing and newly formed capital. Allows an employer, under specified conditions, to deduct the amount of any dividend paid by him during the taxable year with respect to employer securities. Permits, in specified instances, a contribution, bequest, or similar transfer of employer securities or other property to an employee stock ownership plan to be deemed a charitable contribution. Entitles an employee taking part in an employee stock ownership plan to a distribution of his nonforfeitable interest upon retirement, death, or other separation from service. Allows an individual, under specified conditions, to exclude from gross income that part of the distribution which consists of employer securities or other assets. States that no contribution to an employee stock ownership plan may be allocated for the benefit of any participant if the value of the total accumulation of employer securities and other investments under the plan for the benefit of that participant exceeds $500,000. Sets forth the conditions under which the acquisition or holding of qualifying employer securities and the incurring of acquisition indebtedness by an employee stock ownership plan shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Provides that payments by an employer to an employee stock ownership plan for the purpose of enabling such plan to pay specified acquisition indebtedness shall not be treated as compensation or fringe benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight Act - Establishes a Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, specifying the composition of such Committee and enumerating its duties, including to conduct a continuing study of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other specified agencies of the Federal Government. States that no funds may be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out any intelligence or surveillance activity unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after this Act. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Committee, the procedures for classification of information, and the recordkeeping requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no person who has attained the age of seventy years shall be eligible for election to the office of President or Vice President. States that the term of office of the President and Vice President shall be six years, and no person shall be elected to the office of President more than once.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1974
Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight Act - Establishes a Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, specifying the composition of such Committee and enumerating its duties, including to conduct a continuing study of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other specified agencies of the Federal Government. States that no funds may be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out any intelligence or surveillance activity unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after this Act. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Committee, the procedures for classification of information, and the recordkeeping requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace in Stanford, California, in order to recognize the fifty years of extraordinary and selfless public service of Herbert Hoover. States that grants made under this Act may be used for the construction of a new educational building to be used by the Hoover Institution, and for the equipment of such building. Provides that no grant may be made under this Act for any fiscal year unless: (1) the Secretary determines that the total of such grants for that year will not exceed the total amount of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property, made after the date of enactment of this Act, for that year for the benefit of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; and (2) the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace furnishes to the Secretary such information at such times and in such manner as he may require. Authorizes appropriations for grants of up to $7,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1974
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, the Director of the Center, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Authorizes the Center to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife tradition 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 concurrence 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 specified appropriations through fiscal year 1978 for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Equal Credit Opportunity Act Amendments - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of age in the granting of credit.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1974
Designates the National Air and Space Museum in the District of Columbia as the "Charles A. Lindbergh National Air and Space Museum".
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
Urban Mass Transportation Amendments - States that the purposes of this Act are: (1) to provide a Federal commitment in cooperation with State and local governments of sufficient proportions to insure increased mobility and access to opportunity in all urbanized areas; (2) to encourage urbanized areas to attract a greater proportion of total daily passenger trips to mass transportation modes and services; (3) to provide incentives for improved and efficient urban mass transportation systems and services; and (4) to establish performance, cost, and quality of service criteria which will enable significant evaluations of urban mass transportation performance. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act for fiscal year 1976 and each fiscal year thereafter. Declares that on the first day of each fiscal year the Secretary shall apportion the authorized sums to the State in the ratio which the population in urbanized areas, or parts thereof, as designated by the Bureau of the Census, in each State bears to the total population in all such urbanized areas or parts thereof, in all the States as shown by the latest available Federal census. Sets forth an allocation formula for such funds. Provides that sums apportioned to any Governor under this Act shall be available for obligation by that Governor for a period of two years after the close of the fiscal year for which such sums are apportioned, and any amounts so apportioned remaining unobligated at the end of such period shall lapse and shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States for deposits as miscellaneous receipts. States that the Secretary may approve grants under this Act up to $10,500,000,000 in an aggregate amount. Declares that the Federal share payable on account of any project financed with funds available under this Act shall not exceed 70 percent of the cost of the project. Provides that funds available for the payment of operating expenses to improve mass transportation service shall be supplementary to and not in substitution for the average amount of the State and local government funds expended on the operation of mass transportation service for the two Federal fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which the project was intended. Sets forth the procedure for approving programs under this Act including surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and public hearings. Permits the Secretary to discharge any of his responsibilities under this Act for projects upon the request of any Governor, by accepting a certification by the Governor, or his designee, if he finds projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws, regulations, directives, and standards establishing requirements at least equivalent to those contained in, or issued pursuant to, this Act. Provides that, as soon as practicable after the plans, specifications, and estimates for a specific project have been approved, the Secretary shall enter into a formal project agreement with the Governor. States that, in approving any project under this Act, the Secretary shall take into account adverse economic, social, and environmental effects, and the costs of eliminating such effects. Provides that, within two years of enactment of the Act, the Secretary shall establish a Mass Transportation Performance Incentive Fund. Specifies amounts to be made available to urbanized areas prior to fiscal year 1979 whose efficiencies of operation compare favorably with national averages for operating efficiencies of all urban mass transportation systems. Authorizes the Secretary to assist the States in financing public mass transportation service in rural areas by assuming up to 80 percent of the cost of any such project. Directs the Secretary to investigate safety systems. hazards in urban mass transportation Requires that uniform urban transportation data reporting systems be established pursuant to prescription by the Office of the Secretary within two years of the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration projects to determine the feasibility and advisability of fare-free mass transportation coupons for the poor, elderly, and handicapped.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1974
Bill of Rights Procedures Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to prohibit any interception of communication, other than electronic surveillance, surreptitious entry, mail opening, or the inspection of and procuring of the records of telephone, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions, of any individual without a court order issued upon probable cause that a crime has been or is about to be committed, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Provides that whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof willfully: (1) searches any private dwelling used and occupied as a dwelling without a warrant directing such search or maliciously and without reasonable cause searches any other building or property without a search warrant; (2) procures or inspects the records of telephone calls, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions of any individual without a search warrant or the consent of the individual; (3) opens any foreign or domestic mail not directed to him without a search warrant directing such opening or without the consent of the sender or addressee of such mail; or (4) intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept any wire or oral communication except as authorized by law; shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Requires that within 30 days after the date of an order authorizing or approving the interception of a wire or oral communication (or each extension thereof) entered under authority of law, or the denial of an order approving an interception, the person seeking such order shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives: (1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for; (2) the kind of order or extension applied for; (3) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied; (4) the period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; (5) the names of all parties to the intercepted communications; (6) the offense specified in the order or application; (7) the identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer and agency making the application and the person authorizing the application to be made; (8) a copy of the court order authorizing, approving, or denying such interception; and (9) the nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were intercepted. Specifies that reports be made within 90 days after the date of an order approving the interception of a wire or oral communication on the disposition of all records of any such interception and the identity of and action taken by all individuals who had access to any such interception. Sets forth reporting requirements in the case of warrants issued authorizing the opening of mail.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974
Prohibits the interstate shipment of dogs trained for or intended to be used in dog fights for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment. Specifies punishments for persons involved in such commerce and for promoters of and participants in activities which include such dog fights if at least one of the dogs involved had been moved in such commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1974
Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight Act - Establishes a Joint Committee on Intelligence Oversight, specifying the composition of such Committee and enumerating its duties, including to conduct a continuing study of the activities of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other specified agencies of the Federal Government. States that no funds may be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out any intelligence or surveillance activity unless such funds have been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after this Act. Sets forth the administrative powers of the Committee, the procedures for classification of information, and the recordkeeping requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1974
Prohibits any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status as a result of service in Southeast Asia, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with by North Vietnam or the President has determined and reported to Congress that all reasonable actions have been taken to account for such members.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1974
Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act - Expresses the Congressional declarations that it is necessary to: (1) abolish for citizens residing overseas the domicile and residence requirements as preconditions to voting in Federal elections, and (2) establish standards relating to absentee registration and balloting by such citizens in Federal elections. Provides that no citizen residing overseas shall be denied the right to register for, and to vote by an absentee ballot in, any Federal election solely because he is not domiciled and does not have a place of abode in a State or district, if he meets specified requirements. Requires each State to provide for the registration of and casting of absentee ballots by all citizens residing overseas and entitled to vote in a Federal election in such State. Provides that each State shall mail the following by airmail to such citizen: (1) an absentee ballot; (2) instructions concerning voting procedures; and (3) an airmail envelope for the mailing of such ballot. Sets forth the form of the overseas citizen Federal election postcard. States that whoever deprives any person of any right secured by this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Sets forth additional penalties for falsifying registration materials. Provides that the exercise of any right to register or vote by any citizen residing overseas shall not affect the determination of his place of residence or domicile (as distinguished from his place of voting) for purposes of any tax imposed under Federal, State or local law. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Administrator of General Services such sums as are necessary to carry out his duties under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974
Directs the Office of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President pro tempore of the Senate, to be available for inspection by all Members of Congress, all materials, documents, and reports obtained, prepared, and compiled by that Office, following a determination by the Attorney General that the rights of parties named therein or parties to related litigation will not be compromised.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1974
Freedom from Military Surveillance Act - Restricts, under the first amendment and fourth amendment to the Constitution and the constitutional right of privacy, the actions of any civil officer of the United States or any member of the Armed Forces of the United States in using the Armed Forces of the United States to exercise surveillance of civilians or to execute the civil laws. Sets forth penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Herbert Hoover Memorial Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants for the construction of a memorial building at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, as a memorial to Herbert Hoover, at Stanford, California. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $7,000,000 for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1974
Requires the Watergate Special Prosecution Force to make available to the public a report on all information it has concerning Richard M. Nixon on offenses against the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the designation of 1975 as International Women's Year is welcomed and full support is expressed for the goals for the Year as proclaimed by the Secretary General of the United Nations and the President of the United States; (2) cooperation in observance of the Year is urged on the part of all concerned people, official and private, men and women, to insure that constructive measures are taken to advance the rights and responsibilities of women during 1975; (3) a concerted effort should be made to insure that 1975 is a year not only of stock-taking but also a time for the launching of new programs and the forming of new attitudes toward the role of women; and (4) women in more than token numbers should be included on all United States delegations to international conferences or other meetings, and on national commissions and other bodies where positions are filled by Federal appointment.
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1974
Anti-Inflation Act - Authorizes the President to establish, within the Executive Office of the President, a Cost of Living Task Force to: (1) review and analyze industrial capacity, demand, and supply in various sectors of the economy, working with the industrial groups concerned and appropriate governmental agencies to encourage price restraint; (2) work with labor and management in the various sectors of the economy having special economic problems, as well as with appropriate government agencies, to improve the structure of collective bargaining and the performance of those sectors in restraining prices; (3) improve wage and price data bases for the various sectors of the economy to improve collective bargaining and encourage price restraint; (4) conduct public hearings necessary to provide for public scrutiny of inflationary problems in various sectors of the economy; (5) focus attention on the need to increase productivity in both the public and private sectors of the economy; (6) monitor the economy as a whole by acquiring, as appropriate, reports on wages, costs, productivity, prices, sales, profits, imports, exports, and interest rates, and rents; (7) review the programs and activities of Federal departments and agencies and the private sector which may decrease supply and increase prices; and (8) evaluate the inflationary effects of international transactions. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
Anti-inflation Act - Authorizes the President to establish, within the Executive Office of the President, a Cost of Living Task Force to: (1) review and analyze industrial capacity, demand, and supply in various sectors of the economy, working with the industrial groups concerned and appropriate governmental agencies to encourage price restraint; (2) work with labor and management in the various sectors of the economy having special economic problems, as well as with appropriate government agencies, to improve the structure of collective bargaining and the performance of those sectors in restraining prices; (3) improve wage and price data bases for the various sectors of the economy to improve collective bargaining and encourage price restraint; (4) conduct public hearings necessary to provide for public scrutiny of inflationary problems in various sectors of the economy; (5) focus attention on the need to increase productivity in both the public and private sectors of the economy; and (6) monitor the economy as a whole by acquiring, as appropriate, reports on wages, costs, productivity, prices, sales, profits, imports, and exports; (7) review the programs and activities of Federal departments and agencies and the private sector which may decrease supply and increase prices; and (8) evaluate the inflationary effects of international transactions. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
Permits nonimmigrant foreign students to be employed during school vacations with the approval of the individual's school.
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President of the United States should direct the Secretary of State: (1) to bring to the immediate attention of the Government of the Soviet Union the deep and growing concern among citizens of the United States over the plight of Simas Kudirka as a United States citizen; and (2) to urge that the Soviet Government release him from imprisonment and permit him and his immediate family to emigrate freely to the country of his choice. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States forward a copy of this concurrent resolution to the United States Representative to the United Nations for transmission to the Commission on Human Rights or the Division of Human Rights of the United Nations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1974
Provides for the issuance of a special postage stamp in commemoration of the life and work of Harriet Tubman.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1974
Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Librarian of Congress (with respect to the employees of the United States Botanic Garden) to enter into agreements with Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia for the withholding of State or District of Columbia income tax in the case of each Member and employee who is subject to such income tax and who voluntarily agrees to such withholding. States that such agreement shall be subject to review by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1974
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, an exemption from income taxation for condominium housing associations and homeowners' associations and imposes a tax on the unrelated business income of such organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1974
States that any mailing of matter, as penalty mail, in excess of five thousand identical pieces, may not be carried in the mails as penalty mail until the officer, executive department, or independent establishment of the Government which intends to transmit such matter has submitted to the Comptroller General of the United States a request for certification that the carriage of such matter in the mails as penalty mail is in compliance with law and has received such certification from the Comptroller General.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1974
Provides that each Member of the House of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and the Delegates from the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands may hire not more than two additional employees who shall be known as John W. McCormack Senior Interns in honor of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. States that such interns may be hired for not more than two weeks during the period May 1 through May 31 of each year and shall serve within the District of Columbia. Stipulates that for this purpose each such Member, Resident Commissioner, or Delegate shall have available annually for payment of compensation to such interns a total allowance of $500, to be payable to such interns at a rate not to exceed $125 per week, out of the contingent fund of the House. Requires that no person shall be paid compensation as a John W. McCormack Senior Intern who does not have on file with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, at all times during the period of employment as such intern, an appropriate certificate that such intern is sixty years of age or older and a resident of the district which the employing Member, Commissioner, or Delegate represents.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Requires the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy to make continuing studies of the development, use, and control of Atomic Energy. Require the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense to keep the Committee fully informed of their activities with respect to the development and application of atomic energy. States that through members of the Joint Committee who are members of each respective House of Congress, the Joint Committee, twice in each session of Congress, shall cause to be made to the House and Senate a report on the development, use, and control of atomic energy for the common defense and security and for peaceful purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1974
Provides for the expansion of the powers and functions of the Export-Import Bank of America. States that the Bank shall, in connection with the export financing of instrumentalities of other governments, seek to minimize competition in Government-supported export financing. Stipulates that no loan, guarantee, or insurance or combination thereof made to a Communist country or agent or national thereof in an amount which equals or exceeds $50,000,000 shall be finally approved by the Board of Directors of the Bank unless the Bank has submitted to the Congress with respect to such loan, guarantee, or insurance or combination thereof, a statement explaining the transaction at least thirty legislative days prior to the date of final approval. Provides that pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of this Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973, and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Bank to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shall not participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly. Authorizes the Bank to charge against the limitations imposed by the Export-Import Bank Act not less than 25 percent of the related contractual liability which the Bank incurs for guarantees, insurance, coinsurance, and reinsurance against political and credit risks of loss. States that the aggregate amount of guarantees, insurance, coinsurance, and reinsurance which may be charged on this fractional basis pursuant to this section shall not exceed $20,000,000,000 outstanding at any one time.
United States · United States Congress · 3 July 1974
Veterans Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitation Act - Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish readjustment medical counseling and appropriate followup care and treatment to any person who served in the active military, naval, or air service during the Vietnam era and was discharged or released therefrom and who requests such counseling in order to assist such person in readjusting to civilian life following his discharge or release from the Armed Forces. Authorizes the Administrator to furnish hospital and domiciliary care (including nursing home care) and medical and rehabilitative services on a nationwide basis to the eligible veterans and persons suffering from the disability of alcoholism or alcohol abuse. Stipulates that the Administrator shall furnish to any veteran for a drug dependence or drug abuse disability such special medical treatment and rehabilitative services and such hospital and domiciliary care as he finds to be reasonably necessary to bring about the veterans recovery and rehabilitation from such disability. Directs the Administrator to utilize all available resources of the Veterans' Administration including the use of peer group veterans in seeking out and counseling toward treatment and rehabilitation all veterans, especially Vietnam era veterans, eligible for treatment and rehabilitative services.
United States · United States Congress · 3 July 1974
Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments - Title I: Criminal Code Amendments - Provides that, except as otherwise provided by this Act, no individual (other than a candidate on his own behalf) or other person may make nor may a candidate accept, a contribution for the benefit of that candidate's campaign for nomination for election, or election, which, when added to the sum of all other contributions made by that individual or person for that campaign, exceeds $1,000. States that no political committee (other than a candidate's own authorized campaign committees on that candidate's own behalf) may make nor may a candidate accept, a contribution to such candidate for nomination for election, or election, which, when added to the sum of all other contributions made by that political committee for that campaign, exceeds $5,000. Provides that no individual may make a contribution during any calendar year which, when added to the sum of all other contributions made by that individual during that year, exceeds $25,000. States that no candidate may make expenditures from his personal funds or the personal funds of his immediate family, in connection with his campaign for nomination for election, or election, to Federal office in excess of $25,000. Provides that any person who violates the above provisions shall be fined $25,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. States that, except as otherwise provided in this Act, no candidate may make expenditures in excess of: (1) $10,000,000, in the case of a candidate for nomination for election to the Office of President of the United States; (2) $20,000,000, in the case of a candidate nominated by a political party for election to the Office of President of the United States; (3) in the case of any campaign for nomination for election, or for election, by a candidate for the office of Senator, the greater of (a) 5 cents multiplied by the population of the geographical area within which the election is held, or (b) $75,000; (4) $75,000, in the case of any campaign for nomination for election, or for election, by a candidate for the office of Representative, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner; or (5) $15,000, in the case of any campaign for nomination for election, or for election, by a candidate for the office of Delegate from Guam or the Virgin Islands. Provides that no person may make any expenditure (other than an expenditure made by or on behalf of a candidate for President, Vice-President, either House of Congress, or Delegate from Guam or the Virgin Islands) relative to an exclusive and clearly identified candidate during a calendar year which, when added to all other expenditures made by that person during the calendar year advocating the election or defeat of that candidate, exceeds $1,000. Provides that no person may make any such expenditure during any calendar year which, when added to all other such expenditures made by that person during that year to all candidates for Federal office exceeds $25,000. States that the national committee of a political party and all of the State committees of a political party may not make any expenditure in connection with the general election campaign of any candidate for President who is affiliated with that party which exceeds an amount equal to 2 cents multiplied by the population of the United States. Provides that the national committee of a political party, or a State committee of a political party, including any subordinate committees of a State committee, may not make any expenditure in connection with the general election campaign of a candidate for Federal office in a State who is affiliated with that party which exceeds: (1) in the case of a candidate for election to the office of Senator or of Representative from a State where a Representative is required to run statewide, the greater of (a) one and one half cents multiplied by the population of the geographical area within which the election is held, or (b) $20,000; and (2) in the case of a candidate for election to the office of Representative in any other State $10,000. States that for the purposes of this Act the population of any geographical area shall be the population according to the most recent decennial census of the United States. Provides that the approval by the national committees of a political party of an expenditure by or on behalf of the Presidential candidate of that party as required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is not considered an expenditure by that national committee. Stipulates that any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Provides that any person who makes or receives a contribution to or for the benefit of any candidate or political committee aggregating more than $100 during any calendar year, which is not made by a written instrument identifying the person making the contribution shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Increases the penalties for illegal contributions by national banks, corporations, labor organizations, and firms or individuals contracting with the United States. Prohibits contributions by foreign principals. Prohibits the making of contributions in the name of another. Provides a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000 for the acceptance of honorariums in excess of $1,00 for a single engagement, or aggregating more than $10,000 in any calendar year. Title II: Disclosure of Federal Campagin Funds - Provides that each individual who is a candidate for Federal office (other than the office of Vice President of the United States) shall designate one political committee as his central campaign committee to receive all reports made by any other political committee accepting contributions or making expenditures for the purpose of influencing the nomination for election, or election, of the candidate who designated it as his central campaign committee. Stipulates that no political committee may be designated as the central campaign committee of more than one candidate. States that, except as otherwise provided by law, no political committee other than a central campaign committee designated by a candidate may make expenditures on behalf of such candidate. Requires each central campaign committee to receive all reports and statements filed with or furnished to it by other political committees, consolidate, and furnish the reports and statements to the Federal Elections Commission, together with its own reports and statements, in accordance with the provisions of this title and regulations prescribed by the Commission. Requires that expenditures in excess of $1,000 on behalf of a candidate nominated by his party for President or Vice-President be specifically approved by that party's national committee. Establishes as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, a commission to be known as the Federal Elections Commission. States that the Commission shall be composed of eight members of Congress who shall be chosen from among persons who, by reasons of maturity, experience, and public service have attained a nationwide reputation for integrity, impartiality, and good judgment, are qualified to carry out the functions of the Commission. Requires each treasurer of a political committee supporting a candidate or candidates for election to Federal office, and each candidate for election to such office, to file with the Commission reports of receipts and expenditures on forms prescribed or approved by the Commission. Specifies the manner and time by which such reports must be filed.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1974
Provides, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to scholarship and fellowship grants, that no amount shall be included in gross income by reason of the discharge of the indebtedness of an individual under a student loan if such discharge was pursuant to a provision of the loan under which the indebtedness would be discharged if the individual worked for a certain period of time in certain professions or certain geographical areas or for certain classes of employers. Defines "student loan" for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Revises the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 by repealing the authority of the Administrator of General Services to charge an occupant of a Federal building for the use of such building.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1974
Makes appropriations to Radio Liberty for fiscal year 1975, of $100,000 for the initiation of broadcasting in Latvian and $10,000 for the initiation of broadcasting in Estonian into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1974
Provides, under the Social Security Act, for the establishment and revision of Professional Standards Review Organization areas, such establishment and revision to take into account the recommendations of the doctors of medicine or osteopathy. States that the final determination in the establishment or revision of any Professional Standards Review Organization area shall be subject to review in a civil action commenced by any interested person. Directs the National Professional Standards Review Council to conduct a study for the purpose of evaluating whether, and under what conditions, organizations other than professional associations shall be allowed to perform review functions. Requires each Professional Standards Review Organization to assume responsibility for professional standards review of health care services furnished by or in institutions operated by the Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration in the area which it serves. Requires, in conjunction with such reviews, that procedures be developed whereby deficiencies shall be brought to the attention of administrators of the hospitals and other Federal institutions concerned. Calls for the consolidation of data and reports compiled under these provisions. Directs that criteria of health care shall be identified or developed by each Professional Standards Review Organization, giving due consideration to such criteria of care identified or developed by national medical specialty organizations. States that such criteria of care shall be used by the Professional Standards Review Organization as guides of care. Requires the National Professional Standards Review Council to provide for the distribution to each Professional Standards Review Organization, and to each other agency performing review functions, of appropriate materials indicating various guides being utilized in other geographical areas. Provides for the protection of the confidentiality of medical records compiled under this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into a contract with any State medical society or private nonprofit organization (including medical foundations) designated by a State medical society for the provision of necessary technical and other assistance in the creation and operation of local professional standards review organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974
Comprehensive Right to Privacy Act - Requires that any organization of Federal, State, or local government maintaining an information system that includes personal information shall: (1) collect, maintain, use, and disseminate only personal information necessary to accomplish a proper purpose of the organization; (2) collect information to the greatest extent possible from the data subject directly; (3) maintain information in the system with accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and pertinence as necessary to assure fairness in determinations relating to a data subject; (4) make no dissemination to another system or any individual other than the data subject without specifying requirements for security and the use of information exclusively for the purpose set forth in the notice required under this Act; (5) maintain a complete and accurate record, including identity purpose, and date, of every access to any personal information in a system by persons or organizations not having regular access authority; and (6) collect no personal information concerning the political or religious beliefs, affiliations, and activities of data subjects maintained by any government agency unless expressly authorized by statute. Prohibits any Federal agency from requiring individuals to disclose for statistical purposes any personal information unless such disclosure is required by a constitutional provision or Act of Congress, and the individual is so informed. Requires any organization maintaining or proposing to establish an information system for personal information to: (1) give notice of the existence and character of each existing system once a year to the Federal Privacy Board; (2) give public notice of the existence and character of each existing system each year; and (3) assure that such public notice specifies the categories of data maintained, and the categories of all information sources, a description of types of use made of information, and the procedures whereby an individual can gain access to such information and contest its accuracy and the necessity for its retention. Requires any organization maintaining personal information to inform an individual asked to supply personal information whether he is legally required, or may refuse, to supply the information requested, and also of any specific consequences, which are known to the organization, of providing or not providing such information. Permits data subjects who dispute information about themselves to have such disputed information noted as being disputed when such information about him is disseminated. Requires, upon request, corrections in information to be sent to past recipients of information. Directs organizations maintaining information to inform, within two years and each year thereafter, individuals on whom data is stored of its content and where a copy of such data may be obtained. Allows the head of a Federal agency maintaining such information to exempt his agency from requirements of this Act in the interest of national defense. Makes it unlawful for any organization to require an individual to disclose or furnish his social security account number, for any purpose in connection with any business transaction unless the disclosure or furnishing of such number is specifically required by Federal law. Establishes the Federal Privacy Board whose five members shall be appointed by the President. Directs the Board to: (1) publish an annual Data Base Directory of the United States containing the name and characteristics of each personal information system covered by this Act; (2) make rules to assure compliance with this Act; (3) upon the determination of a violation of a provision of this Act or regulation promulgated under the Act, and after opportunity for a hearing, order the organization violating such provision to cease and desist such violation; and (4) conduct open, public hearings on all petitions for exceptions or exemptions from provisions, application, or jurisdiction of this Act. States that any individual or organization or responsible officer of an organization who willfully: (1) keeps an information system without having notified the Federal Privacy Board; or (2) issues personal information in violation of this Act; or (3) solicits, uses, or otherwise acquires information in violation of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 in each instance or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Provides that any person, system, or agency which violates the provisions of the Act, or any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, shall be liable to any person aggrieved thereby.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974
National Health Action Corps Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to increase the number of trained professional personnel in the allied health field by providing young Americans training and practical work experience in the allied health field. Establishes within the executive branch an independent agency to be known as the Health Action Corps. Provides that the Corps shall be headed by a Board of Directors which shall consist of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or their respective designees. States that it shall be the duty of the Corps to provide opportunities for young Americans to participate in programs which provide training and practical work experience in the allied health field. Provides that such programs shall include career counseling, exposure to various health-related occupations, and training and work experience in clinical settings. Stipulates that the Corps shall be composed of volunteers selected by the Administrator in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Board. States that the Administrator, in accordance with policies and procedures prescribed by the Board, may provide to any volunteer who has completed his period of enlistment: (1) a scholarship of $3,000 if such volunteer is a full-time student at a junior college, college, or university; or (2) a bonus of $3,000, if such volunteer works for one year in an area which (as determined by the Administrator) has a critical shortage of trained professional personnel in the allied health field. Stipulates that the Board shall establish a National Advisory Committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Board on matters relating to the following: (1) policies for the recruitment of Corps volunteers; (2) evaluation of the quality of the training provided to the Corps volunteers; (3) the projected future demand for trained professionals in the allied health field; and (4) innovations in the utilization of trained professional personnel in the allied health field.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Provides under title II of the Social Security Act that the special procedure for expediting benefit payments (where such payments are not regularly made when due) shall apply to benefits based on disability in the same way it applies to other benefits under such title if entitlement has already been established and the benefits involved have been paid for one or more months.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Transporation to jointly conduct studies to determine the feasibility and desirability of establishing national scenic bicycle trails along United States Highways number 1, 30 and 101. Directs that these studies be submitted to the President and Congress including recommendations as to such actions which should be taken with respect to the establishment of such trails.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States delegation to the European Security Conference should not agree to the recognition by the European Security Conference of the Soviet Union's annexation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and it should remain the policy of the United States not to recognize in any way the annexation of the Baltic nations by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1974
Housing and Urban Development Act - Title I: Community Development Block Grants - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to States and Units of general local government to help finance Community Development Programs. Authorizes the Secretary to incur obligations for such grants of up to $8,050,000,000 until July 1, 1977. Authorizes $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for grants to general local government units for urgent community development needs. Requires grant applicants to: (1) formulate community development programs and housing assistance plans; (2) operate such programs in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Public Law 90-284 (relating to fair housing); and (3) inform affected citizens of the various aspects of the program. Requires an annual review and audit to determine if grantees are carrying out their programs as required by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to release funds for projects to applicants who assume all of the responsibilities of environmental review, decision making, and action pursuant to the Environmental Policy Act that would otherwise apply to the Secretary. States that community development programs approved under this title may include: (1) acquisition of real property that is deteriorating or useful for public purposes; (2) installation of public works facilities; (3) rehabilitation of buildings; and (4) provisions for health, social, counseling and training services under activities within this title. Prescribes the allocation of grant funds under this title, including a ratio to determine amounts for individual cities which relates to poverty and housing overcrowding in the city. Requires that 80 percent of the non-urgent grant funds go to metropolitan areas. Prescribes the full "hold-harmless" amount of a metropolitan city or urban county under this title. Preserves a discretionary grant fund for special projects, including new communities, United States territories, and diaster-caused development needs. Authorizes the guarantee of notes or other obligations of general local government units for acquisition of real property for community development programs. Prohibits discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, or sex under programs funded by this title. Sets wage standards for labor performed under contracts funded by this title. Requires the termination or reduction of funds to grantees failing to comply with this title. Allows judicial review of such actions. Allows 20 percent of the urgent-need grants to be applied toward the payment of principal and interest on temporary loans made to a local government unit under the Housing Act of 1949. Permits continuance of local building codes (where assistance is sought under this Act) whose standards are as high or higher than those required by this Act. Provides for the employment of low-income persons under programs approved by this title. Title II: Assisted Housing - Authorizes assistance, under the United States Housing Act of 1937, to low-income families. Allows public housing agencies to make assistance payments for the use of existing dwelling units. Allows assistance payments for contracts with owners or prospective owners who construct or rehabilitate housing which will be used at least in part for low-income families. Allows the Secretary to enter into contracts with public housing agencies by which they may assist owners or prospective owners of units over which such agencies assume management. Requires such assistance contracts to set a maximum monthly rent, according to prescribed guidelines. Disallows material differences in rents for assisted housing and comparable unassisted housing. Sets forth a time limit on such contracts for assistance payments. Reserves all ownership, management, and maintenance responsibilities in the owners. Requires 30 percent of families assisted under this title to be "very low-income" families. Requires the Secretary to insure that special projects for the handicapped authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937 provide quality services and management consistent with the needs of the occupant. Prohibits the approval of a housing assistance plan under the United States Housing Act of 1937, the National Housing Act, or the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 unless the general local government unit certifies that such assistance is consistent with a housing assistance plan approved under title I of this Act. Requires the allocation of assistance under provisions of the above-mentioned laws according to rates of poverty, overcrowding, and substandard housing. Makes public housing agencies eligible as mortgagors under the National Housing Act's provisions relating to housing for moderate income and displaced families. Specifies minimum rentals for low-rent housing under the United States Housing Act of 1937. Requires the establishment of sound management practices by public housing agencies. Increases the annual contribution to public housing to maintain low rents to $400,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $965,000,000 for fiscal year 1974. Extends the home ownership, cooperative and rental mortgage provisions of the National Housing Act until June 30, 1975. Makes special provision for housing assistance to American Indians, the elderly and handicapped, and to areas where assistance is otherwise unavailable. Title III: Mortgage Credit Programs - Extends the regular FHA insurance programs and the interest rate authority for veterans' home loans. Increases the maximum mortgage amount under the FHA one-to four-family and multifamily mortgage insurance programs. Makes changes in downpayment requirements for regular FHA one-to four-family mortgages. Provides for FHA insured financing on resale of cooperative dwellings. Increases the amounts and time limits on home improvement loans. Permits the co-insurance of any mortgage, advance, or loan in addition to co-insurance otherwise provided by this Act. Prohibits the issuance of such insurance until it is determined that such co-insurance demonstration program will not disrupt the mortgage market or reduce the availability of mortgage credit to borrowers who depend upon mortgage insurance under this Act. Prohibits the purchase of mortgages by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation if the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage at the time of purchase exceeds 80 percent of the value of the property. Eliminates the provisions of Federal law concerning the retirement of common and preferred stock in FNMA. Prohbits sex discrimination in Federal mortgage assistance payments under this title. Adds osteopathic and podiatric facilities to the provisions of the National Housing Act regarding mortgage insurance for group practice facilities. Title IV: Rural Housing - Allows loans for the repair and improvement of rural dwellings to make them safe and sanitary (where the borrower does not otherwise qualify) of up to $5,000. Extends veterans preference to rural housing programs under the Housing Act of 1949. Authorizes funds for loan programs for rural housing programs. Authorizes direct and insured loans to provide housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families in rural areas. Authorizes direct and insured loans to provide condominium housing for low-and moderate-income families in ruarl areas. Permits the Secretary to make loans to public or private nonprofit organizations for the acquisition and development of land as building sites to be subdivided and sold to families, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and cooperatives. Allows borrowers, under provisions of the Housing Act of 1949, to prepay taxes and insurance to the Secretary, who will hold such payments in escrow and pay them out at the appropriate time. Provides for contracts with public or private nonprofit organizations to provide information and technical assistance, provided such private nonprofit organizations are sponsored by a State or local government entity. States that such information and assistance shall relate to construction, rehabilitation, and operation of low-and moderate-income housing, as well as counseling on household management and budgeting. Authorizes loans and insurance for rental or cooperative housing for persons and families of low income in multifamily housing projects, as well as assistance payments to owners of such rental housing to make available to such persons such housing at rates not exceeding 25 percent of their incomes. Title V: Miscellaneous - States that it is the purpose of this part to encourage the formation of State development agencies which have authority to carry out development activities designed to: (1) provide housing and related facilities for persons and families of low and moderate income; (2) promote the sound growth and development of neighborhoods through the revitalization of slum and blighted areas; and (3) increase and improve employment opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed through the development and redevelopment of industrial, manufacturing, and commercial facilities. Permits the guarantee of bonds, debentures, notes and other obligations issued by State development agencies to finance development activities described in the purposes of this title. Establishes a revolving fund to provide for timely payment of liabilities incurred as a result of such guarantees. Allows supplementary grants for projects assisted by the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities. Includes waste disposal facilities among eligible land improvements. Authorizes appropriations for comprehensive urban planning. Title VI: Consumer Home Mortgage Assistance - Consumer Home Mortgage Assistance Act - States that savings and loan associations are authorized to invest an amount, not exceeding the greater of the sum of its surplus, undivided profits, and reserves or 5 percent of its assets, in loans or in interests therein the principal purpose of which is to provide financing with respect to what is or is expected to become primarily residential real estate within one hundred miles of their home office or within the State in which such office is located. Increase the amount that may be loaned by such associations on single family dwellings from $45,000 to $55,000. Permits any national banking association to make real estate loans secured by liens upon unimproved real estate, upon improved real estate, including improved farmland and improved business and residential properties, and upon real estate to be improved by a building or buildings to be constructed or in the process of construction, in an amount which when added to the amount unpaid upon prior mortgages, liens, encumbrances, if any, upon such real estate does not exceed the respective proportions of appraised value as provided in this title. States that the amount of any such loan hereafter made shall not exceed 66 2/3 percent of the appraised value if such real estate is unimproved, 75 percent of the appraised value if such real estate is improved by offsite improvements such as as streets, water, sewers, or other utilities, 75 percent of the appraised value if such real estate is in the process of being improved by a building or building to be constructed or in the process of construction, or 90 percent of the appraised value if such real estate is improved by a building or buildings. Allows national banking associations to make real estate loans secured by liens upon forest tracts with are properly managed in all respects. Limits the amount that Federal Credit Unions may loan to it directors and members of it supervisory credit committee to $2,500 without approval of the board of directors. Allows such credit unions to establish two-member investment committees. Prescribes meeting frequencies and procedures for credit committees of such credit unions. Provides termination procedures for insured credit unions.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1974
Requires that each admission to the military service academies shall be made without regard to a candidate's sex, race, color, or religious beliefs.