United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that any capital expenditures incurred to connect a sewage line from the residence of a taxpayer to a municipal sewage system shall be considered to have been a depreciable capital expenditure incurred with respect to property held for the production of income. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 167)
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Specifies certain individuals as founders of the organization which became a body corporate of the District of Columbia known as Veterans of World War I of the United States of America, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Requires each Member of Congress and each employee of the Congress to file, not later than May 15 of each year or not more than three months after the last day he occupies such office or position (if he leaves such position before May 15), with the Comptroller General, a report containing a full and complete statement of: (1) the amount and source of each item of income, each item of reimbursement for any expenditure, and each gift or aggregate of gifts from one source (other than gifts received from his spouse or any member of his immediate family) recieved by him or by him and his spouse jointly during the preceding calander year which exceeds $100 in amount or value; (2) the value of each asset held by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, which has a value in excess of $5,000, and the amount of each liability owed by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, which is in excess of $5,000 as of the close of the preceding calander year; and (3) any business transaction by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting in his behalf, during the preceding calander year if the aggregate amount involved in such transaction exceeds $5,000 during such year. Provides that the reports required by this Act shall be in such form and detail as the Comptroller General may prescribe. Establishes a penalty of $2,000, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both for whoever willfully fails to file a report or knowingly files a false report under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Exempts any nonmanufacturing business, or any business having twenty-five or less employees, in States having laws regulating safety in such businesses, from the Federal standards created under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Market-Sharing Act - Declares it to be the policy of Congress that access to the United States market for foreign-produced fresh fruit and vegetables should be established on an equitable and orderly market-sharing basis consistent with the maintenance of a strong and expanding United States production of fresh fruits and vegetables and designed to avoid the disruption of United States markets and the unemployment of United States agricultural workers. Authorizes the President to undertake negotiations with other governments for the purpose of consummating agreements to provide orderly trade in fresh fruits and vegetables including the quantitative limitation of imports of any fresh fruit or vegetables into the United States. Provides that when agreements exist which cover a significant portion of the United States imports of any fresh fruit or vegetable, the President shall by proclamation limit the quantity of such commodity which may be entered from any country or countries not parties to such agreements. Authorizes the President by proclamation to increase the amount of such products which may be imported if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that a shortage of such products exists in any one import year. Provides that the President may issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Title I: National Environmental Center Act - Establishes a National Environmental Center which shall be maintained and administered by a Board of Trustees. States that such Board shall be composed of seven members appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Sets forth the terms of office of the members of the Board. Establishes a General Public Advisory Committee to advise the Board on scientific and technical matters relating to the environmental research and development program of the National Environmental Center. Establishes a Federal Agency liaison committee comprised of representatives of Federal agencies for the purpose of keeping the Board fully and currently informed of all relevant activities of Federal agencies, and keeping all agencies fully and currently informed of all activities of the Center. Prescribes the powers and duties of the Board of Trustees including: (1) the designation or establishment of six National Environmental Laboratories in locations subject to the approval, by resolution, of the committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate; (2) to enter into contractual agreements; (3) to establish affiliation with any existing agency or organization; (4) to establish broad policy and directions for the Center and its Laboratories; (5) to accept gifts for deposit in a fund with public disclosure of gifts over five thousand dollars; (6) to obtain grants and to make grants and contracts with other organizations; (7) to make contracts with, and obtain grants from any Federal agency; (8) to act to avoid duplication of environmental research and development activities; (9) to acquire sites99 for the location of National Environmental Laboratories and hold title to equipment including aircraft, vehicles, and vessels; (11) to appoint a General Manager of the Center for administrative purposes; and (12) to appoint and fix compensation for Directors of each national laboratory and such other officers as may be necessary. Describes general areas of environmental concern which the Board shall consider at the time of designating the primary research program for any laboratory established. Sets forth the requirements and duties of the Directors of each National Laboratory established by the Board of Trustees. Provides authority for relocation assistance in the event of land acquisition for the National Environmental Laboratory. Establishes authority to create a special trust fund for the long-term endowment of the Center. Authorizes to be appropriated $50 million for four consecutive fiscal years with such appropriations available only to invest in interest bearing obligations of the United States. Requires the Board to transmit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a statement of the expenditures of any funds derived from the special trust fund. Authorizes the appropriation of $40 million in fiscal year 1973 and $80 million in fiscal year 1974 for the operation of the Center and the National Environmental Laboratories. Requires the General Manager of the Center to transmit annually to the President and to the Congress a report setting forth the expenditures of the Center and a description of the research programs undertaken by the Center. Authorizes the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the environmental research activities of all agencies of the Federal Government and to furnish Congress with an assessment of conflict, overlap, and coordination. Title II: State Environmental Center Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish or designate within each State one State environmental center. Provides that each State environmental center shall: (1) have a nucleus of administrative, professional, scientific, and technical personnel capable of planning, coordinating, and directing comprehensive research programs and the other activities necessary to carry out the purposes of this title; (2) assist and coordinate the research and education capability of educational institutions and other appropriate institutions with the State; (3) be authorized to make grants to, contract with, provide matching funds to, and enter into other arrangements with educational institutions, foundations, private organizations, and individuals whose training, experience, and qualifications are such as to contribute to the work of the State center in furthering the purposes of this title; and (4) be authorized to contract with, make grants to, and accept grants from local, State, and Federal agencies for the purpose of undertaking research, investigations, experiments, and any other activities related to the environment. Provides that each environmental center shall have as one of its principal functions an education extension program. Sets forth areas that the work of the education program shall be directed towards. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Provides that each State environmental center shall transmit annually to the Administrator a report which shall set forth, but not be limited to: (1) an audit of expenditures in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures; (2) bibliographies, with annotations, of research performed; and (3) a description of ongoing research programs. Authorizes to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, $6,250,000, of which $125,000 shall be made available by the Administrator to each State environmental center; of which $175,000 shall be made available by the Administrator to each State environmental center; and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, $8,750,000. fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1974, and of each fiscal year thereafter, $12,500,000, of which $250,000 shall be made available by the Administrator to each State environmental center. Authorizes to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, and for each fiscal year thereafter, $10,000,000, which shall be allocated among the States on the basis of population. Provides that such sums shall be made available only to State environmental centers in those States which provide $1 for each $2 provided.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President should take such steps as may be necessary to assure that any negotiations to terminate hostilities in Indochina include an unqualified demand by the United States for an adequate accounting for all American prisoners of war held by the Government of North Vietnam and forces allied with such Government and all Americans missing in action who have been held by or known to such Government or such forces.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations: (1) establishing the telephone number 911 as the number for emergency telephone calls made anywhere in the United States, (2) requiring every telephone company to establish a system for connecting any emergency telephone call made using such number to an appropriate agency, and (3) defining the term 'emergency telephone call'. Makes it unlawful for any person to willfully make any telephone call using the number 911 if he knows that such telephone call is not an emergency telephone call.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Youth Council Act - Presents the finding of the Congress that the youth of America represents the primary resource of the Nation's future and that better communication with such youth is essential to national health and growth. Requires the President to transmit to Congress annually a report on youth, setting forth: (1) the developments in the interaction between youth and our society; (2) a review of activities as they relate to youth by governmental and nongovernmental entities; and (3) recommendations for remedying problems through improved programs and legislation. Establishes, in the Executive Office of the President, a Council on Youth to be composed of 5 members appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Specifies general qualifications for Council members. Imposes upon the Council the duties of gathering information on the interaction between youth and societal institutions, reviewing Federal programs in youth, making studies, recommending legislation, and making an annual report to the President and Congress. Directs the Council, in carrying out its duties, to consult with representatives of industry, education, the Government and various private institutions and to utilize facilities of agencies and institutions to avoid duplication of effort.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes an executive department to be known as the Department of Health. Provides for a Secretary of Health, an Under Secretary, 7 Assistant Secretaries, and a Chief Medical Officer, all of whom shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the Secretary all functions of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under specified Federal laws. Transfers various functions of the Secretary of HEW in regard to the Public Health Service. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the Department of Education and Welfare. Authorizes the Secretary of Health to appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as are necessary to carry out his functions. Transfers to the Secretary the personnel, property, and authorizations of the Acts and functions listed in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a working capital fund for expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of common administrative services and equipment. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for certain services and supplies for employees and their dependents stationed at remote localities. Provides that the Secretary shall appoint such advisory committees as appropriate for consultation with the Department in the performance of its functions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with educational institutions and public or private agencies for research into problems related to authorized programs. Establishes the National Advisory Commission on Health Planning to be composed of 19 members, which shall conduct a study of the programs of the Department, and shall submit a comprehensive report of its findings and legislative and administrative recommendations to the President, the Secretary, and the Congress. Provides that the Commission shall also conduct a detailed study of the current and future health needs of the United States, and issue a national health plan for health needs over the next ten years. Authorizes expenditures by the Commission not to exceed $5,000,000. Requires the Secretary to make a report in writing to the President for submission to the Congress on the activities of the Department during the preceding fiscal year. Continues all rules, contracts, and privileges effective under any Act previously listed, until suspended. Provides that this Act shall not affect any proceedings pending at the time of enactment. Makes the provisions of this Act effective 90 days after enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that the exemption from the antitrust laws with respect to agreements between persons engaging in professional sports for the purpose of television contracts shall cease to apply with respect to any such game when tickets for admission to such game are no longer available for purchase by the general public forty-eight hours before the scheduled beginning time of such game. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1292)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Big Cypress National Fresh Water Reserve in the State of Florida. Provides for the maintenance of such area in accordance with the laws applicable to the national park system. Provides that owners of improved properties on the date of acquisition may retain the right of use and occupancy of their properties for noncommercial residential purposes for a term of not more than twenty-five years, or for a term ending upon the death of such owner or his spouse. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to permit hunting, fishing, and trapping in the area. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as necessary to carry out the Act not to exceed $156,000,000 for land acquisition purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the establishment of the Florida Frontier Historic Riverway. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides for the designation of the 11th day of November of each year as Veterans Day (previously the fourth Monday in October). (Amends 5 U.S.C. 6103(a))
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