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Bill· HRH.R. 17484 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1974
Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act - Title I: Preservation of Presidential Recordings and Materials - Requires Federal employees to deliver, and the Administrator of General Services to receive, obtain or retain, complete possession and control of all original tape recordings which (1) involve President Richard M. Nixon or others who were at the time Federal employees; (2) were made in the White House or other Presidential offices; and (3) were recorded from January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974. Directs the Administrator to make reasonable efforts to obtain complete possession and control of all materials which constitute the Presidential historical materials of Richard M. Nixon. Stipulates that none of the recordings or other materials shall be destroyed, except as may be provided by law, and that they shall immediately on enactment of this title be made available for use in any judicial proceeding. States that Richard M. Nixon or any person who he may designate in writing shall at all times have access to such materials and that any agency in the executive branch shall have access for current lawful Government use, both of the above subject to regulations which the Administrator shall issue. Authorizes any United States Court which decides that this title has deprived any person of private property without just compensation to pay appropriate amounts from the general fund of the Treasury. Requires the Administrator to submit to each House of Congress within 90 days a report proposing regulations to provide public access to the recordings and other materials. Grants the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction to hear challenges to the validity of this title or any regulation issued under this title. Prescribes the procedure for any such challenge and states that there shall be a right of direct appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Title II: Public Documents Commission - Public Documents Act - Establishes a 17 member commission to be known as the National Study Commission on Federal Records and Documents of Federal Officials, directing such Commission to study problems and questions with respect to the control, disposition, and preservation of records and documents produced by or on behalf of individuals holding Federal office and officers of the Federal Government, with a view toward the development of appropriate legislative recommendations and other appropriate rules and procedures with respect to such control, disposition, and preservation. Sets forth items to be considered by the study, including: (1) whether the historical practice of regarding the records and documents produced by or on behalf of Presidents of the United States should be rejected or accepted and whether such policy should be made applicable with respect to all Federal officials; (2) the recordkeeping procedures of the White House Office, with a view toward establishing means to determine which papers and documents are produced by or on behalf of the President of the United States; (3) the nature of rules and procedures which should apply to the control, disposition, and preservation of papers and documents produced by Presidential task forces, commissions, and boards; and (4) criteria which may be used generally in determining the scope of materials which should be considered to be the papers and documents of Members of Congress. Directs the Administrator of General Services to provide the Commission on a reimbursable basis such administrative support, services, and assistance as the Commission may request. Authorizes the Archivist of the United States to provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis such technical and expert advice, consultation, and support assistance as the Commission may request. Requires the Commission to transmit to the President and to each House of Congress a report not later than March 31, 1976. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (Adds 44 U.S.C. 3315-3324)
Bill· HRH.R. 17382 (93rd)failed
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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 672 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Establishes a target of $297,000,000,000 for outlays under the budget of the United States Government for fiscal year 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 17214 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1974
Provides for the establishment of the Eutaw Springs National Battlefield Park in the State of South Carolina. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 16425 (93rd)passed
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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 590 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1974
Provides that the President should take immediate action to control inflation and allocate credit pursuant to the Credit Control Act by authorizing the Federal Reserve Board to channel extensions of credit toward essential and productive capital investment, low-and middle-income housing, State and local governments, and small business, and away from loans for speculation in real estate and commodities, to finance anticompetitive acquisitions, and for other inflationary purposes.
Bill· HRH.R. 16090 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1974
Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments - Title I: Criminal Code Amendments - Disallows personal political contributions in Federal elections in excess of $1000 to any candidate. Disables polical committee contributions except from the principal campaign committee, contributions in excess of $5,000. Limits aggregate individual contributions in a year to $25,000. Limits nomination expenditures for a Presidential candidate to $10,000,000 and election expenditures to $20,000,000. Limits Senatorial campaign expenditures to the greater of 5 cents times the State population or $75,000; and limits House campaigns to $75,000. Increases such limitations each year by the percentage rise in the Consumer Price Index. Limits a candidate's expenditures from personal fund to $25,000 Increases the fines for violations of such limitations to $25,000 for indivduals; and to $25,000 for banks, corporations and labor organizations, or to $50,000 if willfully done. Prohibits contributions in another's name. Prohibits contributions in cash of more than $100. Prohibits acceptance by Federal officials of honorariums over $1,000 and $10,000 in any year. Redefines political committee. Adds to the exceptions in the definition of contributions, and in that of expenditures. States that Federal election law shall not be interpreted as disallowing corporations and labor organizations from establishing separate funds for influencing the election of a candidate. Title II: Disclosure of Federal Campaign Funds - Requires candidates to designate a principal campaign committee to make expenditures and file reports required by law. Sets dates for filing such reports in quarters where contributions or expenditures exceed $1,000. Requires that the supervisory officer (Clerk of the House or Secretary of the Senate) notify the Rules Committee of the Senate or House Administration Committee before prescribing rules or regulations. Creates the Board of Supervisory Officers among specified Congressional and executive officials and other citizens. Instructs the Board to formulate policy and review actions of supervisory officers relating to election laws, to conduct investigations and hearings, report violations, and report annually on its activities. Requires supervisory officers to report election law violations to the Board, which shall attempt to settle by conciliation and persuasion before reporting to law enforcement officials. Authorizes judicial review of the election law provisions. Authorizes necessary appropriations to the Board and supervisory officers. Title III: General Provisions - Requires indictment within three years of violation of election law if a party is to be prosecuted. Approves disqualification from candidacy of Federal officials failing to file required election reports. Title IV: Amendments to Other Laws; Effective Dates - Permits State and local officials to be nonpartisan candidates. Repeals communications media expenditure limitations provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. Entitles major party Presidential candidates to a total of $20,000,000 from the Election Campaign Fund. Entitles major party Presidential conventions to $2,000,000 from such Fund. Specifies amounts for minor party conventions. Limits expenditures by parties for conventions. Prescribes allowable expenses for convention purposes. Exempts political committees from filing tax forms. Adds "Chapter 97-Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account," entitled the "Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act" to the Internal Revenue Code. Refines terms used in such Act. Sets forth eligibility requirements for payments from the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account, including agreement by candidates to furnish records to the Comptroller General. Entitles primary election candidates to allotments from such account to match their other contributions. Sets expenditure limits of $10,000,000, for Presidential primary candidates. Limits payments to any candidate to 25 percent of the amount in such Account, and to candidates from any one pary to 45 percent of such amount. Requires an audit by the Comptroller General of candidate expenditures and repayment by candidates of excess amounts and misused amounts. Requires Congressional approval of the Comproller General's procedures under this Act. Sets forth penalties for violations of such primary election law provisions.
Bill· HRH.R. 15686 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974
Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is especially appropriate to honor former President Harry S. Truman through the creation of a perpetual educational scholarship program to develop increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare and pursue careers in public service. Establishes as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, to be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. Authorizes the Foundation to award fifty-one scholarships in any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1973, for undergraduate study for persons who plan to pursue a career in public service. States that each recipient shall be knows as a Truman scholar. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the scholarship requirements; (2) the procedures for selection of Truman scholars; (3) stipends and institutional allowances; and (4) the scholarship conditions. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. Prescribes the procedures for expenditures from the fund. Directs that there shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation, appointed by the Board, who shall be the chief executive officer and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 to the fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 15578 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1974
Small Business Amendments - Makes technical changes to the Small Business Act in terms of program funding, repayments to revolving funds, and program ceilings, transferring to the Small Business Act authority previously embodied in title IV of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Removes loans under title IV of the Economic Opportunity Act as permissible loans from the business loan and investment fund of the Small Business Administration. Limits the amount of loans, guarantees, and other obligations of the Small Business Administration that may be outstanding at one time. Empowers the Small Business Administration to make or guarantee loans, with particular emphasis on the preservation or establishment of small business concerns located in urban or rural areas with high proportions of unemployed or low-income individuals or owned by low-income individuals. Provides that in the case of loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration pursuant to the Small Business Act, for purpose of which the participating institution has made a valid demand under the terms of the guarantee, a rate of interest not to exceed that charged by the institution may continue to be charged by the SBA for the remaining term of the outstanding indebtedness. Empowers the Administrator of the Administration to make such investigations as he deems necessary to determine whether a recipient of or participant of any assistance under this Act or any other person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitue or will constitue a violation of any provision of this Act, or of any rule or regulation under this Act. Creates within the Treasury, under the Small Business Investment Act, separate funds for guarantees which shall be available to the Administrator without fiscal year limitation as revolving funds for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the funds from time time in such amounts not to exceed $10,000,000 for the lease fund and $35,000,000 for the surety bond fund to provide capital for the fund. Authorizes Administration loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) to assist, or refinance the existing indebtedness of, any small business concern seriously and adversely affected by a shortage of fuel, electrical energy, or energy-producing resources, or by a shortage of raw or processed materials resulting from such shortages. Directs the Administrator to designate an individual within the Administration to be known as the Chief Counsel for Advocacy and to perform the following duties: (1) serve as a focal point for the receipt of complaints, criticisms and suggestions concerning the policies and activities of the Administration and any other Federal agency which affects small businesses; (2) counsel small businesses on how to resolve questions and problems concerning the relationship of the small business to the Federal Government; and (3) represent the views and interests of small businesses before other Federal agencies whose policies and activities may affect small businesses.
Bill· HRH.R. 15361 (93rd)passed
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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 523 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1037 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Designates the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide for the care, maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the official residence and grounds. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that living accommodations, generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided for the Chief of Naval Operations. Repeals the Federal law authorizing the planning, design, construction, furnishing, and maintenance of an official residence for the Vice President of the United States.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 508 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1121 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism in the Middle East; (2) the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to (a) call upon all governments to condemn this inhuman act of violence against innocent victims; and (b) strongly urge the governments who harbor these groups and individuals to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terrorism and senseless violence; and (3) the President should request the American Ambassador to the United Nations to take appropriate action before that body in order to have introduced a Security Council resolution condemning this brutal act of violence.
Bill· HRH.R. 13081 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Prohibits the exportation of fertilizer from the United States until the Secretary of Agriculture determines that an adequate domestic supply of fertilizer exists.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 920 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Directs the Secretary of State to keep the appropriate committees of Congress fully and currently imformed of the ongoing status of any negotiations with any foreign government, regarding the cancellation, renegotiation, rescheduling, or settlement of any debt owed to the United States Government by such foreign governments under any program.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 862 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the 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 Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
Bill· HRH.R. 12761 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Federal Paperwork Burden Relief Act - Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the reporting requirements of Federal regulatory programs to determine the extent to which these requirements may be revised to lessen the burden upon small and independent business establishments. Requires the Comptroller General to report the results of such study to the Congress one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 847 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the 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 Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
Bill· HRH.R. 12460 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Designates November 11 of each year as Veterans Day and makes such a day a legal public holiday.
Bill· HRH.R. 11549 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Excludes, under the Internal Revenue Code in the case of a physician, dentist, or optometrist who engages in the practice of medicine, dentistry, or optometry, respectively, in a physician shortage area the gross income at the election of the taxpayer of the adjusted gross practice income from such practice in such area to the extent of: (1) $20,000 during the first taxable year of such practice; (2) $15,000 during the second taxable year of such practice; (3) 10,000 during the third taxable year of such practice; (4) $7,500 during the fourth taxable year of such practice; and (5) $5,000 during the fifth taxable year of such practice. States that such exclusion shall apply to a physician, dentist, or optometrist with respect to practice in a physician shortage area only if he continuously engages in such practice for at least 2 years, commencing with the day on which he first engages in such practice. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall, on or before November 1 of each year (beginning with 1974), certify the physician shortage areas (if any) in each State for the following calendar year.
Bill· HRH.R. 11032 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Interim Fisheries Zone Extension and Management Act - Extends the jurisdiction of the United States over specified ocean areas and fish for purposes of protecting the domestic fishing industry. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research in order to promote the conservation of fish originating in the United States territorial sea and contiguous fisheries zone. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 10840 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Provides salary increases for members of the police force of the Library of Congress. (Amends 2 U.S.C. 167)
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 731 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that nothing contained in the U.S. Constitution shall abridge the right of persons lawfully assembled, in any public building which is supported in whole or in part through the expenditure of public funds, to participate in voluntary prayer.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 295 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Provides that the two Houses of Congress shall adjourn on Thursday, November 1, 1973, and when they adjourn on that day, they stand adjourned sine die.
Bill· HRH.R. 9989 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to report to the Congress on whether there is any necessity for establishing maximum charges for real estate settlement services. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, to develop and prescribe a standard form for the statement of settlement costs which shall be used as the standard real estate settlement form in all transactions in the United States which involve federally related mortgage loans. Requires such form to conspicuously and clearly itemize the charges imposed upon both the borrower and the seller in connection with the settlement. Directs the Secretary to prepare and distribute special booklets to help persons borrowing money to finance the purchase of residential real estate to better understand the nature and costs of real estate settlement services. Requires lenders to provide the booklet to each person from whom it receives an application to borrow money to finance the purchase of residential real estate. Requires lenders agreeing to make a federally related mortgage loan to provide to the prospective borrower, and to any officer or agency of the Federal Government proposing to insure, guarantee, supplement, or assist such loan, at least ten days prior to settlement, an itemized disclosure in writing of each charge arising in connection with such settlement. Prohibits any person from giving and accepting any fee, kickback, or thing of value pursuant to any agreement or understanding, oral or otherwise, involving a federally related mortgage loan. Prescribes limits on the amounts a lender, in connection with a federally related mortgage loan, shall require the borrower or prospective borrower to deposit in any escrow account which may be established in connection with such loan for the purpose of assuring payment of taxes and insurance premiums with respect to the property. Prohibits a lender from making any commitment for a federally related mortgage loan unless it has confirmed that the specified information has been disclosed in writing by the seller or his agent to the buyer. Directs the Secretary to establish and place in operation on a demonstration basis in various areas of the United States, a model system or systems for the recordation of land parcels in a manner and form calculated to facilitate and simplify land transfers and mortgage transactions and reduce the cost thereof. Authorizes and directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to conduct a study of escrow accounts maintained by lenders in connection with mortgage loans which require borrowers to make periodic prepayment of taxes, insurance, and other items with respect to residential real property, in order to determine the feasibility of requiring lenders to pay interest on such accounts. Establishes specified penalties for violations of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9640 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a board of trustees. Provides that such board shall be composed of four members appointed by the President, eight members appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the Librarian of Congress ex officio and the director of the center ex officio. Authorizes the centers to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, revitalize and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years. States that such research or training may be extended to a period not to exceed five years with the concurrance of at least two-thirds of the members of the board. Provides that no former employee of the Federal government shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the center to submit to the Library of Congress, for inclusion in its annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9563 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protect against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless the financial records are described with particularity and: (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act; (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide to a Federal agency or employee, or to any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas and summons and judicial subpenas. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may not require an institution to maintain any financial records or to transmit any reports relating to customers unless: (1) such records are required for use by a supervisory agency in the supervision of that institution; or (2) such records are required to be maintained by the Internal Revenue Code. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 9497 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Increases the monthly rates of Veteran's disability and death pensions and dependency and indemnity compensation.
Bill· HRH.R. 9368 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1973
Establishes land use criteria in the District of Columbia wherever a specified private land assembly is within 500 lineal feet of a portal of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority system. Provides that the Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall receive applications and issue permits for the erection of buildings on land areas qualifying under the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 8944 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels be at least 25 per cent after June 30, l975, and at least 30 per cent after June 30, l977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241))
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 256 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Provides for the printing as a House document of a revised edition of the House document "Our American Government What Is It? How Does It Work?".
Bill· HRH.R. 8470 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Increases the appropriations authorized under the Small Business Act. Empowers the Small Business Administration to make disaster loans necessary to assist small business concerns in effecting plant alterations imposed pursuant to Federal law. States that the interest rate for such loans may not be lower than the rate for loans made in connection with physical disasters. Provides that the Small Business Administration may cancel $2,500 of specified loans, and/or reduce the interest rate, when such loans were made in connection with a disaster occurring between April 20, 1973, and July 1, 1975. Expands disaster loans to include loans: (1) to persons raising livestock who suffer substantial economic injury as a result of animal disease; (2) for erosion disasters; and (3) to assist small businesses who have suffered economic injury as the result of the closing by the Federal government of a major military institution, or as a result of a severe reduction in the scope of operations at a military installation. Requires the Small Business Administration to make an annual report to the President, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the state of small business. Provides that the Administrator shall not discriminate against any person or small business concern, nor discriminate in favor of any person or small business concern receiving assistance from the Small Business Administration based on race, color, creed or national origin.
Bill· HRH.R. 7891 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1973
Provides, under the Small Business Act, that the term "small business concern" shall include a nonprofit organization providing economic benefit or valuable service to its members.
Law· HRH.R. 6883 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, because of natural disaster to a farm or portion thereof, to transfer land alloted to peanut acreage to another farm in the county when each crop cannot be timely planted or replanted in such year. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer all or a part of the rice acreage allotment for any farm in the county or adjoining county affected by natural disaster.
Bill· HRH.R. 6909 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any trademark licensing contract or agreement for the manufacture, distribution and sale of a trademarked food product shall not be deemed unlawful, if (A) such product is in free and open competition with products of the same general class manufactured, distributed, and sold by others; (B) the licensee is in free and open competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (C) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act. (Amends l5 U.S.C. 41).
Bill· HRH.R. 6910 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Provides that no license granted for the operation of a broadcasting station under the Communications Act of 1934 shall be for a longer term than five years. Provides for renewal of such license where the Federal Communications Commission finds that the public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served. Provides that an applicant for renewal who is legally, financially and technically qualified shall be awarded the license if such applicant shows that its broadcast service during the preceding license period has reflected a good-faith effort to serve the needs and interests of its area as represented in its immediately preceding and pending license renewal application and if it has not demonstrated a callous disregard for law or the Commission's regulations.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 188 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Permits a former President and his surviving spouse to send mail within the United States as franked mail, and international mail under the marking "Postage and Fees Paid" in the manner prescribed by the Postal Service. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3214) Specifies that the postage on such mailed matter shall be paid by reimbursement of the postal revenues each fiscal year out the general funds of the Treasury. (Amends 39 U.S.C. 3216)
Bill· HRH.R. 6452 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1973
Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, under the Urban Mass Transportation Act, to make grants to assist States and local public bodies and agencies thereof in the payment of operating expenses incurred in connection with the provision of mass transportation service in urban areas. Requires a State or public body or agency to submit a comprehensive mass transportation service improvement plan to qualify for such assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Increases to 80 percent the Federal share of projects other than projects for the paying of operating expenses. Increases to $6,100,000,000 the obligations the Secretary may incure to finance urban mass transportation projects under the Act. Provides that no financial assistance shall be provided under this Act to any State or local public body or agency thereof with respect to any project unless there has been established by the State or locality involved a Mass Transportation Advisory Council to advise and assist such State or local public body or agency in the establishment of policies and the making of decisions involving mass transportation service in the area involved. Provides that no financial assistance shall be provided under the Act to any State or local public body or agency thereof which engages directly or indirectly in the transporting of schoolchildren and school personnel to and from school and school-authorized functions, or proposes to expand present routes, schedules, service, or facilities for the purpose of providing transportation for schoolchildren and school personnel to and from school and school-authorized functions, in competition with or supplementary to the service currently provided by a private transportation company, or other person, engaged in so transporting such schoolchildren and school personnel.
Bill· HRH.R. 6168 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Freezes, under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, all prices and interest rates at levels no higher than those prevailing on March 16, 1973. Authorizes the President to roll back prices and interest rates to levels lower than those prevailing on such date. Provides for the stabilization of rents at levels prevailing on January 10, 1973. Authorizes the President to roll back rents to levels lower than those prevailing on such date. Provides for the regulation of credit for commodity futures trading by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Establishes in the legislative branch an Officer of Consumer Counselor. Provides the Consumer Counselor with duties to carry out the provisions of this Act. Extends for one year (to 1974) the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970.
Bill· HRH.R. 5704 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes each executive agency, under the Federal Property and Administration Services Act of 1949, to furnish excess property to any grantee under a program established by law and for which funds are appropriated by the Congress if the head of that executive agency determines that the use of excess property by that grantee will: (1) expand the ability of that grantee to carry out the purposes for which the grant was made; (2) result in a reduction in the cost to the Government of the grant; or (3) result in an enhancement in the product or benefit from the grant.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 287 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1973
Makes it the sense of the House of Representatives that should United States gold be offered for public sale, the sale of such gold must be restricted to the domestic market and American citizens for a period of 30 days before being offered on the world market.
Bill· HRH.R. 3920 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Act for Freedom of Emigration in East-West Trade - States that after October 15, 1972, products from any nonmarket economy country shall not be eligible to receive most-favored-nation treatment, such country 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, and the President of the United States shall not conclude any commercial agreement with any such country during the period beginning with the date on which the President determines that such country: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration, for any purpose or cause whatsoever; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Provides that, before any of the aforementioned commercial agreements are entered into with any foreign country, the President shall submit to the Congress a report indicating that such country is not in violation of any of the requirements of the preceding paragraph.
Bill· HRH.R. 2645 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Voluntary Military Special Pay Act - Sets forth special pay rates of officers of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corps, officers of the Air Force designated as medical officers or dental officers, and medical and dental officers of the Public Health Service. Authorizes a member of a uniformed service who has completed at least 21 months of active duty, who has a critical military skill, and who reenlists in the service to be paid an incentive amount, not to exceed six months of the basic pay to which he was entitled at the time of his discharge or release, multiplied by the number of years of additional obligated service, not to exceed 6 years, or $15,000, whichever is the lesser amount. Provides that a person who enlists in an armed force for a period of at least 3 years, or who extends his initial period of active duty in that armed force to a total of at least 3 years, may be paid an incentive amount of up to $3,000. Grants special incentive pay, not to exceed $12,000 annually, for officers of the uniformed services in critical health professions, who execute written agreements to remain on continuous active duty for a specified number of years. Requires an annual report on this special pay program to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services. Authorizes special incentive pay, not to exceed $4,000 annually, for officers of armed forces who agree to serve on continuous active duty in a critical shortage specialty for a period of between one to six years. Provides for special incentive pay at specified rates for specified periods for participants in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force. Sets forth conditions participants must meet for eligibility. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 302, 308, 308a, 311, 313, 314)
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