United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1974
Meetinghouse Preservation Act - States that the purpose of this Act is: (1) to celebrate the Bicentennial of this country through the preservation within each of the several States of a historic site that might otherwise be lost; (2) to provide a meetingplace in each of the several States for those citizens interested in retaining their tangible, indigenous heritage, whether historic, cultural, or natural, in planning for future changes and developments, and (3) to give existing State programs involved with preserving of historic and architecturally important structures an illustration of the best possible techniques used in the preservation of such historic sites and structures, and the multiple, significant ways in which such sites and structures can be used. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to each of the several States for the purpose of enabling each State to acquire and restore an historic site within each State for use as a meetinghouse in accordance with the provisions of this Act, except that no grant to any one State shall exceed $1,000,000. Provides that any application for a grant under this Act shall contain an estimated budget of various acquisition, restoration, and maintenance expenses. Sets forth provisions governing the approval of any application. Establishes a Meetinghouse Coordination Board to review each application made in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the purpose of making recommendations to the Secretary as to which of the historic site or sites contained in such application should be approved by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Eastern Wilderness Areas Act - Designates specified lands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for a study of specified additional lands in 18 States and Puerto Rico for such inclusion. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Provides for the establishment of the Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland; John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon; Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, North Dakota; Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Massachusetts; Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Alabama; and Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, New York.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Authorizes the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to make investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction, attend conferences, and conduct inspections outside the United States. States that funds authorized are for expenses incurred in the committee's activities within the United States; however, local currencies owned by the United States shall be made available to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and employees engaged in carrying out their official duties for the purposes of carrying out the committee's authority to travel outside the United States. Sets forth conditions governing the use of local currencies owned by the United States by members and employees of the committee.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Provides for the establishment of the Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland; John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon; Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, North Dakota; Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Massachusetts; Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Alabama; and Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, New York.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Provides for the termination of oil and gas leases granted with respect to land in the Ocala National Forest in Florida. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay just compensation for such terminated leases.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
States, that the further expenses of the investigations and studies to be conducted pursuant to H.Res. 163, 93d Congress, by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, not to exceed $802,000, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House on vouchers authorized by such committee, signed by the chairman of such committee, and approved by the Committee on House Administration. Provides that not to exceed $50,000 of the amount provided by this resolution may be used to procure the temporary or intermittent services of individual consultants or organizations thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Designates specified lands in Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Carolina within the National Wildlife Refuge System as wilderness areas. Designates specified lands in California and Montana within the National Forest System as wilderness areas. Provides that all primitive area classifications of areas herein designated as wilderness are abolished. Provides that the wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be goverened by the appropriate provisions of the Wilderness Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
International Salinity Control Project, Colorado River - Authorizes the Secretary of State, through the Commissioner of the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, who shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior and may delegate such authority to the Secretaries of Agriculture, the Army, and the Interior, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to: (1) construct, operate, and maintain a desalting complex, including a desalting plant within the boundaries of the United States and a bypass drain for the discharge of the reject stream from the plant and other Wellton-Mohawk drain water to the Santa Clara Slough in Mexico, with the part in Mexico to be constructed by the appropriate agencies of the Government of Mexico with funds transferred through the Commission; (2) accelerate cooperative management programs with the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District; (3) acquire lands or interest in lands within the Wellton-Mohawk division, Gila project, to reduce the seventy-five thousand irrigable acres known as the Gila River Reauthorization Act, and to dispose of or use such lands or interests therein on terms consistent with the objective of this Act; (4) assist water users in the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District in installing onfarm systems, as a means of reducing saline drainage flows through improved irrigation efficiencies; (5) reduce repayment obligations of the district to the United States under existing contracts; (6) contract with the Coachella Valley County Water District to provide for reimbursement by the United States for its use of the water saved through the rehabilitation and betterment of the Coachella Canal as a temporary source of water for meeting the obligations of minute numbered 242; (7) reduce repayment obligations of the Imperial Irrigation District to the United States under existing contracts; (8) acquire lands or interest in lands within the Imperial Irrigation District on the East Imperial Mesa which receive, or which have been granted rights to receive, water from the Imperial Irrigation District's capacity in the Coachella Canal and to dispose of or use such lands or interests therein on terms consistent with the obligations of minute numbered 242; and (9) acquire on behalf of the United States such lands or interest in lands in the Painted Rock Reservoir as may be necessary to operate the project in accordance with the obligations of minute numbered 242. States that unless otherwise specified in this Act, all costs associated with carrying out this Act shall be borne by the United States, except that nothing in number 4 above will relieve water users of costs required to be incurred for complying with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the use of the United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, such funds as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1974
Veterans' Education and Rehabilitation Amendments Act - Increases the rates of educational assistance payable to veterans. Establishes the Vietnam Era Veterans Communication Center within the Veterans' Administration for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of Veterans' Administration programs for making veterans aware of benefits and services available to them under the veterans laws.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Alaska Conservation Act - Provides for the addition of specified lands in the State of Alaska to the National Park, National Wildlife Refuge, National Forest, and Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems. Title I: National Park System - Adds specified areas to the existing Mount McKinley and Katmai National Parks. Establishes nine new areas in Alaska as national monuments, parks, rivers and reserves. Sets forth general administration provisions governing such areas, including: (1) boundaries and acquisition of property; (2) applicability of mining and mineral leasing laws; (3) sport hunting; (4) subsistence uses; (5) cooperative agreements; and (6) wilderness review for suitability of such areas. Designates seven additions to the Wild and Scenic River System. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this title. Title II: National Wildlife Refuge System - Establishes twelve national wildlife refuges, one national arctic range and one national resource range. Sets forth general administrative procedures governing such lands. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title III: National Forest System - Establishes the Wrangell Mountains, Porcupine and Yukon - Kuskokwim National Forests. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Title IV: Additions to National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Located Outside National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, and National Forests - Designates specified streams, rivers, and segments in Alaska as scenic rivers. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Creates a select committee to be composed of nine Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Provides that any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the role of the oil and gas industry in contributing to the current energy crisis. States that for the purpose of carrying out this resolution the committee, or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the committee to hold hearings, is authorized to sit and act during the present Congress at such times and places within the United States, including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as it deems necessary; except that neither the committee nor any subcommittee thereof may sit while the House is meeting unless special leave to sit shall have been obtained from the House. Provides that subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. Directs the committee to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable. States that any such report which is made when the House is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Marine Resources Conservation and Development Act - Provides for the distribution of revenues from outer continental shelf lands. Creates a Marine Resources Conservation and Development Fund to be available for use for broad and varied marine resources conservation and development programs and costs of their administration.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1973
Emergency Chlorine Allocation Act - Declares that there is a national shortage of chlorine and other chemicals and substances used for safe drinking water and for waste water treatment purposes and that such shortage presents a substancial threat to the public health. Revises the Public Health Service Act by providing that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall promulgate regulations providing for mandatory allocation of chlorine, activated carbon, lime, ammonia, soda ash, or other chemical or substance used in the treatment of drinking water or waste water, such regulations to only apply to chlorine unless the other chemicals are also found to be in short supply. Authorizes the Administrator to hold such hearings and receive such evidence as he deems necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to gather such information from and make such inspections of producers and importers of chlorine or other allocated chemicals as are necessary to carry out this Act. Provides penalties for failure to comply with regulations promulgated under this Act. Provides that no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey to any person subject to the Act immunity from civil or criminal liability, or to create defenses to actions, under the antitrust laws. Sets forth exceptious to the antitrust provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Requires that no test ranges or facilities which are required for defense programs of the military services of the United States may be released by the Department of Defense for purposes of oil drilling or exploration until: (1) a determination has been made by the Secretary of Defense that there is not a military requirement for the test range or facility involved; and (2) until full and complete environmental studies have been made, by the Environmental Protection Agency, and approved by the Appropriations and Armed Services Committees of the Congress; or (3) unless such leasing is directed by the President as essential to national defense interests.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Declares it to be the sense of the House that the President, acting in accordance with the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength, and under existing authority, should continue to transfer to Israel the Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the attack and to offset the military equipment and supplies furnished to the Arab States by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that the President, acting in accordance with the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength, and under existing authority, should continue to transfer to Israel aircraft and other military equipment needed by Israel to repel the Arab attack. Provides that the House of Representatives urges the President of the United States, in cooperation with other interested governments, to give highest priority to ending hostilities and restoring peace in the Middle East through negotiated settlement by the parties involved.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 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))
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to sell reserved phosphate interests of the United States in certain lands in Florida to John Carter and Martha B. Carter.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1973
Eastern Wilderness Amendments - Designates various national forest areas as wilderness areas. Designates specified areas for review by the Secretary of Agriculture as to their suitability for additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and directs the Secretary to manage such areas to maintain their potential for such addition until Congress has acted regarding them. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, through publication in the Federal Register, to designate national forest system areas other than those specified in this Act for review as to suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness. Provides that federally owned lands within such national forest system areas designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, or lands hereafter acquired within the boundaries of such areas, are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the mining laws, and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing and all amendments thereto. Provides that upon termination of existing permits, the commercial grazing of livestock shall not be permitted within such wilderness areas.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Establishes the Big Cypress National Preserve in the State of Florida. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $116,000,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands, and an amount not to exceed $900,000 for development.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Establishes the Big Cypress National Preserve in the State of Florida. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $116,000,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands, and an amount not to exceed $900,000 for development.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Establishes the Big Cypress National Preserve in the State of Florida. Authorizes to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $116,000,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands, and an amount not to exceed $900,000 for development.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to the feasibility of establishing the Bartram Trail as a national scenic trail.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1973
Veterans Housing Act - Authorizes increases in the amount limitations of veterans home loan programs. Eliminates specific provisions pertaining to dormant farm and business loans.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1973
Veterans Health Care Expansion Act - Title I: Hospital, Domiciliary, and Medical Care Benefits - Extends the definition of "private facilities" for which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs contract in order to provide hospital care to include facilities for the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, pemanent in nature, resulting from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Includes in the term "hospital care" mental health services, consultation, professional counseling, and training of a veteran or dependent, or survivor if the veteran has no dependents, as may be necessary or appropriate to the effective treatment and rehabilitation of such individual. Adds home health services which the Administrator deems appropriate for the effective and economical treatment of a disability of a veteran, or dependent, or survivor, to the definition of the term "medical services." Extends to all veterans hospital or nursing home care if such veteran is unable to defray the expenses of the necessary care. Allows the Administrator to furnish hospital or nursing home care to the wife or child of a veteran who has a total disability, permanent in nature from a service connected disability, and the widow or child of a veteran who died from such a disability. Permits the Administrator to furnish medical services for any disability on an outpatient or ambulatory basis for persons already described in this Act and to any veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at eighty percent or more. Provides that any veteran entitled to a prosthetic appliance shall be furnished such fitting and training in its use as necessary. Authorizes the Administrator, under such regulations as he might prescribe, to reimburse veterans entitled to hospital care or medical services for the reasonable value of such care or services for which such veterans have made payment from sources other than the Veterans' Administration. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 628) Authorizes the President to assist the Republic of the Philippines in providing medical care and treatment for Commonwealth Army veterans and new Philippine Scouts under certain conditions. (Amend 38 U.S.C. 631) Provides that the President may authorize the Administrator to enter into a contract with the Veterans Memorial Hospital, with the approval of the appropriate department of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines under which the United States: (1) will pay for hospital care in the Republic of the Philippines, or for medical services which shall be provided either in Veterans' Administration facilities, or by contract, or otherwise, by the Administrator in accordance with the conditions and limitations applicable generally to beneficiaries under this title for commwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator in accordance with the conditions and limitations applicable generally to beneficiaries under this title, for service-connected disabilities; (2) will pay for hospital care at the Veterans Memorial Hospital for Commonwealth Army veterans determined by the Administrator to need such care for non-service-connected disabilities if they are unable to defray the expenses of necessary hospital care; and (3) may provide for payments for nursing home care for any Commonwealth Army veteran or new Philippine Scout and for payments for hospital care and for medical services consisting of medical supplies and equipment. Provides that the total of the payments authorized under this section for Philippine veterans shall not exceed $2,000,000 for any one fiscal year ending before 1978. Authorizes to be appropriated for each fiscal year ending with 1978, $100,000 to be used for the education and training of health service personnel at the hospital, and for the upgrading of equipment and in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of the Veterans Memorial Hospital. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 632) Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a comprehensive program providing sickle cell anemia screening, counseling, and treatment and to carry out research and research training in the diagnosis, treatment, and control of sickle cell anemia based upon such screening examinations and treatment. Requires the Administrator to include such information in his annual report to Congress. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 651-654) Title II: Amendments to Chapter 73 of Title 38, United States Code Relating to the Department of Medicine and Surgery - Authorizes the Administrator to carry out a major program of recruitment, training, and employment of veterans with various medical military occupation specialties in order to provide a complete medical and hospital service for the medical care and treatment of veterans and to assist in providing an adequate supply of health manpower to the nation. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4101(b)) Establishes pay schedules for Assistant Chief Medical Directors, physicians and dentists, and nurses. Provides criteria on which nurses are to receive additional compensation for holiday and overtime work. Enumerates restrictions on physicians, dentists, and nurses, including requirements that no such person may: (1) assume responsibility for the medical care of any patient other than a patient admitted for treatment at a Veterans' Administration facility, except in those cases where the individual, upon request and with the approval of the Chief Medical Director, assumes such responsibilities to assist communities or medical practice groups to meet medical needs which would not otherwise be available for a period not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days, which may be extended by the Chief Medical Director for additional periods not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days each; (2) teach or provide consultative services at any affiliated institution for the benefit of such institution, or for his personal benefit, or both. Provides that temporary full-time appointments of personnel, other than physicians, dentists, and nurses, shall not exceed one year. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 4114(a)(3)(A)) Provides that the Administrator may contract with one or more hospitals, medical schools, or medical installations having hospital facilities and participating with the Veterans' Administration in the training of interns or residents to provide for the central administration of stipend payments, provision of fringe benefits, and maintenance of records for such interns and residents by the designation of one such institution to serve as a central administrative agency for this purpose. Permits the Administrator to pay to such designated agency, without regard to any other law or regulation governing the expenditure of Government moneys either in advance or in arrears, all amounts to cover the costs for the period such intern or resident serves in a Veterans' Administration hospital. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 4114(b) (2)) Title III: Amendments to Chapter 81 of Title 38, United States Code, Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domicilliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply - Requires the Administrator to provide for sufficient operating beds in Veterans' Administration Hospitals to accomodate eligible applying veterans and to report annually to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs. Authorizes the Administrator to establish and operate not less than eight thousand beds for the furnishing of nursing home care to eligible veterans over which the Administrator has direct and exclusive jurisdiction. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001(a)) Requires the Administrator to appoint an Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Veterans' Administration Facilities to advise him on all matters of structural safety in the construction and remodeling of Veterans' Administration facilities. (Amends 38 U.S.C. 5001(b)) Title IV: Miscellaneous Amendments to Title 38 United States Code - Specifies certain miscellaneous amendments to title 38 of the United States Code. Title V: Effective Dates - Specifies the dates on which the provisions of this Act shall become effective.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Establishes in the State of Florida the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge. Specifies the dimensions of the Wildlife Refuge, and authorizes such appropriations as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that drivers of motor vehicles should be encouraged to travel at a speed no greater than ten miles per hour less than the posted speed limit, on any road where the posted speed limit is fifty-five miles per hour or greater.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1973
Establishes in the State of Florida the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge. Specifies the dimensions of the Wildlife Refuge, and authorizes such appropriations as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Makes it the policy of the Congress that our fishing industry be afforded all support necessary to have it strengthened, and all steps be taken to provide adequate protection for our coastal fisheries against excessive foreign fishing. Declares that the Congress recognizes, encourages, and intends to support the key responsibilities of the several States for conservation and scientific management of fisheries resources within United States territorial waters, and that the Congress particularly commends Federal programs designed to improve coordinated protection, enhancement, and scientific management of all United States fisheries, both coastal and distant, including presently successful Federal aid programs under the Commercial Fisheries, Research and Development Act of 1964, and the newly developing Federal-State fisheries management programs.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1973
Prohibits the United States from furnishing, under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, or any authority of law, any assistance to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
States that a household shall not participate in the food stamp program while any of its members is on strike. Provides that such ineligibility shall not apply to any household that was eligible for and participating in the food stamp program immediately prior to the start of such strike, dispute, or other similar action in which any member of such household engages. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2014, 2012)
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1973
Federal Employees Freedom of Choice Act - Specifies that each employee of the Federal Government shall have the right, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, to form, join and assist a labor organization or to refrain from any such activity, and shall be protected in the exercise of this right.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Extends until November 1, 1978, the existing exemption of the steamboat Delta Queen from vessel laws requiring fire-retardant material to be used in the construction of large vessels. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 369(b))
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Deepwater Pool Facilities Act. Provides that no citizen of the United States may construct or operate or make any significant addition to a deepwater port facility without first receiving a license from the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary to issue to any citizen of the United States a license to construct or operate a deepwater port facility if he first determines that: (1) the applicant is financially responsible and has demonstrated his ability and willingness to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and license conditions; (2) the construction and operation of the proposed deepwater port facility will not unreasonably interfere with international navigation or other reasonable uses of the high seas, and is consistent with the international obligations of the United States; and (3) the facility will be located, constructed, or operated in a manner which will minimize or prevent any adverse significant environmental effects. Directs the Secretary not to issue a license in any case where the President determines that it would be contrary to the national security of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to issue reasonable rules and regulations governing application for and issuance of licenses and the construction and operation of deepwater port facilities under this Act. Declares that an application filed with the Secretary for a license under this Act shall constitute an application for all Federal authorizations required for construction and operation of a deepwater port facility. States that any person adversely affected by an order of the Secretary granting or denying a license may within sixty days after such order is issued seek judicial review thereof in the United States court of appeals for the circuit nearest to wich the facility is sought to be located. Directs the Secretary to prescribe by regulation the procedures, including appropriate charges, for the submission and consideration of applications for licenses. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides that whenever a licensee fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any rule, regulation, restriction, or condition made or imposed by the Secretary under the authority of this Act or fails to pay any civil penalty assessed by the Secretary except where a proceeding for judicial review of such assessment is pending, the Secretary may file an appropriate action in a United States district court to (1) suspend operations under the license or (2) if such failure is knowing and continues for a period of thirty days after the Secretary mails notice of such failure by registered letter to the licensee at his post office address, revoke such license.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: (1) shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, substance, or ingredient of any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage; and (2) shall not require a warning label on any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Establishes the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration; an American Revolutionary Bicentennial Advisory Council; a Federal Agency Bicentennial Organization; and the American Revolution Bicentennial Board. Sets forth the duties and functions of these bodies. Provides that the Council, Board, Federal Organization, and the Administration shall cease on and after December 31, 1976. Authorizes appropriations for such bodies. Establishes the Joint Committee on the American Revolution Bicentennial. Provides that the Committee shall make a continuing study of the activities of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Requires periodic reports by the Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Provides for the establishment of the Cuyahoga Valley National Historical Park and Recreation Area between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire necessary land, and to administer the park. Establishes the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Recreation Commission to assist the Secretary in his responsibilities under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to preserve Egmont Key, Florida. Authorizes such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
National Catastrophic Disaster Insurance Act - Establishes a program of Federal insurance against catastrophic natural disasters and other such disasters utilizing the private insurance industry, particularly risk-sharing pools of insurance companies, while preserving State regulation. Establishes, within the office of the Federal Insurance Administrator in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the position of Assistant Insurance Administrator for Disaster Insurance, who shall head an office of Federal Disaster Insurance. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) impose and collect an insurance premium surcharge which may not exceed 5 percent and may vary on a statewide regional, country wide basis, or any combination of these; (2) determine and prescribe the terms, conditions, and limitations of the catastrophic disaster insurance program as provided under this Act; (3) purchase reinsurance to the extent deemed appropriate and available; (4) make such disbursements from a special fund established in the U.S. Treasury for operations under this Act in order to reimburse insurance companies in full for claims paid by them for covered losses under the Act's program and for other operating expenses incurred by such companies under the program; and (5) make other disbursements and take other actions necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act. Extends as mandatory the coverage of castatrophic disasters in each property insurance policy now in effect or hereafter issued, other than motor vehicle insurance policies. Establishes in U.S. Treasury a fund to be used by the Secretary for operating and capital expenses under this Act. Forbids coverage of new catastrophic disaster insurance where in violation of State or local laws or where the Secretary determines an area to be of special catastrohpic disaster risk. Prohibits the duplications of benefits where loss is covered by a valid claim paid under catastrophic disaster insurance under this Act. Provides for the termination of the Act's program no later than June 30, 1975 if catastrophic disaster insurance equal or increased coverage is provided by private insurance companies.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States to require repayment of the longstanding debts which are delinquent in nature. Makes it the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury submit to the Congress within ninety days of passage of this resolution a list and report on the extent of such indebtedness on the part of foreign nations. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury, through the appropriate departments and agencies, should, immediately after the filing of this report, begin consultations with foreign governments involved for the purpose of making arrangements for the prompt repayment of those longstanding debts which are delinquent.
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