Bill· HRH.R. 17504 (93rd)failed
United States · United States Congress · 25 November 1974
American Film Institute Act - Authorizes the establishment, under the provisions of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, of a nonprofit corporation to be known as the American Film Institute. Provides for the administration of the Institute by a twenty-three member Board of Trustees, to include the Librarian of Congress, the Archivist of the United States, and the Secretary of the Interior. Provides that, in administering the Institute, the Board shall have all necessary and proper powers, including the power to: (1) provide for the publication of historical records and of commentaries on the art of film, and disseminate such materials; (2) undertake and coordinate the preservation of films and film artifacts of artistic and historical value; (3) maintain and operate a conservatory for advanced studies in the cinematic arts; (4) provide programming assistance to exhibitors throughout the Nation in order to increase the accessibility of such films to the American public; (5) advise and assist educational institutions and other organizations as to methods of teaching and research relating to the art of motion pictures and television; and (6) obtain grants from, and make contracts with, State, Federal, local, and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals. Provides that the Institute shall submit an annual report to the President, to include a comprehensive report of the Institute's operations, financial condition, and accomplishments under this Act. Provides that the Federal Government shall contribute two-thirds of the budget to operate Institute programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 17021 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1974
American Film Institute Act - Establishes a new nonprofit corporation, to be known as the American Film Institute, which will not be a Federal establishment. States that the Institute shall have a Board of Trustees, to be composed of twenty-three members, to maintain and administer the Institute. States that, in administering the Institute, the Board shall have all necessary and proper powers, which shall include but not be limited to: (1) providing for the publication of historical records and of commentaries on the art of film, and disseminate such materials; (2) undertaking and coordinating the preservation of films and artifacts of artistic and historical value (including films and recordings made for television), and the production of films for charitable, patriotic, educational, or other public purposes; (3) maintaining and operating a conservatory for advanced studies in the cinematic arts, cause materials developed at such conservatory to be made available for study in other institutions, and make grants to persons who demonstrate particular promise as film makers; (4) providing programming assistance to exhibitors throughout the Nation in order to increase the accessibility of such films to the American public; (5) providing for the appropriate recognition of extraordinary contributions to the art of film; and (6) advising and assisting educational institutions and other organizations as to methods of teaching and research.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1133 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974
Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the twenty-fifth amendment to the U.S. Constitution (relating to Presidential disability and Vice-Presidential succession).
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 626 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that regulations requiring a statement of ingredients on bottles of distilled spirits and wine not be promulgated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms until Congress has considered the matter fully.
Bill· HRH.R. 16407 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 August 1974
National Commission on Epilepsy and Its Consequences Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a National Commission to determine the most effective means of finding the cause and cures and treatments for epilepsy. Directs that such Commission shall develop a national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences. Provides for the membership of such Commission. Sets forth the duties of such Commission. Requires that it shall be a duty of the Commission to develop a comprehensive national plan for the control of epilepsy and its consequences based on the most thorough, complete, and accurate data available on the disorder. Requires the Commission to make recommendations concerning the proper roles of the Federal and State governments, and the national and local public and private agencies in research, prevention, identification and rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy. Requires the transmittal to the President and to the Congress of a final report under this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1248 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Committee Reform Amendments - Title I: Oversight Responsibilities, Legislative Review and Additional Committee Functions, Referral of Bills and Resolutions, Election and Membership of Committee, and Rules of Procedure for Committees - Provides that each standing committee of the House of Representatives (other than the Committee on Appropriations) shall review and study, on a continuing basis, the application, administration, execution, and effectiveness of those laws, or parts of laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of that committee, and the organization and operation of the Federal agencies and entities having responsibilities in or for the administration and execution thereof, in order to determine whether such laws and the programs thereunder are being implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent of the Congress and whether such programs should be continued, curtailed, or eliminated. Sets forth special oversight functions of the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Interior, Energy, and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Science and Technology. States that each standing committee of the House shall adopt written rules governing its procedure. Requires each committee to adopt rules governing live television and radio broadcast to the public. States that whenever any hearing conducted by any committee of the House is open to the public, that committee may permit, by majority vote of the committee, that hearing to be covered, in whole or in part, by television broadcast, radio broadcast, and still photopraphy, or by any of such methods of coverage, but only under such written rules as the committee may adopt. Title II: Miscellaneous and Conforming Provisions - Provides that the majority leader or minority leader of the House of Representatives after consultation with the Speaker may at any time during any even-numbered year call a caucus or conference, to begin on or after the first day of December and conclude on or before the twentieth day of December in such year and to be attended by all incumbent Members of his or her political party who have been reelected to the ensuing Congress and all other Members-elect of such party, for the purpose of taking all steps necessary to achieve the prompt organization of the Members and Members-elect of such party for the ensuing Congress. Establishes in the House of Representatives a Legislative Classification Office. States that the purpose of the Office shall be to develop, supervise, and maintain for the House and its committees and Members a system linking Federal programs and expenditures to the authorizing statutes, and showing the committee jurisdiction for each authorization. Requires the Office to maintain impartiality as to issues of legislative policy to be determined by the House. Sets forth the functions of the Office, including the following: (1) to create a cross-reference capability based on the authorization statutes, showing committee jurisdiction, appropriation Acts, budget authority, budget outlays, unexpended balances, other relevant systems which are or may be compatible, and the relationships between them, under the direction of the Speaker; (2) to work closely with the House standing committees in all phases of the development of the cross-referencing capability and to coordinate with the Congressional Research Service and General Accounting Office, in the development, implementation, and operation of the cross-referencing services; (3) to advise the Speaker of developments which could improve the operation of the classification service and to issue an annual report to the House on the progress in implementation and use of the service and plans for the coming year; and (4) to make available (as development permits) publications or information in an appropriate format for use of the House committee and Members and to provide the capability to answer specific queries on the available information. Establishes in the House of Representatives a Commission on Information and Facilities. States that it shall be the function of the Commission to conduct a thorough and complete study of: (1) the information problems of the House of Representatives against the background of the existing institutions and services available to the House, and to make such recommendations with respect thereto as may be appropriate; (2) with respect to the facilities and space requirements of the Members and committees of the House, including space utilization, parking, and the organization, responsibility, and supervision to provide adequate, efficient, and economical space utilization; and (3) the staff required to provide the House legislative counsel with the capability to fully meet the needs of the Members of the House. Establishes in the House of Representatives an Office of the Law Revision Counsel. States that the principal purpose of the Office shall be to develop and keep current an official and positive codification of the laws of the United States. Title III: Legislative Jurisdiction of the Standing Committees - States that these shall be the following standing committees in the House of Representatives and sets forth their jurisdiction and related functions: (1) Committee on Agriculture; (2) Committee on Appropriations; (3) Committee on Armed Services; (4) Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing; (5) Committee on the Budget; (6) Committee on Commerce and Health; (7) Committee on the District of Columbia; (8) Committee on Foreign Affairs; (9) Committee on Government Operations; (10) Committee on House Administration; (11) Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; (12) Committee on the Judiciary; (13) Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; (14) Committee on Public Works and Transportation; (15) Committee on Rules; (16) Committee on Veteran's Affairs; and (17) Committee on Ways and Means. Title IV: Committee Staffs and Expenses - States that whenever any standing committee (except the Committee on Appropriations) is to be granted authorization for the payment, from the contingent fund of the House, of its expenses in any year other than those expenses to be paid from appropriations provided by statute, such authorization initially shall be procured by one primary expense resolution for that committee providing funds for the payment of the expenses of the committee for that year from the contingent fund of the House. Stipulates that each standing committee may appoint, by majority vote of the committee, not more than six professional staff members.
Law· HRH.R. 16027 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1974
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975.
Bill· HRH.R. 15584 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1974
Provides for the expansion of the area of the Redwood National Park in California.
Bill· HRH.R. 15525 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1974
Comprehensive Right to Privacy Act - Requires that any organization of Federal, State, or local government maintaining an information system that includes personal information shall: (1) collect, maintain, use, and disseminate only personal information necessary to accomplish a proper purpose of the organization; (2) collect information to the greatest extent possible from the data subject directly; (3) maintain information in the system with accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and pertinence as necessary to assure fairness in determinations relating to a data subject; (4) make no dissemination to another system or any individual other than the data subject without specifying requirements for security and the use of information exclusively for the purpose set forth in the notice required under this Act; (5) maintain a complete and accurate record, including identity purpose, and date, of every access to any personal information in a system by persons or organizations not having regular access authority; and (6) collect no personal information concerning the political or religious beliefs, affiliations, and activities of data subjects maintained by any government agency unless expressly authorized by statute. Prohibits any Federal agency from requiring individuals to disclose for statistical purposes any personal information unless such disclosure is required by a constitutional provision or Act of Congress, and the individual is so informed. Requires any organization maintaining or proposing to establish an information system for personal information to: (1) give notice of the existence and character of each existing system once a year to the Federal Privacy Board; (2) give public notice of the existence and character of each existing system each year; and (3) assure that such public notice specifies the categories of data maintained, and the categories of all information sources, a description of types of use made of information, and the procedures whereby an individual can gain access to such information and contest its accuracy and the necessity for its retention. Requires any organization maintaining personal information to inform an individual asked to supply personal information whether he is legally required, or may refuse, to supply the information requested, and also of any specific consequences, which are known to the organization, of providing or not providing such information. Permits data subjects who dispute information about themselves to have such disputed information noted as being disputed when such information about him is disseminated. Requires, upon request, corrections in information to be sent to past recipients of information. Directs organizations maintaining information to inform, within two years and each year thereafter, individuals on whom data is stored of its content and where a copy of such data may be obtained. Allows the head of a Federal agency maintaining such information to exempt his agency from requirements of this Act in the interest of national defense. Makes it unlawful for any organization to require an individual to disclose or furnish his social security account number, for any purpose in connection with any business transaction unless the disclosure or furnishing of such number is specifically required by Federal law. Establishes the Federal Privacy Board whose five members shall be appointed by the President. Directs the Board to: (1) publish an annual Data Base Directory of the United States containing the name and characteristics of each personal information system covered by this Act; (2) make rules to assure compliance with this Act; (3) upon the determination of a violation of a provision of this Act or regulation promulgated under the Act, and after opportunity for a hearing, order the organization violating such provision to cease and desist such violation; and (4) conduct open, public hearings on all petitions for exceptions or exemptions from provisions, application, or jurisdiction of this Act. States that any individual or organization or responsible officer of an organization who willfully: (1) keeps an information system without having notified the Federal Privacy Board; or (2) issues personal information in violation of this Act; or (3) solicits, uses, or otherwise acquires information in violation of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 in each instance or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Provides that any person, system, or agency which violates the provisions of the Act, or any rule, regulation, or order issued thereunder, shall be liable to any person aggrieved thereby.
Bill· HRH.R. 15425 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1974
Increases from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated for the forestry incentive program administered under the Agricultural Act of 1970. Increases from 500 acres to 1000 acres the size of a tract which may be affected by such program.
Bill· HRH.R. 15283 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Forest and Related Resources Planning Act - States that in recognition of the vital importance of America's forest and related resources to the Nation's social and economic well-being, and of the necessity for a long-term perspective in planning and undertaking forest and related resource programs administered by the Forest Service, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare a Forest and Related Resources Assessment. Stipulates that the assessment shall include but not be limited to: (1) an analysis of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of the forest and related resources, with consideration of the international forest resource situation, and an analysis of pertinent supply and demand and price relationship trends; (2) an inventory, based on information available to the Forest Service and other Federal agencies, of present and potential forest and related resources, and an evaluation of opportunities for improving their yield of tangible and intangible goods and services, together with estimates of investment costs and direct and indirect returns to the Federal Government; (3) a description of Forest Service programs and responsibilities in research, cooperative programs, and management of the National Forest System, their interrelationships, and the relationship of these programs and responsibilities to public and private activities; (4) a detailed study of personnel requirements as needed to satisfy existing and ongoing programs; and (5) a discussion of important policy considerations, laws, regulations, and other factors expected to significantly influence and affect the use, ownership, and management of forest and related resource lands. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare and transmit to the President a Forest and Related Resource Program displaying alternative objectives and associated programs which shall provide in appropriate detail for protection, management, and development of the National Forest System, including forest development roads and trails; for cooperative forestry programs; and for forest and related resources research. States that the Program shall include, but not be limited to: (1) an inventory of specific needs and opportunities for both public and private program investments; (2) specific identification of program outputs, results anticipated, and benefits associated with investments in such a manner that the anticipated costs can be directly compared with the total related benefits and direct and indirect returns to the Federal Government; and (3) a discussion of priorities for accomplishment of inventoried program opportunities, with specified costs, outputs, results, and benefits. Provides that, in carrying out this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize information and data available from other Federal, State, and private organizations and shall avoid duplication and overlap of resource assessment and program planning efforts of other Federal agencies.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 515 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State utilize means at his disposal to secure a worldwide loan on high seas netting for salmon.
Bill· HRH.R. 14897 (93rd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Establishes within the Departments of Agriculture and Interior the Youth Conservation Corps, consisting of youth from 15-18 who may be employed, without regard to civil service or classification laws or regulations, for developing or preserving lands and waters of the United States. Limits service in the Corps during any year to 90 days. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to determine hours, pay, and subsistence for Corps personnel. Allows for contracting with public and private nonprofit agencies for operation of any Corps project. Provides for grants to States to assist in Corps projects on non-Federal lands. Authorizes appropriations of up to $60,000,000 each year for purposes of this Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1131 (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. 14498 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Allows a deduction from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code for social agency, legal, and related expenses incurred in connection with the adoption of a child by a taxpayer. Defines, for purposes of this Act, the term "adoption expense". (Adds 26 U.S.C. 219)
Bill· HRH.R. 14168 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act - States that the Congress finds that it is desirable, appropriate and in furtherance of existing Federal law that the revenues of the Federal Columbia River Power System and the proceeds of revenue bonds be used to further the operation, maintenance, and further construction of the Federal transmission system in the Pacific Northwest. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting by and through the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, to operate and maintain the Federal transmission system within the Pacific Northwest. States that if the Administrator, after good-faith negotiations with a utility in the Pacific Northwest desiring to provide all or a part of such facilities, retains an item in his budget for a transmission facility, such utility may bring suit in the Federal District Court of Oregon for the purpose of determining if the Administrator has complied with the provisions of this Act. Provides for the establishment of rates and charges for the transmission of electric power over the Federal transmission system. Establishes the Bonneville Power Administration Fund in the Treasury of the United States. Specifies the sources of revenue for the Fund, and authorizes expenditures from the Fund for any purpose appropriate to carry out the duties imposed upon the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration. Authorizes the Administrator to issue and sell revenue bonds in the name and on behalf of the Bonneville Power Administration, the aggregate principal amount of any such bonds outstanding at any one time not to exceed $1,250,000,000.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 466 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 910 (93rd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Authorizes the President of the United States to declare the fourth Saturday of each September "National Hunting and Fishing Day".
Bill· HRH.R. 12835 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Indian Health Care Improvement Act - Declares that it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special responsibilities and legal obligation to the American Indian people, to meet the national goal of providing the highest possible health status to Indians and to provide existing Indian health services with all resources necessary to effect that policy. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Indian Health Manpower - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make scholarship grants to individuals: (1) who are enrolled in medical schools; schools of optometry, osteophathy, dentistry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, or nursing, or schools licensed by a State to train persons in the allied health professions, and (2) who agree to provide their professional services to Indians after completion of their professional training. Establishes a priority according to which the Secretary shall award scholarship grants under this Act. States that any scholarship grant awarded to any individual under this Act shall be awarded under the condition that such individual will, after the completion of his professional training, provide his professional services to Indians for a reasonable period of time as prescribed by the Secretary. Sets forth a formula by which the United States shall be entitled to recover scholarship grants from individuals who fail to comply with such condition for the full period. Authorizes to be appropriated for this program: $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $16,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $22,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $34,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and for each succeeding fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to continue to make such grants to individuals who (prior to July 1, 1979) have received such grants and who are eligible for such grants under this Act during such succeeding fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to make scholarship grants for a period not to exceed two academic years to Indians who: (1) have successfully completed their high school education; and (2) have demonstrated a capability to successfully complete a premedical, predental, or preosteopathy course of study. Authorizes to be appropriated for the above program: $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $3,000,000 for each of the next three fiscal years. Permits the Secretary to provide continuing education allowances to Indian Health Service physicians. Authorizes to be appropriated for such programs: $350,000 each year for fiscal years 1975 and 1976; $375,000 for fiscal year 1977, $390,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $410,000 for fiscal year 1979. Title II: Health Services - Authorizes the Secretary to expend over a five-fiscal-year period $123,500,000, in addition to the annual appropriations required to continue the health service program to the Indian people, and to employ additional personnel for the purpose of eliminating backlogs in Indian health care services and to supply known, unmet medical, surgical, dental and other Indian health needs. Title III: Health Facilities - Authorizes the Secretary to expend $400,000,000 over a five-fiscal-year period for the purpose of eliminating inadequate, outdated, and otherwise unsatisfactory service hospitals, health centers, health stations, and other service facilities. Enables the Secretary to expend $470,000,000 within a five-fiscal-year period to supply unmet needs for safe water and sanitary waste disposal facilities in existing and new Indian homes and communities. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan, together with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to assure that the five-year schedule provided for in this Act will be met. Title IV: Access to Health Services - States that the service facilities used to provide health care and services to Indians are hereby deemed to be accredited facilities for the purposes of title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Title V: Access to Health Services for Urban Indians - Defines "Urban Indians", "Urban Indian organization" and "urban center" as used in this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall enter into contracts with urban Indian organizations to provide Federal assistance to such organizations for the purpose of establishing and administering outreach programs to make urban Indians in the urban centers in which such organizations are situated knowledgeable of the health service resources available within such centers and the means of gaining access to those resources. Directs the Secretary to prescribe the criteria for selecting urban Indian organizations with which to contract pursuant to this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for this program: $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Provides that, within six months after the end of fiscal year 1976, the Secretary shall review the above program and shall submit to the Congress his assessment of it and recommendations for any further legislation. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on progress made in effecting the purposes of this Act. States that within three months after the end of fiscal year 1978, the Secretary shall review the programs established or assisted under this Act and shall submit to the Congress his assessment and recommendations of additional programs or additional assistance necessary to, at a minimum provide health services to Indians, and insure a health status for Indians, which is at a parity with the health services available to, and the health status of, the general population. Provides that the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall remain available until expended.
Bill· HRH.R. 12355 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a thirteenth region under the provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for the benefit of Natives who are non-residents of Alaska. Provides for the enrollment of such Natives under such Act. Authorizes such Natives to establish a Regional Corporation pursuant to the provisions of such Act.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 785 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1974
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. Directs the committee to conduct a full investigation of the role of the oil and gas industry in contributing to the current energy crisis. Provides that the committee shall 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.
Bill· HRH.R. 12162 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974
Provides that the term "Federal property" for purposes of assistance to local educational agencies for the education of children of low-income families does not include any real property which was transferred to the U.S. Postal Service and was, prior to such transfer, treated as Federal property for purposes of assistance for local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activity.
Bill· HRH.R. 11749 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 1973
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Transportation to jointly conduct studies to determine the feasibility and desirability of establishing national scenic bicycle trails along United States Highways number 1, 30 and 101. Directs that these studies be submitted to the President and Congress including recommendations as to such actions which should be taken with respect to the establishment of such trails.
Bill· HRH.R. 11320 (93rd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Forest and Rangeland Environmental Management Act - States that in recognition of the vital importance of America's renewable resources of the forest, range, and other associated lands to the Nation's social and economic well being, and in recognition of the necessity for a long term perspective in planning and undertaking national renewable resource programs, the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, shall prepare a National Renewable Resource Situation Assessment. Provides that the Assessment shall be updated by the Secretary of Agriculture not less than every five years nor more than every ten years thereafter and shall include but not be limited to: (1) a detailed discussion of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of renewable resources; (2) a general inventory of these present and potential renewable resources and opportunities for improving the yield of tangible and intangible goods and services; (3) a description of Forest Service programs and responsibilities in research, cooperative programs, and management of the National Forest System; and (4) a detailed study of Forest Service personnel requirements as needed to satisfy existing and on-going programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make and keep current a comprehensive survey and analysis of the present and prospective conditions of and requirements for the renewable resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and of the supplies of such renewable resources, including a determination of the present and potential productivity of the land, and of such other facts as may be necessary and useful in the determination of ways and means needed to balance the demand for and supply of these renewable resources, benefits and uses in meeting the needs of the people of the United States. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare and keep current a program set forth in appropriate detail, for each of the next five decades, for protection, management, and development of the National Forest System, including forest development roads and trails, for cooperative programs on non-Federal lands, and for research. States that on the date Congress first convenes in 1975 and thereafter at not less than ten-year intervals the President shall transmit to the Congress, when it convenes, the assessment and the program required under this Act, with recommendations for each of the five decades ahead. Provides that, commencing with the fiscal budget for the year ending June 30, 1976, requests presented by the President to the Congress covering Forest Service and related agencies' activities shall express in qualitative and quantitative terms the extent to which the programs and policies projected under that budget meet the goals and policies established under this Act. States that the Congress hereby sets the year 2000 as the target year when the renewable resources of the National Forest System shall be in an operating posture whereby all backlogs of needed treatment for their restoration shall be reduced to a current basis and the major portion of planned intensive management procedures shall be installed and operating on an environmentally sound basis.
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