United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1975
Provides that recipients of veterans' pensions and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits which result from the enactment of Public Law 92-336 or any subsequent cost-of-living increase under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1975
Repeals the provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 which makes flood insurance coverage and community participation in the national flood insurance program prerequisites for approval of any financial assistance in a flood hazard area.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1975
Hobbs Act Amendment - Provides that anyone who interferes with commerce by damaging to the extent of $2,000 or more any property of a person where business is conducted or property is maintained shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years or both. Defines the term "extortion" to mean the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right notwithstanding that the same acts or conduct may also be a violation of State or local law and notwithstanding that the actual or threatened force, violence, or fear was used in the course of a legitimate labor dispute or in the pursuit of legitimate union or labor ends or objectives. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1951)
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to reimburse applicants for positions in the National Health Service Corps for actual expenses incurred in traveling to and from their places of residence to an area in which they would be assigned for the purpose of evaluating such area with regard to being assigned in such area. Declares that commissioned officers and other personnel of the Corps assigned to provide health services for medically underserved populations shall not be included in determining whether any limitation on the number of personnel which may be employed by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has been exceeded. Sets forth pay adjustments for physicians and dentists serving in the Corps in medically underserved population areas. Defines the term "medically underserved population" to mean the population of an area having a critical health manpower shortage, as determined by the Secretary. Includes Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands as "States" under the Act. Directs the Secretary to take specified factors into consideration in designating medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary to require as a condition for the approval of an application for medical personnel under the Act that the applicant enter into an agreement which provides that: (1) the applicant shall be responsible for charging for health services by the Corps personnel to be assigned; (2) the applicant shall take action for the collection of payments for such health services; and (3) the applicant shall pay to the United States specified calculated amounts. Provides that Corps personnel shall be assigned on the basis of the extent of the population's need for health services and without regard to the ability of members of the population to pay for health services. Directs the Secretary, in making an assignment, to seek to match characteristics of the assignee and of the population in order to increase the likelihood of the assignee remaining to serve the population upon completion of his assignment period. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance to all medically underserved populations to which are not assigned Corps personnel; (2) make arrangements to enable Corps personnel to utilize the health facilities of the areas in which the population resides; and (3) make grants, with specified limitations, for purposes of providing health services. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps to consult with, advise, and make recommendations to, the Secretary with respect to his responsibilities in carrying out this Act, and to review regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Sets forth membership, terms of office, and rates of pay and allowances for such council. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the Corps.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1975
Nurse Training Act - Title I: One-Year Extension - Extends, under the Public Health Service Act, the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction of nursing schools, for loan guarantees and interest subsidies, and for capitation grants, until June 30, 1975. Title II: Revision and Extension of Programs through Fiscal Year 1978 - Authorizes the appropriation of $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978, for grants for construction of nursing schools. States that each collegiate school of nursing shall receive $00 for each student enrolled in each of the last two years of such school. Provides capitation grants for other schools of nursing. Authorizes appropriations of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 for capitation grants. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet operational costs required to maintain quality educational programs or which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements. Prescribes the procedures for the making of such grants. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978 for such grants. Empowers the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing and other entities to meet the costs of special projects, including: (1) to increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (2) to provide continuing education for nursing; and (3) to increase the supply or distribution by geographic area or by specialty of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes the appropriation of $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978, for such grants. Authorizes the making of grants by the Secretary for: (1) advance nurse training programs; and (2) nurse practioner programs. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 to provide for the training of nurses to teach and to serve as nurse practioners. Authorizes appropriations of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, and $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, for Federal allotments to student nurse loan funds. Extends the student nurse scholarship program through 1978. Title III: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Public Health Service Act. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Developmental Disabilities Amendments - Authorizes to be appropriated for demonstration and training grants under the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act $9,250,000 for fiscal year 1975; $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes to be appropriated for the planning, provision of services, and operation of facilities for persons with developmental disabilities $32,500,000 for fiscal year 1975. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for: (1) demonstration projects for the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities who are also disadvantaged because of their economic status or the location of their residences; (2) technical assistance relating to services and facilities for persons with developmental disabilities, including assistance in State and local planning or administration respecting such services and facilities; (3) training of specialized personnel needed for the provision of services for persons with developmental disabilities or for research directly related to such training; (4) developing or demonstrating new or improved techniques for the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities; (5) gathering and disseminating information relating to developmental disabilities; (6) coordinating, community resources for services to persons with developmental disabilities; and (7) improving the administration and quality of services provided in programs for such persons. Authorizes to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for the purpose of making payments under these grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 for allotment to States for services and facilities for persons with developmental disabilities. Provides in the case of such allotments, that not less than ten percent of that allotment shall be used by such State for the purpose of assisting it in developing and implementing plans designed to eliminate inappropriate placement in institutions of persons with developmental disabilities, and to improve the quality of care and the surroundings of persons for whom institutional care is appropriate; and of the amount allotted to any State for each succeeding fiscal year, not less than 30 percent of that allotment shall be used by the State for such purposes. Stipulates that in order to be approved by the Secretary, a State plan must provide reasonable assurance that adequate financial support will be available to complete the construction of, and to maintain and operate when such construction is completed, any facility, the construction of which is assisted with sums allotted under the provisions of this Act. Provides that for purposes of any determination by the Secretary as to whether any urban or rural area is a poverty area, the Secretary may not determine that an area is an urban or rural poverty area unless; (1) such area contains one or more subareas which are characterized as subareas of poverty; (2) the population of such subarea or subareas constitutes a substantial portion of the population of such rural or urban area; and (3) the project does, or (when completed or put into operation) will, serve the needs of the residents of such subarea or subareas.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Emergency Health Benefits Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Public Health Service Act, to enter into agreements with insurance carriers to provide health insurance benefits to persons unemployed, where such individuals were covered while employed by their previous employer. Requires the Secretary to enter into agreements with appropriate State agencies for purposes of determining the eligibility of individuals in the State for such benefits, and for the purpose of making payments to carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Permits the responsible Federal official to delegate the preparation of an environmental impact statement required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to the appropriate State agency or official. Provides that in no way is such delegation to be construed as relieving the Federal official from being responsible for the objectivity, completeness, and content of such statement in adopting and approving it.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Emergency Health Benefits Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Public Health Service Act, to enter into agreements with insurance carriers to provide health insurance benefits to persons unemployed, where such individuals were covered while employed by their previous employer. Requires the Secretary to enter into agreements with appropriate State agencies for purposes of determining the eligibility of individuals in the State for such benefits, and for the purpose of making payments to carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Emergency Health Benefits Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Public Health Service Act, to enter into agreements with insurance carriers to provide health insurance benefits to persons unemployed, where such individuals were covered while employed by their previous employer. Requires the Secretary to enter into agreements with appropriate State agencies for purposes of determining the eligibility of individuals in the State for such benefits, and for the purpose of making payments to carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1975
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that real property which is farmland, woodland, or open land and forms part of an estate may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value as farmland, woodland, or open land (rather than at its fair market value). Provides that real property which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value for its existing use. Provides for the revocation of such lower evaluation and recapture of unpaid taxes with interest upon the conversion, rezoning, or removal of such land from the National Register of Historic Places.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Provides, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, for coverage under medicare for routine Papanicolaou tests for the diagnosis of uterine cancer.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1975
Provides for certification by the State water pollution control agency of treatment projects within such State where the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws and standards at least equivalent to those established by Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
Provides the same income tax rate table to unmarried individuals filing returns as that applicable to married individuals filing separate returns under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1975
National Health Education Policy and Development Act - Declares that the Congress finds that (1) a number of health problems have their roots in the habits, lifestyles, attitudes, and beliefs of the American people; and (2) there is a need for the development of effective school health education programs. Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to develop a national health education policy and program, and to authorize financial assistance for the development and implementation of that policy. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Health Education Administration. Establishes a permanent Advisory Council for Health Education to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Administrator on matters relating to the administration of this Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study and submit a report to the Congress on specified subjects including: (1) the current status of health education in the United States; (2) areas of greatest potential impact for health education; and (3) opportunities to improve, by means of health education, the well being of ethnic groups with distinctive health problems. Authorizes the Administrator, upon recommendation of the Council, to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private entities for the purpose of: (1) developing specific educational and informational techniques for the dissemination of health information; (2) developing mutifaceted systems of health care education for a defined geographic area; and (3) providing the training for personnel to carry out health education programs. Requires the Administrator to submit an annual report to the Congress on the status of health education in the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this Act a sum not to exceed $5,000,000 for the first fiscal year after the enactment of this Act, $10,000,000 for the second fiscal year, and $15,000,000,000 for the third fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1975
Emergency Unemployment Health Benefits Act - Includes a new title under the Public Health Service Act establishing an emergency health benefits program for the unemployed. Declares all unemployed individuals who (1) are entitled to receive State or Federal unemployment benefits and (2) would, if their employment had not been discontinued, be covered under an employer-sponsored health insurance plan to be eligible for health insurance benefits of the type provided by their previous employer. Extends such benefits to the dependent spouse and the dependent children of such eligible individuals. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to enter into arrangements with carriers and State agencies to carry out this Act. Stipulates that no health insurance benefits may be provided under this Act after June 30, 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Public Disclosure of Lobbying Act-Defines "lobbying" and other terms used in this Act. Requires each lobbyist, within 15 days of becoming a lobbyist, to file a notice of representation with the Federal Edection Commission. Sets forth minimum elements to be contained in such notice. Enumerates those persons required to maintain records of lobbying activities. Sets forth the required form and content of reports to be made to the commission containing such records. Requires GS-15 and above employees of the executive branch to maintain records of communucations received from outside parties expressing opinions or containing information with respect to the policy making process. Directs each executive agency to make such records available for public inspection. Enumerates the powers of the Commission, including the powers: (1) to require any person to submit in writing such reports and answers to question as the Commission may prescribe: and (2) to initiate, prosecute, defend, or appeal any civil or criminal action in the name of the Commission for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act through its General Counsel. Provides that it shall be the duty of the Commission to perform specified tasks, including; (1) to develop and furnish to lobbyists forms required to be filed under this Act: (2) to develop forms for the filing of records of outside contacts by executive branch employees; and (3) to prepare a manual setting forth recommended uniform methods of bookkeeping and reporting, filing coding, and cross-indexing. Sets forth criminal penalties for violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Excludes from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code (1) up to $5 per occasion of service by a fireman in response to a call for firefighting or rescue services; and (2) up to $5 per meeting attended by members of a firefighting or rescue unit up to $10 per month. States that this tax exclusion shall apply to the taxable years following December 31, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Health Manpower Act - Title I: General Provisions - Revises and repeals specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Title II: Assistance for Construction of Technical Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist in the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel. Authorizes appropriations of $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977. Title III: Student Assistance; National Health Service Corps - Expands the provisions governing the making of student loans under the Public Health Service Act and the rates for repayment of such loans. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making Federal capital contributions into the student loan funds to authorized schools. Prescribes procedures for the establishment of a National Health Service Corps, applications for assistance from the Corps, and assignment and functions of Corps personnel to medically underserved populations. Outlines the rate-of-pay schedule for physician and dentist Corps members engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Details the reporting requirements of the Secretary to the Congress in his carrying out the programs of the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps. Specifies the membership composition of such Council. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1977 for carrying out this section. Revises the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program, setting forth the eligibility requirements for acceptance in such program and the time and type of obligated service required. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the Program $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Title IV: Grants for Health Professions Schools - Sets forth computation rules governing the making of annual grants by the Secretary for the support of education programs of schools of medicine, osteopathy, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry. Provides for the apportionment of, and authorization of, appropriations for the making of such grants. States that the Secretary shall not make such grants to any school unless specified assurances that the first year enrollment of health profession schools will rise by specified percentages in succeeding years, are met. Authorizes to be appropriated $165,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $170,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $167,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, for payments for grants to schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry based on the number of full-time students enrolled in such schools. Title V: Special Project Grants and Contracts - Revises the procedure for making of special grants and contracts for the purpose of assisting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake education to enter a health profession. Specifies the purposes for which such grants may be used. Authorizes to be appropriated for such purposes $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for projects for area health education centers for the purpose of improving the distribution, supply, quality, utilization, and efficiency of health personnel in the health services delivery system and for the purpose of encouraging the regionalization of educational responsibilities of the health professions schools. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000, $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively, for the establishment of such health education centers. Allows the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry in order to meet the cost of specified projects. Authorizes to be appropriated for such purpose $5,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively. Declares that the Secretary may make grants to schools of medicine and osteopathy in the United States to plan, develop, and operate programs: (1) to train U.S. citizens who have been enrolled in medical schools in foreign countries before July 1, 1975, to enable them to meet the requirements for enrolling in schools of medicine or osteopathy in the United States as full-time students with advanced standing; or (2) to train U.S. citizens who have transferred from medical schools in foreign countries in which they were enrolled before July 1, 1975, and who have enrolled in schools of medicine or osteopathy in the United States as full-time students with advanced standing. Authorizes to be appropriated for such purpose $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Permits the Secretary to make grants to schools of medicine and osteopathy to meet the costs of projects to establish and maintain academic administrative units to provide clinical instruction in family medicine, and authorizes to be appropriated for such purpose $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Title VI: Public and Allied Health Personnel - Revises the training programs for public and community health personnel and allied health personnel, extending appropriations through fiscal year 1977. Title VII: Medical Residency Training Programs - provides for the accrediting and operation of medical residency training programs with the number of first year positions not to exceed 125 percent of the estimated number of graduates from accredited schools of medicine in the preceding calendar year. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to contract for a study analyzing the current distribution of physicians by specialty, projecting such analysis for 1980, 1985, and 1990, and examining and developing a method for establishing the optimal distribution of physicians by geographic area. Requires the Secretary to make specified quality assurances to the Congress regarding education and training of allied health personnel. Calls for an allied health personnel study, detailing the contents of such study, including identification of classifications in which there are critical shortages of personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Authorizes appropriations of $16,000,000 for the National Health Service Corps for fiscal year 1975. Extends, within the Public Health Service, the National Health Service Corps to improve the delivery of health services to medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the medically underserved populations in the States. Defines the term "medically underserved population" and enumerates the factors to be taken into account in making such designations, including: (1) ratios of available health manpower to the population; (2) indicators of the population's access to health services; and (3) indicators of health status and need of the population. Empowers the Secretary to assign Corps personnel to State health agencies, private health entities, local governments, and medical, dental or other appropriate health societies. Enumerates the requirements to be met prior to the making of any such assignments and for the continuing of expired assignments. Provides that Corps personnel shall be assigned on the basis of the extent of the population's need for health services and without regard to the ability of members of the population to pay for health services. Directs the Secretary, in making an assignment, to seek to match characteristics of the assignee and of the population in order to increase the likelihood of the assignee remaining to serve the population upon completion of his assignment period. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to all medically underserved populations which are not assigned Corps personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make arrangements to enable Corps personnel to utilize the health facilities of the areas in which the population resides; and (2) make grants up to $25,000 for purposes of providing health services, upon application of an appropriate health service entity. States that the Secretary shall require as a condition to the approval of an application that the entity enter into an appropriate arrangement with the Secretary under which: (1) the entity shall be responsible for charging for health services by the Corps personnel to be assigned; (2) the entity shall take action for the collection of payments for such health services; and (3) the entity shall pay to the United States specified, calculated amounts. Directs the Secretary to conduct, at schools of the health professions and allied health professions, recruiting programs for the Corps. Provides for the Secretary to adjust the monthly rate of pay of each physician and dentist member of the Corps who is directly engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress and specifies the content of such reports. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps to consult with, advise, and make recommendations to, the Secretary with respect to his responsibilities in carrying out this Act, and to review and approve regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions relating to the Health Service Corps $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to Congress the criteria used by him in designating a medically underserved populations, and the number of populations in each State meeting such criteria; and (2) conduct for studies of methods of assigning National Health Service Corps personnel to medically underserved populations and providing health care to such populations. Directs the Secretary to establish the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Programs to obtained trained physicians, dentists, nurses, or other health-related specialists for the National Health Service Corps of other units of the Service. Enumerates the eligibility requirements for participation in such program and the regulations governing program members. Provides that, to carry out such program, there is authorized to be appropriated $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Nurse Training Act - Provides for appropriations authorizations in the areas of construction assistance under the Public Health Service Act. Authorizes assistance under such Act in the expanding of the capacities of nursing schools to provide graduate training. Extends the Financial Distress Grant Program under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist public or nonprofit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits to meet operational costs required to maintain quality educational programs or which have special need for financial assistance to meet accreditation requirements. Provides that any such grant may be made upon such terms as the Secretary determines to be reasonable and necessary, including requirements that the school agree: (1) to disclose any financial information or data deemed by the Secretary to be necessary to determine the sources or causes of that school's financial distress; (2) to conduct a comprehensive cost analysis study in cooperation with the Secretary; and (3) to carry out appropriate operational and financial reforms on the basis of information obtained in the course of the comprehensive cost analysis study or on the basis of other relevant information. Requires the Secretary to consult with the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training in acting upon applications for grants under this title. Authorizes appropriations for such grants of $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $5,000 for fiscal year 1977. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to meet the costs of advanced nurse training programs. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes of $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Extends the Student Loan Program under the Act. Directs the Secretary to determine on a continuing basis: (1) the supply of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses with advanced training or graduate degrees, as well as other nursing personnel; (2) their distribution, and (3) the current and future requirements for such nurses.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Developmental Disabilities Amendments - Authorizes appropriations of $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, for the purpose of making grants to assist institutions of higher education to contribute more effectively to the solution of complex health, education and social problems of children and adults suffering from developmental disabilities. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for: (1) demonstration projects for the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities who are also disadvantaged because of their economic status or the location of their residences, (2) technical assistance relating to services and facilities for persons with developmental disabilities, including assistance in State and local planning or administration, (3) training of specialized personnel needed for the provision of services for persons with developmental disabilities, or for research directly related to such training, (4) developing or demonstrating new or improved techniques for the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities, or (5) gathering and disseminating information relating to developmental disabilities. Authorizes payments of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of making payments under these grants. Provides for the allotment of funds to States. States that not less than ten percent of that allotment shall be used by such State for the purpose of assisting it in developing and implementing plans designed to eliminate inappropriate placement in institutions of persons with developmental disabilities, and to improve the quality of care and the state of surroundings of persons for whom institutional care is appropriate; and of the amount allotted to any State for each succeeding fiscal year, not less than 30 percent of that allotment shall be used by such State for such purposes. Stipulates that, in order to be approved by the Secretary, a State plan must provide reasonable assurance that adequate financial support will be available to complete the construction of, and to maintain and operate when such construction is completed, any facility, the construction of which is assisted with sums allotted under the provisions of this Act. Provides that for purposes of any determination by the Secretary as to whether any urban or rural area is a poverty area, the Secretary may not determine that an area is an urban or rural poverty area unless: (1) such area contains one or more subareas which are characterized as subareas of poverty; (2) the population of such subarea or subareas constitutes a substantial portion of the population of such rural or urban area; and (3) the project, facility, or activity, in connection with which such determination is made, does, or (when completed or put into operation) will, serve the needs of the residents of such subarea or subareas.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Authorizes appropriations for the Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Power Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Food and Drug Administration for fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1975
Dairy Import Sanitation Act - Provides for the inspection of imported dairy products in order to protect the public health and welfare. Requires that such products comply with minimum standards for sanitation established by the Secretary of Agriculture and that the dairy farms on which milk is produced and the plants in which such products are produced meet minimum standards of sanitation. States that such standards shall be comparable to the standards of purity, wholesomeness, and sanitation recommended by the Secretary for domestic dairy products. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Eliminates the outside earnings limitation of the Social Security Act which presently operates to reduce the benefits payable under the Federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program in the case where the insured individual has outside earnings in excess of such limitation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1975
Applies the exemption from lottery prohibitions granted to newspapers publish in a States which conducts a lottery to newpapers in adjacent States which conduct such a lottery. (Amends 18 U. S. C. 1307(a)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Financial Disclosure Act - Requires candidates for Federal office, Members of the Congress, and officers and employees of the Federal Government who are compensated at a rate in excess of $32,000 per year to file annually with the Comptroller General a report containing a full and complete statement of: (1) the amount of each tax paid by the individual, by the individual and the individual's spouse filing jointly, or by the individual's spouse filing separately for the preceding calendar year; (2) the amount and source of each item of income, each gift or aggregate of gifts from one source (other than gifts received from his spouse or any member of his immediate family) received by him, by him and his spouse jointly, by his spouse, or by his dependents, during the preceding calendar year which exceeds $100 in amount or value, including any fee or other honorarium received by him for or in connection with the preparation or delivery of any speech or address, attendance at any convention or other assembly of individuals, or the preparation of any article or other composition for publication, and the monetary value of subsistence, entertainment, travel, and other facilities received by him in kind; (3) the identity of each asset held by him, by him and his spouse jointly, by his spouse, or by his dependents, which has a value in excess of $1,000, and the amount of each liability owed by him or by him and his spouse jointly, together with the amount of each liability which is owed with respect to any financial interest which is under his constructive control, which is in excess of $1,000 as of the close of the preceding calendar year; (4) any transactions in securities of any business entity by him or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in transactions in the securities of such business entity exceeds $1,000 during such year; (5) all transactions in commodities by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in such transactions exceeds $1,000; and (6) any purchase or sale of real property or any interest therein by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction, during the preceding calendar year if the value of property involved in such purchase or sale exceeds $1,000. Sets forth penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
National Commission on Regulatory Reform Act - Establishes the National Commission on Regulatory Reform. Directs the Commission to make a full and complete study of such regulatory activities of the independent regulatory agencies of the Federal Government as the Commission determines to be primarily economic in nature and to have a significant effect on the segments of the economy involving transportation, communication, the development and distribution of energy resources, or financial institutions. States that such study shall be undertaken to determine: (1) whether such regulatory activities have limited competition within such segments of the economy, and if they have, what the economic consequences have been, (2) whether such regulatory activities have, in other way, contributed to current economic difficulties, in particular inflation; and (3) whether changes need to be made with regard to such independent Federal establishments and their regulatory activites. Requires that such study shall include, with regard to each independent Federal establishment whose regulatory activities are included in such study: (1) an analysis of the purposes for which it was created, its structure and jurisdiction, the statutory framework governing its operation and activities, and the procedures and policies it has adopted; (2) an assessment of its effectiveness in carrying out its purposes; (3) an analysis of the costs and benefits of its various programs and policies, with particular reference to any adverse economic impact; and (4) an examination of the relationship between its regulatory activities and those of State and local regulatory agencies. Sets forth the membership, powers, and authority of the Commission. Directs the Commission to submit to the President and Congress within one year a report containing: (1) a statement of the status of the study being conducted pursuant to this Act; (2) a detailed statement of any findings made or conclusions reached by the Commission; and (3) any recommendations for legislation or administrative action, or both, deemed appropriate by the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Provides for certification by the State water pollution control agency of treatment projects within such State where the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws and standards at least equivalent to those established by Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Psychotropic Substances Act - Requires the Secretary of State, upon notification from the Secretary General of the United Nations that the World Health Organization has been given information pursuant to the Convention on Psychotropic Substances that may justify adding a substance to the schedules of the Convention, transferring a substance to another schedule, or deleting it from schedules, to notify the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, who shall prepare for submission to the World Health Organization evaluations regarding proposed actions. Directs the Secretary, upon such notification, to confer with the Attorney General and determine if existing legal controls meet the requirements of the schedule specified in such notification. Allows the Secretary to propose more stringent controls, even if requirements are being met, to propose scheduling of substances to meet requirements of the Convention, or to follow procedures to remain in at least temporary noncompliance with such requirements. Requires the Attorney General to assure that minimal United States obligations to the Convention are met if procedures of noncompliance will take more than a time specified by the Convention. Requires the Attorney General to comply with the scheduling requirements if a review of such requirements, requested under the noncompliance procedures, by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations results in support of such requirements. Requires manufacturers of psychotropic substances subject to the Convention to report to the Attorney General periodically. States that no international agreements on psychotropic substances shall be construed to: (1) require specific punishments for psychotropic substances offenses or to limit education and rehabilitation as alternatives to conviction or punishment; (2) limit protection of confidentiality of patient records of research subjects; (3) modify the authority of practitioners and registered establishments to use and dispense narcotic controlled substances; or (4) prevent drug price communications to consumers.
United States · United States Congress · 16 January 1975
Psychotropic Substances Act - Requires the Secretary of State, upon notification from the Secretary General of the United Nations that the World Health Organization has been given information pursuant to the Convention on Psychotropic Substances that may justify adding a substance to the schedules of the Convention, transferring a substance to another schedule, or deleting it from schedules, to notify the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, who shall prepare for submission to the World Health Organization evaluations regarding proposed actions. Directs the Secretary, upon such notification, to confer with the Attorney General and determine if existing legal controls meet the requirements of the schedule specified in such notification. Allows the Secretary to propose more stringent controls, even if requirements are being met, to propose scheduling of substances to meet requirements of the Convention, or to follow procedures to remain in at least temporary noncompliance with such requirements. Requires the Attorney General to assure that minimal United States obligations to the Convention are met if procedures of noncompliance will take more than a time specified by the Convention. Requires the Attorney General to comply with the scheduling requirements if a review of such requirements, requested under the noncompliance procedures, by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations results in support of such requirements. Requires manufacturers of psychotropic substances subject to the Convention to report to the Attorney General periodically. States that no international agreements on psychotropic substances shall be construed to: (1) require specific punishments for psychotropic substances offenses or to limit education and rehabilitation as alternatives to conviction or punishment; (2) limit protection of confidentiality of patient records of research subjects; (3) modify the authority of practitioners and registered establishments to use and dispense narcotic controlled substances; or (4) prevent drug price communications to consumers.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Requests the President to express the concern of the United States Government for the safety and freedom of Valentyn Moroz, historian, writer, and spokesman for the cultural integrity of the Ukranian people.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Nurse Training Act - Title I: Construction Assistance - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools and loan guarantees and interest subsidies through fiscal year 1977. Title II: Capitation Grants - States that each collegiate school of nursing shall receive $400 for each student enrolled in each of the last two years of such school. Provides capitation grants for other schools of nursing and authorizes appropriations for such grants. Title III: Financial Distress Grants - Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public or non-profit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits. Prescribes the procedures for the making of such grants and authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for the grants. Title IV: Special Project Assistance - Empowers the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing and other entities to meet the costs of special projects, including: (1) to increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (2) to provide continuing education for nurses; and (3) to increase the supply or distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Provides for the making of grants, and authorizes appropriations for such grants, by the Secretary for: (1) advanced nurse training programs; and (2) nurse practitioner programs. Title V: Assistance to Nursing Students - Extends the authorization of appropriations for traineeships, student loans, and the program to encourage full utilization of educational talent for nursing. Extends the nursing scholarship program. Title VI: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Public Health Service Act. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Health Manpower Act - Title I: General Provisions - Revises and repeals specified provisions of the Public Health Services Act. Title II: Assistance for Construction of Teaching Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist in the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977. Title III: Student Assistance; National Health Service Corps - Expands the provisions governing the making of student loans under the Public Health Service Act and the rates for repayment of such loans. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making Federal capital contributions into the student loan funds of authorized schools. Prescribes procedures for the establishment of a National Health Service Corps, applications for assistance from the Corps, and assignment and functions of Corps personnel to medically underserved populations. Outlines the rate-of-pay schedule for physician and dentist Corps members engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Details the reporting requirements of the Secretary to the Congress in his carrying out the programs of the National Health Service Corps. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps. Specifies the membership composition of such Council. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1977 for carrying out this section. Revises the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program, setting forth the eligibility requirements for acceptance in such program and the time and type of obligated service required. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the Program $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Title IV: Grants for Health Professions Schools - Sets forth computation rules governing the making of annual grants by the Secretary for the support of education programs of schools of medicine, osteopathy, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry. Provides for the apportionment of, and authorization of, appropriations for the making of such grants. States that the Secretary shall not make such grants to any school unless specified assurances that the first year enrollment of health profession schools will rise by specified percentages in succeeding years, are met. Title V: Special Project Grants and Contracts - Revises the procedure for the making of special project grants and contracts for the purposes of assisting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Specifies the purposes for which such grants may be used. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000, $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively for the establishment of area health education centers. Title VI: Public and Allied Health Personnel - Revises the training programs for public and community health personnel and allied health personnel, extending appropriations through fiscal year 1977. Title VII: Medical Residency Training Programs - Provides for the accrediting and operation of medical residency training programs with the number of first year positions not to exceed 125 percent of the estimated number of graduates from accredited schools of medicine in the preceding calendar year. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to contract for a study analyzing the current distribution of physicians by specialty, projecting such analysis for 1980, 1985, and 1990, and examining and developing a method for establishing the optimal distribution of physicians by geographic area. Requires the Secretary to make specified quality assurances to the Congress regarding education and training of allied health personnel. Calls for an allied health personnel study, detailing the contents of such study, including identification of classifications in which there are critical shortages of personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974
Increases from $2,600,000,000 to $3,100,000,000 the authorization for reimbursement for the construction of water treatment works under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (Amends 33 U.S.C. 1286(e))
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974
Removes the provisions of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 which make flood insurance coverage and community participation in the national flood insurance program prerequisites for approval of any financial assistance in a flood hazard area.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Establishes a Select Committee on Aging in the House of Representatives. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of any and all matters pertaining to problems of older people, including, but not limited to, problems of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive and rewarding retirement activity, of securing proper housing, and, when necessary, of assuring adequate care or assistance. Directs the Committee to report to the House from time to time the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1974
Helium Storage Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to collect and store crude helium in the existing Federal helium pipeline and storage system under conditions set forth in this Act. Provides for the redelivery of helium under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Provides, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not: (1) establish maximum limits on the potency of any synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form; (2) classify any vitamin or mineral as a drug solely on the basis of the potency of the vitamin or mineral; and (3) limit the combination or number of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other ingredient of food, within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in capsule, tablet, or liquid form. States that the labeling and advertising for any food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form may not: (1) list its ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals unless such ingredients (a) are listed in a list of all the ingredients of such food, or (b) are subject to a specified regulations; or (2) give prominence or emphasize the list of ingredients. States that the provisions of this Act shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to establish maximum limits on the potency of a synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral if such limits are prescribed under regulations requiring the vitamin or mineral to be dispensed only upon a prescription.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Authorizes the Federal Communications Commission to require that any apparatus designed to receive any amplitude modulated or frequency modulated broadcast be capable of adequately receiving a broadcast on all AM and FM frequencies, if such apparatus is shipped in interstate commerce or is imported for resale. States that such requirement shall not apply to aviation, marine or other radio apparatus excepted by rule of the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
National Health Policy, Planning, and Resources Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Council for Health Policy. States that the Council shall be responsible for the following: (1) developing and recommending a national health policy which shall include a quantifiable statement of national health goals; (2) recommending guidelines respecting the appropriate supply, distribution, and organization of health resources and services, including health education services; (3) conducting studies and analyses concerning the recommended national health policy, and alternative means of achieving the goals included in the recommended national health policy; (4) assessing the status of the health of the American people, existing and proposed Federal and other health programs, and the need for particular health resources and services, including health education services; (5) evaluating the implications of advances in biomedical research, health services research, and medical technology for the health care delivery system; and (6) analysis of the essential factors which cause inflation in the cost of health services and a determination of needs of containing such inflation. Establishes health service areas throughout the United States. Sets forth requirements for each health service area, including: (1) the area shall be a rational geographic region within which there are available a comprehensive range of health services, and which is of a character suitable for the effective planning and development of health services; and (2) to the extent practicable, the area shall include at least one center for the provision of highly specialized health services. Provides that a health systems agency for a health service area shall (1) be incorporated in the State in which the largest part of the population of its health service area resides, and (2) not be a subsidiary of, or otherwise controlled by, any other private corporation or legal entity. States that the health systems agency may establish subarea advisory councils representing parts of the agencies' health service area to advise the governing body of the agency on the performance of its functions. Stipulates that for the purpose of: (1) improving the health of residents of a health service area; (2) increasing the accessibility, acceptability, continuity, and quality of the health services provided them; and (3) restraining increases in the cost of providing health services, each health systems agency shall have as its primary responsibility the provision of effective health planning for its health service area and the promotion of the development within the area of health services, manpower, and facilities which meet identified needs, reduce documented inefficiencies, and implement the health plans of the agency. Directs the agency to establish, annually review, and amend as necessary an annual implementation plan which describes objectives which will achieve the goals and priorities of the Act. Requires the Secretary to make in each fiscal year a grant to each health systems agency on such conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate. Provides that a health systems agency may use funds under a grant under this Act to make payments under contracts with other entities to assist the health systems agency in the performance of its functions; but it shall not use funds under such a grant to make payments under a grant or contract with another entity for the development or delivery of health services or resources. Enumerates the functions which each State agency shall perform within the State, including the following: (1) conduct the health planning activities of the State and implement those parts of the State health plan and the plans of the health system agencies within the State which relate to the government of the State; and (2) assist the Statewide Health Coordinating Council of the State in the preparation, review, and revision of the State health plan, in the review of the State medical facilities plan, and in the performance of its functions generally. Provides that the Secretary may make grants to State health planning and development agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of their operation. Stipulates that the amount of any grant made under this subsection shall be determined by the Secretary, except that no grant to a designated State Agency may exceed 75 percent of its operation costs during the period for which the grant is available for obligation. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making grant payments of $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Sets forth procedures and criteria for reviews of proposed health system changes. Directs the Secretary to provide (directly or through grants or contracts, or both) to designated health systems agencies and State Agencies: (1) assistance in developing their health plans and approaches to planning various types of health services; (2) technical materials, including methodologics, policies, and standards appropriate for use in health planning; and (3) other technical assistance as may be necessary in order that such agencies may properly perform their functions. Directs the Secretary to assist public or private nonprofit entities in meeting the costs of planning and developing new centers, and operating existing and new centers, for multidisciplinary health planning development and assistance. Stipulates that, to the extent practicable, the Secretary shall provide assistance under this section so that at least five such centers will be in operation by June 30, 1976. Instructs the Secretary to review and approve or disapprove the annual budget of each designated health systems agency and State Agency. Provides that the Secretary shall prescribe performance standards covering the structure, operation, and performance of the functions of each designated health systems agency and State Agency, and he shall establish a reporting system based on the performance standards that allows for continuous review of the structure, operation, and performance of the functions of such agencies. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe the general manner in which the State Agency of each State shall determine for the State medical facilities plan the priority among projects within the State for which assistance is available under this Act, based on the relative need of different areas within the State for such projects; (2) prescribe for medical facilities projects assisted under this Act general standards of construction, modernization, and equipment for medical facilities of different classes and in different types of location; (3) prescribe criteria for determining needs for medical facility beds and needs for medical facilities, and for developing plans for the distribution of such beds and facilities; (4) prescribe criteria for determining the extent to which existing medical facilities are in need of modernization; and (5) require each State medical facilities plan to provide for adequate medical facilities for all persons residing in the State and adequate facilities to furnish needed health services for persons unable to pay therefor. Stipulates that before an application for assistance under this Act for a medical facility project may be approved, the State Agency of the State in which such project is located must have submitted to the Secretary and had approved by him a State medical facilities plan. Sets forth procedures to be followed in order for approval of State projects. Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to make allotments among the States on the basis of population, the financial need, and need for medical facilities projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans from the fund established by this Act to pay the Federal share of approved projects. Directs the Secretary to consult with a Federal Hospital Council in administering the provisions of this Act. Provides that in the case of any facility for which an allotment payment, loan, or loan guarantee has been made under this Act, the applicant for such payment, loan, or loan guarantee (or, if appropriate, such other person as the Secretary may prescribe) shall file at least annually with the State Agency for the State in which the facility is located a statement which shall be in such form, and contain such information, as the Secretary may require to accurately show: (1) the financial operations of the facility and (2) the costs to the facility of providing health services in the facility and the charges made by the facility for providing such services, during the period with respect to which the statement is filed.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Extends, under the Public Health Service Act, through fiscal year 1975, the scholarship program for the National Health Service Corps and the loan program for health professions students.
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