United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Comprehensive Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to propose guidelines, based on specified national objectives, for the adoption, submission, implementation, and enforcement of effective State waste management and resource recovery plans. Requires the adoption of such plans within 12 months of the promulgation of guidelines by the Administrator. Requires the acceptance or rejection based on specified criteria, of such a plan by the Administrator within six months of its submission by the State. Provides for modifications of a State plan, or plans developed by units of local government of a State, where the cost of such a plan would be greatly disproportionate to the benefit conferred on the State by such a system, or under other specified circumstances. Requires the Administrator to propose regulations establishing Federal standards of performance for new sources of waste generation. Requires the Administrator to issue, from time to time, information on processes or techniques which reduce or eliminate the generation or toxicity of wastes, or permit resource recovery in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Provides that, within 18 months of enactment of this Act and from time to time thereafter, the Administrator shall identify hazardous wastes and specified characteristics thereof, and shall promulgate regulations establishing requirements for generation of hazardous wastes and to enter into agreements with the States for the purpose of enactment of these regulations. Defines the rights of the Administrator or his authorized representative with respect to gathering information for the purpose of developing or assisting in the development of any State waste management and resource recovery plan under this Act. Provides for Federal enforcement of the provisions of this Act and states that the Administrator may issue orders requiring compliance with the provisions of this Act. States that any person who knowingly violates any requirement of an applicable waste management and resource recovery plan or State program for implementing hazardous waste treatment and disposal standards during any period of federally assumed enforcement under this Act or more than thirty days after having been notified by the Administrator that such person is violating such requirement, or violates or fails or refuses to comply with any order issued by the Administrator, or violates any requirement, of this Act, or engages in any act prohibited by this Act, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25,000 per day of violation, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. States that, in any instance in which there is a substantial factual basis for the Administrator to commence an administrative or judicial proceeding under this section and in which the Administrator does not commence such preceeding within one hundred and eighty days after the agency has obtained information which provides such a basis, he shall not later than thirty days thereafter publish notice of his decision not to commence a proceeding along with the reasons for such decision. States that citizens may commence civil actions under this Act, but specifies the circumstances under which such a suit may be brought. Provides for judicial review of any nationally applicable regulation promulgated under this Act. Stipulates that no Federal agency may enter into any contract with any person who is convicted of any offense under this Act for the procurement of goods, materials, and services to perform such contract at any facility at which the violation which gave rise to such conviction occurred if such facility is owned, leased, or supervised by such person. Provides for comprehensive economic cost studies to provide the basis for evaluating programs authorized by this Act and the development of new programs and to furnish Congress with the information necessary for authorization of appropriations by fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1974. Authorizes to be appropriated for fiscal years 1975 and 1976 specified sums to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Interior, and the several States to carry out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the establishment within the Environmental Protection Agency an Office of Technical Assistance to provide to the States adequate technical assistance to meet specified requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Empowers the Small Business Administration, where other financial assistance is not available on reasonable terms, to make loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) at a rate of interest not to exceed 3 percent per year to assist any small business concern to meet operating costs, if the Administration determines that such business concern has suffered substantial economic injury as the result of a shortage in energy producing material. Limits such loans to a period of 5 years.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Rape Prevention and Control Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to conduct a continuing study and investigation of specified areas, including: (1) the effectiveness of existing Federal, State and local laws dealing with rape; (2) the relationship, if any, between traditional legal and social attitutdes toward sexual roles, the act of rape, and the formulation of laws dealing with rape; (3) the treatment of the victims of rape by law enforcement agencies, hospitals, or other medical institutions, prosecutors, and the courts; (4) the causes of rape; and (5) sexual assaults in correctional institutions. Provides that the Center shall compile and publish annually a summary of its findings. Directs the Center to develop an information clearinghouse with regard to enumerated materials regarding rape and rehabilitation of offenders. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides that the Secretary, through the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape, shall make grants to community mental health centers, nonprofit private organizations, and public agencies for the purpose of conducting research and demonstration projects concerning the control and prevention of rape. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on matters relating to rape prevention and control.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
National Cancer Amendments - Revises the Public Health Service Act by authorizing the Director of the National Cancer Institute to provide and contract for a program to disseminate and interpret for practitioners and other health professionals, scientists, and the general public new scientific and other information respecting the cause, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. Increases the authorized appropriations for the carrying out of the National Cancer Program. Makes various technical and conforming changes in the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to require appropriate scientific peer review of (1) applications made after the effective date of such regulations for grants under this Act for biomedical and behavioral research; and (2) biomedical and behavioral research and development contract projects to be administered after such effective date through an institute established under this Act, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, or the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Empowers the Small Business Administration to make such loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions) as the Administration may determine to be necessary to assist, or to refinance the existing indebtedness of, any small business concern seriously affected by a shortage of energy-producing materials or by any restriction imposed by law or regulation upon travel or the use of motor fuels.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Safe Drinking Water Act - Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish proposed national interim primary drinking water regulations within 90 days after the date of this Act's enactment. Makes provisions for national drinking water regulations including the determination of maximum contaminant levels. Declares that for purposes of this Act, a State has primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems during any period the State meets the criteria set forth in this Act as determined by the Administrator. Provides for civil actions to require compliance by any State failing to assure enforcement of drinking water regulations. Allows a State to grant variances from an applicable national primary drinking water regulation to one or more public water systems within its jurisdiction. Permits a State which has primary enforcement responsibility to exempt any public water system within the State's jurisdiction from any requirement respecting a maximum contaminant level or any treatment technique requirement, or from both, of an applicable national primary drinking water regulation upon a finding that (1) due to compelling factors (which may include economic factors), the public water system is unable to comply with such contaminant level or treatment technique requirement, and (2) the public water system was in operation on the effective date of such regulation. Provides for the protection of underground sources of drinking water through underground injection control programs. Provides civil penalties for violation of an applicable underground injection control program. Sets forth provisions on the availability of adequate supplies of chemicals necessary for the treatment of water. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct research and programs to control diseases resulting from contaminants in water, including improved methods to identify and measure contaminants, and improved methods of water treatment, purification, and distribution. Authorizes grants for projects designed to train personnal for occupations involving the public health aspects of providing safe drinking water. Authorizes appropriations for grants to States to carry out the drinking water programs established under this Act. Makes provisions for State plans and applications for assistance. Allows the Administrator to make special study and demonstration project grants. Directs the Administrator to carry out a program of guaranteeing loans made by private lenders to small public water systems for the purpose of enabling such systems to meet primary drinking water regulations. Establishes a National Drinking Water Advisory Council of 15 members to advise the Administrator on matters relating to this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out his functions under this Act. Directs the Administrator to enter into arrangements with public or private entities to conduct a survey of the quantity, quality and availability of rural drinking water supplies. Provides for bottled drinking water standards under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Narcotic Addict Treatment Act - Defines the terms "maintenance treatment" and "detoxification treatment" as used in the Act. Provides, under the Controlled Substances Act, that practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs to individuals for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment shall obtain annually a separate registration for that purpose from the Attorney General. States that the Attorney General shall register an applicant to dispense narcotic drugs to individuals for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment (or both): (1) if the applicant is a practitioner who is determined by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to be qualified (under standards established by the Secretary) to engage in the treatment with respect to which registration is sought; (2) if the Attorney General determines that the applicant will comply with standards established by the Attorney General respecting (A) security of stocks of narcotic drugs for such treatment, and (B) the maintenance of records, in accordance with the Controlled Substances Act, on such drugs; and (3) if the Secretary determines that the applicant will comply with standards established by the Secretary (after consultation with the Attorney General) respecting the quantities of narcotic drugs which may be provided for unsupervised use by individuals in such treatment. Grants the Attorney General the power to revoke or suspend a registration upon a finding that the registrant has failed to comply with any standard of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Energy Inventory Act - Establishes in the office of the Comptroller General the Office of Energy Information with a Director to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Director to prepare an inventory of energy resources in the United States, to include resources, supplies, processing facilities, consumption, and transportation. Requires a report on such inventory within 90 days of enactment and every 60 days thereafter. Grants the Director authority to gather whatever data he deems necessary and to determine whether it should be kept confidential. Authorizes appropriation of necessary sums to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
National Diabetes Mellitus Act - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health, with the advice of the advisory council to the Director, to establish a National Commission on Diabetes within 60 days of enactment of this Act. Directs the Commission to formulate a long range plan to combat diabetes mellitus, which shall include a coordinated research program proposed Federal, State, and local programs for screening and detection of diabetes, referral for treatment, and counseling on how to live with diabetes. Authorizes an appropriation of $1,000,000 to carry out such long-range plan. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to develop or substantially expand centers for research and training in diabetes mellitus and related endocrine metabolic disorders. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for fiscal 1975, $7,500,000 for fiscal 1976, and $10,000,000 for fiscal 1977 for such centers. Directs the Director to establish an Inter-Institute Diabetes Mellitus Coordinating Committee to coordinate the total National Institutes of Health research activities relating to diabetes mellitus.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
National Cancer Act Amendments - Increases the authorization of appropriations under the Public Health Service Act for the basic cancer research and training program and the prevention and control program. Extends such Act for three years with appropriations of $750,000,000 $830,000,000 and $985,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively. Authorizes the awarding of grants for the improvement of basic research laboratory facilities, including those related to biohazard control, as deemed necessary, for the national cancer program.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
National Health Policy and Health Development Act - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the National Council for Health Policy, consisting of five members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Council to: (1) assess the status of the Nation's health; (2) assess existing and proposed health programs; and (3) develop recommendations for a national health policy which include quantifiable national health goals. Requires a report by the Council each February 1. States that the Congress find the following deserve priority consideration in setting a health policy and in developing health programs: (1) primary care services for medically underserved areas; (2) development of medical group practices; (3) training and increased utilization of physician assistants; and (4) development of multi-institutional arrangements for sharing of support services necessary to all health service institutions. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish health areas with respect to which health service agencies shall be designated. Prescribes standards for such areas, including the requirement of at least one center for highly specialized health services in each such area. Provides for the organizational structure of health service agencies. Sets forth functions for such agencies, including improvement of the health of residents of health areas and restraint on cost increases for health services. Requires such agencies to annually establish long-range goal plans (LGP) and short-term priorities plans (SPP) for the health areas. Requires such agencies to work with public and private entities in the areas in developing health programs. Authorizes health services agencies to review and approve or disapprove Federal funds for programs under this Act, the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, and the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act. Directs such agencies to review and make recommendations to State health commissions on certification of health services offered or proposed. Sets standards for such reviews, including considerations of need of health services and costs. Authorizes necessary technical and other nonfinancial assistance to nonprofit private entities which want to be designated as health service agencies. Authorizes grants to nonprofit entities in meeting the costs of the organizational and operational requirements of being health service agencies. Authorizes $15,000,000 for fiscal 1974 and $30,000,000 for fiscal 1975 and 1976 for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to provide health service agencies with model health plans and technical materials, and with a grant each year to be used for salaries, data collection, planning and other activities. States that such a grant shall not be less than $150,000. Authorizes for such grants, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for making such grants. Directs the Secretary to make grants each year to such agencies to enable them to establish an area Health Services Development Fund, and authorizes appropriation of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for such grants. Requires the Secretary to review and approve the annual budget of such agencies and to enter into an agreement with a qualified agency of each State whereby such agency shall be conditionally designated as the State Health Commission. Sets forth requirements for such commissions, including that they be independent establishments within State government. Sets forth performance requirements for State administrative programs by such Commissions, including that the State share of cost be provided in a manner and amount satisfactory to the Secretary. Requires such Commissions to review annually and approve or disapprove the LGP and SPP of each health service agency, license health care facilities and personnel in the State, and to determine prospective rates for health services. Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for the developing and operating of State Health Commissions. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to public and nonprofit private entities and guarantee to non-Federal lenders payment of principal of and interest on loans made by such lenders to nonprofit private entities for assistance in meeting the cost of construction projects for health facilities. Sets forth requirements for repayment of such loans. Establishes a loan guarantee and loan fund in the Treasury to make such loans. Authorizes an appropriation of $100,000,000 in the aggregate for fiscal years 1974 through 1976 for such fund.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
National Health Policy Act - Establishes in the Executive office of the President a Council on Health Policy. Sets forth the functions of the Council, including the following: (1) assessment of the status of the Nation's health; (2) assessment of existing and proposed Federal and other health programs; (3) assessment of the need for health resources and services; (4) issuing guidelines respecting the appropriate supply, distribution and organization of health resources and services; and (5) conduct of studies and analyses concerning recommendations for a national health policy. Sets forth priorities in the formulation of a national health policy and in the development and operation of Federal, State, and area health planning, development, and regulatory programs.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1973
Emergency Chlorine Allocation Act - Declares that there is a national shortage of chlorine and other chemicals and substances used for safe drinking water and for waste water treatment purposes and that such shortage presents a substancial threat to the public health. Revises the Public Health Service Act by providing that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall promulgate regulations providing for mandatory allocation of chlorine, activated carbon, lime, ammonia, soda ash, or other chemical or substance used in the treatment of drinking water or waste water, such regulations to only apply to chlorine unless the other chemicals are also found to be in short supply. Authorizes the Administrator to hold such hearings and receive such evidence as he deems necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to gather such information from and make such inspections of producers and importers of chlorine or other allocated chemicals as are necessary to carry out this Act. Provides penalties for failure to comply with regulations promulgated under this Act. Provides that no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey to any person subject to the Act immunity from civil or criminal liability, or to create defenses to actions, under the antitrust laws. Sets forth exceptious to the antitrust provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 1973
Emergency Chlorine Allocation Act - Declares that there is a national shortage of chlorine and other chemicals and substances used for safe drinking water and for waste water treatment purposes and that such shortage presents a substancial threat to the public health. Revises the Public Health Service Act by providing that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall promulgate regulations providing for mandatory allocation of chlorine, activated carbon, lime, ammonia, soda ash, or other chemical or substance used in the treatment of drinking water or waste water, such regulations to only apply to chlorine unless the other chemicals are also found to be in short supply. Authorizes the Administrator to hold such hearings and receive such evidence as he deems necessary to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to gather such information from and make such inspections of producers and importers of chlorine or other allocated chemicals as are necessary to carry out this Act. Provides penalties for failure to comply with regulations promulgated under this Act. Provides that no provision of this Act shall be deemed to convey to any person subject to the Act immunity from civil or criminal liability, or to create defenses to actions, under the antitrust laws. Sets forth exceptious to the antitrust provisions of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 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.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1973
Federal Election Campaign Act - Prescribes a formula for determining how much candidates for Federal elective office may spend in elections for all purposes, for communication media, and for broadcast media. Prohibits contributions in excess of $100 on behalf of Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates. States that no authorized committee may accept contributions other than those from individuals or political party organizations. Prohibits such contributions from nonresident aliens. Sets a $25,000 limit which such contributions may not exceed for a Presidential election and $5,000 for other Federal offices. Limits cash contributions to $100. Requires that contributions go only to the authorized committee of a candidate. Describes the purposes for which contributions may be expended. Requires reports from the authorized committees on their finances to be made to the Federal Election Commission. Establishes the Federal Elections Commission as an independent establishment of the executive branch, which may require reports and testimony from persons, initiate civil actions, and present evidence of violations of this Act to a grand jury and prosecute such violations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1973
Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program Amendments - Extends the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program to obtain health related specialists not only for the National Health Service Corps but for such other uniformed or civilian Federal health service as the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare may determine is appropriate. Adds to the criteria for participation in the Program by broadening eligibility to include those selected for civilian service in the National Health Service Corps or in such other uniformed or civilian Federal health service as the Secretary may determine is appropriate and eliminates as criteria for participation in the Program the requirement that each applicant must be eligible for, or hold, an appointment as a commissioned officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Service. Eliminates, as a requirement for participation in the Program, written agreement to serve in the Commissioned Corps of the Service while revising the written agreement requirement to include such other uniformed or civilian Federal health service as the Secretary may determine is appropriate. Alters the active duty obligations of participants in the Program by eliminating the alternative of serving as a commissioned officer in the Service and adding the alternative of serving in such other uniformed or civilian Federal health service as the Secretary may determine is appropriate. Eliminates the requirement that at least one-half of the active duty obligation must be spent providing health care and services in specific areas. Provides that periods of internship or residency shall not be creditable in satisfying an active duty service obligation unless the internship or residency is served in a Federal health facility, thus eliminating the restriction that internship or residency are only creditable when served in a facility of the Public Health Service or other facility of the National Health Service Corps. Eliminates the authorization to appropriate $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and authorizes appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program. Provides that this Act shall be effective with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, under the Clean Air Act to temporarily suspend specified stationary source fuel and emission limitations, based upon his finding of an unavailability of types or amounts of fuels.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Health Services Research, Health Statistics, and Medical Libraries Act - Title I: Health Services Research and Evaluation: Health Statistics - Health Services Research and Evaluation and Health Statistics Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to undertake, through the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Statistics and such other units of the Department as he may select, and support health statistical activities and health services research, evaluation, and demonstrations. Declares that the Secretary may do the following: (1) utilize personnel and equipment, facilities, and other physical resources of the Department, permit appropriate entities and individuals to utilize the physical resources of the Department, provide technical assistance and advice, make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and individuals, and enter into contracts with public and private entities and individuals, for health services research, evaluation, and demonstrations and for health statistical activities; (2) admit and treat at hospitals and other facilities of the Service persons not otherwise eligible for admission and treatment at such facilities; (3) secure, from time to time and for such periods as the Secretary deems advisable, the assistance and advice of experts and consultants from the United States or abroad; and (4) acquire, construct, improve, repair, operate, and maintain laboratory, research, and other necessary facilities and equipment, and such other real or personal property (including patents) as the Secretary deems necessary; and acquire, by lease or otherwise, through the Administrator of General Services, buildings or parts of buildings in the District of Columbia or communities located adjacent to the District of Columbia. Establishes in the Department the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Statistics. Declares that the Secretary, acting through the Center, may undertake and support research, evaluation, and demonstration projects respecting: (1) the accessibility, acceptability, organization, distribution, utilization, quality, and financing of health services and systems; (2) the supply and distribution, education and training, quality, utilization, organization, and costs of health manpower; and (3) the design, construction, utilization, organization, and cost of facilities and equipment. Directs the Secretary to collect specified statistics. Provides that the Secretary shall, by grants or contracts, or both, assist public or private nonprofit entities in meeting the costs of planning and establishing new centers, and operating existing and new centers, for multidisciplinary health services research, evaluations, and demonstrations. States that for the purpose of advancing the status of the health sciences in the United States, the Secretary may participate with other countries in cooperative endeavors in biomedical research and the health services research and statistical activities authorized by this Act. Requires the Secretary to call annual conferences of the health authorities of the several States. Provides that not later than September 1 of each year, the Secretary shall make a report to Congress respecting the administration of this Act during the preceeding fiscal year and the current state and progress of health services research and health statistics. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Revision and Extension of Medical Library Assistance Programs - Extends the authorization of appropriation for medical library assistance programs for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Title III: Conforming and Technical Amendments - Directs the Secretary to conduct, encourage, cooperate with, and render assistance to appropriate public entities, scientific institutions, and scientists in the conduct and promotion of the coordination of biomedical research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases and impairments of man. States that for the purpose of advancing the status of the medical sciences in the United States the Secretary may participate with other countries in cooperative endeavors in the research activities authorized by this Act. Provides that the Secretary may authorize persons engaged in research on the use and effect of drugs to protect the privacy of individuals who are the subject of such research by withholding from all persons not connected with the conduct of such research the names or other identifying characteristics of such individuals. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct such studies and investigations as may be necessary to determine the quantities of crude opium, coca leaves, and their salts, derivatives, and preparations, and other drugs subject to control under this title and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, together with reserves thereof, as may be necessary to supply the normal and emergency medical and scientific requirements of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out a program to develop materials relating to sudden infant death syndrome and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care, public safety officials, and to the public generally. Allows the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities, and enter into contracts with public and private entities, for projects which include both the collection, analysis, and furnishing of information relating to the causes of the sudden infant death syndrome, and the provision of information and counseling to families affected by the sudden infant death syndrome. Limits such grants to $50,000. Provides that no grant may be made or contract entered into under this act unless an application therefor has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to submit, within two years following the date of the enactment of this Act, a comprehensive report to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives respecting the administration of this Act and the results obtained from the program authorized by it.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Title I: Federal Assistance for State and Local Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse Programs - Authorizes appropriations, for grants to States for alcoholism and alcohol abuse programs, of $60,000,000 for fiscal years 1975 and 1976. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to arrange for the assignment of officers and employees of the Department or provide equipment or supplies in lieu of a portion of the allotment to States. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the National Institute, on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse to, during the period beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1976, make grants to States for the implementation of the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act. Provides that the Secretary may not approve an application of a State under this section unless he determines that under the laws of that State and of each of its political subdivisions no individual may be subject to criminal prosecution solely on the basis of his consumption of alcoholic beverages. Provides that for the purpose of making payments for grants, there is authorized to be appropriated $13,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the next two fiscal years. Allows the Secretary, acting through the Institute, to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and to enter into contracts with public and private entities and with individuals: (1) to conduct demonstration, service, and evaluation projects; and (2) to provide counseling and education activities on an individual or community basis, for the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism and for the rehabilitation of alcohol abusers and alcoholics. Authorizes, payments for grants and contracts under this section, appropriation of $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Prohibits alcohol abusers and alcoholics who are suffering from emergency medical conditions from being refused admission or treatment, solely because of their alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence, by any private or public general hospital which receives support in any form from any program supported in whole or in part by funds appropriated to any Federal department or agency. States that records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any patient which are maintained in connection with the performance of any program or activity relating to alcoholism or alcohol abuse education, training, treatment, rehabilitation, or research, which is conducted, regulated, or directly or indirectly assisted by any department or agency of the United States shall be confidential and may be disclosed only for the purposes and under the circumstances expressly authorized under this Act. Provides that except as authorized by a court order granted under this Act, no such record may be used to initiate or substantiate any criminal charges against a patient or to conduct any investigation of a patient. Title II: Administration and Coordination of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Addiction and Mental Health Administration. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administration, to supervise the functions of the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse to assure that the programs carried out through each such Institute receive appropriate and equitable support, and that there is cooperation among the Institutes in the implementation of such programs. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Panel on Addiction and Mental Health to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to, the Secretary concerning the activities to be carried out through the Administration. Establishes a National Institute of Mental Health to administer the programs and authorities of the Secretary with respect to mental health functions. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Institute, to develop and conduct comprehensive health, education, training, research, and planning programs for the prevention and treatment of mental illness and for the rehabilitation of the mentally ill. Establishes the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to administer the programs and authorities assigned to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by this Act and the Community Mental Health Centers Act. Directs the Secretary, to develop and conduct comprehensive health, education, training, research, and planning programs for the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism and for the rehabilitation of alcohol abusers and alcoholics. Establishes the National Institute on Drug Abuse to administer the programs and authorities of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with respect to drug abuse prevention functions. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Institute, to develop and conduct comprehensive health, education, training, research, and planning programs for the prevention and treatment of drug abuse and for the rehabilitation of drug abusers. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Federal Activities for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse. Directs the Committee to evaluate the adequacy and technical soundness of all Federal programs and activities which relate to alcoholism and alcohol abuse and provide for the communication and exchange of information necessary to maintain the coordination and effectiveness of such programs and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1973
Requires the United States Olympic Committee to hold public proceedings before it may alter its constitution. Requires arbitration of specified amateur athletic disputes.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Repeals the Act making the laws of the state of New York relating to the taking of game and fish applicable to the lands within the Allegheny, Cattaraugus and Oil Spring Indian Reservations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Provides that nothing contained in the Federal Trade Commission Act, or in any of the antitrust Acts, shall render unlawful the inclusion and enforcement in any trademark licensing contract or agreement, pursuant to which the licensee engages in the distribution or sale of a trademarked private label food product, of provisions granting the licensee the sole and exclusive right to distribute or sell such product in a defined geographic area or limiting the licensee, directly or indirectly, to the distribution or sale of such product only for ultimate resale to consumers within a defined geographic area. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply only if in such defined geographic area: (1) such product is in substantial and effective competition with products of the same general class distributed or sold by others; (2) the licensee is in substantial and effective competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act of 1946, as amended. Provides that trademarked private label food product means a food product that is both: (1) sold under a trademark owned by an organization that licenses such product for sale exclusively by either; (a) food wholesalers or food retailers who cooperatively own and control such organization; or (b) food wholesalers for resale to retail food stores that do business under a common trademark name owned by such organization; and (2) produced and packaged to specifications determined solely by the organization that owns the trademark.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on the Handicapped within two years of enactment in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in the field of the handicapped, and to further the policies set forth in this joint resolution. Provides that such conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. Require a final report of the White House Conference on the Handicapped to be submitted to the President not later than 120 days following the date on which the conference is called, and the findings and recommendations included therein to be made available immediately to the public. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the submission of such report, to transmit to the President and the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations contained in such report. Gives the Secretary administrative powers to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on the Handicapped composed of 28 members, of whom not less than 15 shall be handicapped or parents of handicapped persons. Provides that such Advisory Committee shall cease to exist 90 days after the submission of the final report required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1973
Emergency Rural Housing Act - Declares the finding of Congress that there are millions of substandard dwelling units in rural areas, that existing agencies operating under existing authorities could not meet the needs of millions of the rural poor, and that there is a need for emergency action in rural housing programs. Establishes an Emergency Rural Housing Administration, the management of which shall be vested in an Administrator appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. Makes it the duty of the Administrator to provide minimal housing facilities for eligible persons in rural areas and small communities. Forbids the duties and powers of the Administration to be transferred to any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to make loans to eligible persons to finance the acquisition of land and the construction thereon of minimal housing facilities, or to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing facilities in accordance with minimum housing facilities standards. Provides that at least 50 percent of the principal amount of any loan made shall be amortized over a period of not more than forty years, shall bear interest at a rate of not less than one percent per year, and shall be secured by a first mortgage. Authorizes the Administrator to acquire land and engage in the development of housing projects to be sold under the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to finance all or part of the acquisition, and maintenance of: (1) minimal housing facilities in rural areas and small communities to be rented by eligible persons; (2) water and sewer facilities for such housing; and (3) related community facilities for such housing. Provides that the Administrator may enter into area responsibility agreements with any local agency. Forbids the Administrator to require, as a condition of assistance under this Act, the relocation of any eligible person in order to engage in or to facilitate the economic development of any area. Requires the Administration to submit an annual report to the Congress and the President on the operation of this Act. Establishes a Rural Housing Investment Fund which shall be used by the Administration for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Administration to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on the Handicapped within two years of enactment in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in the field of the handicapped, and to further the policies set forth in this joint resolution. Provides that such conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. Require a final report of the White House Conference on the Handicapped to be submitted to the President not later than 120 days following the date on which the conference is called, and the findings and recommendations included therein to be made available immediately to the public. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the submission of such report, to transmit to the President and the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations contained in such report. Gives the Secretary administrative powers to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on the Handicapped composed of 28 members, of whom not less than 15 shall be handicapped or parents of handicapped persons. Provides that such Advisory Committee shall cease to exist 90 days after the submission of the final report required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to provide for the demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of solar heating technology. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate, support and carry out basic and applied research and development in solar heating and cooling technologies. Provides for the installation of solar heating systems in residential dwellings under the monitoring of the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Bureau of Standards and in consultation with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Defense. Provides that such residential dwellings shall be located in a sufficient number of different geographic areas (not less than three) in the United States to assure a realistic and effective demonstration of solar heating and cooling systems involved. Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate, support and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $50,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
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 · 18 October 1973
Declares it to be the sense of the House that the President, acting in accordance with the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength, and under existing authority, should continue to transfer to Israel the Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the attack and to offset the military equipment and supplies furnished to the Arab States by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Public Health Service Act Amendment - States that fulfillment of our national purpose depends on promoting and assuring the highest level of health attainable for every person in an environment which contributes positively to healthful individual and family living. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint such advisory councils or committees for such periods of time as he deems desirable for the purpose of advising him in connection with any of his functions. States that, upon appointment of any such council or committee, the Secretary may transfer such of the functions of the National Advisory Health Council relating to grants for research or training projects or programs in the areas or fields with which such council or committee is concerned as he deems appropriate. States that the Public Health Service shall be composed of a Regular and Reserve Corps which shall be administered by the Surgeon General under the supervision and direction of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to accept from State and local authorities any assistance in the enforcement of warranty regulations. Directs the Secretary to assist the States in the prevention and suppression of communicable diseases. Requires the Secretary to conduct such studies and investigations as may be necessary to determine the quantities of crude opium, coca leaves, and their salts , derivatives, and preparations, and other drugs subject to control under this Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, as may be necessary to supply the normal and emergency medical and scientific requirements of the United States. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with the States for the purposes of aiding them to serve their narcotic drug problems and to give authorized representatives of the States the benefits of his experience in the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of narcotic addicts. Authorizes the Secretary to participate with other countries in cooperative endeavors in biomedical health research and health services research. Sets forth the general research authority of the Secretary relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and control and prevention of physical and mental diseases and impairments of man. States that the Secretary may authorize persons engaged in research on the use and effect of drugs to protect the privacy of individuals who are the subject of such research by withholding from all persons not connected with the conduct of such research the names or other identifying characteristics of such individuals. Restricts the Federal share for construction of public health service facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to 66 2/3 percent of the costs of the construction of such project. Makes provisions for judicial review of a refusal of the Secretary to approved any such project. Requires each recipient of such assistance to keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe. Makes provisions with respect to the Federal share of the cost of construction of community mental health centers which provide services for the prevention or diagnosis of mental illness, care and treatment of the mentally ill, or rehabilitation of such persons. Prohibits the Secretary from making any such grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy to, or for the benefit of, any school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, school of nursing, or any training center for allied health personnel unless the Secretary receives satisfactory assurances that the school or training center will not discriminate on the basis of sex in the admission of individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Requires that the reports of the results of any study and planning project assisted under this Act shall be submitted to the Secretary and the Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems. Sets forth the standards for such grants and contracts. States that, in considering applications which demonstrate exceptional need for financial assistance, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications submitted for emergency medical services systems for rural areas. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems, including the acquisition of equipment and facilities, the modernization of facilities, and other projects to expand and improve such systems. States that the amount of any grant or contract under this section for a project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that project. Stipulates that the Secretary may make grants to public or private nonprofit entities, and enter into contracts with private entities and individuals, for the support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices, and delivery. States that no grant may be made or contract entered into under this section for amounts in excess of $35,000, unless the application therefore has been recommended for approval by an appropriate peer review panel designated or established by the Secretary. Sets forth general provisions with respect to grants and contracts authorized under this Act. Establishes specified requirements for emergency medical services systems. Authorizes to be appropriated specified amounts for grants and contracts made pursuant to this Act for the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy and technical soundness of all Federal programs and activities which relate to emergency medical services. Directs the Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary respecting the administration of contracts under this Act. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report on the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, and nursing and training centers for allied health professions, and other appropriate educational entities to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 for the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Safe Drinking Water Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, a program for the safety of public water systems. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Describes the exceptions to which the regulations of this Act shall not apply. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish drinking water regulations. Prescribes a timetable for the issuance of such regulations. Requires such regulations to specify a maximum contaminant level for each contaminant for which a maximum level has been published. Prescribes the enforcement responsibilities of States for public water systems. Empowers the Administrator to bring a civil action when a State fails to assure enforcement of drinking water regulations. Provides that a State may authorize a variance from the requirements. Specifies the circumstances under which such variances are allowed. Sets forth regulations for State programs for the protection of underground sources of drinking water. Authorizes the Administrator to take emergency action when there is endangerment to the health of persons and State or local authorities have not acted. Authorizes the Administrator to carry out research, render technical and financial assistance, and aid in the training of personnel in conjunction with public water supply programs. Authorizes to be appropriated for grants to States to carry out State public water system supervision programs $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides for the allocation of such funds. Authorizes $7,500,000, $7,500,000 and $10,000,000 for fiscal years 1974, 1975 and 1976 to make grants for special studies and demonstration projects. Sets forth the requirements to be followed in maintaining records of programs and in authorizing inspections of facilities. Establishes the National Drinking Water Advisory Council to advise the Administrator on matters relating to this Act. Directs the Administrator to conduct surveys into the availability of rural water supplies. Authorizes $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that its members support the President's efforts through diplomatic channels and through the United Nations to bring about a cessation of hostilities in the Middle East.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations within sixty days of the date of enactment of this Act prohibiting any motor vehicle from being equipped with any starter interlock system associated with seatbelts or upper torso restraints.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Requires that the reports of the results of any study and planning project assisted under this Act shall be submitted to the Secretary and the Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems. Sets forth the standards for such grants and contracts. States that, in considering applications which demonstrate exceptional need for financial assistance, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications submitted for emergency medical services systems for rural areas. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems, including the acquisition of equipment and facilities, the modernization of facilities, and other projects to expand and improve such systems. States that the amount of any grant or contract under this section for a project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that project. Stipulates that the Secretary may make grants to public or private nonprofit entities, and enter into contracts with private entities and individuals, for the support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices, and delivery. States that no grant may be made or contract entered into under this section for amounts in excess of $35,000, unless the application therefore has been recommended for approval by an appropriate peer review panel designated or established by the Secretary. Sets forth general provisions with respect to grants and contracts authorized under this Act. Establishes specified requirements for emergency medical services systems. Authorizes to be appropriated specified amounts for grants and contracts made pursuant to this Act for the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy and technical soundness of all Federal programs and activities which relate to emergency medical services. Directs the Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary respecting the administration of contracts under this Act. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report on the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, and nursing and training centers for allied health professions, and other appropriate educational entities to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 for the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Rural Health Care Delivery Improvement Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide assistance to programs for the delivery of health services in order to increase the availability of health care services to residents of rural areas. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, an Office of Rural Health to be headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary. Enumerates the powers of the Director, including (1) the authority to award grants for projects to examine existing models of rural health care delivery, (2) determination their applicability to other rural areas, and (3) assistance in the planning and demonstration of rural health care delivery models. States that in determining the eligibility of any entity for assistance, the Director will consider specified factors, including (1) identification of the demographic and geographic characteristics which categorize an area as rural; (2) emergency medical care components and systems available to meet the special problems of the rural areas; (3) education programs in rural areas, including health and nutrition education; and (4) development of community planning mechanisms so that the communities can develop health care delivery models appropriate to their needs. Directs the Director to: (1) provide liaison among agencies of the Federal Government for the purpose of coordinating health care programs in rural areas, (2) make a periodic evaluation of other Department of Health, Education, and Welfare programs relating to health care in rural areas, and (3) provide technical assistance for the development of rural health care delivery models. Authorizes to be appropriated for grants and contracts year 1974, $100 million for fiscal year 1975, and $125 million for fiscal year 1976. Specifies the terms and conditions under which the Director may approve an application for assistance under this Act. Establishes in the Treasury a rural health care delivery loan guarantee and loan fund to enable the Secretary to discharge his responsibilities under guarantees issued by him and for direct loans to public entities. Authorizes to be appropriated to the fund from time to time such amounts as may be required for the fund. Provides that the Director may make grants to public and nonprofit private entities, may enter into contracts with public and private entities and individuals, and the Secretary may provide loans to public entities, and may provide loan guarantees to private entities and individuals. Establishes a Rural Health Care Advisory Committee which shall advise the Director with respect to overall planning, policies, objectives and priorities for the Office of Rural Health and the general administration of the program created under this Act. Sets forth the composition and compensation of Committee members.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
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 · 18 September 1973
Federal Noxious Weed Act - States that the importation or distribution in interstate commerce of noxious weeds, except under controlled conditions, allows the growth and spread of such weeds which interfere with the growth of useful plants, clog waterways and interfere with navigation, cause disease, or have other adverse effects upon man or his environment, and therefore is determined to be injurious to the agriculture and commerce of the United States and to the public health. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to designate as noxious weeds kinds of plants that he determines are new to, or not known to be widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the United States, and are directly or indirectly injurious to crops or other useful plants, livestock, or poultry, or other interests of agriculture, including irrigation, or to navigation or public health. Permits the Secretary to promulgate such quarantines and regulations requiring inspection of products and articles of any character whatsoever as he deems necessary to prevent the dissemination into the United States, or interstate, of any noxious weeds. Prohibits the movement or sale of any noxious weed into or through the United States unless authorized under permit from the Secretary. Allows the Secretary, in order to prevent the dissemination of any noxious weed, to destroy, or otherwise dispose of, any product or article of any character whatsover which he has reason to believe is infested by or contains any such noxious weed, if there is no less drastic action which would be adequate to prevent the dissemination of noxious weeds into the United States or interstate. Enables the owner of any article or noxious weed destroyed to bring an action against the United States in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia within one year after such destruction. Permits any authorized inspector, without a warrant, to stop any persons or means of conveyance moving into or through the United States, and to inspect any noxious weeds and any products and articles of any character whatsoever carried thereby, to determine whether such persons or means of conveyance are moving any noxious weeds contrary to this Act. Allows the entry with a warrant into any premises in the United States for inspections or other actions necessary under this Act. Provides a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both, for violation of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with the Governments of Canada or Mexico, and with State and Federal agencies to control the spread of any noxious weed.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Provides that future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Provides that the two Houses of Congress shall adjourn on Thursday, November 1, 1973, and when they adjourn on that day, they stand adjourned sine die.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Requires that the reports of the results of any study and planning project assisted under this Act shall be submitted to the Secretary and the Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems. Sets forth the standards for such grants and contracts. States that, in considering applications which demonstrate exceptional need for financial assistance, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications submitted for emergency medical services systems for rural areas. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems, including the acquisition of equipment and facilities, the modernization of facilities, and other projects to expand and improve such systems. States that the amount of any grant or contract under this section for a project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that project. Stipulates that the Secretary may make grants to public or private nonprofit entities, and enter into contracts with private entities and individuals, for the support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices, and delivery. States that no grant may be made or contract entered into under this section for amounts in excess of $35,000, unless the application therefore has been recommended for approval by an appropriate peer review panel designated or established by the Secretary. Sets forth general provisions with respect to grants and contracts authorized under this Act. Establishes specified requirements for emergency medical services systems. Authorizes to be appropriated specified amounts for grants and contracts made pursuant to this Act for the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy and technical soundness of all Federal programs and activities which relate to emergency medical services. Directs the Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary respecting the administration of contracts under this Act. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report on the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, and nursing and training centers for allied health professions, and other appropriate educational entities to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 for the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments - Title I: Addiction and Mental Health Administration - Establishes the Addiction and Mental Health Administration in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Provides that the Administration shall consist of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute of Mental Health. Establishes the National Panel on Addiction and Mental Health consisting of three members appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. States that the Panel shall advise the Director of the Addiction and Mental Health Administration. Title II: Federal Assistance for State and Local Programs - Extends the authorization for grants to States for the three fiscal years ending June 30, 1976. Allows a State to request and receive personnel or equipment from H.E.W. in lieu of cash Permits special grants to States who have adopted the basic provisions of the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act. Limits the amount of such a grant for any one fiscal year. Authorizes the appropriation of $13,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 and each of the two following years for the purpose of making special grants to States. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, acting through the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities and to enter into contracts with public and private entities and with individuals: (1) to conduct demonstration, service, and evaluation projects, (2) to provide education and training, (3) to provide programs and services in cooperation with schools, courts, penal institutions, and other public agencies, and (4) to provide counseling and education activities on an individual or community basis, for the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse and alcoholism and for the rehabilitation of alcohol abusers and alcoholics. Authorizes appropriations for grants to public and nonprofit private entities at $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and 75,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Provides that alcohol abusers and alcoholics who are suffering from emergency medical conditions shall not be refused admission or treatment, solely because of their alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence, by any private or public general hospital which receives support in any form from any program supported in whole or in part by funds appropriated to any Federal department or agency. Provides that records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any patient which are maintained in connection with the performance of any function authorized or assisted under any provision of this Act or any Act amended by this Act shall be confidential. Title III: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Makes certain technical and conforming amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Medical Device Amendments - Title I: Classification of Medical Devices - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, to appoint and organize separate classification panels of experts to review and classify devices into appropriate categories based on the safety and effectiveness of such devices. Requires such panels to submit recommendations for the classification of devices into one of the three following categories: (1) exempt devices-those devices having a generally accepted medical use which are safe and effective when used according to instructions and warnings and which present a minimum risk; (2) devices subject to standards- those devices for which in order to reduce or eliminate unreasonable risk of illness or injury it is appropriate to establish reasonable standards to assure safety and effectiveness; and (3) devices subject to premarket scientific review-those devices for which inadequate evidence exists to assure safety and effectiveness. Requires the Secretary to publish a report on the device classification scheme in the Federal Register and to allow for comment by interested persons. Title II: Authority to Establish Standards - States that the standard is to relate to safety and effectiveness of devices, including consideration of specified factors. Provides for periodic evaluation of the adequacy of standards. Directs the Secretary to consult with other Federal agencies. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a notice that proceedings have been initiated to promulgate a device standard. Specifies the content of such notification. Directs the Secretary to accept one or more offers to develop a proposed standard and to publish in the Federal Register names and addresses of persons whose offers are accepted and the terms of such offers. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations governing development of proposed standards. Sets forth alternatives to the development of standards, including: (1) the use of existing standards; and (2) the development of standards by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint independent advisory committees, to which could be referred any matters involving a proposed device standard, prior to or after its publication in the Federal Register. Prescribes the composition of such committees. Requires that manufacturers of devices subject to standards shall assure the Secretary that such devices comply with any testing methods prescribed or that such device has been manufactured in accord with current good manufacturing practices designed to assure such compliance. Provides exemptions from such requirements for specified devices. Title III: Scientific Review of Certain Medical Devices - Describes the circumstances under which scientific review premarket clearance of medical devices is required. States that scientific review of a device declared subject to such review may be otained by submitting to the Secretary an application containing specified information. Directs the Secretary to appoint standing advisory scientific panels to review device applications. Directs the Secreary, after considering the panel's recommendations, either to: (1) approve the application; (2) advise the applicant that this application is not in approvable form and inform applicant of measures required to meet approval; or (3) deny approval if the device fails to meet specified criteria. Sets forth the definition of "adequate scientific evidence". Provides for an opportunity for review of applications denied. Sets forth provisions regarding withdrawal of approval and suspension of approval. Prescribes conditions pertaining to exemptions for clinical testing on humans, including: (1) submission of an outline of the plan of initial clinical testing; (2) submission of an adequate protocol for clinical testing together with a report of prior investigations, including tests on animals, adequate to justify the proposed testing; (3) obtaining of signed agreements from investigators that humans upon whom devices are to be used will be under their personal supervision; and (4) establishment and maintenance of records. Requires the informed consent of human participants. Requires the consent agreement to contain no language through which the individual waives any legal rights or release the institution or its agents from liability for negligence. Defines "exceptional cases" as those in which consent is not feasible or where it would be contrary to the welfare or best interests of a particular subject, as determined by a physician in his professional judgment. Provides for the exemption of custom devices, ordered by a physician to be made in a special way for individual patients, if the device meets enumerated requirements. States that any person may petition the Secretary to establish a product development protocol for a particular custom device. Sets forth the grounds for revocation (or objection to notice of completion) of product development protocol. Title IV: Notification of Defective Devices; Repair or Replacement - Provides that every person acquiring information showing a device produced, assembled, or imported by him to contain a defect likely to create a substantial risk to the public health or safety, or to be in non-compliance with an applicable standard shall be required to notify the Secretary of such defect or failure if the device has left control of the manufacturer. Specifies the content of such notification and enumerates the exemptions from such requirement. Sets forth the definition of "defect". Provides for the public disclosure of a defect and for the repair, replacement or refund of the cost of defective devices to the owner. Title V: Requirement of Good Manufacturing Practice - Requires that a device, and the methods used in its manufacture, must conform to good manufacturing practice. Title VI: Records and Reports; Inspection and Registration of Establishments; Official Names - Requires persons manufacturing, processing, repacking, labeling, or distributing a device subject to a standard which is in effect, or with respect to which there is in effect an approval of an application for scientific review, to maintain records and make reports to the Secretary on clinical experience and other data relating to the safety or effectiveness of such device, or possibility of adulteration or misbranding. Title VII: General Provisions - Establishes an Advisory Council on Devices to advise the Secretary on policy matters relating to carrying out the provisions of the Act. Prohibits States from establishing or maintaining standards or regulations for any device which is specifically subject to an official Federal standard or scientific review, unless State requirements are identical to the Federal requirements. Permits the Secretary to disclose information relating to trade secrets to a contractor in furtherance of provisions of the Act, subject to the contractor's observance of such security precautions as are prescribed in the regulations. Defines the term "device" to mean instruments, apparatus, implements, machines, contrivances, implants, in vitro reagents, or similar articles, including their components, parts and accessories which are: (1) recognized in the official U.S. Pharmascopela or National Formulary, or any supplement to them, or (2) intended for use in diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals, or (3) intended to affect any structure or any function of the body of man or other animals, and (4) which do not achieve any of their principal purposes through chemical action within or on the body of man or other animals and which are not dependent upon being metabolized for achievement of their principal purposes. Defines the term "prescription device". Makes various technical amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make existing law applicable to devices.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Hobbs Act Amendment - Provides that whoever obstructs, affects, or interferes with commerce by willfully damaging to the extent of $2,000 or more any real, personal or mixed property of an employer owner, or other person at or near a factory, construction site, or any other place where work or business of the employer is carried on shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1951)
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