United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Increases the authorization of appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund from a minimum of $300,000,000 to a minimum of $900,000,000 for each fiscal year hereafter through 1989. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 460l-5)
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Provides an exclusion from income taxation under the Internal Revenue Code for cooperative housing corporations and condominium housing associations if membership in such organizations is limited to owners of units within such cooperative or condominium.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Provides under title XVI of the Social Security Act for emergency assistance grants to recipients of supplemental security income benefits. Authorizes cost-of-living increases in such benefits and in State supplementary payments. Requires that in order for any State to be eligible for payments pursuant to title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, all increases in the adjusted payment level of supplemental security income benefits shall be fully reflected in the amount of the benefits under title XVI of such Act actually paid to and received by recipients of such benefits. Prevents reductions in such benefits because of social security benefit increases. Provides reimbursement to States for home relief payments to disabled applicants prior to determination of their disability. Permits the payment of such benefits directly to drug addicts and alcoholics (without a third-party payee) in specified cases. Requires action within 30 days upon requests for such benefits. Continues on a permanent basis the provision making supplemental security income recipients eligible for food stamps. States that determinations by the Secretary of Health Education, and Welfare as to eligibility for such benefits shall be final. Excludes from income, for purposes of eligibility for such benefits, specified education expenses paid for by grants, fellowships, or scholarships. Provides that the State social service agency will provide an opportunity for a fair hearing, before such agency, to any aged, blind, or disabled individual requesting a hearing because his claim for services is denied, or it is not acted upon with reasonable promptness, or because he is aggrieved by any other agency action by which he is affected and which relates to the receipt, suspension, reduction, or termination of such services.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Provides for television and radio coverage of proceedings in the Chamber of the House of Representatives on any resolution to impeach the President of the United States. Authorizes the Speaker to appoint a committee of five members to provide such arrangements as may be necessary in connection with such a broadcast.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Makes it unlawful, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for any railroad to refuse to transport any refrigerator car because of the fact that such car is owned or controlled by a shipper or a nonrailroad owner. Makes it the duty of every carrier by railroad to handle all refrigerator equipment in the same manner and subject to the same rules and regulations, regardless of whether such equipment is owned or controlled by railroad or nonrailroad interests.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism in the Middle East; (2) the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to (a) call upon all governments to condemn this inhuman act of violence against innocent victims; and (b) strongly urge the governments who harbor these groups and individuals to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terrorism and senseless violence; and (3) the President should request the American Ambassador to the United Nations to take appropriate action before that body in order to have introduced a Security Council resolution condemning this brutal act of violence.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Establishes within the Departments of Agriculture and Interior the Youth Conservation Corps, consisting of youth from 15-18 who may be employed, without regard to civil service or classification laws or regulations, for developing or preserving lands and waters of the United States. Limits service in the Corps during any year to 90 days. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to determine hours, pay, and subsistence for Corps personnel. Allows for contracting with public and private nonprofit agencies for operation of any Corps project. Provides for grants to States to assist in Corps projects on non-Federal lands. Authorizes appropriations of up to $60,000,000 each year for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1974
Title I: Home Maintenance and Improvement Loans for Low-and Middle-Income Families - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans as provided in this Act to low and middle-income individuals and families owning and occupying one, two, or three-family residential structures to assist in financing the necessary maintenance or improvements of such structures through qualified repairs. Provides that such loans shall bear interest at 3 percent. Defines "low and middle-income individuals and families" for purposes of this Act. Defines "qualified repairs" for purposes of this Act. Requires the reservation of 15 percent of such loans for elderly homeowners. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act. Title II: Audits of Federal Housing Programs by General Accounting Office - Directs the Comptroller General to annually audit housing and related programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sets forth requirements for such audits.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Requires the Secretary of Defense to take such action as is necessary to insure that any member of the Armed Forces who is discharged shall receive a discharge certificate which shall indicate that such member was so discharged and which shall not bear any indication of the conditions under which such separation occured. States that the reason why such member was so separated (other than by reason of discharged dismissal pursuant to a sentence of a general or special court-martial) and all other records or documents pertaining to such reason or reasons shall be treated as confidential and shall not be made known to or otherwise released to any private person or any public agency (whether Federal, State, or local) without the prior written consent of the member concerned. Sets forth the conditions under which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces may be discharged under other than honorable conditions. Establishes procedures for military review panels in considering the dishonorable discharge of enlisted personnel. Requires military review panels to conduct hearings which afford the enlisted member concerned an opportunity to: (1) appear before the panel and present evidence in his own behalf; (2) be represented by counsel; (3) confront the witnesses against him; and (4) examine documentary and real evidence against him. States that the recommendation of a review panel appointed under the provisions of this Act for separation under other than honorable conditions may be appealed to an appeal board established by the Judge Advocate General concerned, or the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate. Authorizes the Secretaries concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretaries concerned, after consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to establish a number (but not less than ten) of regional boards of review throughout the United States. States that the function of the regional boards shall be to review the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by a general or special court-martial) of any former member of an Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the military department concerned. Provides that if a request for the review of a discharge or dismissal of any person who was discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces within the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this Act was filed before such effective date and such review resulted in no change to the discharge or dismissal, or no new discharge was issued, another request for review of that discharge or dismissal pursuant to this Act may be filed and such review shall be acted upon without prejudice, if such request for review is filed with the appropriate regional board of review within the one-year period immediately following such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1974
United States Housing Act - States that it is the policy of the United States to promote the general welfare of the Nation by employing its funds and credit, as provided in this Act, to assist the several States and their political subdivisions to remedy the unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions and the acute shortage of decent, safe and sanitary dwellings for families of low income and, consistent with the objectives of this Act, to vest in local public housing agencies the maximum amount of responsibility in the administration of their housing programs. Provides that no person should be barred from serving on the board of directors or similar governing body of a local public housing agency because of his tenancy in a low-income housing project. Permits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans or commitments to make loans to public housing agencies to help finance or refinance the development, acquisition, or operation of low-income housing projects by such agencies. Provides that the Secretary may issue and have outstanding at any one time notes and other obligations for purchase by the Secretary of the Treasury in an amount which will not, unless authorized by the President, exceed $l,500,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual contributions to public housing agencies to assist in achieving and maintaining the low-income character of their projects. Provides that the Secretary may enter into contracts for annual contributions with respect to the modernization of low-income housing projects in an amount aggregating not more than $30,000,000 per annum on and after July 1, 1974, which limits shall be increased by $30,000,000 on July 1, 1975. States that the Secretary may include in any contract for loans, annual contributions, sale, lease, mortgage, or any other agreement or instrument made pursuant to this Act, such covenants, conditions, or provisions as he may deem necessary in order to insure the low-income character of the project involved, and that no otherwise eligible applicant shall be excluded from any project because of race, religion, nationality, age, sex, marital status, or amount or source of income. Stipulates that for the purpose of providing a supplementary form of low-rent housing which will aid in assuring a decent place to live for every citizen and promote efficiency and economy in the program under this Act by taking full advantage of vacancies or potential vacancies in the private housing market, each public housing agency may, to the maximum extent consistent with the achievement of the objectives of this Act, provide low-rent housing under this Act in the form of low-rent housing in private accommodations in accordance with this Act where such housing in private accommodations can be provided at a cost equal to or less than housing in projects assisted under other provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974
National Comprehensive Vision Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make annual grants to the States for the costs of establishing and operating programs under which students in public schools: (1) will receive free vision test; and (2) will be provided, without charge, appropriate necessary follow up services (including opthalmologic and optometric services and eyeglasses). Authorizes such grants to be used to train personnel to administer such tests. Directs the Secretary to establish a panel to advise him with respect to the standards to be prescribed by him under this Act for qualified vision tests. States that such panel shall be composed of four ophthalmologists and four optometrists who by virtue of their training and experience are especially qualified to advise the Secretary with respect to such standards. Requires the Secretary to make an annual report to the Congress respecting the grant program authorized under this Act and to include in such report his recommendations for such legislation as he deems appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1974
Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and support arthritis screening, early detection, prevention, and control demonstration programs. Specifies the purpose of such programs. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment and support of such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that not less than $500,000 of the sums appropriated to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be obligated for basic and clinical orthopedic research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Metabolic Diseases.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1974
Prohibits the Bureau of Labor Statistics from instituting any revision in the method of calculating the Consumer Price Index until such revision has been approved by resolution by either the Senate or the House of Representatives of the United States of America.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Congressional Advisory Legislative Line - Establishes an office within the Congress with a toll-free telephone number, to be known as the Congressional Advisory Legislative Line (CALL), to provide the American people with free and open access to information, on an immediate basis, relating to the status of legislative proposals pending before the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Authorizes the additional appropriation of $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for research on the cause and treatment of diabetes under the Public Health Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1974
Community Services Act - Title I: Urban and Rural Community Action Programs - Provides for the designation of community action agencies, programs, and boards. Enumerates the specific powers and functions of community action agencies in planning and administering the community action programs. Directs each agency to encourage the establishment of housing development services organizations to focus on the needs of low-income families and individuals. Empowers the Director of the Community Action Administration of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, to provide financial assistance to community action programs and related activities, including employment, education, living environment, and health. Prescribes the conditions of and procedures for such assistance. Directs the Director to carry on special programs relating to (1) legal services, (2) community food and nutrition; (3) environmental action; (4) rural housing development and rehabilitation; and (5) senior opportunities and services for poor persons over the age of 60. States that the Director shall encourage the development of neighborhood centers to promote the effectiveness of needed services. Prescribes an allotment of funds and sets limitations on assistance under this title. Calls for the Director to make grants: (1) for programs to provide technical design and planning assistance to groups and persons not otherwise able to afford such assistance; (2) for a youth recreation and sports program; and (3) for the development of consumer action and advocacy programs. Empowers the Director to provide assistance to State agencies and special aid to nonprofit agencies designed to serve groups of low-income individuals. Directs the Director to extend benefits to residents of rural areas, setting forth the steps he is to follow in so doing. Requires that before agreements may be made under this title, a plan must be approved by the State Governor and/or the Director. Sets forth special limitations which shall apply to programs under this title, including that no general financial aid shall be made for elementary or secondary education purposes. Authorizes the Director to make incentive grants of up to 50 percent of program costs. Title II: Special Program to Combat Poverty in Rural Areas - Authorizes the Director to make loans of up to $3,500 to low-income rural families to effect a permanent increase in the income of such families or improve living conditions of the elderly. Sets forth the loan terms and conditions. Provides for assistance to migrant and other seasonally employed farmworkers and their families. Title III: Employment and Investment Incentives - Empowers the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make loans for the purpose of improving and establishing small businesses, especially those owned by low-income individuals. Provides for financial aid for projects directed toward technical assistance and management training. Title IV: Work Experience, Training, and Day Care Programs - Provides funding for carrying out this title. Sets limitations on the nature of work experience and training programs assisted with funds under this title, including that training shall be for a maximum of 36 months. Authorizes the Director to provide financial aid for 90 percent of the cost of day care projects for low-income persons. Provides for the coordination of such day care programs. Title V: Evaluation, Research, and Demonstration - States that the Director shall provide for a comprehensive evaluation of programs under this Act and related Acts. Calls for: (1) cooperation among Federal agencies; (2) consultation with program participants; and (3) publication of evaluation by other administering agencies. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance for demonstration and research projects designed for new methods of overcoming special problems or furthering the purposes of this Act. Title VI: Administration and Coordination - Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Community Action Administration, headed by a Director, to carry out this Act. Enumerates the powers and authorities of the Director. States that no funds under this Act shall be used to finance Federal election activities, voter registration, or salaries of persons in the Administration who engage in such activities. Directs the Director to establish procedures for appeals, notice, and hearings under this Act. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Community Service, composed of 21 persons appointed by the President. Enumerates the duties of such Council. Sets limitations under this Act with respect to: (1) benefits for those who are voluntarily poor; (2) unlawful activities; and (3) Federal administrative expenses. Enumerates additional responsibilities of the Director. States that the Director shall establish an information center to insure that maximum use is made of Federal programs relating to this Act. Title VII: Transfer of Programs - Headstart - Follow Through Act - Empowers the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, upon application by an eligible Project Headstart agency, to provide financial aid for programs for children of low-income families. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such purposes. Prescribes the procedures governing the making of such assistance. Native American Program Extension Act - Empowers the Secretary to provide aid to agencies, including governing bodies of Indian tribes and Alaskan native villages and corporations, for projects to promote the economic and social self-sufficiency of American Indians and Alaskan natives. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Directs the Secretary to establish a Comprehensive Health Services program in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Specifies the subject areas to be covered by such program. Title VIII: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this Act. Title IX: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act and sets forth additional guidelines governing the Act's operations. Title X: Community Economic Development - Community Economic Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance for developing and carrying out projects to make available management and technical assistance to minority business enterprises and to assist in developing community support for minority business. Provides for the establishment of special programs to assist private, locally initiated community corporations which are directed toward solution of critical community problems. Sets forth the requirements for such financial aid. Empowers the Secretary to provide financial aid of up to $3,500 to low-income, rural families. Establishes the Development Loan Fund, consisting of the Rural Development Loan Fund and the Community Development Loan Fund. Authorizes loans from such funds. Provides for the appointment of an Assistant Secretary of Commerce to aid in the administration of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
States that the House of Representatives salutes Henry Aaron as an "All-American Good Guy" and extends to him the congratulations, esteem, and affection of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 1974
Home Health Services Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, for the establishment and initial operation of public and nonprofit private agencies which will provide home health services in areas in which such services are not otherwise available. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants: (1) to meet the initial and expanding costs of such agencies; and (2) for programs for the training of professional and paraprofessional personnel to provide home health services. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1974
Development, Volunteer, and Other Community Assistance Programs Act - Title I: Domestic Volunteer Services - Provides for the establishment of the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program of full-time volunteer service. States that the purpose of this Act is to strengthen and supplement efforts to eliminate poverty and poverty-related human, social, and environmental problems in the United States. Authorizes the Director of the program to recruit, select, and train persons to serve in full-time volunteer programs consistent with the provisions, and to carry out the purposes, of this Act. Authorizes the Director to provide a stipend to volunteers, while they are in training and during their assignments, enrolled for periods of service of not less than one year under this Act. States that such stipend shall not exceed $50 per month during the volunteer's service. Provides for the University Year for ACTION (UYA) program of full-time volunteer service by students enrolled in institutions of higher education. States that the purpose of this Act is to strengthen and supplement efforts to eliminate poverty and poverty related human, social, and environmental problems. Authorizes the use of funds for special service-learning programs. Empowers the Director to engage in special volunteer programs or demonstration programs, such as a program to provide alternatives to the incarceration of youthful offenders. Sets up a series of national older American volunteers programs, including: (1) a retired senior volunteer program; (2) a foster grandparent program; and (3) an older American community service program. Details the conditions for the making of grants and contracts for such programs. Provides for national volunteers programs to assist small businesses and promote volunteer service by persons with business experience. Sets up the framework for the organization and administration of such programs. Title II: Community Services - Provides for community action programs and agencies, prescribes the structure, and describes the functions of community action agencies. Authorizes financial assistance to community programs and related projects and activities. Enumerates the authorities which a community action agency must hold to qualify for designation under this Act. Provides for the establishment of boards of not more than 51 members to govern the community action agencies, detailing the powers and functions of such agencies. Requires each agency to encourage the establishment of housing developments and service organizations to focus on the housing needs of low-income families and individuals. Prescribes the general provisions to be followed by the Director in providing financial assistance to community action agencies in carrying out programs under this Act. Provides for the development of special programs relating to: (1) legal services; (2) emergency food and community nutrition; (3) environmental action; and (4) rural housing development and rehabilitation. Calls for the development of neighborhood centers and employment of area residents in carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the allotment of funds among the States and sets limitations on assistance. Empowers the Director to make grants to community-based design and planning organizations to provide technical and architectural service to persons and organizations not otherwise able to afford such assistance. Provides for the creation of a youth recreation and sports program for disadvantaged youth and for consumer action and cooperative programs to low-income persons. Directs the Director to further the extension of benefits to residents of rural areas. Requires the submission of plans to State Governors prior to the granting of assistance under this Act. Sets special financial and regulatory limitations on programs, including that the use of family services shall not be a prerequisite to the receipt of other services under this Act. Establishes a series of special programs to combat poverty in rural areas, including rural loan programs and assistance for migrant and other seasonally employed farmworkers and their families. Provides for assistance in establishing and strengthening small business concerns. Empowers the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide aid for technical and managerial assistance for projects. Sets up work experience, training, and day care programs. Provides for the establishment of special programs of assistance to agencies conducting activities which are directed toward the solution of critical problems existing in particular low-income communities. Prescribes the requirements to be met before financial assistance will be granted for such purposes. Provides for support to self-help programs which promote the economic development and independence of low-income persons in rural areas. Requires the Director to provide for the continuing evaluation of programs under this Act. Calls for cooperation among Federal agencies. Requires the publication of evaluation results and the evaluation of programs by other administering agencies. Title III: Administration and Coordination - Establishes in the executive branch the Agency for Development, Volunteer, and Other Community Assistance Programs, headed by a Director. Outlines the powers and duties of the Director and places restrictions on any political activities pursuant to this Act. Creates in the Agency a National Advisory Council on Community Services to advise the Director and review programs under this Act. Creates in the Agency a National Voluntary Service Council to perform policy and advisory duties. Expresses the intent of Congress that the problems of the elderly poor shall be considered in carrying out this Act. Sets limitations: (1) on benefits to those who are voluntarily poor; (2) with respect to specified unlawful activities; and (3) on Federal administrative expenses. Provides for: (1) notice and hearing procedures for suspension and termination of financial assistance; (2) the distribution of benefits between rural and urban areas; and (3) audits and the transfer of personnel of ACTION and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Details the responsibilities of the Director and provides for coordination of the programs under this Act with other appropriate and related projects. Establishes an information center to insure maximum use is made of available programs under this Act. Title IV: Transfer of Programs - Headstart - Follow Through Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to provide financial aid to Project Headstart agencies. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Enumerates the required powers and functions of Headstart agencies prior to receiving funds under this Act. Requires annual revision of the poverty line which shall be used as a criterion of eligibility for participation in Headstart programs. Requires the Secretary to make a public announcement of research or demonstration contracts. Provides for the continuing evaluation of programs under this title. Defines the terms used in this Act. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 to carry out the purposes of this part. Native American Program Extension Act - Provides for financial and technical assistance to promote the economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians and Alaskan natives. Authorizes appropriations for such programs. Empowers the Secretary to provide aid for pilot and demonstration projects which are designed to test or assist in the development of new methods to overcome special problems or otherwise further the purposes of this title. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as necessary for fiscal years 1975-1977 for such aid. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) in the Administration on Aging, a Senior Opportunities and Services Program to identify and meet the needs of older, poor persons over sixty; and (2) a Comprehensive Health Services Program to concentrate on health services for the poor. Title V: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for specified titles and provisions of this Act. Title VI: General Provisions - Defines the terms used in this Act. Repeals the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Foreign Dairy Quality Act - Provides that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading, and other standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Requires that such foreign standards shall be comparable to those standards prescribed by the Secretary for the same kind of dairy products in the United States. States that the labeling of imported dairy products shall comply with the requirements of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and shall be otherwise marked as the Secretary may require. Directs the Secretary to cause to be inspected all dairy products imported into the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, and rules and regulations for the destruction of dairy products refused admission into the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of a national park, recreation area, or wilderness area in the Ridgelands east of the San Francisco Bay in the State of California. Authorizes to be appropriated the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
United States Housing Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States to promote the general welfare of the Nation by employing its funds and credit to assist the States to remedy unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions and shortages of decent dwellings for families of low income. States that no person should be barred from serving on the governing body of a local public housing agency because of his tenancy in a low-income housing project. Defines the terms used in this Act. Empowers the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans to public housing agencies to help finance or refinance the development, acquisition, or operation of low-income housing projects. States that the Secretary may have outstanding at any one time obligations in an amount of up to $1,500,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual contributions to public housing agencies to assist in achieving and maintaining the low-income character of their projects. Sets forth the aggregate allowable amounts for such contributions for fiscal years 1970 through 1975. Requires that specified amounts be available only for low-income housing for persons who are members of any Indian tribe, band, pueblo, group, or community of Indians or Alaska Natives which is recognized as eligible for service from the Bureau of Indian Affairs or who are the wards of any State government. States that any contract for loans or annual contributions entered into by the Secretary with a public housing agency may cover one or more low-income housing projects. Empowers the Secretary, subject to specific limitations, to consent to the modification, with respect to the rate of interest, time of payment, security, or any other term, of any contract. Provides that the Secretary may include in any contract conditions to insure the low-income character of the project involved, and that no otherwise eligible applicant shall be excluded from any project because of race, religion, nationality, age, sex, marital status, or amount or source of income. Sets forth additional contract provisions and requirements. Directs the Secretary to encourage public housing agencies, in providing housing predominantly for displaced, elderly, or handicapped families, to design, develop, or otherwise acquire such housing to meet the special needs of the occupants and, wherever practicable, for use in whole or in part as congregate housing. States that each public housing agency may provide low-rent housing in private accommodations where such housing can be provided at a cost equal to or less than housing in projects assisted under other provisions of this Act. Empowers the Secretary to make annual contributions to public housing agencies for the operation of low-income housing projects in the amount required: (1) to assure the low-income character of the projects involved, and (2) to achieve and maintain adequate operating services and reserve funds. Sets forth general provisions governing the actions by the Secretary with respect to the functions, powers, and duties vested in him by this Act. Prescribes the labor standards required in any contracts made under this Act. Permits the exemption of specified projects from the rental formula.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Provides additional areas of compensation for work injuries to Government employees. Includes podiatrists' services and supplies among eligible benefits. Redefines "widower" and defines the terms "organ" and "United States medical officers and hospitals. Gives the Federal employee an option with regard to medical services and initial medical and other benefits. Provides that individuals directed to undergo vocational rehabilitation by the Secretary of Labor shall, while undergoing such rehabilitation, receive basic compensation and augmented compensation for dependents, less the amount of any earnings received from remunerative employment, other than employment undertaken pursuant to such rehabilitation. Includes the "loss of use" of a member or function of the body as a permanent disability entitling the employee to basic compensation for the disability. Adds to the compensation schedule for permanent loss or loss of use of any important external or internal organ of the body as determined by the Secretary, proper and equitable compensation not to exceed 312 weeks compensation for each organ so determined shall be paid in addition to any other compensation payable under this schedule. Includes a "husband" as a dependent if: (1) he is a member of the same household as the employee; (2) he is receiving regular contributions from the employee for his support; or (3) the employee has been ordered by a court to contribute to his support. Increases the following amounts of additional compensation the Secretary may pay an employee: from $300 to $500 a month for the service of an attendant and from $100 to $200 for vocational rehabilitation. Eliminates the Secretary's option to reduce monthly compensation after an employee attains 70 years of age. Excludes veterans' benefits and military retirement pay from limitations on the right to receive compensation. States that an employee is not entitled to compensation for the first 3 days of temporary disability except when the disability exceeds 14 days. Provides for the continuation of an employee's pay and the election to use annual or sick leave. States that notice of a death believed to be related to the employment shall be given by an eligible beneficiary or someone on his behalf. Requires a notice of injury or death to be given within 30 days after the injury or death. Extends from 1 year to 3 years the time within which an original claim for compensation for disability or death must be filed. Provides that no court, insurer, attorney, or other person shall pay or distribute to the beneficiary or his designee the proceeds of a suit or settlement without first satisfying or assuring satisfaction of the interest of the United States. Makes adjustments in the rates of compensation payable to the beneficiaries of a deceased employee. Declares that, notwithstanding any funeral and burial expenses paid, there shall be paid a sum of $200 to the personal representative of a deceased employee for reimbursement of the costs of termination of the decedent's status as an employee of the United States. Permits a lump-sum payment to a beneficiary if the monthly payment is less that $50 a month. Adjusts the computation of cost-of-living increases of compensation. States that in the event the individual resumes employment with the Federal Government, the entire time during which the employee was receiving compensation under this chapter shall be credited to the employee for the purposes of within grade step increases, annuity computation under the civil service retirement provisions, retention purposes, and other rights and benefits based upon length of service. Requires the United States Postal Service to pay, in addition to contributions required for the maintenance of the Employees' Compensation Fund, an additional amount for its fair share of the cost of administration as determined by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the provisions of this Act and report the results to the Congress not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974
Grand Jury Reform Act - Provides for the confinement of recalcitrant witnesses in proceedings before any Federal grand jury of the United States. Requires a District Court to give adequate and reasonable notice upon the impanelment of the grand jury concerning specified information, including: the grand jury's duty to inquire into offenses against the criminal laws of the United States, which have been committed within that district; its authority to make independent inquiry; its right to question witnesses; its right to request production of documents; its rights with respect to an independent inquiry and such other duties and rights as the court deems advisable. Permits an impaneled grand jury to inquire of its own initiative about offenses against the United States. Outlines the term of service of the grand jury. Authorizes the court appointment of a special attorney to assist the grand jury if so requested. Specifies that such attorney shall have the exclusive authority to assist the grand jury, and shall sign any indictment returned by such jury. Outlines special rights of grand jury witnesses with regard to subpoena, testimony, counsel, scope of investigation and self-incrimination. Permits immunity from prosecution in specified circumstances for any witness who is compelled to produce or testify before the grand jury. Specifies those instances in which a U.S. District Court may issue an order compelling a witness to testify. Sets forth the general rules governing immunity of witnesses. Requires the Attorney General to annually report to the Congress and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts specified information concerning grand jury investigations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1974
Requires a corporation, association, or partnership to be a citizen of the United States in order to be licensed as a custom broker. States that no corporation, partnership, or association shall be deemed to be a citizen of the United States unless the controlling interest therein is owned by citizens of the United States, and, in the case of a corporation, unless its president and directors are citizens of the United States and the corporation is organized under the laws of the United States or of a State, Territory, District, or possession thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Provides seminars to freshmen Members of the Congress. Requires the Librarian of Congress, acting through the Director of the Congressional Research Service in consultation with senior specialists and other staff of the Library of Congress, to prepare a curriculum for the series of siminars conducted under this Act. Provides for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in travel to, attendance at, and travel from such a series of seminars to those eligible for the seminars. Authorizes each freshman Member to employ an interim staff during the period beginning on the day such freshman Member is declared elected and ending on the first day of the next regular session of the House of Congress to which such freshman Member was elected in the last general election prior to such session. States that the total salaries paid such interim staff during such period shall not exceed one-half the clerk hire allowance to which such freshman Member would be entitled by law if such Member were a Member of the Congress. Authorizes expenditures for stationery in the interim period up to one-tenth of the allowance for a regular session of the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66, Public Law 93-233, and subsequent cost-of-living increases under title II of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments - Extends the coverage of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act. Increases the amount of insurance coverage required of a farm labor contractor who engages in the transportation of migrant workers. Provides sanctions for failure or refusal of a farm labor contractor, when acting in that capacity, to present his certificate of registration. Requires one engaging the services of a farm labor contractor to first observe such certificate. Gives the Secretary of Agriculture the power to subpoena testimony and evidence with respect to investigations of possible violations of this Act. Increases penalties for violations of this Act to not more than $1,000, imprisonment for six months, or both. Provides a course of legal action and penalties for discrimination against any farm worker who has, with just cause, filed any complaint or instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act. Provides for civil actions by private parties under this Act. Provides that any person aggrieved by the violation of any provision of this Act may file suit in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties without respect to the amount in controversy or without regard to the citizenship of the parties. Provides for the awarding of damages up to and including $500 for each and every violation.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1974
Establishes the National Institute of Aging in the Public Health Service to conduct and support research on the aging process, on preventive measures with respect to health problems of the aged, and on treatment and cures for such problems. Establishes the Natonal Advisory Council on Aging to advise on programs relating to the aged and monitor the Institute. Provides traineeships and fellowships for the study of health problems of the aged.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Provides, under the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that it shall be an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against individuals who are physically disabled because of such disability.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Postal Reorganization Act Amendments - Provides that if there is a collective-bargaining agreement in effect for postal service employees no party to such agreement shall terminate or modify such agreement unless the party desiring such termination or modification serves written notice upon the other party to the agreement of the proposed termination or modification not less than ninety days prior to the expiration date. Requires the party serving such notice to notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service of the existence of a dispute within forty-five days of such notice, if no agreement has been reached by that time. Requires that if arbitration is selected by the parties and if they do not agree upon the procedures therefor, an arbitration board shall be established and its decisions shall be binding upon the parties. Provides that in the event the bargaining representatives agree to go on strike if an agreement cannot be reached during the forty-five-day period prior to the termination or modification, the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service shall promptly communicate with the employer and the bargaining representatives and use the service's best efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to bring them into agreement, and shall continue to do so for a period of thirty days after the date of termination or modification of the agreement, during which period of time no lawful strike shall be engaged in. Prohibits reduction in rank or pay or removal from the Postal Service of postal employees because of union membership. States that in any lawful strike declared against the Postal Service by the employees thereof, the Postal Service and the bargaining representatives jointly may determine and agree upon, before the close of the third calendar day after the calendar day on which the strike becomes effective, the number of employees needed to accept, process, dispatch, and deliver specified necessary categories of mail, such as social security checks. Provides for a mandatory delivery of such mail during a strike if the parties cannot agree upon a strike-delivery method.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Public Service Employment Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to provide unemployed and underemployed persons with employment in jobs providing needed public services and appropriate training and related services. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act such sums as Congress determines necessary for each fiscal year ending prior to fiscal year 1978. Provides that the Secretary of Labor shall enter into arrangements with applicants for the purpose of providing financial assistance to public and private nonprofit agencies and institutions for the creation of jobs providing employment for unemployed or underemployed persons in carrying out needed public services. Provides that such eligible applicants shall be: (1) States, counties, cities, and other units or combinations of units of general local government which have established public service employment councils; and (2) other public and private agencies and institutions when government units of services are inadequate or nonexistent. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with eligible applicants, using 25 percent of the funds authorized under this Act, for the purpose of providing employment, for unemployed and underemployed persons residing in areas of substantial unemployment, in jobs providing needed public services, which shall be carried out to the maximum practicable extent within such areas. Provides for the establishment of a public service employment council. Provides that the Secretary shall not provide financial assistance for any program or activity under this Act unless he determines that: (1) the program will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available, will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers, will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal for other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed, and will not substitute public service jobs for other federally assisted jobs; (2) persons employed in public service jobs assisted under this Act shall be paid wages which shall not be lower than whichever is the highest minimum wage which would be applicable to the employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the State or local minimum wage for the most nearly comparable covered employment, or the prevailing rates of pay for persons employed in similar public occupations by the same employer; (3) funds under this Act will not be used to pay persons employed in public service jobs under this Act at a rate in excess of $12,000 per year; (4) all persons employed in public service jobs assisted under this Act will be assured of workmen's compensation, health insurance, unemployment insurance, and other benefits at the same levels and to the same extent as other employees of the employer and to the same working conditions and promotional opportunities as such other employees enjoy; (5) provisions of law relating to health and safety conditions shall apply to such program or activity; (6) the program will, to the maximum extent feasible, contribute to the occupational development or upward mobility of individual participants; (7) not to exceed 10 percent of the funds available for any program under this Act will be used for the acquisition or the rental or leasing of supplies, equipment, materials, or real property; and (8) every participant shall be advised prior to entering upon employment, of his rights and benefits in connection with such employment. Provides that the Secretary shall transmit at least annually a detailed report setting forth the activities conducted under this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall carry out a program of research and pilot projects into alternate ways and means to research full employment.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Comprehensive School Health Education Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to encourage the provision of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems by establishing a system of grants for teacher training, pilot and demonstration projects, and the development of comprehensive health education programs. Empowers the Commissioner of Education to make grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education for teacher training with respect to the provision of comprehensive health education programs in schools. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $12,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, to carry out such grants. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit education or research organizations to support pilot demonstration projects in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. States that the Commissioner may make grants to State educational agencies for the development of comprehensive programs in elementary and secondary schools with respect to health education and health problems. Provides for the apportionment of funds appropriated for such purposes. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Sets forth the requirements for receiving grants under this Act, including the application procedures. Directs the Commissioner to, when requested, render technical assistance to local educational agencies, public and private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education in the development and implementation of education programs with respect to health and health problems.
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
Provides that the bonus value of food stamps is to be included in the "hold harmless" amount guaranteed to recipients of supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Amendments of 1972. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe regulations for the adjustment of an individual's monthly supplemental security income payment in accordance with any increase to which such individual may be entitled under this Act provided, that such adjustment in monthly payment, together with the remittance of any prior unpaid increments to which such individual may be entitled under this Act, shall be made no later than the first day of the first month beginning more than sixty days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Provides, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance), that increases in monthly insurance benefits (whether occurring by reason of increases in the cost of living or enacted by law) shall not be considered as annual income for purposes of the following benefit programs: dependency and indemnity compensation to parents of a deceased veteran, pension for non-service-connected disability or death or for service, and the Veterans' Pension Act of 1959.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for reductions in Social Security taxes relating to the rate of tax on self-employment income for purposes of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance. States that such reductions shall apply in the case of taxes imposed with respect to self-employment income for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1974, and with respect to wages paid or received during calendar years after 1974. Provides for Federal participation in the costs of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act. Increases the earnings counted for benefit and tax purposes under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Includes, under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, breast prosthesis among the items and services for which payment may be made under the present supplementary medical insurance program of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Education for Exceptional Children Act - Defines "exceptional children" as handicapped children, children with specific learning disabilities, and particularly gifted children. Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a National Clearinghouse on Exceptional Children which shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and for each of the four succeeding years for the establishment and operation of the clearinghouse. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants pursuant to this Act for the purpose of assisting the States in providing free appropriate public education for exceptional children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Sets forth the basis on which funds will be allocated to the States. Provides that in order to receive funds under this Act a State must submit to the Commissioner of Education a State plan is required detailing the State program for free appropriate education for exceptional children. Provides that the State plan must contain such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Sets forth the criteria needed to be met by a State in order to obtain approval of its plan. Authorizes the Commissioner to withhold payments under this Act from any State when it is found that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision of this Act. Provides a method for judicial review of the Commissioner's decision. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to provide training for personnel engaged or preparing to engage in educating exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher learning to provide training for leadership personnel for the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct research relating to the education of exceptional children and to make grants to States, educational agencies, institutions of higher learning and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies for such research. Directs the Commissioner to establish standards and procedures to determine which children are "exceptional children" within the meaning of this Act, such standards and procedures to be applied uniformly by all States submitting plans pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
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