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United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Provides for the acceptance by the House of Representatives of a portrait of Charles Abraham Halleck of the State of Indiana to be displayed in the U. S. Capitol.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974
Title I: Increases the authorizations of specified appropriations, under the Land and Water Conservation Funds Act, for land and water conservation funds. Sets additional requirements on the State grant programs administered under such Act. Title II: Establishes the historic preservation fund in the Treasury. Provides that during the period concering July 1, 1975, and ending June 30, 1989, there shall be covered into such fund $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1976; $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1977; and 100,000,000 for fiscal year 1978 and each fiscal year thereafter, from revenues due to the United States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the rental and sale of public lands for lease under Federal law (30 U.S.C. 191).
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1974
Provides that tax returns are confidential, and therefore, are not open to inspection, and that information contained in them shall not be disclosed. Permits, under regulations established by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the inspection of tax returns by the taxpayer, the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, State tax authorities, the President, and the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Establishes criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure or receipt of tax return information.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Nurse Training Act - Title I: Construction Assistance - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools and loan guarantees and interest subsidies through fiscal year 1977. Title II: Capitation Grants - States that each collegiate school of nursing shall receive $400 for each student enrolled in each of the last two years of such school. Provides capitation grants for other schools of nursing and authorizes appropriations for such grants. Title III: Financial Distress Grants - Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public or non-profit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits. Prescribes the procedures for the making of such grants and authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for the grants. Title IV: Special Project Assistance - Empowers the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing and other entities to meet the costs of special projects, including: (1) to increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (2) to provide continuing education for nurses; and (3) to increase the supply or distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Provides for the making of grants, and authorizes appropriations for such grants, by the Secretary for: (1) advanced nurse training programs; and (2) nurse practitioner programs. Title V: Assistance to Nursing Students - Extends the authorization of appropriations for traineeships, student loans, and the program to encourage full utilization of educational talent for nursing. Extends the nursing scholarship program. Title VI: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Public Health Service Act. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974
Health Manpower Act - Title I: General Provisions - Revises and repeals specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Title II: Assistance for Construction of Teaching Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist in the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel. Authorizes appropriations of $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977. Title III: Student Assistance; National Health Service Corps - Expands the provisions governing the making of student loans under the Public Health Service Act and the rates for repayment of such loans. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making Federal capital contributions into the student loan funds of authorized schools. Prescribes procedures for the establishment of a National Health Service Corps, applications for assistance from the Corps, and assignment and functions of Corps personnel to medically underserved populations. Outlines the rate-of-pay schedule for physician and dentist Corps members engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Details the reporting requirements by the Secretary to the Congress in his carrying out the programs of the National Health Service Corps. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps. Specifies the membership composition of such Council. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1977 for carrying out this section. Revises the Public Health and National Health Services Corps Scholarship Training Program, setting forth the eligibility requirements for acceptance in such program and the time and type of obligated service required. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the program $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Title IV: Grants for Health Professions Schools - Sets forth computation rules governing the making of annual grants by the Secretary for the support of education programs of schools of medicine, osteopathy, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry. Provides for the apportionment of, and authorization of, appropriations for the making of such grants. States that the Secretary shall not make such grants to any school unless specified assurances from each type of school, including assurances that the first year enrollment of health profession schools will rise by specified percentages in succeeding years, are met. Title V: Special Project Grants and Contracts - Revises the procedure for the making of special project grants and contracts for the purposes of assisting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Specifies the purposes for which such grants may be used. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000, $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively for the establishment of area health education centers. Title VI: Public and Allied Health Personnel - Revises the training programs for public and community health personnel and allied health personnel, extending appropriations through fiscal year 1977. Title VII: Medical Residency Training Programs - Provides for the accrediting and operation of medical residency training programs with the number of first year positions not to exceed 125 percent of the estimated number of products from accredited school of medicine in the preceding calendar year. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to contract for a study analyzing the current distribution of physicians by specialty, projecting such analysis for 1980, 1985, and 1990, and examining and developing a method for establishing the optimal distribution of physicians by geographic area. Requires the Secretary to make specified quality assurances to the Congress regarding education and training of allied health personnel. Calls for an allied health personnel study, detailing the contents of such study, including identification of classifications in which there are critical shortages of personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974
Establishes a Commission on Medical Malpractice Awards for the purpose of studying and making recommendations concerning the feasibility of establishing maximum limits on the amount of damages that may be granted in any medical malpractice suit brought against any physician, dentist, or practitioner of the healing arts. Specifies the membership composition of such commission and its administrative powers.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974
National Emergencies Act - Title I: Terminating Existing Declared Emergencies - States that all powers and authorities conferred by law upon the President, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government, or any department, agency, independent establishment, or any other body of the Federal Government, and all powers and authorities conferred by any Executive Order pursuant to law as a result of the existence of any national emergency in effect immediately prior to the two hundred and seventy-first day after the date of enactment of this Act, are terminated on such two hundred and seventy-first day. Title II: Future National Emergencies - Provides that in the event the President finds that the proclamation of a national emergency is essential to the preservation, protection, and defense of the Constitution, and is essential to the common defense, safety, or well-being of the territory and people of the United States, the President is authorized to proclaim the existence of a national emergency. Title III: Declarations of War by Congress - Stipulates that whenever Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during time of war or a national emergency shall be effective from the date of such declaration and remain in effect only in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Title IV: Future National Emergencies - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during such a national emergency or during a war declared by the Congress shall be effective and remain in effect with respect to such emergency or war only in accordance with this Act. States that when the President declares a national emergency, no powers made available by statute for use in the event of an emergency shall become operative unless and until the President specifies by Executive Order the specific provisions of law under which he proposed that he, or other officers of the executive branch, will act. Provides that any national emergency declared by the President in accordance with this title shall terminate 180 days after the date the national emergency was declared unless Congress, by concurrent resolution, provides otherwise. Title V: Miscellaneous - Provides that when the President declares a national emergency, or Congress declares war, the President shall be responsible for maintaining a file, and an index thereof, of all Executive Orders issued by the President. Directs the President to transmit to the House of Representatives and the Senate and to the appropriate committees of the Congress the texts of each order, rule, or regulation, by whatever name called, promulgated by any executive department, administration, independent establishment, board, commission, official, group of officials, or other rulemaking authority. Title VI: Repeal of Certain Emergency Power Statutes - Provides for the repeal of specified provisions of law dealing with emergency powers.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974
Grants a Federal charter to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Incorporated, a non-profit corporation with its principal offices in Indianapolis. States that such Corporation's purpose shall be to preserve and encourage the study of historical evidence relating to December 7, 1941, and to stimulate interest in the affairs and future of America.
United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974
Expresses the findings of Congress, including that Federal information reporting requirements have placed an unprecedented paperwork burden upon private citizens, recipients of Federal assistance, businesses, governmental contractors, and State and local governments. Establishes a Commission on Federal Paperwork to study procedures and practices of the Federal Government relating to information gathering, dissemination, and the management and control of information activities. Enumerates the areas to be considered by the Commission in its studies. Directs the Commission to make a final report to the Congress and the President within two years of the date of its first meeting. Sets forth the membership composition of the Commission and their compensation. Details the administrative powers of the Commission. Calls for cooperation between Federal agencies and the Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974
Increases the penalties for persons convicted of committing a felony with or while unlawfully carrying a firearm. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 924(c)).
United States · United States Congress · 19 August 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) all military, economic, or other assistance, all sales of defense articles and services, all sales of agricultural commodities and services, and all licenses with respect to the transportation of arms, ammunitions, and implements of war (including technical data relating thereto) to the Government of Turkey should be suspended on the date of adoption of this resolution; and (2) the provisions of this resolution should cease to apply when the President reports to the Congress that the Government of Turkey has withdrawn all of its armed forces from Cyprus.
United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring, under the Clean Air Act, an indirect source emission review as a part of any applicable implementation plan. States that any rules or regulations with respect to the requirement of such review as a part of any such plan previously promulgated by the Administrator shall be void on the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 August 1974
Provides for the issuance of a special postage stamp in commemoration of the life and work of Harriet Tubman.
United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974
Provides, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not: (1) establish maximum limits on the potency of any synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form; (2) classify any vitamin or mineral as a drug solely on the basis of the potency of the vitamin or mineral; and (3) limit the combination or number of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other ingredient of food, within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in capsule, tablet, or liquid form. States that the labeling and advertising for any food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form may not: (1) list its ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals unless such ingredients (a) are listed in a list of all the ingredients of such food, or (b) are subject to a specified regulations; or (2) give prominence or emphasize the list of ingredients. States that the provisions of this Act shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to establish maximum limits on the potency of a synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral if such limits are prescribed under regulations requiring the vitamin or mineral to be dispensed only upon a prescription.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the leadership of the Nation responsible for our economic well-being meet together immediately in a spirit of unity to design a set of policy actions to achieve the common goal of restoring stability and growth to the American economy and confidence and prosperity to the American people. States that it is in imperative as in previous moments of great national need that the two political parties, the Congress and the President, labor and management, put aside their domestic and political differences and work together in a spirit of discipline, compromise, and sacrifice for the common good. Expresses the sense of the Congress that this domestic summit be convened forthwith comprised of the President, the majority and minority leadership of both Houses of the Congress, the chairman and ranking minority members of the Appropriations Committee of both Houses, the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, and the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, together with leaders of labor and business, and such other participants as they may agree upon. Stipulates that they shall meet and devote such time as necessary until a plan of action is decided upon which, by its demonstration of renewed unity, direction, and purpose, will gain the public support and confidence necessary to be effective in overcoming these difficulties. States that the Congress stands ready to cooperate fully in the spirit of commitment and unity which the solution of this truly national problem will require of all elements of American society.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974
Financial Disclosure Act - Requires candidates for Federal office, Members of the Congress, and officers and employees of the Federal Government who are compensated at a rate in excess of $32,000 per year to file annually with the Comptroller General a report containing a full and complete statement of: (1) the amount of each tax paid by the individual, by the individual and the individual's spouse filing jointly, or by the individual's spouse filing separately for the preceding calendar year; (2) the amount and source of each item of income, each gift or aggregate of gifts from one source (other than gifts received from his spouse or any member of his immediate family) received by him, by him and his spouse jointly, by his spouse, or by his dependents, during the preceding calendar year which exceeds $100 in amount or value, including any fee or other honorarium received by him for or in connection with the preparation or delivery of any speech or address, attendance at any convention or other assembly of individuals, or the preparation of any article or other composition for publication, and the monetary value of subsistence, entertainment, travel, and other facilities received by him in kind; (3) the identity of each asset held by him, by him and his spouse jointly, by his spouse, or by his dependents, which has a value in excess of $1,000, and the amount of each liability owed by him or by him and his spouse jointly, together with the amount of each liability which is owed with respect to any financial interest which is under his constructive control, which is in excess of $1,000 as of the close of the preceding calendar year; (4) any transactions in securities of any business entity by him or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in transactions in the securities of such business entity exceeds $1,000 during such year; (5) all transactions in commodities by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction during the preceding calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in such transactions exceeds $1,000; and (6) any purchase or sale of real property or any interest therein by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf or pursuant to his direction, during the preceding calendar year if the value of property involved in such purchase or sale exceeds $1,000. Sets forth penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 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 · 31 July 1974
National Health Policy, Planning, and Resources Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Council for Health Policy. States that the Council shall be responsible for the following: (1) developing and recommending a national health policy which shall include a quantifiable statement of national health goals; (2) recommending guidelines respecting the appropriate supply, distribution, and organization of health resources and services, including health education services; (3) conducting studies and analyses concerning the recommended national health policy, and alternative means of achieving the goals included in the recommended national health policy; (4) assessing the status of the health of the American people, existing and proposed Federal and other health programs, and the need for particular health resources and services, including health education services; (5) evaluating the implications of advances in biomedical research, health services research, and medical technology for the health care delivery system; and (6) analysis of the essential factors which cause inflation in the cost of health services and a determination of needs of containing such inflation. Establishes health service areas throughout the United States. Sets forth requirements for each health service area, including: (1) the area shall be a rational geographic region within which there are available a comprehensive range of health services, and which is of a character suitable for the effective planning and development of health services; and (2) to the extent practicable, the area shall include at least one center for the provision of highly specialized health services. Provides that a health systems agency for a health service area shall (1) be incorporated in the State in which the largest part of the population of its health service area resides, and (2) not be a subsidiary of, or otherwise controlled by, any other private corporation or legal entity. States that the health systems agency may establish subarea advisory councils representing parts of the agencies' health service area to advise the governing body of the agency on the performance of its functions. Stipulates that for the purpose of: (1) improving the health of residents of a health service area; (2) increasing the accessibility, acceptability, continuity, and quality of the health services provided them; and (3) restraining increases in the cost of providing health services, each health systems agency shall have as its primary responsibility the provision of effective health planning for its health service area and the promotion of the development within the area of health services, manpower, and facilities which meet identified needs, reduce documented inefficiencies, and implement the health plans of the agency. Directs the agency to establish, annually review, and amend as necessary an annual implementation plan which describes objectives which will achieve the goals and priorities of the Act. Requires the Secretary to make in each fiscal year a grant to each health systems agency on such conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate. Provides that a health systems agency may use funds under a grant under this Act to make payments under contracts with other entities to assist the health systems agency in the performance of its functions; but it shall not use funds under such a grant to make payments under a grant or contract with another entity for the development or delivery of health services or resources. Enumerates the functions which each State agency shall perform within the State, including the following: (1) conduct the health planning activities of the State and implement those parts of the State health plan and the plans of the health system agencies within the State which relate to the government of the State; and (2) assist the Statewide Health Coordinating Council of the State in the preparation, review, and revision of the State health plan, in the review of the State medical facilities plan, and in the performance of its functions generally. Provides that the Secretary may make grants to State health planning and development agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of their operation. Stipulates that the amount of any grant made under this subsection shall be determined by the Secretary, except that no grant to a designated State Agency may exceed 75 percent of its operation costs during the period for which the grant is available for obligation. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making grant payments of $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Sets forth procedures and criteria for reviews of proposed health system changes. Directs the Secretary to provide (directly or through grants or contracts, or both) to designated health systems agencies and State Agencies: (1) assistance in developing their health plans and approaches to planning various types of health services; (2) technical materials, including methodologics, policies, and standards appropriate for use in health planning; and (3) other technical assistance as may be necessary in order that such agencies may properly perform their functions. Directs the Secretary to assist public or private nonprofit entities in meeting the costs of planning and developing new centers, and operating existing and new centers, for multidisciplinary health planning development and assistance. Stipulates that, to the extent practicable, the Secretary shall provide assistance under this section so that at least five such centers will be in operation by June 30, 1976. Instructs the Secretary to review and approve or disapprove the annual budget of each designated health systems agency and State Agency. Provides that the Secretary shall prescribe performance standards covering the structure, operation, and performance of the functions of each designated health systems agency and State Agency, and he shall establish a reporting system based on the performance standards that allows for continuous review of the structure, operation, and performance of the functions of such agencies. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe the general manner in which the State Agency of each State shall determine for the State medical facilities plan the priority among projects within the State for which assistance is available under this Act, based on the relative need of different areas within the State for such projects; (2) prescribe for medical facilities projects assisted under this Act general standards of construction, modernization, and equipment for medical facilities of different classes and in different types of location; (3) prescribe criteria for determining needs for medical facility beds and needs for medical facilities, and for developing plans for the distribution of such beds and facilities; (4) prescribe criteria for determining the extent to which existing medical facilities are in need of modernization; and (5) require each State medical facilities plan to provide for adequate medical facilities for all persons residing in the State and adequate facilities to furnish needed health services for persons unable to pay therefor. Stipulates that before an application for assistance under this Act for a medical facility project may be approved, the State Agency of the State in which such project is located must have submitted to the Secretary and had approved by him a State medical facilities plan. Sets forth procedures to be followed in order for approval of State projects. Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to make allotments among the States on the basis of population, the financial need, and need for medical facilities projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans from the fund established by this Act to pay the Federal share of approved projects. Directs the Secretary to consult with a Federal Hospital Council in administering the provisions of this Act. Provides that in the case of any facility for which an allotment payment, loan, or loan guarantee has been made under this Act, the applicant for such payment, loan, or loan guarantee (or, if appropriate, such other person as the Secretary may prescribe) shall file at least annually with the State Agency for the State in which the facility is located a statement which shall be in such form, and contain such information, as the Secretary may require to accurately show: (1) the financial operations of the facility and (2) the costs to the facility of providing health services in the facility and the charges made by the facility for providing such services, during the period with respect to which the statement is filed.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1974
Extends, under the Public Health Service Act, through fiscal year 1975, the scholarship program for the National Health Service Corps and the loan program for health professions students.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1974
Authorizes appropriations, under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, for fiscal years 1975 and 1976.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1974
Extends through fiscal year 1975, under the Public Health Service Act, the scholarship program for the National Health Service Corps and the loan program for health professions students.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 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 · 16 July 1974
Prohibits the extension of credit to Turkey under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 until the President reports to the Congress that Turkey is cooperating with the United States in the curtailment of heroin traffic.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1974
Provides that immediately upon the adoption of this resolution the House shall resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 988), a resolution to reform the structure, jurisdiction, and procedures of the committees of the House of Representatives by amending rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. States that after general debate, which shall be confined to the resolution and shall continue not to exceed three hours, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Select Committee on Committees, the resolution shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Stipulates that, at the conclusion of the consideration of the resolution for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the resolution to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.
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