United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Military Construction Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Defense to establish or develop military installations and facilities by acquiring, constructing, converting, rehabilitating or installing permanent or temporary public works, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment at designated projects to the extent of the dollar amounts designated by this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to construct family housing umits and mobile home facilities, after consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban development, in the locations designated by this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of funds needed to carry out the provisions of this Act. Reserve Forces Facilities Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish or develop additional facilities for the Reserve Forces of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air National Guard, and the Air Force Reserve, and the Army National Guard.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Allows a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year of $10 for each ton of post-consumer waste paper processed in the United States by the taxpayer during the taxable year into new commercially marketable pulp, paper, paperboard or other similar products.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Excludes from gross income, under the Internal Revenue Code, the first $1,000 of interest received from savings account deposits in home lending institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Requires that the reports of the results of any study and planning project assisted under this Act shall be submitted to the Secretary and the Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems. Sets forth the standards for such grants and contracts. States that, in considering applications which demonstrate exceptional need for financial assistance, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications submitted for emergency medical services systems for rural areas. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems, including the acquisition of equipment and facilities, the modernization of facilities, and other projects to expand and improve such systems. States that the amount of any grant or contract under this section for a project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that project. Stipulates that the Secretary may make grants to public or private nonprofit entities, and enter into contracts with private entities and individuals, for the support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices, and delivery. States that no grant may be made or contract entered into under this section for amounts in excess of $35,000, unless the application therefore has been recommended for approval by an appropriate peer review panel designated or established by the Secretary. Sets forth general provisions with respect to grants and contracts authorized under this Act. Establishes specified requirements for emergency medical services systems. Authorizes to be appropriated specified amounts for grants and contracts made pursuant to this Act for the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy and technical soundness of all Federal programs and activities which relate to emergency medical services. Directs the Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary respecting the administration of contracts under this Act. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report on the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, and nursing and training centers for allied health professions, and other appropriate educational entities to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 for the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any trademark licensing contract or agreement for the manufacture, distribution and sale of a trademarked food product shall not be deemed unlawful, provided: (1) that such product is in free and open competition with products of the same general class manufactured, distributed, and sold by others; (2) the licensee is in free and open competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 41)
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Provides for the repeal of the Postal Reorganization Act and reenacts the former postal service provisions of title 39, United States Code. Reestablishes the former Post Office Department as an executive department of the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1973
Food Supplement Amendment - Defines the term "food supplement" for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to mean food for special dietary uses, and defines the meaning of "special dietary uses" as particular uses of food for man which meets specified requirements. Provides that in administering such Act the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: (1) shall not limit the potency, number, combination, amount, or variety of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, substance, or ingredient of any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage; and (2) shall not require a warning label on any food supplement unless such article is intrinsically injurious to health in the recommended dosage.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1973
Provides that illegitimate children of old-age insurance beneficiaries under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) may become entitled to child's insurance benefits in specified cases.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Expresses the finding of Congress that an adequate supply of pure, safe human blood is essential to the welfare of the Nation. Establishes the National Blood Bank program within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to perform enumerated duties to assure an adequate supply of blood throughout the Nation. Establishes an Advisory Council to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding: (1) policy goals of the program; (2) motivation and recognition of blood donors; (3) reciprocal transactions between national blood bank systems; and (4) removal of blood purchasing costs from health insurance plan coverage. Declares that only class A blood banks may maintain blood deposit or pledge programs in advance of their needs. Provides criminal penalties for persons violating the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1973
Declares that the United States has a moral responsibility to share in the rebuilding of war-torn Indochina, and to attend to the needs of millions of innocent victim of the conflict which has left children and refugees badly in need of assistance during the postwar period. Establishes in the Peace Corps the Vietnam Assistance Volunteers Program. Authorizes the Director of the Peace Corps to enroll qualified citizens of the United States for voluntary civilian assistance in the Republic of Vietnam. Establishes the terms and conditions of employment, training, compensation, hours of work, benefits, leave, and termination of such volunteers. Provides that civilian assistance under the Act shall be: (1) refugee relocation assistance; (2) medical assistance to war victims; and (3) medical, educational, and material assistance to orphans. Authorizes the use of United States foreign aid materials for purposes of assistance under the Act. Authorizes the President, upon agreement with the potential host nation, to extend the Vietnam assistance volunteers program to any of the following: Laos, Cambodia, and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1973
Confers United States citizenship on each child who, to the satisfaction of the State Department under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State shall prescribe : (1) was born in the Republic of Vietnam prior to January 1, 1974, and orphaned or abandoned; (2) is of an age such that not more than twelve years have passed from the date of such child's birth to the date of the enactment of this Act; (3) in all probability has or had one parent who was at the time of such child's birth a citizen of the United States; and (4) is placed through an adoption agency in the United States licensed or properly accredited according to pertinent local, State, and Federal law with suitable parent or parents in the United States, with a preference for any natural parent of such child, who is or are willing to adopt the child upon its arrival in the United States. Provides that the Department of State shall make the arrangements necessary to inform properly accredited adoption agencies in the United States of children potentially eligible for the benefits of this Act; and cooperate in the placement of such children and shall make the arrangements necessary to transport children who are qualified under this Act to their adoptive parents in the United States at the expense of the United States. Authorizes the President and the Secretary of State to negotiate and to make such arrangements with the Republic of Vietnam as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act while assuring that citizenship conferred under this Act is in accordance with the norms of international law and the treaty obligations of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Provides that, under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, railroad employees may retire on a full annuity at age sixty or after serving thirty years. Provides that such annuity for any month shall not be less than one-half of the individuals average monthly compensation for the five years of highest earnings. (Amends 45 U.S.C. 216)
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Authorizes the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the fourth Sunday of November of each year as "National Grandparents' Day". Calls upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that with respect to the right to life, the word "person", as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth articles of amendment to the U.S. Constitution applies to all human beings, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that until such time as the Congress has acted to dispose of pending legislation dealing with the current railroad crisis in the Northeastern United States, no court of the United States shall authorize any sale or abandonment of any railroad nor should the Interstate Commerce Commission approve or authorize any sale or abandonment.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Provides for the incorporation of the Italian American War Veterans of the United States. Sets forth the powers, officers, requirements, and duties of the Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that gross income does not include any amounts received by an individual in the taxable year as a pension, annuity, or other benefit under a public retirement system, or any amounts received by an individual who is age 65 or over as a pension, annuity, or other retirement benefit under any other retirement plan, program, or system, to the extent that the aggregate of such amounts does not exceed $5,000.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1973
Labor-Management Relations Freedom of Speech Act - Provides that the expression of views, argument, opinion, or statement (including, but not limited to, any expression intended to influence the outcome of an organizing campaign, a bargaining controversy, a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute), whether in written, printed, graphic, visual or auditory form shall not constitute or be evidence of an unfair labor practice under the National Labor Relations Act. States that such act shall not constitute grounds for, or evidence justifying, setting aside results of any election conducted under any provisions of the Act, if such expression or statement contains no threat of reprisal or force or promise of benefit. Provides that no labor organization or employer shall be required to furnish, or make available to the employer, in the case of a labor organization, or to the labor organization in the case of an employer, materials, information, including names and addresses of employees, time, premises, meeting places, bulletin boards, or other facilities do enable such other party to communicate with or reply do any communication with employees of the employer, members of the labor organization, the supporters or adherents. (Amends 29 U.S.C. 158(c))
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1973
Employee Strike Vote Act - Provides that it shall be unlawful and an unfair labor practice for a labor organization or its agents to call, continue or resume a strike if a majority of the employees have voted in a secret ballot referendum to accept the employer's current offer or if such a referendum has been requested before the strike begins and the result thereof has not been accepted. Provides that such a referendum may be requested by the involved labor organization and the employer or 10 percent of the members of such bargaining unit. Requires that no such referendum may be held until at least thirty days have elapsed following any prior referendum. (Adds 29 U.S.C. 158(b)(8))
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Prohibits the transportation of contraband cigarettes in interstate commerce. Defines contraband cigarettes as a quantity in excess of twenty thousand cigarettes, bearing no evidence of the payment of applicable state cigarette taxes, in the possession of unauthorized carriers. Provides for the swizure and fordeiture of cigarettes transported and vehicles used for such transportation in violation of State laws. Provides for a penalty of a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, for anyone biolating this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States to require repayment of the longstanding debts which are delinquent in nature. Makes it the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury submit to the Congress within ninety days of passage of this resolution a list and report on the extent of such indebtedness on the part of foreign nations. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury, through the appropriate departments and agencies, should, immediately after the filing of this report, begin consultations with foreign governments involved for the purpose of making arrangements for the prompt repayment of those longstanding debts which are delinquent.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides for the inclusion of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition in the catagories of ammunition for which persons holding a Federal license to do business as a firearms or ammunition importer, manufacturer, or dealer need not keep records on purchasers. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 4182(c))
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Provides that, beginning one year after enactment of this Act, no law enforcement grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 will be made to State and local governments unless these units of government have instituted a law enforcement officer's grievance system and have enacted into law a "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights" which will cover all law enforcement officers in the States. Declares that this Bill of Rights shall provide law enforcement officers statutory protection for certain rights enjoyed by other citizens. Requires the bill of rights to provide, at a minimum, the following: (1) law enforcement officers shall not be prohibited from engaging in political activity, except when on duty or acting in an official capacity; (2) when an officer is subject to an investigation that could lead to disciplinary action or criminal charges: (a) the investigation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably while the officer is on duty, (b) the investigation shall occur at the office of the investigating officer or at the precinct where the incident occurred, (c) there shall be one interrogator asking all questions to the officer and the names of all investigating officers shall be known by him, (d) the officer shall know the nature of the investigation and the names of complainants, (e) all civilian complaints must be duly sworn to before an official authorized to administer oaths, (f) interrogating sessions shall be of reasonable length, (g) the officer under investigation shall not be subject to abuse or threats, (h) all interrogations shall be recorded, (i) if the officer is to be placed under arrest, he shall be fully informed of his rights before interrogation, and (j) the officer shall have a right to counsel who shall be present during any interrogations dealing with the officer's continued fitness for law enforcement service; (3) citizen review boards having porportionate police representation; (r) law enforcement officers shall have recourse to civil actions for damages suffered or for abridgement of their civil rights arising out of the performance of official duties; (5) financial disclosures shall not be required unless obtained under legal procedures or there is evidence of a conflict of interests; (6) notice of and reasons for all disciplinary action is required; and (7) no officer shall be disciplined or discriminated against in any way by reason of his exercise of these rights. Establishes in each State and unit of local government a law enforcement officers grievance commission composed of an equal number of governmental representatives, law enforcement officers, and members of the general public which shall have the authority to receive, investigate, and determine complaints and grievances arising from claimed infringement of rights of any law enforcement officer. Allows employee organizations to act on the officer's behalf, at his request, regarding any complaint before the commission. Permits certified employee organizations to initiate actions on behalf of their members. Provides that, in addition to this grievance procedure, law enforcement officers may institute a civil action for redress of the grievances.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Extends for three years (until July 1, 1975) the provisions under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, according full Federal payment of relocation and related costs for victims of Hurricane Agnes and other major disasters occuring between January 1, 1971, and July 1, 1973. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 4527)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Extends to all unmarried individuals the tax treatment of income splitting now utilized by married individuals filing joint returns under the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe and publish tables reflecting the amendments made by this Act which shall apply in lieu of the tables set forth in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to wages paid on or after the first day of the first month which begins more than 20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Establishes a contiguous fishery zone (197 mile limit) beyond the territorial sea of the United States. States that the United States shall exercise the same exclusive rights in respect to fisheries in the zone as it has in its territorial sea, subject to the continuation of traditional fishing by foreign states within this zone as may be recognized by the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, and in consultation with the affected foreign countries, to determine the extent to which foreign fisheries may be permitted to operate within the zone, including manner, species, and allowable annual catch.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
National Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act - Title I: Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining - Legislative Findings and Purpose - Sets for the findings of the Act. States that the purpose of this title is to provide standards for the qualification of agricultural cooperative organizations for bargaining; to define the mutual obligation of handlers and agricultural cooperative organizations to bargain with respect to the production, sale, and marketing of agricultural products; and to provide for the enforcement of such obligations. Sets forth definitions of terms relating to the title. Establishes in the Department of Agriculture a National Agricultural Bargaining Board, which shall administer the provisions of the Act. Provides that the Board shall consist of three members to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the qualifications of those associations of producers which shall be entitled to the benefits of this title. Requires an association of producers to file with the Board a petition for qualification. Directs the Board to hold a public hearing and qualify such association if it finds that specified requirements are met. Provides that after qualification the Board shall give notice of such qualification to all known handlers that in the ordinary course of business, purchase the agricultural commodities that such association represents. Requires a qualified association to file annually a report to the Board. Provides that bargaining, as used in this title, is the mutual obligation of a handler and a qualified association to meet at reasonable times and negotiate in good faith with respect to the price, terms of sale, compensation for commodities produced under contract, and other contract provisions relative to the commodities that such qualified association represents and the execution of a written contract incorporating any agreement reached if requested by either party. Provides that such obligation on the part of any handler shall extend only to a qualified association that represents producers with whom such handler has had a prior course of dealing, and states that such obligation does not require either party to agree to a proposal or to make a concession. Requires a handler to be deemed to have had a prior course of dealing with a producer if such handler has purchased commodities produced by such producer in any two of the preceding five years. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prohibit a qualified bargaining association from entering into contracts with handlers to supply the full agricultural production requirements of such handlers. Makes it unlawful for a handler to negotiate with other producers of a product with respect to the price, terms of sale, compensation for commodities produced under contract, and other contract provisions relative to such product while negotiating with a qualified bargaining association able to supply all or a substantial portion of the requirements of such handler for such product. Makes it unlawful for a handler to purchase a product from other producers under terms more favorable to such producers than those terms negotiated with a qualified bargaining association for such product. Authorizes enforcement of orders and provides for judicial review in any United States Court of Appeals. Provides that the Board shall, at all reasonable times, have access to and the right to copy evidence relating to any person or action under investigation by it in connection with any refusal to bargain. Empowers the Board to administer oaths and to issue subpenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of evidence. Provides that in case of a refusal to obey a subpena issued to any person, the district court, upon application by the Board, shall have jurisdiction to order such person to appear before the Board to produce evidence or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation, and any failure to obey such order may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. Provides that no person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents, or other evidence in obedience to the subpena of the Board, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. Provides that no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. Title II: Assignment of Association Fees - Provides that if any producer of a farm product voluntarily executes and causes to be delivered to a handler, either as a clause in a sales contract of other instrument in writing, a notice of assignment of dues or fees to a qualified association directly representing the specific product involved, by which the handler is directed to deduct a sum from the price to be paid for such product and to pay the same over to such association as dues or fees for the producer, then such handler shall deduct the amount authorized from the price to be paid for any farm product being sold by any such producer and pay said amount over to the qualified association as assignee. Provides that no provision which is inserted in any contract that is prepared by a handler which makes ineffective an assignment of the dues described in this title is valid. Provides that an assignment of dues or fees may not exceed 2 percent of the total value of the product which is delivered by the producer to the handler. Title III: Marketing Orders - Provides that notwithstanding any of the commodity, product, area, or approval exceptions or limitations, any agricultural commodity or product (except canned or frozen products) thereof, or any regional or market classification thereof, shall be eligible for an order, exempt from any special approval required by the preceding sections, if after a referendum of the affected producers of such commodity the Secretary finds that a majority of such producers voting in such referendum favor making such commodity or product thereof, or the regional or market classification thereof specified in the referendum, eligible for an order. Provides that such referendum shall not be required for any commodity or product for which an order otherwise is authorized and for which no special approval or area limitation is specified therein.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Allows an individual to deduct from gross income, under the Internal Revenue Code, the expenses, not exceeding $300 a year, paid for transportation to and from his place of abode and his place of business or employment. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 162(f))
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1973
Increases under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance Benefits of the Social Security Act to $3,000 the annual amount individuals are permitted to earn without suffering deductions from the insurance benefits payable to them under such title.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Provides that, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 the maximum dollar limitation on the amount deductible for pensions for the self-employed shall be increased from $2,500 a year to $7,500 a year. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 404(e))
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Creates in the Executive Office of the President a Council on Energy Policy. Requires the Council to develop a long range, comprehensive plan for energy utilization, and to provide assistance to any executive agency concerned with energy and power in the United States. Sets forth the administrative powers and functions of the Council. Provides for an annual Energy Report by the President to the Congress, including: (1) an estimate of energy needs for the ensuing ten year period; (2) an estimate of the domestic and foreign energy supply on which the United States will be expected to rely to meet such needs in an economical manner; (3) current and foreseeable trends in the quality, management, and utilization of energy resources; and (4) recommendations for the development and application of new technologics and practices required to meet these objectives. Authorizes to be appropriated $300,000 for fiscal year 1974, $750,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $1,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter for purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1973
Provides that on or after June 30, 1973, no import quota or other nontariff trade restriction shall be imposed by or pursuant to law with respect to the importation into the United States of petroleum and petroleum products. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1862)
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1973
Makes it a Federal crime to kill or assault a fireman or law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties when the offender travels in interstate commerce or uses any facility of interstate commerce for such purpose. Provides for imposition of a sentence for a term of years up to life or upon the recommendation of the jury, death for the killing of such persons. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1116)
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Provides no part of any appropriation and no local currency owned by the United States shall be available for payment of any expenses, nor shall transportation be provided by the United States, in connection with travel outside the fifty States (including the District of Columbia) of the United States of: (1) any Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or member of either House of Congress after he has been defeated as a candidate for nomination, or election, to a seat in the House of Representatives or Senate of the United States in any primary or regular election until such time as he shall thereafter again become a Member of Congress, or (2) any Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or Member of either House of Congress after the adjournment sine die of the last session of a Congress if he is not a candidate for reelection in the next Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Health Care Insurance Act - Provides, under the Social Security Act, for medical, dental, and hospital care through a system of voluntary health insurance financed in whole for low-income groups through issuance of certificates, and in part for all other persons through allowance of tax credits. Adds to the Social Security Act a new title entitled Federal Financing of Voluntary Health Insurance. Provides that, for the purpose of providing assistance on behalf of the individuals and their dependents whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical, dental, and hospital services, there is established a program of hospital, dental, and medical benefits for any eligible beneficiary and his dependents through the issuance of health insurance certificates, in full payment of allowable premium on a qualified health care insurance policy of his choice. Asserts that health insurance certificiates of entitlement will be redeemable by the carrier by payment from the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund. Includes as eligible beneficiaries under this title any husband and wife both under age 65 and living together and any unmarried person under age 65 who is not a dependent beneficiary. Defines a dependent beneficiary as any child of an eligible beneficiary receiving more than 50 percent of his support from the eligible beneficiary, which child is under 21, or if a student, under age 23. Provides that every individual who is an eligible beneficiary whose income results in no individual income tax liability during his base year, whose dependent beneficiaries have no such liability for their taxable years which end during his base year, and who is not eligible to receive military medical care, shall be eligible to receive a health insurance certificate of entitlement. Asserts that such certificates shall be applicable in full payment of allowable premiums for a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Requires that such policy or plan shall provide protection for the eligible beneficiary and his dependent beneficiaries for a 12-month period beginning during his benefit year against the expenses of health care, including catastrophic expenses of illness. Allows tax credits for health care insurance. Asserts that every individual who is an eligible beneficiary who has not elected, where eligible, to receive benefits under the provisions for fully-paid health care insurance for the low-income group and who is not eligible to receive military medical care, shall be allowed at his election a credit against his income tax liability for his taxable year which ends during his base year; or a health insurance certificate of entitlement acceptable by a qualified carrier in payment toward a premium, under a qualified health care insurance policy. Specifies the amount of the tax credit or the value to be assigned to the health insurance certificate on the basis of allowable premiums. Provides that a health insurance certificate of entitlement means a certificate issued by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare upon application to him by an eligible beneficiary to apply toward payment of premium on a qualified health care insurance policy or plan. Specifies that a qualified health care insurance policy or plan shall be a contractual agreement specifying benefits under a program offered by a qualified carrier which has been registered by a State Agency and which provides basic institutional and medical coverage and catastrophic expense coverage. Declares that each such qualified health care insurance policy or plan shall be noncancellable and guaranteed renewable so long as the carrier continues to offer to the public one or more qualified health care insurance policies or plans, shall provide protection against the expense of health care without regard to any pre-existing conditions, and shall provide for payment under this title of usual and customary charges for services covered under the policy or plan. Stipulates what costs shall be included under basic coverage and under catastrophic expense coverage. Establishes deductibles for each of the two types of coverage. Creates a Health Insurance Advisory Board which shall consist of eleven persons including the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Directs that the remaining members, not otherwise in the employ of the Government, shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the competitive service. Asserts that the Secretary of HEW shall serve as Chairman. Provides that the members shall be selected from persons who are specifically qualified to serve on such Board by virtue of their education, training, or experience. Provides that the Health Insurance Advisory Board shall perform such functions as: (1) prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act; (2) establish minimum Federal standards for the use of State insurance departments in determining whether an insurance company and plan are qualified under this Act; (3) in consultation with carriers, providers of services, and consumers, plan and develop programs whose purposes are to provide for maintaining the quality of medical care; and (4) review the effectiveness of the tax credit program and file an annual report. Grants the States the power to decide which carriers are qualified. Forbids any Federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over the practice of medicine or dentistry or the manner in which medical or dental services are provided, or over the selection, tenure, or compensation of any officer or employee or any institution, agency, or person providing health services; or to exercise any supervision or control over the administration or operation of any such institution, agency, or person. Creates in the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the Federal Health Insurance Redemption Fund to consist in part of an amount equal to the aggregate amount of premiums paid under this title through the redemption of health insurance certificates.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Saratoga Battle Monument, located at Schuylerville, New York, and such surrounding property as necessary, and to designate this monument and property as the Saratoga National Battle Monument.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of not more than $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses paid during the taxable year for the repair or improvement of property used by the taxpayer as his principal residence. Permits any person who is the owner of rental housing and who rehabilitates or restores such housing to deduct the cost of such restoration, with respect to the amortization of the adjusted basis of such housing as so restored, based on a period of 60 months. Entitles any person who acquires rehabilitated or restored rental housing from a taxpayer who elected the amortization deduction and who did not discontinue the amortization deduction, to a deduction with respect to the adjusted basis of such facility based on the remaining amount of the 60 month period taken by the person who rehabilitated the house. Provides procedures for the election and termination of the amortization deduction and defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Allows a credit, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, against the individual income tax for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents. Limits such tax credit to 50 percent of education expenses or $400, whichever is less. Provides for a reduction of this tax credit in an amount equal to $1 for every $20 by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $25,000. Defines tuition expenses allowable and educational institutions eligible under this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 42)
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1973
Establishes the Van Buren-Lindenwald Historic Site at Kinderhook, New York, the former residence of Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Permits the President to restrict travel by citizens and nationals of the United States to, in, or through any country or area whose military forces are engaged in armed conflict with the military forces of the United States. Provides that travel to such restricted country or area by any person may be authorized by the President when he deems such travel to be in the national interest. Makes it unlawful for any citizen or national of the United States to willfully and without authorization to travel to such restricted country or area.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that while serving as a permanent professor at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy, or as a member of the permanent commissioned teaching staff at the United States Coast Guard Academy, an officer who has over thirty one years of service, in addition to the pay and allowances to which he is otherwise entitled, shall be entitled to additional pay in the amount of $250 a month. Provides that an officer while serving as a permanent professor, who has over thirty-six years of service, is entitled to total additional pay in the amount of $500 a month. States that the additional pay provided by this Act shall not be used in the computation of retired pay. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 203(b))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Allows an income tax deduction for any amounts paid during the taxable year for: (1) the tuition of the taxpayer or any other individual at an institution of higher education, if he is regularly enrolled in such institution at a level above the twelfth grade and is an individual with respect to whom the taxpayer is entitled for the taxable year to an exemption; and (2) the expenses incurred by the taxpayer or such other individual for transportation to and from such institution if he is living away from home while so enrolled, once each regular semester. Reduces the amount allowable as a deduction by any amounts received by the taxpayer for scholarships and veterans' benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires a cadet or graduate of the United States Military, Naval, Air Force, or Coast Guard Academy to refund a portion of the cost of his educational training received at the Academy, if he is separated by reason of conscientious objection before completing the course of instruction at the Academy or his active duty obligation. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 4348(b) 9348(b), 6959(b); Amends 14 U.S.C. 182(b))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that a member of the armed force may be separated under other than honorable conditions as a result of any of the following: (1) absence without authority for one year; (2) adjudication as a juvenile offender or final conviction by a civilian court for an offense punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year; (3) during a 3 year period, three convictions by separate courts-martial or civilian courts of offenses punishable by three months imprisonment; (4) an approved recommendation of a board of officers upon a finding of misconduct or moral or professional dereliction or that a member's retention would not be consistent with the interests of national security; (5) resignation or request for discharge in place of trial by court-martial; and (6) in time of war, by Presidential order. Grants th board of officers and the member equal opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence. Grants the board power to issue process to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production or evidence. Requires that a board of officers hold a hearing at which the member can appear and present evidence in his own behalf, be represented by qualified counsel; confront witnesses and examine evidence. Allows the member to appeal any adverse recommendations of a board of officers to a review board. Restricts the review board to the record of the proceedings of the board of officers and to written arguments of counsel. Permits a review board to recommend only a mitigation of a Board recommendation. Asserts that a member who has been retained as a result of the proceedings may not be required to appear before another board of officers for conduct, which was the subject of previous proceedings, except in the cases of fraud or collusion. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to at any time convene a board of officers to review the record of any commissioned or warrant officer of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps to determine whether he shall be required, because his performance of duty has fallen below standards prescribed by the Secretary, to show cause for his retention on active duty; or to determine whether he should be removed from active duty because of misconduct, moral or professional dereliction, or because his retention is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security. Provides that Boards of Inquiry, each composed of three or more officers, shall be convened, at such places as the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe, to receive evidence and make findings and recommendations whether an officer who is required to show cause for retention due to substandard performance should be retained on active duty. Requires a fair and impartial hearing before a board of inquiry for such officers. Directs the board of inquiry upon determination that the officer has failed to establish that he should be retained, to send the record of its proceedings to a board of review. Provides that Boards of Review, each composed of three or more officers shall be convened by the Secretary of the military department concerned, at such times as he may prescribe, to review the records of cases of regular commissioned or warrant officers recommended for removal by a board of inquiry. Asserts that if after reviewing the record of the case, a board of review determines that the officer: (1) has failed to establish that he should be retained, it shall sent its recommendation to the Secretary for his action; or (2) has established that he should be retained on active duty, his case is closed, except that after one year from the date of that determination, he may be again required to show cause for retention. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to remove an officer from active duty in the regular component of armed force if his removal is recommended by a board of review under this chapter. Makes the Secretary's action in such a case final and conclusive. Sets forth the rights of officers in the proceedings outlined above, which rights include that of notice, representation by counsel, etc. Permits voluntary retirement or voluntary discharge where removal of an officer is sought. Sets forth criteria for eligibility of officers to serve on Boards.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no public school student shall, because of his race, creed, or color, be assigned to or required to attend a particular school. Grants Congress the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes a Committee on Environment in the House of Representatives, consisting of 25 members. Provides that such Committee shall deal with all measures relating to the quality of the physical environment of the United States and its possessions, including: (1) water quality; (2) air quality; (3) weather modification; (4) waste disposal and management; (5) pesticides and herbicides; and (6) acoustic problems.
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