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United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prescription Drug Freshness Act - Requires that over-the-counter drugs whose effectiveness or potency becomes diminished after storage must be prominently labeled by the manufacturer as to the date beyond which the product shall not be used. Requires that similar prescription drugs be similarly labeled by the retailer dispensing the product.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prescription Drug Price Information Act - Requires drug retailers to post prominently a list of the prices of the one hundred prescription drug products that had the highest dollar volume of retail sales by such drug retailer. Enables any person, including States, to commence a civil action to obtain an injunction restraining any drug retailer from violating this Act. Prescribtion Drug Advertising Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission, in cooperation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and with the appropriate agency of any State, to establish programs and procedures to implement the advertising, at the discretion of vendors, of prescription drug prices, and to eliminate any legal impediments to such advertising. Defines as an unfair act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act the prohibition or burdening of advertising of prescription drug prices.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prescription Drug Labeling Act - Requires that in the labeling and advertising of drugs sold by prescription the "established name" of such drug must appear each time their proprietary name is used.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Consumer Food Labeling Act - Title I: Truth in Food Labeling Act - Truth in Food Labeling Act - Requires, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the labels on all foods disclose each of their ingredients in order of predominance and the amounts of the ingredients in the food. Title II: Nutritional Labeling Act - Nutritional Labeling Act - Requires any packaged consumer food product to be labeled by the processor in conformity with specified information, including: with respect to processed food products, an analysis of nutritional contents including fat content, vitamin and protein value, fats and fatty acids, calories, and any other nutritional information deemed appropriate. Requires such lable to contain a statement of the nutritional value of the food commodity, and to appear in conspicuous and easily legible type on the package. Provides that the label of any packaged consumer product which has been packaged in a container of any given net content (by weight or volume) and which afterwards is packaged in a container of a different net content, shall conspicuously set forth the amount of difference. States that the appropriate Federal agencies shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for injunctions in Federal courts to assure compliance with this Act. Prescribes a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for any willful violation of this Act; such sum to be assessed by the appropriate agency and enforced in a Federal court in the name of the United States. Title III: Open Dating of Perishable Food Act - Open Dating of Perishable Food Act - Provides, under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, that no person who manufactures or packages a perishable or semiperishable food in the form in which it is sold by retail distributors to consumers may distribute for purposes of sale a perishable or semiperishable food packaged by him in such form unless he has labeled such packaged to show the pull date for such food and the optimum temperature and humidity conditions for its storage by the ultimate consumer. Provides, with certain exceptions, that no retail distributor may sell, offer to sell, or display for sale any food whose pull date has expired. States that no person may place packages on foods in shipping containers or wrappings unless such containers or wrappings are labeled by him to show the pull date. Provides that no person may change, alter, deface or remove before sale to the ultimate consumer any pull date. States that any person who violates any provision of this Act shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $5,000, or both. Provides that the United States district courts shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to submit an annual report to the Congress concerning activities and enforcement of this Act. Title IV: Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Marketing Practices Disclosure Act - Requires that labels on packaged foods contain the names and places of business of the manufacturer, packer and distributor, rather than just one of the three. Title V: Consumer Food Grading Act - Consumer Food Grading Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, after consultation with representatives of consumers, producers, and processors, to develop and promulgate a system of retail qualify grade designations for consumer food products expressed in a uniform nomenclature. Authorizes the Secretary to determine the manner in which the system of consumer food grade designations shall be displayed and disseminated to the public. Provides that in developing and updating quality grade standards, consideration shall be given to the nutritional quality and wholesomeness of food products, as well as the acceptability of the products. Requires that any food products sold more than nine months after the promulgation of applicable quality standards in accordance with this Act shall either be conspicuously labeled in accordance with such standards or shall be conspicuously labeled "not quality graded by the United States Department of Agriculture". Title VI: Unit Pricing Act - Unit Pricing Act - Provides that no person engaged in business in the sale at retail of any packaged consumer commodity which has been distributed in commerce, or the distribution of which affect commerce, shall sell, offer for sale, or display for sale any such commodity unless: (1) the total selling price of such commodity is plainly marked by a stamp, tag, or label affixed to a principal display panel of the package or by a label or sign at the point of display of such package; and (2) the retail unit price of such commodity is plainly marked by: (a) stamp, tag, or label affixed to a principal display panel of the package, or (b) a label or sign in close proximity to the point of display of such package, which label or sign shall also contain the name and quantity of contents of such commodity. Exempts from the requirement of marking the unit price of commodities: (1) any individual retail outlet which sells or offers for sale packaged consumer commodities and whose total gross sales do not exceed $250,000 per annum, unless such an outlet is one of a number of outlets owned substantially or whose inventory is supplied substantially, by a single person, partnership, or corporation whose total gross sales exceed $500,000 perannum; (2) any retail outlet in any State or any political subdivision thereof which has enacted mandatory unit pricing laws and whose laws, in the judgment of the Federal promulgating authority, are in scope and comprehensiveness superior to the requirements of this Act; except that retailers (including chainstores and affiliated stores) who operate outlets in any such geographical area shall be subject to the unit pricing requirement of this Act if they also operate outlets in one or more other States or political subdivisions. Title VII: New Ingredient Notification Act - New Ingredient Notification Act - Requires a food to carry a label setting forth in a conspicuous manner any change in its ingredients for six months after such change. Title VIII: Misleading Brand Names Act - Misleading Brand Names Act - Expands the meaning of "unfair or deceptive act or practice" under the Federal Trade Commission Act to inlcude advertising a brand name of a product which inherently misleads the public as to the product's value, quantity, quality of contents, or performance.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that the Secretary of State shall make compensatory payments to States and political subdivisions with respect to United Nations property tax exemptions in such States or political subdivisions.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides the same income tax rate table to unmarried individuals filing returns as that applicable to married individuals filing separate returns under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Grants a child adopted by a single United States citizen the same immigrant status as a child adopted by a United States citizen and his spouse. (Amends U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(f))
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Prohibits the transfer of atomic technology to foreign powers without the express approval of the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Excludes from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code amounts received as interest from deposits in savings and loan institutions up to $500 per year ($1000 in the case of a married couple filing a joint return).
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires federally related health care facilities to test infants born in the facility or brought to it for health care for specified diseases. Defines a "federally related health care facility" for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Increases the excise tax under the Internal Revenue Code on small and large cigarettes, providing that such increased taxes collected after June 30, 1976, shall be appropriated to the National Cancer Research Fund established by this Act in the Treasury in specified amounts for fiscal years 1977 and 1978.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that the remarriage of a widow, widower, or parent shall not terminate his or her entitlement to widow's, widower's, or parent's insurance benefits or reduce the amount of such benefits paid under the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides a full exemption for individuals 65 years of age or older (through credit or refund) from the employees' tax under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (assessing taxes for support of the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability, and the hospital insurance program of the Social Security Act) and a proportionate reduction in the self-employment tax in the case of individuals who have attained age 65.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Extends the protection of the Executive Protective Service to foreign diplomatic missions located in the United States. (Amends 3 U.S.C. 202, 203) Revises the numerical limitation for employees of the Executive Protective Service to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to determine the number of employees necessary to carry out its functions.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that the excise tax on the net investment income of a private foundation imposed under the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply to a private foundation organized and operated exclusively as a library or museum.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
States that it shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of any executive department or agency to do the following: (1) to require or request any officer or employee of the United States, or any individual applying for employment as an officer or employee of the United States, to take any polygraph test in connection with his services or duties or in connection with his application for employment; or (2) to discharge, discipline, or deny promotion to any officer or employee of the United States, or to threaten to commit any such act by reason of his refusal or failure to submit to such requirement or request. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in any business or other activity in or affecting interstate commerce to do the following: (1) to require or request any officer or employee or any individual applying for employment to take any polygraph test; or (2) to deny employment to any individual, or to discharge, discipline, or deny promotion to any officer or employee, or to threaten to commit such act, by reason of his refusal or failure to submit to such requirement or request. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that blood donations shall be considered as charitable contributions deductible from gross income under the Internal Revenue Code in an amount equal to $25 for each pint donated, not to exceed $125 per year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to establish the National Dysautonomia Institute for research on dysautonomia. Provides that the Surgeon General shall establish a national advisory council for the Institute to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him with respect to the activities of the Institute.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Revises the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the allowable dollar amount of the tax deduction taken for a charitable contribution which is of a musical, artistic, or similar nature shall be the fair market value of such property at the time of contribution.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code, to tenants of houses or apartments for their proportionate share of the real estate taxes and mortgage interest paid by their landlords. Requires lessors to furnish tenants with information showing the amount that may be deducted.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Drug Safety, Consumer Information, and Medical Records Act - Title I: National Center for Clinical Pharmacology - Establishes, under the Public Health Service Act and within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the National Center for Clinical Pharmacology to provide support, in the nature of grants, for the study of clinical pharmacology. Enumerates the nature and general provisions of such grants. Provides for the collection of data regarding drug experiences and adverse drug reactions. Calls for a study to be conducted on the inappropriate prescribing of drugs and on whether controls are needed for such inappropriate prescribing. Requires all organizations receiving assistance under this Act to review the prescribing and administering of all drugs in the course of delivery of health care. Calls for the establishment of procedures to insure the confidentiality of medical records pertaining to the experiences of a specific individual in taking drugs. Provides for Congressional inspection of medical data. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1976 to carry out the purposes and projects of this title. Title II: Promotional Practices - Prohibits, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the giving by any person engaged in the manufacture, propagation, processing, or distribution of any drug of any gift or other free promotional item having a retail value of more than $5.00 to any practitioner, pharmacist, student, or any other person engaged in the delivery of health care. Prohibits the transfer of samples and free drugs to practioners unless each such practioner has filed a written request for such drug. Places additional restrictions on the transfer of any sample or other free drug. Places a prohibition on prescription surveys. Provides for: (1) price information in drug advertising; (2) restrictions on, remainder labeling and advertising and false and misleading advertising; and (3) certification of training programs for manufactures' representatives. Title III: Drug Quality - Provides, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, for the establishment of regulations governing the requirements for proof of therapeutic equivalence of drugs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Provides procedures for certification of batches of specified kinds of drugs (other than insulin and antibiotics). Sets forth recordkeeping and reporting requirements for drugs by persons subject to registration under this Act, specifing the procedures under which any such reports shall be made available to the committees of Congress. Title IV: National Drug Compendium - Calls for the preparation of a drug compendium, listing by established name, drugs lawfully available in the United States, to provide adequate and reliable prescribing information. Sets forth the method for compilation and publication of such compendium, including, (1) the appointment of a committee to advise the Secretary on compendium matters, and (2) the requirements governing advertising of information contained in the compendium. Title V: Consumer Drug Information - Requires specified prescription drug information be included on all drug labels in such terms so that it is likely to be understood by the ordinary individual. Directs the establishment of a uniform system of coding of drugs consiting of representing: (1) the identity of the manufacturer, the drug, and the final packager; (2) the dosage form and strength of the drug; (3) the number of drug units in the immediate container. Requires that pharmacies post prescription drug prices. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to identify methods for informing consumers of the costs associated with the manufacture and distribution of retail drugs. Empowers the Secretary to make grants to consumer groups for informing the public with price comparison data of drugs. Authorizes $1,000,000 to be appropriated for such grants for fiscal year 1975. Title VI: Recall Authority; Increased Criminal Penalty - Vests the Secretary with authority to recall an article of food, drug, device or cosmetic which is liable to be proceeded against on libel of information and condemnation. Increases from $1,000 to $5,000 the criminal penalty for violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Extends to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides veterans' educational assistance and home loan benefits to individuals who fulfill their obligation to perform alternative civilian service under the selective service laws.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Natural and Human Resources Restoration and Conservation Act - Declares that the Congress finds: (1) there is a growing backlog of necessary and essential work which must be performed if the quality of the nation's national forests, parks, recreation areas, game refugees and public lands, and Indian Reservations are to be maintained and improved; (2) tasks which must be performed include reforestation, fire prevention, protection against floods and soil erosion, disease control, pollution abatement, trail construction, road maintenance and improvement, and development of recreational facilities. Provides that the Congress reaffirms that the national policy of full employment declared in the Employment Act of 1946 continues to be a fundamentally sound and socially enlightened national policy, and that it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of national policy, with the assistance and cooperation of industry, agriculture, labor, and State and local governments, to coordinate and utilize all its plans, functions, and resources for the purpose of creating and maintaining, in a manner calculated to foster and promote free competitive enterprise and the general welfare, conditions under which there will be afforded useful employment opportunities, including self-employment, for those able, willing and seeking to work, and to promote maximum employment, production and purchasing power. Establishes the National Environmental Services Corps. Makes the Secretary of the Interior responsible for management and administration of the Corps program. Directs the Secretary in carrying out his duties to consult with the heads of other agencies and departments of the Federal Government and directs all agencies of the Federal Government to cooperate with and to assist the Secretary in the development and administration of the Corps program. Authorizes appropriations of $250,000,000 annually for the establishment and administration of the permanent Corps program and such sums as are necessary to enlarge the Corps and meet employment conditions. Provides for national, regional and subregional offices. Authorizes the Corps to expand: (1) by 100,000 Corps members when the Secretary determines that the rate of national unemployment (seasonally adjusted) equals or exceeds 4-1/2 percent for three consecutive months prior to such determination; (2) by 50,000 Corps members for each increment of one-half of 1 percent by which the Secretary determines that the average rate of national unemployment (seasonally adjusted) for three consecutive months prior to any such determination exceeds the rate specified in clause (1); and (3) without regard to the determinations required by clauses (1) and (2), by up to 200,000 Corps members of work in regions of the country categorized as areas of "substantial unemployment," "persistent unemployment," or "concentrated unemployment or underemployment" in the Department of Labor's monthly Bulletin on "Area Trends in Employment and Unemployment". Requires the funds made available to the Secretary for the employment of Corps members shall, insofar as possible, be apportioned on an equitable basis among States and within each State among local areas, including Indian Reservations and to the extent practicable, such funds and employment opportunities shall be apportioned on the basis of: (1) relative numbers of unemployed; (2) severity of unemployment in each area; and (3) relative need of the area for intensified management, development and conservation of lands under Federal jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary, after consultation with the heads of other Federal land and resource management agencies, to: (1) determine the areas under Federal jurisdiction which are appropriate for carrying out programs using employees of the Corps; (2) determine the rates of pay, hours, and other conditions of employment in the Corps; (3) provide for such transportation, lodging, subsistence, and other services and equipment as he may deem necessary or appropriate for the needs of members of the Corps in their duties; (4) promulgate regulations to insure the safety, health, and welfare of the Corps members; and (5) advise every participant in the Corps programs, prior to entering upon employment, of his rights and benefits in connection with such employment. Provides that in expanding the Corps to meet national resource and environmental management goals and to provide new employment opportunities, the Secretary shall first determine that the Corps program: (1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those which would otherwise be available; (2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers (including partial displacement such as reduction employment benefits); (3) will not impair existing contracts for services or result in the substitution of Federal or other funds in connection with work that would otherwise be performed; and (4) will not substitute Corps jobs for existing federally assisted jobs. Permits any person who is unemployed and who wants and is available for work and who is physically able to perform the available jobs to be eligible for employment in the National Environmental Services Corps. Provides that any person who is underemployed in that their present employment is not providing sufficient income to enable such persons and their families to be self-supporting without welfare assistance shall also be eligible for employment in the Corps. Provides that in the administration of this Act the Secretary shall make every effort to provide training and other assistance to temporary members of the Corps provided employment, which will enable them to obtain permanent private or public employment and that when the rate of national or area unemployment declines below the standards the Secretary shall make maximum efforts to locate permanent employment or training opportunities not supported under this Act for each Corps member temporarily employed under this Act, and shall gradually phase out the temporary Corps program on an area-by-area basis as is warranted by improved local employment oportunities and the accomplishment of the resource and environmental improvement program on the Federal lands in that area. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe necessary regulations and requires an annual report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Redefines the term "tenant stockholder" for the purposes of the Internal Revenue Code to mean a person (presently an individual) who is a stockholder in a cooperative housing corporation, and whose stock is fully paid-up in an amount not less than an amount shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary or his delegate as bearing a reasonable relationship to the portion of the value of the corporation's equity in the houses or apartment building and the land on which situated which is attributable to the house or apartment which such individual is entitled to occupy. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 216(b))
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Flexible Hours Employment Act - States that it is the policy of the United States Government that, unless adjudged impossible by the Secretary of Labor, at least 10 percent, over a five year period, of the positions at each and all levels in all executive agencies shall be available on a flexible hours employment basis for persons who cannot work or do not desire to work full time. Requires each executive agency to adopt and maintain procedures, continuously conduct activities and projects, and undertake such other efforts as may be appropriate to carry out the policy of this Act. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the procedures, activities, projects, and other efforts undertaken to carry out the policy of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that members of the Armed Forces may be separated or discharged from active service only by an honorable discharge, a general discharge, or discharge by court martial. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Defines the term "veteran," for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under the laws administered by the Veterans Administration, to mean a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom other than by a discharge imposed by a court-martial. Directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide to any claimant for any benefit under law administered by the Veterans' Administrator a list of such documentary information which the claimant will likely need to support his claim. Provides that the Administrator shall recognize any individual admitted to practice law before the highest court in any State or the District of Columbia to act as an agent or attorney in the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration. Describes the procedure for review of a case by the Board of Veterans' Appeals and for appeals from the decision of such Board.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Makes the bribery of State and local officials a Federal crime. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 201)
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Imposes standards with respect to the construction, conversion, and operation of oil tankers in order to prevent the pollution of the marine environment.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education, under the Education of the Handicapped Act, to make grants to public or private nonprofit institutions which work with profoundly mentally retarded children in order to develop comprehensive education programs and inservice training programs for teachers and parents. States that, in determining whether to make a grant under this subsection, the Commissioner of Education shall give priority to programs aimed at reducing the dependence of profoundly mentally retarded children on custodial care. Provides that such a grant shall be made only if the Commissioner determines that: (1) there are no requirements that participants in the program possess self-help skills; (2) no children would be excluded from the program because such child has in addition to mental retardation, one or more handicapping conditions; (3) that there are no standard accreditation requirements governing selection and training of personnel in the program; (4) the teacher-child ratio is at least one to six; and (5) Federal funds shall be used solely to supplement and not to supplant State, local, and private funds. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to keep State educational agencies fully informed about the various programs for severely profoundly mentally retarded children. Requires the Commissioner to seek to achieve an equitable distribution of such programs throughout the nation.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that a person connected with or employed by the news media cannot be required by a court, legislature or administrative body to disclose before the Congress or any Federal court or agency, information or the source of any information procured for publication or broadcast.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, to make direct grants, without regard to any comprehensive State plan, to any unit of general local government for the improvement of street lighting systems in any urban place in such unit. Provides that such improvement shall include the increased use of brighter street lighting, such as high pressure sodium lamps. Provides that such grants shall be for an amount not to exceed 75 percent of the cost of the project with respect to which such grant is made. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act, to remain available until expended, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $60,000,000 for each of the next four fiscal years, in addition to any other authorizations of appropriations for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Increases to $1,500 the personal income tax exemptions of a taxpayer (including the exemption for a spouse, the exemptions for dependents, and the additional exemptions for old age and blindness) allowable to him under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
X-Ray Systems Radiation Control Act - Provides that, whenever the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare prescribes a summary performance standard for a class of X-ray system under the Public Health Service Act, the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe a performance standard applicable to systems of such a class manufactured, assembled, or imported prior to the effective date of such primary standard. Directs that such regulations shall take effect not more than thirty months after the enactment of the primary standard and shall specify the same level of performance as the primary standard. Provides that, commencing not more than thirty months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out a program of inspection of all X-ray systems in use in the United States for the purpose of determining whether such systems comply with the standards prescribed by the Act. Requires that each X-Ray System be inspected not less than once every twelve months. Forbids any person to operate any X-ray system for more than 24 months after the person who controls such system has been notified that such system does not comply with the standards prescribed by the act. Forbids any person, thirty months after the enactment of this Act, to sell or otherwise transfer any X-ray system unless prior to such sale or transfer he notifies the Secretary and receives the Secretary's authorization to sell or transfer such system. Forbids the Secretary to authorize the sale or transfer unless he is satisfied that such system complies with the standards prescribed by the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides, under the Controlled Substances Act, that it shall not be unlawful for any person to publicly or privately possess, distribute, transfer, or sell marihuana under enumerated circumstances. States that marihuana in the lawful possession of any person shall not be considered contraband and shall not be subject to seizure by or forfeiture to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that in the case of a dependent 62 or more years of age the support test shall be satisfied if the taxpayer contributes $1,500 or more to the support of such dependent for purposes of claiming a tax exemption under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for loans for the establishment and/or construction of municipal, low- cost, nonprofit clinics for the spaying and neutering of dogs and cats, to be dispersed by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Authorizes $1,000,000 to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants under the Public Health Service Act for research in fertility and sterility in humans and the human reproductive process, and for training and fellowship grants to allow persons to undertake such research. Empowers the Secretary to establish in the National Institutes of Health and in the various geographical regions of the United States not more than five specialized treatment centers to (1) provide assistance to individuals seeking medical services to enable them to bear children, and (2) undertake clinical research and training in, and demonstration of, advanced diagnostic and treatment methods relating to problems of human reproduction. Provides that the Secretary may enter into cooperative arrangements with public and private nonprofit agencies and institutions to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, and providing basic operating support for such specialized treatment centers. Allows Federal spending for (1) construction, (2) staffing and other basic operating costs, (3) training, and (4) demonstration projects. Authorizes to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976 and for each of the next four fiscal years such sums as may be necessary to make payments as provided in this Act. Provides that family planning projects and services assisted under the Public Health Service Act shall include counseling for individuals who have been unable to bear children and who seek medical assistance in bearing children, and referral of such individuals to specialized regional treatment centers established under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Removes the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
States the finding of the Congress that: (1) procedures and policies governing the relationship between fiduciary institutions and government agencies have in some cases developed without due regard to the constitutional rights of customers of those institutions; (2) the confidential relationships between fiduciary institutions and their customers must be preserved and protected; and (3) certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements imposed on fiduciary institutions by government agencies constitute a burden on interstate and foreign commerce. Provides that a fiduciary institution may not disclose to any person except to the customer or his duly authorized agent any financial records relating to that customer of that fiduciary institution unless: (1) such customer has authorized, in accordance with this Act, disclosure to such person; or (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order which meets the requirements of this Act. Sets forth the conditions for authorization of disclosure of records as required for this Act. Provides for recordkeeping requirements under this Act. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of this Act. Provides that any fiduciary institution which knowingly and willfully discloses financial records in violation of this Act shall be liable to the customer to whom such records relate in an amount equal to the sum of: (1) any actual damages sustained by the person as a result of the failure; (2) such punitive damages as the court may allow, except that such punitive damages shall be not less than $100; and (3) in the case of any successful action to enforce liability under this section, the cost of the action together with reasonable attorneys fees as determined by the court. Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides that whoever, being an officer or employee of a fiduciary institution, knowingly and willfully furnishes financial records in violation of this Act shall be guilty of a misdeameanor, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $5,000 or both. Provides that whoever knowingly and willfully induces or attempts to induce any officer or employee of a fiduciary institution to disclose financial records in violation of this Act, is guilty of a misdeameanor and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $5,000, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Safe Schools Act - Authorizes appropriations for local educational agencies throughout the nation for providing security for children, employees, and facilities. Provides that not in excess of 3 percent of such funds be set aside for schools in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and to the Secretary of the Interior for schools operated for Indian children. Provides that the remainder of such appropriations be allotted to other local educational agencies. Provides that any local educational agency may apply for such grant under this Act with the consent of the appropriate State educational agency. Provides that such grant shall be employed toward the provision of professional or other staff members; the provision of services to meet the special needs of students and employees; community activities; provision of information to parents and other members of the general public; planning and evaluation activities; acquisition, installation, modernization, or replacement of appropriate equipment and supplies; and minor alterations of school plants and facilities. Provides that no funds authorized under this Act shall be used to support the introduction, presence, or use of firearms, other weapons, or chemical agents in any school.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to transfer airspace over public buildings of the United States for use for low and moderate income housing and for low-rent housing.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Establishes a number of discharge review boards to be known as Vietnam Era Discharge Review Boards which shall review the discharges and dismissals of Vietnam Era servicemen. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish the number of such boards, and to determine their location and when they shall convene. Outlines the membership and responsibilities of such boards in regard to less than honorable discharges of servicemen.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Makes an alien who has been convicted for possession of marihuana eligible for an application for a visa and for admission into the United States after a hearing and upon such terms as the Attorney General prescribes. Permits the Attorney General, after a hearing and upon such terms as he may prescribe, to waive deportation of any alien who has been convicted for the possession of marihuana. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(23), 1251(b))
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to permit any Member of Congress to examine any file or other record maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and indexed or identifiable to such Member of Congress, upon the request of such Member, unless such file is exempt from such examination. Requires the Director to destroy such file promptly, without divulging the contents of such file, whether or not such examination takes place or is requested. Provides that no file shall be subject to the examination of a Member of Congress or destruction if such file is maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a part of an investigation into the alleged violation by such Member of Congress of a specific criminal law for the purposes of prosecution. Provides that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall, in the case of each file so maintained, give notice not later than six months after the commencement of the maintenance of that file to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President pro tempore of the Senate of the fact that such file is being maintained. Provides that no file shall be subject to the examination of a Member of Congress or destruction if such file is maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a part of an investigation into the background of such Member of Congress to assist in the consideration of such Member for any appointive position in the executive or judicial branches of the Federal Government. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to, in the case of each file so maintained, give prompt notice to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President pro tempore of the Senate of the fact that such file is being maintained and of what appointive office is involved.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Radiation Health and Safety Act - Provides, under the Public Health Service Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall develop and issue to the States criteria and minimum standards for the accreditation of education institutions conducting programs for the training of radiologic technologists and minimum criteria for education institutions conducting programs for the training of medical and dental practitioners. Provides that the Secretary shall develop and issue to the States criteria and minimum standards for licensure of radiologic technologists, and such other advice and assistance as he deems necessary. Provides that State and local governments shall be encouraged to minimize exposure of the public to ionizing from all sources. Provides for procedures for the adoption of such standards by the States. Provides that the Secretary may make grants to States in an amount up to two-thirds of the first year and one-third of the second year costs of planning, developing, or establishing programs to carry out the purposes of this Act. Declares it to be unlawful to conduct activities contrary to this Act. Provides that any violation of this Act by the owner or operator of an educational institution, or an individual applying radiation to human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000. Provides that the Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual report evaluating the implementation of this Act by the Federal Government and including such recommendations for legislation as he consideres appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Makes it unlawful to limit the availability or scope of the insurance coverage normally written with respect to a risk of loss because of the insured's sex. Makes exceptions to such provision for rates based on relevant actuarial data.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Museum Services Act - Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for the next two fiscal years to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for the purpose of carrying out this Act. Sets forth a list of activities for which the Secretary may make grants to museums who apply under this Act. Provides that grants under this Act may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the program or project funded by such grant. Provides that grants shall be distributed in accordance with such equitable criteria as the Secretary shall prescribe, but the total payments with respect to museums in any one State shall not exceed 12 1/2 percent of the total appropriation. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Museums in the Office of the Secretary consisting of fifteen persons appointed by the President. Declares that such Committee shall provide information and advice to assist the Secretary in carrying out his duties under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Permits, under the Agricultural Act of 1956, the donation of surplus commodities by the Commodity Credit Corporation to State and local penal institutions (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico).