United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Export Administration Act Amendments - Provides for the use of export controls as a retalitory measure against any nation or group of nations unreasonably restricting United States access to their supply of a particular commodity. States that it is the policy of the United States to attempt to relieve worldwide shortages of particular commodities through international cooperation rather than by taking unilateral actions. States that the Secretary of Commerce shall undertake an investigation to determine which materials or commodities shall be subject to import controls because of the present or prospective domestic inflationary impact or short supply of such material or commodity in the absence of any such export control. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a technical advisory committee consisting of representatives from private industry and government to evaluate domestic production facilities and technology where the possibility of imposition of export controls for such industry exists. Provides petition procedures for short supply export controls and monitoring for hardship relief from export controls by any representative of a substantial segment of an industry subject to export control. States that any person who enters into a contract, protocol, agreement, or other written understanding, which contemplates, or is likely to result in, the exportation to a Communist country or area, of United States origin technical data which is not generally available, shall report the details of the transaction to the Secretary of Commerce within sixty days from entering into such contract, protocol, agreement, or other written understanding.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Newsmen's Right to Privacy Act - Provides that it shall be unlawful for any telephone company or telegraph company to disclose information with respect to any member of the news media without a court order issued upon the finding that the disclosure of such information (1) will not reveal or threaten to reveal the identity of any source of information with respect to the member of the news media involved in such action; or (2) will serve a compelling and overriding national interest. Sets forth penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Provides under the Internal Revenue Code, a tax deduction for dependent care expenses for married taxpayers who are employed part time, or who are students. Sets limits on such deductions Prohibits a reduction in such deduction (for dependent and household care services necessary for gainful employment) by the amount of income or payments received by an incapacitated spouse or dependent. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 214).
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974
Increases the authorization of appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund from a minimum of $300,000,000 to a minimum of $900,000,000 for each fiscal year hereafter through 1989. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 460l-5)
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Provides under title XVI of the Social Security Act for emergency assistance grants to recipients of supplemental security income benefits. Authorizes cost-of-living increases in such benefits and in State supplementary payments. Requires that in order for any State to be eligible for payments pursuant to title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, all increases in the adjusted payment level of supplemental security income benefits shall be fully reflected in the amount of the benefits under title XVI of such Act actually paid to and received by recipients of such benefits. Prevents reductions in such benefits because of social security benefit increases. Provides reimbursement to States for home relief payments to disabled applicants prior to determination of their disability. Permits the payment of such benefits directly to drug addicts and alcoholics (without a third-party payee) in specified cases. Requires action within 30 days upon requests for such benefits. Continues on a permanent basis the provision making supplemental security income recipients eligible for food stamps. States that determinations by the Secretary of Health Education, and Welfare as to eligibility for such benefits shall be final. Excludes from income, for purposes of eligibility for such benefits, specified education expenses paid for by grants, fellowships, or scholarships. Provides that the State social service agency will provide an opportunity for a fair hearing, before such agency, to any aged, blind, or disabled individual requesting a hearing because his claim for services is denied, or it is not acted upon with reasonable promptness, or because he is aggrieved by any other agency action by which he is affected and which relates to the receipt, suspension, reduction, or termination of such services.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Provides under title XVI of the Social Security Act for emergency replacement payments to recipients of supplemental security income benefits. Authorizes cost-of-living increases in such benefits. Prevents reductions in such benefits because of social security benefit increases. Provides reimbursement to States for home relief payments to disabled applicants prior to determination of their disability. Permits the payment of such benefits under specified circumstances directly to drug addicts and alcoholics (without a third-party payee). Restores food stamp eligibility to all supplemental security income recipients. Changes the eligibility requirements for supplemental security income benefits for separated spouses. Allows judicial review of eligibility determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to halt the sales and distribution of food, drugs, and cosmetics adulterated or misbranded in a manner which presents an imminent hazard to the public health. Requires the recall or destruction, as may be appropriate, of such drugs, cosmetics, or food. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Designates the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to provide for the care, maintenance, repair, improvement, alteration, and furnishing of the official residence and grounds. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary from time to time to carry out the foregoing purposes. Expresses the sense of Congress that living accommodations, generally equivalent to those available to the highest ranking officer on active duty in each of the other military services, should be provided for the Chief of Naval Operations. Repeals the Federal law authorizing the planning, design, construction, furnishing, and maintenance of an official residence for the Vice President of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
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 · 22 May 1974
Newsmen's Right to Privacy Act - Provides that it shall be unlawful for any telephone company or telegraph company to disclose information with respect to any member of the news media without a court order issued upon the finding that the disclosure of such information (1) will not reveal or threaten to reveal the identity of any source of information with respect to the member of the news media involved in such action; or (2) will serve a compelling and overriding national interest. Sets forth penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Revises the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 by increasing the period of time during which interested members of the public may comment on proposed preliminary railway system plans. Increases the time limit within which the United States Railway Association shall submit a final railway system plan under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1974
Directs that the United States seek all means by which the civilized world may cut off from contact with civilized mankind any peoples or any nation giving sanctuary, support, sympathy, aid, or comfort to acts of murder and terrorism such as those just committed by Lebanese terrorists and that the Clerk of the House be directed to communicate these sentiments and expressions to the Secretary of State for appropriate transmittal.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Equal Credit Opportunity Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to require that financial institutions and other firms engaged in the extension of credit make that credit equally available to all creditworthy customers without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, or marital status. Makes it unlawful for any creditor to discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, or marital status. Defines the terms used in the Act. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Makes changes in specified Acts of Congress in order to make those Acts comply with the purposes of this Act. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the requirements of this Act to the extent that they will not be enforced by another Government agency after enactment of this Act. Provides for the assessment by a United States District Court of actual and punitive damages in any action brought against a violator of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism in the Middle East; (2) the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to (a) call upon all governments to condemn this inhuman act of violence against innocent victims; and (b) strongly urge the governments who harbor these groups and individuals to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terrorism and senseless violence; and (3) the President should request the American Ambassador to the United Nations to take appropriate action before that body in order to have introduced a Security Council resolution condemning this brutal act of violence.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Requires the Secretary of Defense to take such action as is necessary to insure that any member of the Armed Forces who is discharged shall receive a discharge certificate which shall indicate that such member was so discharged and which shall not bear any indication of the conditions under which such separation occured. States that the reason why such member was so separated (other than by reason of discharged dismissal pursuant to a sentence of a general or special court-martial) and all other records or documents pertaining to such reason or reasons shall be treated as confidential and shall not be made known to or otherwise released to any private person or any public agency (whether Federal, State, or local) without the prior written consent of the member concerned. Sets forth the conditions under which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces may be discharged under other than honorable conditions. Establishes procedures for military review panels in considering the dishonorable discharge of enlisted personnel. Requires military review panels to conduct hearings which afford the enlisted member concerned an opportunity to: (1) appear before the panel and present evidence in his own behalf; (2) be represented by counsel; (3) confront the witnesses against him; and (4) examine documentary and real evidence against him. States that the recommendation of a review panel appointed under the provisions of this Act for separation under other than honorable conditions may be appealed to an appeal board established by the Judge Advocate General concerned, or the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate. Authorizes the Secretaries concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretaries concerned, after consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to establish a number (but not less than ten) of regional boards of review throughout the United States. States that the function of the regional boards shall be to review the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by a general or special court-martial) of any former member of an Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the military department concerned. Provides that if a request for the review of a discharge or dismissal of any person who was discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces within the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this Act was filed before such effective date and such review resulted in no change to the discharge or dismissal, or no new discharge was issued, another request for review of that discharge or dismissal pursuant to this Act may be filed and such review shall be acted upon without prejudice, if such request for review is filed with the appropriate regional board of review within the one-year period immediately following such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to halt the sales and distribution of food, drugs, and cosmetics adulterated or misbranded in a manner which presents an imminent hazard to the public health. Requires the recall or destruction, as may be appropriate, of such drugs, cosmetics, or food. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974
Prohibits the Bureau of Labor Statistics from instituting any revision in the method of calculating the Consumer Price Index until such revision has been approved by resolution by either the Senate or the House of Representatives of the United States of America.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1974
Food Program Technical Amendment - Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall use specified funds, including stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to purchase agricultural commodities and products to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs, including school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, and domestic relief distribution. Authorizes the Secretary to administer a food stamp program at the request of any tribal government of native Americans to provide eligible households with an opportunity to participate in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to pay a tribal government 100 percent of the costs for administration of food stamp programs on Indian reservations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Right to Privacy Act - States that the Congress finds: (1) that an individual's privacy is directly affected by the extensive collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of personal information; (2) that the increasing use of computers and sophisticated information technology has greatly magnified the harm that can occur from these practices; (3) that an individual's opportunities to secure employment, insurance, credit and his right to due process, and other legal protections are endangered by these personal information systems, and (4) that in order to preserve the rights guaranteed by the first, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, and fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution, uniform Federal legislation is necessary to establish procedures to govern information systems containing records on individuals. Provides that the purpose of this Act is to insure safeguards for personal privacy from Federal agencies by adherence to specified principles of information practice. Requires any Federal agency maintaining an information system that includes personal information to: (1) collect, maintain, use, and disseminate only personal information necessary to accomplish a proper purpose of the agency; (2) collect information to the greatest extent possible from the data subject directly; (3) establish categories for maintaining personal information to operate in conjunction with confidentiality requirements and access controls; (4) maintain information in the system with accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and pertinence as necessary to assure fairness in determinations relating to a data subject; (5) make no dissemination to another system without (A) specifying requirements for security and the use of information exclusively for the purposes set forth in the notice required under this Act including limitations on access thereto, and (B) determining that the conditions of transfer provide substantial assurance that those requirements and limitations will be observed; (6) transfer no personal information beyond the jurisdiction of the United States without specific authorization from the data subject or pursuant to a treaty or executive agreement in force guaranteeing that any foreign government or organization receiving personal information will comply with the applicable provisions of this Act with respect to that personal information; (7) afford any data subject of a foreign nationality, whether residing in the United States or not, the same rights under this Act as American citizens; (8) maintain a list of all persons having regular access to personal information in the information system; (9) maintain a complete and accurate record, including identity and purpose, of every access to any personal information in a system, including the identity of any persons or organizations not having regular access authority; (10) take affirmative action to establish rules of conduct and inform each person involved in the design, development, operation, or maintenance of the system; (11) establish appropriate safeguards to secure the system from any reasonably foreseeable threat to its security; and (12) collect no personal information concerning the political or religious beliefs, affiliations, and activities of data subjects which is maintained, used or disseminated in or by any information system operated by any governmental agency, unless authorized by statute. Sets forth special additional requirements for statistical-reporting and research information systems. Provides that data subjects of archival-type inactive files, records, or reports shall be notified by mail of the reactivation, accessing, or reaccessing not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any Federal agency to require an individual to disclose or furnish his social security account number, for any purpose in connection with any business transaction or commercial or other activity, or to refuse to extend credit or make a loan or to enter into any other business transaction or commercial relationship with an individual (except to the extent specifically necessary for the conduct or administration of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program) wholly or partly because such individual does not disclose or furnish such number, unless the disclosure or furnishing of such number is specifically required by Federal law. Establishes the Federal Privacy Board. Sets forth functions of the Board, including the following: (1) publish an annual Data Base Directory of the United States containing the name and characteristics of each personal information system maintained by a Federal agency; (2) make rules to assure compliance with this Act; and (3) perform or cause to be performed such research activities as may become necessary to implement this Act, and to assist Federal agencies in complying with this Act. Provides that any responsible officer of a Federal agency who willfully keeps an information system without having notified the Federal Privacy Board, or issues personal information in violation of this Act, shall be fined not more than $10,000 in each instance or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
Provides, under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for emergency assistance grants to recipients of supplemental security income benefits. Authorizes cost-of-living increases in such benefits and in State supplementary payments. Prevents reductions in such benefits because of social security benefit increases. Provides reimbursement to States for home relief payments to disabled applicants prior to determination of their disability. Permits payment of such benefits directly to drug addicts and alcoholics (without a third-party payee). Continues on a permanent basis the provision making supplemental security income recipients eligible for food stamps. Requires applications for benefits under this title to be acted upon within 30 days after filed. Makes changes in eligibility of separated spouses for benefits under this title. Allows judicial review of decisions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare as to eligibility for and amounts of benefits under this title.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Right to Privacy Act - States that the Congress finds: (1) that an individual's privacy is directly affected by the extensive collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of personal information; (2) that the increasing use of computers and sophisticated information technology has greatly magnified the harm that can occur from these practices; (3) that an individual's opportunities to secure employment, insurance, credit and his right to due process, and other legal protections are endangered by these personal information systems, and (4) that in order to preserve the rights guaranteed by the first, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, and fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution, uniform Federal legislation is necessary to establish procedures to govern information systems containing records on individuals. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to insure safe-guards for personal privacy from recordkeeping organizations by adherence to specified principles of information practice. Requires any organization maintaining an information system that includes personal information to: (1) collect, maintain, use, and disseminate only personal information necessary to accomplish a proper purpose of the organization; (2) collect information to the greatest extent possible from the data subject directly; (3) establish categories for maintaining personal information to operate in conjunction with confidentiality requirements and access controls; (4) maintain information in the system with accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and pertinence as necessary to assure fairness in determinations relating to a data subject; (5) make no dissemination to another system without (A) specifying requirements for security and the use of information exclusively for the purposes set forth in the notice required under this Act including limitations on access thereto, and (B) determining that the conditions of transfer provide substantial assurance that those requirements and limitations will be observed; (6) transfer no personal information beyond the jurisdiction of the United States without specific authorization from the data subject or pursuant to a treaty or executive agreement in force guaranteeing that any foreign government or organization receiving personal information will comply with the applicable provisions of this Act with respect to that personal information; (7) afford any data subject of a foreign nationality, whether residing in the United States or not, the same rights under this Act as American citizens; (8) maintain a list of all persons having regular access to personal information in the information system; (9) maintain a complete and accurate record, including identity and purpose, of every access to any persons or organizations not having regular access authority; (10) take affirmative action to establish rules of conduct and inform each person involved in the design, development, operation, or maintenance of the system; (11) establish appropriate safeguards to secure the system from any reasonably foreseeable threat to its security; (12) comply with the written request of any individual who receives a communication in the mails, over the telephone, or in person from a commercial organization, who believes that his name or address is available because of his inclusion on a mailing list, to remove his name and address from that list; and (13) collect no personal information concerning the political or religious beliefs, affiliations, and activities of data subjects which is maintained, used or disseminated in or by any information system operated by any governmental agency, unless authorized by statute. Sets forth special additional requirements for statistical - reporting and research information systems. Requires each organization that maintains a personal information system on the date of the enactment of this Act to notify by mail each data subject of the fact not later than two years following the date of enactment of this Act, at the last known address of the subject. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any organization to require an individual to disclose or furnish his social security account number, for any purpose in connection with any business transaction or commercial or other activity, or to refuse to extend credit or make a loan or to enter into any other business transaction or commercial relationship with an individual (except to the extent specifically necessary for the conduct or administration of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program) wholly or partly because such individual does not disclose or furnish such number, unless the disclosure or furnishing of such number is specifically required by Federal law. Establishes the Federal Privacy Board. Sets forth functions of the Board, including the following: (1) publish an annual Data Base Directory of the United States containing the name and characteristics of each personal information system; (2) make rules to assure compliance with this Act; and (3) perform or cause to be performed such research activities as may become necessary to implement this Act, and to assist organizations in complying with this Act. Provides that any organization or responsible officer of an organization who willfully keeps an information system without having notified the Federal Privacy Board, or issues personal information in violation of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 in each instance or imprisioned not more than five years, or both.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Provides under the Social Security Act for a minimum annual income of $3,850 in the case of a single individual and $5,200 in the case of married couples aged 62 and over. Sets forth provisions governing the determination of annual income and payment of benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for reductions in Social Security taxes relating to the rate of tax on self-employment income for purposes of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance. States that such reductions shall apply in the case of taxes imposed with respect to self-employment income for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1974, and with respect to wages paid or received during calendar years after 1974. Provides for Federal participation in the costs of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act. Increases the earnings counted for benefit and tax purposes under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1974
Soviet Energy Investment Prohibition Act - Provides that no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may directly or indirectly provide assistance to finance or otherwise promote the export of any commodity, product, or service from the United States if the intended use of such commodity, product, or service involves energy research and development or energy exploration in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974
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.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974
Urban Transport Data Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to provide for the identification, collection, analysis, and reporting of comprehensive, comparable, objective, and reliable data and information about the current status and changing trends of mobility in urban areas, and the operating and financial conditions of urban passenger and freight properties and carriers. Establishes within the Department of Transportation an Urban Transport Data Board consisting of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the purposes of the Board as to assist Federal, State, and local governments to: (1) determine adequate quality, safety, and quantity of all urban transport systems and services in urban areas; (2) support Federal, State, and local evaluations of the efficient performance of urban transport operations and services; (3) provide information by which urban transport properties can comparatively analyze and evaluate their own properties and procedures; and (4) provide factual information to assist governments in deciding allocations of public funds for assisting urban transport systems and services. Authorizes the Board to establish such rules, regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the exercise of its functions and to carry out the purposes for which it is created. Provides that the Board shall have the same powers as are vested in the Secretary of Transportation to hold hearings, assign and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, and receive testimony at any place in the United States it may designate. Authorizes the appropriation each year, without fiscal year limitation, an amount not to exceed the higher of: (1) $8,000,000, or (2) one-quarter of 1 per cent of the total Federal funds committed during the preceding year for assistance to all forms of urban transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Housing Opportunities for the Handicapped Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to: (1) promote alternatives to institutional living arrangements for severely handicapped adults; (2) promote a more normal living experience and thereby provide an opportunity for the severely handicapped adult to choose how and where to live in order to reduce dependency, to maximize opportunities for vocational evaluation, training, and placement, integration into the community, and to utilize already obtained rehabilitation and educational experiences; (3) focus attention on housing needs which are not already available; (4) promote facility construction adequate for both handicapped and nonhandicapped at the most feasible cost; (5) demonstrate models of housing and services for severely handicapped adults; and (6) utilize existing supportive service systems. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to eligible sponsors to carry out a demonstration program to provide, in an efficient and innovative manner, housing and coordination of existing supportive services for severely handicapped adults. Sets forth requirements to be met for approval of grant applications under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1976; and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1977 to carry out the purposes ot this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1974
Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that discharge certificates issued to members of the Armed Forces shall not bear any letter or number or other indicator of any kind whatsoever which discloses any reason why such member was discharged or separated from service; and no information indicating or relating to any reason why any former member of the Armed Forces was discharged or separated from service may be made available to any private person or entity by any officer or employee of any military department or agency. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 975).
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Permits veterans of the Vietnam era and thereafter who served on active duty to receive educational assistance benefits for a maximum of forty-eight months.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1974
Eliminates the time limitation on the provision of educational assistance to veterans who served on active duty at any time during the Vietnam era or thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1974
Urban Bikeway Transportation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States and to municipalities wholly or partly within urbanized areas for projects for the construction of bikeways. States that such bikeways shall be for commuting and for recreational purposes and shall be located in urbanized areas. Provides that the Federal share of any project shall be 80 percent of the total cost of such project. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this Act, $10,000,000 per fiscal year out of the Highway Trust Fund, and $10,000,000 per fiscal year out of any other money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1974
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 · 12 March 1974
Extends to all unmarried individuals the income tax benefits of income splitting enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns. States that, in the case of married individuals who do not make a single joint income tax return, amounts received for services performed by either spouse shall be taken into account by the spouse who performed the services and shall not be taken into account by the other spouse.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Food Commodity Distribution Program Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to use his power to appropriate funds to encourage the domestic consumption of agricultural products to purchase agricultural commodities for the purpose of maintaining or increasing the traditional level of expenditure for food assistance programs authorized by law. Allows the Secretary to use the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for such purposes. States that this Act shall be effective on July 1, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States invites the International Olympic Committee to select Lake Placid, New York, as the site of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1974
Provides that each Government agency that maintains records, including computer records, concerning any person which may be retrieved by reference to or are indexed under, a person's name, or some other similar identifying number or symbol, and which contains any information obtained from any source shall, with respect to such records: (1) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to any other agency or to any person not employed by the agency maintaining such record, except (a) with notification of the person concerned or of an immediate family member if the person connot be located (b) that if disclosure of the record is required under law, the person concerned shall be notified by mail at his last known address of any such required disclosure; (2) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to individuals within that agency other than those individuals who need to examine such record or information for the execution of their jobs; (3) maintain an accurate record of the names and addresses of all persons to whom any information contained in such records is divulged and the purposes for which such divulgence was made; (4) permit any person to inspect his own record and have copies thereof made at his expense, which in no event shall be greater than the cost to the agency of making such copies; (5) permit any person to supplement the information contained in his record by the addition of any document or writing of reasonable length containing information such person deems pertinent to his records; and (6) remove erroneous information of any kind, and notify all agencies and persons to whom the erroneous material has been previously transferred of its removal. Provides that this Act shall not apply to records that are: (1) specifically required by Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of the national defense and foreign policy; and (2) investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes. Requires the President to report to Congress before January 30 of each year on an agency-by-agency basis the number of records and the number of investigatory files which were exempted from the application of this Act. Directs each agency maintaining such records to publish rules and procedures to be followed with respect to making records promptly available to an individual. Provides that any employee of the United States who under the color of agency authority knowingly and willfully violates a provision of this Act, or permits such a violation, shall be fined $1,000. (Adds 5 U.S.C. 552 (a))
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1974
Provides that each Government agency that maintains records, including computer records, concerning any person which may be retrieved by reference or are indexed under, a person's name, or some other similar identifying number or symbol, and which contains any information obtained from any source, with respect to such records: (1) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to any other agency or to any person not employed by the agency maintaining such record, except (a) with notification of the person concerned or of an immediate family member if the person cannot be located; (b) that if disclosure of the record is required under law, the person concerned shall be notified by mail at his last known address of any such required disclosure; (2) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to individuals within that agency other than those individuals who need to examine such record or information for the execution of their jobs; (3) maintain an accurate record of the names and addresses of all persons to whom any information contained in such records is divulged and the purposes for which such divulgence was made; (4) permit any person to inspect his own record and have copies thereof made at his expense, which in no event shall be greater than the cost to the agency of making such copies; (5) permit any person to supplement the information contained in his record by the addition of any document or writing of reasonable length containing information such person deems pertinent to his record; and (6) remove erroneous information of any kind, and notify all agencies and persons to whom the erroneous material has been previously transferred of its removal. Provides that this Act shall not apply to records that are: (1) specifically required by Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of the national defense and foreign policy; and (2) investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes. Requires the President to report to Congress before January 30 of each year on an agency-by-agency basis the number of records and the number of investigatory files which were exempted from the application of this Act. Establishes a Federal Privacy Board the functon of which is to: (1) publish rules stating the categories of information an agency may maintain and the relevancy of the categories to the agency's functions; (2) prescribe procedures with respect to making records promptly available to a person; and (3) consider complaints concerning violations of the requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1974
Establishes the National Institute of Aging in the Public Health Service to conduct and support research on the aging process, on preventive measures with respect to health problems of the aged, and on treatment and cures for such problems. Establishes the Natonal Advisory Council on Aging to advise on programs relating to the aged and monitor the Institute. Provides traineeships and fellowships for the study of health problems of the aged.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Authorizes additional educational assistance allowance payments to eligible veterans to partially defray the cost of tuition in an amount representing such cost which exceeds $419 for an ordinary school year, but not exceeding $600. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682)
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Provides, under title XVI of the Social Security Act (Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled, or for such Aid and Medical Assistance for the Aged), for emergency Federal assistance grants to aged, blind, or disabled individuals whose supplemental security income checks (or the proceeds thereof) are lost, stolen, or undelivered.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that accurate and complete data on imports of oil and oil products into the United States, oil and oil products inventories in the United States or under the control of companies owned by United States citizens, and distribution of oil and oil products within and from out of the United States are essential to the national security of the United States, the safety of its citizens, and the proper conduct of its domestic and international commerce. Authorizes the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the importing, inventorying, and disposition of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States direct the Secretary of the State to bring to the immediate attention of the Soviet Government the concern of U.S. citizens over the imprisonment of a Lithuanian seaman who unsuccessfully sought asylum aboard a United States Coast Guard ship and to urge his release from prison and return to his family.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Provides that the bonus value of food stamps is to be included in the "hold harmless" amount guaranteed to recipients of supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Amendments of 1972. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to prescribe regulations for the adjustment of an individual's monthly supplemental security income payment in accordance with any increase to which such individual may be entitled under this Act provided, that such adjustment in monthly payment, together with the remittance of any prior unpaid increments to which such individual may be entitled under this Act, shall be made no later than the first day of the first month beginning more than sixty days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Provides, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance), that increases in monthly insurance benefits (whether occurring by reason of increases in the cost of living or enacted by law) shall not be considered as annual income for purposes of the following benefit programs: dependency and indemnity compensation to parents of a deceased veteran, pension for non-service-connected disability or death or for service, and the Veterans' Pension Act of 1959.
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