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United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the immediate delivery of aircraft from the United States to Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President should take immediate and determined steps to: (1) impress upon the Soviet Government the grave concern of the American people with the intimidation of those within the Soviet Union who do not adhere to prevailing ideology; (2) call upon the Soviet Government to permit the free expression of ideas and free emigration by all its citizens in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and (3) use the medium of current negotiations with the Soviet Union as well as informal contacts with Soviet officials in an effort to secure an end to repression of dissent.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Equal Credit Act - Declares it unlawful for any creditor to discriminate on the basis of sex or marital status. Defines such discrimination regarding credit, credit cards, and federal related mortgage transactions. Directs the Federal Reserve Board to promulgate rules to carry out this Act. Specifies agencies which shall enforce this Act. Requires creditors to file reports each year with appropriate agencies showing extent of compliance with this Act, and for the agencies in turn to report to Congress. Requires every party to a federally related mortgage transaction to prepare and submit, according to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, a full report of any Acts and functions performed by such party as part of or in connection with such transaction. Prescribes civil liabilities and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Establishes a Federal Privacy Board. Directs the Board to prescribe rules for the regulation of automatically processed files identifiable to individuals. Provides that no data bank may be maintained except as provided in this Act. Provides for penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1973
Establishes a Federal Privacy Board. Directs the Board to prescribe rules for the regulation of automatically processed files identifiable to individuals. Provides that no data bank may be maintained except as provided in this Act. Provides for penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
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 its 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 · 19 September 1973
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 · 17 September 1973
Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate, within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, both interim and final standards of fuel economy applicable to all new models of motor vehicles sold or offered for sale in the United States. States that such standards shall set minimum levels of fuel economy for each class of motor vehicles and apply to any new motor vehicle sold in any State after September 1 of the year in which the regulations are to become effective. Directs the Secretary to promulgate, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, standards of performance which shall be designed to achieve a specific percentage of improvement in the fuel economy of new motor vehicles. Provides that, in setting standards under this Act, the Secretary shall consider all relevant factors, including but not limited to fuels, engines, emission characteristics, safety, state of the art in international automotive technology, initial and maintenance costs to consumers, the effects on fuel economy of accessory equipment such as air-conditioning and radial tires, the amount of energy required to produce each fuel, and in the case of motor vehicles powered by electricity the amount of fuel required to generate such electricity. Provides that any person who may be adversely affected by any rule issued under this Act may at any time prior to sixty days after such rule is issued file a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, or any circuit wherein such person resides or has his principal place of business, for judicial review of such rule. Sets forth the powers of the Secretary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act. States that the Secretary shall study and investigate the fuel economy of any motor vehicle which is subject to the standards of fuel economy issued under this Act. Provides that, upon the basis of such studies and investigations, the Secretary shall, not later than June 1, 1976, and each year thereafter, prepare and publish a schedule of the fuel economy of each such motor model with and without accessories which have a significant effect on fuel economy. States that, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act and from time to time thereafter, the Secretary shall issue regulations to establish test protocols for continuous testing of fuel economy in actual operation in new motor vehicles sold in the United States. States that each manufacturer and dealer shall cause to be affixed and maintained on each new motor vehicle in a prominent place and easily legible and readable form a sticker indicating the fuel economy which a prospective purchaser can expect from such vehicle and the amount of a fuel conservation fee. Authorizes the Secretary, in cooperation with the Director of the National Burea of Standards and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to conduct such research as is necessary to promote the purposes of this Act. States that it shall be unlawful and a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any person (including any partnership, corporation, or association) subject to the provisions of this Act to fail to comply with any requirement imposed on such person by or pursuant to this Act or to violate any prohibition contained in this Act. Prohibits any person from failing to comply with any provisions of this Act or any regulation or order issued by the Secretary pursuant to this Act, and from failing to provide information as required in accordance with this Act. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act such sums as may be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973
Provides that future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Provides that the special cost-of-living increase in social security benefits enacted by Public Law 93-66 shall become effective immediately.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Imposes, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a tax on every new automobile manufactured, produced, or imported based upon its fuel consumption rate. Requires the public disclosure of the fuel consumption rate of every new automobile. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 4064)
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
States that no public funds may be used for the purpose of transporting chemical nerve agents to or from any military installation in the United States for storage or stockpiling purposes unless it is the sense of Congress to do so.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to New York City, New York, the sum of $2,626,685.07, to assist it to defray the expenses it incurred in providing police protection and other services for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations in 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Elementary and Secondary Drug Abuse Eradication Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to provide local educational agencies with the financial resources to bring services and programs to students who are users and potential users of drugs, so that the traffic in drugs in elementary and secondard schools may be eliminated. Directs the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program of making grants to local educational agencies to finance such programs. Sets forth the requirements to be met in applications for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $500,000,000 for each of the following four fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Equal Credit Opportunity Act - Revises the civil liability provisions of the Consumer Credit Protection Act. Makes it unlawful for any creditor or card issuer to discriminte on account of sex or marital status against any individual with respect to the approval or denial of any extension of credit or with respect to the terms thereof or with respect to the approval, denial, renewal, continuation, or revocation of any open end consumer credit account or with respect to the terms thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Equal Credit Opportunity Act - Revises the civil liability provisions of the Consumer Credit Protection Act. Makes it unlawful for any creditor or card issuer to discriminte on account of sex or marital status against any individual with respect to the approval or denial of any extension of credit or with respect to the terms thereof or with respect to the approval, denial, renewal, continuation, or revocation of any open end consumer credit account or with respect to the terms thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that both the President and Congress should resolve the position of the United States on the status of herbicides and tear gas so that the Senate may move forward toward immediate ratification of the Geneva protocol of 1925. States that the Department of Defense should detoxify that amount of nerve gas stored at Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver which was to have been destroyed by now.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Anti-Architectural Barriers Act - Allows an income tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for the removal of architectural and transportational barriers, with respect to the aged and the handicapped, from trade or business facilities. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 189)
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Establishes a Federal Privacy Board. Directs the Board to prescribe rules for the regulation of automatically processed files identifiable to individuals. Provides that no data bank may be maintained except as provided in this Act. Provides for penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
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 · 1 August 1973
National Tay-Sachs Disease Screening and Counseling Act - Provides that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program under the Public Health Service Act, for voluntary Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling. Authorizes appropriations of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1974 for making grants to public and nonprofit entities to establish and operate such screening programs. Sets forth the procedure for applications for and administration of such grants.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that no Federal Agency may inspect any income tax return except upon an order of the President which identifies by name the person who filed such return. Makes it an offense to make unauthorized disclosures to divulge or publish any name, address or occupation.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
Directs the Secretary of Defense to furnish the House of Representatives with data concerning the extent of the bombing of Cambodia and Laos from January 20, 1969, through April 30, 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
Equal Credit Act - Makes unlawful any discrimination by a creditor or card issuer on account of sex or marital status against any individual with respect to approval or denial of terms of credit in connection with any sale, loan, or other extension of credit. Requires creditors or card issuers to take into account the combined income of both spouses for the purpose of extending credit to a married couple or either spouse. Prohibits such creditors from relying on the probability or assumption that the income of any individual may be diminished because of the sex or marital status of such individual. Provides that any creditor who discriminates against an individual in such manner shall be liable to such individual for money damages. Provides for administrative enforcement of these requirements under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act in the case of banks; under the Home Owners Loan Act, the National Housing Act, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, in the case of any institutions subject to those Acts; and under the Federal Credit Union Act, in the case of any credit union. Provides that the Federal Trade Commission shall enforce all requirements not otherwise committed to some other agency. Provides criminal sanctions for violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1973
Child Development and Abuse Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish the National Center on Child Development and Abuse Prevention in order to gather information with respect to the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public agencies or nonprofit private organizations for demonstration programs designed to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse and neglect. Establishes a National Commission on Child Abuse and Neglect to investigate the effectiveness of existing child abuse and neglect reporting laws and the proper role of the Federal Government in assisting State and local public and private efforts to prevent child abuse. Directs the Commission to transmit to the President and to the Congress not later than one year after the first meeting of the Commission a final report containing a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with recommendations for legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Provides for the regulation of expenditures of appropriated funds with respect to private property used as a Presidential residence or used by others whom the Secret Service is authorized to protect.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Schoolbus Safety Act - Authorizes, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, safety design standards for schoolbuses. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish safety standards for schoolbuses. Requires the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate schoolbus accidents.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Equal Credit Opportunity Act - Revises the civil liability provisions of the Consumer Credit Protection Act. Makes it unlawful for any creditor or card issuer to discriminte on account of sex or marital status against any individual with respect to the approval or denial of any extension of credit or with respect to the terms thereof or with respect to the approval, denial, renewal, continuation, or revocation of any open end consumer credit account or with respect to the terms thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Prohibits the States, under the Voting Rights Act, from denying the right to vote in Federal elections to former criminal offenders who have not been convicted of any offense related to voting or elections and who are not confined in a correctional institution. Authorizes the Attorney General of the United States to institute actions necessary to implement the purposes of this act and confers jurisdiction on the district courts of the United States to hear proceedings instituted under this title. Prescribes a fine of up to $5000 and/or up to a 5 years prison term for persons denying any person a right secured by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1973
Provides that no refiner may fail to offer any petroleum products to public authorities, so long as such refiner continues to offer such products to any controlled marketer of such refiner. Defines "public authority" as the United States, any governmental agency, or any governmental agency of any State.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1973
Waives the existing requirement under title XIX (Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs) of the Social Security Act that all medicaid patients (with the exception of individuals with severe chronic medical disabilities) be given free choice in the selection of treatment facilities in cases where the services involved are being effectively provided through locally operated public health centers, or where such services may be most effectively obtained in designated specialized medical centers. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(23))
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Provides for the regulation of expenditures of appropriated funds with respect to private property used as a Presidential residence or used by others whom the Secret Service is authorized to protect.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973
Provides that the wages of Federal employees shall be subject to court-ordered deductions for child support. (Adds 5 U.S.C. 5520)
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973
Official Accountability Act - States that the purpose of this Act is to assure that public officials charged with the implementation of foreign, military, and national security policy will do so according to law. Title I: National Security Crimes - Describes the persons subject to this Act. Provides that no such person shall engage in the planning or preparation for, or initiation or waging in any way of aggression or a war in violation of any international treaty, agreement, or assurance to which the United States is a party. Declares that no such person shall order or engage in the planning of, preparation for, or commission of any violation of the laws and customs of war. Provides sanctions for violations of this Act and states that no person who violates this Act pursuant to an order of his government or superior shall be relieved of criminal liability for such violation unless he did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know that the act ordered was unlawful. Title II: Administration and Enforcement - Establishes a Legal Office of National Security Affairs which shall be independent of the executive departments and shall be directed by a National Security Solicitor and an Assistant Solicitor. Directs the Solicitor to enforce the prohibitions contained in Title I of this Act by conducting appropriate investigations and any kind of legal proceedings civil or criminal, including grand jury proceedings and proceedings before committing magistrates, which United States attorneys are authorized by law to conduct. Requires the Solicitor to conduct public hearings at least twice a year for the purpose of hearing testimony and taking evidence from individuals claiming to possess information relevant to any violation of this Act. Directs the Solicitor to render advisory opinions when requested to do so by the President or the Congress
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
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 · 29 June 1973
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 considers appropriate.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973
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 · 29 June 1973
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 · 29 June 1973
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 · 29 June 1973
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 · 29 June 1973
Elderly and Handicapped Americans Transportation Services Act - Authorizes, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, free or reduced rate transportation to handicapped persons and persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. Authorizes, under the Interstate Commerce Act, free or reduced rate transportation for persons who are sixty-five years of age or older. Authorizes grants for special transportation planning, research and demonstration projects for the handicapped and the elderly. Authorizes the appropriation of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Provides for the relief of Israel Wald.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to commence work on the beach erosion control aspect of the project for hurrican-flood protection and beach erosion control at East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay, New York. States that such work shall be independent of the hurricane-flood protection aspect of the project.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1973
Expresses the finding of Congress that an adequate supply of pure, safe human blood is essential to the welfare of the Nation. Establishes the National Blood Bank program within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to perform enumerated duties to assure an adequate supply of blood throughout the Nation. Establishes an Advisory Council to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding: (1) policy goals of the program; (2) motivation and recognition of blood donors; (3) reciprocal transactions between national blood bank systems; and (4) removal of blood purchasing costs from health insurance plan coverage. Declares that only class A blood banks may maintain blood deposit or pledge programs in advance of their needs. Provides criminal penalties for persons violating the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1973
Authorizes an experimental program under the Social Security Act to provide for care for elderly individuals in their own homes.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1973
Requires the special prosecutor appointed by the Attorney General of the United States to investigate the possible criminal activity relating to the break-in of the Democratic National Headquarters, the chairman of the select committee of the Senate appointed to investigate such possible criminal activity, the Attorney General of the United States, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide the House of Representatives with pertinent information with respect to the possible grounds for impeachment of the President of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Creates a non-legislative Select Committee on Aging, consisting of fifteen members of the House of Representatives, and directs the Committee to conduct a full investigation on all matters pertaining to problems of older people, including problems of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive retirement activity, of securing proper housing, and when necessary, of assuring adequate care or assistance. Authorizes such committee to hold hearings and subpena witnesses and the production of records in carrying out its duties. Directs the Committee to report to the House the results of its study, together with legislative recommendations, as soon as practicable during the 93rd Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973
Provides for the printing as a House document of a revised edition of the House document "Our American Government What Is It? How Does It Work?".
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1973
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 · 20 June 1973
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 other than such person shall, with respect to such records: (1) notify such person by mail at his last known address that the agency maintains or has augmented a record concerning said person; (2) 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; (3) 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; (4) 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; (5) 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; (6) 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 (7) 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 security; (2) investigatory files compiled for law enforcement purposes; and (3) interagency or intraagency memoranda or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency possessing such memoranda or letters in litigation with such agency. 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. Establishes a Federal Privacy Board to aid in the administration of this Act.