United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Increases the allowance of deductions for personnal exemptions under the Internal Revenue Code from $650 to $1,200. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 151) Reduces the low income allowance to $1,000, and to $500 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return (presently $1,300 and $650 respectively). Requires individuals having a gross income in excess of $1,200 to file a return unless the individual is not married and has a gross income less than $2,200, or is entitled to make a joint return and has a gross income which when combined with the gross income of his spouse is less than $3,400. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 6012(a)(1)) Provides that a joint return will be deemed to have been filed where only one spouse filed a separate return prior to the making of the joint return and the other spouse had less than $1,200 of gross income ($2,400 in case such spouse was sixty-five or over) for such taxable year on the date of the filing of such separate return. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 6013(b)(3)(A)) States that an employee shall be entitled to withholding allowances with respect to a payment of wages in a number equal to the number determined by dividing by $1,250 the excess of: (1) his estimated itemized deductions, over, (2) an amount equal to the lesser of $2,000 or 15 percent of his estimated wages. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 3402(m)(1))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance), 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 thereof under title II of such Act. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 402)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that with respect to all records concerning any individual which may be retrieved by reference to the individual's name and which contains any information obtained from any source other than such individual, the Committee on Internal Security of the House of Representatives shall: (1) notify such individual by mail at his last known address that said committee maintains or is about to maintain a record concerning said individual; (2) refrain from disclosing the record or any information contained therein to the Senate or the House of Representatives, to any agency of the Federal Government, or to any person not a member of or employed by said committee, except with permission of the individual concerned; (3) maintain an accurate record of the names and positions of all persons inspecting such records and the purposes for which such inspections were made; (4) permit any individual to inspect his own record and have copies thereof made at his expense; and (5) permit any individual to supplement the information contained in his record by the addition of any document or writing containing information such individual deems pertinent to his record. Provides that an aggrieved party under this Act may institute a civil action to enforce this Act in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, which shall have jurisdiction to issue declaratory, injunctive, or other appropriate relief.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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 · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that in the case of a dependent 62 or more years of age the support test for the purpose of an income tax exemption shall be satisfied if the taxpayer contributes $1,500 or more to the support of such dependent. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 152)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Correctional Services Improvement Act - Title I: Correctional Centers and Services - Authorizes the Attorney General to plan, construct, operate, and transfer correctional centers as described in this Act. Provides that all such centers shall provide a broad range of services and correctional programs, including educational, vocational, and recreational programs, medical, psychiatric, and dental care, and counseling. Authorizes the Attorney General to contract with appropriate State and local authorities of the region in which a center is constructed pursuant to this chapter to make available the facilities, services, and programs of such center for commitment or treatment of accused persons confined or released on bail and awaiting trial, persons convicted, persons committed for indeterminate periods, and persons on probation or parole under the laws of the States, or political subdivisions thereof, located in such region. Provides that the Attorney General, after consultation with appropriate State and local authorities, is authorized to prescribe minimum standards, concerning the construction, operation, personnel training, and programs of jails and other correctional facilities and of correctional services (including probation, parole, counseling, medical, psychiatric, and vocational rehabilitation services) owned or operated by a State, or a political subdivision thereof, and in or by means of which persons accused or convicted under laws of the United States are or may be confined or treated. Authorizes appropriations of $300,000,000 for the correctional systems and services. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for the construction, operation, and personnel training of correctional facilities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for each succeeding fiscal year thereafter. Title II: Coordination of Federal Correctional Activities - Creates a Federal Corrections Coordinating Council composed of four United States judges designated by the Chief Justice of the United States, a physician designated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and ex officio, the Chairman of the Board of Parole, the Chairman of the Youth Division of the Board of Parole, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Asserts that the judges first appointed to the Council shall continue in office for terms of one, two, three, and four years, respectively, the term of each to be designated by the Chief Justice at the time of his appointment. Provides that the Council shall meet at least semiannually and at such other sessions which the Chairman is hereby authorized to call. Asserts that the Chairman shall call such sessions of the Council as may be necessary or appropriate in order that all of the members of the Council may fully and effectively perform their duties and exercise their powers. Provides that a meeting may be called upon the request of any three members of the Council. Provides that the Council shall consider problems of treatment and correction of persons convicted of offenses against the United States and shall issue quidelines for the operation of the Bureau of Prisons, the Board of Parole, the Youth Division of the Board of Parole, and the Division of Probation of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to improve the administration of criminal justice and assure coordination and integration of policies respecting the disposition, treatment, and correction of all persons convicted of crime, and shall review, evaluate, and issue guidelines concerning correctional personnel standards and training. Title III: Federal Corrections Institute - Establishes a Federal Corrections Institute to provide a coordinating center for the collection and dissemination of useful data regarding the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders and provides training for representatives of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers, judges and judical personnel, probation and parole personnel, correctional personnel, welfare workers, and other persons, including lay personnel, connected with the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders. Authorizes the Institute: (a) to serve as an information bank by collecting systematically the data obtained from studies and research by public and private agencies on criminal behavior and recidivisim, including, but not limited to, programs for prevention of crime and recidivism, training of corrections personnel, and rehabilitation and treatment of criminal offenders; (b) to publish data in forms useful to individuals, agencies, and organizations concerned with treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders; (c) to disseminate pertinent data and studies to individuals, agencies, and organizations concerned with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other criminal offenders; (d) to devise and conduct in various geographical locations, seminars and workshops providing continuing studies for persons engaged in working directly with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other criminal offenders; (e) to devise and conduct a training program of short-term instruction in the latest proven-effective methods of treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders and prevention of recidivism for law enforcement officers, judges and judicial personnel, probation and parole personnel, correctional personnel, welfare workers, and other persons, including lay personnel, connected with the treatment and rehabilitation of criminal offenders; and (f) to develop technical training teams to aid in the development of training programs within the several States and with the State and local agencies which work directly with prisoners, parolees, probationers, and other offenders. Places the overall supervision with regard to the policy and operations of the Institute in an Advisory Commission. Title IV: Eligibility for Parole; Youth Corrections Act Amendments - Provides that a Federal prisoner, other than a juvenile delinquent or a committed youth offender, wherever confined and serving a definite term or terms of over one hundred and eighty days, whose record shows that he has observed the rules of the institution in which he is confined, may be released on parole at such time as the Board of Parole may determine, except as provided in section 4208 of title 18, United States Code. Provides that a youth offender shall be conditionally released under supervision on or before the expiration of two-thirds of the maximum term authorized by law for the offense or offenses of which he stands convicted and shall be unconditionally discharged on or before the expiration of that maximum term, but in any event the conditional release shall occur within four years from the date of his conviction and the unconditional discharge within six years from the date of his conviction. Title V: Commitment of Dangerous Persons Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity - Provides that, whenever any person is found not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the commission of the offense, the United States attorney, if he has reasonable cause to believe that such person if released unconditionally would constitute a danger to himself or others because of his mental condition, shall move for a judicial determination of the dangerousness of such person in the court in which the criminal proceedings were conducted.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the transfer of all or part of a veterans' educational assistance to their spouses. Provides for educational assistance at the secondary school level to widows, widowers, and spouses eligible for veterans benefits educational assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Police Compensation Act - Authorizes the Attorney General, through the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, to make grants to cities to increase the compensation of police personnel and to create additional police positions. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and such amounts as Congress may find necessary to appropriate for each of the nine succeeding fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Act. Directs that $90,000,000 of the amount appropriated for the first fiscal year is to be used for grants to cities with population in excess of 100,000. Directs the grants be appropriated among the cities on a per capita basis. Directs that not more than ten percent be granted to cities with a population of less than 100,000 upon a finding by the Attorney General that the city has urgent need for the Federal grant. Sets forth requirements for applications for grants. Provides that a city shall not use more than 25 percent of any grant to create additional police positions unless the Attorney General finds that such city has an urgent need for additional police manpower; and in no event shall more than 50 percent of any grant be used for such purpose. Entitles each city receiving an initial grant to a renewal of such grant for each succeeding fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Highways and Related Transportation Systems Improvement Act - Sets forth findings that highway congestion, air pollution, and related safety problems are impairing the efficiency of the highway system; and declares that the level of efficiency can be improved by developing related systems, and that both highways and related systems can best be improved by giving States and local communities greater flexibility in the use of Federal highway funds. Reduces the present authorizations of $4,000,000,000 for the Interstate System of highways for fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976, to the sum of $3,250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975, and $3,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979, and the amount of $1,257,000,000 for 1980. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make 1974 and 1975 Interstate System apportionments using the factors set forth in Table 5 of House Public Works Committee Print 92-29. Extends the time for completing the Interstate System by four years, from June 1976 to June 1980. Requires the Secretary to continue to report to Congress the cost of completing the Interstate System every second year, using the estimate shown therein for making apportionments for the subsequent two-year-period, upon approval of Congress. Authorizes additional mileage for the Interstate System to be used in making modifications or revisions in the Interstate System. Provides that upon joint request of the local governments, the Secretary may withdraw his approval of any route or portion thereof on the System within a State if he determines that such route is not essential to the completion of a unified and connected Interstate System. States that after the Secretary has withdrawn his approval the mileage of such route and the additional mileage authorized by this Act shall be available to the State to provide the essential connection of the Interstate System in lieu of the route or portions thereof which were withdrawn. Extends the ten percent penalty, applicable to Federal-aid highway funds appropriated to a State, for failure to control outdoor advertising displays and devices which can be seen from the nearest roadway for the period after January 1, 1973. Extends the appropriations for carrying out the outdoor advertising program as follows: $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1973, 1974, and 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the Interstate System and Federal-aid primary system highways, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1973; and $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to apportion money from the Highway Trust Fund to assist States and local governments to operate, maintain, and improve highways and other transportation services, including public transit, if sufficient funds are not available from other Federal sources. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund the following amounts: $2,300,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $2,800,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979; and $4,500,000,000 for 1980. Provides that ninety percent of these amounts are to be appropriated in accordance with a prescribed formula, and the remaining ten percent shall be available to the Secretary as a discretionary fund. Provides that, beginning with fiscal year 1974, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register the amounts apportioned to the States or to local authorities under each of the three formula provisions specified in this Act. States that unwarranted reductions of allocations by States to local governments for transportation purposes may result in a reduction of a like amount of Federal funds to the State concerned. Requires each State to have a comprehensive State and local transportation plan, subject to approval by the Secretary of Transportation. States that such a plan must reflect transportation needs of the State and its communities and take into consideration the social and environmental impact of the alternate means available. Provides that it must be administered by a single State agency with full authority for executing the State's plan. States that local governments shall develop an areawide plan in incorporating long-range plans for highway and related transportation systems, with a schedule of projects to be undertaken annually. Provides that the local plan is to be developed by the local transportation planning agency, and be submitted to the Governor of the State and to the Secretary of Transportation for review. Provides that where a State or metropolitan plan is rejected by the Secretary, the State or local unit shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing. Limits planning and administrative costs of State or local units to three percent of the respective allocation. Provides for recordkeeping, audits, and reports. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe rules, regulations, and standards in implementing the highway and related transportation services improvement chapter. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the President and Congress on the developments and effectiveness of these activities. Specifies that no Federal contribution in addition to funds herein allocated shall be provided for relocation payments and assistance for those replaced by transportation activities. Provides that nothing in this chapter shall diminish the requirements respecting the establishment by States of highway safety programs approved by the Secretary of Transportation. Requires the Secretary to take such action as may be necessary to insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors in the performance of construction work financed with the assistance of loans or grants under this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended. Provides that the Secretary shall not approve any such loan or grant without first obtaining adequate assurance that required labor standards will be maintained upon the construction work.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Handgun Control Act - Makes it unlawful for any person to import, manufacture, sell, buy, transfer, receive or transport any handgun. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent with public safety and necessity, exempt from such prohibition the importation, manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, or transportation of handguns by importers, manufacturers, or dealers, licensed under chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, and by pistol clubs licensed under this chapter as may in his judgment be required for the operation of such pistol club. Requires a pistol club desiring to be licensed under this chapter to file an application for such license with the Secretary. Establishes a $25 annual fee for such license. Directs such clubs to meet various requirements in order to have their applications approved. Provides for administrative and judicial review in the case of a license denial or revocation by the Secretary. Provides that whoever violates any provision of this chapter or knowingly makes any false statement or represenation with respect to the information required by the provisions of this chapter to be kept in the records of a pistol club licensed under this chapter, or in applying for any license under the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, and shall become eligible for parole as the Board of Parole shall determine. Provides that any handgun involved or used in, or intended to be used in, any violation of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 44 (firearms legislation) of title 18, United States Code, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or any violation of any other criminal law of the United States, shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture. Exempts from the provisions of this Act the importation, manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, or transportation of any handgun which the Secretary determines is: (1) being imported or manufactured for, sold, or transferred to, purchased, received, or transported by, or issued for the use of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or any State or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof; and (2) unserviceable, not restorable to firing condition, and intended for use as a curio, museum piece, or collectors' item. Establishes procedures for the reimbursement of a person who voluntarily delivers a handgun to a law enforcement agency. Directs the Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 1091-1100)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Prohibits funds authorized or appropriated for United States forces and military actions in Indochina to be used for any purpose other than the withdrawal from protection of forces in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Requires such withdrawal of forces within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, provided there is a release of all prisoners of war by the Government of North Vietnam and its allies within that period. Requires an accounting of United States servicemen missing in action by the Government of North Vietnam and its allies before the completion of withdrawal. Provides that no air bombing operations by United States forces shall be carried out in or over North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Pretrial Crime Reduction Act - Title I: Speedy Trials - Provides that the trial of a defendant charged with an offense against the United States shall be commenced within one hundred and twenty days, or in the case of a defendant charged with a crime of violence within sixty days, determined as follows: (1) from the date the defendant is arrested or a summons is issued, except that if an information or indictment is filed earlier, from the date of such filing; (2) if the indictment or information is dismissed upon motion of the defendant and thereafter the defendant is charged with the same crime or a crime based on the same conduct or arising from the same criminal episode, from the date the defendant is so charged, as stated in the preceding paragraph; or (3) if the defendant is to be tried again following a mistrial, an order for a new trial, or an appeal or collateral attack, from the date of the mistrial, order granting a new trial, or remand. Excludes various periods of time in computing the above time limits for trial. Provides that the above time limits shall not apply to trials of offenses under the antitrust, securities or tax laws of the United States. States that each United States district court shall within one year prepare a plan for the trial or other disposition of offenses under this Act. Allows a district court to submit its plan to the Judicial Council of the United States and to request a suspension or extention of the effective date of such plan if such court is unable for financial or manpower reasons to implement its plan. Requires the Judicial Conference to submit a report to Congress detailing the district plans submitted to it and the legislative proposals and appropriations necessary to achieve compliance with the time limitations contained in the Act. Title II: Bail Reform Act Amendments; Treatment of Arrested Probationers and Parolees - States that a judicial officer in determining release on bail may consider the possibility that while released the person charged may commit a crime of violence which will affect the probability of his appearance at trial. Provides methods for the revocation of the parole or probationary status of a person if such person comes before a judicial officer charged with a crime of violence. Provides an additional penalty of not more than three years imprisonment if a person is convicted of a crime of violence which was committed while such person was released on bail. Provides for the transfer of jurisdiction over probationers or prisoners on parole arrested for crimes of violence to the district court for the district in which the party is located. States that if the probationer or paroled prisoner is charged with an offense under the laws of the United States, the judicial officer before whom he is presented may detain the probationer pending further proceedings in that jurisdiction. Provides that if the probationer is charged with an offense under the laws of any State, the district court for the district in which the probationer is located may, upon request of the court before which the probationer is charged, detain the probationer pending completion of this trial in that jurisdiction. States that in the case of State probationers or parolees charged with Federal crimes of violence or with crimes of violence in another State, the Federal court for the district in which the person is charged is authorized to temporarily detain the person and to act in accordance with the instructions of the court or parole agency which is supervising the probationer or parolee. Title III: Pretrial Services Agencies - Establishes pretrial services agencies, on a demonstration basis, in each of the five judicial districts and in the District of Columbia. Authorizes such agencies to maintain effective supervision and control over defendants released under this Act. Authorizes such agencies, with the approval of the Administrative Offices of the United States Courts, to operate or contract for the operation of facilities for the custody or care of persons released under this Act including residential halfway houses, addict and alcoholic treatment centers and counseling services. Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to report annually to Congress on the accomplishments of the pretrial services agencies. Authorizes to be appropriated annually the sum of $2,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this title through June 30, 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Declares that the interests of the United States require the restoration of domestic harmony at the earliest time; that such interests will be served by the annulment of all legal disadvantages that have been incurred or suffered by reason of opposition to the Vietnam war, to the extent consistent with national security and the preservation of internal order; and that it is an immunity of citizens of the United States to enjoy such annulment, to the extent and on the conditions, if any, that may be authorized or imposed by the President. Expresses the approval of the Congress to such amnesty or mitigation of punishment for nonviolent military offenders and for Federal offenders as the President of the United States may, from time to time, grant by public proclamation, unconditionally or on such conditions as he may prescribe. Authorizes the President to restore United States citizenship solely or partly because of their disapproval of United States participation in the Vietnam War. Authorizes the President to grant, by public proclamation, amnesty or mitigation of punishment to State offenders. Provides that any grant of amnesty pursuant to this Act shall have the effect of restoring all civil and political rights that have been lost or impaired by reason of the violation for which amnesty is granted, unless the President of the United States shall otherwise declare in the public proclamation granting such amnesty. Makes this Act effective only upon the cessation of hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Requires that Public Health Service hospitals, Veterans' Administration hospitals, and hospitals receiving assistance under the Hill-Burton Act make available at cost to persons entitled to benefits under the medicare program of the Social Security Act prescription drugs not covered under that program, eyeglasses, and hearing aids.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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 seventy-five percent of the cost of the project with respect to which such grant is made. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this part, to remain available until expended, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $30,000,000 for each of the next two fiscal years, in addition to any other authorizations of appropriations for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe and publish tables reflecting the amendments made by this Act which shall apply in lieu of the tables set forth in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to wages paid on or after the first day of the first month which begins more than twenty days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 1)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides a full exemption (through credit or refund) from the employees' tax under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, for purposes of title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance) and an equivalent reduction in the self-employment tax, in the case of individuals who have attained age 65. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 1401)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Firearms Registration Act - Title I: Registration - Makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly possess a firearm not registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Provides that a certified dealer who sells a firearm to a person in whose possession the firearm must be registered shall require from the purchaser a completed application for registering the firearm and shall file the application with the Secretary of the Treasury at the time of sale. States that an application for registration of a firearm shall be in a form to be prescribed by the Secretary, which shall include at least the following: (1) the name, address, date and place of birth, photograph and social security or taxpayer identification number of the applicant; (2) the name of the manufacturer, the caliber or gage, the model and the type, and the serial number of the firearm; and (3) the date, the place, and the name and address of the person from whom the firearm was obtained, the number of such person's certificate of registration of such firearm, if any, and, if such person is a licensed dealer, his license number. Directs any registrant of a firearm who sells such firearm, to, within five days of the sale, return to the Secretary his registration certificate noting on it the name and residence address of the transferee, and the date of delivery. Provides that whoever violates the registration or sales provisions of this Act shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed five years, or by a fine not to exceed $5,000, or both. States that whoever knowingly falsifies any information required to be filed with the Secretary pursuant to this Act or forges or alters any certificate of registration or temporary evidence of registration, shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed five years or a fine not to exceed $10,000 or both. Title II: General Provisions - Stipulates that, if the provisions of any part of this Act or any amendments made thereby or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be held invalid, the provisions of the other parts and their application to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. States that no provision of this Act shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which such provisions operate to the exclusion of the law of a State or possession or political subdivision thereof, on the same subject matter, or to relieve any person of any obligation imposed by any law of any State, possession, or political subdivision thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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 · 3 January 1973
Allows a taxpayer to deduct all ordinary expenses paid or incurred in seeking employment during the taxable year. Provides that such taxpayer does not have to be unemployed at the time the expense is paid or incurred. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 162(h))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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 · 3 January 1973
Provides that no law providing for the punishment of persons evading or refusing registration for the military service of the United States, or of persons evading or refusing induction into the Armed Forces of the United States, shall apply to any person who has evaded or refused such registration or induction since August 4, 1964, if not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, such person presents himself to the Attorney General and agrees to serve two years in the Armed Forces or in the Volunteers in Service to America, a Veterans' Administration or Public Health Service hospital, or other eligible service. Provides for the release from prison of any person convicted of such evasion or refusal to register if such person agrees to perform the above military or alternate public service. Provides for the dismissal of proceedings against any person for such evasion or failure to register if such person agrees to perform the above military or alternate public service. Declares it to be the sense of the Congress that the President grant a pardon to any person convicted of such evasion or refusal to register who completes a period of military or alternate public service. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 2610-2614)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Fair Credit Billing Act - Provides that a finance charge may not be imposed under an open end credit plan for any period unless a statement of the outstanding balance upon which the finance charge for that period is based is mailed at least twenty-one days prior to the date by which payment must be made in order to avoid imposition of that finance charge. Requires that within 10 days after the receipt of a notice of error in a consumer account a company would have to acknowledge receipt of the notice. Requires the company to either make the correction and send a corrected statement to the consumer or explain why the original statement was correct within 60 days of receipt of the original notice of error. Provides that if the creditor failed to send the 10-day acknowledgment or failed to adjust the account within 60 days, he would forfeit the right to collect the amount the consumer stated to be in error. Provides that if the consumer then proves that an error had taken place, the creditor would be liable for actual damages, $100 or treble punitive damages, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorneys fees. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 1637)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that in the case of a deduction as a charitable contribution by an individual any literary, musical, or artistic composition, or similar property, which was created by the personal efforts of the taxpayer shall not be reduced by the amount of appreciation of such property, and the whole amount of such a charitable contribution shall be taken into account and shall be treated as if the property contributed had been sold at its fair market value. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 170(e))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Extends for 5 years, the period within which specified project grants may be made under title V of the Social Security Act (Maternal and Child Health and Crippled Children's Services). Increases to $630,000,000 (presently $350,000,000) for fiscal year 1973 the authorization to enable States to extend and improve programs under title V of the Social Security Act. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 701)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that no person may advertise or distribute in commerce a food or food supplement as 'organic', 'organically grown', or 'organically processed', unless such food is: (1) grown or processed by a person registered by the Secretary of Agriculture, and (2) labeled in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to establish such registration procedures and labeling regulations as necessary. Provides that the Secretary shall inspect each farm and establishment in any State registered with the Secretary under this Act no less than twice per year for each crop grown during the year. Provides that the purpose of such inspection shall be to determine whether the farm or establishment meets the conditions for the growth and processing prescribed by the Secretary, including a standard for minimal humus and mineral content of the soil and standards for maximum permissible residues from pesticides in the soil, the produce, and the water sources.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration, whenever he determines that the airspace over any public building of the United States is not needed to carry out a governmental function, to transfer such airspace without consideration to any person for the construction within such airspace of low- and moderate-income housing covered by a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act which receives the benefits of the below-market interest rate provided for under such Act, or of low-rent housing assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that the 4 percent excise tax on the net investment income of a private foundation shall not apply to a private foundation organized and operated exclusively as a library or museum. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 4940)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 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.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, that blood donations shall be considered as charitable contributions deductible from gross income in an amount equal to $25 for each pint donated. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 170(i))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to private nonprofit organizations and any public agency of a unit of local government in any State to develop programs to detect and treat incidents of lead-based paint poisoning under the Lead Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act. Increases from seventy-five percent to ninety percent the limit on the Federal share of the cost of developing such programs. Stipulates that any organizations receiving funds under this Act shall make available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States any books and records necessary to assist them in auditing funds received under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct appropriate research on multiple layers of dried paint film, containing the various lead compounds commonly used, in order to ascertain the safe level of lead in residential paint products. States that, within eight months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a full report of his findings and recommendations as developed pursuant to such programs. Directs the Secretary to take such steps as are necessary to prohibit the application of lead-based paint to any toy, furniture, cooking utensil, drinking utensil, or eating utensil manufactured and distributed after the date of enactment of this Act. Lowers, over a two-year period, the percentage of lead contained in a paint for such paint to qualify as a lead-based paint for the purposes of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of $45,000,000 yearly for grants used for the detection and treatment of lead-based paint poisoning, $50,000,000 yearly for grants used for the elimination of lead-based paint poisoning, and $5,000,000 yearly for Federal demonstration and research programs on the elimination of lead-based paint poisoning. Establishes a National Childhood Lead Based Paint Poisoning Advisory Board to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on policy relating to the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish procedures to minimize the hazards of lead-based paint poisoning with respect to any existing housing which is covered by an application for mortgage insurance or assistance under a program administered by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Creates a Federal Prison Review Board under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to consist of five members to be appointed by the President. Provides that the Board shall have a Director to be appointed by the Board. Gives the Board the duty of periodically revising minimum standards relating to: (A) the construction, operation, and administration of correctional institutions and facilities, and (B) the training of personnel and the implementation of probation, parole, counseling, medical, psychiatic, vocational, and other rehabiliative programs with respect to correctional programs and practices. Directs the Board to act in consultation with the Attorney General. Directs the Board to conduct such studies and investigations, consult with such Federal, State, and local personnel, and hold such hearings at such times and places as it deems desirable for the purpose of establishing and periodically reviewing such minimum standards and for the purposes of determining the extent to which such standards are being implemented. Provides that the Administration shall not make any grant to any State planning agency, unit of general local government or combination of such units, unless the applicant: (1) provides satisfactory assurances that such grant will be employed to implement the minimum standards and (2) demonstrates that it has undertaken to implement such standards to the satisfaction of the Board. Provides that no person held under the authority of any Act of Congress shall be imprisoned in any State institution under this Act unless the Federal Prison Review Board certifies that such institution is satisfactorily undertaking to implement the minimum standards established by the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, transfers (other than by gift, inheritance, or devise) of property consisting of substantial rights to a copyright or composition by any holder thereof shall be considered the sale or exchange of a capital asset held for more than 6 months, regardless of whether or not payments in consideration of such transfer are: (1) payable periodically over a period generally coterminous with the transferee's use of the copyright or composition or (2) contingent on the productivity, use, or disposition of the property transferred. Defines "copyright or composition" to mean a copyright or a literary, musical, or artistic composition. Defines "holder" as: (A) any individual whose efforts created such property, or (B) any other individual who has acquired his interest in such property in exchange for consideration in money or money's worth paid to such creator prior to substantial completion of the copyrighted work or of the composition, if such individual is neither: (1) the employer of such creator nor (2) related to such creator. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 1254)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 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 · 3 January 1973
Bicycle Transportation Act - Makes funds authorized for Federal-aid highways available to finance the Federal share of the cost of projects for the construction of exclusive or preferential bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, and shelters and parking facilities to serve bicycles and persons using bicycles. (Adds 23 U.S.C. 145)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants to States for the development and operation of narcotic treatment programs in correctional institutions in connection with probation or other supervisory release programs for all persons, incarcerated or on parole, who are drug addicts or drug abusers. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 3750 b, c)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Makes it unlawful for any officer or employee of any executive department or agency or any individual acting under the authority of such officer and employee to do the following: (a) to require or request, or to attempt 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 as such officer or employee, or in connection with such individual's application for employment; or (b) to deny employment to any individual, or 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. Makes it unlawful for any person engaged in any business or other activity in or affecting interstate commerce, or any individual acting under the authority of such person to do the following: (a) to require or request, or to attempt to require or request, any officer or employee employed by such person or any individual applying for employment in connection with such business or activity to take any polygraph test in connection with his services or duties or in connection with his application for employment; or (b) to deny employment to any individual, or to discharge, discipline, or deny promotion to any officer or employee employed in connection with such business or activity, or to threaten to commit such act by reason of his refusal or failure to submit to such requirement or request. Provides that whoever willfully violates or willfully attempts to violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Provides for jurisdiction in the United States district courts to try and determine civil actions arising under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Family Visitation Act - Provides for between twelve and thirty days of family and social visitation furlough for a Federal prisoner during each year of confinement if his record shows that he has not engaged in serious misconduct for which punishment has been imposed, and if he is deemed to be of a trustworthy nature. Provides that the willful failure of a prisoner to return within the time prescribed to the institution from which he was furloughed shall be deemed an escape from the custody of the Attorney General, and subjects such person to criminal penalties. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 4167)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 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 · 3 January 1973
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 8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F))
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that it shall not be unlawful for any person: (1) to possess, within a private dwelling, marihuana for his own or others' use, within any such dwelling, if such marihuana is not possessed with the intent to be distributed, transferred, or sold in violation of the Controlled Substances Act or any other Federal law; (2) to possess, in a public area, marihuana in a reasonable amount if the possession of such marihuana is incident to a private use, and is not with the intent to distribute, transfer, or sell such marihuana; or (3) to distribute, transfer, or sell, in public or private, any marihuana, lawfully possessed, to any person for a private use, if such distribution, transfer, or sale is not made for profit. Provides that in the prosecution of any person charged with an offense in violation of any Federal law, the fact that such person was suffering from marihuana intoxication at the time of the commission of the offense shall not be a defense to that charge.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that a fiduciary institution may not disclose to any person except to the customer or his duly athorized agent any financial records relating to that customer of that fiduciary institution unless: (1) such customer has authorized, disclosure to such person; or (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order. States that a customer may authorize disclosure if he furnishes to the fiduciary institution a signed and dated statement which: (1) authorizes such disclosure for a period not in excess of one week; (2) does not contain any contractual or other provision not directly related to such authorization; and (3) identifies the specific financial records or the items of information contained in any financial records which are authorized to be disclosed unless such authorizations relate only to (A) a record of the customer's average balance for the preceding six months, (B) a record of the customer's current balance, and (C) a record of the customer's loan and overdraft repayments during the preceding six months. Allows a fiduciary institution to disclose financial records pursuant to a court order only if: (1) the court order is issued upon a showing of probable cause which would be sufficient to support the issuance of a valid search warrant to obtain the financial records if the financial records were in the home of the customer, and (2) the court order is served upon the customer and upon the fiduciary institution at least twenty-one days prior to the date on which the records are to be disclosed. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may not require an institution to maintain any financial records relating to customers unless: (1) such records are normally required for use by a supervisory agency in the supervision of that institution; (2) such records relate solely to international financial transactions; or (3) such records are required to be maintained under a provision of the Internal Revenue Code. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 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 · 3 January 1973
Provides that a person may not procure or cause to be prepared an investigative consumer report on any consumer unless it is clearly and accurately disclosed to the consumer that a report including information as to his character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and mode of living, whichever are applicable, may be made. Requires that the disclosure: (1) be made in eight-point, boldface type in the application form for credit, employment, or insurance; and (2) include a statement informing the consumer of his right to request the additional disclosures. Requires that the disclosure contain the name and address of the consumer reporting agency making the report. Provides that whenever a consumer reporting agency prepares a consumer report, it shall follow reasonable procedures to assure that only information relevant to the permissible purposes of the report is gathered and that such information is as accurate as possible. Provides that a consumer reporting agency which compiles and reports items of information on consumers which are matters of public record shall: (1) at the time such public record information is reported to the user of the consumer report, notify the consumer of the fact that public record information is being reported by the consumer reporting agency, together with the name and address of the person to whom such information is being reported; and (2) maintain strict procedures designed to insure that whenever public record information is reported it is complete and up to date.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Federal Employees' Political Activities Act - Provides that an employee in an executive agency or an individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia may not use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election. Provides that such an individual retains the right to vote as he chooses, to express his opinion on political subjects and candidates, and to take an active part in political management or in political campaigns in his role as a private citizen and without involving his official authority or influence. Provides that the phrase "an active part in political management or in political campaigns" includes: (1) candidacy for or service as delegate, alternate, or proxy in any political convention or service as an officer or employee thereof; (2) participation in the deliberations of any primary meeting, mass convention or caucus, addressing the meeting, making motions, preparing or assisting in preparing resolutions before the meeting, or taking a prominent part therein; (3) preparing for, or organizing or conducting a political meeting or rally, addressing such a meeting on any partisan political matter, or taking any part therein; (4) membership in political clubs and organizing of such a club, except that persons specified in this Act shall not hold club office or receive from the club any compensation; (5) distributing campaign literature and distributing or wearing campaign badges and buttons; (6) publishing or having editorial or managerial connections with any newspaper including those generally known as partisan from a political standpoint, and writing for publication or publishing any letter or article, signed or unsigned, soliciting votes in favor of or against any political party, candidate, or fraction, except that no such editorial, letter, or article shall make reference to the writer's official employment or authority; (7) organizing or participating in any political parade; (8) initiating or signing nominating petitions on behalf of a partisan candidate, including canvassing for signatures of others; and (9) candidacy for nomination or election to any National, State, county, or municipal office. Provides that an employee in an executive agency, including an employee appointed by the President, may not request or receive from, or give to, an employee, a Member of Congress, or an officer of a uniformed service a thing of value for political purposes. Provides that violations shall be enforced by the Civil Service Commission. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 7324, 7323) Requires State and local governments, in order to receive funds under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, to permit their officers and employees to take an active part in political management or in political campaigns.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Emergency Mass Transit Passenger Act - Provides for Federal assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for urban mass transportation systems to continue to provide vitally needed transportation services by helping to defray the costs of such systems, and allocating funds for operating subsidies to each such system in proportion to the total number of passengers it carries. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to any local public body or agency thereof to help defray the operating costs of any urban mass transportation system which maintains mass transportation service in an urban area within its jurisdiction. Authorizes the appropriation of $400,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
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).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Endangered Species Conservation Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to provide a program for the conservation, protection, restoration, or propagation of species and subspecies of fish and wildlife and flora that are threatened with extinction, or are likely within the foreseeable future to become threatened with extinction. Sets forth the procedure by which the Secretaries of Interior and Commerce (as defined by this Act) shall determine if a species or subspecies of fish or wildlife or flora shall be regarded as an endangered species. Lists the following factors to be considered in determining if a species or subspecies is threatened with extinction or will likely become threatened with extinction: (1) the present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range; (2) overutilization for commercial, sporting, scientific, or educational purposes; (3) disease or predation; (4) the inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms; or (5) other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence. Provides that the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, not less than annually, a list by scientific and common name or names of species and subspecies determined to be endangered. Provides that the Secretary may, from time to time, by regulation revise such list. Provides that the Secretary shall utilize the land acquisition and other authorities of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, as amended, the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, as amended, and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, as appropriate, to carry out a program in the United States of conserving, protecting, restoring, or propagating those species and subspecies of fish and wildlife that he lists as endangered species pursuant to this Act. Provides that, in carrying out the program authorized by this Act, the Secretary shall cooperate to the maximum extent practicable with the several States. States that such cooperation shall include consultation before the acquisition of any land for the purpose of conserving, protecting, restoring, or propagating any endangered species. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate to a State the authority to regulate the taking by any person of endangered species or subspecies when he determines that such State maintains an adequate and active endangered species program consistent with the policies and purposes of this Act. Provides that any person who: (1) imports into or exports from the United States, receives or causes to be so imported, received, or exported; or (2) takes or causes to be taken within the United States, the territorial sea of the United States, Federal lands, or upon the high seas; or (3) ships, carries, or receives by any means in interstate commerce; any species or subspecies which is listed as an endangered species shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Allows exceptions from the prohibitions contained in this Act to permit the taking of an endangered species for scientific purposes and for the propagation of such fish and wildlife in captivity for preservation purposes. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate such regulations as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides that any person who engages in business as an importer of fish and wildlife must register with the Secretary of the Treasury his name and address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, he conducts such business. Requires each such person to keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose each importation of fish and wildlife made by him and the subsequent disposition of such fish and wildlife. States that the Secretary, through the Secretary of State, shall seek the convening of an international ministerial meeting on fish and wildlife prior to July 1, 1973, to assure the world wide conservation of endangered species and to avoid unnecessary harm to affected United States industries. Provides that, whenever the Secretary determines that a species of fish or wildlife is an endangered species, the Secretary of Agriculture may use all authorities available to him with respect to research, investigations, conservation, protection, control and management of such endangered species.
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