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United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Designates November 11 of each year as Veterans Day and makes such a day a legal public holiday.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1973
Provides that the tax on the amounts paid for communication services shall not apply to the amount of the State and local taxes paid for such services under the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 1973
Expresses the sense of the Congress that individuals and industries holding patents which, if utilized, could result in energy savings, should forward copies of such patents to the House Interior Committee for study and evaluation, and that once the evaluation is completed, if the patent is put into use, the holder of that patent should be reimbursed for it in full.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Confers jurisdiction upon the District Courts for the District of Columbia over civil actions brought by the Congress or its committees enforcing a declaration concerning the validity of any subpoena or order issued by Congress or its committees to any executive employee, including the President and Vice-President. (Adds 28 U.S.C. 1364)
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1973
Extends for three years the District of Columbia Medical and Dental Manpower Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
States that all moneys received from the sale of stamps, under the Duck Stamp Act, shall be available until expended, and no action of any kind may be taken to withhold, delay, or otherwise preclude the obligation or expenditure of such moneys except to the extent specifically authorized or required by law on the basis of circumstances or considerations having particular application to such moneys. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 718d)
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1973
Title I: Nonimmigrants - Provides, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, for the issuance of nonimmigrant visas to aliens entering the United States to perform services or labor of a temporary or seasonal nature under specific contracts of employment. Sets forth specified standards to be followed in entering into and renewing such contracts of employment. Provides that the status of an alien admitted to the United States under this Act shall terminate when the employment with the petitioning employer of such alien ends. Requires such employer to notify the Attorney General in writing, within three days after the alien ceases such employment, that the employment of such alien has ended. Directs said employer to provide notification of termination to the alien at his last known address not less than two weeks prior to the termination date. States that any employer who fails to furnish written notice to the Attorney General, as required by this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $200 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Title II: Immigrants - Requires an immigrant alien to maintain a permanent residence as a condition for entering and remaining as an immigrant of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
States that by reason of their traditional use as a thoroughfare and haven for fishermen and sea venturers, the necessity for them to be free and open in connection with shipping, navigation, salvage, and rescue operations, as well as recreation, Congress declares and affirms that the beaches of the United States are impressed with a national interest and that the public shall have free and unrestricted right to use them as a common to the full extent that such public right may be extended consistent with such property rights of littoral landowners as may be protected absolutely by the Constitution. Provides that no person shall create, erect, maintain, or construct any obstruction, barrier, or restraint of any nature which interferes with the free and unrestricted right of the public, individually and collectively, to enter, leave, cross, or use as a common the public beaches. Establishes Federal jurisdiction over legal actions connected with the provisions of this Act. States that it is desirable that the States and the Federal Government act in a joint partnership to protect the rights and interests of the people in the use of the beaches. Authorizes the Secretary of whatever department the Coast Guard is operating under to place at the disposal of the States such research facilities and information as may assist them in carrying out the provisions of this Act, to make grants, and to provide financial assistance for the development and maintenance of transportation facilities necessary in connection with the use of public beaches.
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
Emergency Medical Services Systems Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects which include both studying the feasibility of establishing and operating an emergency medical services system, and planning the establishment and operation of such a system. Requires that the reports of the results of any study and planning project assisted under this Act shall be submitted to the Secretary and the Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for the establishment and initial operation of emergency medical services systems. Sets forth the standards for such grants and contracts. States that, in considering applications which demonstrate exceptional need for financial assistance, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications submitted for emergency medical services systems for rural areas. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities for projects for the expansion and improvement of emergency medical services systems, including the acquisition of equipment and facilities, the modernization of facilities, and other projects to expand and improve such systems. States that the amount of any grant or contract under this section for a project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that project. Stipulates that the Secretary may make grants to public or private nonprofit entities, and enter into contracts with private entities and individuals, for the support of research in emergency medical techniques, methods, devices, and delivery. States that no grant may be made or contract entered into under this section for amounts in excess of $35,000, unless the application therefore has been recommended for approval by an appropriate peer review panel designated or established by the Secretary. Sets forth general provisions with respect to grants and contracts authorized under this Act. Establishes specified requirements for emergency medical services systems. Authorizes to be appropriated specified amounts for grants and contracts made pursuant to this Act for the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976. Directs the Secretary to establish an Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to evaluate the adequacy and technical soundness of all Federal programs and activities which relate to emergency medical services. Directs the Committee to make recommendations to the Secretary respecting the administration of contracts under this Act. Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit annually to the Congress a report on the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make grants to and enter into contracts with schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, and nursing and training centers for allied health professions, and other appropriate educational entities to assist in meeting the cost of training programs in the techniques and methods of providing emergency medical services. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 for the purpose of making payments pursuant to grants and contracts under this section.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1973
Provides that the two Houses of Congress shall adjourn on Thursday, November 1, 1973, and when they adjourn on that day, they stand adjourned sine die.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1973
Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and to promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protect against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless the financial records are described with particularity and : (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act; (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide to a Federal agency or employee, or to any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Provides that a customer may authorize disclosure if he or those seeking disclosure furnish to the financial institution a signed and dated statement by which the customer: (1) authorizes such disclosure for a period not in excess of one year; (2) identifies the financial records which are authorized to be disclosed; and (3) specifies the purposes for which, and the agencies to which, such records may be disclosed. Requires the financial institution to keep a record of all examinations of the customer's financial records and to notify the customer that he has the right at any time to revoke any authorization of disclosure and to obtain a copy of the aforementioned record of examinations. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas and summons, and judicial subpenas. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring an institution to maintain financial records or to transmit reports on customers, unless such records are required by a supervisory agency or the Internal Revenue Service. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. Provides for injunctive relief for persons aggrieved by violation or threatened violation of this Act.
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 · 2 August 1973
Increase the maximum amount of a claim against the United States that may be paid administratively for property loss, and personal injury or death, incident to noncombat activities of the Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Extends the term of office of the President and Vice President to six years, and of Members of the House of Representatives to three years. Provides that no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. States that Congress may not by law place an age limit on service in the House of Representatives or the Senate which is less than seventy years, or a limit on length of service which is less than eighteen years.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States that the Government of the United States shall cease forthwith all consideration of aid, trade, diplomatic recognition, or any other form of communication, travel, or accomodation with the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam or the Viet Cong until such time as agreements relating to facilitating the location and care of graves of the dead, exhumation, and repatriation of the remains have been complied with to the fullest extent.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to the feasibility of establishing the Bartram Trail as a national scenic trail.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1973
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act - Title I: Short Title, Purposes, and definitions - Declares it to be the intention of Congress, subject to the retention by Congress of the ultimate legislative authority over the Nation's Capital which is granted by the Constitution, to grant to the Government of the District of Columbia the powers of local self-Government. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title II: Governmental Reorganization - Transfers the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency to the District of Columbia Government. Provides that the National Capital Housing Authority shall be an agency of the District of Columbia Government. Establishes the National Capital Planning Commission as a Federal planning agency to review District plans affecting the Federal Establishment in the National Capital region. Transfers the Secretary of Labor's manpower service functions to the Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Title III: District Charter Preamble, Legislative Power, and Charter Amending Procedures - States that the charter for the District of Columbia set forth in this Act shall establish the means of governing the District following its acceptance by a majority of the registered qualified electors. Sets forth provisions for amending the Charter. Title IV: The District Charter - Establishes a 13 member Council of the District of Columbia, with a term of office of four years. Specifies the qualifications for holding office, and the compensation to be paid. Vests all legislative powers of the District of Columbia (subject to specified Congressional retention) in the Council. Sets forth procedures and responsibilities of the Council and of the Chairman of the Council. Establishes the Office of Mayor, and sets forth provisions for qualifications and compensation. Provides that all executive power of the District shall be vested in the Mayor. Grants the Mayor power to appoint all judges of the District of Columbia Courts, with the advice and consent of the Council from a list of persons nominated by the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission. Directs the Council to adopt a budget for each year, and sets forth appropriations, accounting, auditing, and borrowing measures to be followed. Exempts bonds and notes issued by the Council from all Federal and District taxations. Creates the following independent agencies for the District of Columbia: Board of Elections, Zoning Commission, Public Service Commission, Armory Board, and Board of Education. Provides procedures for recall of the Mayor, or any member of the Council or of the Board of Education. Title V: Federal Payment - Establishes in the Treasury the District of Columbia Federal Payment Trust Fund to help defray the costs of the District Government. Sets forth the duties of the Mayor, the Council, and the Office of Management and Budget in relation to the District's budget. Title VI: Reservation of Congressional Authority - Stipulates that the Council shall have no authority to: (1) impose taxes on United States property; (2) enact any regulation which permits the building of any structure in excess of the 1910 height limitations; or (3) enact any act relating to Federal courts in the District of Columbia. Title VII: Referendum; Sucession in Government; Temporary Provisions; Miscellaneous; Amendments to District of Columbia Election Act; Repeal of Certain Provisions of Law and Rules of Construction; and Effective Dates - Provides for a referendum within 5 months of enactment to determine whether the qualified electors of the District of Columbia accept the Charter (title IV). Transfers the functions of specified existing government agencies to the Council. Provides for the continuance of pending actions and proceedings of defunct agencies. Authorizes the President of the United States to take such action as necessary during the interim period to enable the Board of Elections properly to perform its functions under this Act. States that, for the purpose of preventing duplication, any Federal officer or agency may furnish services to the District Government and any District officer or agency may furnish services to the Federal Government. Provides for an independent annual postaudit by the General Accounting Office. Provides for advisory neighborhood councils to advise the District Government on matters of public policy. Makes conforming amendments to the District of Columbia Election Act concerning elections of the Mayor, the District Delegate, and the Council. Sets forth the effective dates of the titles of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1973
Designates the Chattooga River in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Authorizes appropriations of $2,000,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests and $528,000 for development to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Budget Control Act - Title I: Changes in Rules of House and Senate - Establishes in the House of Representatives a Committee on the Budget consisting of 21 members: 5 members from the Committee on Appropriations, 5 members from the Committee on Ways and Means, and 11 members who are members of other Committees. Provides for the selection of the chairman of the Committee. Refers to the Committee matters relating to: (1) the establishment of an overall limitation on budget outlays, and an overall limitation on new budget authority; (2) the determination of the overall level of Federal revenues, and the overall level of the public debt of the United States; (3) the determination of the appropriate level of surplus or deficit in the budget in the light of economic conditions and; (4) the allocation of the overall limitation on budget outlays, and the overall limitation on new budgetary authority. Requires the Committee to report during each regular session of Congress at least two concurrent resolutions concerning matters referred to the Committee and to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of these studies to the House of Representatives. Establishes in the United States Senate a Committee on the Budget consisting of 17 members: 4 members from the Committee on Appropriations, 4 members from the Committee on Finance, and 9 members who are members of other Committees. Grants to the Senate Committee the same matters for consideration and the same duties as the House Committee. Declares that annually, on or before July 1, Congress shall complete action on a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year beginning January 1 of the next year. States that the concurrent resolution shall include with respect to budget outlays and with respect to new budget authority: (1) a general contingency reserve (for allocation only by a subsequent concurrent resolution on the budget) for possible new legislation (including enlargements of existing programs and activities); and (2) an emergency reserve (in amounts which do not exceed 2 percent of the amount of budget outlays otherwise allocated to the Committees on Appropriations and 2 percent of the amount of new budget authority otherwise allocated to such committees) which shall be available only for allocation by the Committees on Appropriations to specific programs and activities (or to subcommittees) to meet emergencies and other unforeseen contingencies. Provides for other matters which may be dealt with in the concurrent resolution. Sets forth a timetable for the first concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year. Requires Congress to adopt a final concurrent resolution on the budget before adjourning and provides for consideration of concurrent resolution to be expedited. Declares that a tax surcharge is required where the budget deficit will be greater, or the surplus will be smaller, than that determined to be appropriate. States the requirements for amendments to concurrent resolutions. Provides that legislation dealing with the congressional budget must be handled by budget committees and that the concurrent resolution on budget must be adopted before appropriations and changes in revenues and public debt limit are made. Sets forth the requirements for legislation and amendments providing new budget authority, and declares that budget authority legislation may be required to contain outlay limitations. Places limitations on new permanent budget authority and on new spending authority. Requires the legislative committees to authorize the enactment of new budget authority before the beginning of the fiscal year. Authorizes the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations to consider and to report legislation rescinding budget authority. Provides for technical and conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives and to the Standing Rules of the United States Senate, as well as amendments to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 1970. Title II: Legislative Budget Director and Staff - Establishes a Joint Legislative Budget Staff headed by a Legislative Budget Director appointed by the record vote of a majority of the members of the Committee on the Budget of each House, and provides for staffing and compensation. Authorizes the Legislative Budget Director to secure directly from any executive department or instrumentality of the government, information, data, estimates, and statistics relating to the function of the Joint Legislative Budget Staff. Directs the Joint Legislative Budget Staff to develop methods of using computers and other techniques for the analysis of information to improve not only the quantative but the qualitative evaluation of budgetary requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Provides, as an item of the order of business of the House of Representatives, for a period in which heads of executive departments and agencies are questioned and report to the House weekly.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1973
Provides, as an item of the order of business of the House of Representatives, for a period in which heads of executive departments and agencies are questioned and report to the House weekly.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973
Provides for the relief of Renato M. Dioquino.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1973
Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a credit against the individual income tax for expenses paid by the taxpayer for the higher education of any individual, including the taxpayer. Excludes scholarships and fellowship grants, and educational assistance benefits paid by the Veterans' Administration, from such expenses paid for education purposes under this Act. Limits the eligibility for tax credit. Provides that the credit allowed to the taxpayer during the taxable year shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of the education expenses as does not exceed $200; exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1500. Reduces the credit allowable under this Act by amount equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income under the code exceeds $25,000.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Authorizes the employment of student congressional interns, by Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners of the House of Representatives. Provides that the sum of $1,500 be made available to each member out of the House contingent fund to pay for the salaries of such interns.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the Congress from making any appropriation for any fiscal year if the resulting total of appropriations for such fiscal year would exceed the total estimated revenues of the United States for such fiscal year. Provides that, in time of war or national emergency, as declared by the Congress, the application of this Amendment may be suspended by a concurrent resolution which has passed the Senate and the House of Representatives by an affirmative vote of three-fourths of the authorized membership of each such House. Makes such suspension effective for the two-year term of the Congress which passes such resolution. Prohibits an increase in the national debt. Provides that such debt, as it exists on the date on which this article is ratified, shall be repaid during the one-hundred-year period beginning with the first fiscal year which begins after the date on which this article is ratified at the rate of one-tenth of such debt during each ten-year interval of such one-hundred-year period.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
States that a household shall not participate in the food stamp program while any of its members is on strike. Provides that such ineligibility shall not apply to any household that was eligible for and participating in the food stamp program immediately prior to the start of such strike, dispute, or other similar action in which any member of such household engages. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 2014, 2012)
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1973
Authorizes the President to issue a proclamation designating the week in November which includes Thanksgiving Day in each year as "National Family Week".
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1973
Directs the Secretary of Labor to study the feasibility of and need for a Cost of Existence Index. States that such index shall be an index of prices paid by retired persons, and shall be computed in a manner similar to the Consumer Price Index.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Establishes an independent establishment to be known as the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration to coordinate, to facilitate, and to aid in the scheduling of events, activities, and projects of local, State, National, and international significance sponsored by both governmental and nongovernmental entities in commemoration of the American Revolution Bicentennial. States that the Administration shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President within sixty days after the effective date of this Act by and with advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the administrative functions and duties of the Administrator. States that any property acquired by the Administration and which remains upon its termination shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Interior for use by him under this Act, or shall be disposed of by the Secretary as excess or surplus property as otherwise provided by law. Provides that whoever, except as authorized under rules and regulations issued by the Administrator, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, or uses any logos, symbols, or marks originated under authority of and certified by the Administrator for use in connection with the commemoration of the American Revolution Bicentennial, or any facsimile thereof, or holds out to the public objects in such a manner as to suggest any such logos, symbols, or marks not officially authorized by the Administrator, shall be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than six months or both. Establishes an American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Council to be composed of twenty-five members appointed by the President, no more than fifteen of whom shall be appointed from the same political party. Provides that the Administrator shall: (1) provide for the bicentennial master calendar or register of programs and projects, and in other ways provide a central clearinghouse for information and coordination regarding dates, events, places, documents, artifacts, and personalities of bicentennial historical and commemorative significance; (2) coordinate, facilitate, and aid in the scheduling of events, programs, and projects of States and private citizens, and national and international programs, which commemorate the bicentennial; and (3) develop standards for, and evaluate the feasibility, relevance, status, and desirability of various programs and projects associated with the bicentennial commemoration, acting in conjunction with the Office of Management and Budget in cases where Federal department or agency activities are involved. Authorizes to be appropriated annually such sums as the Congress may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. States that an annual report of the activities of the Administration, including an accounting of funds received and expended, shall be furnished by the Administrator to the Congress and a final report shall be made to the Congress no later than June 30, 1977. Provides that the Administration and the Board shall terminate on June 30, 1977, or on the date of the filing of the final report, whichever is sooner. Authorizes the Administrator to use nonappropriated funds to carry out a program of grants-in-aid in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the guidelines for such grants. Establishes the American Revolution Bicentennial Board. Sets forth the membership of such Board. States that it shall be the duty of the Board to make a continuing study of the activities of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Provides that the Board shall, from time to time, but not less than every six months, report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and to the Senate and the House of Representatives concerning the results of its studies, together with such recommendations as it may deem desirable. Makes conforming technical amendments consistent with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Federal Disaster Insurance Act - Creates a body corporate to be known as the Federal Disaster Insurance Corporation which shall be an independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government. Provides that the management of the Corporation shall be vested in a board of directors, which shall consists of nine members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Defines the term "natural disaster" as meaning any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, drought, fire, avalanche, landslide, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which is determined by the President to be a major disaster for purposes of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, or which is otherwise determined by the Federal Disaster Insurance Corporation to be actually or potentially of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant coverage under insurance made available pursuant to this Act. Provides that the Corporation shall have a capital stock of $1,000,000,000 which shall be subscribed to by the Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United States. Provides that payment upon such subscription shall be subject to call in whole or in part at any time by the board of directors of the Corporation. Authorizes to be appropriated, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000,000 which shall be available for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury for capital stock of the Corporation. Directs the Corporation to carry out the purpose of this Act by providing, to any citizen or resident of the United States who makes application therefor and qualifies in accordance with this Act, insurance against damage to or loss of property due to natural disaster. Creates in the Treasury of the United States a National Disaster Insurance Fund which shall be available to the Corporation without fiscal year limitation: (1) for making such payments of insurance as may from time to time be required under this Act; (2) to redeem stock issued under this Act; and (3) to pay the administrative expenses of carrying out the program, including the costs of processing applications and servicing claims.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1973
Act for Freedom of Emigration in East-West Trade - States that after October 15, 1972, products from any nonmarket economy country shall not be eligible to receive most-favored-nation treatment, such country shall not participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly, and the President of the United States shall not conclude any commercial agreement with any such country during the period beginning with the date on which the President determines that such country: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration, for any purpose or cause whatsoever; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Provides that, before any of the aforementioned commercial agreements are entered into with any foreign country, the President shall submit to the Congress a report indicating that such country is not in violation of any of the requirements of the preceding paragraph.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States to require repayment of the longstanding debts which are delinquent in nature. Makes it the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury submit to the Congress within ninety days of passage of this resolution a list and report on the extent of such indebtedness on the part of foreign nations. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury, through the appropriate departments and agencies, should, immediately after the filing of this report, begin consultations with foreign governments involved for the purpose of making arrangements for the prompt repayment of those longstanding debts which are delinquent.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Forestry Incentives Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and carry out a forestry incentives program to encourage the protection, development and management of small nonindustrial private lands and non-Federal public forest lands. Provides that the Secretary shall share up to 50 percent of the cost of forest practices on non-Federal public lands and small nonindustrial private lands. Provides that no private forest landowner shall receive cost sharing under this Act in excess of $2,500 in any one fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to cooperate with local associations or groups of nonindustrial forest owners, and to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of manpower, equipment, planting stock and other materials required to carry out essential forest management practices. Authorizes the Secretary to utilize the services of State and local committees established under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Sets forth factors to consider prior to the distribution of funds under this Act. Provides that Federal funds may be allocated for cost sharing on a bid basis with priority accorded landowners contracting to carry out approved forestry practices for the smallest Federal cost share. States that the Secretary shall consult with the State forester or other appropriate official of each State in the conduct of the forestry incentives program provided for in this Act. Provides that the Secretary shall coordinate the administration of this Act with other related programs. Authorizes to be appropriated not to exceed $25,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to construct and provide shoreside facilities for the education and convenience of visitors to the United States Ship Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, and to transfer responsibility for their operation and maintenance to the National Park Service. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the planning, construction, equipping, and furnishing of such facilities, such sum to be in addition to the regular budgetary appropriations for the Department of the Navy.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Increases the maximum amount receivable to $12,000 for the settlement of claims against the United States by military personnel and civilian employees for damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to their service, under the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Increases the maximum amount of a claim against the United States that may be paid administratively from $15,000 to $25,000 for specified claims. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2733-34; 32 U.S.C. 715)
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Provides for the settlement by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, under international agreements, of claims incident to the noncombat activities of the Armed Forces. Prohibits consideration of a claim arising out of an act of the Armed Forces while engaged in combat. (Amends 10 U.S.C. 2734(a))
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1973
Provides that in the celebration of Law Day, May 1, 1973, special emphasis be given by a grateful people to the law enforcement officers of the United States of America for their unflinching and devoted service in helping to preserve the domestic tranquility and guaranteeing to the individual his rights under the law.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1973
Federal Rules of Evidence - Establishes rules of evidence for United States courts. States theat such rules shall be construed to secure fairness in the administration, elimination of unjustifiable expense and delay, and promotion of growthe and development of thee law of evidence to thee end theat thee truthe may be ascertained and proceedings justly determined. Article I: General Provisions - Provides theat error on appeal may not be predicated on a ruling which admits or excludes evidence unless a substantial right of thee party is affected and timely objection or offer of proof has been made. States theat in jury cases proceedings shall be conducted in such a manner as to prevent inadmissible evidence from being suggested to thee jury by any means. Requires theat preliminary questions as to admissibility of evidence, qualification of a witness, or thee existence of a privilege shall be determined by thee judge. Autheorizes thee judge to fairly and impartially sum up thee evidence and comment to thee jury upon thee weight of thee evidence and credibility of thee witnesses, if he also instructs thee jury theat theey are not bound by his comments and theat theey are thee sole judges of thee weight to be given to thee evidence. Article II: Judicial Notice - Stipulates theat a judge or court is required to take judicial notice of a fact if requested by a party and supplied with the necessary information, but allows the court to take judicial notice of a fact, whetheer requested or not. Article III: Presumptions - States theat a presumption imposes on thee party against whom it is directed thee burden of proving theat thee nonexistence of thee presumed fact is more probable thean its existence. Specifies theat in civil actions, thee rule of decision is determined in accordance withe State law. Directs theat in criminal cases a judge may submit thee question of thee existence of a presumed fact to thee jury if and only if a reasonable juror, basing his opinion on thee evidence as a whole, could find thee presumed fact beyond a reasonable doubt. Article IV: Relevancy and its limits - States theat all relevant evidence is admissible, except as otheerwise provided by thee Constitution of thee United States, by Act of Congress, by theese rules, or otheer rules adopted by thee Supreme Court. Directs theat evidence which is not relevant is inadmissible. Provides theat relevant evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by thee danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of issues, misleading thee jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence. States theat character evidence is inadmissible except for evidence pertaining to character of the accused, the victim, or of a witness. Provides that admissible character evidence may be presented by reference to reputation or opinion testimony or specific instances of conduct. Stipulates that evidence of an offer or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere is not admissible in any civil or criminal proceeding against the person who made the offer. Article V: Privileges - States that no person has a privilege to (1) refuse to be a witness, (2) refuse to disclose any matter, (3) refuse to produce any object or writing, (4) prevent another from being a witness or disclosing any matter or producing any object or writing, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution of the United States, by Act of Congress, or by these rules. Recognizes the following confidential privileges: (1) Lawyer-Client, (2) Psychotherapist-Patient, (3) Husband-Wife, (4) Communications to Clergymen, (5) Political vote, (6) Trade Secrets, and (7) Identity of a Federal or State informer. Provides that such privileges are deemed waived by voluntary disclosure. Article VI: Witnesses - States that every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided. Prohibits the presiding judge or member of the jury from testifying as a witness. Authorizes the impeachment of a witness by any party, including the party calling him, by (1) opinion and reputation evidence of character, (2) specific instances of conduct, and (3) evidence of a criminal conviction (excluding juvenile offenses). Allows the cross-examination of a witness on any relevant matter, including credibility, subject to the discretion of the judge. Permits an adverse party to have access to any writing used by a witness to refresh his memory, and to cross-examine the witness thereon. Provides that extrinsic evidence of a prior inconsistent statement by a witness is not admissible unless the witness is afforded an opportunity to explain or deny the same, and the opposite party is afforded an opportunity to interrogate him thereon. Article VII: Opinions and Expert Testimony - Limits opinion or inference testimony by a nonexpert witness to opinions or inference which are (a) rationally based on the perception of the witness and (b) helpful to a clear understanding of his testimony or the determination of a fact in issue. Allows opinion testimony by a qualified expert witness relating to scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge. Permits the judge to appoint any expert witness agreed upon by the parties, or to appoint one of his own choosing. Article VIII: Hearsay - States that hearsay evidence is inadmissible except as provided by these rules or other rules adopted by the Supreme Court or by Act of Congress. Specifies matters not excluded by the hearsay rule, even though the declarant is available as a witness, including the following: (1) present sense impressions, (2) excited utterances, (3) then existing mental, emotional, or physical conditions, (4) statements for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment, (5) recorded recollections, and (6) records of regularly conducted activity. Sets forth the following exceptions to the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness: (1) former testimony, (2) statements of recent perception, (3) statements under belief of impending death, (4) statements against interest and (5) statements of personal or family history. Provides that hearsay included within hearsay is not excluded under the hearsay rule if each part of the combined statements conforms with an exception to the hearsay rule provided in these rules. Article IX: Authentication and Identification - States that the requirement of authentication or identification as a condition precedent to admissibility is satisfied by evidence sufficient to support a finding that the matter in question is what its proponent claims. Sets forth various illustrations of authentication, including nonexpert opinion on handwriting and testimony of a witness with knowledge that a matter is what it claimed to be. Provides that extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility is not required with respect to (1) domestic public documents under seal, (2) domestic public documents not under seal if an authorized official certifies under seal that the signer has the official capacity to sign and the signature is genuine (3) foreign public documents, (4) certified copies of public records, (5) official publications, (6) newspapers and periodicals, (7) trade inscriptions, (8) acknowledged documents, and (9) commercial paper. Article X: Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs - States that to prove the content of a writing, recording, or photograph, production of the original is required except as provided in these rules or by Act of Congress. Permits the admission of evidence other than the original to prove the contents of a writing, recording, or photograph if the original has been lost or destroyed (other than in bad faith), is unobtainable, in the possession of an opponent, or relates to collateral matters. States that the contents of an official record may be proved by certified copy. Allows the contents of voluminous writings, recordings, or photographs to be presented in the form of a chart, summary, or calculation for the sake of convenience. Article XI: Miscellaneous Rules - Sets forth provisions governing applicability of the Federal Rules of Evidence.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Wilderness Study Act - Provides for a study of various lands enumerated in this Act to determine their suitability for designation as wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report the findings of such study to the President within five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Designates lands in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee, as the North Cohutta Wilderness Preserve.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Designates specified lands in the following national forests for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System including: (1) Bankhead National Forest, Alabama; (2) Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas; (3) Ozark National Forest, Arkansas; (4) Appalachicola National Forest, Florida; (5) Chattahooche and Cherokee National Forests, Georgia and Tennessee; (6) White Mountain National Forest, Maine; (7) Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri; (8) White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire; (9) Natahala and Cherokee National Forests, North Carolina and Tennessee; (10) Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia; (11) George Washington National Forest, Virginia and West Virginia; (12) Jefferson National Forest, Virginia; (13) Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky; (14) Sumter National Forest, South Carolina, (15) Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont; (16) Chequamegon National Forest, Wisconsin; (17) Clark National Forest, Missouri, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan; and (18) Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare may assign social security account numbers to aliens only after documentation, approved by the Secretary, proving his lawful admittance to the United States for permanent residency, his lawful status to engage in employment in the United States, or his status as a nonimmigrant alien. Provides that the Secretary may assign such a number to an individual claiming to be a U.S. citizen only after such individual has provided documentation proving such citizenship.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
States that by reason of their traditional use as a thoroughfare and haven for fishermen and sea venturers, the necessity for them to be free and open in connection with shipping, navigation, salvage, and rescue operations, as well as recreation, Congress declares and affirms that the beaches of the United States are impressed with a national interest and that the public shall have free and unrestricted right to use them as a common to the full extent that such public right may be extended consistent with such property rights of littoral landowners as may be protected absolutely by the Constitution. Provides that no person shall create, erect, maintain, or construct any obstruction, barrier, or restraint of any nature which interferes with the free and unrestricted right of the public, individually and collectively, to enter, leave, cross, or use as a common the public beaches. Establishes Federal jurisdiction over legal actions connected with the provisions of this Act. States that it is desirable that the States and the Federal Government act in a joint partnership to protect the rights and interests of the people in the use of the beaches. Authorizes the Secretary of whatever department the Coast Guard is operating under to place at the disposal of the States such research facilities and information as may assist them in carrying out the provisions of this Act, to make grants, and to provide financial assistance for the development and maintenance of transportation facilities necessary in connection with the use of public beaches.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any trademark licensing contract or agreement for the manufacture, distribution and sale of a trademarked food product shall not be deemed unlawful, provided: (1) that such product is in free and open competition with products of the same general class manufactured, distributed, and sold by others; (2) the licensee is in free and open competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 41)
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any trademark licensing contract or agreement for the manufacture, distribution and sale of a trademarked food product shall not be deemed unlawful, provided: (1) that such product is in free and open competition with products of the same general class manufactured, distributed, and sold by others; (2) the licensee is in free and open competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 41)
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Establishes procedures for determining an overall limit on appropriations for a fiscal year. Requires the President to notify within ten days each House of the Congress by special message of every instance in which he impounds funds or authorizes such impoundment by any officer of the United States. States that such message must specify the amount of impounded funds, the specific programs affected, and the reasons for the impoundment of funds. Provides that the President shall cease the impounding of funds set forth in each special message within sixty days of continuous session after the message is received by the Congress unless the specific impoundment shall have been ratified by the Congress by the passage of a resolution in States that four years after the enactment of this Act the fiscal year shall coincide with the calender year.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Requires the advice and consent of the Senate for appointments to Director of the Office of Management and Budget under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921. (Amends 31 U.S.C. 16)
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1973
Extends specified transitional rules, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, for allowing a charitable contribution deduction for purposes of the estate tax in the case of certain charitable remainder trusts. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 2055(e)(3)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 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)