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Law· HRH.R. 15912 (93rd)open

Veterans Housing Act of 1974

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1974

Veterans' Housing Act - Authorizes increases in the amount limitations of the veterans home loan programs, and eliminates those provisions automatically guaranteeing dormant farm and business loans. Repeals the restriction on the guaranteeing or making of loans by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs for the purchasing of mobile homes or mobile home lots after July 1, 1975. Authorizes the Administrator to make expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects in mortgaged homes with respect to any property improved by a one-to-four family existing dwelling as to which the Veterans' Administration issued a certificate of reasonable value.

Bill· HRH.R. 15222 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend section 1(12) of the Interstate Commerce Act to provide that railroads shall not discriminate against the movement or interchange of railroad refrigerator cars not owned by a railroad, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1974

Makes it unlawful, under the Interstate Commerce Act, for any railroad to refuse to transport any refrigerator car because of the fact that such car is owned or controlled by a shipper or a nonrailroad owner. Makes it the duty of every carrier by railroad to handle all refrigerator equipment in the same manner and subject to the same rules and regulations, regardless of whether such equipment is owned or controlled by railroad or nonrailroad interests.

Bill· HRH.R. 14980 (93rd)referred

A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1974

Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1104 (93rd)referred

Resolution to urge expeditious action on fiscal and budgetary reform measures.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1974

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the conferees now reviewing the Congressional Budget Act expedite reporting out a strong bill which will mandate an overall spending limit as well as provide the necessary committee structure, staff, and resources by which Congress may review and control expenditures and thereby control inflation.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1089 (93rd)referred

Resolution in support of continued undiluted U.S. sovereignty and jurisdiction over the U.S.-owned Canal Zone on the Isthmus of Panama.

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1974

Declares it to be the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States sovereign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestiture of any United States-owned property, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.

Bill· HRH.R. 14426 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 to provide seminars to freshman members of Congress, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974

Provides seminars to freshmen Members of the Congress. Requires the Librarian of Congress, acting through the Director of the Congressional Research Service in consultation with senior specialists and other staff of the Library of Congress, to prepare a curriculum for the series of siminars conducted under this Act. Provides for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in travel to, attendance at, and travel from such a series of seminars to those eligible for the seminars. Authorizes each freshman Member to employ an interim staff during the period beginning on the day such freshman Member is declared elected and ending on the first day of the next regular session of the House of Congress to which such freshman Member was elected in the last general election prior to such session. States that the total salaries paid such interim staff during such period shall not exceed one-half the clerk hire allowance to which such freshman Member would be entitled by law if such Member were a Member of the Congress. Authorizes expenditures for stationery in the interim period up to one-tenth of the allowance for a regular session of the Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 14117 (93rd)passed

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans, and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for their survivors.

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974

Increases the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to adjust administratively, consistent with the increases authorized by this Act, the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for their suvivors.

Bill· HRH.R. 13902 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from imposing certain seatbelt standards, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1974

Directs the Secretary of Transportation under the provisions of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to regulate seatbelt standards to prohibit motor vehicles from being equipped with starter interlock systems.

Bill· HRH.R. 12995 (93rd)referred

A bill to designate certain lands as wilderness.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974

Designates specified lands in Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Carolina within the National Wildlife Refuge System as wilderness areas. Designates specified lands in California and Montana within the National Forest System as wilderness areas. Provides that all primitive area classifications of areas herein designated as wilderness are abolished. Provides that the wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be goverened by the appropriate provisions of the Wilderness Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 809 (93rd)referred

Resolution declaring the sense of the House with respect to a prohibition of extension of credit by the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 838 (93rd)referred

Joint resolution authorizing increased production of petroleum from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve for national defense purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973

Authorizes increased production of petroleum from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve at a rate to help insure that the needs of national defense are met, but not to exceed the maximum efficient rate in accordance with sound engineering and economic principles. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of the production herein authorized by means of sales effected by competitive bid. Provides that full and equal opportunity for acquisition of the oil shall be accorded to all interested companies, including major and independent oil refineries alike. Establishes the Naval Petroleum Reserve Account. States that funds in the Account shall be available for the expenses of: (1) production, including preparation for production, as authorized by this resolution and as may hereafter be authorized; (2) all capital costs necessary for facilities both within and outside the reserve incident to production and delivery of crude petroleum; and (3) exploration, prospecting, conservation, development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.

Bill· HRH.R. 11555 (93rd)referred

A bill to define the powers and duties and to place restriction upon the grounds for the removal of the Special Prosecutor appointed by the Acting Attorney General of the United States on November 5, 1973 and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1973

States that the Special Prosecutor appointed by the Acting Attorney General as successor to the Prosecutor shall be and hereby is made subject to removal only by the Attorney General for gross impropriety, gross miscondut, gross dereliction of duty, or for physical inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, but for no other cause. Provides that the Attorney General shall give 30 days notice in writing to the Congress of his intention to remove the Special Prosecutor, setting forth in detail the reasons for such removal. Provides that the Special Prosecutor shall be, and hereby is, charged with the duty and clothed with the full and complete authority to investigate, to prepare, to conduct, and to prosecute any criminal offense arising out of or connected with the unauthorized entry into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate in 1972, arising out of or connected with the Presidential election of 1972, allegations of offenses involving the President, members of the White House staff, or Presidential appointees, except allegations of offenses the Special Prosecutor waives to the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice by letter to the Attorney General setting forth his reasons for such waiver, any and all other matters heretofore referred-pursuant to regulations of the Attorney General-to the former Special Prosecutor, and such new matters which the Special Prosecutor consents to have assigned to him by the Attorney General. Requires that all materials, tapes, documents, files, work in process, information, and all other property of whatever kind and description relevant to his duties and possessed by the former Special Prosecutor or his Staff shall be delivered into the possession of the new Special Prosecutor. States that the Special Prosecutor shall have full authority to undertake any action he deems necessary and proper for the performance of his duties under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 11529 (93rd)referred

Runaway Youth Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973

Runaway Youth Act - Asserts that the responsibility for improving the conditions and medical and counseling services in the Nation and for aiding parents in finding children who have left home without permission is primarily one of State and local concern, but that the Federal Government has a responsibility and unique opportunity to help alleviate the problems associated with runaway youth, which are national in scope and interstate in character. Title I: Authorizes the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to purchase necessary equipment and fund programs which will strengthen the availability and effectiveness of services for parents of runaway youth to report descriptions and possible destinations of their children to law enforcement officials in their localities and in othe areas of the country. Prescribes the necessary contents of applications for such grant. Provides that the Federal share of grants will be 80 percent of the total costs of the program or item for which the application is made. Authorizes $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976, to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to gather information, develop a comprehensive program, and report to Congress no later than June 30, 1974, on the problems and needs of transient youth in the United States and on the causes of and possible methods of dealing with the runaway youth phenomenon, including information and recommendations regarding the entire transient youth population in the United States. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to report to Congress not later than June 30, 1974, on the desirability of current procedures and of a new agency to deal with the problems and needs of transient youth in the United States. Provides that there is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,000,000 to carry out this title. Title III: Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants and to provide technical assistance to States, localities, and nonprofit private agencies, beginning July 1, 1973, and ending June 30, 1976. Provides that the grants may be given to States, localities, and nonprofit private agencies on the basis of such considerations as the number of runaway youth in the community, the existing availability of private or local sources of funding for such facilities, the existing availability of facilities and services for transient youth, and the success of particular applicants in attracting and meeting the needs of runaway youth. Requires that to be eligible for assistance under this title a grant must propose to establish, strengthen, or fund an existing or proposed "Runaway House," a locally controlled facility with medical and counseling services to provide temporary shelter for juveniles who have left home without permission of their parents. Sets forth requirements for each proposal: (1) each child under eighteen years of age who uses the facility and its services, or the staff of the facility for the child, must contact the parents or legal guardians of such child within thirty-six hours of arrival at the facility; (2) each facility must have attached to it, on a consulting, referral, or continuing basis, personnel trained in psychiatry and medicine; (3) the staff of each facility must contact such authorities as are appropriate within forty-eight hours of the arrival of a child under eighteen years of age to check whether the child has committed offenses, has escaped from a juvenile correctional institution, or is in other ways being sought by law enforcement officials; and (4) the staff of the facility shall have due regard for the rights of each child's parents and shall not undertake medical or substantial psychiatric treatment except in strict accord with the law of the jurisdiction of the parent's residence. Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to annually report to Congress on the status and accomplishments of the Runaway House program. Limits the Federal share for each facility to 50 percent of that facility's budget. Authorizes to each of fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976 not more than $2,000,000 to carry out this title.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 707 (93rd)referred

Resolution commending President of the United States for his actions in the Middle East.

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973

Commends the President of the United States for his actions in the Middle East, particularly his efforts through the United Nations to create the atmosphere in which the negotiations could take place and his dialogue with the Soviet Union in an effort to reduce tensions.

Bill· HRH.R. 11467 (93rd)referred

A bill to define the powers and duties and to place restrictions upon the grounds for removal of the Special Prosecutor appointed by the Acting Attorney General of the United States on November 5, 1973, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973

States that the Special Prosecutor appointed by the Acting Attorney General of the United States on the 5th day of November 1973 is hereby made subject to removal only by the Attorney General (or, if there be none, by the Acting Attorney General) for gross impropriety, gross misconduct, gross dereliction of duty, or for physical inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, but for no other cause, or by the Congress pursuant to article II, section 4, of the Constitution. Requires the Attorney General to give thirty days notice in writing to the Congress of his intention to remove the Special Prosecutor, setting forth in detail the reasons for such removal. States that all materials, tapes, documents, files, work in process, information, and all other property of whatever kind and description relevant to the duties enumerated in this Act, tangible or intangible, collected by, developed by, or in the possession of the former Special Prosecutor or his staff established pursuant to regulation by the Attorney General (28 C.F.R. 0.37, rescinded October 24, 1973), shall be delivered into the possession of the Special Prosecutor appointed under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 11321 (93rd)passed

Public Safety Officers Benefits Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973

Public Safety Officers Benefits Act - Provides that in any case in which the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration determines that an eligible public safety officer has died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the performance of duty, leaving a spouse or one or more eligible dependents, the Administration shall pay a gratuity of $50,000. States the order of precedence for the payment of the gratuity to dependents. Excludes the payment of benefits if death was caused intentionally or by intentional misconduct or by an individual who would otherwise be entitled to the death benefits. Authorizes the appropriation in each fiscal year of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 11058 (93rd)referred

Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973

Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to provide for the demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of solar heating technology. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate, support and carry out basic and applied research and development in solar heating and cooling technologies. Provides for the installation of solar heating systems in residential dwellings under the monitoring of the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Bureau of Standards and in consultation with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Defense. Provides that such residential dwellings shall be located in a sufficient number of different geographic areas (not less than three) in the United States to assure a realistic and effective demonstration of solar heating and cooling systems involved. Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate, support and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $50,000,000 to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 10657 (93rd)referred

Pollution Control Facility Loan Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973

Pollution Control Facility Loan Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make loans to finance projects within eligible areas for acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or improvement of a certified pollution control facility. States that such loans shall not exceed 65 percent of the aggregate cost to the applicant of the project. Establishes a revolving fund in the Treasury for making such loans. Authorizes an appropriation of $750,000,000 to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 10264 (93rd)referred

Election Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1973

Title I: Federal Election Reform Act - Establishes, as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, the Federal Elections Commission, which shall be composed of six members, not more than three of whom shall be members of the same political party. Provides that two members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, two shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, and two shall be appointed by the President for terms of six years. Provides that the Commission shall have the power: (1) to require, by special or general order, any person to submit in writing such reports and answers to questions as the Commission may prescribe; (2) to administer oaths; (3) to require by subpena issued by the Chairman or Vice Chairman the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence relating to the execution of its duties; (4) to initiate, prosecute, defend, or appeal any court action in the name of the Commission for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this title through its own legal representative. Requires each candidate to designate one political committee as his central campaign committee, which shall receive all reports made by any other political committee accepting contributions or making expenditures for the purpose of influencing the nomination for election, or election, of the candidate who designated it as his central campaign committee and furnish such reports to the Commission. Prohibits any expenditure in excess of $100 from being made by or on behalf of any candidate for Federal office (other than a candidate for the office of President or Vice President) unless such expenditure has been specifically approved by such candidate or an individual authorized by such candidate to issue such approval. Prohibits any expenditure in excess of $100 from being made by or on behalf of any candidate for the office of President or Vice President unless such expenditure has been specifically approved by the chairman or treasurer of the national committee of such political party or the designated representative of such national committee in the State in which the funds are to be expended. Title II: Limitations on Federal Election Campaign Spending; Primary Election Schedules, Campaign Advertising - States that no candidate for Federal office may make expenditures on behalf of his candidacy which, in the aggregate, are more than the following amounts: (1) in the case of a primary election or a general election, 15 cents multiplied by the applicable voting age population; (2) in the case of a special election, 7.5 cents multiplied by the applicable voting age population; (3) in the case of a primary runoff election, 3.75 cents multiplied by the applicable voting age population; or (4) in the case of a primary election held with respect to a special election, 7.5 cents multiplied by the applicable voting age population. States that any person who violates any provision of this title shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Requires that any State holding a primary election with respect to the office of President or Vice President shall hold such primary election during the month of June or July of the year in which the general election for each such office is held, and that any State holding a primary election with respect to the Senate or the House of Representatives shall hold such primary election during the month of September of the year in which the general election for each such office is held. Prohibits any candidate in a primary election with respect to the office of President or Vice President from making any expenditure for use of communications media or broadcasting stations before the close of April 30 of the year in which any such primary election is held; any candidate in a primary election with respect to the Senate or the House of Representatives from making any expenditure for use of communications media or broadcasting stations before the close of July 31 of the year in which any such primary election is held; and any candidate in a general election for any Federal office from making any expenditure for use of communications media or broadcasting stations before the close of August 31 of the year in which any such general election is held.

Bill· HRH.R. 9870 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to authorize a tax credit for certain expenses of providing higher education.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973

Allows an individual a tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for the expenses of higher education paid by him during the taxable year to one or more institutions of higher education in providing an education above the twelfth grade for himself or for any other individual. Provides that such credit shall be limited to an amount equal to the sum of: 75 percent of so much of such expenses as does not exceed $200, 50 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500, and 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Reduces the amount declared as educational expenses by the amount of any scholarships and/or veterans' benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 9231 (93rd)referred

A bill to establish a Joint Committee on Energy, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1973

Establishes a Joint Committee on Energy in the Congress of the United States. Provides that such Joint Committee shall make a continuing investigation and study of the problems relating to the development and use of all forms of energy.

Bill· HRH.R. 9117 (93rd)referred

Service, Employment, and Redevelopment (SER) Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1973

Service, Employment, and Redevelopment (SER) Assistance Act - Declares the finding of the Congress that the unmet needs of the unemployed and underemployed Spanish-speaking population of the United States makes it essential to the welfare of all Americans that action be taken by the United States Government to provide funds for bilingual manpower training, job placement, counseling, remedial education, and other related services. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such services under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make financial assistance available under this Act for the establishment and operation in any State of service, employment, and redevelopment centers which shall include education classes specifically designed to assist the disadvantaged Spanish-speaking clients who are unemployed or underemployed. Limits the Federal financial assistance to any such program to 90 percent of the cost of such program.

Bill· HRH.R. 8437 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act in order to provide that States may not have less strict standards with respect to marketing, labeling, packaging, and ingredient requirements than those made under the Federal Meat Inspection Act.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1973

Provides that States may not have less strict standards with respect to marketing, labeling, packaging, and ingredient requirements than those made under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. (Amends 21 U.S.C. 678)

Bill· HRH.R. 8120 (93rd)referred

A bill to establish a Joint Committee on Energy, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1973

Establishes a Joint Committee on Energy in the Congress of the United States. Provides that such Joint Committee shall make a continuing investigation and study of the problems relating to the development and use of all forms of energy.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 558 (93rd)referred

Join resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 7775 (93rd)referred

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1973

Title I: Objectives - Gives recognition to the problems caused to the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, due to the increasing salinity of the Colorado River. Declares it to be Congress' intent to institute a salinity control program based upon the policy adopted in the Conclusions and Recommendations published in the proceedings of the reconvened seventh session of the conference in the matter of the pollution of the interstate waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming held in Denver, Colorado, on April 26-27, 1972, and approved on June 9, 1972 by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Directs the Secretary of Interior to implement the program generally as described in Chapter VI of the Secretary's report entitled, "Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program", October 1972. Title II: Initial Stage -Authorizes the Secretary to construct as initial units of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program the La Verkin Springs unit, Paradox Valley unit, and Grand Valley unit. Title III: Continuing Program - Authorizes and directs the Secretary to expedite completion of the planning report on specified units. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in his actions toward salinity control. Title IV: Advisory Council - Creates a Colorado River Salinity Control Advisory Council composed of no more than three members appointed by the Governor from each of the seven Colorado River Basin states. States that the Council is to be advisory to the Secretary of the Interior in his work of carrying out the salinity control program. Title V: Allocation of Costs, Repayments - Provides for allocation and repayment of costs. Provides that 75 percent of the total costs of construction, operation, and maintenance and replacement of each unit of the salinity control projects is declared to be non-reimbursable and the remaining 25 percent is to be allocated to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund. Provides for repayment of the costs of the salinity control projects allocated to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund and the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to raise the rates for electrical energy under all contracts administered under the Colorado River Storage Project Act to the extent necessary to repay the costs allocated to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund with respect to salinity control projects. Title VI: General Provisions - Provides for biennial reporting by the Secretary on the progress of the salinity control program, and the anticipated work to be accomplished in the future. Authorizes the necessary funds to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Law· HRH.R. 7446 (93rd)open

A bill to establish the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, and for other purposes.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 7158 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit the payment of benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record where that method of computation produces a higher combined benefit.

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973

Permits, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance), the payment of benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record where that method of computation produces a higher combined benefit.

Bill· HRH.R. 7076 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide for the establishment of the Cuyahoga Valley National Historical Park and Recreation Area.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973

Provides for the establishment of the Cuyahoga Valley National Historical Park and Recreation Area between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire necessary land, and to administer the park. Establishes the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Recreation Commission to assist the Secretary in his responsibilities under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as necessary to carry out this Act.