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United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1973
Schoolbus Safety Act - Authorizes, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, safety design standards for schoolbuses. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish safety standards for schoolbuses. Requires the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate schoolbus accidents.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1973
Schoolbus Safety Act - Authorizes, under the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, safety design standards for schoolbuses. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish safety standards for schoolbuses. Requires the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate schoolbus accidents.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Provides that foreign currencies owned by the United States may be used to pay foreign import duties on American exports under the Foreign Assistance Act. Sets forth the required provisions of any agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country under this Act. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 2362)
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Defines Continental Shelf fishery resources which appertain to the United States. States that such resources refer to living organisms belonging to sedentary species; that is to say, organisms which, at the harvestable stage, either are immobile on or under the seabed or are unable to move except in constant physical contact with the seabed or the subsoil of the Continental Shelf.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that the designation of payments to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund shall be made on the front page of the taxpayer's income tax return form. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to give extensive publicity to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund from January 1 to April 15 of each year.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides for the inclusion of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition in the catagories of ammunition for which persons holding a Federal license to do business as a firearms or ammunition importer, manufacturer, or dealer need not keep records on purchasers. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 4182(c))
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Authorizes, under the Communications Act of 1934, grants to States and units of local government for the establishment, equipping, and operation of emergency communications centers to make the national emergency telephone number 911 available throughout the United States. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 and $7,500,000 for fiscal years 1974 and 1975, respectively to make grants under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides that upon written request of either House of Congress or any committee of Congress for information relating to programs or activities administered or funded by an agency of the United States, the head of such agency shall immediately make the requested information available to such requesting body and its duly authorized staff. Declares that within thirty-five days of receiving from such requesting body a written request for information, or within such later time as the requesting body may specify, an agency head shall, if so requested by the requesting body, certify whether or not full and complete disclsoure has been made of the information requested insofar as that information is known to his agency. Provides that upon (A) failure of an agency head to make a requested certification; (B) receipt by the requesting body of certification by an agency head that full and complete disclosure of the information has not been made; or (C) formal determination by the Comptroller General of the United States that a certification of full and complete disclosure by an agency head was false; and upon resolution of the requesting body, no funds appropriated after the effective date of this Act shall be obligated or expended directly or indirectly by such agency for the programs or activities in question (as defined by the requesting body) until such time as, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, full and complete disclosure has been made to the requesting body of all information specified in the request and known to the agency. Directs the General Accounting Office to take all steps available to it under law, including, but not limited to, refusal to countersign relevant warrants drawn upon the United States Treasury, to effect the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1973
Provides, under the Higher Education Act, that no institution of higher education may deny, withdraw, or suspend the eligibility of a student-athlete to compete in any intercollegiate athletic event, including preseason, regularly scheduled, tournament, or championship events, because such student-athlete has expressed an intention to participate or has participated in amateur international athletic competition against any other country. States that no union or organization that sponsors, approves, or sanctions amateur international competition may declare ineligible for amateur international competition any student-athlete because he has participated in an amateur athletic event not sponsored, approved, or sanctioned by such union, or organization. Directs that no coach of a student-athlete may be prohibited from or penalized for participating in international competition because such competition was not sponsored or sanctioned by an organization of which the institution of higher learning is a member. Penalizes any violation of this Act by a fine of up to $10,000.
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
Provides, under the Economic Opportunity Act, that when Federal assistance to a community action program is discontinued, Federal property used for the program shall be transferred to the organization continuing the program.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1973
Hobby Protection Act - Makes unlawful, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, the manufacture or importation, for introduction into commerce, items which (1) purport to be or are reproductions or original political or numismatic items; and (2) are not plainly and permanently marked with the year of manufacture or, in the case of numismatic items, are not marked "copy". Provides for injunctive relief restraining violations of this Act by any interested persons.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Provides for increased immigration from Western Hemisphere Nations under the Immigration and Nationality Act by removing the "special immigrant" restrictions placed on such immigrants.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Suspends the importation of liquified natural gas and the construction of new storage facilities for such gas until such time as Commandant of the Coast Guard conducts a thorough evaluation of the hazards associated with the marine transportation and the delivery and storage of such gas, and prescribes necessary safety standards.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to nonprofit private entities and to enter into contracts with private entities: (1) for specified research and development projects designed to improve systems and delivery of health care for persons who are critically ill; (2) to support biomedical engineering projects for testing new instrumentation and systems for delivery of critical health care; and (3) for the establishment and initial operation of not more than ten critical care facilities for the delivery of health care to critically ill patients, which facilities would be used for clinical testing of new instrumentation and health care delivery systems and to train personnel in the use of such instrumentation and systems. Specifies conditions for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated $20,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Enlarges the Sequoia National Park in the State of California.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
States that no device shall be used to abridge or deny the equal right of citizens whose primary language is other than English to vote in any election. Provides that whenever the Director of the Census, upon suggestion of the Attorney General, finds that over 7 percent of the voting age population residing in a particular State or political subdivision thereof are persons whose primary language is other than English, and that less than 50 percent of those persons so residing, though citizens, were registered to vote in the last election through which electors for President of the United States were chosen, the Attorney General may apply to the appropriate district court of the United States for orders: (1) that special Federal registrars who speak and understand the primary language of such citizens be appointed under the supervision of the Attorney General to facilitate the registration for voting by such citizens according to the lawful qualifications for voters established by the authority of the State in whose jurisdiction such citizens reside; and (2) that special Federal election officials who speak and understand the primary language of such citizens be appointed under the supervision of the Attorney General to facilitate the voting by such citizens in elections in such State or political subdivision thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Eliminates the limitation on the use of Federal funds for social service programs under the Social Security Act whereby no more than 10% of amounts alloted to States could be expended for services to individuals who were not recipients of or applicants for aid or public assistance under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1973
Provides that there shall be adopted regulations governing the implementation of titles I, IV-A, IV-B, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act which shall be consistent with the following model regulations. States that Federal financial participation is available for expenditures under a State plan approved under any of the previously mentioned titles. Requires a single organizational unit, within the single State agency, at the State and local level which is responsible for the furnishing of family services, WIN (Work Incentive Program), support services, and child welfare services. Requires the establishment of an advisory committee on social service programs at the State and local level. Requires the establishment of an advisory committee on day care services. Makes provisions for a fair hearing under which applicants and recipients may appeal denial of or an exclusion from a service program. Requires a State plan to specify how the services will be provided and, in the case of provision by other public agencies, identify the agency and the service to be provided. States that, if a State elects to provide services for additional groups of families or individuals, the state plan must identify such groups and specify the services to be made available to each group. Provides that services to individuals must be in accord with plans developed in cooperation with the individual, be responsive to the needs of the individual applicant, and be related to one or more of the specific goals described in this Act. Defines the term "services" to include chore services, day care services for adults, child care services, educational services, employment services, family planning services, adult services, foster care services for adults, foster care services for children, services to meet health needs, home delivered or congregate meals, homemaker services, home management and other functional educational services, housing improvement services, legal services, community planning, protective services for adults and children, special services for the blind, and transportation services. Sets forth requirements a State plan must meet before it can authorize the provision of services by purchase from other State or local public agencies, from nonprofit or proprietary private agencies or organizations, or from individuals. Provides that the total amount of Federal funds paid to any State shall not exceed an amount which bears the same ratio to $2,500,000,000 as the population of all the States.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Motor Vehicle Safety Amendments - Authorizes, for the purpose of carrying out the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, the appropriation of not more than $70,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to require the manufacturer to notify persons of the manufacturer's obligation to remedy the defect or failure. Authorizes the Secretary to order the manufacturers to remedy the defect without charge to the owner of the motor vehicle. States that, unless the Secretary extends the period for repairs for good cause and publishes his reasons in the Federal Register, the repair shall not exceed the reasonable period of 60 days. Authorizes the Secretary, if the repairs cannot be adequately made in a reasonable period, to require the replacement with a new or equivalent vehicle or item of equipment without charge or the refunding of the purchase price in full, less depreciation. Permits the manufacturer, in the case of a tire, to charge for replacement if the tire is presented for remedy more than 60 days after the owner receives notice or replacement tires become available, whichever is later. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt manufacturers from the requirements of the Act for inconsequential defects. Requires making public any information that indicates the existence of a defect and allows the Secretary to determine what other information is disclosed. Prohibits the removal by the manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or motor vehicle repair business of devices installed in compliance with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard. Raises the maximum civil penalty to $800,000 and establishes a criminal penalty of a $1,000 fine for each violation or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct inspections or investigations, including impoundment with compensation to the owner, to enforce the Act and directs the Secretary to furnish the Attorney General and, when appropriate, the Secretary of the Treasury any information indicating noncompliance with the Act. Requires any manufacturers opposing an action of the Secretary on the ground of increased cost to submit cost information to properly evaluate the manufacturer's statement. Allows any interested person to file with the Secretary a petition requesting the commencement or completion of a proceeding and futher allows the commencement of a civil action in a United States district court.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1973
Bill of Rights for the Mentally Retarded - States that the purpose of this Act is to establish standards which assure the humane care, treatment, habilitation, and protection of the mentally retarded in residential facilities, and to improve the system for the provision of services to the mentally retarded through the encouragement of and support for the planning and development of strategies to implement such standards, minimize inappropriate admissions to residential facilities and stimulate the development of regional and community programs integrating such residential facilities which conform to such standards. Provides for a new title to the Public Health Service Act: Title XI: Support of Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded - Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to States to aid them with the cost of bringing existing residential facilities into compliance with the standards established under this Act, and to improve existing residential facilities for the mentally retarded. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 ($15,000,000 for each program) for fiscal year 1973, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, for such grants. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting States in meeting the expenses for bringing publicly operated facilities and publicly assisted facilities into conformity with the standards established by this Act. Stipulates that any State desiring to receive such a grant shall submit a plan to the Secretary setting forth a schedule for compliance with such standards. Provides that the total of the grants with respect to any such project bringing facilities into conformity with the standards imposed by this Act may not exceed 75 percent of the necessary cost thereof as determined by the Secretary. Requires, within five years after the date of enactment of this Act, that no residential facility for the mentally retarded shall be eligible to receive payments either directly or indirectly under any Federal law, unless such facility meets the standards promulgated under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any public or private non-profit agency, organization or institution to meet the costs of development, improvement, extension, or expansion of community resources and community living situations for the mentally retarded other than live-in-residential facilities for the mentally retarded. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Standards for Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded to: (1) advise the Secretary with respect to any regulations promulgated or proposed in the implementation of the standards established under this Act; (2) study and evaluate such standards authorized by this Act; and (3) recommend to the Secretary any changes, revisions, modifications, or improvements in the standards established under this Act. Provides that the ultimate aim of the residential facility shall be to foster those behaviors that maximize the human qualities of the resident, increase the complexity of his behavior, and enhance his ability to cope with his environment. Requires such facilities to be located within, and conveniently accessible to, the population served, so as to have access to necessary generic community services. Provides that the facility and the surrounding community should be encouraged to share their services and resources on a reciprocal basis. Provides that residents of the facility should be integrated to the greatest possible extent with the general population. Provides that the facility shall have a written outline of the philosophy, objectives, and goals it is striving to achieve. Requires such outline to be available for distribution to staff, consumer representatives, and the interested public. Provides that the governing body of the facility shall exercise general direction and shall establish policies concerning the operation of the individuals served. Provides that the administration of the facility shall provide for effective staff and resident participation and communication. Requires the facility to designate a percentage of its operating budget for self-renewal purposes. Provides that the facility shall have a description of services for residents that is available to the public. Provides that the facility shall provide for meaningful and extensive consumer-representative and public participation. Provides that a public education and information program should be established that utilizes all communication media, and all service, religious and civil groups, to develop attitudes of understanding and acceptance of mentally retarded persons in all aspects of community living. Provides that admission and release procedures shall: (1) encourage voluntary admission; (2) give equal priority to persons of comparable need; (3) facilitate emergency, partial, and short-term residential care; and (4) utilize the maximum feasible amount of voluntariness in each individual case. Authorizes the residential facility to admit only residents who have had a comprehensive evaluation. Provides that all admissions to the residential facility shall be considered temporary. Provides that there shall be a regular, at least annual, joint review of the status of each resident by all relevant personnel. Provides that at the time of permanent release or transfer there shall be recorded a summary of findings, progress, and plans for protective supervision and other followup services in the resident's new environment. Provides that the performance of each employee of the facility shall be evaluated at least annually. Provides that staffing shall be sufficient so that the facility is not dependent upon the use of residents or volunteers for productive services. Provides that food services shall recognize and provide for the physiological, emotional, and cultural needs of each resident, through provision of a planned, nutritionally adequate diet. Provides that each resident shall have an adequate allowance of neat, clean, fashionable, and seasonable clothing. Provides that residents shall be trained to exercise maximum independence in health, hygiene, and grooming practices. Provides that living unit components or groupings shall be small enough to insure the development of meaningful interpersonal relationships among residents and between residents and staff. Requires dental services to be provided all residents in order to maximize their general health by maintaining an optimal level of daily oral health, through preventive measures and correcting existing oral diseases. Provides that educational services, defined as deliberate attempts to facilitate the intellectual, sensorimotor, and affective development of the individual, shall be available to all residents, regardless of chronological age, degree of retardation, or accompanying disabilities or handicaps. Provides that food and nutrition services shall be provided in order to: (1) insure optimal nutritional status of each resident, thereby enhancing his physical, emotional, and social well-being; and (2) provide a nutritionally adequate diet, in a form consistent with developmental level, to meet the dietary needs of each resident. Makes library services, which include the location, acquisition, organization, utilization, retrieval, and delivery of materials in a variety of media, available to the facility, in order to support and strengthen its total habilitation program by providing complete and integrated multimedia information services to both staff and residents. Provides that medical services shall be provided in order to: (1) achieve and maintain an optimal level of general health for each resident; (2) maximize normal function and prevent disability; and (3) facilitate the optimal development of each resident. Provides that residents shall be provided with nursing services, in accordance with their needs, in order to: (1) develop and maintain an environment that will meet their total health needs; (2) foster optimal health; (3) encourage maximum self-care and independence; and (4) provide skilled nursing care. Provides that, where appropriate to the facility, there shall be a pharmacy and therapeutics committee, that includes one or more pharmacists, to develop policy on drug usage in the facility, and to develop and maintain a current formulary. Provides that physical and occupational therapy services shall be provided in order to: (1) prevent abnormal development and further disability; (2) facilitate the optimal development of each resident; and (3) enable the resident to be a contributing and participating member of the community in which he resides. Requires psychological services be provided in order to facilitate, through the application of psychological principles, techniques, and skills, the optimal development of each resident. Provides that recreation services should provide each resident with a program of activities that: (1) promotes physical and mental health; (2) promotes optimal sensorimotor, cognitive, affective, and social development; (3) encourages movement from dependent to independent and interdependent functioning; and (4) provides for the enjoyable use of leisure time. Make religious services available to residents, in accorance with their basic right to freedom of religion. Provides that all social services shall be available to all residents and their families in order to foster and facilitate: (1) maximum personal and social development of the resident; (2) positive family functioning; and (3) effective and satisfying social and community relationships. Provides that speech pathology and audiology services shall be available, in order to: (1) maximize the communications skills of all residents; and (2) provide for the evaluation, counseling, treatment, and rehabilitation of those residents with speech, hearing and/or language handicaps. Requires each facility to provide all its residents with rehabilitation services, which include the establishment, maintenance, and implementation of those programs that will ensure the optimal development or restoration of each resident physically, psychologically, socially and vocationally. Provides that volunteer services shall be provided in order to enhance opportunities for the fullest realization of the potential of each resident by: (1) increasing the amount, and improving the quality, of services and programs; and (2) facilitating positive relationships between the facility and the community which it serves. Provides that a record shall be maintained for each resident that is adequate for: (1) planning and continuous evaluating of the resident's habitation program; (2) providing a means of communication among all persons contributing to the resident's habilitation program; (3) furnishing documentary evidence of the resident's progress and of his response to his habilitation program; (4) serving as a basis for review, study, and evaluation of the overall programs provided by the facility for its residents; (5) protecting the legal rights of the residents, facility, and staff; and (6) providing data for use in research and education. Provides that the administration of the facility shall make provision for the design and conduct, or the supervision, of research that will objectively evaluate the effectiveness of program components and contribute to informed decisionmaking in the facility. Provides that the requirements of the Secretary shall be met, with specific reference to the following: (1) provision of adequate and alternate exits and doors; (2) provision of exit ramps, with nonskid surface and slope not exceeding one foot in twelve; and (3) provision for handrails on stairways. Provides that there shall be records that document strict compliance with the sanitation, health, and environmental safety codes of the State or local authorities having primary jurisdiction over the facility. Provides that adequate, modern administrative support shall be provided to efficiently meet the needs of, and contribute to, program services for residents, and to facilitate attainment of the goals and objectives of the facility. Provides that funds shall be budgeted and spent in accordance with the principles and procedures of program budgeting. Provides that there shall be written purchasing policies regarding authority and approvals for supplies, services, and equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1973
Provides under the Internal Revenue Code that the allowable deductions for capital expenditures incurred in planting and developing almond groves shall not apply to groves which were planted or replanted before July 1, 1971 (presently Dec. 30, 1970). (Amends 26 U.S.C. 278)
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Provides, under the Freedom of Information Act, that each agency, upon a request under the Act that records be made available to the public, shall: (1) determine within ten days after the receipt of any such request whether to comply with such request and immediately notify the person making such request of such determination and the reasons therefor; (2) in the case of a determination not to comply with any such request, immediately notify the person making such request that such person has a period of twenty days within which to appeal such determination to such agency; and (3) make a determination with respect to such appeal within twenty days after the receipt of such appeal. Permits the district court, to examine the contents of agency records in camera to determine if such records shall be exempted from disclosure. Provides that in the case of an action in the United States district court to enjoin an agency from withholding agency records and to order the production of any agency records improperly withheld, the United States or an officer or agency thereof shall serve an answer to any complaint made in such action within twenty days after the service upon the United States Attorney of the pleading in which such complaint is made. Provides that the court may assess against the United States reasonable attorney fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred in such action in which the United States or an officer or agency thereof has not prevailed. Provides that such disclosures under the Act may be obtained in the case of investigatory records for law enforcement purposes to the extent that such records are scientific tests, reports, or data, inspection reports of any agency which relates to health or safety, or records which serve as a basis for any public policy statement made by any agency or officer or employee of the United States or which serves as a basis for rulemaking by any agency. Provides that each Agency shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate which include statistics on the request and appeal procedures of the Act. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 552)
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1973
Extends unemployment insurance coverage to employers employing four or more agricultural workers for each of some twenty days or more, each day being in a different calendar week. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 3306(c)(1))
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 · 7 March 1973
Prohibits the leasing or rental of public lands of the United States except on condition that free public access thereto be provided.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Consumers' Information and Counsel Act - Title I: Consumers' Counsel for Regulated Services - Establishes, within the executive branch of the Government, an independent agency to be known as the Office of Consumers' Counsel for Regulated Services. Provides that such agency shall be headed by a Consumers' Counsel appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of five years. Sets forth the functions of the Consumers' Counsel. Provides that such functions shall include: (1) the promulgation of rules to carry out the functions of the Office; (2) representing the interests of consumers before Federal or State agencies or courts in accordance with this Act; (3) disseminating information to the public which he considers desirable for the protection of consumers; (4) making grants to State and local governments which are involved in specified consumer interest programs; and (5) preparing model laws in the area of consumer protection. Title II: Public Information and Reports - Requires every regulated company to furnish to the consumers' specified information and counsel such other information as the counsel may deem necessary to obtain, compile, and disseminate to inform consumers of regulated companies. Provides penalties for the protection of any of the provisions or regulations issued under this Act. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires Federal agencies to make full use of automatic date processing in preparing the information required under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Pure Air Tax Act - Imposes a tax, under the Internal Revenue Code, of 15 cents upon each pound of sulfur contained in a sulfurous fuel sold by a registered taxpayer during any calendar year beginning after 1975. Imposes a floor stocks tax on the sulfurous fuel held by a person who ceases to be a registered taxpayer. Provides that such rate shall be 15 cents per pound of sulfur if the floor stocks were sold by such person for ultimate use in the sulfur tax region where they are located at the time he ceases to be a registered taxpayer. Imposes a tax of 15 cents per pound upon each pound of sulfur emitted into the atmosphere by a registered taxpayer, or by a processor during any calendar year beginning after 1975. Imposes a tax of up to 15 cents per pound on the number of pounds by which the sum of the pounds of sulfur contained in sulfurous fuel sold by a registered taxpayer for ultimate use in a sulfur tax region and the pounds of sulfur emitted into the atmosphere in such region by such person, or the number of pounds of sulfur emitted into the atmosphere in a sulfur tax region by a processor, during any calendar year beginning after 1975, exceeds the net base pounds of sulfur of such processor or registered taxpayer for such sulfur tax region for the preceding calendar year. Provides that the following persons shall be required to register with the Secretary of the Treasury: (1) any person who is a dealer in sulfurous fuel if, during any one of the five calendar years preceding a taxable year, such person purchased, imported, or produced sulfurous fuel containing more than 250,000 million BTU's of heat content, or emitted more than 1,000 tons of sulfur into the atmosphere; (2) any person who is a producer-user of sulfurous fuel; and (3) any person who operates or maintains an emission source during any calendar year beginning after 1974. Provides for the designation of sulfur tax regions by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Provides that the tax on the sulfurous content of sulfurous fuels sold shall be deemed to be an overpayment by the person who paid such tax if such fuel is exported, sold to a registered taxpayer, or used by the ultimate purchaser for a nonfuel use. Provides that nothing in this title or any other law of the United States shall prevent the several States from taxing the sulfur content of sulfurous fuels.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Sets forth restrictions on the procurement or instigation of an investigative consumer report. States that a person may not procure or cause to be prepared a consumer report on any consumer unless it is clearly and accurately disclosed to the consumer that such a report may be made. Entitles the consumer to a copy of such report. Provides that any consumer reporting agency which negligently or maliciously publishes any untrue statement or representation with respect to a consumer shall be liable to such consumer for: (1) actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages of $1,000; (2) punitive damages; and (3) a reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred. Directs the President to establish a Board of Consumer Investigation Examiners. Provides that the Board shall promulgate such rules and procedures, as it deems necessary or appropriate in order to regulate the examining, licensing, and practices of individuals who investigate consumers for the purpose of preparing or aiding in the preparation of investigative consumer reports. Establishes procedures and guidelines for granting or revoking licenses granted individuals to prepare or aid in the preparation of investigative consumer reports. Provides for judicial review in an appropriate United States district court for any individual aggrieved by any final decision of the Board denying, revoking, or suspending a license. Makes it unlawful for any individual: (1) to investigate any consumer for the purpose of preparing or aiding in the preparation of any investigative consumer report without a license issued to such individual by the Board; or (2) to violate the terms of any license issued to him by the Board. Provides that any individual who violates the above paragraph shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1973
Toxic Substances Control Act - Provides that if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency finds that testing of a chemical substance in accordance with a test protocol for such substance is necessary to protect against unreasonable risk to health or the environment, he may, by rule: (1) prescribe a test protocol for such substance; and (2) require one or more persons connected with such substance to perform the test called for in such protocol. Provides criteria from which the Administrator shall determine the need for a test protocol. Permits those persons connected with the substance to designate one or more of their members or a qualified independent third party to perform the required tests and share the costs of such tests. Authorizes the Administrator, if those persons connected with the substance can not agree on a designee or if the designee is unacceptable to the Administrator, to designate one or more of those connected with the substance or a third party to perform the required tests and require those connected to contribute to the costs of the tests. Authorizes the Administrator upon receipt of the test results to promptly publish in the Federal Register, the test data, the intended uses of the substances, and the nature of the tests. Directs the Administrator within 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act to, by rule, identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of chemical substances which the Administrator finds pose or are likely to pose substantial danger to the health or environment. Prohibits the use of a substance which has been listed by the Administrator as dangerous or possibly dangerous for a new use unless at least 90 days prior to such manufacture or distribution, the person intending to manufacture or distribute the chemical substance for such new use makes application to the Administrator to manufacture or distribute such substance for such new use and submits test data which shows the intended new use safe. Provides that a chemical substance listed as dangerous or potentially dangerous by the Administrator that has not been produced or distributed in commerce prior to its listing may not be produced or distributed unless application is made to the Administrator as outlined above. Provides that if no test protocol has been prescribed for a chemical substance which has been listed by the Administrator, the manufacturer or distributor may make tests sufficient to show the substance's safety or petition the Administrator to develop an adequate test protocol. Authorizes the Administrator, upon a finding that a chemical substance is dangerous or potentially dangerous, to prescribe rules to: (1) prohibit the manufacture or distribution of a substance or limit the amount which may be produced or distributed; (2) prohibit particular use or uses of such a substance; and (3) require an adequate warning with regard to the use or disposal to the substance. Provides the Administrator with criteria for formulating and promulgating such rules. Permits the Administrator to formulate quality control rules if he has good cause to believe processing or manufacturing permits or causes dangerous adulteration of a chemical substance. Provides that the Administrator shall conduct hearings to determine if quality control rules are necessary. Provides that the Administrator may file an action for temporary or permanent relief in a U.S. district court against an imminently hazardous chemical substance for its seizure or against any person who is a manufacturer, processor or distributor of such chemical substance. Authorizes the Administrator, by rule, to require reports of all manufacturers and importers of chemical substances where appropriate to ascertain the nature, quantity and uses of substances produced. Prohibits the Administrator from taking action under this Act if any risks to health or environment could be prevented by employing existing Federal Law. Establishes in the Environmental Protection Agency a Chemical Substances Board consisting of twelve scientifically qualified members. Directs the Administrator to appoint eleven members to this Board from a list recommended to him by the National Academy of Sciences and the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to appoint one from whatever source he desires. Directs the Administrator to refer all proposed rules to this Board to prepare a report. Permits the Administrator to inspect any factory, warehouse, or other premises to verify records and reports. Requires the Administrator to designate officers for such purposes who will enter with appropriate credentials and a valid administrative warrant. Provides that this Act shall not apply to any chemical substance which is to be used solely for export from the United States. Provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse entry into the United States of any chemical substance or article containing such substance offered for entry which fails to conform with rules promulgated under this Act. Provides that all information reported to, or otherwise obtained by, the Administrator or his representative which contains or relates to trade secrets shall be considered confidential. Makes it unlawful to fail or refuse to comply with any provision of this Act or any rule promulgated under the authority of this Act. Provides a $25,000 a day civil penalty for each day of violation and a criminal penalty of $25,000 a day or imprisonment not to exceed one year or both in addition to or in lieu of a civil penalty. Authorizes the U.S. districts courts to exercise jurisdiction over such cases. Provides that any interested and adversely affected person may commence a civil action for injunctive relief on his own behalf against any person including the United States. Provides for judicial review by the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia of any rule promulgated under this Act. Authorizes total appropriations of $29,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this Act for fiscal years 1974-1976.
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
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that Guam shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct a number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of the delegation of Guam to the Congress, but in no event more than the least populous State. Provides that the Virgin Islands shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct a number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of the delegation of the Virgin Islands to the Congress, but in no event more than the least populous State. Requires the electors appointed by Guam and the Virgin Islands under the provisions of this amendment to be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State, and they shall meet in such places in Guam and the Virgin Islands, respectively, as the Congress shall designate and perform their duties under the twelfth article of amendment.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
Makes it unlawful for any oil company: (1) to acquire any coal or uranium asset; or (2) to own or control any coal or uranium asset after the expiration of 3 years after the enactment of this Act. Requires each oil company which presently owns or controls any coal or uranium asset to file a report with the Attorney General within 120 days of enactment. Authorizes the Attorney General to seek injunctive relief in the appropriate district court for violations of this Act, and prescribes penalties for such violations. States that a violation of this Act by a corporation shall be deemed to be also a violation by the individual directors, officers, receivers, trustees, or agents of such corporation who shall have authorized or done any of the acts constituting the violation in whole or in part. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 18)
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1973
National Science Policy and Priorities Act - Title I: Science Policy and Priorities for Civilian Research and Engineering - Science Policy Act - Directs the National Science Foundation to: (1) analyze information regarding Federal expenditures for research and engineering activities in order to focus these activities on meeting the needs of the Nation in such areas as health care, poverty, public safety, sanitation and utilities, pollution, unemployment, housing, education, transportation, nutrition, communications, and energy resources; (2) develop and recommend to the President and the Congress programs and activities which will contribute to carrying out such policies; and (3) submit to the President for the transmittal to the Congress not later than January 31 of each calendar year a report of its activities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, to carry out the provisions of this title. Title II: Design and Demonstration of Civil Science Systems - Civil Science Systems Act - Establishes, within the National Science Foundation, the Civil Science Systems Administration and the Science Research and Education Administration. Prohibits the transfer of funds between these two Administrations. Establishes a Civil Science Systems Advisory Council to advise the Director of the Civil Science Systems Administration with respect to the discharge of his responsibilities under this Act. Authorizes the Director to conduct planning studies, to transfer funds to other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and to make grants to, or to enter into contracts with, academic institutions, nonprofit institutes and organizations, State, regional, and local governmental agencies, and private business firms, for the conduct of the following programs: (1) planning studies for the design and demonstration of civil science systems capable of providing improved civil services; (2) applied social research into the economic, sociological, political, legal, administrative, and psychological aspects of civil science systems capable of providing improved public services; (3) research with respect to civil science systems capable of providing improved public services in areas such as health care, public safety, sanitation and utilities, pollution control, productivity, unemployment, education, housing, transportation, nutrition, communications, and energy resources; (4) testing and evaluating civil science systems which make use of advanced science and technology; (5) establishment of a computerized Civil Science System Information Service to collect and integrate the scientific, technical, and social information pertaining to civil science systems resulting from programs under this title, and to provide such information to interested organizations in Federal, State, and local government, industry, academic institutions, and the nonprofit sector, upon request from such organizations, in accordance with such administrative procedures as are established by the Director; and (6) construction and public exhibition of civil science systems demonstration projects, which illustrate the functioning and associated benefits of alternative, effective civil science systems resulting from research and design activities conducted or assisted under this title. Authorizes appropriations for the various programs established under this title of $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $315,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $435,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Title III: Transition of Technical manpower to Civilian Programs - Technical Manpower Transition Act - Authorizes the Foundation to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, academic institutions, nonprofit institutes and organizations, public agencies, and private business firms, for the purpose of: (1) researching the social, economic research and engineering activities to civilian-oriented research and engineering activities; (2) conducting programs at the State, local, or regional level, which are designed to facilitate the transition of scientific and technical activities to civilian programs within the particular State, local, or geographic area; (3) planning or operating training programs for officers and employees of Federal, State, and local government who will be responsible for, or participate in, determining or administering government assisted or conducted programs for civilian, socially oriented research and engineering activities; (4) paying the travel and subsistence expenses of government employees incurred in connection with their participation in training programs carried out under the previous programs; (5) establishing community conversion corporations; (6) enabling private corporations to hire scientists, engineers, and technicians for work on projects for which they are not yet fully qualified; (7) awarding career transition fellowships and awards to technicians to enable them to pursue a course of study through which they can acquire specialized technical knowledge and skills in fields other than the ones in which they are already proficient; (8) entering into contracts with scientific, professional, technical, and business associations and labor unions in order to establish and operate placement programs for unemployed or underemployed scientists, engineers, and technicians; and (9) planning, developing, strengthening, or carrying out education programs which design courses and curriculums intended to prepare students for careers in civilian, socially oriented research and engineering activities. Authorizes appropriations for the various provisions of this title of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975; and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1976. Title IV: General Provision - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act and specifies certain administrative provisions. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 1862, 1863; 42 U.S.C. 1864(e),(a); 42 U.S.C. 1873; Amends 5 U.S.C. 5314, 5315; 5 U.S.C. 5316)
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
States that no device shall be used to abridge or deny the equal right of citizens whose primary language is other than English to vote in any election. Provides that whenever the Director of the Census, upon suggestion of the Attorney General, finds that over 7 percent of the voting age population residing in a particular State or political subdivision thereof are persons whose primary language is other than English, and that less than 50 percent of those persons so residing, though citizens, were registered to vote in the last election through which electors for President of the United States were chosen, the Attorney General may apply to the appropriate district court of the United States for orders: (1) that special Federal registrars who speak and understand the primary language of such citizens be appointed under the supervision of the Attorney General to facilitate the registration for voting by such citizens according to the lawful qualifications for voters established by the authority of the State in whose jurisdiction such citizens reside; and (2) that special Federal election officials who speak and understand the primary language of such citizens be appointed under the supervision of the Attorney General to facilitate the voting by such citizens in elections in such State or political subdivision thereof.
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 · 5 March 1973
Specifies conditions under which the Attorney General shall adjust the status of certain aliens who are illegally in the U.S. to that of permanent residents provided the alien is the spouse, parent, son or daughter of a U.S. citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is entitled to a preference status under the Immigration and Nationality Act; or entered the United States before June 30, 1948, and has been continuously present within the U.S. from the date of his entry until the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Authorizes each Member of the House of Representatives (including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and each Delegate to the House) to hire and pay not more than two additional student congressional interns (to serve as such within or outside the District of Columbia).
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Expresses the disapproval of Congress of all proposals contained in the budget of the United States Government for the fiscal year 1974 with respect to the delegation to other agencies of the Government of functions of the Office of Economic Opportunity.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Securities Exchange Act Amendments - Title I: Selection and Administration of the Securities and Exchange Commission - Provides that any commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission may be removed by the President for neglect of duty or misfeasance in office, but for no other cause. Sets forth procedures for the appointment of a Commission chariman. Authorizes the Commission to conduct its own civil litigation, including litigation in the Supreme Court. Requires the Commission to submit any budget request to the Congress concurrently with transmittal to the Office of Management and Budget. Provide that when the Commission transmits any legislative recommendations, testimony, or comment on legislation to the Executive, it shall concurrently transmit a copy to the Congress. Title II: Regulation of Exchanges and Associations - Includes within the term "member," for purposes of the Act, any person who agrees to be regulated by an exchange and with respect to whom the exchange undertakes to enforce the Federal securities laws and the exchange rules. Makes registered national securities exchanges and associations subject to identical regulatory provisions. States that any registered broker or dealer meeting applicable captial or competency requirements must be allowed to join any registered national securities exchange. Requires at least half of the governing body of every such exchange to be composed of "public representatives," and requires the exchange to provide adequate resources to permit the public representatives to employ staff or retain professional personnel independent of the exchange staff. Prohibits registered national securities exchanges from imposing any schedule of prices or fixing rates of commissions, allowances, discounts, or other charges subject to a statutory timetable for the elimination of the current fixed minimum commission rate system. Gives persons denied membership on an exchange the right to seek review of such denial by the SEC and the courts. Permits members disciplined by an exchange to appeal such action to the SEC and to the courts. Provides that any proposed change in exchange rules must be filed with the SEC, which must publish such proposed change and allow interested persons a reasonable opportunity for comment thereon. States that the proposed change shall take effect sixty days after publication by the SEC unless the SEC disapproves it. Allows registered national securities exchanges, with the concurrence of the SEC, to share the cost, functions and responsibility of the conduct of examinations and inspections of members, and to furnish copies of any reports of inspections or examinations to each other. Establishes new procedures to be followed by the Commission in compelling exchanges and registered associations to change their rules, and in regulating off-floor trading by exchange members. Provides for a ban on transactions with "affiliated persons," as defined by this Act, to be effective on February 1, 1974. Gives the SEC the authority to suspend or expel exchange members who have violated exchange rules. Directs the Commission to take such steps as are within its power to establish a national market system for securities transactions by February 1, 1975, and to report annually to the Congress its progress in such an undertaking. Prohibits national securities exchanges and national securities associations from preventing their members from executing transactions for customers in other markets whenever those markets offer a better price to such customers. Requires the SEC to adopt rules to assure that customers are getting best price from their brokers. Prohibits national securities exchanges and national securities associations from preventing its members from participating in any registered clearing agency or securities depository. Gives the SEC authority to investigate and bring injunctive actions for violations of National Association of Securities Distributors rules and exchange rules, and to bring injunctive actions to compel a registered national securities exchange or association to enforce compliance with the rules of such exchange or association. Title III: Financial Responsibility; Regulation of Brokers,-Dealers and Members; Reports and Examinations - Broadens existing prohibitions on improper hypothecation of securities by brokers, dealers and members to embrace improper lending of such securities. Requires all members of a registered national securities exchange to register with the SEC. Requires persons registering as brokerdealers to file certified financial statements with their application, (rather than verified statements). Requires the Commission to order effective an application for registration as a broker-dealer. Requires that, within six months of the granting of an application for registration, the Commission, or an exchange or the NASD as designated by the Commission, examine the new broker-dealer to determine whether it is operating in conformity with the Federal securities laws. Adds armed robbery and grand larceny to the list of statutory offenses which bar a person from becoming a broker-dealer. Requires the Commission, in cooperation with the exchanges and the NASD, to devise and administer a uniform examination which, with respect to partners, officers, and supervisory employees shall include questions relating to enumerated matters. Directs the SEC, by no later than January 1, 1974, to establish minimum capital requirements, providing for ample, liquid and permanent capital for brokers, dealers and members. Authorizes the Commission to classify brokers, dealers and members for purposes of establishing such requirements. Prohibits the SEC from exempting from such requirements any broker, dealer or member. Requires registered national securities exchanges to furnish copies of documents to the SEC upon request. Requires registered brokers, dealers and members to supply their customers with certified comparative balance sheets and income statements. Authorizes the Commission to adopt rules concerning a consolidated transactional tape and a composite quotation system and to prescribe uniformity in accounting procedures and systems of brokers and dealers and members. Title IV: Security Processing - Authorizes the Commission to make rules applicable to brokers or dealers regulating the time and method of making settlements, payments and deliveries and closing of accounts. Provides that, in the exercise of this rulemaking authority, the Commission shall not affect the authority of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to regulate securities credit. Requires clearing agencies, securities depositories and transfer agents to register with the SEC, and establishes appropriate procedures. Sets forth procedures under which the Commission must grant or deny applications for registration of clearing agencies and securities depositories. Authorizes the Commission to establish terms and conditions under which a clearing agency, securities depository or transfer agent may withdraw from registration. Gives the SEC direct rulemaking power over clearing agencies, securities depositories and transfer agents. Empowers the SEC to review clearing agency or securities depository action in the areas of disciplinary action or denial of admission to a participant. Grants the Commission disciplinary powers with respect to clearing agencies, securities depositories and transfer agents. Directs the SEC to, on or before December 31, 1976, take appropriate steps to eliminate the use of the stock certificate as a means of settlement of securities transactions between brokers and dealers. Authorizes the Commission to grant confidential treatment to material filed with it only under very limited conditions, including a finding that disclosure is not in the public interest. Empowers the Commission to prescribe rules with respect to the form or format of securities issued by companies, any class of whose securities is registered under the Act, or which would be required to be so registered except for the exemption from registration provided for securities of registered investment companies or insurance companies under certain conditions. Directs every issuer whose securities are registered on a national securities exchange to consolidate in a single person the functions of transfer agent and registrar. Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a study to consider the public policy implications of the growing practice of registering securities in "street name" and to determine whether steps can be taken to facilitate communications between corporations and their shareholders while, at the same time, retaining benefits of such registration. Prohibits the imposition of state or local taxes on securities, or on the transfer of securities, solely because the facilities of a registered clearing agency or securities depository are physically located in the taxing jurisdiction. Requires registered national securities exchanges, associations, brokers, dealers, clearing agencies and securities depositories to: (1) report information about missing, lost or stolen securities to the SEC or such person as the SEC designates; and (2) require the fingerprinting of partners, directors, officers, and employees and the submittal of such fingerprints to the Attorney General of the United States for identification and appropriate processing. Title V: Miscellaneous - Requires the SEC to include in its annual report to Congress certain designated information concerning the Commission's administration of the Freedom of Information Act. Raises the amount of the registration fee every national securities exchange must pay to the SEC from 1/500th of one percent to 1/100th of one percent of the dollar amount of sales of securities (other than certain Governmental obligations) transacted on that exchange. Requires the SEC to order the registration of an investment adviser effective (rather than, as presently, allowing such registration to take effect by the passage of time). (Amends 15 U.S.C. 78d-78w)
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Makes appropriations to carry out the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1073, of a total of $23,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Includes as creditable service for civil service retirement purposes service as an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 8332(b))
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Provides that a charitable organization shall be denied exemption from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code where amounts paid or incurred by such organization during each taxable year to influence legislation, including an attempt to affect the opinion of the general public, normally exceeds five percent of the yearly expenditures; or where such amounts exceed twenty percent of the yearly expenditures in any attempt to influence legislation, on a matter which directly affects any purpose for which the organization is organized, through communication with its own members or with any member or employee of a legislative body, or with any other government official or employee who may participate in the formulation of the legislation. Defines charitable organization for purposes of this Act, and designates certain activities which are not included within the term "influence legislation". Provides that no income tax deduction shall be allowed for a contribution to a charitable organization if the contribution is made for the purpose of influencing legislation. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 501, 170)
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Provides for increased immigration from Western Hemisphere Nations under the Immigration and Nationality Act by removing the "special immigrant" restrictions placed on such immigrants.
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
Permits persons who are aged, blind, or disabled and receiving assistance under title XVI of the Social Security Act (Aid and Medical Assistance to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) to participate in specified food stamp and surplus commodities programs. (Repeals Sec. 411 of Pub. 92-603)
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Savings in Farm Subsidies Act - Reduces the limit on subsidy payments which an individual may receive under the wheat, cotton and feed grain programs under the Argiculture Act of 1970 from $55,000 to $20,000 annually for the 1974, 1975, and 1976 crop. (Amends 7 U.S.C. 1307) Digest to follow.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
National Registration Rights Act - Establishes, within the Bureau of the Census, a National Voter Registration Administration. Directs the Administration to: (1) establish and operate a national voter registration program in accordance with the provisions of this Act; (2) collect, compile, and publish information concerning voter registration, voter participation, and election results; (3) compile, study, and publish copies and analyses of the various State registration and voting laws; (4) inform, cooperate with, and advise State and local registration and election officials concerning registration under the provisions of this Act; and (5) advise the President and the Congress with respect to voter registration and participation in elections throughout the United States, and make such recommendations for additional legislation as it deems appropriate for measures increasing voter registration and participation in elections and improving the election process. Authorizes the Administration to prepare and distribute forms for use by individuals wishing to register to vote. Provides for the distribution of such forms through the mails. Establishes guidelines for use by the States for Federal elections of registration through the National Voter Registration Program. Makes grants and other assistance available to States and local agencies for the cost of processing registration forms. Grants incentive awards to States that comply with standards for facilitating votes registration. Provides that, if any State, precinct, or district does not have 75 percent registration of those potentially eligible to vote in Federal elections within four years after the enactment of this title, the Administration shall (for Federal elections) further augment that area's voter registration so as to make reasonable efforts to achieve 85 percent registration. Requires each State to make provisions for the registration and voting in Federal elections for those of its eligible citizens who have writing, vision, or limb handicaps but who are otherwise eligible to register and vote. Provides that the Administration shall join with the States to make every effort to prevent fraudulent registration or voting by the careful processing of registration and voting records. Provides that whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a State or political subdivision is denying or attempting to deny any persons the right to vote in any election in violation of this Act, he shall institute for the United States a restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or such order as he deems appropriate. States that any person who deprives or attempts to deprive any other person of any right secured by this Act shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than five years or both. Grants individuals standing to seek injunction or redress of grievances committed in violation of rights secured by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Includes land located in any State or foreign country within the definition of subdivision for the purposes of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act and defines the term interstate advertising for the purposes of the Act. Provides that a purchaser of a subdivision lot may revoke the contract for such purchase within 72 hours (formerly 48 hours) excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, where he received a property report less than 48 hours before he signed the contract. States that it shall be unlawful for any developer or agent to engage in interstate advertising. Provides that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit any communication, not otherwise illegal, between a developer or agent and any person who has initiated negotiations regarding the purchase of a lot or any lots in a subdivision. States that it shall be unlawful to sell or lease any lot in any subdivision unless the developer or agent gives bond to assure the completion (in substantial conformity with the estimated schedule) of the improvements to be installed by the developer as required. Provides that the expenses of every investigation of the affairs of any developer, broker, agent, or other person or organization, including any appraisal of its real property or of any real property on which it holds a mortgage, made pursuant to the authority conferred by any provision of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, shall be borne and paid by the developer or other person or organization so investigated.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code of not more than $750 for ordinary and necessary expenses paid during the taxable year for the repair or improvement of property used by the taxpayer as his principal residence. Permits any person who is the owner of rental housing and who rehabilitates or restores such housing to deduct the cost of such restoration, with respect to the amortization of the adjusted basis of such housing as so restored, based on a period of 60 months. Entitles any person who acquires rehabilitated or restored rental housing from a taxpayer who elected the amortization deduction and who did not discontinue the amortization deduction, to a deduction with respect to the adjusted basis of such facility based on the remaining amount of the 60 month period taken by the person who rehabilitated the house. Provides procedures for the election and termination of the amortization deduction and defines the terms used in this Act.