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766 records where Rep. Patten, Edward J. [D-NJ-15] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides for the duty-free importation of bitters containing spirits which are not fit for use as beverages.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Creates a Department of Youth Affairs. Provides that there shall be at the head of the Department a Secretary of Youth Affairs who shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for an Under Secretary of the Youth Affairs and such Assistant Secretaries as shall be determined by the President to be necessary. Transfers to the Secretary of Youth Affairs the functions, personnel, property and records of: (1) the Secretary of State under the Peace Corps Act; (2) the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity under title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; and (3) the Commissioner of Education under subpart 1 of part B of Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Provides that all delegations of authority, orders, regulations, directives and other official actions of: (1) the Secretary of State under the Peace Corps Act; (2) the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity under Title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act; and (3) the Commissioner of Education under subpart 1 of part B of Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which are in force on the date of the enactment of this Act shall continue in full force and effect until modified, superseded, or revoked by the Secretary. Establishes in the Department a United States Office of Youth Participation. Provides that there shall be a Director of the Office who shall be appointed by the Secretary; provides also for a Deputy Director of the Office. Asserts that such Office shall establish and administer a program of grants-in-aid to public agencies and nonprofit private organizations which shall be made available for similar programs on youth participation at the State level, which programs are designed to recruit, train and employ youths in social and economic programs; for the development of plans to insure the meaningful participation by youth in policymaking bodies of governmental and private organizations and for the establishment of programs aimed at reducing poverty, ending racial discrimination, and improving health, education and welfare. Sets forth various directives for volunteer programs fostered under this Act. Directs the Secretary of Youth Affairs to appoint an Advisory Commission on Youth Participation which shall be composed of nine members, at least five of whom shall be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four at the time of their appointments. Provides that the Secretary shall cause a seal of the office to be made for the Department of such design as the President shall approve, and judicial notice shall be taken thereof.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Free Flow of Information Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to insure the free flow of news and other information to the public. Provides that no person shall be required to disclose in any Federal or State proceeding: (1) the source of any published or unpublished information obtained in the gathering, receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public; or (2) any unpublished information obtained or prepared in gathering, receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public. Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Allows a tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code to a taxpayer who has attained the age of sixty-five for all expenses of his medical care, or for the expenses of his mother or father who has attained the age of sixty-five. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 213)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Directs the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the search for a cause and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome as one of the top priorities in intramural research efforts and in the awarding of research and research training grants and fellowships; and to encourage researchers to submit proposals for investigations of sudden infant death syndrome. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall develop, publish, and distribute literature to be used in educating and counseling coroners, medical examiners, nurses, social workers, and similar personnel, and parents, future parents, and families whose children die, to the nature of sudden infant death syndrome and to the needs of families affected by it.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Act for Freedom of Emigration in East-West Trade - States that after October 15, 1972, products from any nonmarket economy country shall not be eligible to receive most-favored-nation treatment, such country shall not participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly, and the President of the United States shall not conclude any commercial agreement with any such country during the period beginning with the date on which the President determines that such country: (1) denies its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate; (2) imposes more than a nominal tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration, for any purpose or cause whatsoever; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice. Provides that, before any of the aforementioned commercial agreements are entered into with any foreign country, the President shall submit to the Congress a report indicating that such country is not in violation of any of the requirements of the preceding paragraph.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Finds that to make regulation of interstate commerce in food effective it is necessary to provide for the registration and inspection of all establishments in which food is manufactured or processed. Requires that on or before December 31, of each year every person owning or operating any establishment engaged in the manufacture or processing of food must register with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and that every person first engaging in such manufacturing or processing immediately register with the Secretary. Provides that every establishment registered with the Secretary shall be subject to inspection at least once per year. Deems a food misbranded if it was manufactured or processed in an establishment not duly registered.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Provides for the relief of Theodore J. Malowicki.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Provides for the relief of Guiseppe Gumina.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Provides for the relief of Chin Wing Teung.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Provides for the relief of Giacomo Di Maio and his wife, Maria Di Maio.
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1973
Prohibits the Secretary of the Army or any other officer of the United States from issuing any license, permit, or other authorization to construct any offshore bulk cargo transshipment facility in those waters of the territorial seas, the contiguous zone, or the ocean, which are within the boundaries of any State, or within the indefinite extension of such boundaries seaward, if such State has by law prohibited the construction of such a facility in the territorial seas within its boundaries. Requires the Secretary of the Army or any other officer with the intention of constructing such facility to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in writing, who shall then notify the State involved. Stipulates that if such State within one hundred and twenty days of this notification files with the Administrator its objection of construction, such license or authorizations to the issuance of such license or authorization shall not be issued except upon such conditions as the Administrator, the objecting State, and the head of the agency of the United States proposing to issue such license or authorization shall jointly require.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Consumer Protection Agency Act - Title I: Office of Consumer Affairs - Creates an Office of Consumer Affairs within the Executive Office of the President. Provides that the office shall be headed by a Director and a Deputy Director, both of whom shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Gives the Director powers to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Director to transmit to Congress and the President in January of each year a report of the activities of the Office during the preceding year including a summary of consumer complaints and recommendations for additional legislation deemed necessary to protect the interests of U.S. consumers. Provides that it shall be the function of the Office to: (1) coordinate the programs and activities of all Federal agencies relating to the interests of consumers in order to achieve effectiveness, avoid duplications and inconsistencies, and to promote the purposes of this title; (2) encourage and assist in the development and implementation of consumer programs and activities in the Federal Government; (3) assure that the interests of consumers are taken into consideration by appropriate Federal agencies both in the formulation of policies with respect to consumers and in the operation of programs that may affect consumer interests; (4) cooperate with and, when requested, provide assistance to the Administrator of the Consumer Protection Agency in carrying out its functions under title II of this Act; (5) advise and make recommendations to all Federal agencies with respect to general policy matters concerning the effectiveness of programs and activities relating to the interests of consumers; (6) submit recommendations to the Congress and the President on the means by which programs and activities relating to the interests of consumers can be improved; (7) conduct conferences and surveys concerning the needs, interests, and problems of consumers which are not duplicative in significant degree to similar activities conducted by other Federal agencies; (8) encourage, initiate, coordinate, and participate in consumer education and counseling programs (including credit counseling); (9) cooperate with and give technical assistance to State and local governments in the promotion and protection of consumer interests; (10) cooperate with and assist private enterprise in the promotion and protection of consumer interests; (11) publish and distribute in a Consumer Register material which will include notice of Federal hearings, proposed and final rules and orders, and other useful information, translated from its technical form into language which is understandable by the public; and (12) keep the appropriate committees of the Congress fully and currently informed of all its activities. Title II: Consumer Protection Agency - Establishes as an independent agency within the executive branch of the Government the Consumer Protection Agency, headed by an Administrator and a Deputy Administrator, both of whom shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Gives the Agency powers to carry out the objective of this Act. States that the functions of the Agency shall be to: (1) represent the interests of consumers before Federal agencies and courts to the extent authorized by this title; (2) encourage and support research, studies, and testing leading to a better understanding of consumer products and improved products, services, and consumer information; (3) submit recommendations annually to the Congress and the President on measures to improve the operation of the Federal Government in the protection and promotion of the consumer interest; (4) publish and distribute material developed pursuant to carrying out its responsibilities under this Act which will inform consumers of matters of interest to them; (5) conduct conferences, surveys, and investigations, including economic surveys, concerning the needs, interests, and problems of consumers which are not duplicative in significant degree to similar activities conducted by other Federal agencies; (6) keep the appropriate committees of Congress fully and currently informed of all its activities; and (7) cooperate with and, when requested, provide assistance to the Director of the Office in the carrying out of his functions.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Electricity Power Reliability Act - Provides for the establishment or regional councils made up of electric systems in the respective regions for the purpose of carrying out regional and interregional coordination. Provides that annual reports will be required from each regional council to the Federal Power Commission and the Commission shall also transmit an annual report to the Congress detailing the effectiveness of the regional and interregional coordination efforts. Provides for the establishment of a National Electric Studies Committee to consolidate electric industry efforts to investigate major present and future problems in planning and operating bulk power supply facilities. Provides also for the establishment of advisory boards to assist the Commission in its consideration of matters coming before the Commission. Requires the filing with the Commission of all oral or written agreements for coordinated planning or operation of bulk power supply facilities between electric systems. Empowers the Commission, upon recommendation of a regional council or upon its own motion, to promulgate reliability standards for the planning and operation of bulk power facilities. Provides that the Commission is further empowered to review and approve the construction of extra-high-voltage lines. Provides for the Commission's review of comments of Federal, interstate, and State and local land planning agencies as to the use of the land, including esthetic considerations for bulk power facilities. Empowers the Commission to order any electric system to establish physical connection of its transmission facilities with the facilities of one or more other electric systems if such requirement will not place any of the systems under an undue burden. Prohibits any abandoment or curtailment of bulk power supply facilities if such actions would effect bulk power supply without approval of the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to exempt electric systems from any requirement of this Act whenever it determines that such exemption is necessary and appropriate to carry out the objectives of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Provides that no State or political subdivision thereof shall have the power to impose an income tax on the income or to establish the rate of taxation on the income of any individual: (1) who is a nonresident of the State which exceeds 50 percent of the tax which would be collected by such State with respect to the income of an individual who is a resident; or (2) who is a resident of the State except to the extent such tax exceeds any tax paid on such income to the State in which the income was earned or derived.
United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973
Makes it the sense of the Congress that: (1) the producers and distributors of motion pictures and television and radio programs should cease the production and distribution of those films and programs which defame, sterotype, ridicule, demean, or degrade ethnic, racial, or religious groups; (2) those responsible persons in the motion picture and broadcasting industries who are desirous of contributing to the vitality of democratic institutions by promoting ethnic, racial, and religious harmony should establish adequate standards for the production of films and broadcasts which portray ethnic, racial, or religious groups and that such standards should be rigorously enforced by the motion picture and broadcasting industries; and (3) if within one year after the enactment of this resolution the motion picture and broadcasting industries have failed to establish and enforce adequate standards for the production of films and broadcasts which portray ethnic, racial, or religious groups, appropriate committees of the House and Senate shall formulate and propose such measures as are necessary to establish and implement such standards.