United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that with respect to the right to life, the word "person", as used in this article and in the fifth and fourteenth articles of amendment to the U.S. Constitution applies to all human beings, including their unborn offspring at every stage of their biological development, irrespective of age, health, function, or condition of dependency. Provides that this article shall not apply in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the death of the mother.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1973
Fair Labor Standards Amendments - Title I: Increases in Minimum Wage Rates - Increases the minimum wage for nonagricultural workers to $1.90 per hour during the first year after the effective date of this Act, $2.10 per hour during the second year, and $2.20 per hour thereafter. Increases the minimum wage for agricultural workers to $1.50 per hour during the first year after the effective date of this Act, $1.70 an hour during the second year, and $1.85 an hour during the third year from such date, and not less than $2.00 an hour thereafter. Raises the minimum wage rate for employees in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Excludes employees in the Canal Zone from the increases in the minimum wage. Title II: Revision of Exemptions - Provides that the maximum hours restriction imposed on employers shall not apply with respect to the employment of any employee in a retail or service establishment if: (1) such employee is employed in a bona fide sales capacity in, or as manager of, such establishment; (2) such employee's regular rate of pay is not less than twice the wage rate in effect for nonagricultural employees; and (3) for employment in such establishment in excess of forty-eight hours in any workweek during such period or periods, such employee receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the regular rate at which he is employed in such establishment. Excludes from the minimum wage established by this Act any employee who is employed with his spouse by a nonprofit educational institution to serve as the parents of children who are orphans or one of whose natural parents is deceased, and who are enrolled in such institutions and reside in residential facilities of the institution, while such children are in residence at such institution, if such employee and his spouse reside in such facilities, receive, without cost, board and lodging from such institution, and are together compensated, on a cash basis, at an annual rate of not less than $10,000. Title III: Expanding Employment Opportunities for Youths - Provides a special minimum wage for persons under the age of eighteen and fulltime students. Title IV: Conforming Amendments; Effective Date; and Regulations - Sets forth technical and conforming amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Declares the effective date of this Act to be the first day of the second full month which begins after the date of its enactment. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to prescribe necessary rules, regulations, and orders with regard to the amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Makes inapplicable to the aged, blind and disabled the existing provision of the Social Security Act limiting to 10 percent the portion of the total amounts paid to a State as grants for social services which may be paid with respect to individuals who are not actually recipients of or applicants for aid or assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1973
Legal Services Corporation Act. Establishes in the District of Columbia a private nonmembership nonprofit corporation which shall be known as the "Legal Services Corporation," for the purpose of providing financial support for legal assistance in noncriminal matters to persons financially unable to afford legal assistance. States that the corporation shall have a board of directors consisting of eleven voting members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, no more than six of whom shall be of the same political party. Provides that within six months following the appointment of all members of the board, the board shall request the Governor of each State to appoint a nine-member advisory council for his State. Sets forth the corporation's powers, duties and limitations. Authorizes the corporation to make grants to, and to contract with, individuals, partnerships, firms, organizations, corporations, State and local governments and other appropriate entities for the purpose of providing legal assistance to eligible clients. States that any interested person may bring an action in a Federal district court to enforce compliance with the prohibitions of or under this Act by the corporation or any recipient or any officer or employee of the corporation or of any recipient. Sets forth the conditions for the eligibility of an individual to receive legal assistance under this Act. States that no funds made available by the corporation under this Act, either by grant or contract may be used: (1) to provide legal assistance under this Act with respect to a criminal proceeding or incarceration for a crime; (2) for any political activities; (3) to award grants or enter contracts with any public interest law firm which expends any resources and time litigating issues either in the broad interests of a majority of the public or in the collective interests of the poor, or both; (4) to provide legal assistance under this Act to any person of less than eighteen years of age without formal written consent of one of said person's parents or guardians, except that if a person of less than eighteen years of age has no parent or legal guardian, an attorney compensated under this Act may represent such person for the purpose of petitioning the court to request appointment of a guardian ad litem, with the written consent of a guardian ad litem necessary for continued provision of such assistance; (5) to support or conduct training programs for the advocacy of, as distinguished from the dissemination of information about, particular public policies or which encourage political activities, labor or antilabor activities, boycotts, picketing, strikes, and demonstrations; and or (6) to organize, to assist to organize, or to encourage to organize, or plan for, the creation or formation of, or the structuring of, any organization, association, coalition, alliance, federation, confederation, or any similar entity except as authorized by the corporation. States that the corporation shall conduct a study of alternative methods of delivery of legal services to eligible clients including judicare, vouchers, prepaid legal insurance, and contracts with law firms and shall make recommendations to the President and the Congress on or before June 30, 1974, concerning improvements, changes, or alternative methods for delivery of such systems. Authorizes the corporation to require such reports as it deems necessary from recipients of grants or contracts. States that the accounts of the corporation shall be audited annually. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the activities of the corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1973
Provides for the deletion of the termination date for title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 2620)
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1973
Authorizes the President to proclaim June 17, 1973, as a day of commemoration of the opening of the upper Mississippi River by Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet in 1673.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Provides that for purposes of defining "employer" under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (in which 20 days of employing persons is required), a day shall not be taken into account unless the hours of employment of all individuals employed aggregated 8 hours or more. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 3306(a))
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Dairymen's Bargaining Act - Finds disorderly conditions in the marketing of milk, and finds inadequate compensation for services performed in connection with the marketing of milk. Establishes a National Milk Marketing Board consisting of twelve directors to be appointed by the President upon recommendation by the Secretary of Agriculture, by cooperatives, and by handlers, to serve for terms of three years. Empowers the Board to designate certified agents pursuant to this Act, enforce prices and payments of rates for services, and promulgate regulations for enforcing this Act. Authorizes the certified agents to bargain with handlers, to provide services for producers and to pay for such services, to provide services for the market generally, and to collect from handlers certain prices for milk negotiated by the bargaining agency. Provides for the review of the certified agency's actions by the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Provides for the deferral or cancellation of repayment of student loans under the National Defense Education Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965, for persons held as prisoners of war. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to pay to holders of such loans appropriate amounts due.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1973
Employee Benefits Protection Act - Revises and extends the provisions of the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act. Avers that the effect of employee benefit plans has become increasingly interstate in character. Declares it to be the policy of this Act to establish fiduciary standards of conduct in person having the power or duty to control and dispose of employee benefit funds. Defines additional terms for the purposes of this Act. Permits a person to maintain a civil action for recovery of benefits due him notwithstanding the fact that the plan in which he is enrolled has no more than 25 enrollees. Reasserts the duty imposed on the administrator of an employee benefit plan to publish and distribute to each participant or beneficiary of that plan an annual financial report, a plan description, and a report upon termination of the plan. Sets forth the criteria for adequacy of a plan description; and vests authority for making rules and regulations concerning this reporting requirement in the Secretary of Labor. Extends the reporting requirement to the administrator of any employee benefit plan covering 100 or more participants or if the plan provides for an employee benefit fund subject to the obligations set forth in this Act. Requires an annual audit of any employee benefit fund established in connection with an employee benefit plan. Enumerates the required disclosures which shall appear in the annual report, and sets forth the publication and distribution requirements. Makes any administrator failing to comply with the provisions of this Act regarding a participant's or beneficiary's request for a report or plan description liable to that participant or beneficiary for up to $50 per day, for each day after the 30th day following the request. Provides for maintenance of civil actions by either the Secretary or a participant for appropriate legal or equitable relief for any breach of duty by a fiduciary. Sets forth the basis for jurisdiction, venue, and removal of such suits. Permits the court to allow recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and costs and the posting of security by the plaintiff. Declares that every employee benefit fund shall be deemed to be a trust, and shall be held for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and beneficiaries, and for defraying reasonable expenses in administration of the plan. Details the duties of a fiduciary of a fund. Makes a fiduciary personally liable for losses to the fund. Sets forth the several obligations of multiple fiduciaries of a fund. Requires that any action based on a violation of a fiduciaries obligation be brought within 3 years after the complainant has notice of the facts constituting a violation; but in all cases where notice is lacking, excepting willful misrepresentation, within 6 years of the time that the violation occurred; and within 10 years in the case of willful misrepresentation. Prohibits the holding of office as administrator, counsel, employee, fiduciary or consultant by any person convicted of any crime enumerated in this Act. Makes a violation of this prohibition punishable by as much as $10,000 fine and/or one year imprisonment. Preempts any Federal or State laws relating to the fiduciary, reporting and disclosure responsibilities of person acting on behalf of employee benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Arctic Oil and Natural Gas Act - Sets forth a declaration of policy for this Act. Authorizes the President to appoint an Alaskan Oil Pipeline Task Force, consisting of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Defense, and others to conduct a complete study of the availability of a right-of-way across Canadian territory for the construction and operation of transmission facilities for the petroleum reserves of the North Slope of Alaska. Provides for this task force to report to Congress any prohibitive obstacles by October 1, 1973. Directs the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations with the Canadian Government regarding the availability of the necessary rights-of-way across Canada and requires him to report to Congress by October 1, 1973. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to issue rights-of-way and special land use permits notwithstanding section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, and any decision of any court, effective November 1, 1973, provided the task force does not report any prohibitive obstacles.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Provides for the repeal of the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 which relates to payments for basic educational opportunity grants. (Repeals 20 U.S.C. 1231(b)(4))
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1973
Directs the Joint Study Committee on Budget Control to report to the Congress, by bill or resolution, no later than June 1, 1973, its final recommendations with respect to any matters covered under its jurisdiction. Provides that such report shall include, but shall not be limited to : (1) procedures for improving congressional control of budgetary outlay and receipt totals, including procedures for establishing and maintaining an overall view of each year's budgetary outlays which is fully coordinated with an overall view of the anticipated revenues for that year; (2) procedures for the operation of a limitation on expenditures and net lending commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973; and (3) procedures for limiting the authority of the President to impound or otherwise withhold funds authorized and appropriated by the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants to assist elementary and secondary schools to carry on programs to teach moral and ethical princples. Authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1972, and for each of the two succeeding years, to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1973
Provides, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, that the Secretary of Labor may visit the workplace of any small employer which has twenty-five or fewer employees for the purpose of affording consultation and advice for such employer on matters, specified in a request by the employer, affecting conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment, or materials in the workplace. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $1,500,000 for 1975, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 636)
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1973
Provides that the minority party, upon request, be provided with up to one-third of a committee's investigative staff funds pursuant to the rules of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1973
Extends until November 1, 1978, the existing exemption of the steamboat Delta Queen from vessel laws requiring fire-retardant material to be used in the construction of large vessels. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 369(b))
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1973
Extends the Education of the Handicapped Act for three years through fiscal year 1976. Authorizes appropriations for specified programs under such Act.
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 · 19 March 1973
Extends to all unmarried individuals the tax treatment of income splitting now utilized by married individuals filing joint returns under the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe and publish tables reflecting the amendments made by this Act which shall apply in lieu of the tables set forth in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to wages paid on or after the first day of the first month which begins more than 20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1973
Rights of Conscience in Abortion Procedures Act - Requires Medical institutions to provide a certificate indicating respect for an individual employee's right not to participate in abortions contrary to that individual's conscience as a requirement for hospital eligibility for Federal financial assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Provides for the treatment of illegitimate children of servicemen or servicewomen to be dependents under specified circumstances for the purpose of paying quarters allowances to the service parent. (Amends 37 U.S.C. 403)
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Educationally Disadvantaged Children's Act - Directs the Commissioner of Education to make payments to State educational agencies for authorized State programs and for grants to local educational agencies for improving the educational proficiency of children who are educationally disadvantaged for the period beginning July 1, 1975. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the four succeeding fiscal years. Establishes a National Commission on Educational Disadvantage. Provides that the Commission shall, either directly or through grants to or contracts with individuals, public agencies, or private organizations, arrange for the development and administration of a test or tests designed to produce data showing the estimated number of educationally disadvantaged children in each State and in all the States. Such test or tests shall: (1) be administered to children between the ages of five and seventeen (inclusive) in each State who are selected in such manner and in such number and at such age and grade levels as to produce a scientifically valid cross-section of the school-age population of each State and of all the States; (2) be designed to measure the performance of children in terms of specific criteria determined or approved by the Commission as being appropriate standards of what children should know or be able to do at selected age or grade levels; and (3) be confined to the subjects of reading and mathematics (including, where appropriate and if the Commission so determines, reading readiness and mathematics readiness for the youngest children or those in the earliest grades of school). Directs the Commission to arrange for the administration of the first tests at the earliest feasible time during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, in order to certify to the Commissioner the estimated number of educationally disadvantaged children in each State and in all the States for the purposes of allocating funds to the States. Directs the Commission to review and evaluate the administration and operation of this Act, including: (1) the design and administration of testing programs and their effectiveness in identifying educational disadvantage; (2) the equity of State allocations of funds made available under this title among local educational agencies, taking into account such factors as concentrations of educationally disadvantaged children, the needs of the most severely educationally disadvantaged children, the financial capacity of local educational agencies to meet the needs of such children; (3) the validity and effectiveness of State methods of defining and identifying educational disadvantage; and (4) the effectiveness of programs financed under this title in improving the educational attainment of educationally disadvantaged children and the extent to which they are meeting the needs of all such children.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1973
Rehabilitation Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to provide a statutory basis for the Rehabilitation Service Administration and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, Welfare, an Office for the Handicapped, and to authorize specified programs. Establishes within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Rehabilitation Services Administration which shall be administered by a Commissioner. Provides that the Commissioner shall carry out and administer all programs and direct the performance of all services for which authority is provided to the Secretary of H.E.W. under titles I through IV of this Act. Creates within such Administration a Division of Research, Training and Evaluation which shall be responsible for carrying out programs and projects under title IV of this Act. Authorizes the inclusion of appropriations under this Act for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which they are available for obligation. Provides that where funds are provided for a single project by more than one Federal agency to an agency or organization assisted under this Act, the Federal agency principally involved may be designated to act for all in administering such funds, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the President. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Vocational Rehabilitation Services - States it to be the purpose of this title to authorize grants to assist States to meet the current and future needs of handicapped individuals, so that such individuals may prepare for and engage in gainful employment to the extent of their capabilities. Authorizes to be appropriated $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, and $800,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 for the purpose of making grants to States to assist them in meeting the cost of vocational rehabilitation services. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, for the purpose of making grants to States and public and nonprofit agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of projects to initiate or expand services to handicapped individuals. Sets forth the requirements of State plans to be submitted and approved for participation in programs under this title and approved for participation in programs under this title and under title II of this Act. Authorizes judicial review in Unites States district courts of decisions by the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration affecting State plans. Provides that the Commissioner shall insure that the individualized written rehabilitation program required in a State plan in the case of each handicapped individual shall be developed jointly by the vocational rehabilitational counselor or coordinator and the handicapped individual. Defines vocational rehabilitation services provided under this Act as any goods or services necessary to render a handicapped individuals employable, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) evaluation of rehabilitation potential; (2) counseling, guidance, referral, and placement services for handicapped individuals; (3) vocational and other training services for handicapped individuals; (4) physical and mental restoration services; (5) maintenance, not exceeding the estimated cost of subsistence, during rehabilitation; (6) interpreter services for the deaf, and reader services for the blind; (7) recruitment and training services for handicapped individuals; (8) rehabilitation teaching services and orientation and mobility services for the blind; (9) occupational licenses, tools, equipment, and initial stocks and supplies; (10) transportation in connection with the rendering of any vocational rehabilitation services; and (11) telecommunications, sensory, and other technological aids and devices. Provides a formula for the allotment and payment of funds to States for providing rehabilitation services under this title. Directs the Commissioner to establish offices in ten to twenty geographically dispersed regions for client assistance pilot projects to provide counselors to inform and advise all clients and client applicants in the project area of all available benefits under this Act and to assist them in their relationships with projects, programs, and facilities providing services to them under this Act. Directs the Commissioner to pay to a State or, at the option of the State, to a public or nonprofit organization or agency a portion of the cost of planning, preparing for, and initiating special programs under the State plan to expand vocational rehabilitation services. Title II: Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services - States it to be the purpose of this title to authorize grants to assist the several States in developing and implementing continuing plans for meeting the current and future needs of handicapped individuals for whom a vocational goal is not possible or feasible. Authorizes to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 for grants to carry out the purposes of this title. Specifies the formula to be utilized in alloting such funds to the States. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to States and public and nonprofit agencies or organizations to pay part of the cost of projects for research and demonstration and training which hold promise of making a substantial contribution to the solution of problems related to the rehabilitation of individuals under this title. Title III: Special Federal Responsibilities - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants and contracts to assist in meeting the cost of construction of public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities, initial staffing, and planning assistance. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit organizations and agencies to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects for providing vocational training services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps, in public or nonprofit rehabilitation facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants and contracts $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to insure up to 100 percent of any mortgage for the construction of facilities for programs for handicapped individuals. Creates a Rehabilitation Facilities Insurance Fund to be used by the Commissioner as a revolving fund for carrying out the insurance provisions of this part. Provides that the total amount of outstanding mortgages shall not exceed $250,000,000. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for initial capital for such Fund. Authorizes the Commissioner to make annual interest grants to assist States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to reduce the cost of borrowing from other sources for the construction of rehabilitation facilities. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the payment of annual interest grants in accordance with this part. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations for paying part of the cost of special projects and demonstrations: (1) for establishing facilities and providing services which hold promise of expanding or otherwise improving rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps; and (2) for applying new types or patterns of service or devices. Allows the Commissioner to make grants to pay up to 90 percent of the cost of projects or demonstrations for the provision of of vocational or comprehensive rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals who are migratory agricultural workers or seasonal farmworkers and to members of their families who are with them. Provides that the Commissioner may make contracts or jointly finance cooperative arrangements with employers and organizations for the establishment of projects designed to prepare handicapped individuals for gainful and suitable employment in the competitive labor market under which such handicapped individuals are provided training and employment in a realistic work setting and such other services as may be necessary for such individuals to continue to engage in such employment. Authorizes the Commissioner to provide technical assistance to rehabilitation facilities, and for the purpose of removal of architectural and transportation barriers, to any public or nonprofit agency, institution, organization or facility. Authorizes to be appropriated, for the purpose of making grants under this part, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated for construction $600,000 for fiscal year 1973, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1975, for establishing and operating a National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as Congress deems necessary for fiscal year 1973 and for the next two succeding fiscal years for making grants and contracts for the expansion and improvement of vocational or comprehensive rehabilitation services for deaf and blind individuals. Authorizes to be appropriated, for the purpose of establishing and operating National Centers for Spinal Cord Injuries, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes to be appropriated, for providing services for the treatment of individuals suffering from end-stage renal disease, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Establishes a National Advisory Council on Rehabilitation of Handicapped Individuals in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to: (1) provide policy advice and consultation to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Commissioner; (2) review the administration and operation of vocational rehabilitation programs under this Act; and (3) advise the Secretary and the Commissioner with respect to conduct of independent evaluations of programs carried out under this Act. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as Congress deems necessary for fiscal year 1973 and for each of fiscal years 1974 and 1975 to carry out the functions of the Council. Title IV: Research and Training - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to and contracts with States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay part of the cost of projects for the purpose of planning and conducting research, demonstrations, and related activities, which bear directly on the development of methods, procedures, and devices to assist in the provision of vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals, especially those with the most severe handicaps. Authorizes to be appropriated for such research activities $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to and contract with States and public and nonprofit agencies and organizations to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services to handicapped individuals and in performing other functions necessary to the development of such services. Authorizes to be appropriated for such training grants $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Title V: Administration and Program and Project Evaluation - Provides that, in carrying out his duties under this Act, the Commissioner shall: (1) cooperate with, and render technical assistance to, States in matters relating to the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals; (2) provide short-term training and instruction in technical matters relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services; and (3) disseminate information relating to vocational and comprehensive rehabilitation services, and otherwise promote the cause of the rehabilitation of handicapped individuals and their greater utilization in gainful and suitable employment. Directs the Secretary to measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized by this Act. Title VI: Office for the Handicapped - Establishes an Office for the Handicapped in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to: (1) prepare a long-range projection for the provisions of comprehensive services to handicapped individuals; (2) analyze program operations; (3) encourage coordinated and cooperative planning; (4) provide assistance to other committees advising the Secretary; (5) develop means of promoting scientific research to bring about the full integration of handicapped individuals into all aspects of society; and (6) provide a central clearinghouse for information and resource availability for handicapped individuals. Authorizes to be appropriated for purposes of this title such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal year 1973 and for the next two fiscal years. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Provides that the Vocational Rehabilitation Act is repealed ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Handicapped Employees to insure the adequacy of hiring, placement, and advancement practices with respect to handicapped individuals by each department, agency, and instrucmentality of the executive branch of the Government. Establishes a National Commission on Transportation and Housing for Handicapped Individuals to identify and eliminate transportation barriers that impede the mobility of handicapped individuals and aged handicapped individuals, and to prepare plans and proposals for such further action as may be necessary to the goals for adequate transportation and housing for handicapped individuals. Establishes an Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to investigate and examine alternative approaches to the architectural, transportation, and attitudinal barriers confronting handicapped individuals. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal 1973 and for the next two fiscal years to carry out the duties and functions of the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Provides a civil penalty of $500 for each offense for persons owning any vehicles which are on Federal recreational properties without having any litter bags.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1973
Department of Education and Manpower Act - States that the national interest requires: (1) that adequate recognition be given to the fundamental importance to our society of education and training in its broadest aspect and to the importance within the Federal structure of the agency charged with the responsibility of carrying out Federal policy in education and training; (2) that Federal programs designed to provide financial support for education and training at all levels, to assist in the training and retraining of persons for employment, and to encourage progress in the arts, sciences, and humanities be coordinated and administered in such a manner as to eliminate duplication of effort and conflicting policies and procedures; and (3) that the Federal Government develop a consistent and effective manpower policy which would encompass both short-term and long-range national needs for education and training and would be administered so as to strengthen public and private resources available to meet these needs without interference in or disruption of the responsibilities of State and local school systems or private and public institutions. Establishes at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Education and Manpower headed by a Secretary of Education and Manpower, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that there shall be in the Department an Under Secretary, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall act for, and exercise the powers of the Secretary, during the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Secretary. Gives the Under Secretary such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time. Provides that there shall be in the Department four Assistant Secretaries and a General Counsel, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Secretary shall prescribe from time to time. Gives one Assistant Secretary responsibility for scientific manpower and for the National Science Foundation. Gives one Assistant Secretary responsibility for the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities. Transfers to the Secretary all functions of : (1) the Office of Education and of the Commissioner of Education and other officers and offices of the Office of Education; and (2) all functions of the Secretary of Labor and of the other officers and offices of the Department of Labor under the following provisions of law: The Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, Chapter 3 of the Trade Expansion Act, Part A of title V of the Economic Opportunity Act, and the Emergency Employment Act of 1971. Transfers various other programs to the Department. Redesignates the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, on and after the effective date of this Act, as the Department of Health and Welfare. Provides that any reference in a law, regulation, document, or record of the United States to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare or an office the title of which is redesignated shall be held and considered to be a reference to the Department of Health and Welfare or to such office as so redesignated. Grants the Department administratives powers. Makes technical amendments to various other laws so as to conform to this Act. Requires an annual report by the Secretary to the President and the Congress on the activities of the Department. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress within two years a proposed codification of all laws which contain functions transferred to the Secretary by this Act. Makes the effective date of this Act 90 days after enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1973
Requires the National Commission on the Financing of Postsecondary Education to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations to the President and Congress no later than December 31, 1973 (now April 30, 1973). Extends through July 1, 1974, the time for carrying out the provisions of the Education Amendments of 1972 relating to the study of the financing of postsecondary education. Provides that the Commission shall cease to exist upon the submission of its final report except that it shall, if necessary, have a reasonable time to terminate the affairs of the Commission (but not later than June 30, 1974).
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1973
Travel Agents Registration Act - Declares the finding of Congress that it is in the public interest to strengthen the travel agency industry and to maintain public confidence in travel agents by regulating travel agents. Provides that on and after January 1, 1973, no person shall, directly or indirectly, engage in the business of conducting a travel agency without having first received a registration certificate as provided by this Act. Establishes in the Department of Transportation a Bureau of Travel Agents Registration, headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary of Transportation. Establishes a Travel Agents Registration Board to advise the Director and to pass on applications for registration certificates. Provides that the Director shall promulgate such rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, those necessary to require sound financial practices by registered travel agents and those considered necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Provides that the Secretary shall establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act, and shall promulgate a binding code of ethics for the travel agency industry. Requires the granting of a certificate by the Director if the applicant was conducting a travel agency on September 3, 1968, has been doing so for two or more years, and has been approved for appointment as an agent for two or more years by two or more conferences of air or steamship carriers, unless the Director makes a specific determination that the applicant lacks good character or financial integrity. Provides that when an application for a registration certificate shall have been examined by the Director and the Director, with the advice of the Board, has determined that the applicant has complied with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Director and the Director, with the advice of the Board, shall have determined that the applicant, if issued a certificate of authorization, would provide a useful public service, the Director shall issue and deliver a registration certificate to the applicant. Provides that a registration certificate shall not be issued to any person who has been convicted in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a possession of the United States, of a felony or a crime concerning activities prohibited by this Act. Provides that registration certificates issued pursuant to this title shall not be assignable or transferable, and shall expire every second year. Provides for a fine of up to $1,000 upon a finding that the holder of a registration certificate has engaged in any of the following practices: (1) fraud or bribery in securing a registration certificate issued pursuant to this title; (2) the making of any false statement as to a material matter in any application or other statement required by or pursuant to this title; (3) violation of any provision of this title or any code, rule, or regulation adopted hereunder; (4) any fraud or fraudulent practice in the operation and conduct of a travel agency business including, but not limited to, intentionally misleading advertising; (5) activities prohibited by this title leading to conviction of a misdemeanor; and (6) activities leading to conviction of a felony. Provides for the revocation of the certificates of a registered agency for violations of this title after an opportunity for a hearing and review by the United States court of appeals Provides penalties of up to $500 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or both, for any knowing and willful violations of this title.
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 · 20 February 1973
Provides that the expenses of a special investigation and study of welfare and pension plans to be conducted by the Committee on Education and Labor, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, not to exceed $220,000, including expenditures for the employment of investigators, attorneys, individual consultants or organizations thereof, and clerical, stenographic, and other assistants, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Provides that such $220,000 shall be available and allocated to the General Subcommittee on Labor in connection with its present study and investigation of private pension and welfare funds pursuant to H.R. 2, H.R. 462, and related bills. Requires the General Subcommittee on Labor, through the Committee on Education and Labor, to report to the House as soon as practical during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Authorizes the Chairman of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities with the advice of the National Council to establish a program of contracts with, or grants in aid to, talented individuals or groups for the purpose of encouraging new project areas in the humanities. Establishes those standards, criteria, and procedures which a State must follow in order to receive assistance for such projects in any fiscal year. Prescribes the minimum amount which is to be allotted to any State agency and procedures for alloting funds for each fiscal year. Provides that assurances must be given to the Secretary of Labor that any State agency receiving funds shall pay all employees, involved in construction projects assisted by these funds, wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction projects in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor under the Davis- Bacon Act. Provides that the Council shall advise the Chairman with respect to policies, programs and procedures for carrying out his duties and responsibilities under the Act, and shall review applications or projects proposed for assistance. Prohibits the Chairman from approving or disapproving an application until a recommendation is received from the Council provided such recommendation is given within a reasonable time. Authorizes the Chairman, with the advice of the National Council on the Humanities, to develop and encourage scholarship and research programs. Provides that all loans made by the Endowment shall be made in accordance with terms approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. Names those persons who shall compose the Council and authorizes the President to designate the Chairman of the Council. Enumerates those conditions upon which the Chairman may receive a gift. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act for each year.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Provides that on or after June 30, 1973, no import quota or other nontariff trade restriction shall be imposed by or pursuant to law with respect to the importation into the United States of petroleum and petroleum products. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1862)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1973
Child Development Personnel Training Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to respond to the demonstrated need for child development personnel in the 1970's by stimulating the development of sufficient training and educational programs in every State and region of the United States to assure an adequate supply of personnel to meet the staffing requirements of early childhood programs. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to, or to enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education, State and local child development agencies, State and local educational agencies, child development programs, private companies and organizations engaged in teacher training, teacher training organizations, national child development organizations, and producers of television programming, for the purpose of establishing, developing, or updating early childhood personnel training programs. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act $40,000,000 ffor fiscal year 1974, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $75,000,000 for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1980.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Amendments - Extends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act through June 30, l976. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1973
Agricultural Labor Relations Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of commerce by encouraging farmers and agricultural employees represented by labor organizations to resolve labor disputes through collective bargaining and to protect the exercise by agricultural workers of the full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing for the purposes of negotiating the terms and conditions of their employment or other mutual aid or protection. Provides for the establishment and composition of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board. Provides that the Board shall have exclusive jurisdiction, authority, and responsibility with respect to agricultural employees, agricultural employers, and labor organizations representing or seeking to represent agricultural employees covered by this Act. Provides that employees shall have the right of self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities except to the extent that such right may be affected by an agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment. Declares it to be an unfair labor practice for an employer: (1) to interfere with, restrain, or coerce, employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in this Act; (2) to dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization or contribute financial or other support to it; (3) to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization by discrimination in regard to hiring or tenure of employment; (4) to discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because he has filed charges or given testimony under this Act; (5) to refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of his employees; (6) to lockout employees in violation of this Act; and (7) to knowingly employ as an employee any alien who is in the United States in violation of law. Declares it to be an unfair labor practice for a labor organization: (1) to restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed under this Act, or an employer in the exercise of the selection of his representatives for the purposes of collective bargaining or the adjustment of grievances; (2) to cause an employer to discriminate against an employee in violation of this Act; (3) to refuse to bargain collectively with an employer; (4) to cause a strike with the object of forcing or requiring any employer or self-employed person to join any labor or employer organization, to cease using, selling, handling, transporting, or otherwise dealing in the products of any other producer, processor, or manufacturer, to recognize or bargain with a particular labor organization, or to assign particular work to employees in a particular labor organization or in a particular trade, craft, or class; (5) to require of employees covered by an agreement authorized under this Act to pay, as a condition precedent to becoming a member of such organization, a fee in an amount which the Board finds excessive or discriminatory under all the circumstances; (6) to cause or attempt to cause an employer to pay or deliver or agree to pay or deliver any money or other thing of value, in the nature of an exaction, for services which are not performed or not to be performed; (7) to picket an employer to force an employer to recognize or bargain with a labor organization as the representative of his employees under certain circumstances; and (8) to engage in any strike or picketing in violation of this Act. Provides that representatives designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining by the majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes shall be the exclusive representative of all the employees in such unit for the purpose of collective bargaining in respect to rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, or other conditions of employment. Provides that an employer shall be required to recognize and bargain with a bargaining representative when that representative has been selected by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit under this Act. Empowers the Board to prevent any person from engaging in any unfair labor practice affecting commerce. Sets forth the procedures whereby the Board shall effect such powers. Empowers the Board to petition any court of appeals of the United States for the enforcement of such order and for appropriate temporary relief or restraining order. Provides that any person aggrieved by a final order of the Board granting or denying in whole or in part the relief sought may obtain a review of such order in any circuit court of appeals of the United States. Provides that no employer shall engage in a lockout involving employees nor shall a labor organization recognized as the representative of employees pursuant to this Act engage in or induce or encourage any individual or any other labor organization to engage in any strike, picketing, or similar activity without giving the opposing party twenty days written notice of its intention to do so. Provides that any party receiving such a notice of intent may invoke a forty-day period of mediation by giving written notice thereof. Provides that such notice of mediation shall be served upon the opposing party, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the Board. Provides that the Service shall assign a mediator to assist in the resolution of any dispute during such period. Authorizes such mediator to impose a binding settlement on the invoking party if accepted by the other party before the forty-day period expires, if the dispute is not otherwise resolved by the parties. Declares unlawful unfair labor practices by labor organizations under this Act. Provides that whoever shall be injured in his business or property by reason of any such unfair labor practice may sue therefore in any district court of the United States to recover the damages by him sustained and the cost of the suit. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act the sum of $3,600,000 annually.
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 · 7 February 1973
Makes appropriations to carry out the social and rehabilitation services provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, the Older Americans Act, the Social Security Act, and the International Health Research Act of 1960, of $898,648,000, of which $610,000,000 shall be for grants to States for rehabilitation under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Provides that none of the funds contained in this appropriation may be used for any expenses incident to making allotments to States for the current fiscal year, under such provisions of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, on a basis in excess of a total of $645,000,000. Provides that the $5,000,000 contained within this appropriation for the construction of the National Center for Deaf/Blind youths and adults shall remain available until expended.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1973
Comprehensive Older Americans Services Amendments - Title I: Declaration of Objectives - States that the general purpose of this Act is to make available comprehensive health, education, and social service programs to our older citizens. Title II: Administration on Aging - Declares that the Commissioner on Aging shall be the principal officer of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for carrying out this Act. Establishes within the Administration on Aging a National Information and Resource Center for the Aging to collect, review, organize, publish, and disseminate information and data related to the particular problems caused by aging, including information describing measures which are or may be employed for meeting such problems. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the Aging designated to advise and assist the President as he may direct on matters relating to the special needs of Older Americans; to assist the Commissioner on Aging in carrying out his functions under this Act; to review and evaluate programs of the Federal Government with emphasis on identifying unsolved problems of older Americans; and to make recommendations to the President, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Commissioner, and Congress for the establishment of new programs for the aged. Provides that not later than one hundred and twenty days after the close of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress a complete report on the activities carried out under this Act. Title III: Grants for State and Area Programs - Prescribes standards and procedures for the establishment by the several States of State and area social service programs in order to develop a greater capacity and foster development of comprehensive systems to serve older persons. Provides that the Commissioner shall not finally disapprove any State plan, or any modification thereof, without first affording the State reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing. Authorizes appropriations of $12,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, and $15,000,000 for fiscal years 1974 and 1975 for grants to States for paying such percentage as each State agency determines, but not more than 75 percent of the cost of administering the State plan. Title IV: Training and Research - Directs the Commissioner to make grants to State agencies and educational institutions for the purpose of: (1) publicizing available opportunities for careers in the field of aging; (2) encouraging qualified persons to enter or re-enter the field of aging; (3) encouraging persons from other professions to undertake assignments on a parttime basis in the field of aging; and (4) assisting in covering the cost of courses of training or study. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants for the purpose of establishing multidisciplinary centers of gerontology to recruit and train personnel; conduct basic research on the problem of the aged; provide consultation to public and voluntary organizations; and create opportunities for research projects with respect to aging. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1974 and $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, for the purposes of attracting personnel to and training personnel in the field of aging. Authorizes appropriations of $20,000,000 for the fiscal year 1973, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, for establishing multidisciplinary centers or gerontology. Title V: Multipurpose Senior Centers - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to units of general purpose local government or other public or nonprofit private agencies to pay not to exceed 75 percent of the cost of leasing, altering, or renovating existing facilities to serve as multipurpose senior centers. Establishes standards to be followed by the Commissioner in making such grants and authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1973-1975 to carry out the provisions of this section. Creates a Multipurpose Senior Center Insurance Fund to be adminstered by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to insure mortgages on multipurpose senior centers. Authorizes appropriations of $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of making grants to meet the costs of compensation of professional and technical personnel for the initial operation of multipurpose senior centers. Title VI: National Older Americans Volunteer Program - Provides that no compensation paid to individual volunteers under the Retired Senior Volunteer Program under the Older Americans Act shall be considered income for any purposes. Provides continuing appropriations for such program in the amount of $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1975. Authorizes appropriations of $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $55,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, for the continuation of the Foster Grandparent Program under the Older Americans Act. Title VII: Nutrition Programs - Provides under the Older Americans Act of 1965 that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation may donate specified products acquired by them to a recipient of a grant or contract for providing nutritional services for the elderly. Title VIII: Special Impact Programs - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to public or nonprofit private agencies for payment of part of the cost of any program designed to: (1) assist in meeting in special housing needs of older persons; (2) improve the transportation services available to older persons; (3) meet the needs of unemployed low-income older persons; (4) provide continuing education to older persons; and (5) provide retirement education and information to persons planning retirement. Authorizes appropriations of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1973, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, for providing assistance under this title. Title IX: Amendments to other Acts - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to States which have submitted a long-range program and an annual program for library services for older persons. Specifies that the Commissioner is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education to assist such institutions in planning, developing, and carrying out programs specifically designed to apply the resources of higher education to the problems of the elderly. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to State and local educational agencies or other public or private nonprofit agencies for educational programs for elderly persons whose ability to speak and read the English language is limited and who live in an area with a culture different from their own. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 3001,3011(b); 42 U.S.C. 3012(3), (4); 42 U.S.C. 3044; 42 U.S.C. 3044a, 3044b; Amends 20 U.S.C. 354, 355, 355nts; 20 U.S.C. 1504(a) (2); 20 U.S.C. 1505(a); 20 U.S.C. 1078; 20 U.S.C. 1209, 1210, 1211; 20 U.S.C. 954)
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
National Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Act - Title I: Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining - Legislative Findings and Purpose - Sets for the findings of the Act. States that the purpose of this title is to provide standards for the qualification of agricultural cooperative organizations for bargaining; to define the mutual obligation of handlers and agricultural cooperative organizations to bargain with respect to the production, sale, and marketing of agricultural products; and to provide for the enforcement of such obligations. Sets forth definitions of terms relating to the title. Establishes in the Department of Agriculture a National Agricultural Bargaining Board, which shall administer the provisions of the Act. Provides that the Board shall consist of three members to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the qualifications of those associations of producers which shall be entitled to the benefits of this title. Requires an association of producers to file with the Board a petition for qualification. Directs the Board to hold a public hearing and qualify such association if it finds that specified requirements are met. Provides that after qualification the Board shall give notice of such qualification to all known handlers that in the ordinary course of business, purchase the agricultural commodities that such association represents. Requires a qualified association to file annually a report to the Board. Provides that bargaining, as used in this title, is the mutual obligation of a handler and a qualified association to meet at reasonable times and negotiate in good faith with respect to the price, terms of sale, compensation for commodities produced under contract, and other contract provisions relative to the commodities that such qualified association represents and the execution of a written contract incorporating any agreement reached if requested by either party. Provides that such obligation on the part of any handler shall extend only to a qualified association that represents producers with whom such handler has had a prior course of dealing, and states that such obligation does not require either party to agree to a proposal or to make a concession. Requires a handler to be deemed to have had a prior course of dealing with a producer if such handler has purchased commodities produced by such producer in any two of the preceding five years. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prohibit a qualified bargaining association from entering into contracts with handlers to supply the full agricultural production requirements of such handlers. Makes it unlawful for a handler to negotiate with other producers of a product with respect to the price, terms of sale, compensation for commodities produced under contract, and other contract provisions relative to such product while negotiating with a qualified bargaining association able to supply all or a substantial portion of the requirements of such handler for such product. Makes it unlawful for a handler to purchase a product from other producers under terms more favorable to such producers than those terms negotiated with a qualified bargaining association for such product. Authorizes enforcement of orders and provides for judicial review in any United States Court of Appeals. Provides that the Board shall, at all reasonable times, have access to and the right to copy evidence relating to any person or action under investigation by it in connection with any refusal to bargain. Empowers the Board to administer oaths and to issue subpenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of evidence. Provides that in case of a refusal to obey a subpena issued to any person, the district court, upon application by the Board, shall have jurisdiction to order such person to appear before the Board to produce evidence or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation, and any failure to obey such order may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. Provides that no person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, records, correspondence, documents, or other evidence in obedience to the subpena of the Board, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. Provides that no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. Title II: Assignment of Association Fees - Provides that if any producer of a farm product voluntarily executes and causes to be delivered to a handler, either as a clause in a sales contract of other instrument in writing, a notice of assignment of dues or fees to a qualified association directly representing the specific product involved, by which the handler is directed to deduct a sum from the price to be paid for such product and to pay the same over to such association as dues or fees for the producer, then such handler shall deduct the amount authorized from the price to be paid for any farm product being sold by any such producer and pay said amount over to the qualified association as assignee. Provides that no provision which is inserted in any contract that is prepared by a handler which makes ineffective an assignment of the dues described in this title is valid. Provides that an assignment of dues or fees may not exceed 2 percent of the total value of the product which is delivered by the producer to the handler. Title III: Marketing Orders - Provides that notwithstanding any of the commodity, product, area, or approval exceptions or limitations, any agricultural commodity or product (except canned or frozen products) thereof, or any regional or market classification thereof, shall be eligible for an order, exempt from any special approval required by the preceding sections, if after a referendum of the affected producers of such commodity the Secretary finds that a majority of such producers voting in such referendum favor making such commodity or product thereof, or the regional or market classification thereof specified in the referendum, eligible for an order. Provides that such referendum shall not be required for any commodity or product for which an order otherwise is authorized and for which no special approval or area limitation is specified therein.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Authorizes the President to establish a system to ration fuel oil among civilian users in order to provide for an equitable distribution of fuel oil in areas of shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1973
Midwest States Fuel Oil Act - Title I: - Sets forth the Congressional findings that: (1) a major cause of inadequate supplies of home heating oil in the upper Midwest States is the limitation on imports of petroleum and petroleum products established by Presidential Proclamation 3279, as amended (the oil import program); and (2) the special supply and demand problems relating to home heating oil in the Midwest States requires creation of a separate import control system for that area. Defines Midwest States as North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Provides that after the effective date of this Act, no quantitative limitations or other import restrictions shall be imposed on the importation of home heating oil into the Midwest States. Title II: - Makes provisions for the duty-free entry into the United States of specified petroleum products. Title III: - Authorizes the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations with the Government of Canada for establishment of a "northcentral regional oil area" consisting of central Canada and Midwest States, and intended to eliminate all restrictions on trade in petroleum and petroleum products between the United States and Canada so as to provide furnished petroleum products at a reasonable cost, consistent with the national security. Requires an annual report to the Congress on the progress and results of such negotiations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Provides that the fiscal year of the United States shall coincide with the calendar year, and makes provisions for the orderly transition by all Federal Government and District of Columbia agencies to the use of the new fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Increases to $50,000,000 the maximum amount of aggregate payments which may be made in calendar years after 1973 to carry out conservation agreements under the Water Bank Act. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 1310)
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1973
Provides that, effective January 3, 1973, the expenses of the investigations and studies to be conducted pursuant to H. Res. 175, by the Committee on Education and Labor, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, not to exceed $1,440,000, including expenditures for the employment of investigators, attorneys, individual consultants or organizations thereof, and clerical, stenographic, and other assistants, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House on vouchers authorized by such committee, signed by the chairman of such committee, and approved by the Committee on House Administration. Provides that of such amount $90,000 shall be available for each of eight standing subcommittees of the Committee on Education and Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1973
Permits a taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code, to deduct the expenses paid by him for special education furnished to a child or other minor dependent who is physically or mentally handicapped. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 218)
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1973
Declares the policy of the United States to be: (1) to facilitate and encourage the substitution of metric measurement units for customary measurement units to education, trade, commerce, and all other sectors of the economy of the United States: (2) to facilitate and encourage the development as rapidly as practicable of new or revised engineering standards based on metric measurement units in those specific fields or areas in the United States where such standards will result in rationalization or simplification of relationships, improvements of design, or increases in economy; (3) to facilitate and encourage the retention in new metric language standards of those United States engineering designs, practices, and conventions that are internationally accepted or embody superior technology; (4) to cooperate with foreign governments and public and private international organizations which are or become concerned with the encouragement and coordination of increased use of metric measurement units or engineering standards based on such units, or both, with a view to gaining international recognition for metric standards proposed by the United States and to encouraging retention of equivalent customary units in international recommendations during the United States changeover period; and (5) to assist the public through information and educational programs to become familiar with the meaning and applicability of metric terms and measures in daily life. Establishes a National Metric Conversion Board to implement the policy set out in this joint resolution. Provides that within twelve months after funds have been appropriated to carry out the provisions of this resolution the Board shall develop and submit to the Secretary of Commerce for his approval and transmittal to the President a comprehensive plan to accomplish a changeover to the metric system of measurement in the United States. Provides that, upon approval of the plan by the President, the Board shall begin the implementation of the plan, except those recommendations, if any, which require legislation. Provides that the Board shall terminate not later than ten years after approval by the President of the plan established under this Act.
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