United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Extends to all unmarried individuals the same 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 · 9 January 1973
Removes the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance).
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Defense Facilities and Industrial Security Act - Authorizes the Federal Government to institute measures for the protection of defense production and of classified information released to industry against acts of subversion. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to designate the following facilities as defense facilities: (1) facilities engaged in important classified military projects; (2) facilities producing important weapons, or defense systems, their subassemblies and components; (3) facilities producing basic material and raw material which are essential to the support of military production or mobilization programs and in limited supply; or (4) important utility and service facilities whose disruption or damage would seriously delay essential services in times of emergency or substantially affect the national defense capability. Provides that with respect to any educational institution only that part which is engaged in a classified military project shall be designated as a defense facility. Authorizes the President to issue such regulations and to prescribe such procedures as may be necessary for determining eligibility and authorization for access of individuals and for controlling such access to positions, places, or areas of employment in defense facilities which the Secretary of Defense determines to be sensitive. Prescribes specific standards and procedures for designation, by the Secretary of Defense under Presidential regulations, of selected facilities as "defense facilities." Requires the Secretary to give an opportunity both to management and labor to be heard with respect to the designation of any such facility. Requires the Secretary of Defense to designate the positions, places, and areas of employment in any defense facility which he determines to be sensitive. Establishes explicit hearing procedures for determining eligibility for access to, or control of, sensitive positions and classified information. Authorizes the President to suspend or revoke access to a sensitive position or to classified information prior to hearing, provided that the applicant is given prompt notice of the reasons for the action taken against him and thereafter, on request, a hearing is held in accordance with the applicable procedures. Requires a separation of the investigative or prosecution function from the decision function. Authorizes exclusion of the general public from the whole or any part of proceedings and hearings conducted under provisions of the bill, except that the hearings shall be public if the person requesting a hearing so demands. Requires the President to establish programs for the special training of personnel assigned or authorized for the execution of their duties under the title. Directs the President, in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, to provide for the reimbursement of all or any part of an applicant's net loss of earnings resulting directly from the suspension, denial, or revocation of access clearance pursuant to the provisions of this title. Authorizes the issuance of compulsory process for the attendance of witnesses and production of papers at any stage of any inquiry, investigation, or proceeding. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish area restrictions and prohibitions limiting access to defense facilities, and facilities to which classified information is released, against intrusion by unauthorized persons. Provides that with respect to educational institutions, such area restrictions and prohibitions shall be limited to those areas directly involved in classified military projects. Authorizes the President to develop a voluntary program, in cooperation with business, labor, and other interested persons, to protect facilities of importance to defense mobilization against sabotage, espionage, acts of subversion, and other destructive acts and omissions. Denies jurisdiction to courts at any time to issue any injunction that would have the effect of granting or continuing access to sensitive positions in defense facilities or to classified information in cases where such access has been denied, suspended, or revoked pursuant to this Act. Provides that no court shall have jurisdiction of any other action or proceeding on the complaint of any person adversely affected except after prior exhaustion of the administrative remedies authorized by the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Increases widow's insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance), to 100 percent of the issured individual's primary insurance amount. Provides that such benefits shall be payable at age 50, without actuarial reduction and without regard to disability, in the case of a widow who is otherwise qualified therefor.
United States · United States Congress · 9 January 1973
Uniformed Services Retired and Retainer Pay Equalization Act - Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member or former member of the uniformed service who is entitled to retired or retainer pay in effect after September 30, 1949, and before January 1, 1971, is entitled to have that pay recomputed under the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1971. Lists provisions for such recomputation.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, that exclusive territorial arrangements in any trademark licensing contract or agreement for the manufacture, distribution and sale of a trademarked food product shall not be deemed unlawful, provided: (1) that such product is in free and open competition with products of the same general class manufactured, distributed, and sold by others; (2) the licensee is in free and open competition with vendors of other products of the same general class; and (3) the licensor retains control over the nature and quality of such product in accordance with the provisions of the Trademark Act. (Amends 15 U.S.C. 41)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Increases under the Internal Revenue Code, from $650 to $1,200 the personal income tax exemptions of a taxpayer (including the exemption for a spouse, the exemption for a dependent, and the additional exemptions for old age and blindness).
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