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Rep. Robison, Howard W. [R-NY-27]

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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 1182 (93rd)referred

Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the term of Office of President and Vice President of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 19 December 1974

Constitutional Amendment - States that the term of Office of the President and the Vice President of the United States shall be six years. Provides that no person shall be eligible for election for more than one term as President or Vice President. Requires that a person who has been elected as Vice President for any term shall be eligible for election as President for a later term. Stipulates that a person who has been elected as Vice President for any term, and who during that term has succeeded to the Office of President, shall be eligible for election as President for a later term.

Bill· HRH.R. 17336 (93rd)referred

Elderly Americans Drug Abuse Prevention Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1974

Elderly Americans Drug Abuse Prevention Act - Expresses the finding of Congress that insufficient attention has been paid to the problem of drug abuse and dependency among those older persons who rely on drugs to treat the afflictions of aging. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to create a program designed to educate older persons on the uses and hazards of drugs, through grants to and contracts with agencies, organizations and institutions. Directs the Secretary to study the problem of drug abuse and dependency among older persons and their need for education with respect to such problem, and to report the study results and recommendations to Congress within one year. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 17226 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide for joint action by the executive and legislative branches to limit outlays from budget authority for the fiscal year 1975.

United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974

Provides that, within 40 days after enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress recommendations or proposals for changes in existing law which are sufficient to limit budget outlays of the United States Government during fiscal year 1975 to $300,000,000,000.

Bill· HRH.R. 16985 (93rd)referred

Bill of Rights Procedures Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1974

Bill of Rights Procedures Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to prohibit any interception of communication, other than electronic surveillance, surreptitious entry, mail opening, or the inspection of and procuring of the records of telephone, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions, of any individual without a court order issued upon probable cause that a crime has been or is about to be committed, supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Provides that whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof willfully: (1) searches any private dwelling used and occupied as a dwelling without a warrant directing such search or maliciously and without reasonable cause searches any other building or property without a search warrant; (2) procures or inspects the records of telephone calls, bank, credit, medical, or other business or private transactions of any individual without a search warrant or the consent of the individual; (3) opens any foreign or domestic mail not directed to him without a search warrant directing such opening or without the consent of the sender or addressee of such mail; or (4) intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept any wire or oral communication except as authorized by law; shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Requires that within 30 days after the date of an order authorizing or approving the interception of a wire or oral communication (or each extension thereof) entered under authority of law, or the denial of an order approving an interception, the person seeking such order shall report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives: (1) the fact that an order or extension was applied for; (2) the kind of order or extension applied for; (3) the fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied; (4) the period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order; (5) the names of all parties to the intercepted communications; (6) the offense specified in the order or application; (7) the identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer and agency making the application and the person authorizing the application to be made; (8) a copy of the court order authorizing, approving, or denying such interception; and (9) the nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were intercepted. Specifies that reports be made within 90 days after the date of an order approving the interception of a wire or oral communication on the disposition of all records of any such interception and the identity of and action taken by all individuals who had access to any such interception. Sets forth reporting requirements in the case of warrants issued authorizing the opening of mail.

Bill· HRH.R. 16953 (93rd)referred

Rural Health Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974

Rural Health Assistance Act - Expresses the findings of Congress, including that the health effects of contaminated drinking water and inadequate sewage disposal facilities act to reinforce the poverty of the rural poor. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct research for publication of a rural health manual identifying water-borne diseases and prescribing methods of treatment for such diseases. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the cost of specified programs relating to rural health. Authorizes to be appropriated $50,000,000, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of making such grants.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1394 (93rd)referred

Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need for immediate and substantial public investments in agriculture research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1974

Expresses the sense of the House that the prevention of widespread famine requires immediate and substantial public investments in agricultural research and technology for the express purpose of increasing food production which would: (1) insure a ready supply of food at reasonable consumer food costs; (2) aid in the maintenance of a favorable United States trade balance; and (3) reduce the risk of food shortages in years of adverse weather.

Bill· HRH.R. 16803 (93rd)referred

Public Documents Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1974

Public Documents Act - Defines "elected official of the United States" and "public documents" as used in this Act. Declares that, within 180 days after an elected official of the United States ceases to hold his office, the Administrator of General Services shall obtain any objects or materials of that elected official which the Administrator determines to be public documents and such elected official shall transmit such documents to the Administrator. Directs the Administrator of General Services to deposit in the National Archives of the United States the public documents of each elected official of the United States obtained under this Act. (Adds 44 U.S.C. 3901-3904)

Bill· HRH.R. 16760 (93rd)referred

Safe Drinking Water Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1974

Safe Drinking Water Act - Subjects public water systems in each State to national primary drinking water regulations under the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish proposed national interim primary drinking water regulations within 90 days after enactment of this Act, such regulations to take effect within a year of promulgation. Directs the Administrator to establish by rule the recommended maximum contaminant levels for each contaminant which may have any adverse effect on the health of persons. Sets standards for the treatment of water contaminants. Requires the Administrator to publish guidelines designed to insure the proper operation of public water supply systems. Prescribes standards to be followed by the National Academy of Science in conducting a study, in agreement with the Administrator, on water contaminants effects and treatments therefor. Designates the States as primary enforcers for purposes of this Act. Directs the Administrator to advise public water systems on methods of meeting national primary drinking water regulations when such systems are out of compliance and are not taking steps to comply. Sets forth prohibited acts by such systems and establishes penalties for willful violations. Authorizes the Administrator to take necessary actions when presented with information that a contaminant which is present or is likely to be present in a public water system is an imminent danger to the public health, and when State or local authorities have not acted to relieve such danger. Provides that when a public water system applies to the Administrator for water treatment chemicals which have become unavailable to such system, the Administrator may issue a certificate of need and the President may, within seven days, order the provision of such chemicals from appropriate manufacturers, producers, processors, and distributors. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct research and demonstrations, or to contract for such, relating to causes, treatment, and prevention of diseases arising from water contaminants. Authorizes grants to States to carry out public water system supervision programs, where such States have assumed primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems within the State. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires water suppliers to maintain specified records. Authorizes the Administrator to inspect water suppliers' facilities. Establishes the National Drinking Water Advisory Council to advise the Administrator on his responsibilities under this Act. Subjects federally controlled water systems to the provisions of this Act. Directs the Administrator to prepare a study on the quantity, quality, and availability of rural drinking water supplies. Authorizes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 16542 (93rd)referred

A bill to terminate age discrimination in employment.

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974

Removes the sixty-five years of age limitation presently operative upon the prohibitions in the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.

Bill· HRH.R. 16526 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide for protection of franchised dealers in petroleum products.

United States · United States Congress · 21 August 1974

Prohibits a petroleum refiner or distributor from cancelling, failing to renew, or otherwise terminating a franchise unless he furnishes notification in writing to each affected distributor or retailer by certified mail not less than ninety days prior to the date on which such franchise will be canceled, together with a statement of the reasons of such cancellation and of the remedies available. Provides that a petroleum refiner or distributor shall not cancel, fail to renew, or otherwise terminate a franchise unless the retailer or distributor whose franchise is terminated failed to comply substantially with any essential and reasonable requirement of such franchise or failed to act in good faith in carrying out the terms of such franchise. States that if a refiner or distributor engages in conduct prohibited under this Act, a retailer or distributor may maintain a suit against such refiner or distributor.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 605 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution to express congressional support of the United Nations sponsored World Food Conference and World Population Conference taking place this year.

United States · United States Congress · 15 August 1974

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) act to relieve immediate threats of famine where it exists and assist food-short nations in increasing food production; (2) attempt to achieve an international agreement on a food reserve to be used in emergencies; (3) assist in social and economic growth and in population control (as requested) in underdeveloped nations; and (4) support the efficient use and equitable distribution of food worldwide.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1241 (93rd)referred

Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the participation of the United States in an international effort to reduce the risk of famine and to lesson human suffering.

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1974

Declares it to be the sense of the House that: (1) the contribution by the United States to the growing economic and human crisis in the developing world should be primarily in the form of food and the means and technology to produce it; (2) the President, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Agriculture and their advisors should give the highest priority to the immediate expansion of American food assistance and (b) take such additional steps as might be necessary to expedite the transfer of American food commodities on concessional and donation terms to those nations most severely affected; (3) the United States should increase its matching pledge to the World Food Program for 1975-1976 and encourage other nations to do so; (4) the President and the Secretary of State should (a) negotiate with other major food exporting nations to seek to obtain their participation in this emergency effort proportionate to their share of world food exports and, (b) strongly encourage oil exporting nations to contribute a fair share to these efforts to assist the most severely affected nations; (5) the United States should announce its desire to work with the oil exporting and other nations in a major effort to increase world fertilizer production with the possibility of including the offer of American technology and capital; and (6) the President should encouarge the American people to reduce the non-critical, non-food-producing uses of fertilizer which now total nearly three million tons of nutrient a year, to make available increased fertilizer supplies for raising food production at home and in the developing world. Declares the sense of the House that the President of the United States and the Secretaries of State and Agriculture should, and are hereby urged and requested to: (1) maintain regular and full consultation with the appropriate committees of the Congress; and (2) report to the Congress and the Nation at regular intervals on the progress toward formulating an American response in a cooperative framework to the world food crisis and the needs of the most severly affected developing countries.

Bill· HRH.R. 15923 (93rd)referred

State Lottery Exemption Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1974

State Lottery Exemption Act - Exempts State-conducted lotteries, sweepstakes, and wagering pools, as well as vending machines maintained by State agencies for such purposes, from the wagering tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

Bill· HRH.R. 15443 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend section 502 (b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 to reinstitute specific accounting requirements for foreign currency expenditures in connection with congressional travel outside the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1974

Requires, under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, specific accounting requirements for foreign currency expenditures in connection with congressional travel outside the United States. Requires the publication of such travel costs in the Congressional Record. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 1754(b))

Bill· HRH.R. 15290 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 in order to strengthen the import restrictions which may be imposed to deter foreign countries from conducting fishing operations which adversely affect international fishery conservation programs.

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1974

Authorizes the President to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit the importation into the United States of products from foreign countries conducting fishing operations which adversely affect international fishery conservation programs, or to state his reasons for not doing so to the Congress.

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