United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 29 May 1974
Provides under the Internal Revenue Code, a tax deduction for dependent care expenses for married taxpayers who are employed part time, or who are students. Sets limits on such deductions Prohibits a reduction in such deduction (for dependent and household care services necessary for gainful employment) by the amount of income or payments received by an incapacitated spouse or dependent. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 214).
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) it most strongly condemns all acts of terrorism in the Middle East; (2) the President and the Secretary of State should and are hereby urged and requested to (a) call upon all governments to condemn this inhuman act of violence against innocent victims; and (b) strongly urge the governments who harbor these groups and individuals to take appropriate action to rid their countries of those who subvert the peace through terrorism and senseless violence; and (3) the President should request the American Ambassador to the United Nations to take appropriate action before that body in order to have introduced a Security Council resolution condemning this brutal act of violence.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1974
Oil Shale Mining and Energy Corporation Act - Creates the "Oil Shale Mining and Energy Corporation" to establish and administer on Federal land a national program of oil shale exploration and development. Provides that the Corporation shall have a Board of Directors appointed by the President with Senate approval, such board to direct the exercise of all the powers of the Corporation. Provides that the Corporation: (1) may make contracts to carry out its functions under this Act: (2) may purchase, lease, or dispose of such property as it deems necessary; (3) shall have the power to exercise the right of eminent domain; (4) shall have such power as may be necessary for the exercise of the powers specifically conferred in this Act; (5) shall have the power to acquire or dispose of real property except for oil or gas exploration and development; (6) shall have the power to explore for oil shale on Federal lands, to develop and sell oil and gas and other oil shale products produced on Federal lands, and to build and operate all those facilities necessary for the development or sales of such resources, as authorized by this Act; (7) shall have the power to explore, develop, acquire or sell oil and gas and other oil shale products alone or on a joint or cooperative basis with any private or public entity; (8) shall have the power to engage in research directed toward the development and utilization of oil shale deposits on Federal lands, and may build, own, and operate research testing, or demonstration facilities, alone or on a joint or cooperative basis with any private or other public entity; (9) shall have the power to obtain and operate facilities necessary for the production, sale, transportation, or delivery of oil, gas, or other shale products; and (10) shall have the power to sell commercially valuable minerals which may be obtained incidental to the production of oil shale products on Federal lands. Authorizes the President of the United States to transfer to the Corporation the use, possession, and control of such other Federal land or personal property of the United States as he may from time to time deem necessary. Specifies, with respect to the Corporation, procedures for maintaining accounts, entering into contracts, and providing annual financial statements and reports. Provides for audit, by the Comptroller General, of the transactions of the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to lease, purchase, or construct transmission pipelines within transmission distance from the place where oil and gas products from oil shale on Federal lands are produced and to interconnect with other systems. Authorizes and directs the Board of Directors of the Corporation,, in order to render financial assistance to States and local governments within whose jurisdiction the Corporation has acquired properties previously subject to State and local taxation, to pay to such State and local governments percentages of the gross proceeds derived from the operation of the Corporation. Provides that such payments are in lieu of taxation and that the Corporation, its property, franchises, and income are expressly exempted from taxation in any manner by any State or local government. Authorizes the Corporation to issue and sell bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness in order to assist in financing its oil shale resources exploration and development program and to fund such bonds. Provides criteria for setting of rates for sale of oil shale products by the Corporation. Provides that all net proceeds (over expenses) of the Corporation for each fiscal year shall be deposited in the American Indian Fund, such Fund to be created in the Treasury of the United States. Provides for the allocation of such Fund to eligible Indian tribes by the Secretary of Interior under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act. Directs that, prior to the initiation of any program of exploration or the construction of any major facility under this Act, the Corporation shall prepare an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, such statement to be made public. Provides that hearings be held to allow interested persons to submit comments on the statement. Prohibits the Corporation from using surface mining techniques for the exploration or development of oil shale resources. Authorizes the appropriation to the Corporation for each fiscal year of all sums necessary to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1974
Increases, from $80,000 to $120,000, the limit on dues for United States membership in the International Criminal Police Organization. Empowers the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the Organization the unpaid balance of dues for the calendar year 1973. Authorizes $20,000 to be appropriated to carry out this Act. (Amends 22 U.S.C. 263a)
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1974
Arthritis Prevention Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and support arthritis screening, early detection, prevention, and control demonstration programs. Specifies the purpose of such programs. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment and support of such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that not less than $500,000 of the sums appropriated to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be obligated for basic and clinical orthopedic research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Metabolic Diseases.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to establish within the General Accounting Office a unit to review tax forms, instructions, and other such use documents prepared by the Internal Revenue Service and to make recommendations with respect to the simplification, scope, and use of such forms. Sets forth procedures for the revision of Federal tax forms. Makes various technical and conforming amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
States that an application for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court shall not be granted unless it appears that the applicant has exhausted the remedies available in the courts of the State as to all issues which he wishes to raise in Federal court, or that there is either an absence of available State corrective process or circumstances rendering such process ineffective to protect the rights of the prisoner. Provides that if a habeas corpus application presents an issue to the highest State court, which enters a decision on that issue adverse to the applicant, and if the applicant does not petition the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, he will be deemed to have exhausted his remedies as to that issue on the day following the final day on which he can seek such a writ of certiorari. Provides that if the applicant petitions for a writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court, he will be deemed to have exhausted his remedies on the day when that petition is denied or, if it is granted, on the day of the entry of a decision adverse to the applicant. States that an application for Federal habeas corpus relief shall be barred unless such application is made within one hundred and twenty days following the date upon which the State notifies the potential applicant of the fact that he has exhausted his State remedies. Provides that after the date of the exhaustion of State remedies and the State informs the applicant that he has exhausted his State remedies, that Federal habeas corpus relief may be available if he applies within the one hundred and twenty-day filing period, and that, if he is indigent, he is entitled to free legal assistance in deciding whether to apply for Federal habeas corpus relief. (Amends 28 U.S.C. 2254)
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Includes misdemeanors with fines of up to $5,000 within the definition of minor offenses subject to trial jurisdiction of United States magistrates. States that prior to trial, or prior to the acceptance of a plea of guilty, or plea of nolo contendere, the magistrate may, in any case within his jurisdiction, and with the consent of the United States and the defendant, place the defendant on probation for a period not exceeding eighteen months, subject to such terms and conditions as the magistrate may then, or from time to time, prescribe. Provides that upon successful completion of probation, the defendant shall be discharged and the proceedings against him shall be dismissed. Removes the commission of petty offenses from the definition of juvenile delinquency. Provides that full-time and part-time referees may, with approval of the United States Judicial Conference, serve as United States Magistrates.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974
Requires that new forms and reports, and revisions of existing forms, resulting from legislation be contained in reports of Congressional committees reporting the legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
Authorizes the additional appropriation of $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for research on the cause and treatment of diabetes under the Public Health Service Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1974
In Situ Oil Shale Technology Act - Establishes the In Situ Oil Shale Technology Corporation. States that it shall be the function of the Corporation to select the best technically, environmentally, and economically feasible nonnuclear in situ methods for producing a syncrude from oil shale. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain demonstration-type facilities for such methods selected in order to determine the technical, environmental, and economical feasibility thereof. Authorizes the Corporation to design, construct, operate, and maintain, for such methods demonstrated, a full-scale, commercial-size facility to produce a syncrude from oil shale by such method. Requires all research, development, demonstration, or projects contracted for, sponsored, or cosponsored by the Corporation pursuant to this Act, to require as a condition of Federal participation that all information resulting in whole or in part from federally assisted research shall be made available at the earliest possible date to the general public. Directs that on or before the expiration of ten years following the date of the enactment of this section, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall take such action as may be necessary to dissolve the Corporation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make available to the Corporation established by this Act Federal lands under his jurisdiction for the purposes of the Corporation. Authorizes appropriation to the Corporation of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1974
Authorizes the reprinting of 1,000 additional copies for use of the Committee on the Judiciary of the committee print entitled "Work of the Impeachment Inquiry Staff as of March 1, 1974".
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1974
Authorizes the reprinting of 1,000 additional copies for use of the committee on the Judiciary of the committee print entitled "Work of the Impeachment Inquiry Staff as of February 5, 1974".
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1974
Authorizes the reprinting of 1,000 additional copies for use of the Committee on the Judiciary of the committee print entitled "Procedures for Handling Impeachment Inquiry Material".
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974
States that the House of Representatives salutes Henry Aaron as an "All-American Good Guy" and extends to him the congratulations, esteem, and affection of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
Title I: Acquisition Ceiling Increases - Provides for increases in appropriation ceilings for the acquisition of specified units of the National Park System. Title II: Development Ceiling Increases - Increases the limitations on appropriations for development of specified units of the National Park System. Title III: Boundary Changes - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to revise the boundaries of specified units of the National Park System. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to acquire by donation, purchase, or exchange and to develop specified National Park lands. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary up to $100,000 to conduct studies to determine the cause and extent of the damage to the foundation of the historic structures of the San Juan National Historic Site. Authorizes to be appropriated up to $8,400,000 in addition to available funds, for moving costs, relocation benefits, and other expenses incurred pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Provides that whenever an owner of property, to be acquisitioned to the National Park System, elects to retain a right of use and occupancy, such owner shall be deemed to have waived the relocation benefits and displaced person status accorded by the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974
Food Program Technical Amendment - Provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall use specified funds, including stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to purchase agricultural commodities and products to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs, including school lunch, institutions, supplemental feeding, and disaster relief distribution. Authorizes the Secretary to administer a food stamp program at the request of any tribal government of native Americans to provide eligible households with an opportunity to participate in the food stamp program. Authorizes the Secretary to pay a tribal governments 100 percent of the costs for administration of food stamp programs on Indian reservations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Natural Resource Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares the purposes of this Act, including to provide: (1) for improved resource information within a National Resource Information System, (2) for inventories of natural resources in the public lands, (3) for regular reporting of information by significant corporations in natural resource industries, and (4) information that will aid in improved policy making, conservation, science, environmental protection, competition and regulation. Defines the terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Natural Resource Information - Establishes a Bureau of Resource Information within the Department of Commerce, headed by a Director of Resource Information appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Bureau is to (1) build, operate, maintain and improve the National Resource Information System; (2) establish consultation, coordination and exchange arrangements with other departments and agencies of government, and private institutions, which have libraries of natural resource information; and (3) conduct studies of the state of information on such subjects as the institutional structure of the resource supply system, consumption patterns, statistical and accounting methods and problems in natural resource information, price and cost factors affecting energy, technological and environmental factors, and capital requirements of public and private institutions responsible for natural resources. Directs the Bureau to report monthly, quarterly and annually on specified classes of natural resource information. Title II: National Resource Information System - Establishes a National Resource Information System to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Establishes in the System three components: a public library, a confidential library, and a secret library. Provides that the System shall use other available libraries of resource information; use modern, including microform and electronic, methods; have its information on natural resource industries organized by establishments, companies, Standard Industrial Classifications, geographical locations and other referents; and have the capacity to receive and answer questions of fact concerning, and compare sources of, natural resource information. Provides for public use of the public library of the System, at fees sufficient to cover costs of such use. Provides for waiver or reduction of fees in cases of public-interest use. Provides for access to the confidential library by Federal Government officials for official use only. Establishes the secret library as the repository for information that may be used only for statistical purposes in anonymous aggregates. Establishes priorities for entry of information into the System. Defines and limits national security and reasonable competitive equities as reasons for placement of information in the confidential or secret library. Provides for removal of information more than 25 years old from the confidential or secret library to the public library. Provides for hearings in cases of dispute on placement of information in a particular library of the System, and for placement of information in question in the secret library pending resolution of the dispute. Provides penalties for unauthorized disclosures and thefts of information from the System, and for failure to provide required information for the System. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce or the Director to obtain from an affiliate of a company, or an organization of which it is a member, any information which they are empowered by this Act to obtain directly from the company, provided the company is notified. Gives the Secretary of Commerce and the Director power to inspect records and subpoena documents in certain cases. Confers jurisdiction on U.S. District Courts to enforce such subpoenas. Title III: Natural Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile and maintain, on an annual basis, an inventory of natural resources in public lands of the United States including the Outer Continental Shelf. Provides that the inventories may be based on estimates, supplemented as feasible by onsite geological and engineering inspections by departmental personnel. Provides that the first inventory is to be completed within 18 months and reported to Congress within 20 months of the effective date of this title. Provides that copies of all such annual reports and inventories shall be given to the Director for the System's public library. Provides that, on request of the Director, the Secretary of the Interior shall make onsite physical inspections of mineral reserves and resources reported in private lands. Contains directions for the contents of reports by the Secretary of the Interior. Title IV: Information on Natural Resources - Provides that substantial natural resource companies are to file verified annual reports with the Director on the mineral reserves and natural resources they control. Contains directions on the contents of such reports. Provides for the promulgation by the Director of forms for the making of such reports. Provides that such forms shall be mailed by the Director to reporting companies within 11 months of the effective date of this title and be returned by companies to the Director within 60 days after receipt. Provides that information obtained by Director on report forms required by this title and title V shall be placed in the public, confidential, or secret library of the System, as provided by this Act. Title V: Information on Natural Resource Industries - Requires major companies in commerce to file verified annual reports, on an establishment basis, on their operations worldwide. Provides for the making of such reports in two parts, one being for the public library of the System and the other for the confidential or secret library. Contains directions for the contents of such reports, including information on shipments by Standard Industrial Classification, total business receipts, and in specified cases profit information. Authorizes the Director to require such reports more often than annually in specified cases, and to require from major natural resource companies lists describing all mandatory and voluntary reports they file elsewhere, containing natural resource information. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Provides that the Comptroller General of the United States, upon his own initiative or by direction of Congress, shall review and evaluate procedures of the Bureau. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress at least annually on such reviews of the Bureau. Provides that such report may be by endorsement of or addendum to the Bureau's own annual report. Title VII: Conformance of and With Other Statutes - Provides that the Director may excuse a company from providing natural resources information required by this Act, if the company waives confidential status of the same information as previously provided by it to the Census Bureau and protected by the Census Code. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Establishes the effective date as the date of enactment, except titles IV and V, which are effective on the first day of the third full calendar month after date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1974
Foreign Investment Control Act - Declares that the Congress finds that recent international economic and monetary changes have stimulated investment by foreign persons in industries and real property in the United States. Establishes the National Foreign Investment Commission. Specifies the duties, powers, and composition of the Commission. States that, within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, and at the end of each six-month period thereafter, the Commission shall determine and notify each issuer which is substantially involved in any area essential to the United States national security and/or economic security, and each issuer which is substantially involved in any area important to the United States national security and/or economic security, as defined and described in this Act. Requires the Commission to publish in the Federal Register the names of all issuers so determined under this Act. Requires each such issuer to submit to the Commission (within sixty days after receiving notification from the Commission) the names and nationalities of all individuals not citizens of the United States, and the names of all persons other than individuals, who own voting securities of such issuers. States that such list shall also be transmitted to the Securities Exchange Commission which shall, in turn, require each broker, dealer, and bank registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1) not to sell to any individual who is not a citizen of the United States any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; (2) to contact the Commission for approval before it sells to any person who is not an individual (or to any individual acting as an agent for such a person) any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security; and (3) to inform the Commission immediately after it sells to any person any right, title, or interest in any security of an issuer on the list which is substantially involved in any area important to our national security and/or economic security. States that the Commission shall order (1) each individual whose name was submitted under this Act and (2) each person which the Commission determines is owned or controlled by a person not a citizen of the United States, who owns any right, title, or interest in any voting security of any issuer substantially involved in any area essential to our national security and/or economic security, to sell (within a period of sixty days after such order) all such securities to any citizen of the United States, or (with the Commission's prior approval) to any person not included in the prohibitions of this Act. Provides that, within a period of one hundred and eighty days after the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall determine which minerals, fertile realty for agriculture, timber lands, and other resources are to be included in a list of resources which are strategic to the national security and/or economic security of the United States. States that after such list is so published, if any seller or lessor of real estate located in the United States, or his agent, knows or has reason to know that such real estate contains resources on such list in commercially exploitable amounts, he shall not sell or lease such real estate to any individual who is not a citizen of the United States, or to such individual's agent. States that whoever fails to comply with specified requirements of this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 for each such failure.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1974
Comprehensive National Health Insurance Act - Title I: National Health Insurance Program - Provides that this Act shall not interfere with the freedom of every physician and every patient to choose where and how they will give or receive health care. States that the national health insurance program established by this title shall be administered by the Board of the Social Security Administration established by this Act. Provides the following benefits under the National Health Insurance Program: (1) inpatient hospital services with no day or dollar limitation; (2) physicians' services, in home, office, or elsewhere, with no dollar limitation; (3) medical and other health services (as defined under medicare); (4) home health services-100 visits per year; (5) post-hospital extended care services-100 days per year; (6) mental health services-inpatient, 30 full days in a psychiatric hospital or 60 partial days; outpatient services in a comprehensive community care center equivalent to the costs of 30 visits to a private practitioner or outpatient services of a private practitioner equal to half the costs of 30 visits; (7) outpatient prescription drugs and biologicals for specified chronic conditions; (8) preventive care services, including (a) routine dental services for children under age 13; (b) developmental vision care services, routine eye and vision exams, and lenses or eyeglasses for children under age 13; (c) hearing aids and exams for children under age 13; (d) well-child care to age 6; (e) prenatal care; and (f) family planning services. Makes all services, except those listed under preventive care subject to a combined annual per person deductible of $150 except that no family would have to meet more than 2 deductibles. States that all services, except drugs, would be subject to a 25-percent coinsurance. Provides that out-patient drugs would be subject to a separate copayment of $1 per prescription drug. Makes all residents who are not eligible for Medicare eligible for the program through their contributions to the Social Security System, contributions being made by all Americans who have earned or unearned income of any kind, including governmental benefits. Makes each person who is fully or currently insured, as defined under the present social security law, and his dependents eligible. Provides immediate coverage under the plan for the individuals who are not fully or currently insured. Provides that coverage be extended to an employee during the first week during which he worked 25 hours or more, coverage not ending until after there were three consecutive weeks in each of which he did not work 25 hours or more. Provides that people beginning self-employment, or starting to receive unearned income, would be eligible beginning with the first day of the first year in which they have such income. Makes all social security and railroad retirement cash beneficiaries (including widows and widowers under age 65) who are not eligible for coverage under Medicare, eligible for the program. Directs the Social Security Administration to establish for each eligible individual an account against which such individual may charge the cost of obtaining any items and services furnished him under this title, without regard to any deductible or coinsurance requirement which may be applicable. Requires that payment for items and services furnished an eligible individual be made by the Social Security Administration to the providers of services on the basis of charges against such individual's account. States that the Administration shall have full responsibility for the collection of any deductible and coinsurance amounts due from an individual. Provides for a special waiver of or limitation on deductibles and coinsurance for lower income families. Enumerates the conditions of and limitations on payment for the following: (1) requirement of requests and certifications, (2) no payments to Federal providers of services, (3) payment for emergency hospital services, (4) payment for inpatient hospital services prior to notification of noneligibility, (5) payment for posthospital extended care services, (6) payment for home health services, (7) limitation on payment for outpatient drugs and biologicals, (8) limitations on payment for surgery and other specialized services, (9) limitation on payment for practitioner services furnished in nonparticipating hospitals, (10) limitation on payment for certain prosthetic devices, (11) payment for certain outpatient services furnished by nonparticipating hospitals, and (12) collection by hospitals of customary charges for certain outpatient services. Makes provisions for payment to the providers of services and for prospective determination of payment to providers of services. Directs the Administration to award on an annual basis quality management payments to any provider of services under this title whenever either the percentage amount or the dollar amount of increase in such provider's prospective rate for a fiscal year is less than the average annual increase in such rate for the three previous fiscal years for all providers in the same class, such payment to be equal to 50 percent of the difference between such provider's total costs to the program and what its costs to the program would have been had they increased at the class average rate. Lists the agreements a provider of services must file with the Administration in order to qualify to participate and to be eligible for payments under this title. Authorizes the Administration to use public agencies or private organizations to facilitate payment to providers of services. Authorizes the Administation to use carriers, as defined in this Act, for the administration of noninstitutional benefits. Requires that payment for services rendered by a physician be made in accordance with a single fee schedule applicable throughout that area. Provides a method to determine the fee schedule. Allows all physicians to elect whether to participate or not to participate. States that each fee schedule in effect and the names and addresses of all participating physicians shall be made available to the public throughout the State involved, in such manner and at such times as the Administration may consider appropriate, by the Administration or by the appropriate State agency with the approval of the Administration. Establishes, within the Social Security Administration, a National Health Insurance Formulary Committee, a majority of whose members shall be physicians and which shall consist of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and of four individuals (not otherwise in the employ of the Federal Government) who do not have a direct or indirect financial interest in the compensation of the Formularly established under this Act and who are of recognized professional standing and distinction in the fields of medicine, pharmacology, or pharmacy, to be appointed by the Administration without regard to the statutory provisions governing appointments in the competitive service. Provides that the Chairman of the Committee shall be elected annually from the appointed members, by majority vote of the members of the Committee. Requires the Formulary to compile, publish, and make available a National Health Insurance Formulary, containing an alphabetically arranged listing, by established name, of those drug entities within specified therapeutic categories which the Committee decides are necessary for individuals using such drugs. States that a fee, charge, or billing allowance shall not be payable under this title with respect to any drug entity that is furnished as an incident to a physician's professional service, and is of a kind commonly furnished in physicians' offices and commonly either rendered without charge or included in the physicians' bills. Provides a reasonable allowance for outpatient drugs and biologicals. Makes special provisions for physicians dispensing outpatient drugs and biologicals where the Administration determines that no participating licensed pharmacies exist in a community. Creates on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the National Health Insurance Trust Fund and a body to be known as the Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund, composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, the Chairman of the Board of the Social Security Administration, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Directs the Administration to consult with State agencies and other organizations to develop conditions of participation for providers of services. Provides for the use of State agencies to determine compliance by providers of services with the conditions of participation. States that the determination of whether an individual is entitled to benefits under this title, and the determination of the amount of such benefits, shall be made by the Administration in accordance with regulations prescribed by it. Provides that where overpayments on behalf of individuals occur, proper adjustment shall be made under regulations prescribed by the Administration, by decreasing subsequent payments. Provides for the settlement of claims for benefits on behalf of deceased individuals. Provides criminal penalties for violation of this Act. Creates a National Health Insurance Benefits Advisory Council consisting of 19 persons, not otherwise in the employ of the United States, appointed by the Board without regard to statutory provisions governing appointments in the competitive service. Lists criteria for serving on the Council. Declares that it shall be the function of the Advisory Council to provide advice and recommendations for the consideration of the Administration on matters of general policy with respect to this title. Imposes the following taxes for each taxable year for health insurance purposes: two and one half percent of the amount of an individual's self-employment income (and unearned income); on the income of every individual, one percent of the person's wages; and on every employer, an excise tax equal to three percent of the wages paid by him with respect to employment. Provides special coverage provisions, under the Social Security Act, for purposes of National Health Insurance Taxes. Title II: Changes in Medicare Program - Establishes, under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (Medicare), a voluntary program to provide long-term care benefits for aged and disabled individuals who elect to enroll under such program, financed from premium payments by enrollees together with contributions from funds appropriated by the Federal Government and contributions by the States. Lists criteria for eligibility for long-term care service benefits. Provides that the benefits provided to an individual by the program established by this Act shall consist of (1) home health services, (2) homemaker services, (3) nutrition services, (4) long-term institutional care services, (5) day care and foster home services, and (6) community mental health center outpatient services. Enumerates the requirements for a State long-term care agency. Provides for the payment of premiums for benefits received under this Act. Establishes on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trund fund to be known as the Federal Long-Term Care Trust Fund. Creates a body to known as the Board of Trustees, composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, the Chariman of the Board of the Social Security Administration, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. States that the Secretary of the Treasury shall be the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees and that the Executive Director of the Social Security Administration shall serve as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Provides that the Board of Trustees shall meet not less frequently than once each calendar year. Enumerates the duties of the Board of Trustees. Declares that a community long-term care center shall: (1) provide the items and services listed in this Act to each individual (i) who is eligible for benefits under this part, (ii) who resides in the area served by such center, and (iii) who is certified as requiring such services; (2) evaluate and certify the long-term care needs of an individual for whom such care may be required in order to maintain such individual in an independent living arrangement which is reasonable given such individual's state of health and other circumstances (but not including such individual's economic circumstances); (3) maintain a continuous relationship with (and periodically evaluate not less that annually) each individual who is receiving any of the items and services listed in this Act; (4) provide full opportunity for such individual and his family to participate in the determinations and functions under this Act; (5) provide an organized system for making its existence and location known to all individuals in its service area who are eligible for benefits under this part, and for making known to such individuals the method or methods by which they may most efficiently obtain and use the services which it makes available; and (6) performs such other functions as the Administration may by regulation prescribe in order to have such center most effective carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides a formula for payments to States for the reimbursement of community long-term care centers. Directs the Administration, after consultation with organizations representing the chief executives of the various States, and other interested parties, to develop and make available to community long-term care centers one or more methods of obtaining payment for the benefits covered under this Act on a prospective basis. States that once a community long-term care center elects a particular prospective method, it may not alter its election without the prior approval of the Administration. Provides that whenever the Administration finds that the number of community long-term care centers electing a particular prospective payment method promulgated in accordance with this Act is not sufficient to provide an adequate basis for either the operation or evaluation of that method, the Administration shall withdraw that method and allow the community long-term care centers which have elected such method to select another method within 30 days of notice of such withdrawal. Permits a Governor of a State to certify to the Administration a method of prospective payment other than those promulgated under this Act. States that the determination of whether an individual is entitled to benefits under this Act shall be made by the Administration in accordance with regulations it prescribes. Provides coverage for prescription drugs. Declares that no further deductible or coinsurance requirement shall be imposed under this Act with respect to items or services furnished to or for any individual in any calendar year after the total of the deductibles and coinsurance paid by or on behalf of such individual and the other members of his family in that year equals $1,000. Eliminates the posthospital requirement for home health services under Medicare and the durational limits on inpatient hospital services. Title III: Independent Social Security Administration - Establishes, as an independent agency of the executive branch of the Government, a Social Security Administration to be headed by a Board, consisting of three members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Declares that it shall be the duty of the Administration to administer specified programs of the Social Security Act, and to discharge the duties and responsibilities imposed on the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in connection with the administration of the program established by the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security. Title IV: Amendment to Public Health Service Act - Establishes in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare the Health Resources Development Board which shall be composed of three members to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for an Executive Director and for the recruitment of qualified persons experienced in the administration or operation of private health insurance and health prepayment plans, or experienced in other fields pertinent to the national health insurance program. Requires the Board to make an annual report to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the United States Senate. Enumerates the functions of the Board including: studies and evaluations, systems development, tests and demonstrations, research, and planning. Establishes a National Health Insurance Resources Advisory Council, consisting of the Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Social Security Board, and twenty members, not otherwise in the employ of the United States, appointed by the Secretary on recommendation of the Board, without regard to the statutory provisions governing appointments in the competitive service. Provides criteria for membership on the Council. Enumerates the functions of the Council. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this title: $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $600,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for the Administration's certfication of supplemental private health insurance policies. Sets standards with respect to supplemental health insurance policies. Leaves existing employer-employee health benefit plans unaffected. Provides regulations for planning by health care providers and the conditions for payment.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974
Expands the protection of officers and employees of the United States by imposing criminal penalties on any person who kills any officer or employee of the Department of Interior designated by the Secretary of the Interior to enforce any Act of Congress to protect and promote the health and safety of persons working in coal, metal, or nonmetallic mines. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 1114)
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974
Provides that grand and petit jurors in district courts shall be paid: (1) an attendance fee of $30 per day for actual attendance at the place of trial or hearing; and (2) the attendance fee for the time necessarily occupied in going to and from such place. Provides that petit jurors required to attend more than thirty days in hearing one case may be paid in the discretion and upon the certification of the trial judge an additional fee not exceeding $5 more than the attendance fee for each day in excess of thirty days. States that grand jurors required to attend more than forty-five days may be paid an additional attendance fee up to $5 more than the attendance fee for each day in excess of forty-five days. Prescribes the procedures for payment of juror travel allowances, toll charges, parking fees, and travel in other than the contiguous States of the United States. Provides that a fixed subsistence allowance covering meals and loging shall be established by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, except that such allowance shall not exceed allowances for supporting court personnel in travel status, and such claims shall not require itemization. States that whenever a jury is ordered to be kept together and not to separate, the actual cost of subsistence during such period shall be paid by the United States marshal upon the order of the court in lieu of subsistence allowances payable.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Defines, for purposes of the Antitrust Civil Process Act, the term "antitrust investigation." Expands the definition of "person" under such Act to include any natural person. States that whenever the Attorney General or Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, has reason to believe that any person may be in possession, custody, or control of documentary material, or have knowledge of facts relevant to a civil antitrust investigation, he may, prior to institution of a criminal or civil proceeding, issue and serve a civil investigative demand requiring production of or answers on such materials. Specifies the form and content of such civil investigative demands and the procedures for production of such materials. Prescribes additional modifications to the procedures for discovery in civil antitrust investigations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1974
Provides that the further expenses of the investigations and studies to be conducted pursuant to H. Res. 74, by the 93d Congress, Committee on the Judiciary, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, not to exceed $979,000, including expenditures for the employment of investigators, attorneys, and clerical, stenographic, and other assistants, and for the procurement of services of individual special consultants or organizations thereof pursuant to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 shall be paid out of the contingent funds of the House on vouchers authorized by such committee, and approved by the Committee on House Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States direct the Secretary of the State to bring to the immediate attention of the Soviet Government the concern of U.S. citizens over the imprisonment of a Lithuanian seaman who unsuccessfully sought asylum aboard a United States Coast Guard ship and to urge his release from prison and return to his family.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1974
Parole Reorganization Act - Establishes, as an independent entity in the Department of Justice, a United States Parole Commission, to consist of a national office and five regional offices. States that the Commission shall have the power to establish general policies, guidelines, rules, and regulations for the Commission, including rules with respect to the factors to be taken into account in determining whether or not a prisoner should be released on parole. Provides that the Commission shall meet not less frequently than quarterly to establish its general policies and rules. States that, whenever confined and serving a definite term or terms of over one hundred and eighty days, a prisoner shall be eligible for release on parole after serving one-third of such term or terms or after serving ten years of a life sentence or of a sentence over thirty years. Stipulates that a prisoner shall be released on parole if his record shows that he has substantially observed the rules of the institution in which he is confined on the date of his eligibility for parole, unless it is determined by an examining panel that he should not be released on such date for one or more of the following reasons: (1) there is a reasonable probability that such prisoner will not live and remain at liberty without violating any criminal law; (2) there is a reasonable probability that such release would be incompatible with the welfare of society; or (3) the prisoner's release on such date would so deprecate the seriousness of his crime as to undermine respect for the law. Requires the regional offices to hold a hearing in making a determination of whether to release a prisoner on parole. Sets forth the procedure to be followed in such hearings. Authorizes the regional Commissions to impose such conditions of parole as are deemed reasonably necessary to insure that the parolee will lead a law-abiding life or to assist him in doing so. Provides, with certain exceptions, that the jurisdiction of the Commission over the parolee shall terminate no later than the date of the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced. States that if the regional commissioner believes that any parolee has violated a condition of his parole, or that there is reason to terminate any parolee's assignment to a center or similar facility, he may order such parolee to appear before him or before a hearing examiner, or issue a warrant and retake the parolee as provided in this Act. Requires that a hearing be held on such a matter. Authorizes the courts to fix eligibility for parole at the time of sentencing of an individual. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to provide that any prisoner shall be eligible for release on parole if such prisoner is ineligible for such release under any other provision of law. Requires the Commission to report annually to each House of Congress on the activities of the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Food Commodity Program Amendment - Allows the Secretary of Agriculture, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to purchase agricultural commodities and their products to maintain the 1973 level of assistance to food assistance programs. Authorizes the use of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for such purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
Food Commodity Program Amendment - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use funds for the exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products to purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricultural commodities and their products to maintain the 1973 level of assistance for food assistance programs as are authorized by law, including but not limited to school lunch, institutions, Indian reservations not requesting a food stamp program, supplemental feeding, and domestic relief distribution. Provides that if the stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, the Secretary may use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof under the Agricultural Act of 1949 to meet such requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1974
National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1974
Imposes an excise tax of 50 cents per barrel upon that portion of the inventory of gasoline of any taxpayer at the close of a taxable period which is in excess of the inventory allowance of such taxpayer. Imposes a tax of 10 cents per barrel upon that portion of the inventory of crude oil and other petroleum products of any taxpayer at the close of a taxable period which is in excess of the inventory allowance of such taxpayer. Sets forth standards for determining a taxpayer's inventory allowance. States that, under regulations prescribed by Secretary of the Treasury, no tax shall be imposed under this Act upon any gasoline, crude oil, or petroleum products inventory which is established under the direction of the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office, or for use on a farm or for farming purposes. Establishes reporting requirements and sets forth penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1974
Provides for increases in the standard deduction and low income allowances under the Internal Revenue Code. Allows a poverty exemption for self-employment income up to the sum of the amount of personal exemptions to which the tax payer is entitled plus a low-income allowance of $1,800 per household. States that the taxes imposed on wages for Old-Age, Survivor's, and Disability Insurance shall not apply on wages up to the sum of the amount of personal exemptions to which the taxpayer is entitled plus a low-income allowance of $1,800 per household, except that if total wages received by the taxpayer and the members of his household exceeds such sum, the wages in excess of such sum shall be deducted dollar for dollar from the wages exempt under this provision.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Provides that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation shall not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced, or entitlement thereto discontinued, because of increases in monthly social security benefits resulting from the enactment of Public Law 93-66, Public Law 93-233, and subsequent cost-of-living increases under title II of the Social Security Act. Provides that the provisions of this Act shall apply with respect to annual income determinations made for calendar years after 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for reductions in Social Security taxes relating to the rate of tax on self-employment income for purposes of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance. States that such reductions shall apply in the case of taxes imposed with respect to self-employment income for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1974, and with respect to wages paid or received during calendar years after 1974. Provides for Federal participation in the costs of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act. Increases the earnings counted for benefit and tax purposes under the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1974
Authorizes the President to take such action as may be necessary, including the acquisition of lands and interests therein, to cause to be designed and constructed a minimum of seven full-scale optimum commercial-size facilities for the refining of petroleum products, of which at least one such facility shall be located within each of the five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PAD Districts). States that the location and construction of the refining facilities shall be carried out consistent with environmental impact considerations. Requires the President to transfer, to each of the corporations established pursuant to this Act, all land and interests therein owned or acquired for such refining facilities, together with any improvements, from time to time. Establishes, within one year after the date on which this Act becomes effective, for each refining facility authorized under this Act, one corporation for profit which will not be an agency or establishment of the United States Government. Authorizes each such corporation to issue, sell, and have outstanding equity and debt securities in such amounts and at such times as it shall determine. States that the shares of common stock initially offered shall be sold at a price not in excess of $50 for each share and in a manner to encourage the widest distribution to the American public. States that no person who owns 1 percent or more of the voting securities of any other oil company shall be permitted to own, directly or indirectly, voting securities or any securities convertible into voting securities of any corporation established under this Act; and that no stockholder or affiliated person of such stockholder when considered together may own, beneficially or of record, or both, more than 5 percent of the outstanding voting securities of any corporation established under this Act. Provides that each such corporation shall, from time to time, offer to sell on a priority and first choice basis the products of its refinery to independent marketers who hold no substantial beneficial interest in or ownership of any oil producing lands, refineries, or petroleum, or oil transmission or gathering pipelines. States that any such corporation or any other person who willfully violates any provision of this title shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. Provides that any corporation or person who realizes, or could at his election realize, a profit as a result of acquiring voting securities of any such corporation in violation of this Act shall be fined an amount equal to the amount of such profit. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Authorizes for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act relating to the construction of refining facilities, including land acquisition, an appropriation, without fiscal year limitation, in the sum of $3,000,000,000.
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