United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Disallows, under the Internal Revenue Code, percentage depletion deductions on foreign oil and gas wells, tax deductions for intangible drilling and development costs for foreign oil or gas wells, and tax credits for income, war profits, or excess profits tax paid or accrued which is attributable to income from foreign oil or gas wells. Allows a tax deduction for excess profits taxes imposed by foreign countries to the extent a credit is denied for such taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1974
Interstate Recycling Expansion Act - Sets forth the purposes and definitions of the Act. Title I: Establishment of Nondiscriminatory Rates and Charges for the Transportation of Recyclable and Recycled Solid Waste Materials in Interstate and Foreign Commerce - Directs the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission to investigate all freight commodities and within two years to enter appropriate orders terminating all such unreasonable discrimination in transportation charges. Title II: Expansion of Recycling Through Federal Procurement - Directs all Federal procurement agencies to work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency in the establishment of new rules and procedures to maximize the procurement of recyclable materials and products which contain recycled materials. Title III: Modifications of Other Federal Impediments to Expanded Recycling in Commerce - States that labels under the Wool Products Labeling Act shall use the term recycled rather than reused or reprocessed. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Provides that the Act shall be effective on the date of enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1974
Postal Reorganization Act Amendments - Provides that if there is a collective-bargaining agreement in effect for postal service employees no party to such agreement shall terminate or modify such agreement unless the party desiring such termination or modification serves written notice upon the other party to the agreement of the proposed termination or modification not less than ninety days prior to the expiration date. Requires the party serving such notice to notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service of the existence of a dispute within forty-five days of such notice, if no agreement has been reached by that time. Requires that if arbitration is selected by the parties and if they do not agree upon the procedures therefor, an arbitration board shall be established and its decisions shall be binding upon the parties. Provides that in the event the bargaining representatives agree to go on strike if an agreement cannot be reached during the forty-five-day period prior to the termination or modification, the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service shall promptly communicate with the employer and the bargaining representatives and use the service's best efforts, by mediation and conciliation, to bring them into agreement, and shall continue to do so for a period of thirty days after the date of termination or modification of the agreement, during which period of time no lawful strike shall be engaged in. Prohibits reduction in rank or pay or removal from the Postal Service of postal employees because of union membership. States that in any lawful strike declared against the Postal Service by the employees thereof, the Postal Service and the bargaining representatives jointly may determine and agree upon, before the close of the third calendar day after the calendar day on which the strike becomes effective, the number of employees needed to accept, process, dispatch, and deliver specified necessary categories of mail, such as social security checks. Provides for a mandatory delivery of such mail during a strike if the parties cannot agree upon a strike-delivery method.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1974
Authorizes the reprinting of 3,000 additional copies for use of the House Committee on the Judiciary of the committee print entitled "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment".
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Creates, as an independent agency in the executive branch, the Federal Zoological and Aquarium Board. States that the Board shall consist of fifteen members to be chosen by the President from specified agencies and associations, the Director of the National Zoological Park, and the Comptroller General of the United States. States that the Board shall establish standards for the national accreditation of zoos and aquariums. Authorizes the Board to provide technical and financial assistance, including loans the aggregate value of which shall not exceed $25,000,000, to aid any zoo or aquarium in complying with such accreditation standards. Authorizes the Board to make grants to any nonprofit zoo or aquarium, agency, or organization for humane research and pilot projects which would serve as models for zoos or aquariums, and for the establishment of survival centers for the breeding, care and perpetuation of endangered species.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Provides, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance), that increases in monthly insurance benefits (whether occurring by reason of increases in the cost of living or enacted by law) shall not be considered as annual income for purposes of the following benefit programs: dependency and indemnity compensation to parents of a deceased veteran, pension for non-service-connected disability or death or for service, and the Veterans' Pension Act of 1959.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Authorizes the attroneys general of the several States to secure redress in the district courts of the United States to the citizens and political subdivisions of their States for damages and injuries sustained by reason of unlawful restraints and monopolies.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
Designates specified lands in Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Carolina within the National Wildlife Refuge System as wilderness areas. Designates specified lands in California and Montana within the National Forest System as wilderness areas. Provides that all primitive area classifications of areas herein designated as wilderness are abolished. Provides that the wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be goverened by the appropriate provisions of the Wilderness Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Requires, under the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the labels on all foods covered by such Act shall disclose each of their ingredients in the order of their predominance and by their common name. Makes provisons for such labels to disclose changes in such ingredients.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Includes, under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, breast prosthesis among the items and services for which payment may be made under the present supplementary medical insurance program of such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Establishes the Energy Development and Supply Commission to be composed of five members. Prohibits service on the Commission of any individual who has at any time been affiliated with or has held pecuniary interest in any energy production or distribution industry or transportation industry. Requires members to have experience and competence regarding the environment and its protection, consumer protection and energy-related research and development. Directs the Commission to maintain research and development programs to: (1) develop low-cost, environmentally sound energy sources and energy generation, transmission, and distribution processes for transportation, industrial, and residential use, and other areas, with primary emphasis on the development of all aspects of solar energy sources; (2) develop processes and techniques of energy conservation for use in construction, transportation, and in the manufacture of consumer and capital goods; and (3) develop new fuels for self-propelled vehicles, and, with respect to such vehicles, alternatives to the internal combusion engine. Orders the Commission to establish and maintain national defense petroleum reserves on public lands of the United States which shall have a petroleum-producing capacity sufficient to protect the United States against a continuous one-year interruption of importation of petroleum. Directs the Commission to prepare annually an inventory of mineral deposits in the Nation and to submit such inventory to the Atomic Energy Commission, the Federal Power Commission, and the Secretary of the Interior in order to promote coordination among them regarding energy planning. States that any prospector, mine operator, or well operator who makes any discovery of any substantial mineral deposit shall file a report with the Commission setting forth: (1) the type of mineral, the estimated volume of the deposit, and the estimated quality of the unprocessed mineral; and (2) the location of the deposit. Directs the Commission to prepare: (1) a report, from time to time for submission to the Attorney General of the United States, recommending action to preserve competition among businesses engaged in the production of coal, oil, natural gas, or uranium; and (2) a report, to be submitted annually to the Congress, setting forth information regarding the supply of mineral deposits discovered during the preceding calendar year, and the estimate of the Commission of the total remaining mineral reserves of the Nation by categories. Imposes taxes of 1/10 of 1 cent per kilowatt of electricity; 10 cents per thousand cubic feet of natural gas; and 1/2 cent per gallon of special distillate and residual fuel sold or otherwise transferred to any person for his own consumption. Increases the gas tax from 4 to 8 cents per gallon. Establishes in the Treasury the Energy Development and Supply Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriation of necessary sums to the fund to carry out this Act. States that this Act shall cease to have effect on September 30, 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Older Americans Tax Counseling Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into agreements with private or public nonprofit agencies or organizations for the purpose of providing training and technical assistance to prepare volunteers to provide tax counseling assistance for elderly individuals in the preparation of their Federal income tax returns. Provides for the Secretary to utilize the services of volunteers and to establish the qualifications required and the terms and conditions of service as a volunteer. States that service as a volunteer under this Act shall not be considered service as an employee of the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to direct the attention of elderly individuals to pertinent provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Criminal Justice Information Systems Act - States that the exchange of criminal justice information between Federal and State criminal justice agencies or between criminal justice agencies located in different States is a useful and proper aid to law enforcement. Provides that exchanges and handling of such information must be accomplished in a manner which safeguards the interests of the individuals to whom the information refers. States that this Act applies to any criminal justice information system which is: (1) operated by the Federal Government; (2) operated by a State or local government and funded in whole or in part by the Federal Government; (3) an interstate system; or (4) operated by a State or local government and is engaged in the exchange of criminal justice information with a system covered by paragraphs (1), (2), or (3). Provides that criminal intelligence information may be used for a purpose not related to criminal justice if the Attorney General determines, with regard to the particular case or class of cases, that such use is necessary because of reasons of national defense or foreign policy. Requires any agency operating a criminal justice information system subject to this Act to maintain records with regard to requests from any other agency or person for criminal justice information and the source of criminal offender record information. States that any individual who complies with applicable regulations shall be entitled to review criminal offender record information regarding himself contained in any criminal justice information system subject to this Act. Requires each Federal agency which operates a criminal justice information system and each State to adopt regulations to implement this section. Provides that if, after review of such information, the individual disputes its accuracy or completeness, he may apply for correction or revision to the agency responsible for original entry of the allegedly incomplete or inaccurate information. Prohibits information relating to an arrest from being disseminated without the inclusion of the final disposition of the charges if a disposition has been reported. Provides that criminal offender record information concerning the arrest of an individual may not be disseminated or used for a non-criminal justice purpose if: (1) the individual is acquitted of the charge for which he was arrested; (2) the charge is dismissed; (3) a determination to abandon prosecution of the charge is made by the prosecuting attorney; or (4) an interval of one year has elapsed from the date of the arrest and no final disposition of the charge has resulted and no active prosecution of the charge is pending. States that nothing in this Act is to be construed to diminish greater rights of privacy or protection provided by a State law or regulation governing use, updating, or sealing of records in that State's criminal justice information system. Requires the security of information in a criminal justice information system subject to this Act shall be assured by management control by a criminal justice agency. Requires all criminal justice information systems subject to this Act to meet security standards promulgated by the Attorney General. Authorizes an individual with respect to whom criminal justice information has been maintained, disseminated, or used in violation of this Act or implementing regulations may bring a civil action against the individual or agency responsible for the alleged violation. States that any person who disseminates or uses criminal justice information knowing such dissemination or use to be in violation of this Act or any applicable regulations shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Authorizes to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary for the Attorney General to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Criminal Justice Information Control and Protection of Privacy Act - Title I: Findings and Declaration of Policy; Definitions - Declares uniform Federal legislation; and that in order to insure the security of criminal justice information systems, and to protect the privacy of individuals named in such systems, it is necessary and proper for the Congress to regulate the exchange of such information. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title II: Collection and Dissemination of Criminal Justice Information and Criminal Justice Intelligence Information - Provides that criminal justice information can only be used for criminal justice purposes unless a state or Federal statute specifically authorizes dissemination of conviction records to non-criminal justice agencies. Permits researchers access to the information only if the privacy of the subjects of the information is protected. Provides that among criminal justice agencies, with enumerated exceptions: (1) corrections and release information can be disseminated outside of the agency which collected it only where expressly authorized by State or Federal statute; (2) fingerprint information may be freely disseminated as long as no stigma is attached; (3) wanted persons information (identifying information on a fugitive) may be disseminated liberally for the purpose of apprehending the fugitive; and (4) raw arrest records and records of criminal proceedings which did not result in conviction could be exchanged in defined situations. Prohibits agencies or persons who lawfully gain access to information from using the information for a purpose or from disseminating the information in a manner not permitted by this Act. Places limitations on access to criminal justice information via categories other than name. Requires investigators to get a court order before accessing a criminal justice data bank by offense. Requires every agency or information system covered by this Act to promulgate regulations on security, accuracy, updating and purging. Sets out what such regulations must provide, including that they must provide a method for informing users of changes in disseminated information and for the purging of old, outdated and irrelevant information. Requires every agency or information system to establish a process for access and challenge of incorrect or inaccurate information. Details what such regulations must provide. Places limitations on the collection and dissemination of intelligence information. States that such information may not be maintained in automated systems and must be kept separate and apart from all other criminal justice files. Title III: Administrative Provisions; Regulations; Civil Remedies; Criminal Penalties - Creates a Federal-state administrative structure for enforcement of this Act. Establishes a Federal Information Systems Board as an independent agency with general responsibility for administration and enforcement of this Act. Provides that the Board would be composed of representatives of the Department of Justice and two other Federal agencies, plus six other members nominated by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Board would have the authority to issue general regulations applying the Act's policies. Empowers the Board to: (1) operate the interstate information system authorized by this Act; (2) conduct audits; (3) to conduct general studies of information systems; and (4) to make recommendations to the Congress for additional legislation. Creates an Information Systems Advisory Committee, composed of one representative from each State, to advise the Board on all of the Board's responsibilities and on the Board's operation of the interstate information system. Requires the Federal Information Systems Board to issue regulations which implement this Act. Requires each State to establish a central administrative agency, separate and apart from existing criminal justice agencies, with broad authority to oversee and regulate systems in that State. Requires every information system or agency to give public notice, once annually, of the type of information it collects and disseminates, its sources, purpose, function, administrative director or other pertinent information. Requires every system or agency to give public notice of an expansion and any new system to give public notice before it becomes operational so that interested parties will have an opportunity to comment. Requires audits of systems and agencies which collect and disseminate information. States that such audits are to be conducted by the Federal Information Systems Board, by an independent State agency and by each criminal justice agency. Permits the Federal Government to operate an interstate criminal justice information system under the policy control of the Federal-State board. Limits information contained in such system to an index containing the subject's name and the name of the State or local agency which possesses a more complete file. Lists administrative actions that may be taken by the Federal Information Systems Board in the event that a criminal justice information system is found to have violated any provision of this Act. Provides the judicial machinery for the exercise of the right granted in this Act. Provides that aggrieved individuals may obtain both injunctive relief and damages, $100 recovery for each violation, actual and general damages, attorney's fees, and other litigation costs whether violations were willful or negligent. Provides criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides that any State statute, State regulation or Federal regulation which imposes stricter privacy requirements on the operation of criminal justice information systems or upon the exchange of criminal justice information takes precedence over this Act or any regulations issued pursuant to this Act or any other State law when a conflict arises. Authorizes the appropriation of such funds as the Congress deems necessary for the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
National Employment Priorities Act - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act: (1) to require prenotification to employees and communities of dislocation of business concerns; (2) to prevent Federal support for unjustified dislocation; and (3) to provide assistance to employees, and affected communities threatened with dislocation. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes in the Department of Labor a National Employment Relocation Administration, to be headed by an Administrator and Deputy Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that, in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to perform enumerated functions and duties, including: (1) conduct investigations on any proposed closing or transfer of operations of a business concern; (2) provide adjustment assistance to employees because of a closing or transfer of operations of an establishment of a business concern; and (3) conduct research into the problems of business closings, transfers of operations, and unemployment. Establishes a National Employment Relocation Advisory Council. Specifies the composition and compensation rates of members of such Council. Directs the Council to perform enumerated functions, including to advise the Secretary and Administrator with respect to the activities of the National Employment Relocation Administration and to evaluate the effectiveness of programs carried out under this Act. Requires written notice be given to the Secretary whenever (1) a business concern intends to close or transfer all or part of the operations of an establishment of that business concern; and (2) at least 15 percent of the employees who are members of any labor organization or 15 percent of all employees in that establishment will suffer an eligible employment loss as a result of any such closing or transfer. Specifies the items to be included in such notice. Authorizes the Secretary to investigate a proposed closing or transfer of operations under specified circumstances. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of adjustment assistance for employees suffering an eligible employment loss. Provides that such adjustment assistance shall include: (1) income maintenance payment; (2) maintenance of pension and health benefits; (3) job placement and retraining benefits; (4) relocation allowances; (5) early retirement benefits; (6) emergency mortgage and rent payments; and (7) food stamps and surplus commodities. Directs the Secretary to make every effort to place each employees for substantially equivalent full employment in accordance with their capacity and prospective employment opportunities. Provides that a unit of local government is eligible for assistance under this Act upon determination by the Secretary that the closing or transfer of operations of business establishments has contributed substantially to an unemployment rate within such jurisdiction exceeding 8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis. Enumerates the types of assistance available under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a retraining program for employees who will be required to acquire new or additional skills as a result of the economic adjustment assistance proposal. Provides that whenever the Secretary determines, after an investigation conducted under this Act that: (1) the closing or transfer of operations of an establishment or a business concern was not justified; or (2) if the transfer or closing could have been avoided if the business concern had accepted assistance under this Act; or (3) the eligible employment loss could have been avoided except for the failure to file a notice of intent to close or transfer, or because of some other unreasonable delay, bad faith or misrepresentation on the part of the business concern; or (4) the transfer of operations is to a new location outside the United States while other alternatives to such transfer of operations exist, then such business concern shall be ineligible for specified benefits under the Internatl Revneue Code, for a period not to exceed 10 years.Authorizes to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Authorizes the attroneys general of the several States to secure redress in the district courts of the United States to the citizens and political subdivisions of their States for damages and injuries sustained by reason of unlawful restraints and monopolies.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Authorizes the House Committee on the Judiciary to investigate fully and completely whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to impeach President Richard M. Nixon. States that the Committee may require, by subpoena, interrogatory, or otherwise, the furnishing of such information as it deems necessary to such an investigation. Provides that such authority may be exercised by the chairman and the ranking minority member acting jointly or by the committee acting as a whole or by subcommittee. Stipulates that any funds made available to the Committee on the Judiciary may be expended for the purpose of carrying out the investigation.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Disallows, under the Internal Revenue Code, percentage depletion deductions on foreign oil and gas wells, tax deductions for intangible drilling and development costs for foreign oil or gas wells, and tax credits for income, war profits, or excess profits tax paid or accrued which is attributable to income from foreign oil or gas wells. Allows a tax deduction for excess profits taxes imposed by foreign countries to the extent a credit is denied for such taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Energy Information Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and the purposes of this Act. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Bureau of Energy Information - Establishes as an agency within the Department of Commerce a Bureau of Energy Information to be a main line component of the Social and Economic Statistics Administration, coequal with the Bureau of the Census. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to perform the duties conferred upon the Bureau by this title or delegate any of them. Provides that the Bureau shall be headed by a Director of Energy Information to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the principal function of the Bureau shall be to operate, maintain, and improve the National Energy Information System established by Title II of this Act. Enumerates the work priorities of the Bureau. Title II: National Energy Information System - Establishes a National Energy Information System, to be operated and maintained by the Bureau. Directs that the components of the System shall be: (1) a public library of energy information; (2) a confidential library of energy information for restricted governmental use; and (3) a secret library of energy information for use only in preparing anonymous statistics. Specifies the characteristics of the System. States that the purpose of the public library is to make available to the general public promptly and conveniently as much of the information in the System as can be released consistently with national security and reasonable competitive equities. States that the purpose of the secret library is to serve the Nation's need for accurate statistical information on mineral fuel reserves, natural energy resources, and energy industries. Directs the Director to place in the secret library information obtained under authority of this Act for which either the national security or reasonable competitive equities require that the information be wholly suppressed or be published only in statistical aggregations of a size and type sufficient to prevent any person from learning or inferring the data furnished by any particular establishment or individual. Prescribes the priorities for entry of information into the System. Enumerates the standards for entry of information into the public, confidential, and secret libraries. Imposes penalties on any employee of the Bureau or other employee who, having taken and subscribed the oath of office, publishes or communicates, without the written authority of the Secretary or the Director, any information coming into his possession by reason of his employment from or for entry in the confidential library or the secret library of the System. Penalizes refusal or neglect to provide information, and the providing of false information, under this Act. Title III: Energy Resources Inventories and Inspections by the Department of the Interior - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to compile, maintain, and keep current on not less than an annual basis an inventory of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources in the public lands of the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf. Specifies the content of such compilation. Title IV: Information on Mineral Fuel Reserves and Natural Energy Resources - Makes it the duty of every substantial energy resources company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce to report annually to the Director full and complete details of all mineral fuel reserves and natural energy resources which it, together with its affiliates, owns or controls anywhere in the world. Provides that all reports required by this title and title V shall be entered by the Director, immediately upon receipt, into one of the three libraries of the System. Title V: Information on the Energy Industries - Makes it the duty of every major energy company, foreign or domestic, engaged in commerce, to report annually to the Director on its assets and operations, worldwide, on an establishment basis. Specifies the content of such reports. Authorizes the requiring of additional reports, at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce or the Director. Title VI: General Accounting Office Oversight - Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to review and evaluate the procedures and activities of the Bureau. Title VII: Conformance of and with Other Statutes - Provides that whenever any of the information obtained from any major energy company under this Act is contained in any other report of such company, such report having been filed prior to the effective date of this Act, the Director may excuse such company from filing a report with him, containing the same information. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Reports Act. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Provides that if any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof is held invalid the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior such amounts, as may be requisite to full and efficient performance of the duties imposed upon such Departments by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act - States that, within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, each county shall elect whether it wishes to proceed under the terms of this Act to receive payments from the Federal Government equal to the real property taxes otherwise due from public lands within such county, or to continue to receive whatever payments such county is entitled to receive under any existing applicable Federal law providing for Federal payments for such county similar to those available under this Act or for payment to such county of part of the revenue derived from such public land. Establishes procedures for the appraisal of public lands. Provides that when any county within a State has elected to proceed under the terms of this Act, there shall be established for that State a State board of appraisal appeal. Provides that each board shall consider and decide any appeal from a county within the State relating to the appraisal of public land within such county. States that decisions of the board shall not be subject to judicial review unless arbitrary or capricious. States that, begining in the first complete fiscal year after the acceptance of such appraisal by both the county involved and the Administrator, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay annually to the State in which such county is located an amount equivalent to the State, county, and local real property taxes on public lands within such county, based on the tax rate applicable to similar private lands at the value arrived at under the appraisal conducted under this Act. Stipulates that nothing in this Act shall interfere with the right of State or local governments to levy possessory interests taxes on private owners of improvements made by private users on public lands. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to administer this Act and to make the payments authorized by it.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1974
Emergency Coal Administration Act - Establishes within the Federal Energy Office of the President an Emergency Coal Administration, to be administered by the Administrator of the Federal Energy Office. Authorizes the Administrator to take such action as may be necessary to insure the maximum increase in the production, transportation, and conversion of coal so long as the present energy crisis exists. Sets forth the powers and authority of the Administrator under the provisions of this Act, including the following: (1) to set goals for the production and conversion of coal into energy; (2) to encourage, assist, and take such steps as shall provide for increased production, transportation, and conversion of coal into energy; (3) to issue orders which shall constitute a prior claim upon producers of materials and supplies essential to the increased production, transportation, and conversion of coal into energy; and (4) to afford necessary, reasonable, and proper financial assistance to persons, firms, or corporations converting to the use of coal as a source of energy. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into contracts directly or for the account of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the production, transportation, and conversion of coal upon terms he deems fair and reasonable for any equipment or parts or other essential articles necessary to increase the production, transportation, and conversion of coal. States that the Administrator may engage in such research and development as he deems necessary, including, but not limited to, the construction and operation of pilot plants and projects relating to the production, transportation, and conversion of coal. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1974
Prescribes a formula, under the Export Administration Act, for the control of wheat, soybean, and corn exports from the United States. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to determine for each crop year the amount of wheat, soybeans, and corn needed to meet the requirements of consumers in the United States. States that the Secretary of Agriculture shall then determine the quantity of each crop available for export. Prescribes the procedures for making such determinations. Provides that, upon request by a foreign country, the allocation percentage of wheat, soybeans, and/or corn exports may be increased to such country when the request results from a natural increase in demand which creates a need which is greater than the amount received. Enumerates the procedures to be followed by the Secretary of Commerce in distributing licenses to exporters.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1974
Federal Paperwork Burden Relief Act - Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the reporting requirements of Federal regulatory programs to determine the extent to which these requirements may be revised to lessen the burden upon small and independent business establishments. Requires the Comptroller General to report the results of such study to the Congress one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Oil and Gas Regulatory Reform Act - Title I: Natural Gas: - Natural Gas Amendments - States that the provisions of the Natural Gas Act shall, with specified exceptions, apply to the transportation and sale of natural gas and/or to natural gas companies engaged in such transportation and sale. Sets forth definition of terms used in such Act. Directs the Federal Power Commission to establish and periodically revise a national area rate for production of natural gas, reflecting differences in production costs, State taxation, and similar costs. Prescribes the rules for implementation of such rates. States that the Commission shall not order any increase in existing area rates for flowing natural gas unless such an increase is justified on the basis of an actual increase in costs of operation or maintenance (including a fair rate of return). Provides that in determining present and future requirements of consumers for natural gas, the Commission shall implement conservation policies including rate design revision, end use controls, and termination of promotional practices. Directs the Commission to conduct studies of the transportation and sale of natural gas throughout the United States whether or not otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and make an independent evaluation of the proven and probable natural gas reserves of the United States identifying volumes committed to contract and volumes not committed and the reasons for such noncommitment. Authorizes the Commission to obtain reserve information on natural gas reserves from natural gas companies, whether or not such companies are otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. Provides that a small producer shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act for a period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act. Provides that each new producer contract, other than a small producer contract, shall be filed by the producer with the Commission. States that upon such filing, the Commission shall review the contract to insure that the rate does not exceed the national area rate and: (1) approve such contract unconditionally; (2) approve such contract subject to such reasonable terms and conditions specified by the Commission as to price, expiration, determination, or other provision thereof; or (3) disapprove such contract. Requires that natural gas which is produced from its own wells by a natural-gas company engaged in the transportation of natural gas in commerce, which is not sold under a producer contract, and which is taken and delivered into its own transportation facilities or into the transportation facilities of any person transporting such natural gas for its account in interstate commerce shall be delivered only pursuant to a schedule of terms and conditions, including pricing provisions, applicable to the taking of such natural gas. States that no new producer contract shall be accepted for filing if it includes any of specified types of indefinite pricing clauses. Prescribes the conditions under which a seller shall be entitled to receive a price increase for natural gas. Authorizes the Commission to allocate natural gas among pipelines to attain specific objectives including: (1) protection of public health, safety, and welfare, and the national defense; (2) maintenance of all public services; and (3) maintenance of all essential agricultural operations directly related to the cultivation, production, and preservation of food. Title II: Oil Pipeline Transportation - Oil Pipeline Transportation Act - Transfers all functions of the Interstate Commerce Commission with respect to the regulation of oil pipelines to the Federal Power Commission. Provides that whenever the Commission finds such action necessary or desirable in the public interest, it may by order direct an oil pipeline company: (1) to extend or improve its transportation or storage facilities; or (2) to establish a physical connection of its transportation or storage facilities with the facilities of any person engaged or legally authorized to engage in the refining or distribution of oil. States that no oil pipeline company shall: (1) abandon its facilities, or any service rendered, without the permission and approval of the Commission; or (2) undertake the construction or extension of any facilities for the transportation or storage of oil, unless there is in force a certificate issued by the Commission authorizing such acts. Prescribes the procedures and requirements for granting of such certificates of public convenience and necessity. States that the Commission shall not grant, issue, or renew a certificate or public convenience and necessity until it has received the advice of the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission. Makes it unlawful for any pipeline company to refuse to provide any shipper of such oil or products who meets minimum tender requirements access or exit storage or terminal facilities at any origin point or any destination point. Provides that a pipeline company may file an application with the Commission requesting that the required minimum tender be raised. States that in every determination by the Commission upon an application for an increased tender, the burden of proof shall be on the applicant. Requires that such hearing shall include to consideration of: (1) evidence from factual tests of the degree of intermixture of crude oil or refined petroleum products; (2) other relevant scientific, technological, and engineering calculations; (3) the opinion of the National Transportation Safety Board; and (4) the opinion of the Department of Justice regarding the effects on competition of the proposed increased minimum tender as requested by such pipeline company. Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Commission to monitor the activities of oil pipeline companies subject to the provisions of this Act by periodic investigations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Provides, under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, that no air carrier shall discontinue service, in whole or in part, unless such discontinuance is found to be in the public interest by the Civil Aeronautics Board after public hearings.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1973
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Commerce to prohibit the exportation of petrochemicals from the United States until such time as all price controls imposed under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 with respect to petrochemicals are removed.
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 1973
Carpool Service Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants and provide technical assistance to units of general local government to implement programs which are designed to increase the use of carpools by commuters.
United States · United States Congress · 4 December 1973
States that the House of Representatives confirms the nomination of Gerald R. Food, of the State of Michigan, to be Vice President of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1973
Freedom of Access for the Elderly and Handicapped Act - Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code, a deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 189)
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Rape Prevention and Control Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to conduct a continuing study and investigation of specified areas, including: (1) the effectiveness of existing Federal, State and local laws dealing with rape; (2) the relationship, if any, between traditional legal and social attitudes toward sexual roles, the act of rape, and the formulation of laws dealing with rape; (3) the treatment of the victims of rape by law enforcement agencies, hospitals, or other medical institutions, prosecutors, and the courts; (4) the causes of rape; and (5) sexual assaults in correctional institutions. Provides that the Center shall compile and publish annually a summary of its findings. Directs the Center to develop an information clearinghouse with regard to enumerated materials regarding rape and rehabilitation of offenders. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides that the Secretary, through the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape, shall make grants to community mental health centers, nonprofit private organizations, and public agencies for the purpose of conducting research and demonstration projects concerning the control and prevention of rape. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on matters relating to rape prevention and control.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1973
States that under the Medicare provisions of the Social Security Act the inpatient hospital deductible shall be $72 in the case of any spell of illness beginning before 1975. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to, between July 1 and October 1 of 1974, and of each year thereafter, determine and promulgate the inpatient hospital deductible which shall be applicable in the case of any spell of illness beginning during the succeeding calendar year. Provides that such inpatient hospital deductible shall be equal to $72 multiplied by the ratio of (A) the current average per diem rate for inpatient hospital services for the calendar year preceeding the promulgation, or (B) the current average per diem rate for such services for 1972.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Comprehensive Manpower Act - Title I: Comprehensive Manpower Services - States that the purpose of this title is to establish a comprehensive manpower services program, which shall include development and creation of job opportunities and training, education, and other services individuals need to secure and retain employment. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make financial assistance available to prime sponsors so that they can carry out a comprehensive manpower program. Defines prime sponsors as States and units of local government. Requires States seeking assistance to submit comprehensive manpower plans before receiving such assistance. Directs that such plans shall provide for cooperation of all appropriate State agencies. Requires States seeking to be prime sponsors to establish Manpower Services Councils to be composed of representatives of units of local governments which have comprehensive manpower plans and a representative from the State vocational education agency and the public employment service. Requires the Councils to monitor the programs of prime sponsors. Allows judicial review of the Secretary's decisions regarding acceptability of comprehensive manpower plans. States that weekly allowances for persons receiving services under this title shall be at rates prescribed by the Secretary which shall, together with the trainee's wages or unemployment compensation, at least equal the minimum wage for a 40-hour week. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State vocational education boards to assist them in providing their services. Title II: Public Employment Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make financial assistance available in areas of substantial unemployment to provide transitional employment in needed public service jobs and training and manpower services related to such employment enabling persons to move into other employment or training. Defines eligible applicants for such assistance as prime sponsors and Indian tribes on reservations which include substantial unemployment. Requires applications for such assistance to: (1) assure special consideration to filling jobs providing for advancement and continuous employment by providing training and manpower services; (2) assure special consideration to post-1954 Korea and Vietnam veterans; (3) describe how participants will be selected; (4) describe jobs to be filled and salaries; (5) assure that the program employs only unemployed persons; and (6) assure that jobs funded under this title are in addition to those that would otherwise be funded. Directs the Secretary, where an Indian Tribe is unable to submit such an application, to assist in its preparation and submission and in implementation of the program. Prohibits financial assistance if a program does not result in an increase in employment opportunities; does not pay usual fringe benefits; does not contribute to occupational development or upward mobility of participants; does not provide for reports enabling evaluation of the comparative effectiveness programs; does not discriminate because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs. Requires the Secretary to annually report in detail to the Congress on the effectiveness of this title. Title III: Special Federal Responsibilities - Authorizes the Secretary to use funds under this title to provide additional manpower services to segments of the population in particular need, including youth, inmates, and older workers. Directs the Secretary to establish a nationally administered comprehensive manpower services program for Indians, Alaska natives, and migrant and seasonal workers. Transfers the duties of Job Corps director to the Secretary of Labor. Authorizes comprehensive work and training programs for low-income, high-unemployment urban areas and rural areas with high out-migration to cities. Describes special programs that may be established for youth who are low-income, unemployed, and undertrained. Directs the Secretary to establish a comprehensive program of manpower research to solve manpower problems, and programs of experimental and demonstration projects to test effectiveness of solutions. Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive system of labor market information, including job opportunities, labor supplies, and occupational outlook. Authorizes to Secretary to establish a computerized job bank program. Requires the Secretary to continuously evaluate programs under this Act and compare their effectiveness. Requires the Secretary to develop guidelines to do away with artificial barriers to employment and advancement. Title IV: General Provisions - Prohibits financial assistance under any program of this Act unless such assistance agreement prohibits employment discrimination, unless participants are protected by appropriate health and safety standards, unless the program contributes to occupational development or upward mobility, and unless the program makes appropriate provision for youth. Excepts veterans benefits from the determination of a person's need under this Act. Makes family planning services to trainees voluntary. Allows States to enter into agreements with themselves to facilitate compliance with this Act. Establishes penalties for embezzlement, theft, and misapplication of funds authorized by this Act. Title V: Authorizations and Allocations - Authorizes necessary approprations to carry out this Act for fiscal years 1974-1977, of which amounts $250,000,000 in fiscal 1974 and $500,000,000 in fiscal 1975 shall be for carrying out public employment programs under title II. Limits to 20 percent the amount of appropriations to be used for title III. Title VI: National Institute for Manpower Policy - Establishes, in the Executive Office of the President, a National Institute for Manpower Policy to: (1) formulate recommendations for a coherent national manpower policy; (2) examine and evaluate the effectiveness of any Federally-assisted education, training, or manpower development programs; and (3) examine and evaluate major Federal programs which are intended to contribute to achieving major objectives of existing manpower and related legislation. Provides that the Institute shall annually issue a report to the President and the Congress of its proceedings, findings, and recommendations. Authorizes for fiscal year 1974, and for each succeeding year, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to provide for the demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of solar heating technology. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate, support and carry out basic and applied research and development in solar heating and cooling technologies. Provides for the installation of solar heating systems in residential dwellings under the monitoring of the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Bureau of Standards and in consultation with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Defense. Provides that such residential dwellings shall be located in a sufficient number of different geographic areas (not less than three) in the United States to assure a realistic and effective demonstration of solar heating and cooling systems involved. Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate, support and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $50,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Commercial Demonstration Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate and support basic and applied research relating to geothermal energy development. Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate and carry out commercial demonstrations, research, and development in geothermal energy technology. Provides that the Administration shall dispose of, by sublease or otherwise, all projects undertaken under this Act. Directs the Administration to assure the protection of the environment, persons, and property in projects undertaken pursuant to this Act. Requires the Administration to report to the Congress and the President every six months on the progress made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for six fiscal years of $80,000,000 to carry out programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Commodities Exchange Commission Act - Establishes a Commodity Exchange Commission, composed of five commissioners appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as an independent agency in the executive branch of the Government. Transfers specified functions from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Commission and delegates enumerated housekeeping functions to the Chairman. Authorizes the employment of persons without regard to Civil Service laws. Provides, with regard to rules governing registration of Commission merchants and brokers, that if after requesting a contract market to make specified changes in its rules and practices, the contract market has not made the changes, the Commission may order the contract market to alter the rules of such contract market as necessary to effect changes in specified areas. Requires that contract markets serve an economic purpose. Prohibits orders by futures commission merchants for their own accounts. States that no member of a contract market shall execute any order for future delivery and on the same intentionally enter into any transaction for future delivery in such commodity for any account in which such member has trading discretion, with specified exceptions. Provides that if any contract market, director, officer or agent is not enforcing or is violating any of the provisions of this Act, the Commission may enter an order directing that such contract market, director, officer, agent, or employee cease and desist from such violation and assess a civil penalty of not more than $100,000 for each such violation. Increases the amount of specific penalties for violations of this Act. Empowers the Commission with injunctive authority to restrain potential violations of this Act. Penalizes, with treble damages, the use of confidential information in violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Public Safety Officers Benefits Act - Provides that in any case in which the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration determines that an eligible public safety officer has died as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the performance of duty, leaving a spouse or one or more eligible dependents, the Administration shall pay a gratuity of $50,000. States the order of precedence for the payment of the gratuity to dependents. Excludes the payment of benefits if death was caused intentionally or by intentional misconduct or by an individual who would otherwise be entitled to the death benefits. Authorizes the appropriation in each fiscal year of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on the Handicapped within two years of enactment in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in the field of the handicapped, and to further the policies set forth in this joint resolution. Provides that such conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. Require a final report of the White House Conference on the Handicapped to be submitted to the President not later than 120 days following the date on which the conference is called, and the findings and recommendations included therein to be made available immediately to the public. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the submission of such report, to transmit to the President and the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations contained in such report. Gives the Secretary administrative powers to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on the Handicapped composed of 28 members, of whom not less than 15 shall be handicapped or parents of handicapped persons. Provides that such Advisory Committee shall cease to exist 90 days after the submission of the final report required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1973
Social Services Amendments - Outlines the objectives to be achieved under this Act, including: (1) the goal of self-support; (2) the goal of family care or self-care; (3) the goal of community-based care; and (4) the institutional care goal. Provides, under the Social Security Act, for maximum freedom for each State to determine which services will be made available, the persons eligible for such services, the manner in which such services are provided, and any limitations on the receipt of such services. Requires that social services to be offered at the option of the States to all eligible persons shall include: (1) day care services for children; (2) day care services for children with special needs; (3) service for children in foster care; (4) protective services for children; (5) family planning services; (6) protective services for adults; (7) services for adults in foster care; (8) homemaker services for individuals in their own homes; (9) chore services; (10) home delivered or congregate meals; (11) day care services for adults; (12) health related services; (13) home management and other functional education services; (14) housing improvement services; (15) a full range of legal services; (16) transportation services necessary to travel to and from community facilities or resources for receipt of services; (17) educational and training services; (18) employment services; (19) information, referral, and determination of eligibility and the need for services, without regard to individual eligibility criteria; (20) special services for the mentally retarded, or special adaptations of generic services; (21) special services for the blind; (22) services for alcoholism and drug addiction; (23) special services for the emotionally disturbed as defined by the State; (24) special services for the physically handicapped as defined by the State; and (25) any other proposed services at the request of a State. Provides that States are entitled to Federal financial participation for the delivery of mandatory and optional social services under the State plan to the extent of the appropriations allocated by the Congress. Requires that State plans submitted with respect to the services program shall contain a provision for a fair hearing, under which applicants and recipients may appeal exclusion from a service program. Provides that State plans shall provide for the establishment of a social services advisory committee, to include members representative of recipients of such services.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000, $175,000,000, and $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively for the nutrition program for the aged under title VII of the Older American Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Authorizes to be printed as a House document the House committee print on Impeachment, Selected Materials, and that six thousand four hundred twenty copies be printed, of which one thousand shall be for the use of the House Committee on the Judiciary, one thousand for the House Document Room, and the balance prorated to the Members of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Interim Fisheries Zone Extension and Management Act - Extends the jurisdiction of the United States over specified ocean areas and fish for purposes of protecting the domestic fishing industry. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research in order to promote the conservation of fish originating in the United States territorial sea and contiguous fisheries zone. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Declares it to be the sense of the House that the President, acting in accordance with the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength, and under existing authority, should continue to transfer to Israel the Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the attack and to offset the military equipment and supplies furnished to the Arab States by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1973
States that the President of the United States should seek to end U.S. dependence on imported oil through reducing gasoline consumption by means of tax measures, and by encouraging less driving, reduced highway speeds, and the development of smaller, more efficient automobile engines. Provides that the President should emphasize research programs to assure the United States of sufficient energy from domestic sources not currently utilized.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1973
Authorizes the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to extend the term of the grand jury of that court which was impaneled on June 5, 1972, for an additional period of six months, if the court determines that the business of that grand jury has not been completed at the expiration of the term otherwise provided by law. Authorizes the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to further extend the term of that grand jury for another additional period of six months, if the court determines that the business of that grand jury has not been completed at the end of the term as extended. States that during any period of extension under this Act, the grand jury shall shall have the powers and duties of a grand jury during its regular term.
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