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United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Exempts a person from the requirement, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, of an understanding of the English language, if on the date of his petition for naturalization such person is over fifty years of age and has been living in the United States for periods totaling at least twenty years. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1423)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Narcotics Addict Treatment and Rehabilitation Act - Title I: The Federal Criminal Justice System and Narcotic Addicts - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to provide any suspected narcotics addict awaiting trial for any offense against the laws of the United States, such examinations and treatment as are best suited to the timely discovery of whether such individual is an addict and proper care to any such individual who is determined to be an addict. Authorizes each officer of the United States, having the authority to sentence offenders to penalties prescribed by law for any offense against the United States, in the case of any such offender whom such officer believes may be an addict, to sentence such offender to such penalty and require the examinations and treatment specified in this Act, or to suspend the sentence of such offender if such suspension is permitted by law, upon condition and only so long as such offender undergoes the examination and treatment provided for in this Act. Provides that none of the examinations or treatment made or provided for in this Act shall be construed or deemed a criminal conviction for any purpose. Title II: The Criminal Justice Systems of the States and Municipalities as they Relate to Narcotic Addicts - Provides that whenever the Attorney General determines, upon application by a unit of general local government, that the rate of narcotic addict-related crime in the areas under the jurisdiction of that unit of general local government reaches emergency proportions, such unit shall be eligible for assistance under this part during such period of time as the Attorney General determines the emergency is in effect, and such determination, along with an account of the reasons therefor, shall be transmitted by the Attorney General to the Congress. Authorizes the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants, on such terms and conditions as it deems necessary, including the requirement of periodic reports concerning the use of assistance given under this section, to any unit of general local government determined to be eligible under this Act in order to enable such unit to implement a plan, approved by the Administration, providing for a broad range of medically sound programs for the treatment of addicts, and having as its overall goal making treatment available to every addict in such unit. Authorizes appropriations of $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and such sums thereafter as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this title and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and such sums thereafter as are necessary to carry out the purposes of the addict treatment and rehabilitation programs under this Act. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 4251-4257)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that when an alien parent becomes naturalized, his children born outside of the United States under the age of eighteen (now sixteen) shall receive automatic citizenship. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1431, 1432)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Interstate Taxation Act - Title I: Jurisdiction to Tax - Establishes a uniform standard for determining the circumstances under which a company may be held subject to taxes covered by this Act. Provides that a State or political subdivision can not impose a corporate net income tax, capital stock tax, or gross receipts tax with respect to a sale of tangible personal property on any person unless that person has a business location in the State, and can not require a person to collect a sales or use tax with respect to a sale of tangible personal property on any person unless that person has a business location in the State, and can not require a person to collect a sales or use tax with respect to a sale of tangible personal property unless that person has a business location in the State or regularly makes household deliveries in the State. Permits the States to impose corporate net income taxes, capital stock taxes or gross receipt taxes with respect to a sale of tangible personal property, if not otherwise denied the power to do so by this title. Title II: Maximum Percentage of Income or Capital Attributable to Taxing Jurisdiction - Provides that those interstate companies covered by this Act are protected by a supplemental to the jurisdictional standard in the form of a maximum limit on the percentage of income or capital which can be taxed. Directs that such a company with a business location in more than one State cannot be required to pay a greater tax to any State or political subdivision than that calculated under a two-factor property, payroll apportionment formula. Provides that in determining the maximum amount of income or capital attributable to any State, the two-factor apportionment fraction is applied to the corporation's entire taxable income or capital before State attribution rules are applied. Provides that the definition of taxable income or capital is determined under State law. Describes the property factor as a fraction, the numerator of which is the average value of the property in a State and the denominator being the average value of all of the corporation's property located in any State. Values owned property at its original cost. Values leased property at eight times the gross rents payable by the corporation. Describes the payroll factor as a fraction, the numerator being wages paid in the State, and the denominator being the wages paid to all employees in any State. Permits a State in which a corporation is incorporated to impose a capital account tax without division of capital, notwithstanding the jurisdictional standard and limit on attribution otherwise imposed by this Act. Applies the same standards of attribution to local governments as are applied to States. Title III: Sales and Use Taxes - Provides that an interstate sale must have its destination in a State in order for that State or any political subdivision thereof to impose a sales or use tax with respect to the sale. Asserts that a State other than the State of destination may require a seller to collect a sales or use tax for the State of destination even though the seller does not have a business location or regularly make household deliveries in the State of destination. Provides that a use tax may not be imposed on a person without a business location in the State or an individual without a dwelling place in the State. Declares that where under these rules the same person is still subject in more than one State to sales or use tax on the same property a credit is required to be given by a taxing jurisdiction for prior taxes paid (or a refund in case a sales tax is paid to the seller after a use tax is paid in another State). Directs that these provisions do not apply to sales and use taxes with respect to motor fuels consumed in the State or, except for the credit provision, to sales or use taxes with respect to motor vehicles registered in the State. Eliminates the requirement on new residents of a State to account for their household goods (including motor vehicles) brought into the State for use tax purposes purchased at least 30 days before residence is established. Establishes the rule that freight charges on interstate sales which are separately stated are excluded from the sales price in the measure of a sales or use tax. Eliminates the requirement on the seller of ascertaining whether or not his interstate sales into other tates are taxable sales by providing that certificates or other written evidence from the buyer indicating the basis of nontaxability conclusively relieves the seller from collecting or paying the tax. Provides that in interstate sales to business buyers who are registered with the State for sales tax collection purposes, the seller is relieved of collection responsibilities if he receives evidence from the buyer that he is registered with the State. Eliminates the bookkeeping by sellers of collecting or reporting sales or use taxes on interstate sales into a State according to geographic areas, whether the requirement is by the State or any of its political subdividions. Provides that where a seller has a business location or regularly makes household deliveries in a political subdivision, however, he may be required to account for interstate sales with destinations in that political subdivision. Directs that these limitations do not affect locally imposed sales and use taxes which are State administered and uniformly applied so that interstate sales need not be classsified according to geographic areas of the State. Title IV: Evaluation of State Progress - Provides for the continuing evaluation of State progress in resolving remaining difficulties from State taxation of interstate commerce by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the U.S. Senate, acting separately or jointly, or both. Declares that if after 4 years of enactment substantial progress is not made in resolving such problems, remedial measures are to be proposed. Title V: Taxation of Individuals - Permits States to tax incomes earned within the State by persons living outside the State. Allows the taxing of residents' income earned outside the State only to the extent the tax exceeds any income tax paid in such earned income to the State where it was earned. Title VI: Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions - Prohibits out-of-State audit charges for all covered taxes, and for all taxpayers. Eliminated the distinction between franchise or privilege taxes measured by net income and direct taxes on net income for non-excluded corporations insofar as it has affected the jurisdictional powers of the States. Provides a remedy for geographical discrimination in sales taxation and gross receipts taxation where the amount of harm can be demonstrated by declaring that any State law which imposes a higher sales or use or gross receipts tax on a taxpayer by virtue of the location of any occurrence outside the State is prohibited. Provides for the transition to a uniform jurisdictional standard by preventing assessments for back liability in situations which would not give rise to liability after the effective date of the jurisdictional standards under the Act by declaring that for periods ending on or before the enactment date of the Act no assessments could be made after enactment date for corporate net income taxes, capital stock taxes, or gross receipts taxes if during that period no business location was maintained by the person in the State, or for a sales or use tax if during that period the seller did not maintain a business location in the State and did not regularly make household deliveries in the State, and in addition, was not registered in the State for purposes of collecting a sales or use tax, or for an income tax on income of nonresidents unless earned in that State or income of a resident earned in another State except to the extent that the tax exceeds that of the State in which the income was earned.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, that any person who is the surviving natural or adoptive parent of a person who dies during a period of honorable service in an active duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States during a period of the United States during a period of military hostitilties, may be naturalized upon compliance with all the requirements of the Act. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1430)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides for the issuance of nonimmigrant visas, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, to aliens coming to the following United States under a contract of employment subject to the following conditions: (1) the contract shall be for a period not to exceed one year, and will not be renewable for periods aggregating more than five years; (2) the alien will not perform services not specified or work for an employer not named in the contract, without the approval of the Secretary of Labor; and (3) the consular officer is in receipt of a determination made by the Secretary of Labor that there are not sufficient workers in the United States qualified for such services, and that the employment of these aliens will not adversely affect the wages and conditions of United States workers similarly employed. (Amends 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H); adds 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(M).
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Retirement Income Security for Employees Act - Declares it to be the policy of this Act to protect interstate commerce, and the equitable interests of participants in private pension plans and their beneficiaries, by improving the scope, administration and operation of such plans, by requiring pension plans to vest benefits in employees after equitable periods of service, by establishing minimum standards of fiduciary conduct, and by providing more appropriate and adequate remedies, sanctions, and ready access to the courts. Sets forth definitions of terms used in this Act. Title I: Organization - Provides that the Secretary of Labor shall have the responsibility to promote programs and plans for the establishment, administration, and operation of employee benefit plans. Requires the registration of such plans with the Secretary upon compliance with requirements set forth in this title. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake appropriate studies relating to pension and profit-sharing-retirement plans. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress covering his activities under this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out his duties under this Act. Provides that within the Department of Labor, there shall be an Office of Pension and Welfare Plan Administration to be headed by an Assistant Secretary of Labor, appointed by the President, with Senate advice and consent, to exercise power and authority delegated the Secretary of Labor for the administration and enforcement of the Act. States that, unless exempt, the provisions of this Act apply to any pension or profit-sharing-retirement plan established or maintained by an employer, a union, or both together in any industry or activity affecting interstate commerce. Provides that this Act shall not apply to plans administered by federal or state governments, plans administered by religious organizations, plans for the self-employed, plans covering not more than 25 participants, plans established outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States for citizens of other countries, certain plans for key executives and plans for members of labor organizations which are financed exclusively from the members' dues. Provides that the Secretary shall require by regulation that each plan furnish a vested participant, upon his termination of service with the plan, with a certificate reciting the benefits due the participant and the location of the entity responsible for payment and the date when payment shall begin. Title II: Vesting and Funding Requirements - States that pension or profit-sharing-retirement plans may require as a condition for eligibility in the plan a period of service longer than six months or an age greater than 21, whichever occurs later. Requires all pension and profit-sharing-retirement plans to vest rights in paritcipants with respect to service on or after the effective date of the title at the rate of a 30 percent vested interest commencing with eight years of service, and increasing by 10 percent each year thereafter in order that 100 percent vesting is attained after 15 years of service. Provides that no more than three of the eight years required to qualify for a 30 percent vested right need be continuous years of service, but that service prior to the age of 21 may be ignored in determining eligibility for a vested right unless the participant or his employer has made contributions to the plan with respect to service prior to age 21. Provides that every pension plan filed for registration under this Act shall provide for funding, in accordance with the provisions of this title, which is adequate to provide for payment of all pension benefits which may be payable under the terms of the plan. Requires such plans to be reviewed every five years by certified acuuaries. Requires all funds of terminated pension plans to be distributed as follows: (1) first, to retirees or persons eligible to retire on the date of plan termination; (2) to participants who have vested rights under the plan but who have not reached retirement age; and (3) to other participants. Provides that an existing plan subject to this title may elect, pursuant to regulations, to divide the plan and its trust into two separate plan and trust accounts as follows: (1) the continuing plan or plan and trust account which shall be a continuation of the plan as it existed immediately before the effective date of this title and which shall cover those participants who have credited service under such plan as of such date and who elect to remain covered by the provisions of such plan; and (2) the new plan or new plan and trust account which shall cover all new participants and all participants who would be eligible to continue coverage under the continuing plan but who elect to waive such coverage and to participate instead in the new plan. Authorizes the Secretary to grant an initial delay of up to three years to comply with the vesting or funding requirements of the Act where initial compliance with these requirements would be unduly burdensom, impractical, or would otherwise adversely affect the interests of employees. States that upon a showing that an employer cannot make the required annual contribution to the plan, the Secretary is authorized to permit the deficiency to be funded over a period of five years, provided that the Secretary is satisfied that such a waiver will not adversely affect the interests of employees and will not impair the financial position of the plan termination insurance fund. Title III: Voluntary Portability Program For Vested Pensions - Establishes a voluntary program for portability or vested pension credits. Provides that the program will be administered by and under the Secretary's direction and designed to facilitate the voluntary transfer of vested credits between registered plans. States that plans registered under the Act may voluntarily apply for membership in the program and upon approval be issued a certificate of membership by the Secretary. Establishes a Voluntary Portability Program Fund under the supervision of the Secretary into which payments will be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary under the portability program. Provides that the Secretary shall be the trustee of the fund, and shall administer the fund and report to the Congress annually on the fund's operations and fiscal status. Title IV: Plan Termination Insurance - Establishes the 'Private Pension Plan Termination Insurance Program' which shall be administered by and under the direction of the Secretary. Provides that such program shall insure participants in a plan against losses of vested benefits arising from plan termination. States that the coverage under such program is limited to 50 percent of the highest monthly wage of a participant earned over a five year period or $500 per month. Provides that upon registration with the Secretary, each plan shall pay a uniform assessment to the insurance program to cover the administrative costs of such program. States that no plan insured under this title shall terminate without approval of the Secretary. Provides that where employers in terminated plans are not insolvent, such employers shall be liable to reimburse the insurance program to the extent provided under this title. Creates the Pension Benefit Insurance Fund which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for the purposes of this title. Title V: Disclosure and Fudiciary Standards - Provides that annual reports required by the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act shall be accompanied by a certificate designating the Secretary as agent for service of process in any action arising under this Act. States that plan descriptions under the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act shall be comprehensive and written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average participant. Sets forth provisions which a plan's annual financial report shall include. States that the administrator of any employee benefit plan subject to such Act shall file a copy of the plan description and each annual report with the Secretary. Provides that every three years each participant in the plan shall receive a revised summary of the plan's important provisions and major amendments thereto. Expands the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to 19 members (now 13) and adds as permanent categories of membership the fields of actuarial counseling, investment counseling and accounting. Provides that every employee benefit fund established to provide for the payment of benefits shall be established pursuant to a duly executed trust agreement which shall set forth the purpose or purposes for which such fund is established and the detailed basis on which payments are to be made into and out of such fund. States that such fund shall be deemed a trust for the exclusive purpose of (1)providing benefits to participants in the in the plan and their beneficiaries and (2) defraying reasonable expenses of administering the plan. Provides that a fiduciary shall discharge his duties with respect to the fund: (1) solely in the interests of the participants and their beneficiaries; (2) with the care under the circumstances tnen prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; and (3) in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the fund insofar as is consistent with this Act. Sets forth in detail the restrictions on and the extent of the obligations, responsibilities and duties of a fiduciary under this Act. Title VI: Enforcement - Empowers the Secretary to petition any district court of the United States having jurisdiction to require a pension or profit-sharing plan to comply with the requirements of this Act or to recover the payment of required monies. Provides that civil actions by plan participants against violations of the fiduciary requirements of this Act may be instituted in Federal or State courts. Allows a fiduciary or administrator of a plan to obtain judicial review of the actions of the Secretary. Declares it to be the express intent of Congress that the provisions of this Act or the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act shall supersede any and all laws of the States and of political subdivisions thereof insofar as they may now or hereafter relate to the subject matters regulated by this Act or the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) exempt or relieve any employee benefit plan not subject to this Act or the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act from any law of any State; (2) exempt or relieve any person from any law of any State which regulates insurance, banking, or securities or to prohibit a State from requiring that there be filed with a State agency copies of reports required ty this Act to be filed with the Secretary; or (3) alter, amend, modify, invalidate, impair, or supersede any law of the United States other than the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act or any rule or regulation issued under any law except as specifically provided in this Act. Title VII: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates of the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Tax Reform Act - Title I: Capital Gains of Individuals and Corporations - Eliminates the twenty-five percent capital gain rate on the first $50,000 of an individual's capital gains. Increases to thirty-five percent (thirty percent in the case of a taxable year beginning after December 31, 1970, and before July 1, 1973) the alternative rate of taxation on capital gains for corporations. Title II: Gain on Certain Property Transferred at Death or by Gift - Provides that in the case of the death of a taxpayer there shall be included in computing taxable income for the taxable period in which falls the date of his death, the gains and losses which would be taken into account if the taxpayer has sold all property, which is considered to have been acquired from or to have passed from the decedent taxpayer, at a selling price equal to its fair market value at death. Makes exceptions to this provision for household or personal items whose total value is less than $2000, and for property which passes or was passed to a surviving spouse. Sets forth rules applicable in determining the the basis for computing gain or loss. Makes provisions and rules for including gains and losses on lifetime property gifts in computing taxable income for the taxable period in which the transfer was made. Requires the filing of a final income tax return for a decendent by April 15 of the year following the taxable year, or 9 months after the date of death, whichever is later. Makes provisions for extension of time for the paying of tax. Title III: Depreciation Revision - Eliminates the provision permitting a variance from any class life for depreciation allowance purposes of up to 20 percent of such life. Title IV: State and Local Bonds - Allows a State or local government to elect to issue obligations without excluding their interest from gross income. Authorizes necessary appropriations to pay a fixed percentage of interest yield on taxable issues, and sets forth procedures for such payment. Title V: Foreign Corporations - Provides that if a foreign corporation is a controlled foreign corporation for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more during any taxable year, every United States shareholder of such corporation who owns stock in such corporation on the last day in such year or which such corporation is a controlled foreign corporation, shall include in its gross income for its taxable year its pro rata share of the corporation's anyyyyyyy and profits for such year. Excludes from such shareholder's gross income any previously taxed earnings or profits from a foreign corporation. Provides that such shareholders in foreign corporations may be required to maintain records and accounts for purposes of this Act. Makes conforming amendments for this section. Title VI: Income Derived From Extraction of Oil and Gas - Reduces to fifteen percent the depletion rate for oil and gas wells (presently twenty-two percent). Eliminates the granting of an option to deduct as expenses intangible drilling and development costs in the case of oil and gas wells. Title VII: Farm Losses - Provides that, in the case of a taxpayer engaged in the business of farming, the deductions attributable to such business which would be allowable for the taxable year shall not exceed the sum of: (1) the adjusted farm gross income for the taxable year, and (2) the higher of the amount of the special deductions allowable for the taxable year, or $15,000 ($7,500 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return), reduced by the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income (taxable income in the case of a corporation) for the taxable year attributable to all sources other than the business of farming exceeds $15,000 ($7,500 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). Provides for a disallowable farm operating loss carryback to each of the three taxable years preceding the loss year and a disallowed farm loss carryover to each of the five taxable years following the loss year. Defines the various terms of this title. States that a taxpayer shall be treated as engaged in the business of farming for any taxable year if: (1) any deduction is allowable for any expense paid or incurred by the taxpayer with respect to farming, or with respect to any farm property held by the taxpayer, or (2) any deduction would otherwise be allowable to the taxpayer for any expense paid or incurred with respect to farming, or with respect to property held for the production of income, which is used in farming. Excludes the raising of timber from the definition of farming. Establishes a formula limiting the amount of deduction, regarding the business of farming, to a controlled group of corporations. Directs that, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate, an electing small business corporation which is engaged in the business of farming during its taxable year, and the shareholders of such corporation, shall apply the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code dealing with certain corporation payments to shareholders separately with respect to: (1) income derived from the business of farming by such corporation and deductions attributable to such business, and (2) all other income and deductions of such corporation. Title VIII: Minimum Tax for Tax Preferences - Imposes for each taxable year, with respect to the income of every person, a tax equal to 20 percent (previously 10 percent) of the amount by which the sum of the items of tax preference exceeds $12,000. Repeals the provision allowing tax carry-overs for 7 taxable years for excess taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes an Institute for Continuing Studies of Juvenile Justice to serve as a coordinating center for the collection and dissemination of information in the field of juvenile delinquency and control, including comparisons and analysis of State and Federal laws and model laws and recommendations designed to promote effective and efficient systems of juvenile justice; and as a training center for representatives of all levels of government who are connected with the treatment and control of juvenile offenders. Provides that the Institute shall be under the supervision of a Director, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who will supervise the staff, faculty, and administrative personnel necessary to the Institute's functioning. Gives the Institute powers to carry out the objectives of this Act. Creates an Advisory Commission to design a curriculum for the Institutes enrollees and to supervise the overall policy and operations of the Institute. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act. (Adds 18 U.S.C. 5041-5048)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Prohibits funds authorized or appropriated for United States forces and military actions in Indochina to be used for any purpose other than the withdrawal from protection of forces in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Requires such withdrawal of forces within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, provided there is a release of all prisoners of war by the Government of North Vietnam and its allies within that period. Requires an accounting of United States servicemen missing in action by the Government of North Vietnam and its allies before the completion of withdrawal. Provides that no air bombing operations by United States forces shall be carried out in or over North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos after the date of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Extends to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns under the Internal Revenue Code. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe and publish tables reflecting the amendments made by this Act which shall apply in lieu of the tables set forth in the Internal Revenue Code with respect to wages paid on or after the first day of the first month which begins more than twenty days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (Amends 26 U.S.C. 1)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Provides that on or after June 30, 1973, no import quota or other nontariff trade restriction shall be imposed by or pursuant to law with respect to the importation into the United States of petroleum and petroleum products. (Amends 19 U.S.C. 1862)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Repeals provisions relating to the interstate transportation of petroleum products, which provisions are for the purpose of protecting interstate commerce from burdens caused by contracts of oil and of encouraging the conservation of crude oil deposits. (Repeals 15 U.S.C. 715-715m)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Public Safety Officers Benefits Act - Requires Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, where it determines that an eligible public safety officer has died as the direct result of a personal injury sustained in the performance of duty, leaving a spouse or one or more eligible dependents, to pay a gratuity of $50,000 to such dependents. Establishes procedures for the distribution of such payment. Defines the term "eligible public safety officer" as any individual employed by a public agency as a law enforcement officer or fireman (including officially recognized volunteer firemen). Requires that, at the time of his injury, a law enforcement officer must have been engaged in: (1) the apprehension or attempted apprehension of any person for the commission of a crime, or who at the time was sought as a material witness in a criminal proceeding; or (2) protecting or guarding a person held for the commission of a crime or held as a material witness in connection with a crime; or (3) the lawful prevention of, or lawful attempt to prevent, the commission of a crime or was otherwise engaged in the performance of his duty and such injury was the result of a criminal act or apparent criminal act. Requires that a fireman at the time of his injury must have been engaged in the protection of life or property from fire. Authorizes to be appropriated in each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Excludes public safety officers of the District of Columbia from the coverage extended under this Act. (Amends 42 U.S.C. 3768, 3781)
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes a National Commission on Veterans' Benefits composed of: (1) three members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; (2) three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker; and (3) seven members from private life appointed by the President. Provides that members from private life shall receive $100 per diem while engaged in the actual performance of the duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties. Directs the Commission to make a comprehensive survey and analysis of the scope and structure of veterans' benefits and to evaluate the administration and implementation of the provisions of title 38, United States Code, by the Veterans Administration. Vests the Commission with powers and authority necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution. Authorizes each department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive branch of Government to furnish to the Commission such statistical data, reports, and other information the Commission deems necessary. Requires the Commission to submit a final report to the President and to Congress one year following the date on which funds first became available to carry out this joint resolution. Provides that the report shall contain a detailed statement of its findings and such recommendations as it deems appropriate. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Authorizes the Committee on the Judiciary, effective January 3, 1973, to conduct full and complete studies and investigations, to hold hearings and issue subpenas, and to make inquiries within its jurisdiction as set forth in clause 13 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Requires the Committee to submit a report of its activities not later than January 2, 1975. Provides that funds authorized are for expenses incurred in the committee's activities within the United States, and makes provisions for the use of local currencies owned by the United States for travel and expenses outside the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973
Establishes a Committee on Environment in the House of Representatives, consisting of 25 members. Provides that such Committee shall deal with all measures relating to the quality of the physical environment of the United States and its possessions, including: (1) water quality; (2) air quality; (3) weather modification; (4) waste disposal and management; (5) pesticides and herbicides; and (6) acoustic problems.