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Rep. Roy, William R. [D-KS-2]

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Bill· HRH.R. 17085 (93rd)open

Nurse Training Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974

Nurse Training Act - Title I: Construction Assistance - Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for construction or rehabilitation of nursing schools and loan guarantees and interest subsidies through fiscal year 1977. Title II: Capitation Grants - States that each collegiate school of nursing shall receive $400 for each student enrolled in each of the last two years of such school. Provides capitation grants for other schools of nursing and authorizes appropriations for such grants. Title III: Financial Distress Grants - Allows the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to public or non-profit private schools of nursing which are in serious financial straits. Prescribes the procedures for the making of such grants and authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for the grants. Title IV: Special Project Assistance - Empowers the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing and other entities to meet the costs of special projects, including: (1) to increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged students; (2) to provide continuing education for nurses; and (3) to increase the supply or distribution by geographic area or by specialty group of adequately trained nursing personnel needed to meet the health needs of the Nation, including the need to increase the availability of personal health services and the need to promote preventive health care. Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1977 for such grants and contracts. Provides for the making of grants, and authorizes appropriations for such grants, by the Secretary for: (1) advanced nurse training programs; and (2) nurse practitioner programs. Title V: Assistance to Nursing Students - Extends the authorization of appropriations for traineeships, student loans, and the program to encourage full utilization of educational talent for nursing. Extends the nursing scholarship program. Title VI: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Public Health Service Act. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to determine on a continuing basis the current and projected supply of the various classifications of nurses, their geographic distribution, pay rates, activity status, and advanced training status. Requires a report annually to the Congress upon such findings together with recommendations for legislation.

Bill· HRH.R. 17084 (93rd)passed

Health Manpower Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1974

Health Manpower Act - Title I: General Provisions - Revises and repeals specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Title II: Assistance for Construction of Teaching Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to assist in the construction of teaching facilities for the training of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, podiatrists, veterinarians, and professional public health personnel. Authorizes appropriations of $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1975, 1976 and 1977. Title III: Student Assistance; National Health Service Corps - Expands the provisions governing the making of student loans under the Public Health Service Act and the rates for repayment of such loans. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making Federal capital contributions into the student loan funds of authorized schools. Prescribes procedures for the establishment of a National Health Service Corps, applications for assistance from the Corps, and assignment and functions of Corps personnel to medically underserved populations. Outlines the rate-of-pay schedule for physician and dentist Corps members engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Details the reporting requirements by the Secretary to the Congress in his carrying out the programs of the National Health Service Corps. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps. Specifies the membership composition of such Council. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1974-1977 for carrying out this section. Revises the Public Health and National Health Services Corps Scholarship Training Program, setting forth the eligibility requirements for acceptance in such program and the time and type of obligated service required. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the program $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $120,000,000 for fiscal year 1977. Title IV: Grants for Health Professions Schools - Sets forth computation rules governing the making of annual grants by the Secretary for the support of education programs of schools of medicine, osteopathy, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and podiatry. Provides for the apportionment of, and authorization of, appropriations for the making of such grants. States that the Secretary shall not make such grants to any school unless specified assurances from each type of school, including assurances that the first year enrollment of health profession schools will rise by specified percentages in succeeding years, are met. Title V: Special Project Grants and Contracts - Revises the procedure for the making of special project grants and contracts for the purposes of assisting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Specifies the purposes for which such grants may be used. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through fiscal year 1977. Authorizes appropriations of $15,000,000, $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively for the establishment of area health education centers. Title VI: Public and Allied Health Personnel - Revises the training programs for public and community health personnel and allied health personnel, extending appropriations through fiscal year 1977. Title VII: Medical Residency Training Programs - Provides for the accrediting and operation of medical residency training programs with the number of first year positions not to exceed 125 percent of the estimated number of products from accredited school of medicine in the preceding calendar year. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Directs the Secretary to contract for a study analyzing the current distribution of physicians by specialty, projecting such analysis for 1980, 1985, and 1990, and examining and developing a method for establishing the optimal distribution of physicians by geographic area. Requires the Secretary to make specified quality assurances to the Congress regarding education and training of allied health personnel. Calls for an allied health personnel study, detailing the contents of such study, including identification of classifications in which there are critical shortages of personnel.

Bill· HRH.R. 16605 (93rd)referred

Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1974

Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is the policy of the United States to pursue a vigorous and adequately funded program with the objective of utilizing solar energy as a major source for our national energy needs. Defines the terms used in this Act. Establishes the Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project to have responsibility for management and coordination of a national solar energy research, development and demonstration program. Directs the Project to carry out its duties in cooperation with specified Federal agencies, including the Atomic Energy Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Makes conforming amendments to the National Science Foundation Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Act. Instructs the Project to initiate a solar energy resource determination and assessment program, emphasizing identification of promising areas for commercial exploitation and development. Enumerates the specific goals of the determination and assessment program. Directs the Project: (1) to initiate a research and development program for resolving the major technical problems inhibiting commercial utilization of solar energy in the United States; (2) to implement a research and development program to demonstrate the technical means for securing and utilizing the resource base; and (3) to initiate a program to design and construct facilities to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing the various forms of solar energy. Details the goals of each such program. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to support, coordinate, and encourage the development of policies set forth in this Act. Establishes a Solar Energy Research Institute to perform research functions in connection with the Project's activities under this Act. Calls for the creation of a Solar Energy Information Data Bank, specifying the content of data to be collected and compiled. Transfers specified functions, documents, and personnel to the Energy Research and Development Administration. Authorizes to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for fiscal year 1975, $2,000,000 for use in the preparation of the comprehensive program. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out this Act, for fiscal years beginning after 1975, such sums as the Congress may hereafter authorize.

Bill· HRH.R. 16553 (93rd)referred

A bill to establish a Commission on Federal Paperwork.

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974

Expresses the findings of Congress, including that Federal information reporting requirements have placed an unprecedented paperwork burden upon private citizens, recipients of Federal assistance, businesses, governmental contractors, and State and local governments. Establishes a Commission on Federal Paperwork to study procedures and practices of the Federal Government relating to information gathering, dissemination, and the management and control of information activities. Enumerates the areas to be considered by the Commission in its studies. Directs the Commission to make a final report to the Congress and the President within two years of the date of its first meeting. Sets forth the membership composition of the Commission and their compensation. Details the administrative powers of the Commission. Calls for cooperation between Federal agencies and the Commission. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 620 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution in support of International Women's Year 1975.

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the designation of 1975 as International Women's Year is welcomed and full support is expressed for the goals for the Year as proclaimed by the Secretary General of the United Nations and the President of the United States; (2) cooperation in observance of the Year is urged on the part of all concerned people, official and private, men and women, to insure that constructive measures are taken to advance the rights and responsibilities of women during 1975; (3) a concerted effort should be made to insure that 1975 is a year not only of stock-taking but also a time for the launching of new programs and the forming of new attitudes toward the role of women; and (4) women in more than token numbers should be included on all United States delegations to international conferences or other meetings, and on national commissions and other bodies where positions are filled by Federal appointment.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 612 (93rd)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1974

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

Bill· HRH.R. 16317 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish certain limitations respecting the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to regulate certain foods for special dietary use under that act.

United States · United States Congress · 7 August 1974

Provides, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may not: (1) establish maximum limits on the potency of any synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form; (2) classify any vitamin or mineral as a drug solely on the basis of the potency of the vitamin or mineral; and (3) limit the combination or number of any synthetic or natural vitamin, mineral, or other ingredient of food, within a food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in capsule, tablet, or liquid form. States that the labeling and advertising for any food for special dietary use which is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form may not: (1) list its ingredients which are not vitamins or minerals unless such ingredients (a) are listed in a list of all the ingredients of such food, or (b) are subject to a specified regulations; or (2) give prominence or emphasize the list of ingredients. States that the provisions of this Act shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary to establish maximum limits on the potency of a synthetic or natural vitamin or mineral if such limits are prescribed under regulations requiring the vitamin or mineral to be dispensed only upon a prescription.

Bill· HRH.R. 16296 (93rd)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1974

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

Bill· HRH.R. 16204 (93rd)passed

National Health Policy, Planning and Resources Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1974

National Health Policy, Planning, and Resources Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a National Council for Health Policy. States that the Council shall be responsible for the following: (1) developing and recommending a national health policy which shall include a quantifiable statement of national health goals; (2) recommending guidelines respecting the appropriate supply, distribution, and organization of health resources and services, including health education services; (3) conducting studies and analyses concerning the recommended national health policy, and alternative means of achieving the goals included in the recommended national health policy; (4) assessing the status of the health of the American people, existing and proposed Federal and other health programs, and the need for particular health resources and services, including health education services; (5) evaluating the implications of advances in biomedical research, health services research, and medical technology for the health care delivery system; and (6) analysis of the essential factors which cause inflation in the cost of health services and a determination of needs of containing such inflation. Establishes health service areas throughout the United States. Sets forth requirements for each health service area, including: (1) the area shall be a rational geographic region within which there are available a comprehensive range of health services, and which is of a character suitable for the effective planning and development of health services; and (2) to the extent practicable, the area shall include at least one center for the provision of highly specialized health services. Provides that a health systems agency for a health service area shall (1) be incorporated in the State in which the largest part of the population of its health service area resides, and (2) not be a subsidiary of, or otherwise controlled by, any other private corporation or legal entity. States that the health systems agency may establish subarea advisory councils representing parts of the agencies' health service area to advise the governing body of the agency on the performance of its functions. Stipulates that for the purpose of: (1) improving the health of residents of a health service area; (2) increasing the accessibility, acceptability, continuity, and quality of the health services provided them; and (3) restraining increases in the cost of providing health services, each health systems agency shall have as its primary responsibility the provision of effective health planning for its health service area and the promotion of the development within the area of health services, manpower, and facilities which meet identified needs, reduce documented inefficiencies, and implement the health plans of the agency. Directs the agency to establish, annually review, and amend as necessary an annual implementation plan which describes objectives which will achieve the goals and priorities of the Act. Requires the Secretary to make in each fiscal year a grant to each health systems agency on such conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate. Provides that a health systems agency may use funds under a grant under this Act to make payments under contracts with other entities to assist the health systems agency in the performance of its functions; but it shall not use funds under such a grant to make payments under a grant or contract with another entity for the development or delivery of health services or resources. Enumerates the functions which each State agency shall perform within the State, including the following: (1) conduct the health planning activities of the State and implement those parts of the State health plan and the plans of the health system agencies within the State which relate to the government of the State; and (2) assist the Statewide Health Coordinating Council of the State in the preparation, review, and revision of the State health plan, in the review of the State medical facilities plan, and in the performance of its functions generally. Provides that the Secretary may make grants to State health planning and development agencies to assist them in meeting the costs of their operation. Stipulates that the amount of any grant made under this subsection shall be determined by the Secretary, except that no grant to a designated State Agency may exceed 75 percent of its operation costs during the period for which the grant is available for obligation. Authorizes appropriations for the purpose of making grant payments of $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Sets forth procedures and criteria for reviews of proposed health system changes. Directs the Secretary to provide (directly or through grants or contracts, or both) to designated health systems agencies and State Agencies: (1) assistance in developing their health plans and approaches to planning various types of health services; (2) technical materials, including methodologics, policies, and standards appropriate for use in health planning; and (3) other technical assistance as may be necessary in order that such agencies may properly perform their functions. Directs the Secretary to assist public or private nonprofit entities in meeting the costs of planning and developing new centers, and operating existing and new centers, for multidisciplinary health planning development and assistance. Stipulates that, to the extent practicable, the Secretary shall provide assistance under this section so that at least five such centers will be in operation by June 30, 1976. Instructs the Secretary to review and approve or disapprove the annual budget of each designated health systems agency and State Agency. Provides that the Secretary shall prescribe performance standards covering the structure, operation, and performance of the functions of each designated health systems agency and State Agency, and he shall establish a reporting system based on the performance standards that allows for continuous review of the structure, operation, and performance of the functions of such agencies. Requires the Secretary to: (1) prescribe the general manner in which the State Agency of each State shall determine for the State medical facilities plan the priority among projects within the State for which assistance is available under this Act, based on the relative need of different areas within the State for such projects; (2) prescribe for medical facilities projects assisted under this Act general standards of construction, modernization, and equipment for medical facilities of different classes and in different types of location; (3) prescribe criteria for determining needs for medical facility beds and needs for medical facilities, and for developing plans for the distribution of such beds and facilities; (4) prescribe criteria for determining the extent to which existing medical facilities are in need of modernization; and (5) require each State medical facilities plan to provide for adequate medical facilities for all persons residing in the State and adequate facilities to furnish needed health services for persons unable to pay therefor. Stipulates that before an application for assistance under this Act for a medical facility project may be approved, the State Agency of the State in which such project is located must have submitted to the Secretary and had approved by him a State medical facilities plan. Sets forth procedures to be followed in order for approval of State projects. Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year, to make allotments among the States on the basis of population, the financial need, and need for medical facilities projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans from the fund established by this Act to pay the Federal share of approved projects. Directs the Secretary to consult with a Federal Hospital Council in administering the provisions of this Act. Provides that in the case of any facility for which an allotment payment, loan, or loan guarantee has been made under this Act, the applicant for such payment, loan, or loan guarantee (or, if appropriate, such other person as the Secretary may prescribe) shall file at least annually with the State Agency for the State in which the facility is located a statement which shall be in such form, and contain such information, as the Secretary may require to accurately show: (1) the financial operations of the facility and (2) the costs to the facility of providing health services in the facility and the charges made by the facility for providing such services, during the period with respect to which the statement is filed.

Bill· HRH.R. 16122 (93rd)referred

Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1974

Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act - Makes it the purpose of this Act to establish: (1) a long-range plan to expand and coordinate the national research, treatment, and control effort against arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases; (2) centers for arthritis prevention, research, screening, early detection, training, treatment, and rehabilitation programs; and (3) programs to develop new and improved methods of arthritis screening and early detection and to establish a central arthritis screening and early detection data bank. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a National Commission on Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. Specifies the composition, duties, and powers of the Commission. States that the Commission shall formulate a long-range plan to combat arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases with specific recommendations for the utilization and organization of national resources for that purpose. States that the plan shall include a plan for a coordinated research program encompassing existing and proposed Federal, non-Federal and local programs. Enumerates investigations, studies, and programs to be carried out under such plan. Authorizes to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out the above purposes. Establishes within the National Institute on Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases the position of Associate Director for Arthritis and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases. States that the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall establish an Inter-Institute Arthritis and Related Diseases Coordinating Committee to better coordinate research activities relating to arthritis and related musculoskeletal diseases. Provides for the development, establishment, construction, and operation of arthritis research and training centers. Specifies the purposes to be achieved by such research and training programs. Provides for the geographical distribution, operational support, and evaluation of such research and training centers. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and support arthritis screening, early detection, prevention, and control demonstration programs. Specifies the purpose of such programs. Authorizes specified appropriations for fiscal years 1975, 1976, and 1977 for the establishment and support of such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish the Arthritis Screening and Detection Data Bank as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that not less than $500,000 of the sums appropriated to the National Institutes of Health to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be obligated for basic and clinical orthopedic research conducted or supported by the National Institute on Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Metabolic Diseases.

Bill· HRH.R. 16137 (93rd)referred

A bill to provide for a mandatory balanced budget, automatic tax bracket adjustments reflecting increases in the Consumer Price Index, and, after the budget is balanced, increases in personal exemptions and the low income allowance.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1974

Requires a balanced budget, except in times of war, recession, or high unemployment, as determined by the Congress. Requires tax bracket adjustments reflecting increases in the Consumer Price Index. Requires that budget surpluses be devoted to increasing personal exemptions and the low-income allowance.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1262 (93rd)referred

Resolution to establish a John W. McCormack senior intern program.

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1974

Provides that each Member of the House of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and the Delegates from the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands may hire not more than two additional employees who shall be known as John W. McCormack Senior Interns in honor of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. States that such interns may be hired for not more than two weeks during the period May 1 through May 31 of each year and shall serve within the District of Columbia. Stipulates that for this purpose each such Member, Resident Commissioner, or Delegate shall have available annually for payment of compensation to such interns a total allowance of $500, to be payable to such interns at a rate not to exceed $125 per week, out of the contingent fund of the House. Requires that no person shall be paid compensation as a John W. McCormack Senior Intern who does not have on file with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, at all times during the period of employment as such intern, an appropriate certificate that such intern is sixty years of age or older and a resident of the district which the employing Member, Commissioner, or Delegate represents.

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

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

United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1974

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

Bill· HRH.R. 15956 (93rd)referred

National Huntington's Disease Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1974

National Huntington's Disease Control Act - States that it is the purpose of this Act to establish a national program for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of, and research in, Huntington's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants for projects for the establishment and operation of Huntington's disease screening, treatment, and counseling programs. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each each of the next two fiscal years for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Huntington's disease. Authorizes the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and for each of the next two fiscal years for use for such grants. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to develop information and educational materials relating to Huntington's disease and to disseminate such information and materials to persons providing health care and to the public in general. Authorizes the appropriation of $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for each of the next two fiscal years to carry out this information program. Sets forth the requirements for applications for grants under this Act and the administration of such grants. Directs the Secretary to establish a program within the Public Health Service to provide for voluntary Huntington's disease screening, counseling, and treatment.

Bill· HRH.R. 15881 (93rd)referred

Eastern Wilderness Areas Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1974

Eastern Wilderness Areas Act - Designates specified lands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for a study of specified additional lands in eighteen states and Puerto Rico for such inclusion. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 15739 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend section 1302 of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 by redefining the term "medical group".

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1974

Expands the meaning of the term "medical group" under the Public Health Service Act to include any association the members of which engage in the coordinated practice of professional activity, irrespective of whether or not such activity is carried on in behalf of a health maintenance organization.

Bill· HRH.R. 15689 (93rd)referred

Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1974

Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Act - Expresses the findings of Congress and declares that it is especially appropriate to honor former President Harry S. Truman through the creation of a perpetual educational scholarship program to develop increased opportunities for young Americans to prepare and pursue careers in public service. Establishes as an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, to be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. Authorizes the Foundation to award fifty-one scholarships in any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1973, for undergraduate study for persons who plan to pursue a career in public service. States that each recipient shall be knows as a Truman scholar. Sets forth provisions governing: (1) the scholarship requirements; (2) the procedures for selection of Truman scholars; (3) stipends and institutional allowances; and (4) the scholarship conditions. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Harry S. Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund. Prescribes the procedures for expenditures from the fund. Directs that there shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation, appointed by the Board, who shall be the chief executive officer and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. Authorizes to be appropriated $30,000,000 to the fund. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 15350 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a loan insurance program for producers of livestock.

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1974

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to insure loans to borrowers who: (1) are citizens of the United States engaged solely or primarily in agricultural production; (2) are or have been engaged in livestock producing operations; (3) are unable to obtain sufficient credit to finance actual needs in the livestock producing business at reasonable rates and terms; and (4) have, if having received previously a loan, performed successfully the terms of such loan. States that loans insured under this Act must be expended for the purpose of financing the normal operations of buying, raising, and selling meat animals by the borrower whose loan is being insured. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such insured loans. Creates the Livestock Producer's Insurance Fund to be used by the Secretary as a revolving fund for the discharge of obligations under this Act. Empowers the Secretary to transfer assets from the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund to the Livestock Fund if he determines that such transfer is necessary to establish the insurance program. Directs the Secretary to make and issue notes to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of obtaining funds necessary for discharging obligations under this Act. Outlines the purposes for which the Secretary shall utilize the fund. Provides that the aggregate amount of the obligations insured under this Act and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $3,500,000,000.

Bill· HRH.R. 15351 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income the amount of certain cancellations of indebtedness under student loan programs.

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1974

Provides, under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to scholarship and fellowship grants, that no amount shall be included in gross income by reason of the discharge of the indebtedness of an individual under a student loan if such discharge was pursuant to a provision of the loan under which the indebtedness would be discharged if the individual worked for a certain period of time in certain professions or certain geographical areas or for certain classes of employers. Defines "student loan" for purposes of this Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 533 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution for negotiations on the Turkish opium ban.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 528 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution for negotiations on the Turkish opium ban.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 516 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution for negotiations on the Turkish opium ban.

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1974

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.

Bill· HRH.R. 14997 (93rd)referred

Corporate Management Interlocks Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1974

Corporate Management Interlocks Act - Prohibits, unless specific approval has been granted by the Attorney General, corporate management interlocking relationships. States that this Act shall apply (1) if any one of the persons involved in an interlocking relationship shall have capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $1,000,000, and (2) if any one of the persons involved in an interlocking relationship is engaged in commerce: provided, however, that this Act shall not prohibit any interlocking relationship when one of the persons involved directly or indirectly lawfully owns more than 50 percent of the voting stock of the other company, or where 50 percent or more of the voting stock of each of the persons involved in an interlocking relationship is directly or indirectly lawfully owned by the same person. Sets a fine of not more than $50,000 and/or imprisonment not exceeding one year upon conviction of a willful violation of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 14681 (93rd)referred

National Health Services Manpower Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1974

National Health Services Manpower Act - Establishes the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for the purpose of obtaining physicians for the National Health Service Corps. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for participation in the Program. Provides that each eligible individual shall be entitled to the payment by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of a scholarship for each approved academic year of training (not to exceed four years). Sets forth the dollar amounts of such scholarships. Requires an individual participating in the Program to serve on active duty as a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service or as a civilian member of the National Health Service Corps following completion of academic training. Provides that such period of active duty shall be six months of service for each year of training received under the Program, with a minimum service time of 12 months. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the National Health Service Corps Trust Fund from which scholarships under this Act shall be paid. Authorizes appropriations for such fund. Establishes, within the Public Health Service, the National Health Service Corps to improve the delivery of health services to medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the medically underserved populations in the States. Defines the term "medically underserved population" and enumerates the factors to be taken into account in making such designations, including: (1) ratios of available health manpower to the population; (2) indicators of the population's access to health services; and (3) indicators of health status and need of the population. Empowers the Secretary to assign Corps personnel to State health agencies, private health entities, local governments, and medical, dental or other appropriate health societies. Enumerates the requirements to be met prior to the making of any such assignments and for the continuing of expired assignments. Provides that Corps personnel shall be assigned on the basis of the extent of the population's need for health services and without regard to the ability of members of the population to pay for health services. Directs the Secretary, in making an assignment, to seek to match characteristics of the assignee and of the population in order to increase the likelihood of the assignee remaining to serve the population upon completion of his assignment period. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance to all medically underserved populations to which are not assigned Corps personnel; (2) make arrangements to enable Corps personnel to utilize the health facilities of the areas in which the population resides; and (3) make grants, with specified limitations, for purposes of providing health services. States that the Secretary shall require as a condition to the approval of an application that the entity enter into an appropriate arrangement with the Secretary under which: (1) the entity shall be responsible for charging for health services by the Corps personnel to be assigned; (2) the entity shall take action for the collection of payments for such health services; and (3) the entity shall pay to the United States specified, calculated amounts. Directs the Secretary to conduct, at schools of the health professions and allied health professions, recruiting programs for the Corps. Directs the Secretary to adjust the monthly rate of pay of each physician and dentist member of the Corps who is directly engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress and specifies the content of such reports. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps to consult with, advise, and make recommendations to, the Secretary with respect to his responsibilities in carrying out this Act, and to review and approve regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Sets forth the membership composition of the Council. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal years 1975-77 to carry out the establishment and functions of the National Health Service Corps and the Council. Establishes in the Public Health Service the National Council on Postgraduate Physician Training. Sets forth the membership composition of the National Council. Provides that the National Council shall conduct studies and other activities relevant to the various matters related to the postgraduate training of physicians. Establishes a Regional Council on Postgraduate Physician Training for each of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regions. Sets forth membership composition of such Councils. Provides that each regional council shall conduct studies and other activities relevant to the various matters related to the postgraduate training of physicians within the region served by the regional council. Provides that the National Council and each regional council shall annually certify postgraduate training positions in entities, and associations of such entities, which directly provide such training. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to, and contract with, entities which directly provide, or have the capacity to provide directly, postgraduate training of physicians and which are certified to the Secretary by the National Council and a regional council as likely to receive an increased number of certified postgraduate positions subsequent to July 1, 1977, to allow such entities to develop new, and expand existing, postgraduate physician training programs. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1978-80 to carry out such program and make such grants. Directs the Secretary to contract for the conduct of a study to: (1) analyze the current and projected geographical distribution of physicians by specialty; and (2) examine, evaluate, and develop a reliable and appropriate methodology to establish the optimal distribution of physicians by specialty and by geographic area. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for the conduct of such study. Authorizes the Secretary to make special project grants to schools, agencies, organizations and institutions for the improvement of health professions training. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such special project grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or private nonprofit entities to assist in projects for planning, developing, and operating area health education systems. Defines "area health education systems." Authorizes appropriations for the making of such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, between July 1, 1974 and June 30, 1977, to provide loan guarantees and interest subsidies to students obtaining loans from banking institutions to meet the cost of education expenses in pursuing an approved course of study leading to an undergraduate degree in nursing, pharmacy, or other allied health professions. Establishes in the United States Treasury a health service manpower loan guarantee fund to enable the Secretary to discharge his responsibilities with respect to loan guarantees and interest subsidies under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation to the fund of such amounts as may be required from time to time for the fund. Title II: Miscellaneous Repeals - Revises the Public Health Service Act by repealing the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program, Traineeships for Professional Public Health Personnel, Project Grants for Graduate Training in Public Health, the National Health Service Corps, programs for Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel, and programs for Nurse Training.

Bill· HRH.R. 14541 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend section 203 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1974

Provides for certification by the State water pollution control agency of treatment projects within such State where the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws and standards at least equivalent to those established by Federal law.

Bill· HRH.R. 14488 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to eliminate, in the case of any oil or gas well located outside the United States, the percentage depletion allowance and the option to deduct intangible drilling and development costs, and to deny a foreign tax credit with respect to the income derived from such well.

United States · United States Congress · 30 April 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.

Bill· HRH.R. 14410 (93rd)referred

A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide service pension to certain veterans of World War I and pension to the widows of such veterans.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974

Prescribes a World War I veterans' pension of $150 for married veterans or veterans with one child or $135 for unmarried veterans, and an extra $125 for those in need of regular attendance. Authorizes hospital, domiciliary, and medical care to such veterans for non-service-connected disabilities, and costs for medical services unavoidably incurred outside Veterans Administration facilities. Authorizes the payemnt of a pension to the widow of a World War I veteran if she is not otherwise entitled to a pension.

Bill· HRH.R. 14409 (93rd)referred

National Health Services Planning, Development, and Regulation Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1974

National Health Services Planning, Development, and Regulation Act - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Council of Health Advisors, composed of five members appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Council shall be responsible for (1) assessment of the status of the Nation's health and health services; (2) issuing guidelines respecting the appropriate supply, distribution, and organization of health resources and services; and (3) the conduct of studies and analysis with regard to the proper development of national health goals and guidelines. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish throughout the United States health areas with respect to which health service agencies shall be designated. Defines "health service agency" as a nonprofit private corporation which is organized and operated as prescribed in this Act and which is capable of performing each of the health service functions as prescribed. Sets forth the legal structure, staff, and governing organization of a health service agency. Sets forth the functions of health service agencies including health service planning, monitoring of institutional health services within a health area, providing of technical assistance for planning and developing health service programs, and making of grants and contracts to assist in such planning and development. Sets forth procedures and standards for grants to any entity for a project for the development, expansion, or support of health facilities, manpower, or services to be made with funds appropriated for a program under the Public Health Service Act, the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963 or the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970. Directs the Secretary to provide all necessary technical and other nonfinancial assistance to nonprofit private entities which (1) express a desire to be designated as a health service agency, and (2) the Secretary determines have a potential to meet the requirements for a health service agency as specified under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to such nonprofit private entities to assist them in meeting the costs of meeting the organization and operation requirements of this Act. Sets forth the criteria for the making of such grants. Provides that for each health area established under this Act the Secretary shall designate a health service agency, such designation to be made under agreement that the agency carry out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to make in each fiscal year a grant to each health service agency for the operation of such agency, such grant to be not less than $375,000. Directs the Secretary to make additional grants to each health service agency to carry out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to review in detail at least every three years the structure, operation, and activities of each health service agency. Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a qualified agency of each State whereby such agency shall be designated as the State Health Commission for such State for the purposes of the performance within each State of the regulatory function described in this Act. Sets forth the State Health Commission regulatory functions, including certification of needed health services as recommended by the health service agencies and approval of health planning by the health service agencies. Sets forth procedures to be followed by State Health Commissions in the performance of their functions. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the development and operation of State Health Commissions. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to public and nonprofit private entities and guarantee to non-Federal lenders payment of principal of, and interest on, loans made by such lenders to nonprofit private entities to assist in meeting the costs of construction projects for health facilities. Sets forth general procedures with respect to such loans and loan guarantees. Sets forth regulations with respect to accounting and reporting systems for the administration of the provisions of this Act. Prohibits the Cost of Living Council, or any other administrative unit established under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1971, from applying any requirement to any entity within the health services industry which is in addition to, or different from, any requirement applied generally throughout the economy. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Makes various technical and conforming amendments to the Public Health Service Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 14357 (93rd)referred

National Health Services Manpower Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1974

National Health Services Manpower Act - Establishes the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program for the purpose of obtaining physicians for the National Health Service Corps. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for participation in the Program. Provides that each eligible individual shall be entitled to the payment by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of a scholarship for each approved academic year of training (not to exceed four years). Sets forth the dollar amounts of such scholarships. Requires an individual participating in the Program to serve on active duty as a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service or as a civilian member of the National Health Service Corps following completion of academic training. Provides that such period of active duty shall be six months of service for each year of training received under the Program, with a minimum service time of 12 months. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the National Health Service Corps Trust Fund from which scholarships under this Act shall be paid. Authorizes appropriations for such fund. Establishes, within the Public Health Service, the National Health Service Corps to improve the delivery of health services to medically underserved populations. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to designate the medically underserved populations in the States. Defines the term "medically underserved population" and enumerates the factors to be taken into account in making such designations, including: (1) ratios of available health manpower to the population; (2) indicators of the population's access to health services; and (3) indicators of health status and need of the population. Empowers the Secretary to assign Corps personnel to State health agencies, private health entities, local governments, and medical, dental or other appropriate health societies. Enumerates the requirements to be met prior to the making of any such assignments and for the continuing of expired assignments. Provides that Corps personnel shall be assigned on the basis of the extent of the population's need for health services and without regard to the ability of members of the population to pay for health services. Directs the Secretary, in making an assignment, to seek to match characteristics of the assignee and of the population in order to increase the likelihood of the assignee remaining to serve the population upon completion of his assignment period. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance to all medically underserved populations to which are not assigned Corps personnel; (2) make arrangements to enable Corps personnel to utilize the health facilities of the areas in which the population resides; and (3) make grants, with specified limitations, for purposes of providing health services. States that the Secretary shall require as a condition to the approval of an application that the entity enter into an appropriate arrangement with the Secretary under which: (1) the entity shall be responsible for charging for health services by the Corps personnel to be assigned; (2) the entity shall take action for the collection of payments for such health services; and (3) the entity shall pay to the United States specified, calculated amounts. Directs the Secretary to conduct, at schools of the health professions and allied health professions, recruiting programs for the Corps. Directs the Secretary to adjust the monthly rate of pay of each physician and dentist member of the Corps who is directly engaged in the delivery of health services to a medically underserved population. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress and specifies the content of such reports. Establishes the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps to consult with, advise, and make recommendations to, the Secretary with respect to his responsibilities in carrying out this Act, and to review and approve regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Sets forth the membership composition of the Council. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal years 1975-77 to carry out the establishment and functions of the National Health Service Corps and the Council. Establishes in the Public Health Service the National Council on Postgraduate Physician Training. Sets forth the membership composition of the National Council. Provides that the National Council shall conduct studies and other activities relevant to the various matters related to the postgraduate training of physicians. Establishes a Regional Council on Postgraduate Physician Training for each of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regions. Sets forth membership composition of such Councils. Provides that each regional council shall conduct studies and other activities relevant to the various matters related to the postgraduate training of physicians within the region served by the regional council. Provides that the National Council and each regional council shall annually certify postgraduate training positions in entities, and associations of such entities, which directly provide such training. Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to, and contract with, entities which directly provide, or have the capacity to provide directly, postgraduate training of physicians and which are certified to the Secretary by the National Council and a regional council as likely to receive an increased number of certified postgraduate positions subsequent to July 1, 1977, to allow such entities to develop new, and expand existing, postgraduate physician training programs. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1978-80 to carry out such program and make such grants. Directs the Secretary to contract for the conduct of a study to: (1) analyze the current and projected geographical distribution of physicians by specialty; and (2) examine, evaluate, and develop a reliable and appropriate methodology to establish the optimal distribution of physicians by specialty and by geographic area. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 for the conduct of such study. Authorizes the Secretary to make special project grants to schools, agencies, organizations and institutions for the improvement of health professions training. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such special project grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or private nonprofit entities to assist in projects for planning, developing, and operating area health education systems. Defines "area health education systems." Authorizes appropriations for the making of such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, between July 1, 1974 and June 30, 1977, to provide loan guarantees and interest subsidies to students obtaining loans from banking institutions to meet the cost of education expenses in pursuing an approved course of study leading to an undergraduate degree in nursing, pharmacy, or other allied health professions. Establishes in the United States Treasury a health service manpower loan guarantee fund to enable the Secretary to discharge his responsibilities with respect to loan guarantees and interest subsidies under this Act. Authorizes the appropriation to the fund of such amounts as may be required from time to time for the fund. Title II: Miscellaneous Repeals - Revises the Public Health Service Act by repealing the Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program, Traineeships for Professional Public Health Personnel, Project Grants for Graduate Training in Public Health, the National Health Service Corps, programs for Health Research and Teaching Facilities and Training of Professional Health Personnel, and programs for Nurse Training.

Bill· HRH.R. 14303 (93rd)referred

A bill to require the establishment of an Agricultural Service Center in each county of a State as part of the implementation of any plan for the establishment of such centers on a nationwide basis.

United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1974

States that in implementing any proposed program for the establishment of Agricultural Service Centers in any State, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide for the establishment of such a center in each county of such State if, on the date of enactment of this Act, one or more local field offices of the Department of Agriculture were located within such county. Authorizes the Secretary to provide, in the Agricultural Service Center, as many services of the Department of Agriculture (applicable to such county) as practicable.

Bill· HRH.R. 14214 (93rd)open

Health Revenue Sharing and Health Services Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974

Health Revenue Sharing and Health Services Act - Title I: Health Revenue Sharing - Special Health Revenue Sharing Act- Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to State health and mental health authorities to assist in meeting the costs of providing comprehensive public health services under State plans approved under this Act. Sets forth the required elements of the content of such State plans. Authorizes the appropriation of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $220,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 to make grants pursuant to this title. Title II: Family Planning Programs - Flamily Planning and Population Research Act - Authorizes appropriations for the family planning and population research programs of the Public Health Service Act for fiscal years 1975 and 1976. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct, make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or private entities for, project for research in the biomedical, contraceptive development, behavioral, and program implementation fields related to family planning and population. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1975 and 1976 to carry out such research. Sets forth reporting requirements for the Secretary to Congress. Title III: Community Mental Health Centers - Community Mental Health Centers Amendments - Presents the finding of the Congress that: (1) community mental health care is the most effective and humane form of care for a majority of mentally ill individuals; and (2) federally funded community mental health centers have had a major impact on the improvement of mental health care by fostering coordination and cooperation between various agencies responsible for mental health care which in turn has resulted in a decrease in overlapping services and more efficient utilization of available resources. Provides that the comprehensive mental health services which shall be provided through a community mental health center under the Community Mental Health Centers Act shall include: (1) services for individuals who are inpatients in a hospital or other health services delivery facility, outpatient services, day care and similar partial hospitalization services, and emergency services; (2) detoxification and referral services for the treatment of alcohol abuse, alcoholism, and other drug abuse and drug dependence problems (including narcotic addiction); (3) consultation and education services for health professionals, schools, State and local law enforcement and correctional agencies, public welfare agencies, health services delivery agencies, and other appropriate entities; (4) assistance to courts and other public agencies in screening residents of the center's catchment area who are being considered for referral to a State mental health facility for treatment to determine if they should be so referred and provision, where appropriate, of treatment for such persons through the center as an alternative to treatment at such facility; and (5) provision of followup care for residents of its catchment area who have been discharged from a State mental health facility. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to carry out projects to develop community mental health center programs. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for fiscal years 1975 and 1976. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private community mental health centers to assist them in meeting their costs of operation during the first five years after their establishment. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for fiscal years 1975 and 1976. Authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to any community mental health center for the costs of providing consultation and education services under this Act. Sets forth criteria for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for fiscal years 1975 and 1976. Sets forth general regulations governing grants made under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the operation of community mental health centers which are under financial distress. Sets forth the eligibility criteria for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for fiscal years 1975 and 1976. Directs the Secretary to pay the Federal share of projects for the acquisition, leasing, and construction of community mental health centers, and for the acquisition of initial equipment for such facilities. Defines "Federal share" with respect to such projects. Sets forth the procedures for approval of, payment of grants to, and allocation of funds for, projects under this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act. Sets forth general regulations with respect to the administration of this Act. Title IV: Migrant Health - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to assist in the establishment, initial operation, and continued operation of migrant health centers serving high impact areas. Defines "migrant health center" as an entity which provides health services to agricultural migratory workers and their families. Defines the terms used in this title. Sets forth health services to be supplied by migrant health centers. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and private entities, in areas in which no migrant health centers exist and which are not high impact areas, to provide health care to agricultural workers and their families. Authorizes appropriations for the payment of such grants for fiscal years 1975 and 1976. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of (1) the quality of housing which is available to agriculltural migratory workers in the United States while away from their permanent abodes; (2) the effect on the health of migrant workers of deficiencies in such housing; and (3) Federal, State, and local government standards respecting housing conditions for such workers during such period. Sets forth the reporting requirements for the Secretary for such study. Title V: Community Health Center - Defines the term "community health center" as meaning under the Public Health Service Act an entity which provides primary health services and referral to providers of supplemental health services for all residents of the area it serves, and is organized in the manner prescribed under this Act. Requires the services of a community health center to be provided directly through its staff and supporting resources or through contracts or cooperative arrangements with public or private entities. Requires primary health services to be available and accessible in the area served by the center promptly, as appropriate, and in a manner which assures continuity. Provides that the governing body of a community health center shall have at least a majority of its members selected in a democratic manner by the persons receiving services from the center, shall meet at least once a month, shall establish general policies for the center, shall approve the center's annual budget, and shall approve the selection of a director for the center. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to assist in: (1) the establishment and initial operation of community health centers which will service a medically underserved population; and (2) meeting the cost of the continued operation of such centers. Authorizes to be appropriated $220,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, and $240,000,000 for fiscal year , 1976 for grants under this title.

Bill· HRH.R. 14215 (93rd)open

Developmental Disabilities Amendments

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974

Developmental Disabilities Amendments - Authorizes appropriations of $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for the purpose of making grants to assist institutions of higher education to contribute more effectively to the solution of complex health, education and social problems of children and adults suffering from developmental disabilities. Provides that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for: (1) demonstration projects for the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities who are also disadvantaged because of their economic status or the location of their residences, (2) technical assistance relating to services and facilities for persons with developmental disabilities, including assistance in State and local planning or administration, (3) training of specialized personnel needed for the provision of services for persons with developmental disabilities, or for research directly related to such training, (4) developing or demonstrating new or improved techniques for the provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities, or (5) gathering and disseminating information relating to developmental disabilities. Authorizes payments of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1976 for the purpose of making payments under these grants. Provides for the allotment of funds to States. States that not less than ten percent of that allotment shall be used by such State for the purpose of assisting it in developing and implementing plans designed to eliminate inappropriate placement in institutions of persons with developmental disabilities, and to improve the quality of care and the state of surroundings of persons for whom institutional care is appropriate; and of the amount allotted to any State for each succeeding fiscal year, not less than 30 percent of that allotment shall be used by such State for such purposes. Stipulates that, in order to be approved by the Secretary, a State plan must provide reasonable assurance that adequate financial support will be available to complete the construction of, and to maintain and operate when such construction is completed, any facility, the construction of which is assisted with sums allotted under the provisions of this Act. Provides that for purposes of any determination by the Secretary as to whether any urban or rural area is a poverty area, the Secretary may not determine that an area is an urban or rural poverty area unless: (1) such area contains one or more subareas which are characterized as subareas of poverty; (2) the population of such subarea or subareas constitutes a substantial portion of the population of such rural or urban area; and (3) the project, facility, or activity, in connection with which such determination is made, does, or (when completed or put into operation) will, serve the needs of the residents of such subarea or subareas.

Bill· HRH.R. 14213 (93rd)passed

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to extend for 3 fiscal years the authorizations of appropriations for the administration and enforcement of that act.

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974

Authorizes the appropriation of $105,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $175,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977 for the expenses of the Justice Department in carrying out its control and enforcement functions under the Controlled Substances Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 14258 (93rd)referred

A bill to require the establishment of an agricultural service center in each county of a State as part of the implementation of any plan for the establishment of such centers on a nationwide basis.

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1974

States that in implementing any proposed program for the establishment of Agricultural Service Centers in any State, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide for the establishment of such a center in each county of such State if, on the date of enactment of this Act, one or more local field offices of the Department of Agriculture were located within such county. Authorizes the Secretary to provide, in the Agricultural Service Center, as many services of the Department of Agriculture (applicable to such county) as practicable.

Bill· HRH.R. 14081 (93rd)referred

A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1974

Provides for the recomputation of military retirement benefits. Provides that a member or former member of a uniformed service: (1) who is sixty years of age or older, and is retired for reasons other than physical disability, whose disability is finally determined to be of a permanent nature and less than 30 percent under the disability rating system, and is entitled to retired pay computed under the rates of basic pay in effect before January 1, 1972; or (2) who is entitled to retired pay for physical disability, whose disability was finally determined to be of permanent nature and at least 30 percent under the schedule of rating disabilities, and whose retired pay is computed under rates of basic pay in effect after October 11, 1949 and before January 1, 1972, is entitled to have that pay recomputed upon the rates of basic pay in effect on January 1, 1972.

Bill· HRH.R. 14028 (93rd)referred

A bill to terminate the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement.

United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1974

Provides for the termination of the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement as being adverse to the public interest. Provides that such termination shall be effective as of February 1, 1973. (Amends 49 U.S.C. 1382).

Bill· HRH.R. 14009 (93rd)referred

Food and Drug Administration Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974

Food and Drug Administration Act - Title I: Food and Drug Administration - Creates a Food and Drug Administration within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Provides that the function of such Administration shall be to promote the public health, safety and welfare. Directs the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Commissioner of the Administration. Directs the Commissioner to: (1) attempt to eliminate products presenting unreasonable risk of disease, injury, or death; (2) establish a capability within the Commission to engage in risk-based analysis; (3) establish an interdisciplinary epidemiology capability and undertake investigations in coordination with the Food and Drug Administration Information Clearinghouse to facilitate regulation-making and to assist in risk-based analysis; (4) establish a scientific capability within the Administration to assist in hazard detection, test method development, and quality control requirements; and (5) utilize field operations to conduct product evaluation, facilitate detection of conditions associated with products subject to his jurisdiction which might lead to disease, injury, or death, to monitor compliance with required levels of safety performance, to report violations, and to assist the Commissioner in any enforcement action taken by him. Title II: Food Amendments - Requires food processors to include on the label, in such form as to be readily understandable by the consumer, the date recommended for sale and for use. States that food shall be considered to be misbranded if its nutritional additives as stated on the label are not in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Expresses the intent of Congress to supercede all State and local food labeling laws that are different from this Act. Provides for food establishment registration. Requires, every other year, persons owning or operating food processing establishments to register with the Secretary. Prohibits the importation of food from establishments not so registered. Provides for food inspection at critical control points. Provides that, in the case of establishments manufacturing, processing, preparing, packaging, or holding food, inspection shall extend to critical control point records bearing upon whether a food may be adulterated, if the Secretary has reason to believe that any such food may be so adulterated and that the public health and safety requires access to such records. Requires that, within one hundred and eighty days after enactment, any person who owns or operates any establishment in which food is processed shall, unless exempted by regulations promulgated by the Secretary, develop a critical control points system for such establishment set out in a written document in such manner and form as the Secretary may require. States that critical control points are limited to those processing factors bearing upon whether a food may be adulterated. Provides that whenever the Secretary finds that a food (or class of food) is being processed in a significant number of establishments in such a manner as to present an unreasonable risk of adulteration, he may promulgate regulations establishing a critical control points standard for such processing of such food to reduce or eliminate such risk. Prescribes what such standard must designate, including: (1) those points in a particular food process which are critical to prevent the food from being adulterated; (2) the contaminants, properties, unsanitary practices, or other factors intended to be detected and reduced or eliminated; (3) the sampling methods and methods of examinations to be conducted at such critical control points; and (4) the circumstances under which reports of such examinations and test results shall be submitted to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to refer such a proposed critical control points standard which has been published in the Federal Register to an advisory committee of experts for a report and recommendation with respect to any matter involved in such proposal which requires the exercise of scientific or technical judgment, on the petition (within sixty days after the publication of a proposed standard) of any person who may be adversely affected if such proposal were to be placed in effect. Allows the Secretary to revoke any standard when the need no longer exists and to immediately modify a standard if he finds a threat to the public health. Requires persons who must comply with a critical control points standard to maintain records as the Secretary may require. Title III: Cosmetics - Cosmetic Amendments - Requires the registration of cosmetic processors and cosmetic formulas. Requires manufacturers and distributors of cosmetics to substantiate the safety of their products before beginning commercial distribution of any cosmetic products. Sets standards for cosmetic labeling under this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 13990 (93rd)referred

Foreign Dairy Quality Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1974

Foreign Dairy Quality Act - Provides that no dairy product shall be imported into the United States unless it has been inspected and found to be wholesome and unless the foreign farms and plants in which such products were produced, manufactured, or processed comply with all the inspection, grading, and other standards prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Requires that such foreign standards shall be comparable to those standards prescribed by the Secretary for the same kind of dairy products in the United States. States that the labeling of imported dairy products shall comply with the requirements of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act and shall be otherwise marked as the Secretary may require. Directs the Secretary to cause to be inspected all dairy products imported into the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act, and rules and regulations for the destruction of dairy products refused admission into the United States. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the administration and supervision of the provisions of this Act. Imposes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.