United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
Designates specified lands in Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Carolina within the National Wildlife Refuge System as wilderness areas. Designates specified lands in California and Montana within the National Forest System as wilderness areas. Provides that all primitive area classifications of areas herein designated as wilderness are abolished. Provides that the wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be goverened by the appropriate provisions of the Wilderness Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
National Homestead Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to compile a catalog of all unoccupied single-family dwellings in urban and other areas within the United States which are owned by him or his Department, and which would be suitable for occupancy and rehabilitation by qualified low and moderate-income families. Requires the Secretary to take such steps as may be necessary to assure that the residents of each community or area in which any such dwelling is located will be fully and currently informed of the existence, nature, and location of such dwellings. States that an applicant is qualified, for the purposes of participation in the program under this Act with respect to any dwelling, only if he or she: (1) is eighteen years of age or older; (2) is the head of his or her household; (3) is a citizen of the United States; (4) has not previously participated in the program; (5) is not the owner of any other real property; and (6) possesses the financial, technical, and other resources which are necessary to rehabilitate such dwelling. Requires each applicant to enter into an agreement that, among other things, he or she will reside in the dwelling for a period of at least five years and will during such period rehabilitate and maintain the dwelling so that it satisfies all of the requirements of applicable State and local law. States that the conveyance of any dwelling to an applicant under this Act shall be made on a conditional basis, in return for the payment by such applicant of the aforementioned agreement. Provides that upon any material failure by the applicant to carry out his or her agreement entered into under this Act the conditional conveyance of title to such applicant shall be revoked. States that after the applicant has resided in the dwelling for the required five-year period and has rehabilitated and maintained it and otherwise complied with the terms of his or her agreement throughout such period, he shall be granted a fee simple title to such property.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Makes it the sense of the House that, during the period pending consideration and action by the Senate upon the bill H.R. 10710, as introduced in the first session of the Congress, cited as the "Trade Reform Act of 1973" and as amended and passed by the House, no loan, guarantee, insurance, or credit shall be extended by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to any nonmarket economy country (other than any such country whose products are eligible for column 1 tariff treatment on the date of the enactment of this resolution), and no such country shall participate in any program of the Government of the United States which extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, directly or indirectly.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop ground propulsion systems which are energy conserving, have clean emission characteristics, and are capable of being produced in large numbers at a reasonable mass production per unit cost. Requires that such ground propulsion systems must meet or better all air quality standards set by or under the National Emission Standards Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Air Quality Act of 1967, while substantially reducing per mile energy consumption. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act not to exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate for the fiscal years 1974 through 1977.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1974
Disallows, under the Internal Revenue Code, percentage depletion deductions on foreign oil and gas wells, tax deductions for intangible drilling and development costs for foreign oil or gas wells, and tax credits for income, war profits, or excess profits tax paid or accrued which is attributable to income from foreign oil or gas wells. Allows a tax deduction for excess profits taxes imposed by foreign countries to the extent a credit is denied for such taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Creates a select committee to be composed of nine Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom he shall designate as chairman. Directs the committee to conduct a full investigation of the role of the oil and gas industry in contributing to the current energy crisis. Provides that the committee shall report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study, together with such recommendations as it deems advisable.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1974
Provides for the repeal of the Postal Reorganization Act and reenacts the former postal service provisions of title 39, United States Code. Reestablishes the former Post Office Department as an executive department of the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 21 December 1973
Requires the Secretary of Defense to take such action as is necessary to insure that any member of the Armed Forces who is discharged shall receive a discharge certificate which shall indicate that such member was so discharged and which shall not bear any indication of the conditions under which such separation occured. States that the reason why such member was so separated (other than by reason of discharged dismissal pursuant to a sentence of a general or special court-martial) and all other records or documents pertaining to such reason or reasons shall be treated as confidential and shall not be made known to or otherwise released to any private person or any public agency (whether Federal, State, or local) without the prior written consent of the member concerned. Sets forth the conditions under which an enlisted member of the Armed Forces may be discharged under other than honorable conditions. Establishes procedures for military review panels in considering the dishonorable discharge of enlisted personnel. Requires military review panels to conduct hearings which afford the enlisted member concerned an opportunity to: (1) appear before the panel and present evidence in his own behalf; (2) be represented by counsel; (3) confront the witnesses against him; and (4) examine documentary and real evidence against him. States that the recommendation of a review panel appointed under the provisions of this Act for separation under other than honorable conditions may be appealed to an appeal board established by the Judge Advocate General concerned, or the General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, as appropriate. Authorizes the Secretaries concerned to prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. Requires the Secretaries concerned, after consultation with the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, to establish such number (but not less than ten) of regional boards of review throughout the United States. States that the function of the regional boards shall be to reveiw the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by a general or special court-martial) of any former member of an Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the military department concerned. Provides that if a request for the review of a discharge or dismissal of any person who was discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces within the fifteen-year period immediately preceding the effective date of this subsection was filed before such effective date and such review resulted in no change to the discharge or dismissal, or no new discharge was issued, another request for review of that discharge or dismissal pursuant to this section may be filed and such review shall be acted upon without prejudice, if such request for reveiw is filed with the appropriate regional board of review within the one-year period immediately following such effective date.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Energy Conservation and Development Trust Fund Act - Title I: Energy Conservation and Development - Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Energy Conservation and Development Trust Fund. Provides for the transfer of specified excise taxes to such Fund. Authorizes to be appropriated from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Fund such sums as may be necessary to provide the Fund with initial capital, and such additional sums as may be necessary (over and above any specified excise tax amounts transferred to the Fund under this Act) to make the expenditures under this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to hold the Fund, and to report to the Congress not later than the 1st day of March of each year on the financial condition and the results of the operations of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year and on its expected condition and operations during the current and next ensuing fiscal year. Provides that such report shall be printed as a House document of the session of the Congress to which the report is made. Provides for expenditures from the Fund. Authorizes the Urban Mass Transit Administration in the Department of Transportation to make grants from the Fund to governmental bodies of an aggregate not to exceed $2,000,000,000 each fiscal year to assist the construction and the operation of local public transportation in urban places. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants from the Fund to governmental bodies in an aggregate not to exceed $200,000,000 each fiscal year to assist in the development of better and more efficient intercity commuter rail and bus service. Provides that the total of such grants with respect to any one project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 each fiscal year to private persons to assist in increasing the national capacity for the manufacture of buses. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office of Coal Research, to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients for research and development projects to discover feasible and efficient methods for the conversion of coal to a usable, efficient, and clean replacement for gasoline, fuel oil, and other petroleum products. Authorizes the National Science Foundation to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients for solar, nuclear, and thermal energy research. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients for research into and development of improved recovery methods for oil shale, including ways to minimize damage to surface land and landscape. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients for the rehabilitation, restoration, and beautification of lands which have been used for the strip mining of coal or oil shale. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Federal Housing Administration, to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000,000 each fiscal year to appropriate lending institutions to establish and maintain a program of guaranteed long-term, low-interest loans to individual homeowners and to the operators of small business establishments to finance improved insulation in order to preserve heat and reduce fuel consumption. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 each fiscal year to governmental bodies to assist in patrolling and enforcing any uniform speed limits which may be imposed to combat the fuel shortage. Provides that the total of such grants with respect to any one project shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of such project. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $350,000,000 each fiscal year to private persons to cover intangible costs associated with the exploration and drilling for petroleum and natural gas in order to encourage expanded domestic petroleum and natural gas production. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants from the Fund in an aggregate amount not to exceed $350,000,000 each fiscal year to public and private recipients to provide extended and improved unemployment compensation for workers displaced from their jobs by reason of the energy crisis and to provide job retraining for such persons in new types of work. Title II: Internal Revenue Amendments - Provides for seperate taxes on gasoline, passenger cars, pleasure boats of at least 50 horsepower, and the large-scale use of electricity to carry out the purposes of this Act. Imposes an occupational tax on the operation of parking lots of 100 automobile capacity or more. Imposes severance and gathering taxes on oil and natural gas.
United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1973
Federal Election Campaign Financing Act - States that any candidate who receives 30 percent or more of the popular votes received by all candidates in any primary election or general election for Federal office shall be entitled to expenditure reimbursements in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Sets forth a formula to determine the amount of reimbursement to which any eligible candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative shall be entitled. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a special fund to be known as the Federal Election Campaign Finance Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, as provided by appropriation Acts, to transfer to the Fund such sums as the Congress may appropriate to insure that moneys in the Fund will be adequate to meet entitlements of eligible candidates. Entitles any eligible candidate to receive reimbursements from the Fund by transmitting to the appropriate supervisory officer receipts of expenditures of any such candidate in connection with any primary election or general election for Federal office. Establishes limitations on contributions by individuals to any candidate for Federal office.
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 1973
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Commerce to prohibit the exportation of petrochemicals from the United States until such time as all price controls imposed under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 with respect to petrochemicals are removed.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973
Energy Reorganization Act - Title I: Energy Research and Development Administration Establishes the Energy Research and Development Administration headed by an Administrator appointed by the President. Describes the functions of the Administrator as including: (1) exercising central responsibility for policy planning, coordination, support, and management of research and development programs respecting all energy sources; (2) undertaking research and development in the extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization phases related to the development and use of energy from fossil, nuclear, solar, geothermal, and other energy sources; (3) participating in and supporting cooperative research and development projects which may involve contributions by public or private persons or agencies, of financial or other resources to the performance of the work; and (4) developing, collecting, distributing, and making available for distribution, scientific and technical information concerning the manufacture or development of energy and its efficient extraction, conversion, transmission, and utilization. Transfers to the Administrator all functions of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Chairman and members of the Commission, and the officers and components of the Commission, except as otherwise provided in this Act. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Secretary of the Interior, the Department of the Interior, and officers and components of such department: (1) as relate to or are utilized by the Office of Coal Research; and (2) as relate to or are utilized in connection with fossil fuel energy research and development programs and related activities conducted by the Bureau of Mines. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the National Science Foundations as relate to or are utilized in connection with: (1) solar heating and cooling development; and (2) geothermal power development. Transfers to the Administrator such functions of the Environmental Protection Agency and the officers and components thereof as relate to or are utilized in connection with the development and demonstration of alternative automotive power systems. Title II: Nuclear Energy Commission - Provides that the Atomic Energy Commission is renamed the Nuclear Energy Commission and shall continue to perform the licensing and related regulatory functions of the Chairman and members of the Commission, the general counsel, and other officers and components of the Commission, which functions, officers, components, and personnel are excepted from the transfer to the Administrator by this Act. Grants the Nuclear Energy Commission licensing authority as to the following facilities of the Administration: (1) demonstration liquid metal fast breeder reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system; (2) other demonstration nuclear reactors when operated as part of the power generation facilities of an electric utility system, except those in existence, under construction or authorized or appropriated for by the Congress on the date this part becomes effective; or (3) facilities used primarily for the receipt and storage of high level radioactive wastes resulting from activities licensed under such Act. Allows the Nuclear Energy Commission to engage in or contract for research which the Commission deems necessary for the discharge of its licensing and regulatory functions. Title III: Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions - Provides that except as otherwise provided in this Act, whenever all of the functions or programs of an agency, or other body, or any component thereof, affected by this Act, have been transferred from that agency, or other body, or component, the agency, or other body, or component shall lapse.
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 1973
Authorizes increased production of petroleum from the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve at a rate to help insure that the needs of national defense are met, but not to exceed the maximum efficient rate in accordance with sound engineering and economic principles. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of the production herein authorized by means of sales effected by competitive bid. Provides that full and equal opportunity for acquisition of the oil shall be accorded to all interested companies, including major and independent oil refineries alike. Establishes the Naval Petroleum Reserve Account. States that funds in the Account shall be available for the expenses of: (1) production, including preparation for production, as authorized by this resolution and as may hereafter be authorized; (2) all capital costs necessary for facilities both within and outside the reserve incident to production and delivery of crude petroleum; and (3) exploration, prospecting, conservation, development, use, and operation of the naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1973
Rape Prevention and Control Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish, within the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Center, to conduct a continuing study and investigation of specified areas, including: (1) the effectiveness of existing Federal, State and local laws dealing with rape; (2) the relationship, if any, between traditional legal and social attitudes toward sexual roles, the act of rape, and the formulation of laws dealing with rape; (3) the treatment of the victims of rape by law enforcement agencies, hospitals, or other medical institutions, prosecutors, and the courts; (4) the causes of rape; and (5) sexual assaults in correctional institutions. Provides that the Center shall compile and publish annually a summary of its findings. Directs the Center to develop an information clearinghouse with regard to enumerated materials regarding rape and rehabilitation of offenders. Authorizes appropriations of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. Provides that the Secretary, through the National Center for the Control and Prevention of Rape, shall make grants to community mental health centers, nonprofit private organizations, and public agencies for the purpose of conducting research and demonstration projects concerning the control and prevention of rape. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to him on matters relating to rape prevention and control.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Commercial Demonstration Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate and support basic and applied research relating to geothermal energy development. Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate and carry out commercial demonstrations, research, and development in geothermal energy technology. Provides that the Administration shall dispose of, by sublease or otherwise, all projects undertaken under this Act. Directs the Administration to assure the protection of the environment, persons, and property in projects undertaken pursuant to this Act. Requires the Administration to report to the Congress and the President every six months on the progress made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for six fiscal years of $80,000,000 to carry out programs under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1973
Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to provide for the demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of solar heating technology. Defines the terms used in this Act. Directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to initiate, support and carry out basic and applied research and development in solar heating and cooling technologies. Provides for the installation of solar heating systems in residential dwellings under the monitoring of the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Bureau of Standards and in consultation with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and Defense. Provides that such residential dwellings shall be located in a sufficient number of different geographic areas (not less than three) in the United States to assure a realistic and effective demonstration of solar heating and cooling systems involved. Directs the Director of the National Science Foundation to initiate, support and fund basic and applied research activities related to solar energy in support of the objectives of this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $50,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1973
Provides that educational institutions shall recieve a reimbursement of $500 for each student commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the institutions. (Adds 10 U.S.C. 2112)
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Requires, under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the advice and consent of the Senate for future appointments to the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000, $175,000,000, and $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively for the nutrition program for the aged under title VII of the Older American Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1973
Provides that a committee be appointed to go before the Senate and impeach President Richard Nixon of high crimes and misdemeanors. Sets forth articles in maintenance and support of such impeachment, including the following: (1) that he has not complied with an order by the U.S. Court of Appeals to relinguish custody of certain tapes, documents, and other materials; and (2) that with the intent to obstruct the process of justice he ordered Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox removed from his position.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Interim Fisheries Zone Extension and Management Act - Extends the jurisdiction of the United States over specified ocean areas and fish for purposes of protecting the domestic fishing industry. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research in order to promote the conservation of fish originating in the United States territorial sea and contiguous fisheries zone. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
States that the increases in the monthly benefits and lump sum death payments under title II (Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act shall be increased by 7 percent beginning January 1974 (presently increased by the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for June 1973 exceeds that for June 1972, beginning April 1974.)
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973
Declares it to be the sense of the House that the President, acting in accordance with the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength, and under existing authority, should continue to transfer to Israel the Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the attack and to offset the military equipment and supplies furnished to the Arab States by the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1973
Right to Financial Privacy Act - States that the purposes of this Act are to protect and preserve the confidential relationship between financial institutions and their customers and the constitutional rights of those customers, and to promote commerce by prescribing policies and procedures to insure that customers have the same right to protect against unwarranted disclosure of customer records as if the records were in their possession. Prohibits any Federal agency or employee, or any State or local government from obtaining copies of, access to, or the information contained in, the financial records of any customer from a financial institution unless the financial records are described with particularity and : (1) such customer has authorized such disclosure in accordance with this Act; (2) such financial records are disclosed in response to an administrative subpena or summons; (3) such financial records are disclosed in response to a court order; or (4) such financial records are disclosed in response to a judicial subpena. States that no financial institution may provide to a Federal agency or employee, or to any State or local government, copies of or the information contained in the financial records of any customer except in accordance with the requirements of this Act. Provides that a customer may authorize disclosure if he or those seeking disclosure furnish to the financial institution a signed and dated statement by which the customer: (1) authorizes such disclosure for a period not in excess of one year; (2) identifies the financial records which are authorized to be disclosed; and (3) specifies the purposes for which, and the agencies to which, such records may be disclosed. Requires the financial institution to keep a record of all examinations of the customer's financial records and to notify the customer that he has the right at any time to revoke any authorization of disclosure and to obtain a copy of the aforementioned record of examinations. Sets forth provisions governing customer authorization, administrative subpenas and summons, and judicial subpenas. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring an institution to maintain financial records or to transmit reports on customers, unless such records are required by a supervisory agency or the Internal Revenue Service. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act. Provides for injunctive relief for persons aggrieved by violation or threatened violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President of the United States should take action to assure the continued operation of the Schoenau processing center for refugees in Austria.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that its members should support the President in his efforts to achieve an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East and a lasting peace.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Comprehensive Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a center in the Office of Child Development to be know as the "National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect" Directs the Secretary, through the Center, to: (1) compile, analyze, and publish annually a summary of recently conducted and currently conducted research on child abuse and neglect; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs, including private programs showing promise of success, for the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; and (3) make grants to designated State agencies for the purpose of assisting the States and their political subdivisions in developing and carrying out child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention programs as provided in this title. Directs the Secretary, through the Center, to make grants to, and enter into contract with, designated State agencies for demonstration programs designed to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse and neglect. Requires at least 50 percent of the funds appropirated under this section to be distributed to nonprofit or not-for-profit corporations at the local level within the State, through the designated State agencies. Provides that grants under this section may be used for: (1) the development and establishment, of training programs for personnel who are engaged in, or intend to work in the fields of the prevention, identifiication, and treatment of child abuse and neglect; (2) establishment and maintenance of centers serving defined geographic areas, staffed by multidisciplinary teams of personnel trained in the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect cases, to provide a broad range of services related to child abuse and neglect. Provides that, in order for the designated agency of a State to qualify for assistance under this title, such State must have in effect a child abuse prevention plan which embodies a program for effectively treating and preventing child abuse and neglect in the State. Requires such plan to: (1) demonstrate that there are in effect throughout the State adequate State or local child abuse laws and related laws providing for the care and welfare of children, or that the State has initiated and is carrying out a legislative program designed to place adequate child abuse and related laws into effect throughout the State, and that such laws are being or will be effectively enforced; and (2) demonstrate that there are throughout the State, administrative procedures, personnel trained in child abuse and neglect treatment or prevention, training procedures, and institutional and other facilities. Requires that, as a condition of the approval of any State child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention plan, such plan shall provide for and require the reporting of cases of child abuse or neglect occuring in the State, with appropriate proceedings and other activities to deal with those cases of child abuse and neglect. Requires that in any case in which a doctor, nurse, schoolteacher, social worker, welfare worker, medical examiner, or coroner finds or has reason to suspect, on the basis of a child's physical or mental conditions or on the basis of other evidence, that such child is or has been the victim of (or is threatened with) child abuse, he shall promptly submit a full report there of to the police, social service administration, or judicial authority designated in the State plan. States that if the individual making such a report with respect to any child determines that an emergency is involved he may hold the child in temporary custody of another person or agency, pending action based on such report, in order to protect the child's health and welfare and prevent further abuse. State that, unless State or local law specifically provides otherwise, no child shall be held in or transferred to temporary custody except under an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to a petition filed by the individual making such report. Provides that any report made and any petition filed or order issued with respect to a child who is alleged to be the victim of child abuse, may include and apply to any other child or children living in the same household. Provides that the police, social service administration, or judicial authority to which a report of child abuse or suspected child abuse is submitted under subsection shall promptly investigate the matters involved and, if it determines that child abuse has probably occurred or is threatened, shall take the necessary steps to bring the matter before a court of competent jurisdiction for appropriate action in order to protect the child's health and welfare, and prevent further abuse of the child. States that since a special relationship exists between child and addict, the Secretary is hereby instructed to require the designated State agency to perform the following: (1) for every infant minor reported as a drug user, to conduct a follow-up study in order to determine if child abuse or neglect was present and to take such remedial steps as are necessary to prevent continued child abuse or neglect; and (2) in reported instances of child abuse or neglect by a drug user who is the parent or guardian of an infant minor, to take such remedial steps necessary to eliminate such said condition. Establishes a National Commission on Child Abuse and Neglect to be composed of fifteen members to be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, from among parents, State and local officials, and other persons who, by reason of experience or training in the fields of preventing child abuse and neglect, are especially qualified to serve on the Commission. Requires the Commission to make a complete and full study and investigation of: (1) the effectiveness of existing child abuse and neglect reporting laws and ordinances; (2) the effectiveness of existing programs designed to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse and neglect; (3) the causes of child abuse and neglect including the relationship, if any, between drug dependence and alcoholism and such abuse and neglect; and (4) the proper role of the Federal Government in assisting State and local public and private efforts to prevent, identify, and treat cases of child abuse and neglect. Requires the Commission to file a report with the President and the Congress within a year. Provides that on the ninetieth day after the date of submission of its final report to the President, the Commission shall cease to exist. Authorizes appropriation for the purposes of this Act $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $20,000,000 for each of the four succeeding fiscals years.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1973
Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to permit any Member of Congress to examine any file or other record maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and indexed or identifiable to such Member of Congress, upon the request of such Member, unless such file is exempt from such examination. Requires the Director to destroy such file promptly, without divulging its contents of such file, whether or not such examination takes place or is requested. Provides that no file shall be subject to the examination of a Member of Congress or destruction if such file is maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a part of an investigation into the alleged violation by such Member of Congress of a specific criminal law for the purposes of prosecution. Provides that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall, in the case of each file so maintained, give notice not later than six months after the commencement of the maintenance of that file to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President pro tempore of the Senate of the fact that such file is being maintained. Provides that no file shall be subject to the examination of a Member of Congress or destruction if such file is maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a part of an investigation into the background of such Member of Congress to assist in the consideration of such Member for any appointive position in the executive or judicial branches of the Federal Government. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to, in the case of each file so maintained, give prompt notice to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President pro tempore of the Senate of the fact that such file is being maintained and of what appointive office is involved.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Provides that nothing in the National Security Act or any other Act shall be construed as authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to: (1) carry out, directly or indirectly, within the United States, either on its own or in cooperation or conjunction with any other department, agency, organization, or individual, any police or police-type operation or activity, any law enforcement operation or activity, or any internal security operation or activity; (2) provide assistance of any kind, directly or indirectly, to any other department or agency of the Federal Government, to any department or agency of any State or local government, or to any officer or employee of any such department or agency engaged in police or police-type operations or activities, law enforcement operations or activities, or internal security operations or activities within the United States unless such assistance is provided with the prior, specific written approval of the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives; (3) participate, directly or indirectly, in any illegal activity within the United States; or (4) engage in any covert action in any foreign country unless such action has been specifically approved in writing by the Central Intelligence Agency oversight subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. (Amends 50 U.S.C. 403)
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to establish and conduct seminars for freshman members of the Congress in two similar series. Schedules the first one for November 15 until Thanksgiving in each year that a general election for the House of Representative is held. Schedules the second series for between December 1 and December 15. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress acting through the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare a curriculum for the series of seminars under this Act. Allows each person attending seminars expenses for travel, accomodations food. Authorizes necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1973
Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, that no Federal Agency may inspect any income tax return except upon an order of the President which identifies by name the person who filed such return. Makes it an offense to make unauthorized disclosures to divulge or publish any name, address or occupation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1973
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to appoint students at State maritime academies and colleges as Reserve midshipmen in the United States Navy upon graduation from such academies or colleges. (Adds 46 U.S.C. 1389)
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1973
Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the appropriate agencies take steps to assure that at least 20 per cent of the gross tonnage of all petroleum and petroleum products imported into the United States on ocean vessels be transported on privately owned United States flag commercial vessels. Requires that the quantity to be carried in United States-flag commercial vessels be at least 25 per cent after June 30, l975, and at least 30 per cent after June 30, l977. (Amends 46 U.S.C. 1241))
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1973
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that, whenever the Congress may determine that the President has lost the confidence of the people to so great an extent that he can no longer effectively perform his responsibilities, the Congress may by law provide that the term of the President and Vice President shall end on a date certain before the expiration of the four-year term and may by law provide for a special election for the Presidency and the Vice Presidency. Provides that, unless the incumbent President or Vice President shall have been impeached and removed from office, they shall be eligible to seek election.
United States · United States Congress · 30 May 1973
Mutual Development and Cooperation Act - Transfers the office and functions of the Agency for International Development to the Mutual Development and Cooperation Agency, which shall have the responsibility for coordinating all United States development-related activities. Authorizes $300,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-75 to be appropriated to the President to furnish assistance to people living in rural overseas areas for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition. Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974-75 for population planning and health; $115,000,000 annually for education, public administration, and human resource development; $93,000,000 annually to help solve social and economic development problems in fields such as transportation and power; and $60,000,000 annually to support the general economy of recipient countries or for development programs conducted by private or international organizations. Directs the President to establish a system for coordination of United States policies and programs which affect U.S. interests in the development of low-income countries. Authorizes the establishment of a Development Coordination Committee to advise the President on coordination of policies and programs in developing countries, including bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs. Establishes the United States Export Development Credit Fund to provide extensions of credit and to refinance U.S. exporter credits, for the purpose of facilitating the sale of U.S. goods and services to the lowest income to countries which advance their development. Sets forth provisions for the financing of such Fund. Provides for the continuation of the Fund through December 31, 1977, and requires a detailed report semiannually on the Fund. States that nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the powers of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Prohibits the extension of credit under this section for defense articles or services.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
Prohibits the importation of Rhodesian chrome into the United States, in conformity with a resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations urging an international boycott of such chrome.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1973
States that no funds shall be expended for the conduct of bombing missions or other combat operations in Cambodia or Laos, without prior, specific authorization from Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1973
Free Flow of Information Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to insure the free flow of news and other infomration to the public. Provides that no person shall be required to disclose in any Federal or State proceeding: (1) the source of any published or unpublished information obtained in the gathering, receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public: or (2) any unpublished information obtained or prepared in gathering receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public. Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1973
Free Flow of Information Act - Declares the purpose of this Act to be to insure the free flow of news and other information to the public. Provides that no person shall be required to disclose in any Federal or State proceeding: (1) the source of any published or unpublished information obtained in the gathering, receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public; or (2) any unpublished information obtained or prepared in gathering, receiving, or processing of information for any medium of communication to the public. Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a credit against the individual income tax for expenses paid by the taxpayer for the higher education of any individual, including the taxpayer. Excludes scholarships and fellowship grants, and educational assistance benefits paid by the Veterans' Administration, from such expenses paid for education purposes under this Act. Limits the eligibility for tax credit. Provides that the credit allowed to the taxpayer during the taxable year shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 100 percent of so much of the education expenses as does not exceed $200; (2) 75 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $200 but does not exceed $500; and (3) 25 percent of so much of such expenses as exceeds $500 but does not exceed $1,500. Reduces the credit allowable under this Act by an amount equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the taxpayer's adjusted gross income under the code exceeds $19,000.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1973
Allows an income tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code for expenses (including tuition, fees, books, and supplies) paid by a taxpayer to any private nonprofit elementary or secondary school for the education of any dependent for whom the taxpayer is allowed an income tax exemption. Limits such credit for a taxpayer to the lesser of 100 percent of expenses or $200. Reduces expenses of higher education of any individual paid during the taxable year by an amout equal to 1 percent of the amount by which the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer exceed $19,000. Provides that any payment which is taken into account in determing the tax credit shall not result in a tax refund.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1973
Urban Employment Act - Provides a program to assist municipalities and businesses in urban industrial development to prevent the harmful economic consequence of industrial migration from large cities which causes a waste of the economic resources in the cities, serious unemployment in the labor force, and an erosion of the tax base of the cities. Provides Federal Financial assistance including grants and loans directly to municipalities and to private industry to alleviate the wasteful economic disruption and less resulting from the movement of industrial firms away from the cities. Authorizes direct grants not to exceed 25 percent of the cast of the project to any central city with a population of 100,000 or more for the purchase and development of real property within the central city to improve the economic opportunities and expansion of industrial facilities in the area and to assist in the creation of additional long-term employment opportunities. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973 through June 30, 1977, and states that more than 15 percent of any appropriation in any fiscal year be expended in any one State. Authorizes loans not to exceed 90 percent of the cost of any project to assist in financing the purchase and development of real property within a municipality where financial assistance is not otherwise available from private lenders or from other Federal agencies. Provides that no loan shall be made for a period exceeding forty years, that such loans shall bear interest at a rate not less than the rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the annual approprations for the purpose of making and participating in loans shall not exceed $200,000,000 for the fiscal years ending June 30, l973 through June 30, l977. Provides for urban industrial development loans to aid in the financing of any project within a central city to guarantee loans for working capital made to private borrowers by private lending institutions. Authorizes the appropriation for this part of the Act of not to exceed $250,000,000 annually for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973 through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. Provides that no land acquired by grant, loan, or other financial assistance made under this Act shall be converted or modified from the uses orginally approved by the Secretary without his prior approval. Provides that the Secretary is authorized to make grants, loans, and other financial assistance available to municipalities under this Act in any combination he deems necessary as long as the total amount of financial assistance does not exceed 100 percent of the total project cost. Provides the Secretary with the necessary powers, functions, privileges and immunities to carry out this Act. Allows him to take any actions to assign or sell at public or private sale any evidence of debt held by him to extend the maturity of any loand made under this Act; to employ experts and consultants or organizations; to sue and be sued in any State or Federal district count; and to acquire in any lawful manner any property deemed necessary for this Act. Defines the term central city for pruposes of this Act to be that governmental unit within each Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area designated as such by the Office of Management and Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973
Makes it the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States to require repayment of the longstanding debts which are delinquent in nature. Makes it the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury submit to the Congress within ninety days of passage of this resolution a list and report on the extent of such indebtedness on the part of foreign nations. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury, through the appropriate departments and agencies, should, immediately after the filing of this report, begin consultations with foreign governments involved for the purpose of making arrangements for the prompt repayment of those longstanding debts which are delinquent.
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