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622 records where Rep. Sarasin, Ronald A. [R-CT-5] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1974
Authorizes additional educational assistance allowance payments to eligible veterans to partially defray the cost of tuition in an amount representing such cost which exceeds $419 for an ordinary school year, but not exceeding $600. (Adds 38 U.S.C. 1682)
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1974
Emergency Gasoline Tax Reduction Act - Reduces by two cents per gallon the excise tax on gasoline for a period of one year.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1974
Designates November 11 of each year as Veterans Day and makes such a day a legal public holiday.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1974
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Government, while engaged in a lessening of tensions with the People's Republic of China, do nothing to compromise continued close relations with the Republic of China.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to the rates of pay of Federal officials transmitted to the Congress in the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1974
States that the House of Representatives disapproves the recommendations of the President with respect to the rates of pay of Federal officials transmitted to the Congress in the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974
Designates February 15, the birthday of "Susan B. Anthony", as a legal holiday.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 1974
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Government should support the formation of an organization of petroleum-consuming nations to counter balance the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries. States that the purpose of such an international group would be to negotiate as a single body with the oil exporters to try to establish and maintain reasonable petroleum prices and to promote joint projects among member countries to find alternative sources of energy and develop new energy forms.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Education for Exceptional Children Act - Defines "exceptional children" as handicapped children, children with specific learning disabilities, and particularly gifted children. Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a National Clearinghouse on Exceptional Children which shall obtain and disseminate to the public information pertaining to the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the appropriation of $500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 and for each of the four succeeding years for the establishment and operation of the clearinghouse. Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to make grants pursuant to this Act for the purpose of assisting the States in providing free appropriate public education for exceptional children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Sets forth the basis on which funds will be allocated to the States. Provides that in order to receive funds under this Act a State must submit to the Commissioner of Education a State plan is required detailing the State program for free appropriate education for exceptional children. Provides that the State plan must contain such information as the Commissioner deems necessary. Sets forth the criteria needed to be met by a State in order to obtain approval of its plan. Authorizes the Commissioner to withhold payments under this Act from any State when it is found that there has been a failure to comply substantially with any provision of this Act. Provides a method for judicial review of the Commissioner's decision. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to State educational agencies to provide training for personnel engaged or preparing to engage in educating exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher learning to provide training for leadership personnel for the education of exceptional children. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct research relating to the education of exceptional children and to make grants to States, educational agencies, institutions of higher learning and other public or private nonprofit education or research agencies for such research. Directs the Commissioner to establish standards and procedures to determine which children are "exceptional children" within the meaning of this Act, such standards and procedures to be applied uniformly by all States submitting plans pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1974
Denies a tax deduction for any expenditure of any oil company for advertising not directly related to the sale of products or services under the Internal Revenue Code States that this prohibition shall not be construed to apply to the allowance of a deduction for expenses incurred in appearances before the committees, or individual Members of Congress or of any body of a State.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Requires, under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, that the President of the United States allocate plastic feedstocks produced from petrochemical feedstocks. Requires the President to report to the Congress on a monthly basis changes made under this Act. Defines the terms used in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Federal Paperwork Burden Relief Act - Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the reporting requirements of Federal regulatory programs to determine the extent to which these requirements may be revised to lessen the burden upon small and independent business establishments. Requires the Comptroller General to report the results of such study to the Congress one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Provides, under the Small Business Act, for loans to small business concerns affected by the energy shortage.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974
Imposes an embargo on the export of petrochemicals until price controls on petrochemicals under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 are removed.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1974
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States direct the Secretary of the State to bring to the immediate attention of the Soviet Government the concern of U.S. citizens over the imprisonment of a Lithuanian seaman who unsuccessfully sought asylum aboard a United States Coast Guard ship and to urge his release from prison and return to his family.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1974
Requires producers of petroleum, natural gas, and refined petroleum products to provide to the Federal Energy Administration all information requested regarding the location and volume of crude oil and natural gas reserves, the location and volume of refined petroleum products, and the existing and potential rates of production of refineries and oil and gas wells. Authorizes the Comptroller General to audit and verify the accuracy of all such information. Provides a fine of not less than $2500 and not more than $5000 for each violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 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 · 21 December 1973
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. Provides that any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. Authorizes the committee to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the role of the oil and gas industry in contributing to the current energy crisis. States that for the purpose of carrying out this resolution the committee, or any subcommittee thereof authorized by the committee to hold hearings, is authorized to sit and act during the present Congress at such times and places within the United States, including any Commonwealth or possession thereof, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as it deems necessary; except that neither the committee nor any subcommittee thereof may sit while the House is meeting unless special leave to sit shall have been obtained from the House. Provides that subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. Directs the committee to 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. States that any such report which is made when the House is not in session shall be filed with the Clerk of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Provides for the relief of Olegario Miranda DePina.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1973
Provides for the relief of Lisa Blundon.
United States · United States Congress · 14 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 · 10 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 · 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 · 4 December 1973
Exempts petrochemicals from price stabilization under the Economic Stabilization Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 November 1973
Freedom of Access for the Elderly and Handicapped Act - Allows, under the Internal Revenue Code, a deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 189)
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 12 November 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 October 1973
Imposes a six-month embargo on the export of all nonferrous metals, including copper and zinc, from the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, after the close of the six month period, to permit the export of such metals if he determines that no domestic shortage exists.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1973
Authorizes the President to call a White House Conference on the Handicapped within two years of enactment in order to develop recommendations for further research and action in the field of the handicapped, and to further the policies set forth in this joint resolution. Provides that such conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with the cooperation and assistance of such other Federal departments and agencies, including the assignment of personnel, as may be appropriate. Require a final report of the White House Conference on the Handicapped to be submitted to the President not later than 120 days following the date on which the conference is called, and the findings and recommendations included therein to be made available immediately to the public. Requires the Secretary, within 90 days after the submission of such report, to transmit to the President and the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the recommendations contained in such report. Gives the Secretary administrative powers to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on the White House Conference on the Handicapped composed of 28 members, of whom not less than 15 shall be handicapped or parents of handicapped persons. Provides that such Advisory Committee shall cease to exist 90 days after the submission of the final report required by this Act. Authorizes to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Authorizes appropriations of $150,000,000, $175,000,000, and $200,000,000 for fiscal years 1975-1977, respectively for the nutrition program for the aged under title VII of the Older American Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1973
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President shall immediately re-establish the Office of the Special Prosecutor and shall promptly nominate a new Attorney General and present that nomination to the Senate for confirmation. States that the Attorney General designate shall notify the Congress of the individual he will name as Special Prosecutor and that the individual named as Special Prosecutor shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
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
Requires the Comptroller General to make an audit for each fiscal year of the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve banks and their branches, the Internal Revenue Service, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Alien Property. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the results of the audit. (Amends 31 U.S.C. 67)
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 · 3 October 1973
Employee Benefit Security Act - Title I: Fiduciary Responsibility and Disclosure - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee benefit plan if it is established or maintained by any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, or by any industry or activity affecting commerce. Provides that the administrator of an employee benefit plan shall cause to be published in accordance with this Act to each participant or beneficiary covered thereunder a description of the plan and an annual financial report. States that such description shall be published within 120 days after such plan is established and shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the average plan participant. Provides that an annual report shall be published with respect to any employee beneift plan to which this title applies. Sets forth the information that shall be contained in such report. Provides that the administrator of any employee benefit plan subject to this Act shall file with the Secretary of Labor a copy of the plan description. States that the Secretary may reject any such filing after notice, hearing, and determination by the Secretary that such filing is incomplete for the purpose of this title. Requires the administrator of an employee pension benefit plan to furnish to any plan participant at least once each year a statement indicating: (1) whether or not such person has a nonforfeitable right to receive a benefit; (2) the amount of the benefits which have become nonforfeitable, or an estimate; and (3) the number of the priority under which such benefits would be distributed in the event of termination of the plan. Provides that the contents of the descriptions and regular annual reports filed with the Secretary pursuant to this title shall be public information. Provides for the bonding of persons who have fiduciary responsibilities under this title and of persons who handle funds or other property of an employee benefit plan. Sets forth the fiduciary responsibilities of the administrators of plans covered by this Act. Provides for the distribution of net assets of a pension benefit plan in the case of a plan's termination. Establishes an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to advise the Secretary with respect to the carrying out of this funcions under this title. Title II: Vesting - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee pension plan if it is established or maintained by an employer engaged in commerce or by such employer together with an employee organization representing employees engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce; or if such plan is established or maintained by any employer or by any employer together with any employee organization if, in the course of its activities, such plan, or indirectly, uses any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or the mails. Excludes from the coverage of this title any employee pension benefit plan if: it is administered by the Federal Government or by an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government; it is established and maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of persons who are not citizens of the United States; or it provides contributions or benefits for a sole proprietor or, in the case of a partnership, a partner who owns more than 10 percent of either the capital interest or the profits in such partnership. Specifies that no pension plan subject to this title may provide as a condition of eligibility a period of service longer than 1 year or age higher than 25 years. Establishes certain nonforfeitable rights on the part of employees to receive benefits. Stipulates that in computing the period of service under a plan, the employee's entire service with the contributing employer must be considered, except in specified instances. Title III: Funding - Provides that this title applies to the same employee benefit pension plans as does title II and excluded from coverage, in addition to those plans excluded under title II, any plan which has a fixed contribution rate and does not provide an amount expected to be paid as a fixed benefit and any plan which is a profit-sharing plan providing benefits at or after retirement. Requires pension plans subject to this title to provide for contributions to the plan in amounts necessary to meet an amount equal to the normal cost since inception of the plan plus interest on any unfunded past service costs and to maintain a minimum ratio of assets to vested liabilities according to a schedule. Provides that when the contribution to a pension plan fall below the necessary amount, the administrator shall take such steps as are necessary to bring the level of funding into conformity with the benefits offered by the plan. States that no pension plan may merge, consolidate with, or transfer its assets to any other plan unless participants in both plans would receive a termination benefit immediately after such action which is equal to or greater than the termination benefit he would receive immediately before such action. Title IV: Plan Termination Insurance - Establishes the Private Pension Plan Termination Insurance Program which shall be administered by the Secretary of Labor. Requires every plan subject to this title to maintain plan termination insurance to cover unfunded vested liabilities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such insurance. Provides that the insurance program shall insure participants and beneficiaries of those plans registered under this Act against loss of benefits derived from vested rights which arise from the termination of such plans. States that, upon registration with the Secretary, each plan shall pay a uniform assessment to the insurance program as prescribed by the Secretary to cover the administrative costs of the insurance program. Requires each registered pension plan to pay an annual premium for insurance at uniform rates established by the Secretary based upon the amount of unfunded vested liabilities subject to insurance. Sets limits for such premium for three years and allows discretion to the Secretary in determining it subsequently. Requires notice to the Secretary of plan termination and allows him to prescribe how funds of the plan shall be wound up and liquidated. States that persons who terminate a plan with intent to avoid the purposes of this act or in violation of this Act shall be personally liable for losses incurred thereby to the Pension Benefit Insurance Fund. Establishes a separate fund for pension benefit insurance to be known as the Pension Benefit Insurance Fund which shall be available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation for the purposes of this title. Requires the Secretary to administer the fund. Title V: General Provisions - Establishes a Variation Appeals Board which shall hear and determine appeals from decisions denying grants of variations in accordance with procedures promulgated by the Secretary pursuant to regulation. Directs the Secretary to undertake research studies relating to pension plans. Provides penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Congress covering his administration of this Act for preceding year. Makes it unlawful for any person to discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against a participant or beneficiary for exercising any right to which he is entitled under the provisions of the plan or this Act; or for any person through the use of fraud, force, or violence, or threat of the use of force or violence, to restrain, coerce, intimidate, or attempt to restrain, coerce, or intimidate any participant or beneficiary for the purpose of interfering with or preventing the exercise of any right to which he is or may become entitled under the plan, or this Act. Requires every administrator of a pension plan to which title II or III applies shall file with the Secretary an application for registration of such plan. States that if at any time the Secretary determines that a plan required to qualify under this title is not qualified or is no longer qualified for registration under this title, he shall notify the administrator, setting forth the deficiency or deficiencies in the plan or in its administration or operations and provide a reasonable time within which to remove such deficiency or deficiencies. If the Secretary thereafter determines that the deficiency or deficiencies have been removed, he shall issue or continue in effect the certificate, as the case may be. Provides that if he determines that the deficiency or deficiences have not been removed, he shall enter an order denying or canceling the certificate of registration. States that the Secretary may petition any district court of the United States for an order requiring the employer or other person responsible for the administration of such plan to comply with the requirements of this Act as will qualify such plan for registration or compel or recover the payment of required contributions, assessments, premiums, fees, or other moneys. Declares it to be the express intent of Congress that the provisions of titles II and III shall supersed any and all laws of the States as they may relate to the vesting of participant's benefits in employee benefit plans, the funding requirements for employee benefit plans or the adequacy of financing of employee benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973
Requires the President to exercise his authority, under the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, to mandatorily allocate petroleum products on the thirtieth day following enactment of this Act. Requires the President to report to the Congress within fifteen days of enactment on the plan to be used for such allocation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Multiprotection of Employee Retirement Income and Tax Act (MERIT Act) - Title I: Fiduciary Responsibility and Disclosure - States that this title shall apply to any employee benefit plan if it is established or maintained: (1) by any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, or (2) by any employee organization in which employees engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, or (3) by both. Requires that a description of any employee benefit plan shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Treasury, participants in such plan, and the beneficiaries within one hundred and twenty days after such plan becomes subject to this Act. Directs the administrator of an employee benefit plan to engage an independent qualified public accountant to conduct an examination of the books and records of the plan as may be necessary to enable him to form an opinion as to whether the financial statement required to be filed under this Act is accurate. Sets forth the requirements for such financial statements. Requires the administrator of any employee benefit plan subject to this Act to file with the Secretary a copy of the plan description at least once every five years, except that if there is any material modification in the terms of the plan, such description shall be furnished not later than one hundred and twenty days after the change takes effect. Provides penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act. States that civil actions may be brought under this Act by the Secretary or any participant or beneficiary in any court of competent jurisdiction, State or Federal. States that the contents of the descriptions and reports filed with the Secretary pursuant to this Act shall be public information, and the Secretary may publish any such information and data. Sets forth procedures for the termination and distribution of assets of the pension plans established under this Act. Establishes an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans. States that it shall be the duty of the Council to advise the Secretary with respect to the carrying out of his functions under this Act, and to submit to the Secretary recommendations with respect thereto. Title II: Vesting and Eligibility Requirements - Requires every pension plan subject to this Act to provide nonforfeitable pension benefits in accordance with specified rules. Provides that the benefits provided under the terms of a pension plan shall not be capable of assignment or alienation. Provides procedures for distribution of nonforfeitable benefits to participants who terminate coverage under the plan at or before age 65. Title III: Funding - States that the minimum contribution to any pension plan for each plan year shall be a contribution which results in the plan having no accumulated funding deficiency at the end of such plan year. Requires the administrator of the plan to file with the Secretary a funding status report. Establishes standards under which the Secretary may grant permission for a variance from the funding requirements of this Act. Title IV: Registration, Enforcement, and Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires every administrator of a pension plan to file with the Secretary an application for registration of such plan. States that such application shall be in such form and shall be accompanied by such documents as shall be prescribed by regulation of the Secretary. States that if at any time the Secretary determines that a plan required to qualify under this title is not qualified or is no longer qualified for registration he shall notify the administrator of the deficiency or deficiencies in the plan. States that if the Secretary determines that the deficiency or deficiencies have not been removed within a reasonable time, he shall enter an order denying or canceling the certificate of registration. Establishes a Variation Appeal Board to hear and determine appeals from such decisions of the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to submit annually a report to the Congress covering his administration of this Act for the preceding year. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and maintain within the Internal Revenue Service an Office of Employee Organizations. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to carry out his functions and duties under this Act. Title V: Internal Revenue Code Amendments - Provides a tax deduction for retirement savings under the Internal Revenue Code. Sets forth requirements for a trust created or organized in the United States to constitute a qualified individual account under the Internal Revenue Code. Makes provisions for an excise tax on individual retirement accounts. Establishes an excise tax on prohibited pension, profit sharing, and stock bonus plans.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1973
Pollution Control Facility Loan Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make loans to finance projects within eligible areas for acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or improvement of a certified pollution control facility. States that such loans shall not exceed 65 percent of the aggregate cost to the applicant of the project. Establishes a revolving fund in the Treasury for making such loans. Authorizes an appropriation of $750,000,000 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1973
Imposes a six-month embargo on the export of all nonferrous metals, including copper and zinc, from the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, after the close of the six month period, to permit the export of such metals if he determines that no domestic shortage exists.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1973
States that all moneys received from the sale of stamps, under the Duck Stamp Act, shall be available until expended, and no action of any kind may be taken to withhold, delay, or otherwise preclude the obligation or expenditure of such moneys except to the extent specifically authorized or required by law on the basis of circumstances or considerations having particular application to such moneys. (Amends 16 U.S.C. 718d)
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 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 · 12 September 1973
Increases the subsistence payments to students at the State marine schools from $600 per academic year to $1200 per academic year.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1973
Expresses the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States that the Government of the United States shall cease forthwith all consideration of aid, trade, diplomatic recognition, or any other form of communication, travel, or accomodation with the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam or the Viet Cong until such time as agreements relating to facilitating the location and care of graves of the dead, exhumation, and repatriation of the remains have been complied with to the fullest extent.
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1973
Provides, under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, that persons who are blind and have at least six quarters of coverage shall be eligible for disability insurance benefits. Outlines those regulations which apply to the amount of benefits to be received. Defines blindness as used in this Act. Continues payment of such benefits as long as the blindness lasts, notwithstanding the amount of the individuals' earnings.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
Midwest and Northeast Rail System Development Act - Declares it to be the purpose of this Act to restructure the present rail system in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the United States in order to meet the present and future needs for rail transportation. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Establishes, in the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Rail Emergency Planning Office, which shall conduct the initial investigation of the present rail transportation system in the rail emergency region and prepare, publish and submit reports on preliminary and final restructuring plans and recommendations for bringing into existence in the rail emergency region the restructured rail system. Sets forth the term of office and compensation of the director of the office. Enumerates the powers of the director. Establishes an Advisory Council for the Rail Emergency Region to assist the office and the Commission. Prescribes the membership composition of such council. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit to the commission and the office a report which contains his conclusions concerning essential rail services in the rail emergency region. Provides that the initial investigation conducted by the office pursuant to this Act shall include: (1) a request of the Governor of each State in the rail emergency region for an analysis of present and future rail service needs in the State; (2) a survey of existing rail transportation operation, traffic density over identified lines, costs and revenues of such lines, plant equipment facilities, and property suitable for rail transportation service in the rail emergency region; (3) an economic and operational study and analysis of present and future rail service needs in the rail emergency region; (4) a study of methods of effecting economies in the cost of rail system operations in the rail emergency region; (5) a study of the effect on railroad employees of any restructuring of the rail system in the rail emergency region; and (6) a report summarizing in detail the initial investigation. States that the preliminary identification plan for a restructured rail system shall identify on a map the rail transportation system which would best satisfy present and future rail transportation needs in the region. Requires the office to solicit views of other government agencies and the public with respect to such plan. Prescribes the steps to be followed in preparing the proposed final identification plan. Specifies that the final identification plan recommendation shall include (1) a comparison of alternative plans; (2) the possibility of reorganization of class I railroads; and (3) an evaluation of the methods of financing each plan. Requires the Commission to report, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, on the anticipated effect, including the environmental impact, of abandonments in States within the rail emergency region and States outside the rail emergency region. Prohibits rail carriers, under the Interstate Commerce Act, from abandoning within 150 days of enactment of this Act all or any portion of a railroad line (or operation thereof) if such abandonment is opposed by any passenger, consignor, or consignee served by the line during the 18 months preceding the filing of abandonment application; or opposed by any State, county, or municipality served by that line. Authorizes to be appropriated to the Commission for the use of the office in carrying out the purposes of this Act such sums as are necessary, not to exceed $8.5 million. Provides that the budget for the rail emergency region planning office shall be submitted directly to the Congress and shall not be subject to review of any kind by any other agency or official of the United States. States that as soon as practicable, but in no event more than sixty legislative days after the Congress receives the recommendations of the Commission concerning establishing the restructured rail system for the rail emergency region, the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and the Senate Commerce Committee shall report legislation to the full House or Senate, as the case may be, authorizing a restructuring of the rail system in the rail emergency region. Provides that such legislation shall be highly privileged in each House. Prohibits, for the eighteen-month period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any person from disposing of, or being required to dispose of, the rail line property of any railroad in the rail emergency region.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1973
National Energy Research and Development Act - Title I: National Energy Research And Development Program - Declares it to be the policy of the Congress to establish and maintain a national program of research and development in fuels and energy adequate to meet specified objectives. Establishes the National Energy Research and Development Board who's member's shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the duties of Board, including: (1) to review the full range of Federal activities in and financial support for energy technologies and energy conservation, giving consideration to research and development being conducted by industry and other non-Federal entities, to determine the capability of ongoing research efforts to carry out the policies established by this Act and other relevant Federal policies, particularly the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; and (2) to formulate a comprehensive energy research and development strategy for the Federal Government. Provides that in evaluating proposed opportunities for particular research and development undertakings pursuant to this title, the Board shall assign priority to types of projects listed in this title. Sets forth the powers of the Board. Authorizes the appropriation of $10,000,000 annually for the administrative expenses of the Board. Authorizes an appropriation not to exceed $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and subject to annual congressional authorizations, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $750,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and thereafter amounts such as Congress shall determine to carry out the provisions of this title with respect to energy research and development.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
American Folklife Preservation Act - Creates an American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress. Provides that the center shall be subject to the supervision and direction of a board of trustees. Provides that such board shall be composed of four members appointed by the President, eight members appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the Librarian of Congress ex officio and the director of the center ex officio. Authorizes the centers to establish and implement a program of contracts, grants, revitalize and scholarships to preserve, protect, revitalize and disseminate American folklife traditions and arts. Provides that no payment shall be made pursuant to this Act to carry out any research or training over a period in excess of two years. States that such research or training may be extended to a period not to exceed five years with the concurrance of at least two-thirds of the members of the board. Provides that no former employee of the Federal government shall be eligible to receive any grant or other assistance under this Act in the two year period following the termination of such employment. Requires the center to submit to the Library of Congress, for inclusion in its annual report to the Congress, an annual report of its operations under this Act. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1973
Anti-Architectural Barriers Act - Allows an income tax deduction under the Internal Revenue Code for the removal of architectural and transportational barriers, with respect to the aged and the handicapped, from trade or business facilities. (Adds 26 U.S.C. 189)
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Authorizes the disposal of copper and zinc from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1973
Imposes a six-month embargo on the export of all nonferrous metals, including copper and zinc, from the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, after the close of the six month period, to permit the export of such metals if he determines that no domestic shortage exists.